Barcelona December 22,2007.

Spain’s “El Gordo,” the word’s biggest lottery (彩票), gave out 2.2 billion euros (欧元) (1.6 billion pounds) in Christmas prizes on Saturday.

El Gordo, Spanish for "The Fat One", is designed so that as many people as possible across Spain get a festive windfall. The top prize this year was 3 million euros -- going to the series of tickets with the magic number 06381.

Because the tickets are sold in a series of 10, only those who paid 200 euros for the whole strip get the full prize.

The biggest share of winning tickets was bought by people in the town of Nava, in the north-western Asturias region.

The draw lasts three-and-a-half hours and is carried live on national television with children from the San Ildefonso school, a former orphanage in Madrid, in turn chanting the winning numbers and the amount won.

Lotteries have two centuries of history in Spain. The country spent 2.87 billion euros on the lottery -- 5.7 percent more than last year. Seventy percent is paid out in prizes. Most of the rest goes in costs. Eight out of ten Spaniards bought tickets for the lottery, spending on average 64 euros. Spaniards often choose lottery numbers matching significant dates although there was no particular favourite in 2007. In 2006, one of the most sought-after series was 22105, the date on which Fernando Alonso became Formula 1 world champion for the second year running.

The underlined word “windfall” in paragraph two probably means         .

       A.fat gift            B.unexpected fortune

       C.big feast          D.wind and snow

Who is likely to win the full prize in El Gordo?

       A.People who paid 200 euros for the wole group of series.

       B.People who bough tickets with the magic number 06381.

       C.People who lived in a town in the northwestern Asturias.

       D.People who chose lottery numbers matching Alonso’s date.

According to the text, children from the San Ildefonso School in Madrid will         .

       A.host the draw of lottery live on TV

       B.offer a show of three – and – a – half hours

       C.perform with the lottery draw as Christmas celebration

       D.help make some declarations for the draw as invited guests

What can we learn about the history of lotteries in Spain?

       A.Most of the money people spent on lotteries goes in the cost.

       B.The majority of Spaniards have the experience of buying lotteries.

       C.Lottery numbers matching significant dates help people win every year.

       D.As the biggest in the world, Spanish lotteries have a history of two centuries.

Barcelona December 22,2007.

Spain’s “El Gordo,” the word’s biggest lottery (彩票), gave out 2.2 billion euros (欧元) (1.6 billion pounds) in Christmas prizes on Saturday.

El Gordo, Spanish for "The Fat One", is designed so that as many people as possible across Spain get a festive windfall. The top prize this year was 3 million euros -- going to the series of tickets with the magic number 06381.

Because the tickets are sold in a series of 10, only those who paid 200 euros for the whole strip get the full prize.

The biggest share of winning tickets was bought by people in the town of Nava, in the north-western Asturias region.

The draw lasts three-and-a-half hours and is carried live on national television with children from the San Ildefonso school, a former orphanage in Madrid, in turn chanting the winning numbers and the amount won.

Lotteries have two centuries of history in Spain. The country spent 2.87 billion euros on the lottery -- 5.7 percent more than last year. Seventy percent is paid out in prizes. Most of the rest goes in costs. Eight out of ten Spaniards bought tickets for the lottery, spending on average 64 euros. Spaniards often choose lottery numbers matching significant dates although there was no particular favourite in 2007. In 2006, one of the most sought-after series was 22105, the date on which Fernando Alonso became Formula 1 world champion for the second year running.

The underlined word “windfall” in paragraph two probably means         .

       A.fat gift            B.unexpected fortune

       C.big feast          D.wind and snow

Who is likely to win the full prize in El Gordo?

       A.People who paid 200 euros for the wole group of series.

       B.People who bough tickets with the magic number 06381.

       C.People who lived in a town in the northwestern Asturias.

       D.People who chose lottery numbers matching Alonso’s date.

According to the text, children from the San Ildefonso School in Madrid will         .

       A.host the draw of lottery live on TV

       B.offer a show of three – and – a – half hours

       C.perform with the lottery draw as Christmas celebration

       D.help make some declarations for the draw as invited guests

What can we learn about the history of lotteries in Spain?

       A.Most of the money people spent on lotteries goes in the cost.

       B.The majority of Spaniards have the experience of buying lotteries.

       C.Lottery numbers matching significant dates help people win every year.

       D.As the biggest in the world, Spanish lotteries have a history of two centuries.

HOUSTON (Reuters) — Houston tops a U.S. magazine’s annual fattest cities list for the fourth time in five years, with four other Texas cities in the top 25.
  Fast food restaurants — Houston has twice the national average number — are partly to blame for the dishonor, Men’s Fitness editor-in-chief Neal Boulton said.
  “Americans work long hours, don’t take vacations, and when they’re faced with the worst food choices, they indulge (沉溺于) in those,” he said.
  High humidity, poor air quality and some of the nation’s longest commute (每天去上班的路程) times also helped Texas’ most populous city unseat Detroit, the 2003 heavy weight champion, the magazine said.
  Houston Mayor Bill White, who has worked with a major food company to develop healthy food products and the city’s public schools to improve lunch menus, called the report “mostly ungrounded and nonsense.”
  “On the other hand, it calls attention to real issues the mayor is trying to deal with,” his spokesman, Frank Michel, said.
  The magazine said it looked at factors such as the number and types of restaurants, park space, air quality, weather and the number of health clubs.
  Philadelphia, Detroit, Memphis, Tennessee, and Chicago followed Houston on the seventh edition of the fat list. Texas cities Dallas, San Antonio, Fort Worth and El Paso were in the top 14, which Boulton said was no surprise.
  “It’s pure big indulgence, just living big, and that’s part of the culture,” said Boulton.
  Seattle ranked as the fittest city. Austin and Arlington, a Dallas-Fort Worth suburb, were the only Texas cities on the fit list. Austin was 19th and Arlington 22nd out of 25.
【小题1】What decides the magazine’s annual fattest list?

A.The size of fat population.B.The number of fast food restaurants.
C.The economic growth rate of the state.D.Things related to unhealthy ways of life.
【小题2】Which city topped 2003 fattest cities list?
  
A.Houston.B.Dallas.C.Detroit.D.Philadelphia.
【小题3】By saying “living big” (in Paragraph 9), Boulton means people _________.
A.are growing fatterB.are living wastefully
 
C.eat too many fatty foodsD.are spending too much time working
【小题4】Which of the following is best supported by the text?
A.Texas has the most fat cities in the U.S.
B.Bill White is happy with the newspaper report.
C.People in Texas are the most hardworking in the U.S.
D.Most school children in Houston have weight problems.

I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it, when I was 13 . My parents took us there for camping. On the way out, I asked them to wait while I ran up to EL Capitan, a  36  rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew  37  I wanted to climb it. That has been my life’s passion ever since— 38  the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my  39 .

About 15 years ago I started seeing a lot of  40 , like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around the area. It’s  41  me why visitors started respecting the place 42  and treated such a beautiful home-like place this way.

I tried  43 trash myself, but the job was too big. I would  44  an hour or two on the job, only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so  45  it that I decided something had to change.

As a rock-climbing guide, I knew  46  about organizing any big event. But in 2004, together with some climbers, I set a date for a  47 . On that day, more than 300 people  48 . Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was amazing how much we were able to  49 . I couldn’t believe the  50  we made —the park looked clean!

Each year volunteers come for the cleanup from everywhere. In 2007 alone, 2,945 people picked up 42,330 pounds of trash and  51  132 miles of roadway.

I often hear people  52  about their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by  53  rather than complaining. We need to teach by  54 . You can’t blame others  55  you start with yourself.

1.                A.narrow         B.loose           C.distant   D.huge

 

2.                A.gradually       B.recently        C.immediately   D.finally

 

3.                A.describing      B.climbing        C.imagining D.painting

 

4.                A.lab            B.palace          C.garden   D.home

 

5.                A.waste          B.goods          C.material  D.resources

 

6.                A.over           B.within          C.beyond   D.against

 

7.                A.less            B.least           C.more D.most

 

8.                A.breaking down   B.digging out      C.throwing away D.picking up

 

9.                A.wait           B.spend          C.kill  D.save

 

10.               A.tired of         B.used to         C.satisfied with   D.delighted in

 

11.               A.everything      B.nothing         C.something D.anything

 

12.               A.picnic          B.concert        C.cleanup   D.party

 

13.               A.looked around   B.called back      C.dropped out    D.showed up

 

14.               A.accomplish      B.overcome       C.demand   D.receive

 

15.               A.contact         B.difference      C.plan  D.visit

 

16.               A.covered        B.designed       C.crossed   D.measured

 

17.               A.argue          B.quarrel         C.talk   D.complain

 

18.               A.questioning     B.watching        C.doing D.thinking

 

19.               A.example        B.research        C.method   D.explanation

 

20.               A.when          B.unless          C.although   D.if

 

 

HOUSTON (Reuters) — Houston tops a U.S. magazine’s annual fattest cities list for the fourth time in five years, with four other Texas cities in the top 25.

  Fast food restaurants — Houston has twice the national average number — are partly to blame for the dishonor, Men’s Fitness editor-in-chief Neal Boulton said.

  “Americans work long hours, don’t take vacations, and when they’re faced with the worst food choices, they indulge (沉溺于) in those,” he said.

  High humidity, poor air quality and some of the nation’s longest commute (每天去上班的路程) times also helped Texas’ most populous city unseat Detroit, the 2003 heavy weight champion, the magazine said.

  Houston Mayor Bill White, who has worked with a major food company to develop healthy food products and the city’s public schools to improve lunch menus, called the report “mostly ungrounded and nonsense.”

  “On the other hand, it calls attention to real issues the mayor is trying to deal with,” his spokesman, Frank Michel, said.

  The magazine said it looked at factors such as the number and types of restaurants, park space, air quality, weather and the number of health clubs.

  Philadelphia, Detroit, Memphis, Tennessee, and Chicago followed Houston on the seventh edition of the fat list. Texas cities Dallas, San Antonio, Fort Worth and El Paso were in the top 14, which Boulton said was no surprise.

  “It’s pure big indulgence, just living big, and that’s part of the culture,” said Boulton.

  Seattle ranked as the fittest city. Austin and Arlington, a Dallas-Fort Worth suburb, were the only Texas cities on the fit list. Austin was 19th and Arlington 22nd out of 25.

1.What decides the magazine’s annual fattest list?

A.The size of fat population.

B.The number of fast food restaurants.

C.The economic growth rate of the state.

D.Things related to unhealthy ways of life.

2.Which city topped 2003 fattest cities list?

  

A.Houston.

B.Dallas.

C.Detroit.

D.Philadelphia.

3.By saying “living big” (in Paragraph 9), Boulton means people _________.

A.are growing fatter

B.are living wastefully

 

C.eat too many fatty foods

D.are spending too much time working

4.Which of the following is best supported by the text?

A.Texas has the most fat cities in the U.S.

B.Bill White is happy with the newspaper report.

C.People in Texas are the most hardworking in the U.S.

D.Most school children in Houston have weight problems.

 

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