SINA-In order to let people go out more easily during the 2008  Olympic Games,  Beijing is  Going to
start a special bus line and seven more nihgt bus lines. 40% of the taxis will be in service for 24 hours. The subway will run longer hours, too.(December 27, 2007)
    YAHOO-An old man called Shen Yuan made five Fuwa toys with 6,000 pieces of paper. It took him a few months of to finish them. Mr. Shen will make another five bigger  Fuwa toys and send them to Beijing.
(January 7, 2008)
     BAIDU-The Olimpic Flame(圣火)  has arrived in Beijng, show that the Olympic Games  in China will
soon begin. From today, the torch(火炬)will carry the Flame across the world. (March 31, 2008)
     XINHUA-Yang Yang, a famous Chinese skater,  received the Beijing Olympic torch from a leader in
Sanya,  May 4, 2008. Yang ran the first 200 metres during the torch relay (接力) in Sanya, the first leg in
the Chinese mainland(大陸). (May 4, 2008)

1. ____ isn't mentioned in the news above.

A. The bus      
B. The    
C. The subway    
D. The plane

2.  The old man's Fuwa toys were made of ___. 

A.  glass    
B. paper    
C. cotton    
D. silk

3.  The torch has carried the Flame across the world since ___.

A.  December 27, 2007      
B. January 7, 2008
C.  March 31, 2008        
D.  May 4, 2008

4.  In the Chinese mainland, the first leg of the torch relay started in ____.

A. Beijng    
B. Chongqing    
C. Shanghai    
D. Sanya

5.  There ____ of news about the Olympic torch relay here.

A. is only one piece      
B. are two pieces    
C. are three pieces
D. are four pieces

       BEIJING—Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has visited the "left-behind" (留守) children whose parents are working in cities before Children's Day.
       During a visit to northwest China's Shanxi Province, Wen visited the home of Yang Saike, a primary
school boy in a village of Xingping City.
       Yang, whose parents were working in Fujian, thousands of kilometers away, was cared for by his
grandparents. His parents fail to go home even once a year.
       The premier held Yang in his arms and looked through his exercise book and praised him for his hard work.
       Wen talked with many children and asked them many questions about their schooling and life.
       "You are so pretty," Wen said to Liu Mengqi, a seven-year-old girl living with her grandmother.
Liu's parents were also working in the city.
       "Have you been to school yet?" Wen asked two other girls.
       "We are going to the pre-school class," said one.
       "Mom and dad at home?" Wen asked. The children shook their heads.
       "Children cannot see their parents very often, which is a new problem in the countryside. We should
give them more care and love," said the premier.
       With fast economic (經濟) development, more people in the country chose to work in cities and left
their children with grandparents or relatives back home, said Wen.
       The premier asked local governments to do something to protect and care for such children at home
and freeing (解除)their parents in cities from worries about their children.

1. Wen says a new problem in the country is that "left-behind" children __________.

A. seldom get care from the government    
B. seldom get together with their parents
C. cannot do well in school like others    
D. cannot get any love from their parents

2. According to (根據(jù)) Wen, more country people go to work in cities because of _____  

A. great losses of farmland                  
B. their hope for city life
C. economic development                  
D. their poor country life

Editor: Today our topic is part-time jobs. Are they good for school children or
not?
Headmaster: Certainly not. Children have got two full-time jobs already:
growing up and going to school. Part-time jobs make them so tired that they fall
asleep in class.
Mrs. Barrens: I agree with you. I know school hours are short, and there's
homework too, so children need a lot of sleep.
Mr. Barrens: Some students stay at school until they're eighteen of nineteen. A
part-time job can't harm them. In fact, it's good for. They earn their
pocket-money instead of asking their parents for it. And they see something of the
world outside school.
Businessman: You're quite right. Boys learn a lot from part-time jobs. And we
mustn't forget that some families need the extra money. If the students don't take
part-time jobs, they can’t stay at school.
Editor: Well, we have got two for and two against. What do our readers think?

1. How many people join the discussion?

A. Five    
B. Four  
C. Three    
D. Two

2. Who have the same opinion?

A. Mr. and Mrs. Barrens.            
B. Editor and Mr. Barrens.
C. Headmaster and Mrs. Barrens.      
D. Businessman and Headmaster.

3. Where can you find this kind of discussion?

A. In a newspaper.
B. At school.
C. On the radio.
D. In a book.

     This is a song millions of Americans will hear this New Year's Eve. It is called Auld Lang Syne(《友誼地久天長》).
It is an old Scottish poem. It tells about the world to remember old friends.
     The words "auld lang syne" mean "old long since". No one knows who wrote the poem first. However, a version
(版本) by Scottish poet Robert Bums was published (出版) in 1796. The words and music we know today first appeared
in a songbook three years later.
     The song is played in the USA mainly on New Year's Eve. The version you are hearing today is by the Washington
Saxophone Quartet. As we end our program with Auld Lang Syne. I would like to wish all our radio friends a very Happy
New Year! This is Buddy Thomas.

1. This passage is from ______.

A. a newspaper
B. a magazine
C. a TV program
D. a radio program

2. Who is introducing Auld Lang Syne to us?A

. Robert Bums.
B. The Washington Saxophone Quartet.
C. Buddy Thomas.
D. The passage doesn't tell us.

3. The words and music of Auld Lang Syne we know today first appeared ______.

A. In 1790
B. In 1793
C. In 1796
D. In 1799

       A News Report
       Crew saved in dramtic rescue
       By Gorden Lee
       Air-sea rescue units from Shunde, Guangdong Province, and Hong Kong saved the lives of 23
seamen in the South China Sea yesterday.
       The container ship, the "Krameria", registered in Panama, was on its way to Hong Kong from
Singapore when it sent out a distress(求救)call at 1: 30 p.m. The ship reported that it was sinking
after it had a serious damage when hit by Typhon Jasmine earlier in the morning.
       Working together, two helicopters from Shunde and an aeroplane from Hong Kong were sent to
the ship, located about four hundred and fifty kilometres south-west of Hong Kong. The helicopters
winched(用絞盤拉)the crew to safety, while the aeroplane provided air refueling support.
       The rescue of the crew took over one hour, as the hard work was interrupted by strong winds
and high seas. Five crew members were injured. All crew members were taken to hospital in Shunde
for treatment, but only one stayed overnight.
       Yesterday's rescue was the second joint mission involving air-sea rescue units from Shunde and
Hong Kong this year. Last May, the units successfully found a missing fishing boat.
       The "Krameria" reported that a water pipe had burst in the engine room. Early reports around
noon suggested that the crew had the flooding under control, but later the captain radioed that the ship
was filling with water. The rough seas made it impossible for lifeboats to be used.
       The Director of Joinst Missions, Ma Jinshan, was delighted with the success of the rescue. "It was
a major rescue in very dangerous conditions. We are pleased that it went so well."
       The "Krameria" is believed to have sunk shortly after the rescue. Yesterday evening, ships in the
area reported seeing containers floating on the water.
       Read and put the events in the order they happened.
A. The crew were winched to safety.
B. The reporter wrote the newspaper article.
C. The captain reported that the flooding was under control.
D. The reporter interviewed Ma Jinshan.
E. The crew members were taken to hospital.
F. The missing fishing boat was found.
G. The helicopters left Shunde.
H. The ship was hit by Typhoon Jasmine.
I. The captain sent out a distress call because the ship was sinking.
J. The joint rescue system was introduced.

1. (     ) → 2. (     ) → 3. (     ) → 4. (     ) → 5. (     )
      ↓
10. (     ) ←9. (     ) ← 8. (     ) ← 7. (     ) ←6. (     )

     LONDON (Reuters) - British milkman Steve Leech, who saved several shops and flats by putting out
a fire with 320 pints of milk, was celebrating Thursday after winning a national bravery award.
     Leech, 35, named "Hero Milkman" by the National Dairymen's Association, said that he had noticed smoke
coming out of a shop in Cornwall, southern England, while delivering (遞送) milk as usual a year ago.
     "I saw the flats up above and thought I'd better do something. So I kicked the door in and started pouring
milk everywhere," Lee told Reuters Thursday.
     "When firemen arrived, the fire was almost out," he said. Firemen said he had helped save the lives of
eight people living in the flats above the shops.
     "It was hard work opening all those bottles, especially since they have tamper-proof lids. But it was even
harder trying to explain to my boss where all the milk had gone."

1. This is a(n) _______ from London.

A. poster
B. review
C. advertisement
D. news report

2. Leech was awarded the prize for his _______.

A. hard work
B. brave behavior
C. invention
D. patriotic behavior

3. Which is the correct order of what Leech did about a year ago?
①The fire was almost put out.
②He kicked the door in.
③He noticed smoke coming out of a shop.
④He delivered mile as usual.
⑤He poured milk everywhere.

A. ①②③④⑤
B. ④②③⑤①
C. ③④①②⑤
D. ④③②⑤①

4. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph suggests (暗示) that tamper-proof lids
    add to the difficulty of _______ those bottles.

A. stealing
B. breaking
C. opening
D. wasting

5. Which is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A. Leech put out a fire with milk at the age of 34.
B. Cornwall is in the north of England.
C. Leech saved eight people in the shops.
D. The fire was already out before firemen arrived.

     London is the capital of the UK, ___1___ (有) seven million people, so it’s ___2___ (大) and busier
than Cambridge. London is in the ___3___（南方)of England and it’s on the River Thames.The ___4___(河) is 336 kilometers long. London is an old city --- about 2,000 years old. It’s ___5___(著名的)for
Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridge.
   In the north of England there are some ___6___(湖)and low mountains. The mountains are about 1,000 meters ___7___(高). In the west of England you are ___8___(總是) near the sea. There are lots of small ___9___(村莊) on the coast. It’s never very hot in summer, or very cold in winter ___10___  (因為)
England is an island country.

    China's Zhou Yang won the Olympic Games women's l 500-metre short-track gold on Saturday. 
    "I told myself a few days ago' Zhou Yang, you can do this',"the 18-year-old olympic newcomer said.
"I believed in myself."
    "This gold medal will change things. It will give me more confidence. It will give my mum a better
lifestyle."    
     China's Shen Xue, aged 31, and Zhao Hongbo, aged 36, celebrated St. Valentine's Day and the Chinese
New Year by winning a gold medal in the pairs figure skating at the Vancouver Olympics on Sunday. "We
have not competed(比賽)much in the last two years and we came back to compete at the Olympic Games
as it is our dream to win an Olympic gold medal."
    China's Wang Meng won again her Olympic women's 500-meter short-track skating title on Wednesday. 
   "I have a lot of confidence.I feel that it's my duty to win that. It's still the Chi- nese New Year holiday," she
 said,"Kowtow(磕頭)was the only way to express my thanks to the coaches, team leaders and teammates."

1. How old is the Olympic newcomer, Zhou Yang?

A.18
B.25
C.33
D.36

2. What is Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo's dream?

A. To celebrate Chinese New Year.
B. To give their parents a better life.
C. To win an Olympic gold medal.
D. To spend a special Valentine's Day.

3. In what sport did Wang Meng win the gold medal?

A. Figure skating.
B. Women's 1500-metre short-track skating.
C. Skiing.
D. Women's 500-metre short-track skating.

4. Where may you probably read this passage?

A. In a story book.
B. In a news report.
C. In a TV play.
D. In an advertisement.

     News 1
     A Taiwan's actress Lin Chi-ling won the Asia Star Award at the 2009 Asia Model Festival Awards (AMFA) in
Seoul (首爾) on January 15, 2009.
     News 2
     Forty-six ships had a big party in Qingdao on April 23, 2009. They came from 15 countries around the
world. They came for the birthday party of the Chinese navy. The Chinese navy is 60 years old! The Chinese
ships and weapons are all the work of Chinese engineers. The Chinese navy had 26 ships at the beginning. There
are more than 200 ships now.
     News 3
     CHENGDU, Sichuan, May 11-On Monday, Hong Kong movie star Jackie Chan came to Beichuan Middle
School. He joined the students who survived (幸存) last year's earthquake, singing with them to help the
teenagers on the day before the quake's anniversary (周年紀念). Chan opened a national flag covering 5,000
square meters on the school playground.
     More than 1,000 students and teachers of the school were dead or missing in the earthquake on May 12 last
year. The new school will begin to be rebuilt with the money from all over the world on Tuesday.