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China launched its fifth Beidou orbiter into space on Sunday morning, moving it one step closer to its goal of building a navigation(导航) and positioning satellite network.
The Beidou, or Compass, system is being built to rival the US-developed GPS, the European Union"s Galileo and Russia"s Global Navigation Satellite System. It can allow travelers, drivers and military officials to know their locations.
The fifth orbiter was launched on top of a Long March 3A carrier rocket at 5:30 am on Sunday from Xichang of Southwest China"s Sichuan province.
It is the third Compass satellite launched this year, following launches on Jan 17 and June 2.
The short interval of less than two months since the last launch demonstrated that "the country is stepping into a busy period of launching the Compass satellites", an unnamed official in charge of the project said last month.
The first two orbiters were launched in 2007 and 2009 respectively.
Sun Jiadong, the Beidou program"s chief designer, said on June 21 in a TV interview that China would launch 13 to 15 Beidou navigation satellites into orbit by 2012 to form a network that provides regional service covering the neighboring areas.
And in about 10 years, the network would be expanded to include more than 30 satellites covering the globe, he said.
The system is a crucial part of the country"s space infrastructure for providing navigation and positioning services in transportation, meteorology, petroleum prospecting, forest fire monitoring, disaster forecasting, telecommunications and public security.
In addition, a global positioning system is crucial to any country"s national security and defense, said Ran Chengqi, an official in charge of the program, referring to the fact that the US initially built its GPS system for military purposes.
It is unimaginable for China to go without such a system, he said.
Earlier reports cited(引用) Song Xiaojun, a Beijing-based military expert, as saying that 90 percent of the world"s current weapons systems need a global positioning system.
小题1:This news report was probably released           .
A.in January, 2010B.in June, 2010C.in July, 2010D.in August, 2010
小题2:The Compass System is expected to finally cover     in the future.
A.ChinaB.China and its neigh boring areas
C.Asia, Europe and OceaniaD.the earth
小题3:At the very beginning, the GPS system was built to help      .
A.military officers to judge their locationsB.travelers to know their locations
C.drivers to reach their destinations easilyD.hunters to find wild animals smoothly

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小题1:D
小题2:D
小题3:A
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BEIJING, May 29 — the US pop star Michael Jackson appeared in public in Tokyo on Saturday, accepting a music award and thanking “all the people who believe in me ”.
Introduced to an adoring(崇拜的)crowd as “the king of pop, the king of rock and the king of soul ”, Jackson flashed a quick “peace” sign as he walked onstage to the sound of one of his biggest hits —“Thriller”.
“I’m honored to be in Japan again and I’m very happy to be among the Japanese people because I love them very much,” Jackson said in a brief appearance at MTV Japan’s Legend Award ceremony(仪式)at Yoyogi Olympic Stadium, “Thank you for your belief.”
“Jackson also plans to visit Singapore, Shanghai and Hong Kong,” spokeswoman Raymone K. Bain said on Thursday.
Bain said, “The star plans to visit orphanages(孤儿院),tour the city of Tokyo, and meet with members of the Asian business communities during his trip.”
Bain said that Jackson planned to return to recording and hoped to release(发行)a new album(专辑)in 2007. Meanwhile, she said he had planned to raise some money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
67. This report may appear on the “     ” page of a newspaper.
A. Business       B. Entertainment     C. Sports        D. Travel
68. The report mainly tells us       .
A. Jackson accepted a music award        B. Jackson’s tour to Asia
C. Jackson will visit orphanages          D. Jackson plans to release a new album
69. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Jackson is glad to be in Japan again          
B. “Thriller” is one of Jackson’s famous songs
C. Jackson plans to visit Singapore before Japan  
D. Jackson is good at both pop songs and rock music
70. It can be inferred (推断)from the passage that Michael Jackson        .
A. is a popular Japanese singer      
B. is disappointed with the orphanages’ situations
C. has done a lot of things for the victims of Hurricane Katrina   
D. is very busy during this Asian trip
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CANBERRA(Reuters)—Australia’s kangaroos are genetically similar to humans and may have first evolved in China, Australian researchers said Tuesday.
Scientists said they had for the first time mapped the genetic code of the Australian marsupials(有袋类)and found much of it was similar to the genome for humans, the government backed Center of Excellence for Kangaroo Genomics said.
“There are a few differences, we have a few more of this, a few less of that, but they are the same genes and a lot of them are in the same order,”center Director Jenny Graves told reporters in Melbourne.
“We thought they’d be completely scrambled, but they’re not. There is great chunks of the human genome which is sitting right there in the kangaroo genome,” Graves said, according to AAP.
Humans and knagaroos last shared an ancestor at least 150 million years ago, the researchers found, while mice and humans separated and went in different ways from one another only 70 million years ago.
Kangaroos first evolved in China, but migrated across the America to Australia and Antarctica, they said.
“Kangaroos are hugely informative about what we were like 150 million years ago,” Graves said.
68.Where does the kangaroo first develop according the scientists?
A.In China.    B.In America. C.In Australia.       D.In Antarctica.
69.What does the passage mainly tell us?
A.How the Kangaroo first evolved.      B.Kangaroo’ genetic code have been mapped.
C.Kangaroos’genes are close to humans’.     D.Scientists did much research into Kangaroos.
70.What does the underlined word “scrambled” probably mean in the fourth paragraph?
A.Funny. B.Wrong.       C.Curious.      D.Right.
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SHANGHAI-Famed Chinese scientist Qian Weichang died here on Friday morning, saddening millions of his countrymen.
He was 98.
Qian, a pioneer in mechanics and applied mathematics in modern China, was one of the three famous "Qians" in China"s science and technology field. He was well known alongside Qian Xuesen, the father of China"s space program, and Qian Sanqiang, a nuclear physicist who oversaw the development of China"s nuclear program.
Wu Shuqing, former president of Peking University, said Qian was an internationally well-known scholar whose modesty and conduct has set a good example for following generations.
After learning about Qian"s death, millions of Chinese people offered their condolences (吊唁) online.
Many students from Shanghai University, where Qian was a former president, burst into tears after hearing the news, saying it was a great loss to the university and to China.
For those off campus for the summer vocation, many visited their university website, which had been turned gray. Some said they planned to return to the campus to mourn him.
Many of those still on campus voluntarily joined preparations for a mourning (哀悼) service that will begin at the university on Saturday.
The university has set up two mourning halls at two of its campuses and publicized the mourning time and phone numbers at the two sites.
Qian was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu, in 1912. Although he was initially not good at science, he chose to study physics at Tsinghua University because he believed science and technology were the keys to strengthening China in the 1930s.
He graduated from Tsinghua in 1935, and earned his PhD in applied mathematics from the University of Toronto in Canada in 1942.
He returned to China in 1946 and became a mechanics professor and later vice-president at Tsinghua University.
Qian made great contributions to the engineering applications of sciences, such as the fluttering of airplanes, armor penetration, the design of instruments and pipe systems.
He is an academician (院士) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
36. Qian Weichang used to work at ______.
A. Tsinghua University and Peking University
B. Shanghai University and Toronto University
C. Peking University and Shanghai University
D. Tsinghua University and Shanghai University
37. According to the passage, the students expressed their sadness to Qian"s death in the following ways EXCEPT that they ______.
A. held mourning meetings in the university
B. could not stop crying for losing him
C. went to the university to mourn him themselves
D. offered their help to the mourning service
38. The passage tells us that ______ made Qian Weichang aim at science in his university time.
A. his talents at study
B. his failures at science
C. the family"s expectation
D. his love to the country
39. Which of the following statements is WRONG according to the passage?
A. Qian Weichang graduated from Tsinghua University.
B. Qian Weichang used to work side by side with Qian Xuesen and Qian Sanqiang.
C. Qian Weichang spent at least four years studying and living abroad.
D. Qian Weichang was not good at science before he went to university.
40. What is the best title of this passage?
A. Respected Scientist Passes on at 98
B. The Great Life of the Scientist-Qian Weichang
C. The Whole Nation Mourn Qian Weichang
D. A 98-year Old Man Passed in Shanghai
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NEW YORK---One in five U.S. workers regularly attends after-work drinks with coworkers, where the most common mishaps range from badmouthing another worker to drinking too much, according to a study released on Tuesday.
Most workers attend so-called happy hours to bond with colleagues, although 15 percent go to hear the latest office gossip and 13 percent go because they feel necessary, said the survey conducted for CareerBuilder. com, an online job site. As to what happens when the after-work drinks flow, 16 percent reported bad-mouthing a colleague, 10 percent shared a secret about a colleague and 8 percent said they drank too much and acted unprofessionally. Five percent said they had shared a secret about the company, and 4 percent confessed to singing karaoke. While 21 percent of those who attended said happy hours were good for networking, 85 percent said attending had not helped them get closer to someone higher up or get a better position. An equal number of men and women said they attended happy hours with co-workers, with younger workers aged 25 to 34 most likely and workers over 55 least likely to attend. Overall, 21 percent of workers attend happy hours with co-workers and; of those nearly a quarter go at least once a month.
The survey was conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder. com among 6,987 full-time employees between February 11 and March 13. Harris Interactive said the results had a sampling error of plus or minus 1.2 percentage points.
56. Harris Interactive made the survey to find out            .
A. how U.S. workers spend their after-work time        
B. what U.S. workers do at after-work drinks
C. the relationships between U.S. workers        
D. who are most likely to attend after-work drinks
57.         of workers who attend after-work drinks speak ill of a colleague. 
A. 4 percent       B. 8 percent     C. 16 percent     D. 10 percent
58. According to the passage, most of those surveyed believed attending after-work drinks             .
A.benefited them a lot                B. could provide information  
C.only made them relaxed            D. was of no help to them
59. We can learn from the text that                 .
A. workers over 55 don’t like to attend happy hours at all
B. about 75% of  workers go more than once a month  
C. 10.5% of male workers attend happy hours with co-workers
D. about 700 workers surveyed shared a secret about a co-worker
60. After the survey, it can be inferred that                    .
A. all the workers oppose after-work drinks
B. the workers may change their attitudes towards after-work drinks  
C. all the workers support after-work drinks
D. all the workers are suggested going to attend after-work drinks
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This is news on the Hour, Ed Wilson reporting. The president and First Lady will visit Africa on a goodwill tour in May. They plan to visit eight African countries.
Reports from Chinese want close ties between China and the US and Western Europe. A group of top Chinese scientists start in ten-nation tour next month.
Here in Miami, the mayor is still meeting with the leaders of the Teachers’ Union to try to find a way to end the strike. City schools are still closed after two weeks.
In news about health, scientists in California report findings of a relationship between the drinking of coffee and the increase of heart disease among women.  According to the report in the American Medical Journal (杂志), the five-year study shows this: Women who drink more than two cups of coffee a day have a greater chance of having heart disease than women who do not.
In sports, the Chargers lost again last night. The BBS beat them 1 to nothing. The Wingers had better results. They beat the Rifles 7 to 3. It was their first win of their last five matches. That’s the news of the Hour. And now back to more easy listening with Jan Singer.
小题1:To improve the ties between China and the US and Western Europe, China ______.
A.will send a group of Chinese scientists to visit the US and. Western Europe
B.has expressed its strong wishes
C.will send some scientists to visit the US only
D.has given many reports to improve the ties
小题2:From the news in Miami we know ______.
A.a peaceful way will soon be found
B.students can’t go into the school because the classrooms are locked
C.students haven’t been to school for two weeks
D.the teachers’ strike will last long
小题3:The news about health tells us that ______.
A.no heart disease will be found if people don’t drink coffee
B.no one should drink more than two cups of coffee a day
C.the more coffee people drink, the more chance they’ll get to have heart disease
D.women’s heart disease has something to do with their drinking coffee
小题4:From the last news we do not know ______.
A.the results of the two matches
B.the number of the teams which played last night
C.how many wins the BBS has had altogether
D.the Wingers played against the Rifles

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