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　　Here are four pieces of news from China Daily.

　　SHANGHAI? The Huachen Group, which has put 83 million yuan in the development of the e-commerce market since its official registration late last year, recently held a meeting in Shanghai to show the use of its newly opened tourism business payment network. The network aims to serve tourists from all over the world, but especially from Europe and the United States where credit cards are popularly used. After opening the www. chinaecnet. com website, citizens can get information about hotels and tourism services on tourism page. Hotels and services can be reserved and payments made through credit cards. The network opened in February in Beijing.

　　SYDNEY The Sydney Olympic flame will travel underwater on Australia's Great Barrier Reef during the torch relay (火炬接力) following a successful test.

　　Scuba diver Wendy Craig, a marine biologist, will carry the torch on a three-to-four-minute underwater journey at Agincourt Reef on June 27, creating Olympic history, organizers said yesterday.

　　Burning at 2000 degrees, the torch is expected to remain alight three meters underwater because of a special kind of technology which creates a “fierce flame” too powerful to be drowned out by water. Charles Tegner, managing director of torch creator, said the flame would burn like a flare from oxygen producing chemicals.

　　BEIJING The election of a new leader in Taiwan can not change the fact that Taiwan is a part of Chinese territory. “Taiwan Independence” in whatever form will never be allowed, according to a statesman of China's central government.

　　“We should listen to what the new leader in Taiwan says and watch what he does. We will observe where he will lead cross-Straits relations. We are willing to exchange views on cross-Straits relations and peaceful reunification with all parties, organizations and personages in Taiwan who favor (赞同) the one China principle,” says the statesman, which was released (发布) by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee.

　　HAIKOU Customs officers in Haikou, capital of South China's Hainan Province, recently stopped a boat loaded with 781 cases of foreign-brand cigarettes being smuggled (走私) into China. The cigarettes are estimated to be worth more than 1.8 million yuan, said a customs discovered the smuggling boat as they were going around the northern sea area of Yangpu Port.

　　The smuggled cigarettes cases, packed into two containers, were disguised to avoid (回避) being examined. The boat was registered (登记) in the coastal city of Xiamen in East China's Fujian Province. All eight suspects (疑犯) aboard the boat were kept by the police in Haikou.

1．Why does the network aim to serve tourists especially from Europe and the USA?

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A．Because they are from developed countries.

B．Because the payments of hotels and services should be made through credit cards.

C．Because people in these countries travel much more than those countries.

D．Because they have more computers than others.

2．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the second piece of news?

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A．The whole torch relay will be held three meters underwater.

B．The underwater journey of the torch will play an important part in Olympic history.

C．A test has been made before this activity.

D．Some chemicals will help the flame burn by producing oxygen.

3．Which is the best title for the third piece of news?

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4．Which of the following best explains the underlined word “disguised” in the last piece of news?

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A．made different from normal

B．designed for a good purpose

C．hidden

D．pretended

MEDINA, Saudi Arabia: 3 people were killed when Saudi special forces stormed a Russian airliner and freed more than 100 passengers from hijackers (劫机者) on Friday．The hijackers admitted to be Chechens and threatened to blow up the plane．They seized the airliner on Thursday after it took off from Istanbul and forced it to fly to Saudi Arabia．There they demanded that Russia take back its army in the Muslim district of Chechnya, which goes against the Russian government for its independence．

SAN FRANCISCO: California’s officials warned on Tuesday that tight electricity supplies could lead to a second following day of statewide power failure．“If we can get some more resources from outside the state of California and if people can save a great deal, that would certainly help．” Said a local official．

JAKARTA: 4 teenage girls were pressed to death in a shopping center in the Indonesian capital on Sunday．The accident happened when the British boy band AL was performing．Hundreds had gathered to the popular shopping center in Jakarta to hear the group perform．Foreign bands nowadays seldom come to Indonesia．

KABUL: Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban killed 100 cows at the presidential palace in Kabul on March 19．The Taliban carried out the cruel deed to make up for not acting earlier to destroy all the country’s statues．The world has found fault with the destruction of the valuable fortune of the world．

1．The hijackers seized the Russian airliner because _______．

A．their Chechen families were threatened to blow up

B．the plane was forced to fly from Istanbul to Saudi Arabia

C．they wanted Russia to end his fighting against rebelling Chechens

D．Saudi Special Forces killed 3 people

2．How can the State of California be away from the power failure according to the passage?

A．Get some electricity supplies from other countries．

B．Ask people to save more electricity．

C．Warn people of the tight electricity supplies．

D．The state of California will have to build more power stations．

3．In the third piece of news the writer just wants to _______．

A．tell people that the British boy band AL was not welcomed

B．show his or her anger that foreign bands seldom come to Indonesia

C．show Indonesia love music so much

D．tell the fact that 4 girls were pressed to death

4．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the fourth paragraph?

A．The Taliban regret destroying the status so late．

B．The world support what the Taliban have done．

C．The world support the Taliban’s killing of cows only．

D．The Taliban regret destroying all the status．

MEDINA, Saudi Arabia: 3 people were killed when Saudi special forces stormed a Russian airliner and freed more than 100 passengers from hijackers (劫机者) on Friday. The hijackers admitted to be Chechens and threatened to blow up the plane. They seized the airliner on Thursday after it took off from Istanbul and forced it to fly to Saudi Arabia. There they demanded that Russia take back its army in the Muslim district of Chechnya, which goes against the Russian government for its independence.

SAN FRANCISCO: California’s officials warned on Tuesday that tight electricity supplies could lead to a second following day of statewide power failure. “If we can get some more resources from outside the state of California and if people can save a great deal, that would certainly help. ” Said a local official.

JAKARTA: 4 teenage girls were pressed to death in a shopping center in the Indonesian capital on Sunday. The accident happened when the British boy band AL was performing. Hundreds had gathered to the popular shopping center in Jakarta to hear the group perform. Foreign bands nowadays seldom come to Indonesia.

KABUL: Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban killed 100 cows at the presidential palace in Kabul on March 19. The Taliban carried out the cruel deed to make up for not acting earlier to destroy all the country’s statues. The world has found fault with the destruction of the valuable fortune of the world.

56. The hijackers seized the Russian airliner because _______.

A. their Chechen families were threatened to blow up

B. the plane was forced to fly from Istanbul to Saudi Arabia

C. they wanted Russia to end his fighting against rebelling Chechens

D. Saudi Special Forces killed 3 people

57. How can the State of California be away from the power failure according to the passage?

A. Get some electricity supplies from other countries.

B. Ask people to save more electricity.

C. Warn people of the tight electricity supplies.

D. The state of California will have to build more power stations.

58. In the third piece of news the writer just wants to _______.

A. tell people that the British boy band AL was not welcomed

B. show his or her anger that foreign bands seldom come to Indonesia

C. show Indonesia love music so much

D. tell the fact that 4 girls were pressed to death

59. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the fourth paragraph?

A. The Taliban regret destroying the status so late.

B. The world support what the Taliban have done.

C. The world support the Taliban’s killing of cows only.

D. The Taliban regret destroying all the status.