The run-up to the launch of China's first lunar orbiter at the end of this month has caught the country's imagination, with more than two thirds of the nation hoping to see the launch live on TV, according to a survey.                              

According to the survey by China Youth Daily and www.qq.com, almost the entire nation hopes to catch images of the event at some point, with 99 percent of the 10358 respondents saying they expected to witness the satellite launch and 68.9 percent said they were certain to watch the live broadcast of the launch. On www.qq.com and www.sina.com, two popular web portals in the country, internet users have contributed some 2,000 poems and 5000 drawings on the theme of Chang'e I.

"The satellite launch means much more than just saying 'hello' to the moon. Maybe in the future we could also send some people to accompany sister 'Chang'e'," said a college student in the survey.

Remarkably, many people expect to visit the moon one day, with 93.4 percent of respondents saying they expected to do so.

Chang'e I is named after Chang'e, a famous character from Chinese mythology. She ascended from earth to live on the moon as a celestial being after drinking an elixir.

There is also another connection between the moon and China. In the 1970s, a crater on the moon was named after a Chinese stargazer, Wan Hu, who is said to be the first astronaut in human history.

Legend says about 600 years ago, around the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Wan Hu, a local government official, tried to fly into space with the help of a chair, two big kites and 47 self-made gunpowder-filled rockets. According to the legend after the rockets were lit there was a huge bang and lots of smoke. When the smoke cleared Wan was nowhere to be found.

China's first astronaut flew into space in 2003 with the launch of the Chinese-made spaceship Shenzhou V. China became the third country, after the Soviet Union and the United States, to carry out manned space missions.

Which is true according to the passage?

 A. According to a survey, two thirds of the nation are hoping to see the launch live on TV,

 B. The internet users have drawn some 5000 pictures of ‘Chang’e’.

C. Wan Hu, a Chinese stargazer(n. 看星星的人,占星师,天文学家) , was dead after the huge bang and a lot of smoke.

 D. China’s first astronaut flew into space in 2003 in the spaceship Shenzhou VI.

What’s the meaning of the underlined word in paragraph 5?

A. a kind of medicine for long life. B. a kind of medicine to make you light enough to fly in the air.

C. a kind of wine               D. a kind of alcohol.

Why was Wan Hu said to be the first astronaut in human history?

 A. Because a crater on the moon was named after his name.

 B. Because he was the first to go to the moon in his own “spaceship”.

 C. Because of his courage for scientific experiment to the moon.

 D. Because he made the first rocket in human history. 

根据首字母或中文提示，补全单词。（20分）
【小题1】That kind of electronic dictionaries is well designed, and it is especially s______ for high school students learning English.
【小题2】“Are famous film stars always getting leading roles in movies?” “Not n________.”
【小题3】With the development of economy, a lot of companies have s______up in the industrial area.
【小题4】Going the shopping mall, you will see T-shirts in a wide v______ of colors intended for all kinds of people.
【小题5】The electric products produced in our company have good quality and usually a three-year g________.
【小题6】Professor Tudor is leaving for New York to attend an important international medical c________ next week.
【小题7】At the exhibition we saw a kind of record player, which had to be w________ up by hand and could only play for two minutes.
【小题8】This small electronic device is used to control an e_______ current passing through the machine.
【小题9】I’ve got two tickets for tonight’s concert given by the Russian artists. Would you like to a__________ me to go and enjoy it, Amy?
【小题10】I have total f_______in my best friends and believe that they are honest in this case.
【小题11】Their company bought the __________（专利） and applied the technology to create the new type of car.
【小题12】It is considered that digital TV is ___________(优越的) to satellite TV because it allows the same services to be delivered with clearer pictures.
【小题13】All of them said they didn’t like the design, but p________(就个人而言 ) I thought it was very fashionable.
【小题14】Five years after the International standards for digital TV were established ________（消费者）could have access to more than 200 channels in the USA.
【小题15】The Chinese __________（电信） industry is huge, and the amount of profit involved is unbelievably enormous.
【小题16】The boy tried to work out the maths problem by drawing a __________（平行线） between the two sides.
【小题17】I don’t think this program is practical and capable of calculating your_______（预算） for the year.
【小题18】By that time, digital TV ________（信号）had been received by 55 percent of households in the European country.
【小题19】With interactive TV programming, you can play along with game shows, respond to ________________（问卷） and chat to other viewers.
【小题20】These measures to be taken soon will all bring great _________________（方便） and delight to the citizens’ lives.

根据首字母或中文提示，补全单词。（20分）

1.That kind of electronic dictionaries is well designed, and it is especially s______ for high school students learning English.

2.“Are famous film stars always getting leading roles in movies?” “Not n________.”

3.With the development of economy, a lot of companies have s______up in the industrial area.

4.Going the shopping mall, you will see T-shirts in a wide v______ of colors intended for all kinds of people.

5.The electric products produced in our company have good quality and usually a three-year g________.

6.Professor Tudor is leaving for New York to attend an important international medical c________ next week.

7.At the exhibition we saw a kind of record player, which had to be w________ up by hand and could only play for two minutes.

8.This small electronic device is used to control an e_______ current passing through the machine.

9.I’ve got two tickets for tonight’s concert given by the Russian artists. Would you like to a__________ me to go and enjoy it, Amy?

10.I have total f_______in my best friends and believe that they are honest in this case.

11.Their company bought the __________（专利） and applied the technology to create the new type of car.

12.It is considered that digital TV is ___________(优越的) to satellite TV because it allows the same services to be delivered with clearer pictures.

13.All of them said they didn’t like the design, but p________(就个人而言 ) I thought it was very fashionable.

14.Five years after the International standards for digital TV were established ________（消费者）could have access to more than 200 channels in the USA.

15.The Chinese __________（电信） industry is huge, and the amount of profit involved is unbelievably enormous.

16.The boy tried to work out the maths problem by drawing a __________（平行线） between the two sides.

17.I don’t think this program is practical and capable of calculating your_______（预算） for the year.

18.By that time, digital TV ________（信号）had been received by 55 percent of households in the European country.

19.With interactive TV programming, you can play along with game shows, respond to ________________（问卷） and chat to other viewers.

20.These measures to be taken soon will all bring great _________________（方便） and delight to the citizens’ lives.

A music show from Hunan Satellite TV named I’m a singer has been gaining popularity since the heat from voice of china gradually cooled, The show invites professional musicians to compete , Rather than using the traditional underdogs-become –famous format,it is up to the 500 aucience members to decide the fate of the stars on stage ,Let’s check out how the readaptation of a classic love song to rock’n’roll introduced us to the emotional world of rock nusic.

In the second week of the Hunan TV music competiton show I’m a singer,paul Wong surprised his audience members and fellow contestants with a rock adaptation of the famous 1993 hit Goodbye Kiss by Jacky Cheung.Although the lyrics remain unchanged and the original structured is largely maintained, Wong’s rock adaptation of the song truns it into something completely new, No longer is it the sorrowful tale of two lovers parting ways, but an accusation filled with repressed anger.

With so much of the original song, untouched , what is it that transforms the song to such an extent that the TV show’s host seemed barely to recognize it?

It’s not only the instrumentation and the different sound of the song that makes it a rock version        

Something degy—it is the sound of rebellion.

    By keeping the original lyrics but transforming their meaning through a reinterpretation of the musical accompaniment(伴奏), wong’s adaptation becomes as much a song about rebellion as it is a rebellion against the original version of the song itself.

1.What does the passage mainly talk about?(No more than 15 words)

2.Fill the blank in Paragraph 5 with proper words(No more than 5 words)

3.Who decide the fate of the performers?(No more than 8 woreds)

4.List three factors which make the readaptation of the song Goodbye Kiss quite different?

①                 ；②                   ；③                  

5.Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese

________________________________________________________________

In the past ten years, America’s National Basketball Association (NBA) has grown increasingly dependent on the rest of the world to supply players.

    When Michael Jordan and Larry Bird won gold in Barcelona in 1992, the Americans were praised for teaching the world how to play basketball. This season, however, 20 percent of NBA rosters^① will be filled by non-Americans. NBA commissioner David Stem happily embraces the trend. On a visit to Paris in October, Stern outlined his vision for the future, which is likely to see Europe hosting NBA games by 2010.

    The NBA is now planning to take China by storm.

    “Our experience in China has been that it is going to be explosive in its growth,” said Stern. The strategy^② in China is television. “We’ve made 14 deals in China with local and national networks on cable and satellite.” The success of Chinese centre Yao Ming has paved the way for the NBA marketing blitz in China. The NBA, which is broadcasted in more than 200 countries in 42 languages, will put that to the test in October 2004 when the Houston Rockets play two pre-season games against the Sacramento Kings in Beijing and Shanghai. The NBA knows that it needs a global market to compensate for tough times on home soil.

“It doesn’t matter where the players come from, all the NBA teams now know that they have to scout^③ internationally,” said Terry Lyons, the NBA’s vice-president of international public relations. “It has increased the level of competition here.” As Frenchman Tony Parker and Argentine Emanuel Ginobili showed in winning championship rings with the San Antonio Spurs last season, many people can earn the respect of their American peers. Others, such as the Houston Rockets’ Chinese centre Yao Ming — number one draft pick in 2002 — and the Detroit Pistons’ 18-year-old Serb Darko Milicic — number two overall in this year’s draft — are icons^④in-waiting. It is the ultimate^⑤ revolution — the rest of the world teaching the US how to play basketball.

Notes:

roster  n. 花名册

strategy  n. 战略，策略

scout  vt. 寻找，觅得

icon  n. 偶像

ultimate  adj. 最后的，根本的

Choose the best answers according to the above:

According to the report,       ___.

A. Michael Jordan is still playing a very important role in NBA

B. the part played by the foreign players in NBA will be great

C. Yao Ming is to play two pre-season games in NBA

D. European countries will host the 2004 NBA games

The underlined phrase “take China by storm” has the meaning of       ___.

A. NBA intends to make China its “marketing center”

B. NBA is planning to set up some training centers in China

C. there’ll be a big storm when NBA comes to China to play against the Sacramento Kings

D. the NBA’s live basket games will be broadcasted on all the TVs in China

. What seems to be the biggest change that is happening to NBA?

A. NBA is expecting more foreign players to join the league.

B. China’s rapid development in sports affects NBA.

C. Yao Ming has taken the place of Michael Jordan.

D. The NBA will stop teaching the world how to play basketball.

When the writer talked of “home soil”, he was referring to        __.

A. farms in the States             B. native Americans 

C. the NBA training center         D. the USA

Which of the following can be used as the best title for the passage?

A. The Non-American Basketball Players    B. NBA Is Coming to China

C. The Foreign Ties That Bind the NBA      D. NBA Is Making Big Progress