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  Yong Scottish actress Leung, who plays Harry's crush(迷恋的对象)Cho Chang in“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,”stopped in Beijing and was headed for Hong Kong to prmote(宣传)the film with Warner Bros manager.

  Though she speaks no Chinese, Leung, 18, said she was excited to meet“Harry”fans at a cinema near Beijing University.

  “I think everybody here is proud of me.I'm Chinese and I think my trip here will be good for the film,”said Leung, whose parents left Hong Kong before she was born.

  “Goblet”was the first of the four“Harry”films to open in China day-and-date with the United States, Nov 18.

  In its opening weekend in China,“Goblet”earned $4.1 million.By November 22 it had added up to $5.1 million, beating the $4.7 million earned by“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”in China last fall.

  “China is not a market that is used to talent visits, so having Katie Leung there will contribute to keeping the heat on the movie,”said Veronika Kwan-Rubnek, president of Warner Bros International in an e-mail.

  Chinese reporters gathered around Leung in an expensive Western hotel meeting room, fired questions and took pictures as she sat by posters of“Harry”star Daniel Radcliffe.

  “Your role is not so big, are you disappointed?”asked one reporter, and another asked,“How do you deal with the negative opinions from Harry fans who have said bad things about you on the Web?”

  Wearing a dark red sweater over blue jeans, Leung smiled and said she was happy simply to be in so big film.

  “Because Cho's character is so much about her image, because that's what Harry's attracted to, her beauty, I know I just can't satisfy everybody,”Leung said.

(1)

The underlined phrase“day-and-date”in the passage probably means ________.

[  ]

A.

day after day

B.

day by day

C.

on the same day

D.

on the following day

(2)

The visit of Leung to China is to ________.

[  ]

A.

get to know Harry fans in Beijing

B.

meet with Warner Bros manager

C.

interview Chinese reporters

D.

promote the new Harry Potter film

(3)

About her role in the film, she ________.

[  ]

A.

meant to satisfy everyone but failed

B.

is disappointed to take only a small role

C.

was pleased to be part of the film

D.

was angry at those negative opinions

(4)

We can learn from the passage that ________.

[  ]

A.

Leung is a Chinse and speaks very good Chinese.

B.

Goblet, earning $4.1 million, brought in more than“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”in China last fall.

C.

Chinese reporters asked Leung many questions and took pictures of her.

D.

Leung was very confident to satisfy everyone.

April 16,2007—A Bloody Day

Brave professor takes the bullets(子弹)meant for his class

Liviu Librescu, 76, a senior researcher and lecturer in engineering, was a Holocaust(大屠杀)survivor who immigrated to Israel from Romania in 1978. Librescu was an expert in mechanics, teaching at Tel Aviv University and the Haifa Tchnion before moving to the United States in 1984.

       According to eyewitness accounts, Librescu and the class heard shooting in a nearby room. The students said their professor blocked the doorway with his body to stop the gunman from entering. Some students took cover underneath desks while others jumped out of windows.

       Librescu’s son Joe said to the news reporter:“I understand from friends that my father was a hero.”

       “It wouldn’t amaze me he would do such a thing,” fellow engineering professor Muhammad said “He is that kind of person, willing to take care of others and protect others.”

Depressed young man shoots 32 people to death before killing himself

       A student from South Korea was identified on Tuesday as the gunman who killed 32 people at Virginia Tech University in the deadliest shooting in modern US history.

       The shooter, 23-year-old Cho Seung-Hui, who immigrated to the United States 15 years ago and was raised near Washington, killed himself after opening fire in four classrooms.

       Cho was described as a depressed  and deeply disturbed young man whose “grotesque”(怪诞)creative play writings even led a professor to advise him to see a psychological doctor.

       The police had found a scrawl(涂鸦)in Cho’s dorm room. “It’s sort of a writing attacking the rich, spoiled students.” “A second note was found near Cho’s body, also containing the same kind of thing.” It could not immediately be determined when the notes were written.

       Fellow students in a playwriting class with Cho also noticed the dark and disturbing nature of his compositions. “His writing, the plays, were full of hatred and seemed very angry,” Stephanie Derry, a senior English major said, “I remember one of them very well. It was about a son who hammered his stepfather to death.” Derry said.

       “He wasn’t an outgoing kind of person. He was very quiet and always kept to himself,” Cho’s neighbor Shash recalled, “He spent a lot of his free time playing basketball and would not respond if someone greeted  him.”

       Rod Wells, a postal worker, said that characterization of Cho did not fit his parents, who worked at a dry cleaner’s. He described them as “always polite, always kind to me, very quiet, always smiling. Just sweet people.”

1.This passage is a piece of news on       .

       A.current events                                     B.social activities    

       C.house accidents                                   D.academic careers

2.Librescu bravely blocked the doorway because       .

       A.he had survived the Holocaust               B.he had a strong sense of social duty

       C.he was an extraordinary hero                D.he had a quick response in danger

3.Which of the following is NOT a word for Cho?

       A.Cold-blooded.                                      B.Self-centered.     

       C.Bad-tempered.                                     D.Dark-natured.

4.Which of the following is true?

       A.A certain professor noticed Cho’s abnormal personality.

       B.Cho was born into a rich family so he hated spoiled children

       C.Cho wrote many disturbing novels concerning bloody killings

       D.Cho hammered his stepfather to death before killing himself.

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