▲Hong Kong's pop star Kelly Chan will have a concert in Hong Kong this month. She has been
working on it for two years. She will dance with a group of 40 dancers. Chan is going to wear a dress
with many diamonds (钻石) on it.
    ▲Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova, 17-year-old, won the tennis match on Saturday. She beat
an American Player. She won match twice in a week. She also did well-in South Korea (韩国). 
    ▲More than 9,000,000 American children have health problems because they are too fat. An American
medical group reported this last week. The group said children should eat less fast food and soft drinks
(不含酒精的饮料). And schools should have more sports for all students, not just for best players.
    ▲The illness called H1N1 flu (流感) is every here in some countries. It has killed lots of people and
caused more people to fall ill. Government officials (政府富员) ask people to wash hands carefully and stay
at home. They have also closed some schools and museums and advised people to stay away from public
places.

1．Kelly Chan is going to _______.

A．have a concert
B．have a party
C．write a report
D．make a dress

2．The player from _______ won the tennis match on Saturday.

A．Japan
B．Russia
C．America
D．South Korea

3．The American medical group reported Nat _______.

A．children should not have too much soft drinks
B．a lot of parents in America have health problems
C．most children do plenty of sports to keep healthy
D．school should have more activities for the best players

4．The underlined word "They" in the last paragraph means             .

A．sick people
B．schools and museums
C．parents
D．government officials (官员)

5．We Can learn from the passage that _______.

A．Kelley Chan has been a singer for over two years
B．The American player did best in the tennis match
C．Kelley Chan has been ready (准备) for the concert well
D．The H1N1 flu caused American children's problems

    A giant panda from the Beijing Zoo has been saved by a transfusion of blood from two black bears. But
it's still under special care, according to the Beijing Zoo.
    Yong Liang, two years old, is the first giant panda raised from birth in the zoo. Last month zoo keepers
found the panda was suffering from serious anaemia (贫血症), calling for urgent (紧急的) blood transfusion.
    The best way, according to the zoo's experts, to save Yong Liang from anemia would have been to
transfuse blood from another panda. But it was the breeding (reproducing) (繁殖) season for giant pandas,
making such a transfusion very difficult.
    But the experts found that there exists (存在) a close consanguinity (血缘) between giant pandas and black
bears, and so they decided to try to take blood from black bears in the zoo and transfuse it to Yong Liang.
    With the help of hospitals and the Beijing Blood Donor Station, they made an experiment which proved that
the red blood cells (细胞) in the blood of black bears can be used.
    On the afternoon of February 15th, the first red blood cell transfusion was given to the giant panda, from
600 ml of black bear blood. Immediately the young panda started to recover.

1. From the passage we can infer "transfusion of blood" means           .

A. 抽血
B. 供血
C. 运血
D. 输血

2. The best title of the article should be           .

A. Bear Blood Saves Panda
B. A Successful Transfusion
C. Protecting Giant Pandas
D. Yong Liang-A Giant Panda

3. Which of the following is not true according to the article?

A. After the special transfusion, the young panda began to regain health.
B. The 2-year-old panda must have been born in the Beijing Zoo.
C. Giant pandas and black bears are of the same race (种族).
D. The transfusion was based on scientific research and experiments.

4. They decided to try another way instead of the best way to save the panda because           .

A. it was the breeding season for the panda, Yong Liang
B. other pandas were producing young at that time
C. it was difficult to find other pandas
D. blood of pandas was too expensive

5. This article must be taken from           .

A. a doctor's diary
B. a medical book
C. China Daily (中国日报)
D. a story book

    Athens (August 16, 2004)-China won four gold medals including the first gold of the Games out of the
total 13 events on August 14, the first competition day of the 28th Olympic Games in Athens.
    It takes the first spot (排名位置) on the medal standings with six medals including another silver (银牌)
and bronze medals. On 14th, the first competition day after the opening of the 28th Olympic Games August
13, women's young sharpshooter (神枪手), Du Li, a 22-year-old girl from Shangdong Province and a
daughter of a policeman, won the women's air rifle (气步枪). This is the first gold medal in the gold medal
in the 28th Olympic Games in Athens. Soon, Wang Yifu who is 44 years old from Anhui Province took the
second gold medal for our country. This is his sixth in Olympic the men's 10m air pistol (气手枪) event. In
evening competition, women's duo diving (双人跳水) GuoJingjing/Wu Minxia and men's duo diving Tian
Liang / Yang Jinghui won another two gold medals for China.
    On the second day, Xian Dongmei won the gold medal in the women's judo (柔道) half-light-weight
(52kg) competition at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, August 15, 2004.

1. Who won the first gold medal for China in the 28th Olympic Games?

A. Wang Yifu
B. Tian Liang / Yang Jinghui
C. Du Li
D. GuoJingjing / Wu Minxia

2. From this news, we know that the 28th Olympic Games began on ______, in Athens, Greece.

A. August 13
B. August 14
C. August 12
D. August 15

3. How many medals did the Chinese athletes win altogether on the first day?

A. Four
B. Five
C. Seven
D. Six

4. How many times has WangYifu, a 44-year-old player, complete in the Olympic Games?

A. Twice
B. Six times
C. Three times
D. Five times

5. Who won the fifth gold medal for China at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games?

A. Xian Dongmei
B. Guo Jingjing
C. Tian Liang
D. Yang Jinghui

    Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Here's morning news. Yesterday afternoon a ten-year-old school boy
swallowed (吞下) a pen cap!
    The boy was daydreaming in class. Without knowing what he was doing, he put a pen cap into his mouth. A
few minutes later, he was terrified to find that he had swallowed it! The teacher was shocked when the boy
stood up and said, "I've just swallowed a pen cap." He was quickly sent to the nearest hospital. There a doctor
examined him and said the best treatment was to give him medicine so that the pen cap could pass naturally.
Three hours later the boy successfully made it. "The boy is really lucky," said the doctor. "It's not rare that small
children put things into their mouths for fun. It's very dangerous," he added.

1. Where will we probably get this news?

A. In a newspaper.
B. On the radio.
C. In a textbook.
D. In a magazine.

2. What do the underlined words "made it" mean?

A. swallowed the pen cap
B. went to see the doctor
C. made the pen cap pass naturally
D. had the medicine

3. Which sentence is RIGHT according to the news?

A. The boy was 8 years old.
B. The boy was listening carefully in class.
C. The boy went to the hospital himself.
D. The boy was all right at last.

News 1
     Have you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours though it is about 40,000
kilometers? One day, maybe you can. Last Saturday, the American X-43A airplane made its first flight.
It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometers an hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world. The X-43A
is only three to four meters long, but it's very heavy: it weighs 1,270 kilogrammes.
News 2
     Have you ever got angry at books that are full of mistakes? Don't worry, things will get better soon.
Last week, China started checking textbooks, dictionaries and children's books all over the country. The
government said the results of the checking would come out at the end of June.
News 3
    There will be a new "star" in the sky soon. China plans to send a satellite into space by December 2009.
It will stay in space for one year. It will go around the moon and take pictures. It must be very expensive,
right? That's for sure-1.4 billion yuan!
News 4
     Floods across the northern Mexican state of Coabuila killed at least 32 people and left 100 more missing.
It was reported on Monday. The heavy rain hit the state all night last Friday, so some banks of the river
were broken. Along the river about 3,000 families were seriously affected.

1. News 1 talks about _____.

A. the American X-43A airplane is the fastest one in the world
B. the American X-43A airplane traveled around the earth in a few hours
C. people can't go around the earth in a few hours
D. only Americans can make such a fast plane

2. If the X-43A goes around the earth, it will take about _____ hours to finish the trip.

A. 3
B. 5
C. 8
D. 12

3. Which of the following about New 2 is true?

A. There are many mistakes in most of the textbooks, dictionaries and children's books.
B. All the students have to use the books full of mistakes till the end of June.
C. A few mistakes are not serious for children.
D. After the checking books will become better and better.

4. Which of the following about the new "star" is NOT true?

A. It will help us know more about the moon.
B. It will cost 1.4 billion yuan.
C. It will go around the earth for one year.
D. It will be sent up by the year 2009.

5. Many families were affected because of _____.

A.the heavy rain on Monday
B. the floods across Coabuila
C. the broken banks of the river
D the death of 132 people

News 1
       Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice (杂交水稻), won the World Food Prize on Monday. Yuan
developed the world first popular and widely known hybrid rice. Hybrid rice plants can make more rice than
common ones.
News 2
       Liu Xiang won China's first gold medal in the world championships (锦标赛) in 12.95 seconds. 
       "Everybody wants to win a world title. I was nervous before the race. But I dealt with it, so I'm very
happy," Liu said with a smile after the race.
       Some reporters noticed that at the start, Liu Xiang was crying. He said that is his way of letting off
pressure. "My start wasn't good, maybe because I was nervous or because I was a bit slow," he said. 
       Liu will run next at the Shanghai Grand Prix (大奖赛) meeting at the end of September. He is confident
after winning the gold medal. "I want people to know how fast I am," he said. "This is number one speed.
There's nothing I can't do."
News 3 
       Have you ever got angry at books that are full of mistakes? Don't worry, things will get better soon. Last
week, China started checking textbooks, dictionaries and children's books all over the country. The government
said the results of the check would come out at the end of June.
News 4
       Last Wednesday Medvedev (梅德韦杰夫) took over from Vladimir Putin (普京). At the age of 42, he
becomes the youngest president of modern Russia.
       Medvedev was born to a family of teachers. He read a lot from a young age. After university, the
soft-spoken young man went on to teach law at university and became very popular with his students.
       In 2005, Medvedev became the first deputy prime minister (第一副总理). But he was as friendly as before.
"He has not changed. He invited me to his home," said Vera Smirnova, Medvedev's first teacher. "In Russia, only
two politicians (政治家) have invited their first teachers to their homes, Medvedev and Putin."

1. Yuan Longping won the World Food Prize because he _______.

A. is the father of his children
B. likes to eat hybrid rice
C. developed hybrid rice
D. spent a long time to research hybrid rice

2. Why was Liu Xiang crying at the start?

A. It's his way to reduce pressure.
B. He was nervous.
C. He was a bit slow.
D. He was excited.

3. Checking textbooks, dictionaries and children's books will ________.

A. make sure the books are not too expensive
B. make the children unhappy
C. make sure there are few mistakes in them
D. make the government lots of money

4. According to News 4, Medvedev is now ________.

A. a lawyer
B. a teacher
C. the first deputy prime minister
D. the youngest president of modern Russia

5. What Medvedev's first teacher said shows ________.

A. Medvedev is as friendly as before
B. Medvedev and Putin were her students
C. Medvedev has changed
D. Medvedev and Putin invited her to their homes

    China news, Xichang, Oct 19-The Chang'e No. 1 moon probe satellite took its name after a young and
beautiful goddess in a traditional Chinese legend who lived in her palace on the moon with her pet rabbit.
Compared with the legendary fairy maiden, the satellite, with a weight of more than 2 tons, might appear
large and hefty. However, scientists believed that the satellite could fly to the moon in a graceful way during
the upcoming launch, just like what the fairy maiden did as described in the legend.
    The main tasks facing Chang'e No. 1 are to take the 3D pictures of the moon and to explore the moon
surface environment. Compared with manned spacecraft Shenzhou 5 and Shenzhou 6, Chang'e No.1 is
a small satellite. While scientists need to add four boosters to send Shenzhou 5 and Shenzhou 6 into space,
the launch of Chang'e No. 1 will not need any booster at all. Since Chang'e No. 1 satellite is a small device,
the loading capacity of the Chang'e satellite launch will be much lighter. In sending large satellites, the total
weight of the satellite and the carrier rocket can be as many as 400 tons or more. However, Chang'e No.1
and its carrier rocket, Long March 3A, weigh only 250 tons.
    The Chang'e No.1 satellite will fly around the earth for a couple of times before it shifts to the moon orbit.
After that, 13 monitoring devices that are placed on the earth will adjust its flying positions in space. By then,
people might see that the moon probe satellite will turn swiftly in space.

1. Why is the moon probe satellite named Chang'e?
    __________________________________________________________________
2. What carried Chang'e to space?
    __________________________________________________________________
3. What will the moon probe satellite fly around in the end?
    __________________________________________________________________