TheFourth“21stCenturyCup”NationalEnglishSpeakingCompetitionistobeheldinShanghai.Organizers:ChinaDailyandShanghaiBroadcastingNetwork.Co-ordinater:ChinaUniversityEnglishSpeakingAssociation(CUE
TheFourth“21stCenturyCup”NationalEnglishSpeakingCompetitionistobeheldinShanghai.
Organizers:ChinaDailyandShanghaiBroadcastingNetwork.
Co-ordinater:ChinaUniversityEnglishSpeakingAssociation(CUESA).
Co-sponsors(联办单位):EnglishSpeakingUnion(ESU)LotusSoftware(China)Co.Ltd.TimesPublishingGroupofSingaporeHiltonShanghaiPearsonEducationForeignLanguageTeaching&ResearchPress.
Date:March26(Friday)1999.
Place:HiltonShanghai.
CompetitionFormat(形式):Eachstudentwillpresentapreparedspeechonthegiventopicfollowedbyathree-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-speakingcompetitionwhichwillbeheldbytheEnglishSpeakingUnioninLondoninMay1999.ThethirdandfourthplacewinnerswillbeofferedastudytriptoSingaporesponsoredbytheTimesPublishingGroup.Thefifththrough10thplacewinnerswillbeofferedcashprizes.AllthecompetitorswillreceivecertificatesfromtheEnglishSpeakingUnionandbookprizesprovidedbyPearsonEducationandForeignLanguageTeaching&ResearchPress.Theteachersofthetopwinnerswillalsoreceiveaone-yearmembershiptotheInternationalAssociationofTeachersofEnglishasaForeignLanguage(IATEFL)
1.Themainpurposeofthispassageis________.
A.toinviteyoutotakepartinthecompetition
B.totellyousomeinformationaboutthecompetition
C.tohelptoimproveyourspokenEnglish
D.toshowyouhowtowinthecompetition
2.WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedabouttheShanghaiEnglishSpeakingCompetition?________.
A.Whereandwhenitwilltakeplace.
B.Itsprograms.
C.Whateachwinnerwillbeoffered.
D.Thenumberofitscompetitors.