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Terence, an experienced traveller who has been to Iraq, will be the guest of honour on aviation(航行) legend Burt Rutan’s Spaceship One when it flies above Earth. The mission takes off from California on September 29, and on his return the cuddly toy will be auctioned off(拍卖) in aid of the North Air Ambulance Appeal(北部空中救护服务中心).
Spaceship One is the world’s first private spacecraft, and is competing for a prestigious space travel prize. Chief executive of the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS), Graham Pickering, said “flying officer” Terence had been handed over to the RAF six months ago and staff had been receiving postcards from him ever since.
He said, “Terence was a fundraising idea that really took off. We have received pictures of him in a U2 craft, trying parachuting and even looking drunk and disorderly. When the RAF finally discharge him he will be a very rare bear indeed—we just hope he does not burn up on re-entry to Earth.”
GNAAS, which needs charitable donations of more than ￡2m a year, has three air ambulances(空中救护机).
Peter Bond, spokesman for the Royal Astronomical Society, said Terence’s safety was not guaranteed. He said, “This is a new and experimental craft and this will only be the second time it has flown. During its first voyage it developed technical problems but hopefully they have now been resolved.”
Since May, Terence has spent time with members of 100 Squadron(空军中队) based at RAF Leeming in Basra, Iraq, and at air shows with performing fighter planes.
Spaceship One will fly 100km (62 miles) above the Earth’s surface, just breaking through the planet’s atmosphere.
If it repeats the feat(技艺) inside two weeks, it will claim the $10m Ansari X-Prize set up to encourage the private space flight business.
小题1:Terence is ________.
| A．a real bear living in England | B．an experienced astronaut |
| C．an air force officer | D．a toy bear |
| A．after this space flight, Spaceship One will get the $10m Ansari X-Prize |
| B．it is dangerous for a spaceship to re-enter the earth atmosphere |
| C．Terence will be very safe on the flight |
| D．Spaceship One is just an ordinary plane |
| A．Spaceship One is the world’s first spacecraft. |
| B．The purpose of its flight is to collect money for the charity. |
| C．The purpose of its flight is to compete for a prestigious space travel prize. |
| D．Spaceship One has never flown. |
| A．Teddy bear astronaut to lift off | B．Spaceship One to lift off |
| C．Space flight | D．The toy bear will be auctioned off |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:A
解析
小题1:D 事实细节题。根据 on his return the cuddly toy will be auctioned off可知泰迪熊特伦斯是个玩具熊，并非真正的熊。
小题2:B 推理判断题。根据 we just hope he does not burn up on re-entry to Earth 可知，飞船进入大气层降落时存在较大的危险。
小题3:C 事实细节题。根据 is competing for a prestigious space travel prize可知，太空飞船一号这次飞行的主要目的是获得一项太空飞行奖。
小题4:A主旨大意题。根据主题句 A teddy bear from Cumbria is launching into space to raise cash for charity 可知本文主要讲“为慈善事业募捐泰迪熊特伦斯将搭乘‘太空飞船一号’遨游太空”，故A最佳。
核心考点
试题【A teddy bear from Cumbria is launching into space to raise cash for charity(慈善).】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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A medical team completed the 11- hour operation Friday night and said 8-week-old Rebecca Martinez died seven hours later. Doctors had warned after the surgery that the girl would be at great risk of death.
“ We knew this was a very risky surgery , and now we accept what God has decided , “ Rebecca’s father , 29-year-old Frankin Martinez, said at a news conference with his wife. “ Rebecca is no longer with us physically , but no one will forget her.”
Martinez said the family would bury Rebecca in a private funeral later in the day.
The girl lost a lot of blood in the operation, which apparently ( 明显地) caused her to suffer a heart attack , said Dr. Jorge Lazareff , the lead surgeon . Friends and family donated (捐赠) almost 4 gallons of blood for surgeons to use Rebeca’s operation
“This was not a failure or an error ,” Lazareff said . “ When we left here last night the girl was in stable condition. At some point in the middle of the night , she started to bleed.”
Rebecca was born Dec. 10 with the undeveloped head of her twin, an exteremely rare condition known as craniopagus parasticus . Rebecca was the eighth documented case in the world of craniopagus parasiticus, doctors said.
All the other infants documented to have had the condition died before birth , making Rebeccas surgery the first known operation of its kind.
Without an operation , Rebecca would have barely been able to lift her head at 3 months old. Her doctors said the pressure from the second head would have prevented her brain from developing.
“ We always saw Rebecca without the extra part of her body, ”er father said after her death.
Rebecca was their third child-----along with a 4-year-old boy and a 1-year-old girl.
小题1:The underlined word “infant “ most probably means____________________.
| A．a disabled child |
| B．a newly-born child |
| C．a 2-headed child |
| D．a very young child |
| A．8 weeks | B．11 hours | C．7 hours | D．18 hours |
| A．Rebecca died because mistakes happened during the operation |
| B．Rebecca most probably died of bleeding |
| C．Rebecca was her parents’ third child |
| D．Without an operation , Rebecca would have little hope of living |
| A．Infant Girl Dies After 2nd Head Removed |
| B．Rebecca , Hiciano’s Third Child |
| C．The Death of a Gril With two Heads |
| D．Rebecca’s Surgery, the First Known Operation |
Nothing could be more shameful for McDonald’s and KFC. They are violating labour’s rights. The government must immediately bring the guilty to justice. A stricter government inspection system must be enforced to protect the workers.
Nathan 2007-03-28 21:39
It is known that McDonald’s and KFC and other fast-food restaurants pay the lowest wage they possibly can to get their employees. I think it’s kind of funny that these two restaurants have not yet set up unions. It is also known that they also take every possible measure e(legal, and sometimes illegal) to prevent their employees from forming or joining unions. I think it is high time that government enforced the law that they have made.
Cushman 2007-03-28 22:32
The deepest reason is that China has a large population. If you complain that the pay is very low, the boss will tell you that can go to other places and that there are a lot of people waiting for the job. Today finding a job is not very easy, so you don’t have many choices, and you have to face the reality.
Chip 2007-03-29 20:33
If wages were too low, people wouldn’t work for them, but they do, so it proves the wages are reasonable. Sure, they could raise the wages, but why should they? The workers are still working, still willing to show up on time, and it keeps costs lower. Were they to raise wages, they would have to FIRE more workers, and the price of burgers would go up. Then people wouldn’t buy them, then McDonald’s would once again FIRE more workers because of a reduced demand, and you’d be back in the same boat, just with less people working.
小题1:What are they debating about?
| A．McDonald’s and KFC pay too low a salary to their employees. |
| B．Setting up a social security system. |
| C．Fast-food restaurants have no rights to fire workers. |
| D．McDonald’s and KFC will be punished for their behaviour. |
| A．unacceptable | B．shameful | C．acceptable | D．illegal |
| A．the social security net has not been set up |
| B．China has too large a population |
| C．the government has not taken stronger steps to protect workers |
| D．the unions have not played an important part to raise the wages. |
| A．the employees | B．governments |
| C．all the restaurants | D．fast-food restaurants |
“Ni hao, you"re listening to People In the Know, your window into the world around you, online at www.crienglish.com here on China Radio International. In this edition of the show, we"ll be talking about the southern China snow and ice storm. So let"s get started.
First, let"s get a Chinese perspective of how well the ice and snow storm in southern China is being handled from a logistical point of view. For this we"re joined on the line by Professor Peng Xizhe, Dean of the School of Social Development and Public Policy at Fudan University in Shanghai.
(Dialogue with Peng)
And after a short break, we"ll talk about the broader view of disaster management.”
“Ni hao, you"re listening to People In the Know, your window into the world around you, online at www.crienglish.com here on China Radio International. I"m Paul James in Beijing. In this edition of the show, we"re talking about the massive winter storm that has ravaged southern China. For a broader look at disaster management, we"re joined on the line now by Mr. Aloysius Rego and Ms. Jiang Lingling, both with the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center in Thailand.
(Dialogue with Jiang and Rego)
And with that we close out this edition of People In the Know, online at www.crienglish.com here on China Radio International. Though it may seem small consolation now for the thousands who remain stranded because of the storm, it"s important to remember that as long as patience prevails, you will get home. Questions or comments for us can be sent to crieng@crifm.com. For Executive Director Wang Lei and Producers Yang Jingjie and Xu Yang, I"m Paul James in Beijing. Take care.”
小题1:What style does this passage according to?
| A．说明文 | B．议论文 | C．描写文 | D．新闻报道 |
| A．Tell the stories about the snow storm in the southern part of China |
| B．Tell us some facts about the people in the disaster. |
| C．What have been done or will be done to rescue the people in the disaster. |
| D．Let’s know the measures about the disaster. |
| A．more than 30 | B．more than 24 | C．many | D．50 |
The new rules extend existing anti-smoking regulations to more places, including fitness centers, cultural relic sites, offices, meeting rooms, dining halls, toilets and lifts. Restaurants, Internet cafes, parks, and waiting halls at airports, railway stations and coach stations are required to set up smoking areas. Hotels will have to offer smoke-free rooms or floors, but the regulations do not specify a proportion.
However, some restaurant owners have complained that it would be difficult to have a separate smoking room as required by the new regulations. "We plan to issue specific rules to solve this problem as soon as possible," Rao Yingsheng, vice-director of the Beijing Committee for Patriotic Public Health Campaign, was quoted by the Beijing News as saying Thursday. He said small restaurants without a separate room should set aside at least 70 percent of their area for non-smokers. He also said customers and restaurant owners would be asked for their thoughts on the new rule.
Local authorities dispatched about 100,000 inspectors to make sure the ban was being enforced Thursday. Everyone has the right to dissuade people from smoking in public places, Liu Zejun, who works for the Beijing committee, said. "Citizens are encouraged to expose those who refuse to obey the rule by calling the free telephone line 12320," Liu said.
People caught smoking in forbidden areas will be fined 10 yuan ($1.40), while enterprises and institutions that violate(违反) the ban will face fines of between 1,000 yuan and 5,000 yuan. Smoking was forbidden in hospitals, kindergartens, schools, museums, sports venues and other places before the new regulations took effect. From Oct 1 last year, the city also banned smoking in its 66,000 cabs, and imposed fines of 100 yuan to 200 yuan on drivers caught smoking in taxis.
China has pledged a cigarette-free, green Olympics. This year"s event will be the first non-smoking Olympic Games since the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), of which China is a signatory(签名人), went into effect in 2005.
小题1:The passage mainly tells us _____.
| A．There will be more places where smoking is forbidden. |
| B．More people should give up smoking. |
| C．Broadened ban on smoking in public places took effect in order to set up a non-smoking Olympic Games. |
| D．Those who smoke at public places will be fined. |
| A．forbidden | B．allowed |
| C．allowed at it’s smoking areas | D．we don’t know |
| A．Hotels will have to offer smoke-free rooms. |
| B．Smoking is not allowed in most restaurants. |
| C．12320 is a free telephone line to expose those who smoke at public places. |
| D．People caught smoking in forbidden areas will be fined. |
| A．10 yuan | B．50 yuan | C．120 yuan | D．1000 yuan |
Kyaw Thu denied rumors about Myanmar"s turning down of such relief materials from Western countries but accept those from nations in good relations with Myanmar, saying that the country has never done so in this case.
Kyaw Thu said that well wishers abroad may make cash donation（捐赠）through Myanmar embassies（使馆）stationed there, while those who like to donate relief goods may present at the Yangon International Airport and seaports.
According to the report, the US relief aid would arrive in Yangon in days.
A foreign ministry"s statement said earlier on Friday that at this moment, the international community can best help the victims by donating emergency provisions such as medical supplies, food, cloth, electricity generator, and materials for emergency shelter or with financial assistance," adding that "Myanmar will wholeheartedly welcome such course of action".
The government and the people of Myanmar are grateful to the friendly nations, the United Nations, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, private individuals and others for their sympathy and generosity." it said.
小题1:Which of the following is true?
| A．The US relief aid was turned down at first and then accepted. |
| B．The US relief aid has been sent to the capital city of Myanmar. |
| C．There are rumors（谣言）that Myanmar has turned down the US relief aid. |
| D．Myanmar will wholeheartedly welcome such course of action but the US relief aid. |
| A．Myanmar embassies in Beijing. |
| B．the Yangon International Airport |
| C．the United Nations |
| D．the Yangon International seaports. |
| A．medical supplies | B．financial assistance |
| C．electricity generator | D．all of the above. |
| A．Myanmar prefers cash donation to relief goods. |
| B．Myanmar only receives emergency provisions such as medical supplies, food, cloth, electricity generator, etc. |
| C．Myanmar receives donation relief aid from any country without any limit. |
| D．Myanmar prefers relief goods to cash donation. |
| A．How to help Myanmar. |
| B．Myanmar accepts US humanitarian aid officially. |
| C．Myanmar is receiving relief aid from any country without limit. |
| D．The government and the people of Myanmar are grateful. |
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