ARIEL, West Bank: A suicide bomber blew up near Israeli soldiers outside a Jew

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　　ARIEL, West Bank: A suicide bomber blew up near Israeli soldiers outside a Jewish settlement in the West Bank yesterday, killing at least three people and wounding about 30 others, the settlement"s mayor and rescue workers said.
　　"A suicide bomber came and there were many soldiers...and he blew himself up." said Ron Nachman, mayor of the settlement of Ariel. "Soldiers were among the casualties. "People on the spot said the bomber blew up after soldiers eating at a food stand in a petrol station at the entrance of the settlement found him. According to some people on the spot accounts reported by Israeli media, a soldier shot and wounded the bomber, who then exploded.
　　The Magen David Adorn ambulance service said at least three people were killed and at least 30 wounded in the blast, which set the bomber burning at Ariel, about 25 kilometers east of Tel Avi v.
　　A fire brigade official said: "The bomber was still burning when we got there and we put out the fire immediatelly."
　　Meanwhile, a blast shook homes in Lebanon"s largest Palestinian refugee camp early yesterday, damaging buildings but causing no injuries, Palestinian sources said. They said the bomb was planted outside the home of a member of Palestimian President Yasser Arafat"s Fatah faction in Ain el-Hilwch camp, and exploded while the family was sleeping.
　　小题1:Some of people including ________were killed or wounded in the blast accident.

A．soldiers	B．mayor
C．rescue workers	D．a fire brigade official

　　　小题2:The suicide bomber blew himself up because________.

A．there was something wrong with his brains

B．a soldier shot and wounded him

C．he couldn"t see the settlement"s mayor

D．he wanted to make himself known

　　小题3:What does the underlined word "casuahies" probably mean in the second paragraph?________

A．sufferers

B．killers

C．passersby

D．losers

　　小题4:It can be concluded that the passage is most probably part of a （n）________.

A．announcement	B．advertisement
C．news report	D．science research

答案

　　
　小题1:A
　小题2:B
　小题3:A
　小题4:C

解析

　小题1:根据第二段中"soldiers were among the casualties"判断本答案要应为A，soldiers。
　　　小题2:士兵开枪伤到了自己，而当时还有一些士兵正在油站附近吃饭。
　　　小题3:据上下文判断伤者中有士兵。
　　　小题4:从文体上以及报导的情况及接受采访者判断本文应为新闻报导。

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　For almost forty years the Empire State Building in New York City was the world"s tallest skyscraper（摩天大楼）. The building reaches a height of 1, 250 feet. It has 102 floors. The use of steel frames made its height possible. Steel walls can rise height without needing to be thick. Steel frame construction is strong. All plates are fixed firmly together by metal bolts（螺栓）called rivets （铆钉）. When set in place, rivets are usuall red- hot. One end is already rounded. A riveter uses a special hammer to shape the other end. Then the rivet cools. It holds the plates firmly. High winds can move this strong building. A wind of a hundred miles an hour has caused it to move almost one and a half inches.
　小题1:The writer says that the Empire State Building ________.

A．hasn’t been finished

B．is in New York City

C．is the tallest skyscraper in the world now

D．had fewer floors than the New World Trade Center

　　　小题2:In steel -frame building, the bottom walls________ .

A．must be very thick

B．must be rounded

C．are usually red - hot

D．do not need to be thick

　　　小题3:Rivets are described as being ________.

A．picked up by tools when red -hot

B．hit by tools when red - hot

C．usually caught in a hole

D．usually put in place when red - hot

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Of Chinese secondary school students top ten heroes,Mao Zedong,ranks number one and Olympic track gold medal winner,Liu Xiang,ranks fifth,according to a survey conducted by All-China Women’s Federation (ACWF).
Late Chinese leaders,Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai,and revolutionary martyrs,Liu Hulan and Dong Cunrui,all have remained important heroes in the eyes of Chinese teenagers aged 13 to 18.
Meanwhile,the 2004 Olympic track and field star,Liu Xiang;model police chief,Ren Changxia;Hong Kong action star,Jackie Chan,and China’s first astronaut Yang Liwei,have ascended to be the new stars among the students.
“The coexistence of old and new models in youth’s hearts reveal the new era’s character,” said Han Xiangjing,president of “China Women” magazine attached to ACWF.
The respondents also chose their parents as heroes,ranking number two.
“This reflects that young students’ selection standards of heroes have changed to be more human oriented,emotional and personalized,”Han said.
Reasons given by the surveyed students for this choice are:“parents are the people I love and indispensable to me”and“they consistently guide,encourage and support me.”
The survey was conducted in six provinces and cities across China,including Beijing,Shanghai,Henan,Shanxi,Liaoning and Hunan.Students completed 1018 questionnaires;443 polled were boys and 575 were girls.
小题1:This passage most probably appears _________.

A．in a newspaper	B．in a magazine
C．in a history book	D．in a report

小题2:This passage mainly talks about _________.

A．a survey about teenagers’top 10 heroes

B．why teenagers regard their parents as heroes

C．different heroes in teenagers’eyes

D．All-China Women’s Federation

小题3:How many heroes of the top 10 can be found in the passage?

A．10.

B．9.

C．8.

D．7

小题4:Which of the following is NOT the reason why teenagers choose their parents as heroes?
A.Their parents are the people they love very much.
B.Their parents are indispensable to them.
C.Their parents have done something great and successful.

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There are many types of reports.A report is simply an account of something that has happened.The commonest are news reports.We get them in newspapers，over radio and on television.Sometimes cinemas also show us newsreels.
The main purpose of a newspaper is to provide news.If you examine a newspaper closely，you will find that there are all types of news:accidents，floods，fires，wars，fashions(服装)，sports，books，etc.The news covers everything that happens to people and their surroundings.Sometimes there are news items which are very amusing.
A news report is usually very short，except when it is about something very important，but it contains(包含) a lot of information.It is also written in short paragraphs.The first paragraph is in fact a summary(总结) of the news item.It gives all the necessary information，what，when，where，how and why.The other paragraphs give full details of the subject.There may also be interviews with people.The words actually spoken by them are within inverted commas(引号).
Often there are photographs to go with the news to make it more interesting.
小题1:The easiest way to get today’s news is_________.

A．to go to the cinema	B．to watch a color TV
C．to read today’s newspapers	D．to listen to the music over radio

小题2:Newspapers sell well mainly because_________.

A．they cost very little

B．they are easy to get

C．they have got pictures to go with the news

D．they provide all sorts of news in them

小题3:This passage mainly talks about _________.

A．different types of reports

B．news reports

C．happenings to people and their surroundings

D．the length of a news reports

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More than 12 300 people were killed and tens of thousands left homeless after a powerful undersea earthquake unleashed giant tsunami waves that crashed into the coasts of south and southeast Asia.
The 8.9 magnitude earthquake that struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra early on Sunday was the biggest in 40 years.It triggered waves that reared up into walls of water as high as 10 meters(30 feet) as they hit coastlines in Indonesia,Sri Lanka,India and Thailand.
Aid agencies rushed staff,equipment and money to the region,warning that bodies rotting in the water were already beginning to threaten the water supply for survivors.
Rescue workers also spoke of bodies still caught up on trees after being flung inland by the waves.
“I just couldn’t believe what was happening before my eyes,”Boree Carlson said from a hotel in the Thai resort of Phuket.
“As I was standing there,a car actually floated into the lobby and overturned because the current was so strong,”said the 45-year-old Swede.
“I heard an eerie sound that I have never heard before.It was a high pitched sound followed by a deafening roar,”said a 55-year-old Indian fisherman who gave his name as Chellappa.
“I told everyone to run for their life.”
In Indonesia,an archipelago of 17 000 islands,one official said nearly 4500 people had died.The worst affected area was Bands Aceh,the capital of Aceh Province,where 3000 were killed.More than 200 prisoners escaped from a jail when the tsunami knocked down its walls.In Sri Lanka（斯里兰卡）,the death toll also reached 4500 and 1 million people,or 5 percent of its population,were affected.It was the worst natural disaster to hit Sri Lanka.Hundreds of thousands of Sri Lankans sheltered in schools and temples overnight,and officials expected the death toll to rise further once rescuers resumed searches after daybreak.In southern India,where at least 3000 were estimated to have died,beaches were littered with submerged cars and wrecked boats.Shanties on the coast were under water.
Thai government officials said at least 392 bodies had been retrieved and they expected the final toll to approach 1000.
The earthquake,of magnitude 8.9 as measured by the U.S. Geological Survery (news-web sites),struck at 7:59 a.m.(1959EST).It was the world’s biggest since 1964,said Julie Martinez at the USGS(news-web sites).
The tsunami was so powerful it smashed boast and flooded areas along the east African coast,3728 miles away.
小题1:What does the underlined word “tsunami” probably mean?

A．Tidal wave.	B．Wave.
C．Earthquake.	D．A man who kills many persons.

小题2:What does the passage mainly talk about？

A．Asian tsunami kills many people,and many more become homeless.

B．An earthquake happens.

C．The tsunami was so powerful that it smashed boats and people.

D．It was the biggest earthquake in 40 years.

小题3:The sea waves hit coastlines in _________.

A．Indonesia

B．Sri Lanka

C．India and Thailand

D．All of above

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The UN Security Council was created in 1945. It is made up of 10 rotating (轮值的) members and five permanent members, which have a veto, the power to stop a resolution (决议). Most UN members now consider the organization"s structure outdated． But any changes need the agreement of two-thirds of the 191 members, and no veto from any of the five permanent council members.
Last year, Japan, Germany, Brazil and India formed a lobbying (游说) group to get permanent council seats. But North and South Korea have doubts about Japan, Italy opposes Germany for a seat, Pakistan is against India"s candidacy (候选资格) and Mexico and Argentina frown on Brazil.
A wave of emotion swept through China last week as millions voiced their opposition to Japan"s permanent membership of the United Nations (UN) Security Council. By last Friday over 22 million Chinese had signed an online petition (请愿) against Japan"s bid for a permanent seat on the council.
According to major Chinese websites, such as sina.com, more than 170,000 overseas Chinese also signed． This is the first online activity of its kind．
The petition was started by US-based Alliance for Preserving the Truth of the Sino-Japanese War (抗日战争史实维护会). They want Japan to apologize for crimes during World War II. The group also plans to present the petition to the UN this autumn.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said he didn"t think the petition shows anti-Japanese feeling. He believed instead it is a request for Japan to take a responsible attitude towards history.
小题1:What’s the main idea of the first paragraph?

A．Function of the UN in world affairs.	B．Members of the UN.
C．Facts about the UN Security Council.	D．Reform of the UN Security Council.

小题2: Which statement is true according to the text?

A．Four countries, such as Japan, Germany, Brazil and India are applying for joining the UN.

B．Some countries, such as North and South Korea, Italy, Pakistan, Mexico and Argentina
propose ticking the four countries out of the UN.

C．If the countries’ bids for permanent membership of the Council are turned down, the
opponent countries will take the place.

D．The UN Security Council is going to take in new members.

小题3:The underlined phrase “frown on” in the third paragraph can be replaced by _____.

A．agree on	B．disapprove of
C．give a firm support to	D．say yes to

小题4:What’s the main reason for China’s opposition to Japan’s permanent membership of the
Council?

A．Japan is unwilling to admit to its crimes against the Chinese in the World War II.

B．Millions of people in Asia signed a petition against it.

C．The Chinese people have strong anti-Japanese feeling.

D．Japan is an irresponsible country that once had a history of invasion.

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