LONDON — Britain awoke on Easter Monday to a period of mourning for the Queen Mother, who died over the weekend after a life spanning a century of noisy and evident change. The 101-year-old royal matriarch died in her sleep last Saturday with Queen Elizabeth, her elder and only surviving daughter, at her bedside. For a woman who was one of the best-known figures in Britain for more than 80 years — from the era of tinted portraits on tin biscuit boxes and cigarette cards to the age of the Internet, the Queen Mother remained an enigmatic(不可思议的) and elusive(躲避的) figure.

She achieved such a respect through aeons(永世, 亿万年) of, first, fawning and, later, intrusive media fascination, by remaining almost entirely silent. Her private thoughts were never paraded(炫耀) in public. What the public saw was a charming and benign elderly lady, adept at winning the admiration of press photographers, whom she always favoured with a particular smile.

CHINA’s third unmanned spacecraft, Shenzhou Ⅲ, landed safely in central Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Monday afternoon, after orbiting the earth 108 times in slightly less than a week. The craft, which lifted off from Jiuquan in Gansu Province last Monday night, landed after successfully conducting a chain of flight and scientific experiments over a period of 162 hours.

A powerful earthquake jolted Taiwan, killing five construction workers, authorities(官方) said. Over 200 injuries ware reported across the island, mostly minor, as a result of Sunday’s 7.5-magnitude quake. The quake was centred off Hualien, 180 kilometres east of Taipei. It struck at 2:53 pm and lasted for nearly a minute.

1. Which of the following statements is true according to the news?

　　A. The Queen Mother died on Easter Monday alone.

　　B. The Queen Mother was an attractive person in her political life.

　　C. The British people felt sorry for the death of the Queen Mother.

　　D. The Queen Mother was suffering a lot when she was dying.

　　2. It can be inferred that _______.

　　A. the craft landed in central Inner Mongolia unexpectedly

　　B. it took the craft at least 2 hours to orbit the earth once

　　C. the Chinese scientists did a lot of experiments in space

　　D. China was successful in sending an unmanned spacecraft into space

3. The third news mainly talks about the _______ in Taiwan.

    A. political matters                         B. social problems

　　C. unexpected damage                     D. construction workers

LONDON — Britain awoke on Easter Monday to a period of mourning for the Queen Mother, who died over the weekend after a life spanning a century of noisy and evident change. The 101-year-old royal matriarch died in her sleep last Saturday with Queen Elizabeth, her elder and only surviving daughter, at her bedside. For a woman who was one of the best-known figures in Britain for more than 80 years - from the time of colored portraits on tin biscuit boxes and cigarette cards to the age of the Internet, the Queen Mother remained an mysterious figure that is difficult to capture.

She achieved such a respect through immeasurable long time of, first, flattering and, later, intrusive media fascination, by remaining almost entirely silent. Her private thoughts were never showed off in public. What the public saw was a charming and kind elderly lady, expert at winning the admiration of press photographers, whom she always favored with a particular smile.

XINHUA(2007-10-29 06:51)—China’s lunar probe Chang’e I is expected to arrive at the apogee（远地点）of more than 120,000 kilometers from the earth on Monday afternoon after its third orbital transfer after launch, according to the moon probe team.

Ultraviolet image sensors installed on the satellite will begin to work to collect information on the earth and the moon after it enters the 48-hour orbit, Wang Yejun, chief engineer with the Beijing Aerospace Control Center(BACC) told Xinhua.

The images it collects will be transmitted back to the earth when it enters the lunar orbit, Wang said.

The satellite will start its propeller when it begins the transfer to raise its apogee from 70,000 kilometers to 120,000 kilometers, according to Wang.

Wang said the working time of Chang’e –1 engine will be longer than that in the second transfer.

Since Saturday, surveillance posts , on land and sea, and four astronomical observatories have kept watching over Chang’e –1. According to the data received so far, all systems of the satellite have been working normally.

TAIPEI-A powerful earthquake hit Taiwan, killing five construction workers, authorities said. Over 200 injuries were reported across the island, mostly minor, as a result of Sunday’s 7.5-magnitude quake. The quake was centered off Hualien, 180 kilometers east of Taipei. It struck at 2:53 pm and lasted for nearly a minute.

1．Which of the following statements is true according to the news?       

A．The British people felt sorry for the death of the Queen Mother.

　　B．The Queen Mother was an attractive person in her political life.

　　C．The Queen Mother died on Easter Monday alone.

　　D．The Queen Mother was suffering a lot when she was dying.

2．It can be inferred that           .

A．ultraviolet image sensors installed on the satellite has transmitted back information on the

   moon surface

B．it will take the craft at least 48 hours to arrive at the apogee of more than 120,000

   kilometers from the earth.

C．according to the date received so far, China’s lunar probe Chang’e I had been a great

   success till the passage is written.

　　D．the Chinese scientists did a lot of experiments in space.

3．The third news mainly talks about the _______ in Taiwan.

A．political matters                                B．unexpected damage

C．social problems                                       D．construction workers