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　　Monday was China's traditional“Tomb-Sweeping Day”, when people mourn(哀悼)their dead．But it also became a day for national celebration, when rescuers saved 115 workers who were trapped for more than a week in the flooded Wangjialing Coal Mine in Shanxi province．

　　“It's a miracle(奇迹),”Liu Dezheng told reporters on Monday morning after the first nine miners(矿工)were taken out shortly after midnight．“We believe more miracles will happen．”

　　At about noon, rescuers carried out the second group of 106 survivors(幸存者)．The survivor clapped his hands and tried to reach for his rescuers in an expression of joy．Both Shanxi Governor Wang Jun and State Administration of Work Safety Director Luo Lin called the rescue“a miracle”in the history of China's coal mine rescues．

　　The trapped miners survived underground with the encouragement of thinking of their families．They live through eight days and eight nights by getting sawdust(锯末), tree bark(树皮)and turbid(混浊的)water for food．

　　One survivor said that he had to hang from tunnel walls by his belt(腰带)to survive when the disaster came．After being in the water for three days, he climbed into two passing mine carts(矿车)with eight other men and floated to a dry place．

　　A rescue team on an inflatable boat(橡皮艇)threw lifelines(救生索)to the trapped men after realizing that the boat could not move any further．Once the survivors found themselves in the boat, Wang said he was asked whether he would take them out．“I promised them that they would be lifted out as long as I could get out,”Wang said．

　　After being rescued, one of the survivors told doctors he wanted to call his family．“I have two daughters and a son．I have to work in the mine to earn money for them,”said another 45-year-old survivor who was taken to the Shanxi Aluminium Plant Hospital, which admitted(接纳)35 survivors from the mine．The hospital is among five local ones treating the workers．

　　“It's great to be up on the surface again,”said one 27-year-old survivor．

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　　Cathy finds some new reports in today's newspaper．Let's read them carefully and answer the following questions．

　　News 1　Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice(杂交水稻), won the world Food Prize(世界粮食奖)on Monday．Yuan developed the world's first popular and widely grown hybrid rice．Hybrid rice plants can make more rice than regular ones．

　　News 2　There will be a new“star”in the sky soon．China plans to send a satellite into space by December 2006．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(十亿)yuan!

　　News 3　Have you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours? One day, maybe you can．Last Saturday, the American X-43A airplane made its first flight．It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometers per hour．This makes it the fastest plane in the world．X-43A is only three to four meters long, but it's very heavy, it weighs 1, 270 kilogram's．

　　News 4　Have you ever got angry at books that 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 cone out at the end of June．