Chilean rescued miner Edison Pena ran the New York City Marathon on November 7th , less than a month after he was rescued from a collapsed (坍塌的) mine that trapped him and the other 32 miners for 69 days. Pena ran 10 km daily through the mine’s tunnels (巷道) to beat the anxiety, wearing cut-down boots until rescuers sent him a pair of sports shoes through a narrow hole that served as the miners’ “lifeline” to the surface.

“When I ran in the darkness, I was running for life,” Pena told a news conference in New York. “I was running to show that I wasn’t just waiting around. I also wanted God to see that I really wanted to live.” The miners were discovered alive on August 22---17 days after the mine collapsed, but it took many more days for rescuers to dig a hole big enough to bring them out.

　　　 The New York Road Runners, which organizes the marathon, had invited Edison Pena to the event after hearing his story. They thought he could ride in the lead vehicle or hold the finish line tape, but Pena said last week he did not want to watch, he wanted to run. “I was very eager to take on this big challenge,” he said. “I wanted to show the world I could run.” He hoped to run the 26.2-mile race in about six hours. “I have a knee injury, but I am eager to cross the finish line,” he said. 　　

An Elvis Presley fan who asked rescuers to send the singer’s music down into the mine, Pena broke into song at the news conference with the Presley hit Return to Sender.

On the morning of November 7^th, Pena, known as “the runner” by fellow miners trapped with him, set out to cover the course along with thousands of other runners and completed the race in five hours and 40 minutes.

68. When trapped underground, Pena ran a long way every day to _______.

　 A. find a way to get out　　　　 B. get rid of his uneasy feelings

　 C. keep himself from coldness　 D. dig a lifeline to the ground

69. According to the passage, Pena _______.

　 A. was not expected to run the marathon at first 　　 　

　 B. failed to achieve the goal he had set for the marathon

　 C. wore sports shoes while working underground　

　 D. was asked to sing a Presley’s song at a news conference

70. During the rescue of the Chilean trapped miners, the digging of the escape hole lasted about _________.

　 A. 17 days　　　　　 B. 22 days　　 C. 52 days　　　　 D. 69 days

71. Pena can be best described as _________.

A. smart-minded　　 B. warm-hearted　　 C. hard-working　 D. strong-willed　　　　　　　　　　　　

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假如你叫李刚，是武汉市阳光中学学生会主席，根据双方约定，你们打算今年夏天去伦敦Ealing School进行四个星期的学习和旅游。请根据下面的表格内容写信给伦敦Ealing School，告诉他们一些你们的基本情况和活动内容，请他们为你们做好安排。

参加活动人数：共30人，男18人，女10人，另有两名女教师。

活动内容：上午上英语课，下午市内旅游或进行一些体育活动，晚上自由活动。星期六、星期天去参观其他城市。

住宿：最好住在英国人家中，以便提高口语能力。

要求：尽早把正式邀请函寄来，以便办理有关手续。

注意：1．文章必须包括主要内容，可以适当增减细节，使其连贯、完整。

2．词数：120个左右。

3．生词：办理手续（go through all the procedures）

4．信的开头已给出。

　　In a word, I sincerely hope that anybody must grasp the opportunity of traveling.

　　Sunlight Middle School, Wuhan, China

　　March 22, 2002

　　Ealing School

　　Dear Sir,

　　I'm Li Gang, chairman of the Student Union of Wuhan Sunlight Middle School.

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Britain and Ireland
　　The British Isles is made up of two large islands: One is called Ireland and the other __16  . Britain, or Great Britain, is the larger of these two islands, and it is17  into three parts: Scotland, Wales and England.
　　The United Kingdom is that 18  of the British Isles ruled over by the Queen. It is made up of Scotland, Wales and England, that is, the 19  of Britain, and also about one sixth of Ireland, the Northern part. The  20  of Ireland is self-governing. The 21  name of the United Kingdom is  22  “The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”.
　23 is larger and richer than Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and has the largest  24   of the United Kingdom, so people often use the 25 “England” and “English” when they  26  “Britain” and “British”. This sometimes makes the Scots and the Welsh a little 27 . The Scots in particular are very  28 of their separate nationality. The Welsh too do not regard   29  as English, and have a culture and even a   30 of their own.
　　Ireland became part of the United Kingdom in 1801, but for forty years the “Irish  31  ” was the greatest headache of the United Kingdom.  32 , Ireland is divided into two: Northern Ireland still  33 to the United Kingdom, and in 1922 the rest of Ireland   34  to found an Irish Free State, later called Eire and now the Republic of Ireland.
　　The Republic of Ireland does not regard itself as part of Britain, and is not now even a supporter of the Commonwealth of Nations (英联邦). Unlike the major Commonwealth countries it did not lift a finger to   35 British in the Second World War and now wants the whole of Ireland to be a republic.