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　　The Bible is the best-selling book in the world. It has been translated into more than 300 languages.

　　Many different people have written their own copy or version of the Bible. One of the most famous versions of the Bible is the Gutenberg Bible. This version of the Bible was made and sold around 1450 A. D. No one knows for sure how many Gutenberg Bibles were made. There were at least 70 copies made, but perhaps there were as many as 270. However, today only 40 original Gutenberg Bible exist.

　　Since 1815, more than six billion copies of the Bible have been made and sold. Today, many different versions of the Bible are sold around the world. The most popular version is Today's English Version (Good News) New Testament and Bible. The second most popular version is the King James Version of the Bible.

　　Law from people copying these books does not protect religious books like the Bible and the Koran. Other, books are protected by international laws, so no one can copy or sell those books without permission.

　　Of these protected books, the Guinness Book of Records is the best-selling book in the world. The Guinness Book of Records first came out in 1955. The idea for the book came when Sir Hugh Beaver got into an argument with his friend while the men were hunting birds. The men tried to determine (测定) which was the fastest bird in England, but even after looking for the answer at the local library, no one knew for sure. Sir Beaver decided to make a book with this answer and the answer to many questions like the one he argued about with his friend.

　　The Guinness Book of Records now appears in 37 languages. More than 74 million copies have been sold since it first came out.

1．What is the best-selling book in the world?

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A．The Gutenberg.

B．The Guinness Book of Records.

C．The Koran.

D．The Bible.

2．When did Gutenberg publish his version of the Bible?

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3．The Bible and the Koran ________.

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A．are protected from copying

B．are religious books

C．have not been translated

D．were copied by Gutenberg

4．Who had the idea to make the Guinness Book of Records?

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A．Alec Guinness.

B．Huge Beaver.

C．An English hunting society.

D．King James.

5．How many languages does the Guinness Book of Records appear in?

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1.________  is  from  Canada.

    A. Bill Gates         B. Mark Twain      C. Thomas Edison      D. Celine Dion

2.The _______ was born in 1835.

 A. inventor          B. singer            C. doctor              D. writer

3.My Heart Will Go On is the name of a ______.

A. book       B. film        C. song     D. story

4.Dr. Bethune worked in China for about _______ years. 

 A. 4        B. 8      C.2     D. 6

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

    A. Mark Twain wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought.

    B. Bill Gates started working for Microsoft Company in 1955.

    C. Thomas Edison made over 1,000 inventions.

D. Celine Dion stopped singing in 1997

There are many wetlands in China and some of them are the world’s important wetlands. The Chinese Yellow Sea Wetlands are among them. They are in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, the east of China. They are homes for many different kinds of birds and animals. The world’s largest Milu Deer Nature Reserve is in them. More than 700 milu deer live freely there. There are not many red-crowned cranes in the world, but every winter you can see some in the Red-Crowned Cranes Nature Reserve in the Yellow Sea Wetlands.

The temperature in the wetlands is usually neither too high nor too low. There is a lot of rain and sunshine, too. They are really good places for wildlife. Offering food and home for some special kinds of animals and birds is not the only reason why we need to protect wetlands. Wetlands are important because they also prevent flood. But some people want to change the wetlands to make more space for farms and buildings. This means there will be less and less space for wildlife.

Luckily, more and more people are beginning to realize the importance of wetlands and wildlife. Every year, on February 2, people hold many activities to tell more about wetlands.

1.The Chinese Yellow Sea Wetlands are in the ??? of China.

A. east????????????? B. south????????????? C. west??????????? D. north

2.Usually the weather in the wetlands is ??? .

A. hot?????????????? B. pleasant?????????? C. cold??????????? D. dry

3.The World Wetlands Day is on ??? .

A. April 22????????? B. June 25??????????? C. February 2????? D. March 22

4.Which is the best title for the passage?

A. China’s wetlands have all entered the world’s list

B. Wetlands—home for wildlife and humans

C. Special animals in the Chinese Yellow Sea Wetlands

D. Wetlands—valuable resources（珍贵资源）of land on the earth

You may feel interested in students in other countries. Do they have so much homework? What do they do in their free time? People did a survey in China, Japan, South Korea and the US last year. This is the result.

Who studies the hardest?

Chinese students spend the most time in studying. About half of Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework every day.

Who sleeps most often in class?

Japanese students fall asleep（睡着）in class more often. About 45% of them sometimes doze off in class. It’s 32% in South Korea, 21% in the US and 5% in China.

Who is the most distracted（分心的）?

American students are the most active in class, but also the most distracted. 64.2% of them chat with friends in class. 46.9% of them eat something in class, and 38.9 % of them send e-mails or read other books in class.

What do they do after school?

In their free time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students hang out with their friends. Most Japanese students do exercise. Most South Korean students watch TV.

1.About ____ of Chinese students spend more than 2 hours doing their homework every day.

A．50%             B．45%              C．64.2%            D．38.9%

2. According to the survey, ____ students sleep in class most often.

A．Chinese           B．Japanese          C．American         D．South Korea

3. The underlined phrase “doze off” means ____ in Chinese.

A．听音乐           B．玩游戏           C．看小说           D．打瞌睡

4. Most American students ____ in class.

A．chat with friends                        B．play games

C．eat something                          D．send e-mails

5. Which of the following sentence in the passage is TRUE?

A．All Chinese students do their homework every day.

B．Some American students send e-mails in class.

C．No Japanese students do exercise.

D．Most American students chat with friends in their free time.