①A new Long March（长征）

Twenty-one people from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland began a new Long March on October 15. They will walk about 8，000 kilometers from Ruining，Jiangxi to Wuxi，Shanxi. They hope to get 20 million yuan to build 101 schools and help poor children go back to school. They hope to finish the march by August 16, 2012.

②The football team

The Chinese under-17 football team is No. 1 in Asia. They won the Asian U-17 Championship（亚洲U-17锦标赛）in Japan on Saturday. They beat the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea（朝鲜）by 1:0. After 85 minutes，Wang Weilong got the only goal. They took the cup for the first time in 12 years.

③Liu leaves China

Chinese actor Liu Ye left for the US on Monday to make a film called Meteor（《流星》）. He is going to act with the Hollywood film star Mery Streep. His former classmate Zhang Ziyi sent Liu a message to encourage him. Liu was worried about his English，and worked hard on it before he left. People know him from films like last year’s “Mei Ren Cao”。
（　 ）66. From the news，we know that the twenty-one people began a new Long March

　　 to ______.

A. travel around China 　

B．visit some schools

　　　　 C．teach poor children

　　　　 D．get some money and help poor children go back to school

（　 ）67.The second piece of news tells us ______.

　　　　 A．Korea held this contest

　　　　 B．the Chinese football team is No. 1 in South-East Asia

　　　　 C．the Chinese under-17 football team won the world championship

　　　　 D．the Chinese under-17 football team won the championship for the first time

　　　　　　 in 12years

（　 ）68. Which of the paragraphs is about film stars？ ______

　　　　 A．The 1st　　　 B．The 2nd 　　 　　 C．The 3rd 　　D．The 3rd and the 1st

One day a poor boy, who was selling newspapers in a town, found that he had only ten pennies（便士）left, and he was hungry. He decided to ask for a  【小题1】  at the next house. However, he had another idea when a young woman opened the door.
Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. But as he looked   【小题2】 , she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it, and then asked, “How much do I own（欠）you?”
“My mother teaches me that I should   【小题3】  get money for any kindness,” she replied. “So you don’t owe me  【小题4】 .”
Many years later, the woman became seriously ill. Then she was sent to a famous hospital in London. Dr Kelly was called in to study her illness. When he heard the name of the  【小题5】  which she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. As soon as he walked into her room, he got to know her at once. He did his best to  【小题6】  her. Then he gave special attention to her. After some time she got well.
Dr. Kelly asked for her final bill before she left hospital. He    【小题7】  it, then wrote something on it  【小题8】  it was sent to her. She was afraid to open it, for she believed it would cost the rest of her life to   【小题9】  for it all. But   【小题10】  she opened it, and read these words on it: Paid in full with one glass of milk.
【小题11】A．banana              B．drink                C．meal
【小题12】A．excited             B．thirty               C．hungry
【小题13】A．always              B．never                C．sometimes
【小题14】A．anything            B．everything           C．nothing
【小题15】A．country             B．house                C．town
【小题16】A．protect             B．remember             C．save
【小题17】A．looked at           B．looked after         C．looked for
【小题18】A．after               B．before               C．when
【小题19】A．take                B．pay                  C．spend
【小题20】A．finally            B．quickly              C．happily

Joe wanted a computer. He asked his 【小题1】  for the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He  【小题2】 about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbours. But this was not 【小题3】 . He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn't cut grass for their gardens  【小题4】he had no tools to do the work with.
Then he saw one of his classmates, Dick, delivering  【小题5】 . I could do that, he thought. Maybe I could  【小题6】  get the computer right away I could pay  【小题7】 it a little each week. He ran to Dick. Joe  【小题8】 him a lot of questions. He learned that it was 【小题9】to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job took  【小题10】 three hours  each night. Dick 【小题11】 him the phone number of the newspaper manager
Joe almost flew home. After he had told his mother  【小题12】 he thought, she  【小题13】 . "I think it
is a  【小题14】 idea, " she said, "I'll call the newspaper...."
"What, Mum," Joe said, "I'll call." After that, I'm going to be a businessman now.
Joe's mother smiled  【小题15】 .