The government managed to host the 2008 games. The general aim is for Beijing to have the same environmental standards as Pairs, London or Washington by 2008.

Hundreds of millions of dollars will be spent to pipe natural gas to the city’s home, taking away dirty coal burning gradually while 60 000 buses will be changed to liquefied gas.

The money will also be used relocating the polluting factories and building green belts. By 2008 around 90 percent of Beijing’s waste will be treated, compared to only 40 percent at present.

Olympic officials realize the city has a long way to go to match the environmental standards of such cities as Pairs, Toronto, Istanbul and Osaka.

City officials have already announced that around 50 large projects as being dealt with to improve traffic congestion(拥挤) and cut down pollution. They include construction of Beijing’s first light railway, a 40. 5-kilometer line which is expected to be completed in 2005.

Beijing plans to build an 82. 55-kilometer-long subway to add to existing 53 kilometers. Nine major roads will be rebuilt or widened.

Beijing also plans to build a 70-meter-wide green belt along the waterways to protect water quality as well as increase the green areas.

1. The government will pipe natural gas to the city’s homes in order to 　　　　　　   .

A. solve the problem of being short of fuel

B. bring down the cost of daily life

C. reduce the pollution of our capital

D. keep up with the development of modern society

2. The underlined word “relocating” in this report(Paragraph 4) means 　　　　　　   .

A. removing　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. pulling down

C. rebuilding　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. dealing with

3. From the last three paragraphs we know that 　　　　　　   .

A. lengthening the existing 53-kilometer subway is among the 50 large projects

B. the length of the subway will be up to 135. 25 kilometers in 2005

C. a 40. 5-meter-long line will be added to Beijing’s first light railway

D. a 70-meter-wide green belt will supply us with enough water

4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. The environment of London is better than Toronto.

B. In the first paragraph the underlined part means a modern and advanced capital.

C. Beijing is badly polluted mainly by coal burning.

D. Liquefied gas is more expensive than petrol.

1. The Crystal Palace was built up 　　　　　　   .

A. in the 1950s　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. in the 1900s

C. shortly before 1851　　　　　　　　　　　　　　       　　   D. before 1951

2. People from many countries came to the Crystal Palace mainly to 　　　　　　   .

A. buy goods　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. visit an exhibition

C. travel　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. enjoy the Crystal Palace itself

3. What happened to the Crystal Palace in 1936?

A. It caught a terrible fire.

B. It disappeared suddenly.

C. It was moved away to the south of London.

D. It was rebuilt.

4. The Crystal Palace was famous to all because 　　　　　　   .

A. it was the biggest building in the world then

B. so many visitors had been there

C. it was made of iron and glass

D. it was burnt down at last

5. The writer 　　　　　　   .

A. thought the Crystal Palace very useful

B. sang high praise for the Crystal Palace

C. wanted the Crystal Palace to be rebuilt

D. was one of the visitors who had visited the Crystal Palace

For your safety and convenience

To begin the trip, we would like to draw your attention to some safety-related details. These are also explained on the instruction card in the seat pocket in front of you. Seat belts must remain fastened while the “Fasten seatbelts” sign is on. It is advisable to keep them fastened at all times while seated. All flights are non-smoking. The use of mobile telephones is not allowed when the airplane is on the ground and “the fasten seatbelts” sign is turned off. During the flight the use of CD and DVD players is not allowed.

For your entertainment

To help you enjoy your trip, we provide a range of newspapers on international flights. On our MD-11 and Boeing aircraft, we are also pleased to provide music and video programs. On Airbus A321/320/319, aircraft route maps and short videos are shown. Details of entertainment programs available on MD-11 aircraft are shown on the separate “On the Air” brochure located in your seat pocket.

For your children

Special reading material is provided for children and on longer flights there are also audio and video programs for them. On long-distance flights, first-time flyers between the ages of 2 and 15 can join our Finnair Junior Plus Club.

Meals and drinks

During most flights we serve you a tasty meal with drinks to accompany it. Beer, wine and other drinks are served free of charge. Coffee, tea and juice are served free of charge on all domestic flights of over 35 minutes. On domestic flights leaving before nine and on all flights to Northern Finland, a snack is served. We value your opinion.

In this magazine you’ll find a special form for your comments about our service. Kindly return the form to our crew or any Finnair office. It will be forwarded directly to the appropriate department. You can also fax it ［+358-(0)89819-7729］ or send your comments by e-mail to feedback @ finniar. com. Our crew is pleased to answer your questions during the flight whenever possible.

1. Which of the following statements is not true?

A. During the flight you have to keep your seat belt fastened all the time.

B. When taking Airbus 321/320/319, you may know where you are through an aircraft route map.

C. During the flight you may listen to music or watch video.

D. During the flight you may have some coffee or tea or juice for free.

2. The purpose of the passage is to 　　　　　　   .

A. teach the passengers how to use the seat belts

B. tell the passengers what kind of entertainment they can enjoy during their flight

C. encourage the passengers to give comments on the service

D. introduce the good service of the Finnair and attract more passengers

3. You may find this passage in 　　　　　　   .

A. a newspaper　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. a book

C. a magazine　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. an official document

4. You can give your comments about our service in the following ways except 　　　　　　   .

A. by returning the form　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. by fax

C. by e-mail　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. by asking for our pilot whenever you like

The Michael Carlos Museum gave it back after tests showed it was probably that of the man who ruled 3 000 years ago. The US Museum acquired(得到) it three years ago from a Canadian museum, which in turn is thought to have bought it from Egyptian grave robbers in 1860. The mummy was welcomed back home with songs and military band music during a ceremony at the national museum in Cairo.

Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities(文物最高委员会), traveled from the US with the body and said it would be moved next year to the Luxor Museum in Southern Egypt. “We are not 100% sure that the mummy is that of Ramses Ⅰ. ”said Mr. Hawass. “But we are 100% sure that it is of a king. ”

Atlanta’s Michael Carlos Museum acquired the mummy in 1999, but offered to return it after hi-tech scanning(扫描) equipment indicated it was likely to be that of Ramses Ⅰ. The museum website said it had been acquired from the Niagara Falls Museum. It is thought a Canadian collector bought the mummy for the Niagara Falls Museum around 1860 from an Egyptian family which had stumbled on(偶然发现) a tomb filled with royal mummies at a site near Luxor.

Mr. Hawass praised the handover(移交) as “a great, civilized gesture”. And he appealed(呼吁) to other world museums to return Egypt’s antiquities, particularly the Rosetta Stone in the British Museum, and the Bust of Nefertiti in the Berlin Museum.

1. Just before the handover, Ramses’ mummy was kept in 　　　　　　   .

A. the Luxor Museum　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. the Michael Carlos Museum

C. the Niagara Falls Museum　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. a Canadian museum

2. Which is the correct order of the following according to the passage?

a. The mummy returned home.

b. The mummy was kept in the Niagara Falls Museum.

c. Egyptian grave robber sold the mummy.

d. The mummy was kept in the Michael Carlos Museum.

e. A Canadian collector bought the mummy.

A. c e d a b　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. a b d e c

C. a e c b d　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. c e b d a

3. The passage mainly tells us 　　　　　　   .

A. the history of Ramses’ mummy

B. the traveling of Ramses’ mummy to the Niagara Falls Museum

C. the returning of Ramses’ mummy to Egypt

D. the royal family of Ramses

4. Which is TRUE according to the passage?

A. All the Egypt’s antiquities have returned home after the handover.

B. Niagara Falls Museum is an American museum.

C. Buying the mummy from the Egyptian family was a great, civilized gesture.

D. Ramses’ Mummy had been kept in Canada for more than a century.

Probably the most typical mirage picture is one of a lake in a waterless desert. There may even be the appearance of waves breaking on the shore. The easiest form of mirage to study, however, is one that has been seen by millions of people—those seeming strips(条状) of water on asphalt-surfaced(沥青路面的) highway go suddenly out of sight when one comes near them.

Gordon says Operation Long Distance as the most puzzling of mirage forms, since it  ifies(使无效) a basic law of physics. The law states that the apparent size of an object seems to become smaller as we move away from it; however, this kind of mirage will carry a picture of a ship, a town, or an island a thousand miles and set it up in the sky as big as life.

Mirages may have had an effect on history: a World War Ⅰ story, which has not been really verified(考证), deals with a crucial(决定性的) battle between the Turks and the British. Supposedly, the stronger Turkish army was gaining the advantage when one of its outposts reported British reinforcements(援兵) advancing. After a hurried conference, the Turkish forces withdrew. In reality there were no advancing British troops(军队)—what had been reported was a mirage showing men who were a hundred miles away.

1. The air that carries the mirage acts as 　　　　　　   .

A. a lens　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. a mirror

C. an absorbent(吸收剂)　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. a camera

2. The strips of water are the easiest form of mirage to study because they 　　　　　　   .

A. can be produced in the lab

B. appear quite often

C. have been noted all over the world

D. do not break up in a light gentle wind

3. The passage states that mirages may 　　　　　　   .

A. be reproduced in several places at the same time

B. be enlarged to huge proportions(比例)

C. last for several days

D. be carried a thousand miles

4. The author implies that history might have recorded a different winner in one battle if 　　　　　　   .

A. the Turks had described a mirage correctly

B. British troops had not been advancing

C. a Turkish outpost had not mistaken a mirage for a British advance

D. a British outpost had not reported a distant mirage

Brussels(布鲁塞尔) meanwhile has the Manneken Piss(撒尿小童). Think of the Belgian(比利时的) capital and if anything, you think of the small peeing(撒尿) boy—a 60-centimenter-high bronze figure standing on a block, supplying a constant stream of water to the basin under him.

Some might laugh. But for Jacques Stroobants, the statue is up there with the best of them. “I am proud of him. People come from all around the world to see him. ” says 60-year-old Stroobants with a fatherly glance at the little boy.

As the most famous landmark of Brussels, Manneken Piss has a very special place in the heart of Belgians.

The original Manneken Piss dates back to 1388, but the statue tourists see today dates from 1619 when the city built a second one, after the original was destroyed.

There are many stories surrounding the legend of Manneken Piss. Nobody knows why he was created. One story is that he saved Brussels by putting out the flames of a deadly fire with his well-aimed wee-wee(小便). But the most believable story is that the boy—the son of a wealthy nobleman(贵族)—was missing and feared kidnapped(绑架). The father had a statue built in honor of the way his son was found—peeing against a tree.

1. The Manneken Piss is the symbol of 　　　　　　   , which stands on a block of 　　　　　　   .

A. England; the capital　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. Italy; a provincial capital

C. Belgium; the capital　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. Swede; the capital

2. Why does the Manneken Piss have a very special place in the heart of Belgians?

A. Because it provides a good resting place for the Belgians.

B. Because it is a special statue with many beautiful and moving legends.

C. Because it’s good-looking with water running continuously.

D. Because it helps the Belgians make a lot of money every year.

3. If Belgians regard the Manneken as a hero, they may be more willing to believe the statue was made 　　　　　　   .

A. for a country boy who was peeing against a big tree

B. in honor of the boy who saved Brussels by putting out the flames of a big fire with his wee-wee

C. in honor of a little Belgian soldier who gave his life for his country

D. for the son of a rich man who was lost

Researchers used a cartoon cat to study how language was reflected(反映)in the gestures people made.

Dr. Sotaro Kita of the University of Bristol’s Department of Experimental Psychology(心理学), showed the cartoon to a group of native English, Japanese and Turkish speakers and then watched their gestures as they described the action they had seen.

He found speakers of the three different languages used different gestures to describe the same event, which appeared to reflect the way the structure of their languages expressed that event.

For example, when describing a scene where the cat swings(摇摆)on a rope, the English speakers used gestures showing an arc(弧形)orbit and the Japanese and Turkish speakers tended to use straight gestures showing the motion but not the arc.

Dr.  Kita suggests this is because Japanese and Turkish have no proper verb to express the English meaning “to swing”.

While English speakers use the arc gesture as their language can readily express the change of location and the arc-shaped orbit, Japanese and Turkish speakers cannot as easily express the idea of movement with an arc orbit so they use the straight gesture.

Dr.  Kita said, “My research suggests that speakers of different languages make different images of the same event in a way that matches the expressive possibilities of their own language. In other words, language influences spatial(空间的)thinking at the moment of speaking. ”

1. What is mainly discussed in the text?

A. Different languages describe things differently.

B. Some languages have their limits of describing things.

C. Cartoon cats are always described differently.

D. Language influences the way people think.

2. Researchers watch the gestures people make because they think　　　　　　   .

A. gestures can reflect the way people think

B. people make the same gesture to express the same idea

C. gestures can show what people have seen

D. people often make gestures when they can’t speak a certain language

3. After watching the gestures of the speakers of the three different languages, Dr. Kita concluded that　　　　　　   .

A. Japanese and Turkish people can not express the meaning of “swing”

B. English is obviously better than Japanese and Turkish

C. no word in Japanese and Turkish can express the idea of “moving in an arc orbit”

D. every language has its own special way to describe things

4. The word “orbit” most probably means　　　　　　   .

A. a path traveled by an object which is moving around another

B. all the things that are happening in a place, and the effect or situation they cause

C. the regular way from one place to another used and can be shown on a map

D. a general idea about what something is like, or general understanding of something

Leaders in many Chinese cities are hoping to turn the areas where they live into “digital(数字化的)cities”. They have already begun stepping up efforts to get city construction companies to use digital information and network technologies.

So far, 120 cities have set up information systems in city planning management offices.

Over the next five years, Wang Guangtao, deputy mayor(副市长)of Beijing, says the city's government will start applying(应用)information technology to build the structure of a “digital Beijing”. Beijing will continue efforts to set up a high-speed broadband network(宽带网络)，push e-government(政府上网)and e-commerce(电子商务), and create an environment(环境)for imagination in IT.

The projects will help people in their daily lives. For example, the e-government project will enable people to use digital technology to find and use government information and services freely and quickly. Information will include leisure(休闲), education, work and home life.

Guangzhou, with one million Internet users, is one of the first Chinese cities to apply information technology to banking, medical and real estate(房地产)management areas. Guangzhou mayor Lin Shusen says that in the future every person who lives in that city will be able to use the computer network.

In Daqing, a primary oil production base in the northeast of China, deputy mayor Wang Hongen says the city will also aim to build “digital oil fields”.

1. What are the city officials trying to do?

A. They are trying to build cities with network.

B. They are trying to build cities with construction companies.

C. They are trying to turn their cities into centers of IT products.

D. They are trying to make plans for the development of kindergartens.

2. From the passage we know that　　　　　　   .

A. Beijing will become more beautiful

B. 129 cities will set up information systems

C. we can do what we want to do without leaving our homes

D. Beijing will apply information technology to build a digital city in several years

3. What is the advantage of a digital city?

A. It can provide more work to people.

B. It can beautify cities.

C. It can help people in their daily lives.

D. It can help people to enjoy their leisure time.

4. From the passage, we know it may happen in Guangzhou that　　　　　　   in the future.

A. every person can own a computer

B. the computer network can bring convenience to all people

C. business will become easier

D. houses will become cheaper

With this in mind, Hong Kong opened Ocean Park in 1977. The park lies in a site which juts(突出)out into the South China Sea. It is one of the largest ocean parks in the world. The park has two parts: the Lowland site and the Headland site, linked by a cable car system. The Lowland site shows all kinds of plants and a large number of animals and birds. Education is the main aim of the attractions in this part of the park. Much can be learned about the animals by watching them and attending the shows that take place at set times each day.

The Headland site shows marine(海洋的)life. There are all kinds of fish here. At Wave Cove, where a machine creates waves up to one meter high, visitors can observe marine birds and animals living together. The greatest attraction, however, is the Ocean Theatre. In a large show pool, trained dolphins, sea lions and a killer whale delight people with a variety of tricks.

1. According to the passage, we can see Hong Kong opened Ocean Park in order that　　　　　　   .

A. people can view animals near their home

B. it has a natural park as many other countries

C. people can view wild animals in Hong Kong

D. people can have the opportunity to view animals in surroundings as near as possible to their natural habitat

2. The Lowland site shows　　　　　　   .

A. all living things　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. marine birds and fish

C. animals, plants and birds　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. wild animals

3. The shows in the Lowland site take place　　　　　　   .

A. in spare time　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. at fixed times

C. at free time　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. at times each day

4. The main aim of the attractions of the Lowland site is　　　　　　   .

A. watching animals　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    　　   B. enjoying all kinds of plants

C. education　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. attending the show

This idea may sound like something from a science fiction(科幻小说), but it is actually being taken seriously by many researchers. This suggested future for the “red planet” will be the main topic for discussion at an international conference hosted by NASA(美国宇航局)this week. Leading researchers as well as science fiction writers will attend the event. It comes as NASA is preparing a multibillion-dollar Mars research programme.

“Turning Mars into a little earth has long been a topic in science fiction, ” said Dr. Michael Meyer, NASA's senior scientist for astrobiology(太空生物学). “Now, with scientists exploring the reality, we can ask what the real possibilities of changing Mars are. ”

Most scientists agree that Mars could be turned into a little earth, although much time and money would be needed to achieve this goal.

“We are destroying our own world at an unbelievable speed and now we are talking about ruining another planet, ” said Paul Murdin, of the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK.

Over the past months, scientists have become increasingly confident they will find Martian life forms. Europe and America’s robot explorers have found proof that water, mixed with soil, exists in large amounts on the planet.

1. Those who agree to turn Mars into a little earth　　　　　　   .

A. are short of confidence

B. will gain the support of NASA

C. realize their dream needs lots of time and money

D. are asking for advice on how to carry it out

2. The author took Paul Murdin as an example to show he　　　　　　   .

A. is for the idea of exploring Mars

B. is active in saving the earth

C. is against the idea of turning Mars into a little earth

D. cares about environmental protection

3. Science fiction writers will attend the international conference to be held by NASA to　　   .

A. inspire their interests

B. set more details for them to write with

C. join in the discussion

D. collect money for Mars research programme

4. Turning Mars into a little earth　　　　　　   .

A. is no longer a topic of science fiction stories

B. is now under way

C. is a project whose possibility is being explored

D. is against human interests