70．Why do we eat Yuanxiao today?

       A．Because it’s a tradition.                  

       B．Because it’s a tasty food.

       C．Because we love our country.．        

       D．Because this food can make money.

D

Jenny Bowen, an American living in Beijing, has been selected as the only American to carry the 2008 Beijing Olympic torch on Chinese soil. She and seven other non-Chinese winners were chosen from a pool of 262 applicants (申请者) from 47 countries in a contest organized by Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group and the official English-language newspaper, China Daily. When Bowen runs with the Olympic torch, she will not only be representing the United States, but also be representing thousands of Chinese orphans (孤儿).

       Bowen, a mother of two adopted Chinese daughters, is the executive director of Half the Sky Foundation, an organization which was founded in 1998 and aims to enrich the lives and improve the prospects for orphaned children in China. In nearly 10 years, Bowen and Half the Sky have touched the lives of over 13,000 children. Half the Sky is now present in 36 welfare (福利) institutions in 28 Chinese cities. About 4,000 children are active in the program, which provides trained staff, educational tools, medical support and nurturing love for orphans.

       Bowen hopes that running with the Olympic torch would help draw attention to the children in China. She will be among 19,400 runners who will carry the flame along an 85,000-mile, 130-day route across five continents. Beijing organizers say it will be the longest torch relay in Olympic history.

       Like Bowen, the seven other non-Chinese winners, including a German engineer and a Venezuelan graphic designer, live in China. Other countries represented will be the Philippines, Colombia, India, Japan and Russia.

       According to Olympic organizers, candidates (候选人) were selected based on an online vote, committee selection, their “love of Chinese culture and history” and devotion to “communicating information of a real China to their native countries”. Each runner will carry the torch for 200 meters on Chinese soil.

69．What is the best title of this passage?

       A．The Lantern Festival                          

       B．The ingredients of Yuanxiao

       C．The difference between Yuanxiao and Tangyuan.

       D．China’s traditional food―Yuanxiao.

68．Choose the right order of making Tangyuan in southern provinces.

       ① make a hole and insert the filling 

       ② roll the dough between your hands 

       ③ shape the dough of rice flour into balls  

       ④ close the hole  

       ⑤ prepare some rice flour

       A．⑤③②①④       B．③⑤①②④        C．③①④②⑤        D．⑤③①④②

67．Which country does the Lantern Festival come from?

       A．China                                                B．South Korea      

       C．Jin Dynasty                                         D．Tang and Song periods.

66．Which of the following is NOT true?

       A．The custom of eating Yuanxiao dates back to the fourth century.

       B．Sugar, rose petals and minced meat are all fillings of Yuanxiao.

       C．Sweet Yuanxiao are usually made in southern China.

       D．People in northern China usually make Yuanxiao by rolling like a snowball.

65．What does the underlined word “collapsed” probably mean ?

      A．was destroyed      B．caught fire          C．was flooded       D．sank

C

Every year has many festivals. Besides entertainment and beautiful lanterns, another important part of the Lantern Festival ,or Yuanxiao Festival is eating small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice flour. We call these balls Yuanxiao or Tangyuan. Obviously, they get the name from the festival itself. It is said that the custom of eating Yuanxiao originated during the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the fourth century, then became popular during the Tang and Song periods. The fillings inside the dumplings or Yuansiao are either sweet or salty. Sweet fillings are made of sugar, Walnuts, sesame（芝麻）, osmanthus flowers(桂花), rose petals, sweetened tangerine（橘子）peel, bean paste, or jujube paste（枣子酱）. A single ingredient or any combination can be used as the filling . The salty variety is filled with minced meat（肉末儿）, vegetables or a mixture.The way to make Yuanxiao also varies between northern and southern China. The usual method followed in southern provinces is to shape the dough of rice flour into balls, make a hole, insert the filling, then close the hole and smooth out the dumpling by rolling it between your hands. In North China, sweet or nutmeat stuffing is the usual ingredient. The fillings are pressed into hardened cores, dipped lightly in water and rolled in a flat basket containing dry glutinous rice flour. A layer of the flour sticks to the filling, which is then again dipped in water and rolled a second time in the rice flour. And so it goes, like rolling a snowball, until the dumpling is the desired size.

It is known to us all. The custom of eating Yuanxiao dumplings remains. This tradition encourages both old and new stores to promote their Yuanxiao products. They all try their best to improve the taste and quality of the dumplings to attract more customers.

64．What is the total number of deaths in the earthquake?

      A．2,000,000                                          B．between 490 to 5,7002     

       C．200,000                                             D．it was hard to know.

       C．aftershocks                                          D．the magnitude 9.5 earthquake

63．What is generally thought the main cause of deaths in Chile?

      A．landslides                                           B．the tsunami        

62．What can we learn about the tsunami waves generated by the earthquake?

      A．The tsunami waves as high as 25 meters arrived immediately after the earthquake.

      B．The tsunami waves killed 200 people and sank all boats.

      C．The tsunami waves were very destructive.

      D．The tsunami waves flooded half of the inland.