JennyBowen,anAmericanlivinginBeijing,hasbeenselectedast...

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Jenny Bowen, an American living in Beijing, has been selected as the only American to carry the 2008 Beijing Olympic torch on Chinese soil. She and seven other non－Chinese winners were chosen from a pool of 262 applicants (申请者) from 47 countries in a contest organized by Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group and the official English－language newspaper, China Daily. When Bowen runs with the Olympic torch, she will not only be representing the United States, but also be representing thousands of Chinese orphans(孤儿).

Bowen, a mother of two adopted Chinese daughters, is the executive director of Half the Sky Foundation, an organization which was founded in 1998 and aims to enrich the lives and improve the prospects for orphaned children in China. In nearly 10 years, Bowen and Half the Sky have touched the lives of over 13,000 children. Half the Sky is now present in 36 welfare (福利) institutions in 28 Chinese cities. About 4,000 children are active in the program, which provides trained staff, educational tools, medical support and nurturing love for orphans.

Bowen hopes that running with the Olympic torch will help draw attention to the children in China. She will be among 19,400 runners who will carry the flame along an 85,000－mile, 130－day route across five continents. Beijing organizers say it will be the longest torch relay in Olympic history.

Like Bowen, the seven other non－Chinese winners, including a German engineer and a Venezuelan graphic designer, live in China. Other countries represented will be the Philippines, Colombia, India, Japan and Russia.

According to Olympic organizers, candidates (候选人) were selected based on an online vote, committee selection, their “love of Chinese culture and history” and devotion to “communicating information of a real China to their native countries”. Each runner will carry the torch for 200 meters on Chinese soil.

6. According to the text, Jenny Bowen ________.

A. is interested in Chinese sports

B. founded Half the Sky, an organization which aims to help Chinese orphans

C. has adopted 13,000 children during 10 years

D. loves Chinese culture and history

7. Bowen hopes that being a torch runner would help ________.

A. collect educational tools, medical support, etc, for orphans

B. make Half the Sky Foundation well known

C. communicate information of America

D. draw attention to orphans in China

8. Which of the following about the 2008 torch relay is WRONG?

A. The contest for its runners is organized by Lenovo Group and China Daily.

B. It has eight foreign runners, including an American, a German and a Venezuelan.

C. It will be the longest relay with the most runners in Olympic history.

D. It will be an opportunity to communicate information of a real China to the world.

9. What's the BEST title for the passage?

A. A US woman to carry 2008 Olympic torch in China

B. Happy life of a US woman in China

C. Development of Chinese welfare institutions

D. The longest torch relay in Olympic history

10. The text is a(n)________．

A. biography                 B. argument            

C. news report               D. advertisement

【回答】

6. 解析：选D。根据文章最后一段，火炬手选拔的标准之一为“love of Chinese culture and history”，由此可推断Jenny Bowen是热爱*文化和历史的；A项文章并未提到；B、C两项与文章内容不符。

7. 解析：选D。根据第三段“Bowen hopes that running with the Olympic torch will help draw attention to the children in China”可知*。

8. 解析：选C。第三段提到“it will be the longest torch relay in Olympic history”，但文章并未提到是runners最多的，所以选项C表述错误；根据第一段中的“in a contest organized vo Group a Daily.”可知A项的表述是正确的；根据倒数第二段内容可知，B项表述正确；根据最后一段可知，D项表述正确。

9. 解析：选A。主旨大意题。文章主要讲的是生活在*的Bowen将成为2008年为*奥运会传递火炬的唯一一位美国人。

10. 解析：选C。文章首先概述事件本身，接着分析背景，然后顺带提到其他相关信息，

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