Xi’an - A fire at a large shopping mall in the city of Baoji in Northwest Shanxi Province killed at least eight people and injured 23 others, a local official said on Saturday. The fire broke out at 8: 30 p.m. on Saturday on the third floor of the six-story Renmin Shopping Mall, the official said. Eight victims, including one woman, died while trying to escape the blaze. Six suffocated, and two fell to their deaths.
65. Which of the following do you think is the best title for this passage?
A. Shopping Mall Fire 　　　　　　　　　　 B. Danger of Fire
C. A Report from a Local Official 　　　　　　D. Fire on Saturday
66. How many men died in the fire?
A. 6 　　　B. 7 　　　C. 8 　　　D. 23
67. When and where did the fire break out?
A. On Saturday morning, on the third floor
B. On Saturday morning, on the second floor
C. On Saturday evening, in a shopping mall
D. On Saturday evening, in an office building 　

How do you get a man to do his share of the housework? If you are like most women, you’ve faced this question the hard way.
A man will enjoy a clean, orderly house, but he usually won’t make the effort to clean or organize it. This doesn’t mean that a woman has to do all the housework; she may have to manage many of the household duties, and request her partner’s joining. A woman can often say that men and women should take equal responsibility for housework.
Very few men are raised to be fully responsible for housework, and many men look on housework as women’s work. On the other hand, most men will readily work around the yard, make repairs and complete projects on weekends or evenings, and it’s important that you give your man appreciation(欣赏) for those things, too. Most men will take on a little housework around the house if asked politely. They are even more likely to do housework if they can choose what they want to do , and do it without being monitored(监视).
Here is the key: men want to feel that they are doing housework either because they want to do a task, or they simply want to please their women. Men are less likely to take on household tasks they consider uninteresting and unimportant. In other words, men are likely to do a housework task just for the good of the house.
【小题1】The passage is mainly about how to ________.

Like many men at some point, I dream about opening a bar. I plan to call it Work Out. It will cater to married women in need of a little fun. On Friday nights, they will be able to come here and enjoy themselves.
See, I have a gift for business. I am, as my wife Zsa Zsa likes to note, “A man with a million ideas, none of them very good.” Speaking of Zsa Zsa, she is fed up with this plain little life I’ve made for us——too many kids, too many chores, mind – numbing debt. The other day, she said she thought we needed a new family car. “Sure. How about an 87 Lincoln?” I said, and saw my dear Zsa Zsa age about 20 years, and become her mother right before my eyes.
Yes, money is our madness. Last year, we thought we had found a little cushion when I published a book about the life here in suburban America. It sold 12 copies——six of them to my mother. Four other copies went to various aunts and uncles, who used them for martini coasters (杯垫), then sold them at yard sales. The two remaining copies went to perfect strangers. (I think I owe you dinner, whoever you are. Call me, OK? We’ll arrange something.)
When the book didn’t take off, I wrote a TV show. Then I penned a short novel based on the earlier TV idea that didn’t sell. Currently, I am at work on a set of encyclopedias(百科全书). In a month, I plan to sell them door – to – door.
Such is the life of a writer, sending off the most personal thoughts possible to his hard drive. I am a writer, but also the breadwinner in my family. I’m at the keyboard at 6 almost every morning, hoping to tap out one idea——just one——that will take us up the hill, to the mountain, to the top.
【小题1】According to the passage, the author is leading a/an         life.

Some weird, wild and wonderful stories coloured the news in 2010:

★A Copenhagen bus company has put "love seats" on 103 of 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 400 dollars.

★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 18,000 pounds (21,500 euros, 24,000 dollars) 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 250 pounds (400 dollars, 280 euros) 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 400 dollars 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.

1.What is special about the coffin in the second news?

       A. It is golden                      B. It has a cell phone.

       C. It is a luxury                    D. It has many items

2.What is the probable meaning of the underlined word heist in the third news?

       A. robbery      B. proposal   C. begging     D. raising money

3.Who has to spend 400 dollars to do the surgery?

       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.

4.From the last news we can infer that _________.

       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

Every day millions of letters go from one country to another. Letters mailed in Italy are received in Japan. Letters mailed in Canada are received in Africa. On the letters are many different kinds of stamps，bought in different countries．

The Universal Postal Union helps each letter get to the right place as quickly as possible. It sets up rules about the size and weight of letters，postcards，and small packages（包裹）. It has rules that all countries must follow about international postal rates（费用）．

One hundred years ago，international mail did not move so smoothly. One country did not always accept another country’s letters. Letters from some countries were too large to fit into the mailboxes of other countries. Letters travelled by many different routes（路线）．Some were lost along the way．

Sometimes the person who sent the letter could pay only part of the postage. The person receiving the letter had to pay the rest．

The United States was the first to suggest that all countries work together to settle the questions of international mail. In 1974，men from twenty-four countries met in Switzerland to form the Universal Postal Union．Today，more than 120 nations belong to this union. From its office in Switzerland，the union helps the mail to move safely and quickly around the world．

From the story we can infer that ＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．

A. mail is important to all countries

B. not enough letters are sent all over the world

C. all the letters must go to Switzerland first

D. all stamps look exactly the same

The Universal Postal Union was formed ___________________ .

A. to help move mail quickly around the world

B. to give many men a chance to work

C. to help men meet in Switzerland

D. to look for the lost letters along the way

The underlined word “postage” in this passage means __________ .

A. money paid when you buy a stamp

B. money spent on an envelope

C. the charge for carrying a letter by post

D. the pay a postman receives for his work

This passage is mainly about ______________ .

A. different kinds of stamps in different countries        B. an organization that makes rules

C. international mail                            D. the size and weight of letters