2006年普通高校招生全國(guó)統(tǒng)一考試英語(yǔ)試題

北京卷

本試卷分第Ⅰ卷（選擇題）和第Ⅱ卷（非選擇題）兩部分。第Ⅰ卷1至16頁(yè)，第Ⅱ卷17至18頁(yè)，共150分。考試時(shí)間120分鐘。考試結(jié)束后，將本試卷和答題卡一并交回。

注意事項(xiàng)：

1. 答題前考生務(wù)必分別將答題卡Ⅰ和答題卡Ⅱ上的姓名、準(zhǔn)考證號(hào)用黑色字跡的簽字筆填寫，用2B鉛筆將準(zhǔn)考證號(hào)對(duì)應(yīng)的信息點(diǎn)涂黑。

2. 答試卷第Ⅰ卷時(shí)，每小題選出答案后，用2B鉛筆把答題卡Ⅰ上對(duì)應(yīng)題目的答案選中涂滿涂黑，黑度以蓋住框內(nèi)字母為準(zhǔn)。如需改動(dòng)，用橡皮擦除干凈后再選涂其他答案項(xiàng)。在試卷上答題無(wú)效。

3. 答試卷第Ⅱ卷時(shí)，必須用黑色筆跡的簽字筆按題號(hào)順序答在答題卡Ⅱ的紅色框答題區(qū)域相對(duì)應(yīng)位置內(nèi)，未在對(duì)應(yīng)的答題區(qū)域內(nèi)做答或超出答題區(qū)域做答均不得分。在試卷上答題無(wú)效。

第Ⅰ卷（選擇題? 共115分）

第一部分：聽(tīng)力理解（共兩節(jié)，30分）

第一節(jié)（共5小題：每小題1. 5分，共7. 5分）

聽(tīng)下面5段對(duì)話。每段對(duì)話后有一道小題，從每題所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。聽(tīng)完每段對(duì)話后，你將有10秒鐘的時(shí)間來(lái)回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對(duì)話你將聽(tīng)一遍。

1. What size does the woman want?

A. Size 8.???????????? B. Size 10.??????????? C. Size 12.

2. Where does the conversation take place?

A. In a post office. B. In a hotel.???????? C. In a bank.

3. Why is the man going to New York?

A. To live there.??? B. To visit a friend.??????????????????????????? C. To have a vacation.

4. What are they going to do?

A. Play tennis.?????? B. Go swimming??? C. Do some cleaning.

5. What is the man doing?

A. Making an announcement.

B. Making an appointment.

C. Making an invitation.

第二節(jié)（共15小題：每小題1. 5分，共22. 5分）

聽(tīng)下面6段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白后有幾道小題，從每題所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。聽(tīng)每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白前，你將有5秒鐘的時(shí)間閱讀每小題。聽(tīng)完后，每小題將給出5秒鐘的做答時(shí)間。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白你將聽(tīng)兩遍。

聽(tīng)第6段材料，回答第6至7題。

6. Who is this announcement for?

A. People on a train. B. People on a plane. C. People in a restaurant.

7. What time of the day is it?

A. Morning.????????? B. Noon.????????????? C. Evening.

聽(tīng)第7段材料，回答第8至9題。

8. Where are the speakers?

A. At a Lost and Found.?????B. At a bus stop.?? C. In a shop.

聽(tīng)第8段材料，回答第10至11題。

10. What are the speakers doing?

A. Watching a movie.??????????????????????? B. Having dinner.?? C. Making soup.

11. What makes the man unhappy?

A. The woman doesn’t cook very well.

B. The woman seldom talks to him at dinner.

C. The woman watchers too many commercials.

聽(tīng)第9段材料，回答第12至14題。

12. What does the man dislike about his job?

A. Working in a hotel. B. Working in summer. C. Traveling all the time.

13. Why doesn’t he want to take the new job?

A. He doesn’t get a good pay.

B. He dislikes working in a seaside town.

C. He hates playing the same piece again and again.

14. What does the woman think of the job the man was offered?

A. Boring.???????????? B. Well-paid.???????? C. Tough.

聽(tīng)第10段材料，回答第15至17題。

15. What are they discussing?

A. What to have for lunch.

B. Where to go for lunch.

C. When to have lunch.

16. What can we learn about the man?

A. He usually doesn’t eat fast food.

B. He often eats in a restaurant near his home.

C. He can’t afford an expensive lunch that day.

17. Where are they probably going right after this conversation?

A. A supermarket.???????????????????????????? B. A Fast-food place. C. A French restaurant.

聽(tīng)第11段材料，回答第18至20題。

18. Why didn’t the woman go to the man’s birthday party?

A. She forgot all about it.??????????????????

B. She didn’t like the man.

C. She didn’t know about it.

19. Who is the woman?

A. The man’s friend.

B. The man’s mother.

C. The man’s secretary.

20. What does the woman want to do for the man’s birthday?

A. Buy him a nice present.

B. Have lunch with him.

C. Send him an email.

第二部分：知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，45分）

I. 單項(xiàng)填空（共15小題：每小題1分，共15分）

從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選擇。并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

例：It’s so nice to hear from her again. _______. We last met more than thirty years ago.

A. what ’s more???? B. That’s to say???? C. In other words? D. Believe it or not

答案是D。

21. This washing machine is environmentally friendly because it uses _______ water and electricity than______ models.

A. less; older???????? B. less; elder????????? C. fewer; older????? D. fewer; elder??????

22. ―----When do we need to pay the balance?

―______ September 30.

A. In???????????????????? B. By????????????????C. During????????????D. Within

23. She went to the bookstore and bought _______.

A. dozen books????? B. dozens books???? C. dozen of books? D. dozens of books

24. ―Which driver was to blame?

―Why,______ ！It was the child’s fault,clear and simple. He suddenly came out between two parked cars.

A. both???????????????? B. each???????????????? C. either??????????????? D. neither

25. ―What’s the name?

― Khulaifi. ______ I spell that for you?

A. Shall???????????????? B. Would?????????????? C. Can????????????????? D. Might

26. ―I knocked over my coffee cup. It went right over______ keyboard.

―You shouldn’t put drinks near______ computer.

A. the; 不填????????? B. the; a??????????????? C. a; 不填??????????? D. a; a

27. ―leave at the end of this month.

―I don’t think you should do that until ______ another job.

A. I’m going to; you’d found????????????? B. I’m going to; you’ve found

C. I’ll; you’d find???????????????????????D. I’ll; you’d find

28. There have been several new events______ to the program for the Beijing Olympic Game.

A. add?????????????????? B. to add???????C. adding???????? D. added

29. ―Could you do me a favor?

―It depends on______ it is.

A. which?????????????? B. whichever?????C. what????????????D. whatever

30. ―Your job______ open for your return.

― Thanks.

A. will be kept?????? B. will keep??????C. had kept???????? D. had been kept

31. Women ______ drink more than two cups of coffee a day have a greater chance of having heart disease than those______ don’t.

A. who; 不填??????? B. 不填; who??????? C. who; who???????? D. 不填; 不填

32. ―Where did you put the car keys?

― Oh, I______ put them on the chair because the phone rang as I _____ in.

A. remembered; come??????????????????????? B. remembered; was coming

C. remember; come??????????????????????????D. remember; was coming

33. ______you’ve tried it, you can’t imaging how pleasant it is.

A. Unless????????????? B. Because??????????? C. Although?????????? D. When

34. He found it increasingly difficult to read,______ his eyesight was beginning to fail.

A. and?????????????????? B. for????????????? C. but??????????????? D. or

35. I can’t stand______ with Jane in the same office. She just refuses ______talking while she works.

A. working; stopping????????????????????????? B. to work; stopping

C. working; to stop?????????????????????????? D. to work; to stop

II. 完型填空（共20小題，每小題1. 5分，共30分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，從每題所給的A,B,C,D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)途黑。

Learning to Accept

I learned how to accept life as it is from my father.___36___. He did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy. but rather when he was ___37___and ill.

My father was ___38___a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness ___39___all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is ___40___. One night, I went to visit him with my sisters, we started ___41___about life, and I told them about one of my ___42___. I said that we must always things up ___43___. We grow-our youth, our beauty, our friends-but it always ___44___ that after we give something up. We gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father ___45___ up. He said, “But, Peter. I gave up ___46___! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I could not think of anything to say.___47___, he answered his own question: “I ___48___the love of my family. ” I looked at my sisters, and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

I was also ___49___by his words. After that,when I began to fell irritated（憤怒的）at someone. I ___50___remember his words and become ___51___. If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of live for others, then I should be ___52___, to give up my small irritations. In this ___53___, I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I ___54___ what other things I could learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one ___55___.

?

36. A. Afterwards?????? B. Therefore????????? C. However?????????? D. Meanwhile

37. A. tired??????????? B. weak???????????????C. poor??????????????D. slow

38. A. already????????? B. still??????????????C. only??????????????D. once

39. A. took???????????? B. threw??????????????C. sent??????????????D. put

40. A. impossible????? ?B. difficult??????????C. stressful?????????D. hopeless

41. A. worrying???????? B. caring?????????????C. talking???????????D. asking

42. A. decisions??????? B. experience???????? C. ambitions?????????D. beliefs

43. A. as?????????????? B. since??????????????C. before????????????D. till

44. A. suggests???????? B. promises?????????? C. seems?????????????D. requires

45. A. spoke??????????? B. turned?????????????C. summed??????????? D. opened

46. A. something??????? B. anything???????????C. nothing???????????D. everything

47. A. surprisingly???? B. Immediately??????? C. Naturally?????????D. Certainly

48. A. had????????????? B. accepted???????????C. gained????????????D. enjoyed

49. A. touched????????? B. astonished???????? C. attracted?????????D. warned

50. A. should?????????? B. could??????????????C. would?????????????D. might

51. A. quiet??????????? B. calm???????????????C. relaxed???????????D. happy

52. A. ready?????????? ?B. likely???????????? C. free??????????????D. able

53. A. case???????????? B. form???????????????C. method????????????D. way

54. A. doubt??????????? B. wonder???????????? C. know??????????????D. guess

55. A. award??????????? B. gift???????????????C. lesson????????????D. word

III. 閱讀理解（共20小題，每小題2分，共40分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，從每題所給的A,B,C,D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)途黑。

A

How to make a Budget

Most likely, you aren’t the family breadwinner. But doing a small job or getting a weekly allowance would put some money in your pocket. For kids and grown –ups alike, money is easy to spend. If you aren’t careful, it can be gone in no time.

Being responsible with your money is an important skill to learn-and the sooner you start the better. Whether you spending of saving for something special, creating a budget can help you deal with expenses and plan for the future. All you need are paper and a pencil-and some self-control.

First, take a look at our sample monthly budget. Then, use a separate sheet of paper to plan your own. In the first two columns（欄），list your sources（來(lái)源）of income and how much you expect to earn from them. In the third and fourth columns, list what you expect to spend your money on and the amount.

The left-hand total should be more than or equal to the right-hand total. If it is, you have an effective budget.

Budgets are not complex, but sticking to them can be tough. When planning your budget, be realistic about your expenses. If you know that you drop18 at a movie, don’t write 12 in that space simply because you wish you were spending less.

If you are eyeing a big purchase, such as a 150 skateboard, spend less and save more until you have the total amount. No matter how attractive it may be, avoid spending your saving. One day, you will thank yourself!

56. Who is the passage written for?

A. Children??????????? B. Parents???????????? C. Breadwinners??? D. Bank manager

57. The purpose of making a budget is to help people _______.

A. learn to be realistic???????????????????????? B. increase

C. manage their money well??????????????? D. test their power of self –control

58. What should people do when planning a budget?

Fill in the expenses as they really are.

Avoid spending money on expensive thing s.

Set inside a fixed amount of money as saving s.

List income and expenses on two pieces of paper

59. Which of the follows budget is effective?

B

I was 9 years old when I found out my father was ill. It was 1994. but I can remember my mother’s words as if it were yesterday. “Kerrel, I don’t want you to take food from your father, because he has AIDS. Be very careful when you are around him. ”

AIDS wasn’t something we talked about in my country when I was growing up. From then on, I knew that this would be a family secret. My parents were not together anymore. and my dad lived alone. For a while, he could take care of himself. But when I was 12. his condition worsened. My father’s other children lived far away, so it fell to me to took after him.

We couldn’t afford all the all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work. I had no money for school supplies and often couldn’t even buy food for dinner. I would sit in class feeling completely lost,the teacher’s words muffled as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.

I did not share my burden（負(fù)擔(dān)）with anyone. I had seen people reacted to AIDS. Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease. And even adults could be cruel. When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside even though he was too weak to feed himself.

I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of keeping his condition a secret. I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days. Sad and hopeless, I called a woman at the nonprofit National AIDS Support. That day, she kept me on the phone for hours. I was so lucky to find someone who cared. She saved my life.

I was 15 when my father died. He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone. Even me, he didn’t want to call attention to AIDS. I do.

60. What does Kerrel tell us about her father?

He had stayed in the hospital since he fell ill

He depended on the nurses in his final days.

He worked hard to pay for his medication.

He told no one about his disease.

61. What can we learn from the underlined sentence?

Kerrel couldn’t understand her teacher.

Kerrel had special difficulty in hearing.

Kerrel was too troubled to focus on the lesson.

Kerrel was too tired to hear her teacher’s words.

62. Why did Kerrel keep her father’s disease a secret?

She was afraid of being looked down upon.

She thought it was shameful to have AIDS.

She found no one willing to listen to her.

She wanted to obey her mother.

63. Why did Kerrel write the passage?

To tell people about the sufferings of her father.

To show how little people knew about AIDS.

To draw people’s attention to AIDS.

To remember her father.

C

Why I Don’t Spare “Spare Change”

“ Poor but honest. ”? “The deserving（值得幫助的）poor. ”There words always come to my mind when I think of “the poor. ”But I also think of people who. perhaps through alcohol（酒）or drugs, have ruined not only their own lives but also the lives of others in order to give way to their own pleasure. Perhaps alcoholism and drug addiction（上癮）really are “diseases. ” as many people say, but my own feeling—based, of course, not on any serious study—is that most alcoholics and drug addicts belong to the “undeserving poor. ”And that is largely why I don’t give spare change to beggars.

But surely among the street people there are also some who can rightly be called “deserving. ” Deserving what? My spare change? Or simple the government’s assistance? It happens that? I have been brought up to believe that it is proper to make contributions to charity（慈善機(jī)構(gòu)）. but if I give some change to a beggar, am I making a contribution to charity and thereby helping someone, or, am I perhaps simply encouraging someone not to get help?Or,maybe even worse. am I supporting a cheat?

If one believes in the value of private charity. One can either give to needy people or to charitable organizations. In giving to a beggar one may indeed be helping a person who badly needs help, but one cannot be certain that one is giving to a needy person. In giving to an organization, on the other hand, one can feel that one’s money is likely to be used wisely. True, facing a beggar one may feel that this particular unfortunate person needs help at this moment—a cup of coffee or a sandwich—and the need will not be met unless I put my pocket right now. But I have come to think that the beggars whom I meet can get along without my spare change, and indeed perhaps they are actually better off for not having money to buy alcohol or drugs.

I know nothing about these beggars, but it’s my impression that they simply prefer begging to working. I am not generalizing about street people. I am talking about the people whom I actually meet. That’s why I do not give “spare change,” and I don’t think I will in the future.

?64. What does the author think of beggars who take drugs?

They should be given a cheek-up.

They really need money to live.

They have no pleasure in life.

They are not worth helping.

65. Why doesn’t the author give money to street people?

He doesn’t think they need help.

He doesn’t have enough money to give.

He is not convinced they will use it rightly.

He believes they can get help from the government.

66. In the second paragraph, the author presents his idea by_______.

asking questions for people to think about

giving examples to support his argument

raising questions and answering them

expressing his opinions directly

67. Which of the following opinions does the author accept?

Drug addiction is a disease.

Some street people are poor and needy.

Most beggars have received enough help.

Charitable organizations handle money properly.

D

While parents, particularly mothers, have always been attached to their infants （嬰兒）， societal conditions frequently made this attachment difficult to maintain（保持）. First of all, the high infant death rate in the pre-modern times meant that such attachments often ended in hopelessness. Perhaps to prevent the sadness that infant death caused, a number of societal practices developed which worked against early attachment of mother and child.

One of these pre-modern attachment-discouraging practices was to leave infants unnamed until they had survived into the second year. Another practice that discouraged maternal（母親的）attachment was tightly wrapping（包裹）infants. Wrapping effectively prevented the close physical interactions like stroking （撫摸）and kissing that are so much a part of modem mothers’ and fathers’ affection for their infants.

A third practice which had the same distancing effect was wet-nursing. Breast-feeding （母乳哺育）was not popular among the well-to-do in the early modern times; infants were often fed by wet nurses hired for the purpose. In some places, such as nineteenth-century France, city infants were sent to wet nurses in the country. Often a wet nurse would feed her own child first, leaving little milk for the city infant-who. in many cases, died. In Rouen, the death rate for children sent to a wet nurse was 35 percent.

68. Babies were unnamed until they were two so that_______.

A. an old social custom could be kept up

B. maternal attachment could be maintained

C. their parents would not be too sad if they died

D. their parents would not be too sad if they died

69. Why were babies wrapped?

A. To protect them from the cold.

B. To distance their mothers from them.

C. To make them feet more comfortable.

D. To make it easy for their mothers to hold them.

70. Wet nurses were women who _______.

A. babysat city infants

B. fed babies of other families

C. sent their babies to the country

D. failed to look after their babies

71. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Societal Conditions in Pre-modern Times

B. Practices of Reducing Maternal Attachment

C. Poor Health Service and High Infant Death Rate

D. Differences between Modern and Pre-modern Parents

E

A study published in September suggests there is a surprising way to get people to avoid unhealthy foods change their memories. Scientist Elizabeth Loftus of the University of California at? Irvine asked volunteers to answer some questions on their personalities（個(gè)性）and fend experiences. “One week later,” Loftus says，“We told those people we’d fed their answers into our smart computer and it came up with an account of their early childhood experiences. ” Some accounts included one key additional detail（細(xì)節(jié)）:“You got sick after eating strawberry ice-cream. ” The researchers then changed this detail into a manufactured（人為促生的）memory through leading questions—Who were you with? How did you feel? By the end of the study, up to 41% of those given a false memory believed strawberry ice-cream once made them sick. and many said they’d avoid eating it.

When Loftus published her findings, she started getting calls from people begging her to make them remember hating chocolate or French fries. Unfortunately, it’s not that easy. False memories appear to work only for foods you don’t cat on a regular basis, But most important, it is likely that false memories can be implanted（準(zhǔn)輸）only in people who are unaware of the mental control. And lying to a patient? is immoral, even if a doctor believes it’s for the patient’s benefit.

Loftus says there’s nothing to stop parents from trying it with their overweight children. “I say, wake up—parents have been lying about Father Christmas for years, and nobody seems to mind. If they can prevent diseases caused by fatness and all the other problems that come with that, you might think that’s a more moral lie. Decide that for yourself. ”

72. Why did Loftus ask the volunteers to answer some questions?

A. To improve her computer program.

B. To find out their attitudes towards food.

C. To find out details she can make use of.

D. To predict what food they’ll like in the future.

73. What did Loftus find out from her research?

A. People believe what the computer tells them.

B. People can be led to believe in something false.

C. People tend to forget their childhood experiences.

D. People are not always aware of their personalities.

74. According to the study, people may stop having a certain food if they_______.

A. learn it is harmful for health

B. lie to themselves that they don’t want it

C. are willing to let doctors control their minds

D. think they once had a bad experience of eating it.

75. What is the biggest concern with the method?

A. Whether it is moral.

B. Who it is best for.

C. When it is effective.

D. How it should be used.

第Ⅱ卷（共35分）

第四部分：書面表達(dá)（共兩節(jié)，35分）

情景作文（20分）

國(guó)際文化交流中心將組織一次由各國(guó)學(xué)生參加的“和平·友誼”夏令營(yíng)活動(dòng)，要求報(bào)名者提交英文個(gè)人簡(jiǎn)介。假設(shè)你是王珊，請(qǐng)根據(jù)下列信息寫一篇個(gè)人簡(jiǎn)介。

姓名：王珊 ______? 性別：女

年齡：16歲 ______ 學(xué)校：北京陽(yáng)光中學(xué)

其他：愛(ài)好音樂(lè)，攝影；善于與人交流，

樂(lè)于助人；熱愛(ài)自然，熱愛(ài)和平

參加夏令營(yíng)的目的：結(jié)交朋友，了解外國(guó)文化

注意：1. 詞數(shù)不少于60。

2. 可根據(jù)內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

開(kāi)放作文（15分）

請(qǐng)根據(jù)下面提示，寫一篇短文。詞數(shù)不少于50。

You are your Australian friend Jim are visiting a city in China where you see the street sculptures as shown below. You and Jim are discussing what the artist is trying to say. Now you are telling Jim how you understand this pieces of art and what makes you think so.

提示詞：雕塑 sculpture

筆記本電腦? laptop

2006年普通高等學(xué)校招生全國(guó)統(tǒng)一考試（北京卷）

英語(yǔ)參考答案

選擇題

1. C????? 2. A??? 3. A??? 4. C??? 5. C??? 6. A??? 7. B??? 8. A??? 9. A??? 10. B

11. B??? 12. C?? 13. C?? 14. B?? 15. B?? 16. C?? 17. A?? 18. C?? 19. A?? 20. B

21. A??? 22. B?? 23. D?? 24. D?? 25. A?? 26. B?? 27. B?? 28. D?? 29. C?? 30. A

31. C??? 32. D?? 33. A?? 34. B?? 35. C?? 36. C??? 37. B?? 38. D?? 39. A?? 40. B

41. C??? 42. D?? 43. A?? 44. C?? 45. A?? 46. D??? 47. A?? 48. C?? 49. A?? 50. C

51. B??? 52. D?? 53. D?? 54. B?? 55. B?? 56. A??? 57. C?? 58. A?? 59. D?? 60. D

61. C??? 62. A?? 63. C?? 64. D?? 65. C?? 66. A??? 67. B?? 68. D?? 69. B?? 70. B

71. B??? 72. C?? 73. B?? 74. D?? 75. A

第四部分：書面表達(dá)（共兩節(jié)，35分）

情景作文（20分）

內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)：

個(gè)人基本信息

愛(ài)好、性格、態(tài)度

參加夏令營(yíng)的目的

二、說(shuō)明：

內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)可用不同方式表達(dá)。

One Possible version:

I’m Wang Shan, a girl of sixteen, presently attending Beijing Yangguang Middle School. I like music, especially classical music. I’m also interested in photography because it allows me to record the beautiful moments in my life. Though my hobbies, I’ve made many friends. In fact, I like meeting new people and enjoy talking with them. Believing we all need help from each other, I appreciate friends’ help, and I’m willing to help anyone in need.

I love life; I love Mother Nature; and I love peace. I hate any form of violence.

I would like to join the Peace & Friendship Summer Camp since it would be a great opportunity to make friends with young people from different countries and learn about their cultures.

開(kāi)放作文（15分）

One possible version:

I think the artist wants to show changes in the city. The man stands for the old generation in China: he is wearing ole-fashioned clothes that date back to the beginning of the twentieth century; he is looking at the laptop in great curiosity, unable to figure out what it is. The girl, on the other hand, is totally different: she has long hair and wear a fashionable short skirt. While the man doesn’t know anything about the laptop, she plays with it skillfully. The striking differences between the two show rapid changes in people’s life in China.