Look! There are thousands of people waiting to buy tickets home in the railway station．Each time when Spring Festival comes，buying tickets of train trip would be very hard．And things seem to be getting worse and worse，although we have greatly increased the mileage(总里程) of railway network and speeded up trains．Why? It’s because too many people want to go back home to spend Spring Festival with their family．Many people become angry with the Ministry(部)of Railways．They wonder why it is hopeless for them to get the tickets from the railway station．Instead，they sometimes can only buy them from ticket scalpers at much higher price．
The Ministry of Railways estimated(估计) that about 216 million passengers would travel by train during the 40-day peak period(高峰期) during the 2010 Spring Festival holiday．The number of travelers will be 8％higher than that of 2009．This problem even attracted the President Hu Jintao’s attention．He wrote a note to Liu Zhijun，Minister of the Ministry of Railways，asking him to make sure of a “smooth and safe” transportation．Afterwards，officials from the Ministry of Railways said they would try their best not to let any ticket-buyers spend Spring Festival at the railway station．
【小题1】 What does the underlined word “scalper” in the first paragraph mean?

They wonder________robots will make humans lose their jobs or not

A. that                   B. if                   C. whether

Look! There are thousands of people waiting to buy tickets home in the railway station. Each time when Spring Festival comes, buying tickets of train trip would be very hard. And things seem to be getting worse and worse, although we have greatly increased the mileage of railway network and speeded up trains. Why? It’s because too many people want to go back home to spend Spring Festival with their family. Many people become angry with the Ministry (部)of Railways.

They wonder why it is hopeless for them to get the tickets from the railway station(火车站)Instead, they sometimes can only buy them from ticket scalpers (票贩) at much higher price.

The Ministry of Railways estimated(估计)that about 188 million passengers would travel by train during the 40-day peak (高峰) period surrounding the 2009 Spring Festival holiday. The number of travelers will be 8％ higher than that of 2008. This problem even drew the President Hu Jintao’s attention. He wrote a note to Liu Zhijun，Minister of the Ministry of Railways, asking him to take action to improve passenger convenience. Afterward, officials from the Ministry of Railways said they would try their best not to let any ticket-buyers spend Spring Festival at the railway station.

1. Many people can’t buy the tickets from the railway station, and they sometimes can only buy them from the scalpers_________.

     A. expensively       B. happily    C. dangerously    D. hardly

2. How many people took the train trip during the peak period surrounding the 2008 Spring Festival holiday?

     A. About 203 million．            B. About 188 million．

C. About 180 million．            D. About 174 million．

3.What does the passage mainly tell us?

     A. People go home much more easily during the Spring Festival．

     B. It is very hard to buy tickets in the railway station during the Spring Festival．

     C. President Hu Jintao cares about the railway building problem．

     D. The Ministry of Railways felt sorry about the problem．

Day by day, the UN officials are       discussing about Iraq issue. But they wonder how to deal with it.

 Most children are interested in amazing things, and they wonder ______ .

A. when can they see UFOs

B. how can elephants walk on tiptoe

C. why do fish sleep with their eyes open

D. why there is no plant life without lighting