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     It's an amazing change when a caterpillar (毛毛虫) turns into a butterfly. That just might explain 

Taiwan singer Jolin Tsai's choice of name for her latest album (唱片/专辑).     

      On March 27, Tsai will release Flower Butterfly,  her first album for Warner, the company she 

signed to recently.           

      The 28-year-old Tsai is known for the challenges she takes on. This  time it is ballet. For the 

video that goes with the album,  she had to pirouette (用脚尖旋转) 20 times without stopping. It was

 hard going. When she started training she couldn't even manage to spin  (旋转)  three times.             

     "It took me longer to learn the move than anything I've ever tried ! "  she said.                 

      If the ballet was hard,  the photo for the album art may have been harder. Tsai had to hang upside

 down from a wire for an hour.  It was so   that her shadow (影子) . would seem like a butterfly 

spreading its wings.         

     But Tsai is facing another challenge.  Her old record company  ( 唱片公司) ,  EMI will release an 

album of music Tsai recorded when she  was with the label.  This means that Flower Butterfly will be

 fighting it   out in the market with old Jolin music.        

      But Tsai didn't seem to care about the problems with her old company:          

     "I've trained myself to be strong.  I hope that other girls will follow  my example and be themselves. 

 Don't be afraid of what other people  say.  One day you'll turn into a beautiful butterfly. "

1. Taiwan singer Jolin Tsai is famous for ______.               

A.  her latest album                

B.  the challenges she takes on                

C.  Flower Butterfly                

D.  an amazing change

2. From this passage, we can know ______.                  

A. Tsai was good at ballet when she was young                   

B.  it took her a short time to learn the move                   

C. when she started training she couldn't even manage to spin three times         

D. Tsai seemed to care about the problems with her  old company

3. Tsai hopes that ______.  

A. one day she'll turn  into a beautiful butterfly

B. her shadow would seem like a butterfly spreading  its wings  

C. other girls will follow her example and be themselves  

D. Flower Butterfly will be fighting it out in the market with old Jolin music

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1-3       BCC

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A gentleman put an advertisement in a newspaper for a boy to work in his office. Out of the nearly fifty men who came to apply, the man selected one and dismissed(解散) the others.

“I should like to know,” said a friend, “the reason you preferred that boy, who brough not a single letter—not a recommendation(介绍信).”

“You are wrong,” said the gentleman. He had a great many. He wiped his feet at the door and closed the door after him, indicating that he was careful. He gave his seat immediately to the crippled (跛的) old man, showing that he was kind and thoughtful. He took off his cap when he came in and answered my questions immediately, showing that he was polite and gentlemanly.

“All the rest stepped over the book which I had purposely put on the floor. He picked it up and placed it on the table; and he waited quietly for his turn instead of pushing and crowding.

When I talked to him, I noticed his tidy clothing, his neatly brushed hair, and his clean fingernails(指甲). Can’t you see that these things are excellent recommendations? I consider them more significant(明显的) than letters.”

45.  A gentleman put an advertisement in a newspaper _____

A.  in order to hire an office boy          

B.  so as to dismiss the others

C.  in order to select one among the fifty applicants         

D.  so as to select one and dismiss the others

46.  The underlined word “indicatiing” probably means _______

A.  drawing         B.  saying          C.  showing         D.  speaking

47.  _______ was the very person the gentleman preferred.

A.  He who had many letters       

B.  He who had no letters         

C.  He who wiped his feet          

D.  He who was careful,kind, polite and thoughtful

48.  According to the passage, we know that the gentleman hired the boy by________

A.  his good manners               B.  the relationships between them 

C.  by the feelings                 D.  his letters

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