湖北卷专用时事单选词汇题.doc

1. Photos showing a couple from Qingdao who left high-paying jobs in the city to live a self-reliant lifestyle in a remote mountainous village have gone viral. 2. Residents in Shenzhen face a fine of 200 yuan ($32) for failing to sort waste properly, under a law being drafted to reduce household garbage in the city. Public opinion on the law is being sought and the consultation period ends on May 11. A. drafted B. issued C. observed D. embodied 3. A vice principal at a primary school promised that he would kiss a pig in public if pupils stopped littering. He fulfilled his pledge on Monday as the school’s sanitation improved substantially within the past month. A barbecue restaurant owner transformed a bus into a six-table dining place after local urban management workers, known as chengguan, started to eradicate open-air barbecues. The purchasing managers index reading above 50 percent indicates expansion, while a reading below 50 percent reflects contraction. Many parents converged on Yucai Primary School in Beijing after it started enrolling children from across the country on May 2 – without any restrictions related to their parents hukou - or household registration. 38. The factory’s output of cars this years is about three times as great as that of last year (大约是去年的三倍)（as, great）07 Multiple choices: 1. The pragmatic approach, coupled with a record number of students graduating from college, is expected to intensify competition in the job market. A. raise B. overcome C. intensify D. circulate 2. Chinas patent mechanisms need to be upgraded with foreign expertise, amid a growing demand for international intellectual property services from domestic enterprises. A. intellectual B. intelligence C. knowledgeable D. revised 3. Non-resident travelers entering the mainland with more than US$5,000 or an equivalent amount in other foreign currencies must declare the money to customs. A. assembled B. equivalent C. par