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Olympic torch relay（奧運火炬接力）planned route

Beijing，April 27—The Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay will cover the greatest area and include the largest number of people．The plans were announced on Thursday night．The planned route would last 130 days and travel l37,000 km．

First Nobel Prize winner to donate to Hope School

Chinanews, Beijing，May 10--Professor Daniel Chee Tsui，in the USA．signed the agreement to donate 350,000 yuan to his home town to build a Hope Primary School in China．

Bill Gates receives Tsinghua honorary doctorate

Beijing，April 20--Bill Gates，chairmen of global IT giant Microsoft，received an honorary doctorate（榮譽博士學位）when he visited China's famous Tsinghua university on Thursday．

Big Shaolin kung fu center to be built in Russia

Chinanews，Beijing，April 27--China and Russia have signed a letter of intent（意向書）on the building of a Shaolin kung fu center in Russia．It will be the first of its kind in Russia, and also the biggest overseas kung fu center when it is completed．

1．How long will the Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay last?

A．One month．                                          B．Two months．

C．Three months．                                         D．More than four months．

2．Who signed an agreement to donate money to build a Hope Primary School on May 10?

A．Bill Gates．                                             B．Professor Daniel Chee Tsui．

C．Beijing government．                                  D．Tsinghua University．

3．What will he built in Russia according to the news?

A．A university．                                         B．A spots centre．

C．A Shaolin kung fu center．                          D．A Hope Primary School．

18、Hi, my name is Erik．I live in a small town in the southeast of England．In my house there are three rooms downstairs and three rooms upstairs．Now I'll show you some of the rooms．

The living room is also downstairs．It is where the television is．We eat our food and watch TV there．The three rooms upstairs are all bedrooms．

1．Where will Erik’s father go if he wants to surf the Internet?

A．To the kitchen．                                     B．To the living room．

C．To the bathroom．                                     D．To go upstairs．

2．Where does Erik put his dirty clothes?

A．In his bedroom．                                    B．In the living room．

C．In a room upstairs．                                          D．In the bathroom．

3．If Erik wants to watch TV，he may go to            ．

A．his bedroom or the living room                  B．the kitchen or the living room

C．the living room only                                   D．the bathroom or his bedroom

4．The best title for this passage is             ．

A．I love my bedroom                                  B．My family and my house

C．Inside an English house                              D．Houses in England

17、Every scientist has a childhood dream．A scientist in China once had a dream．He wished to grow a new type of rice．This new type of rice would be as big as peanuts．This person is Yuan Longping--“Father” of Hybrid rice（雜交水稻）．

Yuan Longping was born in 1930．He graduated from the Southwest Agricultural（農業(yè)）University in 1953．He came up with an idea for a Hybrid rice in the 1960s．Since then，he has devoted himself to research and to the development of new varieties．

In 1973，together with other people，he succeeded in the development of Hybrid rice．This made China a worldwide leader in rice production（生產）．In 1980，the technology（技術）for hybrid rice was introduced to the United States．Now his “super rice” has been introduced to more than 20 other countries．

Because of Professor Yuan's hard work，China now produces enough rice to feed her people every year．Last November an online survey showed that most Chinese believed that Yuan deserved（應得）a Nobel Peace Prize．

In his spare time．Yuan Longping loves playing the violin and listening to music．Every night，he reads for half an hour before he goes to sleep．He likes swimming，too．It is said that Professor Yuan is one of tile richest people in China．But he cares about nothing but his research．

1．What was Yuan Longping's childhood dream?

2．What are Yuan Longping's hobbies?

3．The underlined word “her” in 4th paragraph means                     ．

4．Seven years, after tile successful development of Hybrid rice，it was introduced to       ．On the map No．                  is where tile country is．

5．According to the following explanations of the word “variety” in a dictionary，the word “varieties” in 2nd paragraph probably means                      ．

16、Children in England mnstn't work until they are l3．They need to have a work permit（許可證）to start working．

The jobs teenagers can do：

Delivering（遞送）newspapers：Many teenagers will get up early to deliver newspapers to houses in their local area before going to school．They are known as Paperboys or Papergirls．

Babysitting：Looking after young children in their home while their parents have gone out for the evening is a popular Job for teenagers，as they get money for watching children and television all at the same time!

Helping the Milkman：From the age of 14 some teenagers help the milkman deliver milk to houses．

Other popular jobs：Working in a shop；Office work；Washing ears：In a cafe or restaurant．

The hours teenagers（13 and 14 year olds）can work：

School Days：Not more than 2 hours in one day during the following periods：

Morning：7 a．m．--start of school or Evening：close of school--7 P．m．

Saturdays：Up to 5 hours between 7 a．m．and 7 P．m．

Sundays：Up to 2 hours between 7 a．m．and 11 a．m．

Term time：Up to 12 hours a week（Including weekends）

1．In England how old do children have to be before they can work?

A．15．                   B．14．                    C．10．                      D．13．

2．Paperboys and Papergirls deliver newspapers              ．

A．early in the morning                                   B．at noon

C．in the afternoon                                         D．in the evening

3．Teenagers in England can do all of the following except              ．

A．work in an office                                     B．work in a night club

C．look after young children                            D．deliver newspapers

4．How many hours a week may teenagers work during the term time?

A．10．                   B．14．                    C．17．                      D．20．

15、Do you want to know something about children in African? What do they do for fun every day? Find out here：

Education

School is expensive for many African children．Lots of families can't afford school uniforms or exercise books even though they don't have to pay for school．

For those lucky enough to go to school，they have a lot to learn．Some take two language classes：English or French，and their first language．There is also math，science，history，social studies and geography．Chores take up much of children's time after school．They have to get water and firewood for the family every day．Also there's cleaning，washing and helping Mum with the meal．

Daily fun

It's not all work and no play．Spots are very popular．Children can make goals with twigs（嫩樹枝）and their own footballs with plastic and bits of string（繩子）．They play in the country and the streets of old towns．There're many football teams for teenagers in Africa．

Internet

It's really expensive to get on the Internet．To surf the net for 20 hours costs over 600 yuan．

This is more than the average（平均的）monthly pay per person．

Egypt and South Africa are the top two users of the Internet in Africa．All of the capital cities there can get on the Internet．

Some schools offer computer lessons but few students can enjoy computer fun at home．

1．Tile underlined word “Chores” probably means                   ．

A．網上沖浪            B．家務雜活             C．體育活動            D．家庭作業(yè)

2．Spots are very popular in Africa because children               ．

A．do not need money to play                        B．can play all kinds of ball games

C．don’t like to go to school                            D．don’t like to do their homework

3．The passage is mainly about                 ．

A．education in Africa                                   B．children's school life in Africa

C．the Internet in Africa                                  D．children's daily life in Africa

4．From the passage，we can infer（推斷）that in Africa              ．

A．basketball is popular among children

B．children in Africa have to pay for school

C．some children in Africa have to take two foreign language classes

D．people in Egypt and South Africa may get higher pay than people in the other countries

13、Sandra works in a big factory．She's             worker．

A．a                         B．the                      C．some                     D．／

12、Qinghai-Tibet Railway（青藏鐵路）was completed last year．It is the               railway that connects Tibet with the other parts of China．

A．first                     B．second                 C．third                      D．fourth