It looks exactly like other handicraft (手工艺品) shops in a traditional Chinese hutong, or alley, except that each item has a story. The city's first-of-its-kind charity shop, owned by Nathan Zhang, sells Chinese handicrafts along with used books, clothes and other items. The concept is that money from what is sold is donated to help rural (农村的) women in China.
“Many NGOs (non-governmental organizations) produce their own things but don't have a place to sell it,” said Zhang, who returned to Beijing in 2008 after working in Canada for nearly a decade in the telecommunications world. “A rural women's group tried to open a little shop but only sold two things. When they put their products in my shop, everything sold out.”
Located in Wudaoying Hutong in Dongcheng district, Brand Nu's walls are lined with handicrafts from a number of different NGO supported projects aimed at benefiting women across the country. The other half of the space is filled with almost brand-new clothes that have been donated from Beijing citizens. The jackets, dresses, tops and pants sell for around 30 yuan ($4.40) each.
Most of the money Brand Nu gets goes directly to the Beijing Cultural Development Center for Rural Women. The NGO offers a number of programs for poor women, including literacy classes (识字班), support networks and mental health education.
Zhang is also working with a local Scottish designer to create a clothing line made from the fabric (织物) of second-hand garments. And he is collecting books and raising money to help the NGO build a library near Beijing. He plans on expanding his product line soon as well, engaging more disadvantaged women to make sweaters, soaps and other items that he can sell in Beijing to help raise their socioeconomic status in the countryside.
Yet with ambitions come worries. Right now Zhang is operating on a shoestring budget and looking for work on the side to support both his business and his family. “I wanted to do something meaningful,” said Zhang. “If you can help one woman, you can help an entire family.”
61. The name of the charity shop is ______.
A. Nathan Zhang        B. NGO                C. Wudaoyin Hutong    D. Brand Nu
62. The owner of the charity shop ______.
A. is a returned overseas Chinese
B. has long been working for the charity cause
C. is professionally engaged in telecommunication
D. is also the head of an NGO
63. The charity shop ______.
A. sells goods to poor women at low prices
B. sends donated clothes to poor rural women
C. opens literacy classes for illiterate women
D. gives money to poor women through an NGO
64. The last paragraph but one tells us that Zhang tries to ______.
A. open more charity shops
B. donate more money to the rural women
C. help the women live better through their own efforts
D. find jobs in Beijing for the rural women
65. The article is mainly about ______.
A. the charity cause in Beijing                    B. Beijing’s first charity shop and its owner
C. the living condition of rural women        D. the difficult situation a charity worker faces

第三节 回答问题（共3小题；每小题2分，满分6分）

阅读下面短文，根据第58至第60小题的具体要求，尽可能简要回答问题，并将答案转写到答题卡上。

An online recruitment drive(招聘活动) with a TV reality show in the world was truly a tourism marketing campaign. It is called ‘The best job in the world' competition which finally has a winner, Ben Southall, a 34-year-old charity worker from Britain. Ben won the competition and he has to blog(写博客) about life on Australia's Hamilton Island.

Ben beat over 34,000 people from 200 countries in the online competition that became something of an internet wonder. "To go away now as the island caretaker for tourism Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef is an extreme honor. I hope I can do the job well as much as everybody is expecting, my swimming hopefully is up to standard and I look forward to all of the new roles that the task concerns." Ben Southall told the reporters.

What’s claimed to be the best job in the world comes with a $110,000 (about 750,000 Yuan) contract(合同) for six months' work.

58. How many people asked for “the best job in the world”? (回答词数不超过4个)

_____________________________________________________________________________  

59. How long will Ben Southall work on the island? (回答词数不超过2个)

_____________________________________________________________________________  

60.What has Ben Southall to do for his new job? (回答词数不超过8个)

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第三节 回答问题（共3小题；每小题2分，满分6分）

阅读下面短文，根据第58至第60小题的具体要求，尽可能简要回答问题，并将答案转写到答题卡上。

An online recruitment drive(招聘活动) with a TV reality show in the world was truly a tourism marketing campaign. It is called ‘The best job in the world' competition which finally has a winner, Ben Southall, a 34-year-old charity worker from Britain. Ben won the competition and he has to blog(写博客) about life on Australia's Hamilton Island.

Ben beat over 34,000 people from 200 countries in the online competition that became something of an internet wonder. "To go away now as the island caretaker for tourism Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef is an extreme honor. I hope I can do the job well as much as everybody is expecting, my swimming hopefully is up to standard and I look forward to all of the new roles that the task concerns." Ben Southall told the reporters.

What’s claimed to be the best job in the world comes with a $110,000 (about 750,000 Yuan) contract(合同) for six months' work.

58. How many people asked for “the best job in the world”? (回答词数不超过4个)

_____________________________________________________________________________  

59. How long will Ben Southall work on the island? (回答词数不超过2个)

_____________________________________________________________________________  

60.What has Ben Southall to do for his new job? (回答词数不超过8个)

_____________________________________________________________________________

It looks exactly like other handicraft (手工艺品) shops in a traditional Chinese hutong, or alley, except that each item has a story. The city's first-of-its-kind charity shop, owned by Nathan Zhang, sells Chinese handicrafts along with used books, clothes and other items. The concept is that money from what is sold is donated to help rural (农村的) women in China.

“Many NGOs (non-governmental organizations) produce their own things but don't have a place to sell it,” said Zhang, who returned to Beijing in 2008 after working in Canada for nearly a decade in the telecommunications world. “A rural women's group tried to open a little shop but only sold two things. When they put their products in my shop, everything sold out.”

Located in Wudaoying Hutong in Dongcheng district, Brand Nu's walls are lined with handicrafts from a number of different NGO supported projects aimed at benefiting women across the country. The other half of the space is filled with almost brand-new clothes that have been donated from Beijing citizens. The jackets, dresses, tops and pants sell for around 30 yuan ($4.40) each.

Most of the money Brand Nu gets goes directly to the Beijing Cultural Development Center for Rural Women. The NGO offers a number of programs for poor women, including literacy classes (识字班), support networks and mental health education.

Zhang is also working with a local Scottish designer to create a clothing line made from the fabric (织物) of second-hand garments. And he is collecting books and raising money to help the NGO build a library near Beijing. He plans on expanding his product line soon as well, engaging more disadvantaged women to make sweaters, soaps and other items that he can sell in Beijing to help raise their socioeconomic status in the countryside.

Yet with ambitions come worries. Right now Zhang is operating on a shoestring budget and looking for work on the side to support both his business and his family. “I wanted to do something meaningful,” said Zhang. “If you can help one woman, you can help an entire family.”

1.The name of the charity shop is ______.

    A. Nathan Zhang    B. NGO          C. Wudaoyin Hutong  D. Brand Nu

2.The owner of the charity shop ______.

    A. is a returned overseas Chinese

    B. has long been working for the charity cause

    C. is professionally engaged in telecommunication

    D. is also the head of an NGO

3.The charity shop ______.

    A. sells goods to poor women at low prices

    B. sends donated clothes to poor rural women

    C. opens literacy classes for illiterate women

    D. gives money to poor women through an NGO

4.The last paragraph but one tells us that Zhang tries to ______.

    A. open more charity shops

    B. donate more money to the rural women

    C. help the women live better through their own efforts

    D. find jobs in Beijing for the rural women

5.The article is mainly about ______.

    A. the charity cause in Beijing         B. Beijing’s first charity shop and its owner

    C. the living condition of rural women      D. the difficult situation a charity worker faces

SYDNEY （AFP） Nick Bryant reports:

“It gives me great pleasure to introduce the new caretaker of the islands of the Great Barrier Reef, from the United Kingdom, Ben Southall.”

A global recruitment（招聘） drive with the trappings of a TV reality show made it truly a tourism marketing campaign．

The best job in the world’s competition finally has a winner, Ben Southall, a 34-year-old charity worker from Britain．He beat 34,000 candidates from 200 countries in an online competition that became something of an Internet phenomenon．

“To go away now as the island caretaker for Tourism Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef is an extreme honour．I hope I can fill the boots as much as everybody is expecting, my swimming hopefully is up to standard and I look forward to all of the new roles and responsibilities that the task involves.” [Ben Southall]

For a disappointing Australian tourism industry currently in the doldrums, this has been an unexpected encouragement．Tourism Queensland deliberately chose the middle of winter of the northern Hemisphere to launch the campaign back in January, but didn’t expect anywhere near the global response．They think the only countries where people didn’t visit their website were North Korea and a few African nations．

What’s said to be the best job in the world comes with a $110,000 （about 750,000 yuan） contract for six months’ work, a luxury beachside home and a plunge pool．

In return, the island caretaker will be expected to stroll the white sands, enjoy the sun, diving and taking care of the reef, “maybe clean the pool”-- and report to a global audience via weekly blogs, photo diaries and video updates.

For the losers meanwhile, there’s the worst of long journeys home.

1.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

    A．The global recruitment mostly took place online． 

    B．Ben Southall got the job in January.

   C．The recruitment started in winter in Australia．  

    D．The organizers knew the activity would attract attention from all over the world.

2.The caretaker of the islands is expected to be good at all the following EXCEPT ______.

   A．swimming       B．writing        C．photographing D．acting

3.It can be inferred from the report that ______.

   A．it’s the easiest job in the world   

    B．you need to surf the Internet regularly to know what Ben Southall is doing there

   C．the organizers of the activity knew North Koreans would never be interested in the job

   D．The journey home of the losers of the competition will be dangerous

4.The underlined word “doldrums” probably means ______ .

   A．depression                       B．development    C．recovery  D．promotion