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The Focal Point of the “ Chinese Liquor Golden Triangle”
In China, there is a saying: a good spirit(wine) is in Sichuan, but the great one is in Yibin.
Yibin, the birthplace of Wuliangye, has a centuries-old tradition of producing great spirits. At the confluence of Jinsha and Min rivers, Yibin is praised as the first city on the source of the Yangtze River. Here, the water is clean, the soil is rich, and the climate is very favorable for brewing good liquor. The blessings of nature and centuries-old liquor brewing traditions gave rise to “ The Ten-Mile Liquor City ”, the main production facility of domestic liquor giant Wuliangye Group Co. Ltd.
Extending across 10 kilometers and dotted with gardens and sculptures, the city attracts domestic and foreign visitors with its famed liquor brewing and related culture. Another attraction is its legendary Ming Dynasty (1368-1644AD) liquor cellars (酒窖，地下儲藏室).
The city has 30,000 large modern brewing tanks that provide an enormous capacity to store liquor.
The high quality of Wuliangye also owes much to its unique brewing techniques and materials. These traditional techniques are included on the list of national intangible（非物質(zhì)的） cultural heritage.
Wuliangye’s sales revenues（銷售額）and pre-tax profits accounted for nearly half of the respective （分別的） 59 billion yuan and 12.5 billion yuan generated by Sichuan’s provincial liquor industry in 2008. Liquor production by large enterprises in the province was about 1.1 million kiloliters, accounting for 19.6% of the production in the country.
Wuliangye is now investing 300 million yuan in a state-of-the-art quality assurance center (質(zhì)保中心)that has higher standards than national requirements, which will boost the existing quality-control system when it is put into service next year.
With a goal of production value of 100 billion yuan for the year of 2020, Wuliangye is playing a leading role in the development of the liquor industry in the region. A lot of related industries are now building up in the region to create a Chinese Liquor Golden Triangle —the Chinese equivalent （相當(dāng)于）of the French Bordeaux region---that continues to appear on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
67. To be exact, the domestic liquor giant Wuliangye Group Co. Ltd. Lies _________.
A. on the Jinsha River              B. in the city of Yibin
C. to the west of Sichuan            D. on the middle reaches of the Youngtze River
68. Which of the following is the most favorable for brewing the good wine?
A. The water       B. The soil         C. The climate          D. The facility     
69. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage above ?
A. Compared with the western countries, Chinese wines have a long way to go.
B. The Golden Triangle is known for its wines and related industries.
C. Wuliangye’s pre-tax profit accounted for nearly 6.25 billion in 2008.
D. The liquor production of our country in 2008 is about 5,6 million kiloliters.
70. Domestic and foreign visitors go to the city for its _______.
A. famous wine brewing and related culture
B. beautiful geographical landscape
C. historic relics of different Chinese dynasties
D. the source of the Yangtze River

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The Focal Point of the “ Chinese Liquor Golden Triangle”

In China, there is a saying: a good spirit(wine) is in Sichuan, but the great one is in Yibin.

Yibin, the birthplace of Wuliangye, has a centuries-old tradition of producing great spirits. At the confluence of Jinsha and Min rivers, Yibin is praised as the first city on the source of the Yangtze River. Here, the water is clean, the soil is rich, and the climate is very favorable for brewing good liquor. The blessings of nature and centuries-old liquor brewing traditions gave rise to “ The Ten-Mile Liquor City ”, the main production facility of domestic liquor giant Wuliangye Group Co. Ltd.

Extending across 10 kilometers and dotted with gardens and sculptures, the city attracts domestic and foreign visitors with its famed liquor brewing and related culture. Another attraction is its legendary Ming Dynasty (1368-1644AD) liquor cellars (酒窖，地下儲藏室).

The city has 30,000 large modern brewing tanks that provide an enormous capacity to store liquor.

The high quality of Wuliangye also owes much to its unique brewing techniques and materials. These traditional techniques are included on the list of national intangible（非物質(zhì)的） cultural heritage.

Wuliangye’s sales revenues（銷售額）and pre-tax profits accounted for nearly half of the respective （分別的） 59 billion yuan and 12.5 billion yuan generated by Sichuan’s provincial liquor industry in 2008. Liquor production by large enterprises in the province was about 1.1 million kiloliters, accounting for 19.6% of the production in the country.

Wuliangye is now investing 300 million yuan in a state-of-the-art quality assurance center (質(zhì)保中心)that has higher standards than national requirements, which will boost the existing quality-control system when it is put into service next year.

With a goal of production value of 100 billion yuan for the year of 2020, Wuliangye is playing a leading role in the development of the liquor industry in the region. A lot of related industries are now building up in the region to create a Chinese Liquor Golden Triangle —the Chinese equivalent （相當(dāng)于）of the French Bordeaux region---that continues to appear on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

67. To be exact, the domestic liquor giant Wuliangye Group Co. Ltd. Lies _________.

   A. on the Jinsha River              B. in the city of Yibin

   C. to the west of Sichuan            D. on the middle reaches of the Youngtze River

68. Which of the following is the most favorable for brewing the good wine?

   A. The water        B. The soil          C. The climate           D. The facility     

69. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage above ?

   A. Compared with the western countries, Chinese wines have a long way to go.

   B. The Golden Triangle is known for its wines and related industries.

   C. Wuliangye’s pre-tax profit accounted for nearly 6.25 billion in 2008.

   D. The liquor production of our country in 2008 is about 5,6 million kiloliters.

70. Domestic and foreign visitors go to the city for its _______.

   A. famous wine brewing and related culture

   B. beautiful geographical landscape

   C. historic relics of different Chinese dynasties

   D. the source of the Yangtze River

In the last few years the Internet has become a widespread phenomenon(現(xiàn)象) around the world. People have started to use the computers just like they used to watch TV. Whenever we get hungry, we simply order a pizza through the Internet and while we are waiting for the food, we can send an important business e-mail concerning some sales for tomorrow. It is, in fact, very comfortable to just simply sit down and have a chat with somebody from South Africa about fishing and get some important advice. Sometimes when you are sad and are feeling lonely, if you go on the Internet, you can find good entertainment that will keep you busy.

To make a long story short, we just don’t have the time to communicate with people in person anymore. Besides, there is so much information easy to get on the Internet that when we start surfing, we find it hard for us to get away from the computer. There are a lot of people who are addicted(沉溺于) to TV and watch it 5 to 7 hours a day, while recently addiction to the Internet has become a very serious problem. You might think that these kinds of things could never happen to you, but it is not really true. To prevent yourself from getting addicted, the most important thing is to make sure that you are not spending too much time in front of the screen. Although it might seem to be easy to pull yourself away from the Web, it is simply not the case. You might have to make an effort to place some limits(限制) on yourself.

The first paragraph of the text mainly tells us that        .

  A. it is nice to have a Net friend from South Africa

  B. the Internet can help us to do business

  C. some people prefer surfing the Internet to watching TV

  D. the Internet can make our life more convenient

To avoid getting addicted to the Internet, we should      .

  A. watch TV more hours a day instead

  B. limit our time in front of the screen

  C. communicate with people face to face

  D. entertain ourselves in other ways

From the passage, we can infer that the writer         .

  A. has once been addicted to the Net

  B. is completely against surfing the Net

  C. knows how to surf the Net efficiently

  D. thinks the Net brings bads and goods

The text is most probably taken from        .

  A. a health book                          B. a geography magazine

  C. a life magazine                         D. a computer technology book