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News Review
Head- on Train Crash On May 18, two trains had a head-on crash（相撞）near New York City. Over 250 people were on the trains then. About 60people were hurt, but no deaths were reported.
Travel Time Tourists came together to the Taishan Mountain, on May1. Over 180,000tourists
visited the place of great interest from April 29 to May 1, during the three-day holiday.
Brave Volunteer Liao Zhi , a dance teacher from Chengdu who lost her 1-year-old daughter and her legs in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, arrived in Ya’an 13 hours after the earthquake. The dancer said she had had a terrible time herself and knew what people needed most, so she decided to come and offer help.
Tomato Competition A tomato competition was held in Huainan, Anhui Province, on April
16. The best tomatoes were chosen according to their shape, color and taste. The competition hoped to encourage the farmers to grow better tomatoes.
【小题1】About ________ people were hurt in the head-on crash.
| A．18 | B．29 |
| C．60 | D．250 |
| A．13 hours after the earthquake | B．on May 18 |
| C．during the May Day holiday | D．on April 16 |
| A．Huainan | B．Chengdu | C．Taishan | D．New York |
| A．help the people in Ya’an | B．save the people on the trains |
| C．forget the terrible time | D．help grow better tomatoes |
【小题1】C
【小题2】C
【小题3】B
【小题4】D
解析【小题1】根据第一条行文评论Head- on Train Crash …… About 60people were hurt,描述，可知选C。
【小题2】根据第二条新闻评论Tourists came together to the Taishan Mountain, on May1. 描述，可知选C。
【小题3】根据第三条新闻Liao Zhi , a dance teacher from Chengdu ……arrived in Ya’an 13 hours after the earthquake.描述，可知选B。
【小题4】根据第四条新闻A tomato competition was held in Huainan, Anhui Province, ……The competition hoped to encourage the farmers to grow better tomatoes.描述，可知选D。
阅读快车系列答案 | A new planet more like Earth was discovered and regarded as a likely future home for human. The planet contains both land and water with average temperatures around 22℃. It is 600 light years from Earth. There are 290 days a year on the planet. |
 | A French company wants to change the Eiffel Tower into a very tall and growing Christmas tree made of 600,000 plants. The Eiffel Tower is decorated（装饰）with 10,000 light bulbs and attracts（吸引）7 million visitors a year. |
 | Wow, what a night! The evening got off to a fun start with Steven Hall. Ronan Parke took on Kelly Clarkson’s Because Of You. Jai McDowall finally won because of his wonderful performance. |
| A．might have 365 days a year | B．has no water |
| C．might be a future home for human | D．has bad weather |
| A．1000 light bulbs | B．600,000 plants |
| C．600 light years | D．7 million visitors |
| A．Steven Hall | B．Ronan Parke |
| C．Kelly Clarkson | D．Jai McDowall |
It seems school children all over the world are not satisfied with their school food. Cherie Blair, the wife of Prime Minister Tony Blair, said that she would prepare a packed lunch for her son if school dinners do not improve. So what do students of your age eat for lunch at school?
Japan
High schools have dining halls, which serve everything from noodles to rice, but not hamburgers and chips. Other children bring food from home such as cold rice balls, meat or fish, and vegetables.
The United States
A common menu from a US school is made up of a hamburger with fried(油炸的)potatoes or roast chicken, fruit and cookies. School lunches must also provide food with protein(蛋白质),vitamin A, vitamin C, ironand calories.
Australia
Meat piesand hotdogs are all traditional dishes in Australian school shops. But as the nation pays more attention to children’s health, healthier foods have started to find their way onto school menus.
Many schools have used a traffic light system. The sale of red-labeled (标签) foods includingchocolate and soft drinks, is served only twice a week. Healthier green-labeled foods such as sandwiches, corn and watermelon, however are served every day.
In some schools, students have a choice of up to 89 foods to choose from, including popcorn and rice.
South Africa
Most of South Africa’s schools do not serve meals at all. Classes end at 1:30 pm and students get their own lunches. Many students bring food from home, usually sandwiches.
Fast food and fried food sell the best among students, which has led to a rise in obesity among children. But as more people began to realize the fact that being too fat may cause different illnesses, some schools in towns have led the way towards better nutrition(营养). Now students at these schools are provided with lunches of porridge(粥) with vegetables, such as cabbages, carrots and tomatoes.
【小题1】Which belongs to red-labeled food in Australia?
| A．sandwiches | B．apple juice | C．tomatoes | D．corn |
| A．allowances(补贴) | B．sadness |
| C．nutrition | D．overweight |
| A．Food served in the US is the best of all. |
| B．Schools should try to satisfy the needs of studemts. |
| C．Schools serve different foods from country to country. |
| D．School children all over the world dislike their school food. |
You might have noticed that the cost of food has gone up.In fact the price of wheat and rice has nearly doubled in the past few years.It’s thought that right now，850 million people—that’s more than 10 times the population of the UK—are short of food because it’s too expensive or there’s not enough of it.
The price of basic food such as wheat and corn has stayed the same for quite a long time，about 30 years.But as the world’s population is getting bigger，there’s more pressure to feed more people，plus there’s less land and water to go round.
Another reason is climate（气候）change.Droughts and floods make it hard to grow crops like rice and grain.The price of oil has gone up and that makes it more expensive for farmers to run their tractors and to transport the food they make.And lots of fields are being used to grow crops to make other things that can’t be eaten—which is bad news for hungry people.
The main losers are poor people who live in cities in poor countries，who are facing higher prices for food.Some people are doing well out of the food crisis（危机） though.Farmers in rich countries like the US，Canada and Australia are getting record prices for their harvests.
World leaders are meeting in the Italian capital Rome to talk about the problem of rising food prices.Some countries are helping out with the cost of foods and international aid agencies have called for more money for food production in poor countries.
【小题1】The price of food goes up because all of the following EXCEPT _____.
| A．there are more and more people in the world. |
| B．American farmers are getting richer and richer. |
| C．many farm lands are used to make other things rather than food. |
| D．climate change makes it harder to grow food. |
| A．Farmers in rich countries. |
| B．Farmers in developed countries. |
| C．Poor people in cities in poor countries. |
| D．Poor people in cities in developed countries. |
| A．They can get a lot of money from the government. |
| B．They have to save a lot of money. |
| C．They can make more money from the high price. |
| D．They are losing a lot of money. |
| A．Why is the Price of Food Going Up？ |
| B．How Many People are Short of Food? |
| C．What Can We Learn from the Food Crisis? |
| D．Who Can Benefit（受益） from the Food Crisis? |
News one: As the pace of life in big cities is getting faster, people are looking for more ways to relax. Let’s take a look at one way people are reducing stress in Beijing. The game is “Room Escape”. “Room Escape” was originally a computer game. In recent years, it has been adapted to a real life game. There are more than 10 places in Beijing where people can play this game.
According to the rules, the players are first taken to a house with several iron doors. They then need to find a way out of the house in one hour. Different houses have different ways of escaping, all of which require players’ bold(大胆的), careful thought, and teamwork.
News two: The Chinese government has published a list of 24 guidelines(指南) on how to take better care of parents. They are a modern update to 24 old stories about respectful children from the Yuan Dynasty.
The guidelines list 24 things to do with parents, including giving them a call every week, teaching them to use the internet, and supporting single parents’ remarriage. The guidelines stem from a Yuan Dynasty book, about 24 filial-hearted children who treated their parents very well. It is a value younger generations should never forget.
【小题1】Why do people play “Room Escape”?
| A．They play it for fun | B．They want to know how clever they are. |
| C．They want to find out different ways of escaping. | D．To relax themselves. |
| A．in an hour | B．in two hours | C．in several hours | D．in at least an hour |
| A．a strong body | B．to act fearfully | C．to think carefully | D．to work together |
| A．Teach them to get online | B．Often talk with them |
| C．Ask them to marry again | D．Treat them carefully |
| A．It asks us to read books from Yuan Dynasty. |
| B．It asks us to give our parents money. |
| C．It asks us to respect our parents. |
| D．It asks us to give them a call. |
In 1901, the citizens of Colorado Springs in the USA decided to collect everyday items and to seal (封住）them in a special box. The box was marked “To be opened after midnight, December 31st, AD 2000”，and was kept in the Colorado College Library.
One hundred years later, on the appointed (约定）day, 300 people gathered to watch the opening of the box. Many in the crowd were the descendants (后代）of people who had placed things inside the box.
When the box was opened after midnight, the things inside the box were in very good condition. There were newspapers, photos, diaries, name cards, family trees, books and lots of letters, including one written by Theodore Roosevelt, who became the President of the USA later that year. One of Roosevelt’s friends lived in Colorado Springs at that time.
Many of the letters were written to their descendants. They describe the hopes that the people of 1901 had for the people of the next century. At that time, Colorado Springs had just a few thousand people. Now nearly half a million people live there.
Colorado College Library has scanned the materials and put them on a website. Cecil Muller, whose grandfather had placed a collection of postcards in the box, said that the time capsule was a great treasure. “This is a wonderful educational resource(资源）. We can learn so much about our history,”he said. “I never knew my grandfather, but now I feel very close to him. ”
【小题1】According to the passage, “time capsule” means ______.
| A．a collection of clocks and watches |
| B．a machine for travelling through time |
| C．a collection of items for people to look at in the future |
| D．a collection of unwanted items |
| A．the history of the town |
| B．the people who lived in the town |
| C．the politics of the USA |
| D．people’s hopes for the future |
| A．helps him to get to know his grandfather |
| B．is worth a lot of money |
| C．brings back his memories of his grandfather |
| D．helps him to remember his younger day |
阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。（共8分，每小题2分）
What is a spelling bee? 1 , but it is so popular in the Unite States. It is a game for children to spell English words.
The National Spelling Bee is the largest education contest(比赛) . It first began in 1925 in Washington.D. C. 2 . It is open to students in eighth grade or lower and not reaching their 15th birthday.
The contest is quite simple. When it's your turn, the teacher says a word and you have to spell it. 3 , you stay in the game. If you spell it wrong, you're out. What's not so easy are the words the teachers ask you to spell.
Usually, children need to spend a lot of time learning vocabulary. They must remember thousands of English words and spell every word correctly in the contest. Only winners in regional (地区的) contest can enter the national contest. It’s many children’s dream to win the regional contest and go to Washington, D. C. The final winners will be called the Spelling Bee. 4 . Do you also think they are great?
| A. If you spell it right B. Not too many Chinese students know it C. It is held in late May or early June of each year D. The children like the sports a lot E. It means they have worked hard |
Parents today also worry about their children’s diets. Some doctors give the following advice: 
【小题1】According to the doctors’ advice ,what does junk food include ?
| A．milk and vitamins. | B．Fruits and sugar. |
| C．Vegetables and salt. | D．Fat, oil, salt and sugar. |
| A．food with no vitamins. | B．fat and sugar | C．vegetables and fruits | D．salt and oil |
| A．Bad Habits | B．junk Food | C．unhealthy Food | D．advice on Healthy Eating |