Women consistently lie on social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter to make their lives appear more exciting, a survey has found. The survey was asked to carried out by Pencourage, a new anonymous（匿名的）"diary-style" social media website.  
Researchers found that at least one in four women exaggerated or twisted what they are doing on social media once a month. The survey of 2000 women found they mostly pretended to be out on the town, when in fact they are home alone, and beautify about an exotic holiday or their job.
The most common reasons for women to write " fibs" included worrying their lives would seem “ boring", jealousy at seeing other people's more exciting posts and wanting to impress their friends and acquaintances.
Psychologists suggested that as people attempt to stay connected on social media, they can in fact be left more isolated. They also said that the more we try to make our lives seem perfect, the less perfect we feel. According to the OnePoll survey, one third of women surveyed admitted to dishonesty on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter at some stage. Almost one in four admitted to lying or exaggerating about key aspects of their life online between one and three times a month while almost one in 10 said they lied more than once a week. Nearly 30 percent of women lied about "doing something when I am home alone", almost a quarter overstated their alcohol consumption while one in five were not truthful about their holiday activities or their jobs. Almost one in five women even lied about their "relationship status".
"We work very hard presenting ourselves to the world online, pretending and attempting to be happy all the time which is exhausting and ultimately unfulfilling," said Dr Michael Sinclair, a leading British consultant psychologist. "Leaving out the less desirable imperfections of our lives from the conversations with our 'friends online leads to less opportunity to feel empathized(有同感的)with, resulting in a greater sense of disconnection from others. "
【小題1】According to the passage, women tend to lie on social networking sites because        .

A．they have little fun in their daily lives

B．they are not satisfied with their present life

C．they want to entertain their friends and acquaintances

D．they don't want to go out and communicate with others

【小題2】Which of the following words can best replace the underlined word in para. 3 ?

A．lies.

B．posts.

C．diaries.

D．impressions.

【小題3】In the view of psychologists, people who attempt to stay connected on social media will
eventually     .

A．feel better about their life	B．become a regular liar in the future
C．get more isolated in life	D．drink more alcohol in their daily life

【小題4】In Dr Michael Sinclair's opinion,     .

A．we don't have to feel empathized with our "friends" online

B．we cannot get satisfaction by lying on social networking sites

C．it is worthwhile to work hard presenting ourselves to the world online

D．the imperfections of our lives result in a sense of disconnection from others

Cheating is nothing new. But today, education and administrations are finding that examples of academic dishonesty on the part of students have become more frequent--- and are less likely to be punished---than in the
past. Cheating appears to have gained acceptance among good and poor students alike.
Why is student cheating on the rise? No one really knows. Some blame the trend on a general loosening of moral values among today’s youth. Others have attributed(歸因于) increased cheating to the fact that today’s youth are far more practical than their idealistic ancestors. Whereas in the late sixties and early seventies, students were filled with visions about changing the word, today’s students feel great pressure to survive and succeed. In interviews with students at high schools and colleges around the country, both young men and women said that cheating had become easy. Some suggested they did it out of hate for teachers they didn’t respect. Others looked at it as a game. Only if they were caught, some said, would they feel guilty. “People are competitive,” said a second-year college student named Anna, from Chicago. “There is an potential fear. If you don’t do well, your life is going to be ruined. The pressure is not only from parents and friends but from yourself. To achieve. To succeed. It’s almost as though we have to surpass people to achieve our own goals.
Edward Wynne, editor of a magazine blames the rise in academic dishonesty in the schools. He claims that administrators and teachers have been too hesitant to take action. Dwight Huber, chairman of the English Department at Amarillo sees the matter differently, blaming the rise in cheating on the way students evaluated. “I would cheat if I felt I was being cheated,” Mr. Huber said. He feels that as long as teachers give short-answer tests rather than essay questions and rate students by the number of facts they can memorize rather than by how well they can combine and process information, students will try to beat the system. “ The concept of cheating is based on the false belief that the system is legal and there is something wrong with the individual who’re doing it,” he said, “That’s too easy an answer. We’ve got to start looking at the system.”
【小題1】Educators are finding that students who cheat________.

A．have poor academic records

B．use the information in late years

C．can be academically weak or strong

D．a(chǎn)re more likely to be punished than before

【小題2】Which of the following statements reflects the information in the passage?

A．The pressure students faced with is partly the reason causing the student cheating.

B．Only the educational system and administrators are to blame for the rise in the cheating.

C．The 1960s vision of changing the world helped students never make mistakes.

D．Punishment for cheaters has always been severe in this country.

【小題3】The phrase “the individuals” in Line 8, Para 3 refers to _________.

A．students who practice cheating

B．parents who put pressure on their children.

C．school administrators who approve of short-answer tests.

D．teachers who are too hesitant to take actions against cheating.

【小題4】The author probably would agree with the point of view that _________.

A．students who cheat should be driven out of school

B．parents alone must take responsibility for the rise in student cheating

C．the educational system is sound, and students must follow every rule

D．the educational system in this country would benefit from a thorough evaluation

MELBOURNE, Australia – A kangaroo frightened by a man walking his dog attacked the pair, throwing the pet underwater and hitting the owner in the stomach with its back legs. The Australian, Chris Rickard, was in stable condition Monday after the attack, which ended when the 49-year-old struck the kangaroo in the throat.
Rickard said he was walking his blue dog, Rocky, on Sunday morning when they surprised a sleeping kangaroo in Arthur's Creek northeast of Melbourne. The dog chased the animal into a pond, when the kangaroo turned and knocked the pet underwater.
When Rickard tried to pull his dog free, the kangaroo turned on him, attacking with its back legs and tearing a deep cut into his stomach and across his face.
"I thought I might take action to drag the dog out from under his grasp, but I didn't expect him to actually attack me," Rickard, 49, told The Herald Sun newspaper. "It was a shock at the start because it was a kangaroo, about 5 feet high, they don't go around killing people."
"I was stuck having to hold on to the dog with both hands because it was half drowned and I couldn't really see anything because the kangaroo just attacked me.”
He added, "All I could do was just keep pushing for the bank and he was trying to push me under the water, so at that point I struck him in the throat and that made him back off a little bit.
"I don't think I'll ever be able to watch kangaroo programs quite the same as I used to — it might bring back a couple of bad memories.”
Kangaroos rarely attack people but will fight if they feel threatened.
Dogs often chase kangaroos, which have been known to lead the pets into water and defend themselves there.
Rickard said he ended the attack by hitting the kangaroo in the throat adding Rocky was "half-drowned" when he pulled him from the water.
【小題1】Rickard and his pet dog were attacked when _________.

A．he was teasing a kangaroo	B．he was walking his dog
C．swimming in the pond	D．dragging his dog out from water

【小題2】In Australia, kangaroos ________.

A．a(chǎn)re only seen in zoos

B．frequently attack people and pets

C．get along rather peacefully with people

D．can be found swimming in ponds

【小題3】The kangaroo attacked the man and his dog probably because ________.

A．the man struck it in the throat	B．the dog chased it
C．the man wanted to drown it	D．it wanted to drown the dog

【小題4】As a result of the attack, ________.

A．the dog was drowned dead

B．the kangaroo was killed

C．kangaroos should be under stricter protection

D．Rickard was left a deep impression

The 115-year-old prestigious (有名望的)Oxford Dictionary will now include popular new Chinese terms like“shanzhai” “youtiao” and “fangnu”, as part of the modern Chinese language．
As China plays a more and more important role in the world economy, the Chinese language is forever developing, attracting more attention from people who want to understand this ancient yet lively language．
For instance, the word “shanzhai” is used to describe the countless knockoffs（名牌仿制品）of iPhones or designer bags imprinted with Louis Vuitton logos．
Another new term in the new edition is the word “fangnu”, or a “mortgage slave”—a term used to describe the phenomenon in large cities where well-educated youth complain of a miserable existence due to the heavy burden of a home mortgage．
All these new or often fashionable terms can be found in the new Oxford English –Chinese, Chinese-English dictionary that was unveiled(公布于眾的)in the recently concluded Beijing International Book Fair last week．
The dictionary now is available for retail sales since the beginning of this month．This dictionary is the largest single volume English-Chinese, Chinese-English dictionary and contains 670,000 words and phrases after five years of preparation．Sixty editors from the Oxford University Press and its partner in China—the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press—worked together on the project．According to Julie Kleeman, the dictionary’s chief editor, most of the firm’s editors were Chinese, while about one fourth were native-English speakers．
“We don’t want to make it florid（絢麗的）, we want it to be modern and conversational．．．many of the words in the present dictionary are no longer in use,” said Kleeman．“The need for studying Chinese by foreigners today is totally different from decades ago．．．Precise, native and practical—that is our main advantage,” she said．
Kleeman said newer publications updates will be available only for the online version as language often changes too quickly for book versions to keep pace．The online version will also offer a Chinese phonetic pronunciation guide．The online version, allowing access via different platforms from the PC to the iPad, will be ready “as soon as possible”, Kleeman said．
【小題1】According to the above passage, we learn that ________

A．knockoffs can be found in China but not very often.

B．the Oxford University Press made the dictionary without outside aid.

C．most Chinese editors are also native speakers of English.

D．well-educated youth in China’s big cities have difficulty buying houses.

【小題2】The possible reason why newer publications updates are not available for book versions is that ________．

A．book versions can’t keep up with the changes of language.

B．the computer network is available everywhere.

C．book versions can’t offer a Chinese phonetic pronunciation guide.

D．computer technology like the PC and the iPad keeps pace with language.

【小題3】What is the main idea of the passage?

A．New Chinese terms like “shanzhai” and “fangnu” have got into Oxford Dictionary．

B．The latest Oxford English-Chinese, Chinese-English Dictionary is on the market．

C．Oxford Dictionary has become more fashionable due to the Chinese language．

D．Beijing International Book Fair was where the new Oxford Dictionary was published．

Hundreds of students from around the world gathered in New York City last week for the Microsoft Imagine Cup finals. They came to present their ideas for using technology to solve world problems.
Microsoft education director Suzi Levine says the nine-year-old program began mainly as a competition to create technology.
SUZI LEVINE: "When we realized that students really actually want to have a purpose for what they're creating, we introduced the idea of inspiring them with the UN Millennium Development Goals and suggesting that they use those for their muse(靈感). "This past year we also rolled out something called the Imagine Cup Solve This library（創(chuàng)新杯求解計(jì)劃知識(shí)庫(kù)）, where IGOs, NGOs and nonprofits can submit some of the technical challenges that they would like students to consider for their solutions."
Microsoft says over 350，000 high school and college students registered for this year's competition. Judges chose more than four hundred of them to attend the finals.
SUZI LEVINE: "One from Thailand was called NewKrean, where they created a Windows Phone 7 application that allows you to broadcast your location to your social network of friends so that you can be more easily rescued." They named their application Terra.
Suzi Levine says there were also ideas from Egypt inspired by the revolution that overthrew president Hosni Mubarak in February.
SUZI LEVINE: "One was to use Bluetooth as sort of a Twitter equivalent so that if the government shuts down the Internet, you actually can still have a massive social distribution."
Students competed in nine categories. For example, in software design the top prize of twenty-five thousand dollars went to Team Hermes from Ireland. The students developed a device for cars to collect information on road conditions, driving behavior and traffic incidents.
A team from Taiwan's National Tsing Hua University won first place in the embedded（內(nèi)嵌的） development category. They developed a network of wireless devices to help plot the safest escape routes during a fire.
Next year's awards ceremony will take place in Australia. Registration for Imagine Cup twenty-twelve opened Friday. Also, Microsoft announced plans for a three million dollar program to help Imagine Cup winners further develop their projects.
【小題1】Which of the following is true ?

A．The program is sponsored by Microsoft.

B．Next year, the awards ceremony will be held in New York City.

C．Any high school or college student can attend the finals.

D．The initial purpose of the program is to solve world problems using technology.

【小題2】What can we infer from the third paragraph?

A．The UN offers great help to the program.

B．Microsoft sets up a library for the students who want to achieve their goals.

C．IGOs, NGOs and nonprofits also provide help for the students.

D．Microsoft takes effective measures to inspire the students.

【小題3】What does the underlined word “overthrew ” in Paragraph 6 mean ?

A．Abandoned

B．Supported

C．Drove away

D．Overturned

【小題4】What can we know from Paragraph 7?

A．They want to replace Bluetooth with Twitter.

B．They want to combine Bluetooth with Twitter.

C．They want to replace Twitter with Bluetooth.

D．Twitter can still be used without the Internet.

Taylor Swift，23，US
Unlucky in love as she may be，Swift was lucky at the Billboard Viusic Awards on Sunday night. The singer received the night's top honor,Artist of the Year, as well as Top billboard 20 Artist Top Female Artist，Top country Artist and Top Digital songs Artist. Her album Red topped the billboard 200 and country album categories，and her single We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together was named Top
Country Song.
Adele，25，UK
Adele has been appointed a member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire this week during Queen Elizabeth II's annual Birthday Honors，the BBC reports．The singer was recognized for her service to music．The award is another highlight in a fruitful year for Adele，who，in addition to a Grammy and a Golden Globe，won a Best Original Song for Skyfall in Oscar 2013.
Robert Downey Jr，48，US
The actor, best known for playing the superhero Iron Man, left an 18-month-old fan in floods of tears because he wasn't wearing his character's red and gold suit in public. The heartbreaking meeting happened last Thursday while the actor was out for a walk in the Massachusetts towns of Sunderland and Shelburne Falls. A photo of the crying kid and Downey looking both concerned and awkward quickly made its way into the international news.
Jennifer Aniston，44，US

In the 10 months since her August 2012 engagement（訂婚）to Justin Theroux，all eyes have been on Aniston，with fans wondering just when she will become Mrs Theroux. But multiple sources in contact with Aniston and her inner circle say that plans for the much expected wedding appear to be left for the present time. The couple decided to delay the big day because they're both busy with work.
【小題1】On which page of a newspaper can you find the above material？

A．On the front page.	B．On the entertainment page.
C．On the sports page.	D．On the education page.

【小題2】2013 has been a fruitful year for Adele for she has won all the following awards EXCEPT_______

A．the Golden Globe

B．the Grammy

C．Artist of the Year in Billboard

D．Best Original Song in Oscar

【小題3】The anecdote about Robert Downey Jr happened_______．

A．on a casual occasion	B．a(chǎn)t a fan meeting
C．a(chǎn)t a movie promotion	D．a(chǎn)t a press conference

【小題4】Which of the following is true according to the text？

A．We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together was written for Taylor Swift's country.

B．Adele sang on the BBC to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's birthday.

C．Robert Downey did not know what to do when the kid started crying.

D．Jennifer Aniston is working on her wedding despite her busy schedule.

A deadly strain of avian flu may have passed between people for the first time, experts believe.The avian influenza A (H7N9) virus is thought to have been transmitted between father and daughter in eastern China, according to research published online by the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
The findings provide the strongest evidence yet of H7N9 transmission between humans since its discover in February, but its ability to transmit itself was deemed "limited and non-sustainable" by the Chinese researchers behind the study.At the end of June 133 cases had been reported, including 43 deaths. Most infections have been among people visiting markets, selling live birds or among those who had contact with live poultry（家禽） in the seven to 10 days before becoming ill.
The latest study examined the case of a 60-year-old father who regularly visited a live poultry market and became ill five to six days after his last visit in March. He was admitted to hospital with fever, cough and shortness of breath. Despite intensive care treatment he died of multiple organ failure on 4 May. His 32-year-old daughter, who was previously healthy, looked after him at his bedside before he was admitted to intensive care. She had no known exposure to live poultry before falling ill with a very high temperature, cough and fever. The daughter developed symptoms six days after her last contact with her father and was admitted to hospital where she died of multiple organ failure on 24 April.
Follow-up investigations(調(diào)查) uncovered almost genetically identical virus strains from each patient, suggesting transmission from father to daughter. Another 43 people were also tested who had had close contact with the father, daughter or both.
Dr Peter Horby, senior clinical research fellow at the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Hanoi, Vietnam, said of the study: "The most likely source of infection for the daughter was her father, during the period that she cared for him while he was ill. "He said “l(fā)imited person to person transmission had been reported for other strains like H5N1 , H7N7, and the pig origin flu virus H3N2. Those strains had been around for more than a decade but have not progressed any further down the path towards a world-wide virus.” “Limited human-to-human transmission of H7N9 virus is therefore not surprising, but strengthening to monitor it was still needed,” Dr Horby added.
【小題1】What’s the main idea of the passage ?

A．The findings about H7N9 transmission only between father and daughter .

B．H7N9 transmission may be spreading between people .

C．133 cases of H7N9 transmission have been reported .

D．Both the father and daughter died of multiple organ failure.

【小題2】The reason why the daughter died of multiple organ failure was that _____.

A．she fell ill with a very high temperature, cough and fever.

B．she was exposed to live poultry before falling ill.

C．she had close contact with the father while caring for her sick father .

D．she sold live birds in five to six days before falling ill .

【小題3】Which of the following is Wrong about H7N9 transmission?

A．It was limited and non-sustainable

B．It was person to person transmission

C．It wasn’t progressed any further down the path towards a world-wide virus.

D．It happened between father and daughter .

【小題4】The underlined word s “was deemed” in paragraph 2 probably means _______

A．was decreased	B．was regarded as
C．was thought of	D．was developed

【小題5】What type of writing is the article likely to be ?

A．A news report.	B．Popular science.
C．A medical report	D．A medical findings

Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge's new son will be named George Alexander Louis, the royal family says. A statement from William and Catherine's settlement  Kensington Palace said the baby, third in line to the throne(王位), would be known as His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge.
On Wednesday the royal couple took their son to Catherine's parents' house in Berkshire, following a half-hour visit by the Queen. All three names had been among the favourites listed by British bookmakers and the announcement was relatively quick by royal standards. It took a month for the name ofPrince Charles, the heir to the throne, to be announced, and a week for William, his eldest son.
George has been the name of six British kings. The last, George VI, was the father of Queen Elizabeth II and reigned from 1936 to 1952. Alexandra, the female form of Alexander, is one of the Queen's middle names and was also the name of the Queen mate of King Edward VII at the start of the last century. Louis is one of William's middle names and was the given name of Prince Charles's tutor and great-uncle Louis Mountbatten, who was murdered by the IRA in 1979.
The choice of name, relatively short by royal standards, does not necessarily mean the baby will eventually become King George VII. The Queen's father was named Albert, but chose to be crowned as George VI.
"It's interesting that they chose to go with just three names," historian Suzannah Lipscomb told Sky News. "It's almost as if the royal family is coming down with ordinary people, who tend to have fewer middle names than monarchs(君主).It is a name that none can find any problems with. George itself can't be shortened in any obvious offensive way. They've probably gone for something that is safe."
【小題1】Which of the following statements can best sum up the passage ?

A．New royal baby named George Alexander Louis

B．The royal couple gave birth to their eldest son.

C．The choice of name was interesting and complicated .

D．The new baby, third in line to the throne .

【小題2】From the passage we can know the father of the new royal baby is ____.

A．Catherine

B．George.

C．Charles

D．William

【小題3】Which of the following is True based on the whole passage  ? 

A．Prince Charles was the third heir to the British throne.

B．George Alexander Louis was the third heir to the British throne.

C．The announcement of the new loyal baby’s name is slow by royal standards.

D．All three names , George Alexander Louis, were unpopular with British bookmakers.

【小題4】The underlined word “reign” in paragraph 4 probably refers to ______

A．resign

B．boom

C．govern

D．retire

【小題5】From what Suzannah Lipscomb told Sky News , we can infer in Britain _____

A．the name of an ordinary person is simple but meaningful .

B．George itself can't be simplified in any obvious offensive way.

C．a(chǎn) monarch or a prince has usually more names in the middle than the ordinary people.

D．a(chǎn) person with more middle names must be a monarch or a prince .

Global financial big dogs are no match for China's "Da Ma", or housewives, who have crowded into gold stores across China, buying up 300 tons of gold over the past two weeks. No wonder gold prices have steadied after taking a dive.
During the May Day holiday, gold stores were crowded with mostly female customers. Most of them are middle-aged "Chinese housewives". This group of buyers has risen to fame recently. They are big spenders and are desperate to get their hands on a bargain. "I bought some gold jewellery and kept them as a gift for my son when he gets married," said a buyer from Shanghai.
The gold business is skyrocketing. "Our sales are growing by the day. Yesterday we sold more than ten million yuan of gold products," a gold store salesperson said. The gold rush in China started about two weeks ago thanks to a decline in global gold prices. Media reports suggest that Chinese housewives have spent about 100 billion yuan, or about 16 billion US dollars, purchasing 300 tons of gold since mid-April. That has helped support gold prices.
"Gold prices depressed since the middle of last month but have risen gradually. That is mainly due to the strong demand from Asian markets," said foreign trader Zhang Chen from Industrial & Commercial Bank of China. "Some people even joked that Chinese housewives have beaten Wall Street analysts." For Chinese people, with limited investment options, the only thing better than buying gold is buying gold at discount prices.
【小題1】What does the author indicate in the first sentence of the 1st paragraph?

A．The global big dogs can’t match with Chinese housewives.

B．China's "Da Ma" help a lot to support the global economic crisis .

C．Chinese housewives spend a great deal of money on gold

D．Chinese housewives have a better consumption idea than global financial big dogs

【小題2】The whole passage mainly developed_______ ?

A．by comparison	B．by contrast
C．by quotation	D．by time order

【小題3】We can infer about the gold rush in China from the passage?

A．The Chinese housewives are most willing to spend money in buying gold ..

B．China's "Da Ma" crowded into stores to get gold as the best gifts for sons when they get married.

C．China's "Da Ma" are bigger spenders and cleverer than global financial big dogs.

D．China’s "Da Ma" become the largest gold buyers due to a decline in global gold prices.

【小題4】In the writer’s view, Chinese housewives are desperate to get their hands on a bargain because_____.
A. it is worthy to buy gold.
B .they have a strong demand
C. they have unlimited investment options
D it is at discount prices.
【小題5】The author’s description about the passage is ______.

A．objective

B．subjective

C．doubtful

D．negative

It was an international drug dealing case, one that involved a lot of money and a lot of violence. Agents who had entered the organization had worn wires and collected evidence for years. A conviction(法庭判決) depended on an accurate translation of their tape recordings. “Five languages were involved, “says Liz Elting, 44, one of the owners of TransPerfect, the translation company chosen for the job. “The slightest mistake could mean the criminals would go free.”
When Elting started her business 18 years ago with Phil Shawe, both were attending New York University’s Stern School of Business. Neither realized just how many situations would require their services. TransPerfect’s 4,000 linguists(通曉外語(yǔ)的人) cover more than 100 languages.
Getting Ahead with Liz Elting
What inspired you to start TransPerfect?
When I was eight, my dad bought a KFC in Portugal. Unfortunately, the Portuguese didn’t want anything American. They thought my dad was a CIA spy! That taught me how fast things can change. I’ve studied in Spain and worked in Venezuela. This business is the perfect combination of my love for languages, cultures and business.
Is the staff multilingual?
Many are. I speak French and Spanish. My partner, Phil, who is American, likes to say he speaks English on a good day.
What languages are requested most often?
Spanish and Japanese. Chinese, Middle Eastern, Indic(South Asia), and Eastern Europeans are on the rise.
How difficult is it to manage such a diverse workforce（員工團(tuán)隊(duì)）?
Our challenge is to be culturally appropriate in every country. When we hand our year-end bonuses in the US, for example, we have to remember that in India, bonuses are given in the fall.
Any advice for someone starting a business?
Get started before you have kids. In the beginning, I didn’t know how to do this business on the side. I wasn’t married, didn’t have kids, and wasn’t concerned about balancing my work and personal life. Now, with strong managers in place, I can spend more time with my family (husband Michael Burlant and sons Zachary, nine and Jacob, seven), traveling and playing baseball.
【小題1】What is the purpose of the first paragraph?

A．To report on an international drug dealing case.

B．To encourage people to start a business before they have kids.

C．To present the importance of learning foreign languages.

D．To introduce Liz Elting and her company TransPerfect.

【小題2】What does the underlined word “wires” mean in the passage?

A．A type of clothes costing a lot of money.

B．A piece of equipment designed to record messages.

C．Thin metal worn to protect yourself against violence.

D．A organization symbol made of thin metal.

【小題3】Neither realized just how many situations would require their services.  is ______________.

A．a(chǎn) company that offers international legal services

B．one which has branches in countries all over the world

C．one whose staff all have to speak several languages.

D．a(chǎn) company whose services are in great demand.

【小題4】It can be inferred that _______________.

A．Liz learned that love is the answer to problems of cultural misunderstanding

B．Liz started her company with a schoolmate at the age of 18.

C．The success is simply a little beyond Liz and her partner’s expectations

D．Liz and Phil are now strong managers with rich experience.