Q: The voice of China was not hot during the summer of 2012. The voice of China is a large music show in China. This show is also the only one which regards the voice as the only ruler. It premiered at 21:15 on July 13,2012,on the Zhejiang Television. It has attracted great attention. The show became an overnight sensation. The first season used "Real voice, real music " as its slogan . As a mentor ,singers like Liu Huan, Na Ying, Yu Chengqing and Yang Kun were responsible for seeking world-shaking voices of China in the following three and a half months, through four steps ,namely "blind choosing" "blind selecting" "team PK" "yearly grand ceremony". It is really a miracle that The voice of China can stand out in the flood of today's talent shows in China , and attracts the audience . A great number of audience said this was the best television show last summer. They were all proud of these good voices of China. The students' beautiful voices moved everyone. Xu Haixing , a girl from Chengdu ,sang Self to realize her father's dream and Liu Huan was moved to tears by her song . Huang Yong sang In Spring showing his sticking to his dream and Yang Kun cried for this. The blind girl Zhang Yuxia, a busker from Taiwan, played while singing. She was called "Deng Lijun No.2" for her unique voice, and her sincere feeling touched everybody. Na Ying went to the stage to sing with the students together twice. The voice of China doesn't care about magnificent clothes and wonderful dancing. It regards "inspiration" and "professionalism" as the ruler of music. The singer uses their songs to tell real stories and the happiness of life.

Answer the following questions:
1. where is the show?
2. when did it first air?
3. what time?
4. was it a hit?
5. what did the show do?
6. how long did it go on for?
7. did it have a slogan?
8. what was it?
9. did the show have mentors?
10. were they music producers?
11. what were they?
12. Do they name any?
13. can you name one?
14. how many steps were involved in the show?
15. what was the last one?
16. Who was from Chengdu?
17. what did she sing?
18. for who?
19. who was blind?
20. where was she from?
A: 1. China
2. July 13,2012,o
3. 21:15
4. yes
5. talent show focusing on the voice
6. three and a half months,
7. yes
8. "Real voice, real music "
9. yes
10. no
11. singers
12. yes
13. Liu Huan,
14. Four
15. yearly grand ceremony
16. Xu Haixing
17. Self
18. her father
19. Zhang Yuxia,
20. Taiwan,
Q: On June 26, 2000, two scientists, called Francis Collins and Craig Venter, told the world that they could read the whole "map" of the human body: DNA. DNA is something that everybody has, and it tells the body what to do. DNA is the reason that we look like our mother and father, because we get some of their DNA to make our own. People have been trying to understand the human body for a long time. In 1860, Gregor Mendel discovered a special reason why we look the same as other people in our family. It is because of small things named "genes" in our body. In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick made another discovery and found out that those small parts are real messages written in the DNA with a special language. In 1961, Marshall Nirenberg and Johann Matthaci found a message in DNA showing how DNA tells the cell to build its parts. Scientists have now found all the words in the DNA map, but we still do not understand what they all do. By understanding what just one "word" means, we can help save more people from several illnesses. Most people hope that this will help make better medicine and help sick people. Other people worry that when people begin to know more words and find out lots of other information, we might use it in a wrong way, just to make people more attractive, or stop sick people from getting jobs. Man would have to meet a lot of trouble if DNA technic wasn't limited in use.

Answer the following questions:
1. How many scientists were there?
2. What were there names?
3. Who did tey tell they could read the whole map of the human body?
4. When?
5. What is something that everybody has?
6. What did it tell our body?
7. Is it the reason we look like our mother and father?
8. Why?
9. Who discovered this?
A: 1. two
2. Francis Collins and Craig Venter
3. the world
4. June 26, 2000
5. DNA
6. what to do
7. yes
8. we get some of their DNA
9. Francis Collins and Craig Venter
Q: CHAPTER II.

THE EXPEDITION INTO SPAIN.

1623

The Palatinate.--Wars between the Protestants and Catholics.--Frederic dispossessed of his dominions.--Flees to Holland.--Elizabeth.--James's plan.--Donna Maria.--Negotiations with Spain.--Obstacles and delays.--Buckingham's proposal.--Nature of the adventure.--Buckingham's dissimulation.--Charles persuaded.--James's perplexity.--He reluctantly yields.--James's fears.--Royal captives.--Buckingham's violence.--Angry disputes.--James's distress.--Charles and Buckingham depart.--Charles and Buckingham's boisterous conduct.--Arrested at Dover.--Arrival at Paris.--Princess Henrietta.--Bourdeaux.--Entrance into Madrid.--Bristol's amazement.--Charles's reception.--Grand procession.--Spanish etiquette.--The Infanta kept secluded.--Athletic amusements.--Charles steals an interview.--Irregularities.--Delays and difficulties.--Letters.--The magic picture.--The pope's dispensation.--The treaty signed.--Buckingham is hated.--He breaks off the match.--Festivities at the Escurial.--Taking leave.--Return to London.--The Spanish match broken off.

In order that the reader may understand fully the nature of the romantic enterprise in which, as we have already said, Prince Charles embarked when he was a little over twenty years of age, we must premise that Frederic, the German prince who married Charles's sister Elizabeth some years before, was the ruler of a country in Germany called the Palatinate. It was on the banks of the Rhine. Frederic's title, as ruler of this country, was Elector Palatine. There are a great many independent states in Germany, whose sovereigns have various titles, and are possessed of various prerogatives and powers.

Now it happened that, at this time, very fierce civil wars were raging between the Catholics and the Protestants in Germany. Frederic got drawn into these wars on the Protestant side. His motive was not any desire to promote the progress of what he considered the true faith, but only a wish to extend his own dominions, and add to his own power, for he had been promised a kingdom, in addition to his Palatinate, if he would assist the people of the kingdom to gain the victory over their Catholic foes. He embarked in this enterprise without consulting with James, his father-in-law, knowing that he would probably disapprove of such dangerous ambition. James was, in fact, very sorry afterward to hear of Frederic's having engaged in such a contest.

Answer the following questions:
1. who married Charles's sister?
2. what was his title?
3. how old was Prince Charles when the story takes place?
4. was there a war happening?
5. what kind of war was it?
6. where was it taking place?
7. who were the combatants?
8. which side was Frederic on?
9. what was Frederic's exact title?
10. where was the Palatinate?
A:
1. Frederic
2. he was a prince
3. twenty years of age
4. yes
5. a civil war
6. in Germany
7. Catholics and the Protestants
8. the Protestant side
9. Elector Palatine
10. It was on the banks of the Rhine.