41. He’s been informed that he _________for the scholarship because of his academic background.

1. 1. Generally, students’ inner motivation with high expectations from others _________ essential to their development. A. is B. are C. was D. were 2. –The T-shirt I received is not the same as is shown online. --________? But I promise you we’ll look into it right away. A. Who says B. How come C. What for D. Why worry 3. –The town is so beautiful! I just love it. --Me too. The character of the town is well ___________. A. qualified B. preserved C. decorated D. simplified 4. Lionel Messi, ________ the record for the most goals in a calendar year, is considered the most talented football player in Europe. A. set B. setting C. to set D. having set 5. –Could I use your car tomorrow morning? --Sure. I __________ a report at home. A. will be writing. B. will have written C. have written D. have been writing 6. I am always delighted when I receive an e-mail from you. _________ the party on July 1st, I shall be pleased to attend. A. On account of B. In response to C. In view of D. With regard to 7. “Never for a second,” the boy says, “_______ that my father would come to my rescue.” A. I doubted B. do I doubt C. I have doubted D. did I doubt 8. In the global economy, a new drug for cancer, __________ it is discovered, will create many economic possibilities around the world. A. whatever B. whoever C. wherever D. whichever 9. Team leaders must ensure that all members __________ their natural desire to avoid the embarrassment associated with making mistakes. A. get over B. look over C. take over D. come over 10. I should not have laughed if I _________ you were serious. A. thought B. would think C. had thought D. have thought

2. 11. Shortly after suffering from a massive earthquake and __________ to ruins, the city took on a new look. A. reducing B. reduced C. being reduced D. having reduced 12. The president of the World Bank says he has a passion for China, ________ he remembers starting as early as his childhood. A. where B. which C. what D. when 13. With inspiration from other food cultures, American food culture can take a ___ for the better. A. share B. chance C. turn D. lead 14. –What about your self-drive trip yesterday? --Tiring! The road is being widened, and we _______ a rough ride. A. had B. have C. would have D. have had 15. –Thank you for the flowers. --_________. I thought they might cheer you up. A. That’s right. B. All right. C. I’m all right. D. It’s all right. 16. By boat is the only way to get here, which is _______ we arrived. A. where B. when C. why D. how 17. Kids shouldn’t have access to violent films because they might _______ the things they see. A. indicate B. investigate C. imitate D. innovate 18. Self-driving is an area _______ China and the rest of the world are on the same starting line. A. that B. where C. which D. when 19. It’s strange that he _______ have taken the books without the owner’s permission. A. would B. should C. could D. might 20. Developing the Yangtze River Economic Belt is a systematic project which _______ a clear road map and timetable.A. calls for B. calls on C. calls off D. calls up

3. 21. Around 13,500 new jobs were created during the period, _______ the expected number of 12,000 held by  market analysts. A. having exceeded  B. to exceed  C. exceeded  D. exceeding 22. There is a good social life in the village, and I wish I _______ a second chance to become more involved. A. had B. will have C. would have had D. have had 23. —You know what? I’ve got a New Year concert ticket. —Oh, _______ You’re kidding. A. so what? B. go ahead. C. come on. D. what for? 24. _______ you can sleep well, you will lose the ability to focus, plan and stay motivated after one or two nights. A. Once B. Unless C. If D. When 25. I was sent to the village last month to see how the development plan _______ in the past two years. A. had been carried out B. would be carried out C.is being carried out D. has been carried out 26. Hopefully in 2025 we will no longer be e-mailing each other, for we _______ more convenient electronic  communication tools by then. A. have developed B. had developed C. will have developed  D. developed 27. Try to understand what’s actually happening instead of acting on the _______ you’ve made. A. assignment B. association C. acquisition  D. assumption 28. China’s soft power grows _______ the increasing appreciation and understanding of China globally. A. in line with B. in reply to C. in return for D. in honor of 29. Despite the poor service of the hotel, the manager is _______ to invest in sufficient training for his staff. A. keen B. reluctant C. anxious D. ready 30. —What happened? Your boss seems to _______. —Didn’t you know his secretary leaked the secret report to the press? A. be over the moon  B. laugh his head off  C. be all ears D. fly off the handle

4. 31. Many Chinese brands, __________their reputations over centuries, are facing new challenges from the modern market. A. having developed B. being developed C. developed D. developing 32. __________not for the support of the teachers, the student could not overcome her difficulty. A. It were B. Were it C. It was D. Was it 33.Located_________the Belt meets the Road, Jiangsu will contribute more to the Belt and Road construction. A. why B. when C. which D. where 34.The publication of Great Expectations, which _________both widely reviewed and highly praised, strengthened Dickens’ status as a leading novelist. A. is B. are C. was D. were 35. Working with the medical team in Africa has _________the best in her as a doctor. A. held out B. brought out C. picked out D. given out 36.We choose this hotel because the price for a night here is down to $20, half of _________it used to charge. A. that B. which C. what D. how 37. He hurried home, never once looking back to see if he_________. A. was being followed B. was following C. had been followed D. followed 38. In 1963 the UN set up the World Food Programme, one of _____purposes is to relieve worldwide starvation. A. which B. it’s C. whose D. whom 39.Only five years after Steve Jobs’ death, smart –phones defeated _________PCs in sales. A. controversial B. contradictory C. confidential D. conventional 40. A quick review of successes and failures at the end of year will help _________your year ahead. A. shape B. switch C. stretch D. sharpen

5. 41. He’s been informed that he _________for the scholarship because of his academic background. A. hasn’t qualified B. hadn’t qualified C. doesn’t qualify D. wasn’t qualifying 42. Determining where we are _________our surroundings remains an essential skill for our survival. A. in contrast to B. in defense of C. in face of D. in relation to 43.——What does the stuff on your T-shirt mean? ——It’s nothing. Just something _________. A. as clear as day B. off the top of my head C. under my nose D. beyond my wildest dreams 44.The disappearance of dinosaurs is not necessarily caused by astronomical incidents. But _________explanations are hard to find. alternative B. aggressive C. ambiguous D. apparent 45. ——Going to watch the Women’s Volleyball Match on Wednesday? ——_________! Will you go with me? A. You there B. You bet C. You got me D. You know better 46．It is often the case______anything is possible for those who hang on to hope. A. why B. what C. as D. that 47.More efforts, as reported, ______in the years ahead to accelerate the supply-side structural reform. A. are made B. will be made C. are being made D. have been made 48.Many young people, most______were well-educated, headed for remote regions to chase their dreams. A. of which B. of them C. of whom D. of those 49.—Can you tell us your _____ for happiness and a long life?  —Living every day to the full, definitely. A. recipe B. record C. range D. receipt 50.He did not _____ easily, but was willing to accept any constructive advice for a worthy cause. A. approach B. wrestle C. compromise D. communicate

6. 51.______some people are motivated by a need for success, others are motivated by a fear of failure.51.______some people are motivated by a need for success, others are motivated by a fear of failure. A. Because B. If C. Unless D. While 52. If it ____ for his invitation the other day, I should not be here now. A. had not been B. should not be C. were not to be D. should not have been 53. In art criticism, you must assume the artist has a secret message ____ within the work. A. to hide B. hidden C. hiding D. being hidden 54. Dashan, who ______ crosstalk, the Chinese comedic tradition, for decades, wants to mix it up with the Western stand-up tradition. A. will be learning B. is learning C. had been learning D. has been learning 55. Many businesses started up by college students have _____ thanks to the comfortable climate for business creation. A. fallen off B. taken off C. turned off D. left off 56. His comprehensive surveys have provided the most ______ statements of how, and on what basis, data are collected. A. explicit B. ambiguous C. original D. arbitrary 57.—Only those who have a lot in common can get along well. — _________ . Opposites sometimes do attract. A. I hope not. B. I think so. C. I appreciate that. D. I beg to differ. 58.Parents should actively urge their children to ______ the opportunity to join sports teams. A. gain admission to B. keep track of C. take advantage of D. give rise to 59.Not until recently ______ the development of tourist-related activities in the rural areas.  A. they had encouraged B. had they encouraged C. did they encourage D. they encouraged 60. —Jack still can’t help being anxious about his job interview. —Lack of self-confidence is his ______, I am afraid. A. Achilles’ heel B. child’s play C. green fingers D. last straw

7. A El Nifio, a Spanish term for “the Christ child”, was named by South American fisherman who noticed that the global weather pattern, which happens every two to seven years, reduced the amount of fishes caught around Christmas. El Nifio sees warm water, collected over several years in the western Pacific, flow back eastwards when winds that normally blow westwards weaken, or sometimes the other way round. The weather effects both good and bad, are felt in many places. Rich countries gain more from powerful Nifio, on balance, than they lose. A study found that a strong Nifio in 1997 helped American’s economy grow by 15 billion, partly because of better agricultural harvest, farmers in the Midwest gained from extra rain. The total rise in agricultural in rich countries in growth than the fall in poor ones. But in Indonesia extremely dry forests are in flames. A multi-year drought（干旱）in south-east Brazil is becoming worse. Though heavy rains brought about by El Nino may relieve the drought in California, they are likely to cause surface flooding and other disasters. The most recent powerful Nino, in 1997-98, killed around 21,000 people and caused damage worth $36 billion around the globe. But such Ninos come with months of warning, and so much is known about how they happen that governments can prepare. According to the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), however, just 12% of disaster-relief funding in the past two decades has gone on reducing risks in advance, rather than recovery and rebuilding afterwards. This is despite evidence that a dollar spent on risk-reduction saves at least two on reconstruction. Simple improvements to infrastructure (基础设施）can reduce the spread of disease. Better sewers（下水道）make it less likely that heavy rain is followed by an outbreak of the disease of bad stomach. Stronger bridges mean villages are less likely to be left without food and medicine after floods. According to a paper in 2011 by Mr Hsiang and co-authors, civil conflict is related to El Nino’s harmful effects—and the poorer the country, the stronger the link. Though the relationship may not be causal, helping divided communities to prepare for disasters would at least reduce the risk that those disasters are followed by killing and wounding people. Since the poorest are least likely to make up for their losses from disasters linked to El Nino, reducing their losses needs to be the priority.

8. 61．What can we learn about El Nino in Paragraph 1?61．What can we learn about El Nino in Paragraph 1? A. It is named after a South American fisherman. B. It takes place almost every year all over the world. C. It forces fishermen to stop catching fish around Christmas. D. It sees the changes of water flow direction in the ocean. 62．What may El Ninos bring about to the countries affected? A. Agricultural harvests in rich countries fall. B. Droughts become more harmful than floods. C. Rich countries’ gains are greater than their losses. D. Poor countries suffer less from droughts economically. 63．The data provided by ODI in Paragraph 4 suggest that_________. A. more investment should go to risk reduction B. governments of poor countries need more aid C. victims of El Nino deserve more compensation D. recovery and reconstruction should come first 64．What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage? A. To introduce El Nino and its origin. B. To explain the consequences of El Nino. C. To show ways of fighting against El Nino. D. To urge people to prepare for El Nino.

9. B Not so long ago, most people didn’t know who Shelly Ann Francis Pryce was going to become. She was just an average high school athlete. There was every indication that she was just another American teenager without much of a future. However, one person wants to change this. Stephen Francis observed then eighteen-year-old Shelly Ann as a track meet and was convinced that he had seen the beginning of true greatness. Her time were not exactly impressive, but even so, he seemed there was something trying to get out, something the other coaches had overlooked when they had assessed her and found her lacking. He decided to offer Shelly Ann a place in his very strict training seasons. Their cooperation quickly produced results, and a few year later at Jamaica’s Olympic games in early 2008, Shelly Ann, who at that time only ranked number 70 in the world, beat Jamaica’s unchallenged queen of the sprint(短跑). “Where did she come from?” asked an astonished sprinting world, before concluding that she must be one of those one-hit wonders that spring up from time to time, only to disappear again without signs. But Shelly Ann was to prove that she was anything but a one-hit wonder. At the Beijing Olympic she swept away any doubts about her ability to perform consistently by becoming the first Jamaican woman ever to win the 100 meters Olympic gold. She did it again one year on at the World Championship in Briton, becoming world champion with a time of 10.73--- the fourth record ever. Shelly-Ann is a little woman with a big smile. She has a mental toughness that did not come about by chance. Her journey to becoming the fastest woman on earth has been anything but smooth and effortless. She grew up in one of Jamaica’s toughest inner-city communities known as Waterhouse, where she lived in a one-room apartment, sleeping four in a bed with her mother and two brothers. Waterhouse, one of the poorest communities in Jamaica, is a really violent and overpopulated place. Several of Shelly-Ann's friends and family were caught up in the killings; one of her cousins was shot dead only a few streets away from where she lived. Sometimes her family didn’t have enough to eat. She ran at the school championships barefooted because she couldn’t afford shoes. Her mother Maxime, one of a family of fourteen, had been an athlete herself as a young girl but, like so many other girls in Waterhouse, had to stop after she had her first baby. Maxime’s early entry into the adult world with its responsibilities gave her the determination to ensure that her kids would not end up in Waterhouse's roundabout of poverty. One of the first things Maxime used to do with Shelly-Ann was taking her to the track, and she was ready to sacrifice everything. It didn't take long for Shelly-Ann to realize that sports could be her way out of Waterhouse. On a summer evening in Beijing in 2008, all those long, hard hours of work and commitment finally bore fruit. The barefoot kid who just a few years previously had been living in poverty, surrounded by criminals and violence, had written a new chapter in the history of sports. But Shelly-Ann’s victory was far greater than that. The night she won Olympic gold in Beijing, the routine murders in Waterhouse and the drug wars in the neighbouring streets stopped. The dark cloud above one of the world’s toughest criminal neighborhoods simply disappeared for a few days. “ I have so much fire burning for my country,” Shelly said. She plans to start a foundation for homeless children and wants to build a community centre in Waterhouse. She hopes to inspire the Jamaicans to lay down their weapons. She intends to fight to make it a woman’s as well as a man’s world. As Muhammad Ali puts it, “ Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them. A desire, a dream, a vision.” One of the things Shelly-Ann can be proud of is her understanding of this truth.

10. 65．Why did Stephen Francis decide to coach Shelly-Ann?65．Why did Stephen Francis decide to coach Shelly-Ann? A. He had a strong desire to free her family from trouble. B. He sensed a great potential in her despite her weaknesses. C. She had big problems maintaining her performance. D. She suffered a lot of defeats at the previous track meets. 66．What did the sprinting world think of Shelly-Ann before the 2008 Olympic Games? A. She would become a promising star. B. She badly needed to set higher goals. C. Her sprinting career would not last long. D. Her talent for sprinting was known to all. 67．What made Maxime decide to train her daughter on the track? A. Her success and lessons in her career. B. Her interest in Shelly-Ann’s quick profit. C. Her wish to get Shelly-Ann out of poverty. D. Her early entrance into the sprinting world. 68．What can we infer from Shelly-Ann's statement underlined in Paragraph 5? A. She was highly rewarded for her efforts. B. She was eager to do more for her country. C. She became an athletic star in her country. D. She was the envy of the whole community. 69．By mentioning Muhammad Ali’s words, the author intends to tell us that ______ . A. players should be highly inspired by coaches B. great athletes need to concentrate on patience C. hard work is necessary in one’s achievements D. motivation allows great athletes to be on the top 70．What is the best title for the passage? A. The Making of a Great Athlete B. The Dream for Championship C. The Key to High Performance D. The Power of Full Responsibility

11. C Over the past decade, many companies had perfected the art of creating automatic behaviors - habits - among consumers. These habits have helped companies earn billions of dollars when customers eat snacks, apply lotions and wipe counters almost without thinking, often in response to a carefully designed set of daily cues. “There are fundamental public health problems, like hand washing with soap, that remain killers only because we can’t figure out how to change people’s habits,” Dr. Curtis said. “We wanted to learn from private industry how to create new behaviors that happen automatically.” The companies that Dr. Curtis turned to - Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever - had invested hundreds of millions of dollars finding the subtle cues in consumers’ lives that corporations could use to introduce new routines. If you look hard enough, you’ll find that many of the products we use every day - chewing gums, skin moisturizers, disinfecting wipes, air fresheners, water purifiers, health snacks, antiperspirants, colognes, teeth whiteners, fabric softeners, vitamins - are results of manufactured habits. A century ago, few people regularly brushed their teeth multiple times a day. Today, because of canny advertising and public health campaigns, many Americans habitually give their pearly whites a cavity-preventing scrub twice a day, often with Colgate, Crest or one of the other brands. A few decades ago, many people didn’t drink water outside of a meal. Then beverage companies started bottling the production of far-off springs,and now office workers unthinkingly sip bottled water all day long. Chewing gum, once bought primarily by adolescent boys, is now featured in commercials as a breath freshener and teeth cleanser for use after a meal. Skin moisturizers are advertised as part of morning beauty rituals, slipped in between hair brushing and putting on makeup. “Our products succeed when they become part of daily or weekly patterns,” said Carol Berning, a consumer psychologist who recently retired from Procter & Gamble, the company that sold $76 billion of Tide, Crest and other products last year. “Creating positive habits is a huge part of improving our consumers’ lives, and it’s essential to making new products commercially viable.” Through experiments and observation, social scientists like Dr. Berning have learned that there is power in tying certain behaviors to habitual cues through relentless advertising. As this new science of habit has emerged, controversies have erupted when the tactics have been used to sell questionable beauty creams or unhealthy foods.

12. 71.According to Dr.Curtis,habits like hand washing with soap________. [A] should be further cultivated [B] should be changed gradually [C] are deepiy rooted in history [D] are basically private concerns 72.Bottled water,chewing gun and skin moisturizers are mentioned in Paragraph 5 so as to____ [A] reveal their impact on people’habits [B] show the urgent need of daily necessities [C]indicate their effect on people’buying power [D]manifest the significant role of good habits 73.which of the following does NOT belong to products that help create people’s habits? [A]Tide [B]Crest [C]Colgate [D]Unilver 74.From the text wekonw that some of consumer’s habits are developed due to _____ [A]perfected art of products [B]automatic behavior creation [C]commercial promotions [D]scientific experiments 75.the author’s attitude toward the influence of advertisement on people’s habits is____ [A]indifferent [B]negative [C]positive [D]biased

13. D Many Americans regard the jury system as a concrete expression of crucial democratic values, including the principles that all citizens who meet minimal qualifications of age and literacy are equally competent to serve on juries; that jurors should be selected randomly from a representative cross section of the community; that no citizen should be denied the right to serve on a jury on account of race, religion, sex, or national origin; that defendants are entitled to trial by their peers; and that verdicts should represent the conscience of the community and not just the letter of the law. The jury is also said to be the best surviving example of direct rather than representative democracy. In a direct democracy, citizens take turns governing themselves, rather than electing representatives to govern for them. But as recently as in 1986, jury selection procedures conflicted with these democratic ideals. In some states, for example, jury duty was limited to persons of supposedly superior intelligence, education, and moral character. Although the Supreme Court of the United States had prohibited intentional racial discrimination in jury selection as early as the 1880 case of strauder v. West Virginia, the practice of selecting so-called elite or blue-ribbon juries provided a convenient way around this and other antidiscrimination laws. The system also failed to regularly include women on juries until the mid-20th century. Although women first served on state juries in Utah in 1898, it was not until the 1940s that a majority of states made women eligible for jury duty. Even then several states automatically exempted women from jury duty unless they personally asked to have their names included on the jury list. This practice was justified by the claim that women were needed at home, and it kept juries unrepresentative of women through the 1960s. In 1968, the Congress of the United States passed the Jury Selection and Service Act, ushering in a new era of democratic reforms for the jury. This law abolished special educational requirements for federal jurors and required them to be selected at random from a cross section of the entire community. In the landmark 1975 decision Taylor v. Louisiana, the Supreme Court extended the requirement that juries be representative of all parts of the community to the state level. The Taylor decision also declared sex discrimination in jury selection to be unconstitutional and ordered states to use the same procedures for selecting male and female jurors.

14. 76.From the principles of the US jury system, we learn that ______ [A]both literate and illiterate people can serve on juries [B]defendants are immune from trial by their peers [C]no age limit should be imposed for jury service [D]judgment should consider the opinion of the public 77.The practice of selecting so-called elite jurors prior to 1968 showed_____ [A]the inadequacy of antidiscrimination laws [B]the prevalent discrimination against certain races [C]the conflicting ideals in jury selection procedures [D]the arrogance common among the Supreme Court judeges 78.Even in the 1960s,women were seldom on the jury list in some states because_____ [A]they were automatically banned by state laws [B]they fell far short of the required qualifications [C]they were supposed to perform domestic duties [D]they tended to evade public engagement 79.After the Jury Selection and Service Act was passed.___ [A]sex discrimination in jury selection was unconstitutional and had to be abolished [B]educational requirements became less rigid in the selection of federal jurors [C]jurors at the state level ought to be representative of the entire community [D]states ought to conform to the federal court in reforming the jury system 80.in discussing the US jury system, the text centers on_______ [A]its nature and problems [B]its characteristics and tradition [C]its problems and their solutions [D]its tradition and development

15. 写作： 书信类： 1道歉信： Two months ago you got a job as an editor for the magazine Designs & Fashions. But now you find that the work is not what you expected. You decide to quit. Write a letter to your boss, Mr. Wang, telling him your decision, stating your reason (s), and making an apology. 范文： Dear Mr. Wang, First of all, please allow me to express my deep sorry to you for my resignation. I do know that this will bring about much trouble to you so that I write to you for my explanation. I decided to quit for some reasons as follows. To begin with, the job as an editor for the magazine Designs & Fashions is not suitable to me. What’s more, I am preparing for another degree and I prefer to further my study. Again, I apologize for my resignation to you! I am looking forward to your early reply. Sincerely yours, Li Ming 2 通知： You are supposed to write for the postgraduate association a notice to recruit volunteers for an international conference on globalization, you should conclude the basic qualification of applicant and the other information you think relative. 范文： An Announcement 　　Jan. 9， 2010 International Conference on Globalization, from March 3th to 10th, will be held at Tsinghua University. We, the Postgraduates’ Association, are entitled to organize this conference. Thus, we are badly in need of volunteers to assist us in organizing the relevant affairs, including reception, distribution of documents, technical support, etc. Students who have previous experience as volunteers are preferred. Basic knowledge in computer, fluent oral English and an amicable personality are some of the qualities we desire. Volunteers shall be available for at least 3 days without absence during the conference. If you are interested and willing to have a whole new experience in this semester, please do not hesitate to send your resume to liming@hotmail.com before Jan. 20th. Your applications are welcome。

16. 3. 建议信 Write a letter to your university library, making suggestions for improving its service. Dear Sir or Madam, 　　I am writing this letter to raise some suggestions for improving the service of our university library. 　　Generally speaking, the library functions well, but there are still several problems. To begin with, more librarians should work in the circulation hall so that students can borrow and return books more quickly. In addition, the opening hours should be lengthened so that more students can take advantage of the library. Last but not least, the computer room should be expanded so that more students can gain access to the Intranet and the Internet. 　　I will be grateful if my suggestions receive your favorable consideration, and I firmly believe that the service level will be improved significantly in the near future. 　　Yours sincerely, 　　Li Ming 议论文： 4. Cooperation In modern times, cooperation has become an efficient and effective way to solve many problems. To begin with, through cooperation, we can heighten our strength so as to accomplish the things that are impossible to be done only by one person. We all have our own limitations and with the fast development of science and technology, we are facing a world that is more and more sophisticated. Therefore, we often need to combine others abilities and resources to gain success. What’s more, cooperation is not the simple addition but fusion of all partners’ strength. Making use of different members strong points, offsetting the weaknesses, supporting mutually and sharing resources with each other, we can then attain to a capacity that is much stronger than the sum of all partners. 　　All in all, by cooperation among each other, we will be able to explore a wider world and reach further.

17. 5. Action Speaks Louder Than Words(谚语) The message conveyed here is clear: “Actions speak louder than words.” Our earth is suffering severe damage. Should we just pay lip service or take practical measures to protect it? The answer is definitely the latter. Immediate actions should be taken, like stopping cutting down trees, to better the environment. Actions are important in other fields, too. Instead of shouting empty slogans, it is more meaningful to donate books and sports goods to children in need. We should strictly and voluntarily follow traffic rules, stopping at the red light rather than complaining about traffic jams. Only when we match our words with actions can we make a difference in whatever we hope to accomplish. 6. 票房收入（box-office income） 我国电影票房收入变化的原因有哪些, 简要谈谈你的看法 谈谈你对我国电影票房收入走向的看法, 并简要说明理由。 1) The past a decade has witnessed the steady increase of the box-office income of Chinese movies. The reasons behind this are various. The fast economic development before 2016 was probably the most powerful engine driving the constant growth in the box-office income. The application of new technologies and the wide appeal of movie stars could also account for the increase. However, China saw a decline in its economic growth rate last year. And the internet increased options for movie lovers. Consequently, some viewers began to turn away from cinemas, leading to a slower growth. China’s economy is expected to grow at a medium speed in the coming years, so an increase is possible in the investment in the movie industry and the number of quality movies. Therefore, its box-office income will probably enjoy a slight increase.(150 words) 2)

18. As is indicated in the graph, the box-office income of Chinese films increased constantly from 2012 to 2015, but its growth, for one reason or another, slowed down in 2016. The increase in the box-office income can be attributed to a number of factors. The quality of life has improved and watching films is regarded as a good means of entertainment. Besides, filming technology has advanced and more quality films are on offer. Moreover, the internet plays an important part. On the internet people can seek information about their favourite stars and buy tickets at a discount as well, which is both time-saving and economical. However, the film market may witness a slowdown in the near future. Cinemas have gradually given way to the rise of the internet and cellphones, and the ticket price is on the increase. Therefore, the film industry should make greater efforts to attract more viewers.(150 words)