TheFourth“21stCenturyCup”NationalEnglishSpeakingCompetitionistobeheldinShanghai.Organizers:ChinaDailyandShanghaiBroadcastingNetwork.Co-ordinater:ChinaUniversityEnglishSpeakingAssociation（CUESA）.

　　TheFourth“21stCenturyCup”NationalEnglishSpeakingCompetitionistobeheldinShanghai.

　　Organizers:ChinaDailyandShanghaiBroadcastingNetwork.

　　Co-ordinater:ChinaUniversityEnglishSpeakingAssociation（CUESA）.

　　Co-sponsors（联办单位）:EnglishSpeakingUnion（ESU）,LotusSoftware（China）Co.Ltd.,TimesPublishingGroupofSingapore,HiltonShanghai,PearsonEducation,ForeignLanguageTeaching&ResearchPress.

　　Date:March26（Friday）,1999.

　　Place:HiltonShanghai.

　　CompetitionFormat（形式）:Eachstudentwillpresentapreparedspeechonthegiventopic,followedbyathree-minuteoff-handspeechandathree-minutequestionandanswerperiodwiththejudges.

　　Preparedspeechperiod:sixminutes.

　　Q&Aperiod:threeminutes.

　　Speechtopic:PeopleandNature:Insearchofharmony（和谐）inanewage＋yourpersonalopinion.（Topicsfortheoff-handspeechwillbegivenonthedayofcompetition）.

　　Prizes:Besidesbooksandcertificates（证书）,thetoptwowinnerswillbeofferedscholarships（奖学金）totraveltotheannualinternationalEnglish-speakingcompetitionwhichwillbeheldbytheEnglishSpeakingUnioninLondoninMay,1999.ThethirdandfourthplacewinnerswillbeofferedastudytriptoSingapore,sponsoredbytheTimesPublishingGroup.Thefifththrough10thplacewinnerswillbeofferedcashprizes.AllthecompetitorswillreceivecertificatesfromtheEnglishSpeakingUnionandbookprizesprovidedbyPearsonEducationandForeignLanguageTeaching&ResearchPress.Theteachersofthetopwinnerswillalsoreceiveaone-yearmembershiptotheInternationalAssociationofTeachersofEnglishasaForeignLanguage（IATEFL）

　　小题1:Themainpurposeofthispassageis________.A．toinviteyoutotakepartinthecompetitionB．totellyousomeinformationaboutthecompetitionC．tohelptoimproveyourspokenEnglishD．toshowyouhowtowinthecompetition小题2:WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedabouttheShanghaiEnglishSpeakingCompetition?________.A．Whereandwhenitwilltakeplace.B．Itsprograms.C．Whateac