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.
