Speeding has been cited（引证） as the cause for a car accident that left one pedestrian dead May 7 in eastern China's Zhejiang Province. The speed of the cause car has been 1    to have been between 84.1 kilometers to 101.2 km per hour when the accident happened. According to the report, the cause car was refitted（更换零部件） to attain 2    speeds. The engine, exhaust system and tires had been modified.

The report was made by a group of motor vehicle 3    and mechanics from Jilin, Zhejiang, Shanghai and other parts of China. They were 4    by Blue Arrow, a forensic（法庭的）analysis group in Hangzhou, according to local police. A 5    of the municipal public security bureau said that the bureau received the forensic analysis report on Wednesday and immediately sent 6    of the report to both parties concerned.

Either of the two parties, the family of the 7    and the driver responsible for the accident, can challenge against the analysis results in three days. The case has not yet entered 8    procedures. Whether it will be a civil or criminal case remains 9   .

On the evening of May 7, Tang Zhuo, 25, was 10    on a pedestrian walkway in Hangzhou. The 11   is a 20-year-old university student. Tang flew five meters into the air before he hit the ground and died. The public was 12    because he was racing with two friends on a downtown highway, without thinking about the 13    of pedestrians. The driver faces a one-month detention or up to three years in jail if convicted. The level of punishment 14    how fast he was driving.

After the accident, Wang Guoping, Hangzhou's party chief, demanded traffic police take every possible 15    to fight against drag-racing and illegal auto modifications.

（ ）1. A. estimated  B. reduced                 C. increased             D. imagined

（ ）2. A. lower           B. taller                    C. higher                  D. shorter

（ ）3. A. workers       B. students               C. experts                D. assistants

（ ）4. A. criticized  B. invited                    C. given                    D. sent

（ ）5. A. gentleman  B. soldier                 C. driver                   D. spokesman

（ ）6. A. details          B. copies                  C. objects                D. writers

（ ）7. A. victim     B. passenger             C. audience              D. salesman

（ ）8. A. medical        B. technological        C. economical          D. judicial

（ ）9. A. invisible   B. unknown                C. untouched            D. impossible

（ ）10. A. driven         B. stolen                  C. hit                        D. robbed

（ ）11. A. driver    B. victim                   C. pedestrian            D. visitor

（ ）12. A. angered   B. excited                C. interrupted           D. tired

（ ）13. A. health         B. education             C. safety                   D. profit

（ ）14. A. takes on  B. depends on           C. looks on              D. carries on.

（ ）15. A. money        B. force                    C. energy                 D. measure

CALCUTTA, India Mar 24, 2006 (AP) — One of the world’s oldest creatures, a giant tortoise believed to have been about 250 years old, has died in the Calcutta zoo where it spent more than half its long life.

Addwaita, which means “the one and only” in the local Bengali language, was one of four Aldabra tortoises brought to India by British sailors in the 18th century. Zoo officials say he was a gift for Lord Robert Clive of the East India Company, who was instrumental in establishing British colonial rule in India, before he returned to England in 1767. Long after the other three tortoises died, Addwaita continued to thrive, living in Clive’s garden before being moved to the zoo in 1875.

“According to records in the zoo, the age of the giant tortoise, Addwaita, who died on Wednesday, would be about 250 years,” said zoo director Subir Chowdhury. That would have made him much older than the world’s oldest documented living animal: Harriet, a 176-year-old Galapagos tortoise who lives at the Australia Zoo north of Brisbane, according to the zoo’s Web site. She was taken from the island of Isla Santa Cruz by Charles Darwin in the 19th century.

Aldabra tortoises come from the Aldabra atoll in the Seychelle islands in the Indian Ocean, and often live to more than 100 years of age. Males can weigh up to 550 pounds. Addwaita, the zoo’s biggest attraction, had been unwell for the last few days, said local Forest Minister Jogesh Burman.

“We were keeping a watch on him. When the zoo keepers went to his enclosure on Wednesday they found him dead,” Burman said.

1. According to the passage, Addwaita ________.

  A. was sent to India as a gift by British government

  B. was sent to India by British sailors in 1767

  C. lived together with three other Aldabra tortoises in India

  D. belonged to Lord Robert Clive for some time

2. By now, the oldest animal in the world is about at ________.

   A. 176 years old      B. 100 years old       C. 250 years old      D. 200 years old

3. In the last few days before Addwaita died, he ________.

A. had been sent to hospital for treatment         

B. had been playing with travelers

C. had been found not better than before          

D. had stayed in his enclosure for days

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. An Old Aldabra Tortoise Died in India    

B. A Remarkable Life: Tortoise Dies at 250

C. A Special Kind of Tortoise — Addwaita   

D. The Oldest Animal Aldabra Tortoise Died

CALCUTTA, India Mar 24, 2006 (AP) — One of the world’s oldest creatures, a giant tortoise believed to have been about 250 years old, has died in the Calcutta zoo where it spent more than half its long life.

Addwaita, which means “the one and only” in the local Bengali language, was one of four Aldabra tortoises brought to India by British sailors in the 18th century. Zoo officials say he was a gift for Lord Robert Clive of the East India Company, who was instrumental in establishing British colonial rule in India, before he returned to England in 1767. Long after the other three tortoises died, Addwaita continued to thrive, living in Clive’s garden before being moved to the zoo in 1875.

“According to records in the zoo, the age of the giant tortoise, Addwaita, who died on Wednesday, would be about 250 years,” said zoo director Subir Chowdhury. That would have made him much older than the world’s oldest documented living animal: Harriet, a 176-year-old Galapagos tortoise who lives at the Australia Zoo north of Brisbane, according to the zoo’s Web site. She was taken from the island of Isla Santa Cruz by Charles Darwin in the 19th century.

Aldabra tortoises come from the Aldabra atoll in the Seychelle islands in the Indian Ocean, and often live to more than 100 years of age. Males can weigh up to 550 pounds. Addwaita, the zoo’s biggest attraction, had been unwell for the last few days, said local Forest Minister Jogesh Burman.

“We were keeping a watch on him. When the zoo keepers went to his enclosure on Wednesday they found him dead,” Burman said.

1. According to the passage, Addwaita ________.

  A. was sent to India as a gift by British government

  B. was sent to India by British sailors in 1767

  C. lived together with three other Aldabra tortoises in India

  D. belonged to Lord Robert Clive for some time

2. By now, the oldest animal in the world is about at ________.

   A. 176 years old      B. 100 years old       C. 250 years old      D. 200 years old

3. In the last few days before Addwaita died, he ________.

A. had been sent to hospital for treatment         

B. had been playing with travelers

C. had been found not better than before          

D. had stayed in his enclosure for days

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. An Old Aldabra Tortoise Died in India    

B. A Remarkable Life: Tortoise Dies at 250

C. A Special Kind of Tortoise — Addwaita   

D. The Oldest Animal Aldabra Tortoise Died

CALCUTTA, India Mar 24, 2006 (AP) — One of the world’s oldest creatures, a giant tortoise believed to have been about 250 years old, has died in the Calcutta zoo where it spent more than half its long life.

Addwaita, which means “the one and only” in the local Bengali language, was one of four Aldabra tortoises brought to India by British sailors in the 18th century. Zoo officials say he was a gift for Lord Robert Clive of the East India Company, who was instrumental in establishing British colonial rule in India, before he returned to England in 1767. Long after the other three tortoises died, Addwaita continued to thrive, living in Clive’s garden before being moved to the zoo in 1875.

“According to records in the zoo, the age of the giant tortoise, Addwaita, who died on Wednesday, would be about 250 years,” said zoo director Subir Chowdhury. That would have made him much older than the world’s oldest documented living animal: Harriet, a 176-year-old Galapagos tortoise who lives at the Australia Zoo north of Brisbane, according to the zoo’s Web site. She was taken from the island of Isla Santa Cruz by Charles Darwin in the 19th century.

Aldabra tortoises come from the Aldabra atoll in the Seychelle islands in the Indian Ocean, and often live to more than 100 years of age. Males can weigh up to 550 pounds. Addwaita, the zoo’s biggest attraction, had been unwell for the last few days, said local Forest Minister Jogesh Burman.

“We were keeping a watch on him. When the zoo keepers went to his enclosure on Wednesday they found him dead,” Burman said.

1.According to the passage, Addwaita ________.

      A. was sent to India as a gift by British government

      B. was sent to India by British sailors in 1767

      C. lived together with three other Aldabra tortoises in India

      D. belonged to Lord Robert Clive for some time

2.By now, the oldest animal in the world is about at ________.

      A. 176 years old      B. 100 years old       C. 250 years old      D. 200 years old

3.In the last few days before Addwaita died, he ________.

A. had been sent to hospital for treatment         

B. had been playing with travelers

C. had been found not better than before          

D. had stayed in his enclosure for days

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. An Old Aldabra Tortoise Died in India    

B. A Remarkable Life: Tortoise Dies at 250

C. A Special Kind of Tortoise — Addwaita   

D. The Oldest Animal Aldabra Tortoise Died

CALCUTTA, India Mar 24, 2006 (AP) — One of the world’s oldest creatures, a giant tortoise believed to have been about 250 years old, has died in the Calcutta zoo where it spent more than half its long life.
Addwaita, which means “the one and only” in the local Bengali language, was one of four Aldabra tortoises brought to India by British sailors in the 18th century. Zoo officials say he was a gift for Lord Robert Clive of the East India Company, who was instrumental in establishing British colonial^① rule in India, before he returned to England in 1767. Long after the other three tortoises died, Addwaita continued to thrive^②, living in Clive’s garden before being moved to the zoo in 1875.
“According to records in the zoo, the age of the giant tortoise, Addwaita, who died on Wednesday, would be about 250 years,” said zoo director Subir Chowdhury. That would have made him much older than the world’s oldest documented^③ living animal: Harriet, a 176-year-old Galapagos tortoise who lives at the Australia Zoo north of Brisbane, according to the zoo’s Web site. She was taken from the island of Isla Santa Cruz by Charles Darwin in the 19th century.
Aldabra tortoises come from the Aldabra atoll^④in the Seychelle islands in the Indian Ocean, and often live to more than 100 years of age. Males can weigh up to 550 pounds. Addwaita, the zoo’s biggest attraction, had been unwell for the last few days, said local Forest Minister Jogesh Burman.
“We were keeping a watch on him. When the zoo keepers went to his enclosure on Wednesday they found him dead,” Burman said.
Notes:
①colonial  adj. 殖民的
②thrive  v. 茁壮成长
③documented  adj. 备有证明文件的
④atoll  n. 环礁
Choose the best answers according to the above:

1. 1.

   According to the passage, Addwaita ______.

   1. A.
      was sent to India as a gift by British government
   2. B.
      was sent to India by British sailors in 1767
   3. C.
      lived together with three other Aldabra tortoises in India
   4. D.
      belonged to Lord Robert Clive for some time
2. 2.

   By now, the oldest animal in the world is about at ______.

   1. A.
      176 years old
   2. B.
      100 years old
   3. C.
      250 years old
   4. D.
      200 years old
3. 3.

   In the last few days before Addwaita died, he ______.

   1. A.
      had been sent to hospital for treatment
   2. B.
      had been playing with travelers
   3. C.
      had been found not better than before
   4. D.
      had stayed in his enclosure for days
4. 4.

   What would be the best title for the passage?

   1. A.
      An Old Aldabra Tortoise Died in India
   2. B.
      A Remarkable Life: Tortoise Dies at 250
   3. C.
      A Special Kind of Tortoise — Addwaita
   4. D.
      The Oldest Animal Aldabra Tortoise Died