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8.Some weird,wild and wonderful stories coloured the news in 2010:
★A Copenhagen bus company has put"love seats"on 103of its vehicles for people looking for a partner."Even love at first sight is possible on the bus,"said a spokesman for the British owned Arriva company to explain the two seats on each bus that are covered in red cloth and a"love seat"sign.
★Shoppers at an international luxury fair in Verona,Italy,found a cell-phone-equipped golden coffin among the items on display.The phones will help"the dead"contact relatives if they have been buried alive by mistake.
★A man in New York came up with a disarming way to set off his latest bank  heist,approaching the clerk's window with a large bunch of flowers and handing over a hold-up note saying"give me the money!"
★An Englishman who lost all his legs and arms in an electrical accident successfully swam across the Channel,a challenge he had been preparing for two years.The whole cost is 400dollars.
★A set of artificial teeth made for Britain's war-time prime minister Winston Churchill known as"the teeth that saved the world"sold for nearly 18,000pounds (21,500euros,24,000dollars) at auction.
★A British woman caused an Internet hate campaign after she was caught on camera dumping a cat in a rubbish bin.She was fined 250pounds (400dollars,280euros) after pleading guilty.
★The BBC apologized completely and without any doubts after a radio presenter jokingly announced that Queen Elizabeth II had died.
★Two Australian men needed surgery after shooting each other in the bottoms during a drinking session to see if it would hurt were charged 400dollars separately.
★A Kuwaiti MP(议员) proposed state-aid for male citizens to take second wives,in a bid to reduce the large number of unmarried women in the oil-rich state.

50.What is special about the coffin in the second news?B
A.It is golden     B.It has a cell phone.
C.It is a luxury   D.It has many items
51.What is the probable meaning of the underlined word  heist in the third news?A
A.robbery          B.proposal
C.begging          D.raising money
52.Who has to spend 400dollars to do the surgery?C
A.A British woman who dumped a cat in a rubbish bin.
B.One who bought Winston Churchill's artificial teeth.
C.An Australian man who shot in bottom to test the hurt.
D.An Englishman crossing the Channel without legs and arms.
53.From the last news we can infer thatD.
A.In Kuwait many men are eager to get married
B.A lot of rich single men lived in Kuwait
C.There are quantities of oil in Kuwait
D.There are many single women in Kuwait.

分析 本文是一篇新闻摘录.文中摘录了一些奇怪的有趣的2010年的新闻:
    一家哥本哈根的汽车公司在103辆车辆上为寻找伴侣的人们安置了爱情座位.公司发言人解释说,每一辆车上的两个爱情座位覆盖有红布和"爱情座位"的标志.他说,"在公共汽车上一见钟情是有可能的."
    在意大利的维罗纳的在一个国际奢侈品博览会上的购物者发现展品中一口装备有手机的黄金棺材.如果被误作死人活埋了,这部手机将帮助"这个死人"联系亲属.
    为成功抢银行,纽约一名劫匪想出了一种非常忽悠人的办法. 他举着一大捧花走向银行柜台,并递出一张纸条,上面写着"交出钱来!".
    因电击事故而失去四肢的一位英国男子成功游过英吉利海峡.为了完成这项挑战,他已付出了两年的艰辛努力.总计费用是400美元.
    以"拯救了世界的牙齿"而闻名的英国战时首相温斯顿制造的一套假牙在拍卖会上以近18,000英镑(合21,500欧元,24,000美元)被买走.
    英国一位妇女因被摄像头拍下把小猫丢进垃圾桶而在网上引起公愤.她被处以250英镑(合400美元,280欧元)罚款.
   在英国广播公司(BBC)一名节目主持人开玩笑称女王伊丽莎白二世"驾崩"后,BBC为此诚恳道歉.
  两名澳大利亚男子在喝酒后,互射对方臀部体验疼痛感后需要接受外科治疗.他们每人被收费400美元.
   科威特一名议员提议为男性公民"娶二房"提供补助,以便解决这个产油大国剩女过多的问题.

解答 50.B.本题是细节理解题.本文第二则新闻描述了一口装备有手机的黄金棺材和手机的用途,由此推断这口棺材的特别之处在于手机,因此答案选择B.
51.A.本题是词汇猜测题.根据第三则新闻中的note的内容"give me the money!(把钱给我!)"可以推断这个纽约人在抢劫银行,所以选择robbery(抢劫),由此判断答案是A.
52.C.本题是细节理解题.根据倒数第二段中的"were charged 400dollars separately(每人被收费400美元)"可知答案是C.
53.D.本题是推断题.根据最后一则新闻中的细节"in a bid to reduce the large number of unmarried women 为了减少大量的未婚妇女"推断,科威特单身女性
非常多,以至于议员提议补助男性娶第二名妻子.所以答案选择D.

点评 本文是2010年的奇趣新闻摘录.这种类型的阅读没有特定的主题,每一则新闻讲述不同的话题,所以题目的设计侧重细节,解题时也要特别留意细节.题目中涉及两条细节题,细节题一定要在文章中定位细节,仔细理解细节的内容再做出合理的解答;本题中还涉及一道词义猜测题和一道推断题.不管是词义猜测还是推断都要从文章中找具体的解题依据.

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