1. Summer came early to Middlesbrough yesterday, as temperatures shot up to 22°C (71°F), a record for March. But local NFU agent Jim Wilkes says it could be bad news for farmers. “The crops will think it's summer,” he told our reporter, “and start sprouting (发芽) four weeks before time.”

2. The death toll (死亡人数) of the Burnside train crash rose to four yesterday when John Phillips, 32, of Petersville died in Wallsend Hospital. Another six people are still on the danger list. Mr. Phillips, an electrical engineer leaves a wife and two children.

3. China and the United States reached an agreement on the protection of intellectual property rights (知识产权) yesterday, after difficult marathon talks.

The agreement is good news for all parties concerned. The Chinese Foreign Trade Minister described the agreement as a "turning point" in Sino-US trade relations that "promises further progress" in the future. The agreement will not only favorably influence trade relations between China and the United States. It may favorably influence the overall relations between the two countries.

1.What do you get to know from article 1?

2.How many people have died in the train crash in article 2 ?

3.Who are on the danger list?

4.What agreement did China and the United States reach in article 3?

5.What are relations going to be like between China and the United States?

If the world were a village of 1,000 people it would include:

?? 584 Asians

?? 124 Africans

?? 95 Eastern and Western Europeans

?? 84 Latin Americans

?? 55 former Soviets （including Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, and other national groups）

?? 52 North Americans

?? 6 Australians and New Zealanders

The people of the village would speak:

?? 165 Mandarin

?? 86 English

?? 83 Hindu/Urdu

?? 64 Spanish

?? 58 Russian

?? 37 Arabic

The above list covers the mother tongues of only half the village．

One-third of the people in the village are children, and only 60 are over the age of 65．Just under half of the married women in the village have access to modem equipments．

This year 28 babies will be born．Ten people will die, 3 of them for lack of food, 1 from can??cer．Two of the deaths will be of babies born within the year．With the 28 births and 10 deaths, the population of the village next year will be 1,018．

In this village of 1,000 persons, 200 people receive 75 percent of the income; another 200 re??ceive only 2 percent of the income．

About one-third have access to clean, safe drinking water．

Of the 670 adults in the village, half can not read nor write．

The village has a total yearly budget, public and private, of over $3 million—$ 3 ,000 per person if it is distributed evenly．Of the total $3 million:

$ 181,000 goes to weapons and warfare

$ 159,000 to education

$ 132,000 to health care

These weapons are under the control of just 100 of the people．The other 900 are watching them with deep anxiety, wondering whether they can learn to get along together．

Which of the following is true about Mandarin according to the text?

       A．Nearly one-third of Asian people speak Mandarin in the village．

       B．About 8．25 per cent of the people speak Mandarin in the village．

       C．About 16．5 per cent of the people speak Mandarin in the village．

       D．Nearly all the Mandarin-speaking people are from Asia in the village．

Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned in the text?

       A．Poverty．      B．Education．  C．Environment．      D．Marriage．

The underlined part “have access to” （in Para. 4） means_____．

       A．use                        B．buy                       C．produce                 D．try

The last sentence in the text implies that most of the people long for _____．

       A．a peaceful world                                 B．good education

       C．better health care                                D．a life without anxiety

The following symbols have appeared on clothes labels for four decades, each one chosen by international experts for its simplicity and clarity.
Yet for most people, washing instructions might as well be written in Martian.
According to a new poll, nine in ten people are unable to decipher common symbols used on clothes labels. Even those who have mastered the difference between a wool and a synthetics（化学合成物）wash admit being baffled by the confusing array（排列）of boxes, circles and crosses used to give advice about drying and bleaching（漂白）.
The findings come from a poll of 2,000 people carried out by YouGov for Morphy Richards. A third of people surveyed said that they recognized none of the several symbols shown, while the only symbol recognized by more than half of people was the iron with a single dot. Around 70 per cent knew it meant "iron on a low heat". Just 10 per cent sign knew the sign for "do not dry clean", while only 12 per cent were familiar with "drip dry only".
Despite the sexual revolution, women are still more knowledgeable than men. Awareness was highest among 18 to 29-year-old women---for whom taking care of clothes is clearly important.
Chris Lever, from Morphy Richards, said: "Clothes Care symbols are a unique language, clearly a language that few people in the UK have taken the time to learn."
"Learning the basics such as which icon represents tumble dry and which represents normal wash would go a long way to getting the best out of clothes."
The Home Laundering Consultative Council said it was not surprised to learn that people were unfamiliar with them.
"It's disappointing that there is a lack of recognition, but it's a story that's repeated time and time again," said a spokesman, Adam Mansell. "We are a small organization and we don't have a big budget."

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Since my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one all by myself and not tell them about it till I’d got one．

I had seen an agency （中介机构） advertised in a local newspaper．I rushed out of the __41_ in search of it．I was wildly excited, and as _42_ as if I were going on the stage．Finding the ___43__ quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said “Enter without knocking, if you please．”

The simple atmosphere of the office __44__ me．The woman looked carefully at me __45_ through her glasses, and then 46  me in a low voice．I answered softly．All of a sudden I started to feel rather  47   She wondered why I was looking for this sort of  48   I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be  49  to get a job without  50   I wondered whether I ought to leave,   51 the telephone on her desk rang．I heard her say:

“52  , I’ve got someone in the 53   at this very moment who might 54  ．” She wrote down a 55   and held it out to me, saying: “Ring up this lady．She wants a 56  immediately．In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people．”

“Oh yes,” said I ----  57  having cooked for more than four in my life．I  58  her again and again, and rushed out to the  59  telephone box．I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and rang the number．I said confidently that I was just what she was looking for．

I spent the next few hours 60  cook books．

A．bed                  B house                          C．agency                   D．office

A．proud                 B．please                    C．nervous                  D．worried

A．family                B．door                      C．place                     D．stage

A．calmed            B．excited                   C．frightened              D．disturbed

A．as usual              B．for a while             C．in a minute             D．once again

A．advised               B．examined               C．informed               D．questioned

A．encouraged         B．dissatisfied             C．hopeless                 D．pleased

A．place                  B．job                        C．advice                    D．help

A．difficult                  B．helpless                  C．possible                 D．unusual

A．ability              B．experience              C．knowledge             D．study

A．after                  B．since                      C．until                       D．when

A．Above all           B．As a matter of fact   

             C．As a result           D．In spite of that

A．family               B．house                     C．office                     D．restaurant

A．hire                   B．accept                    C．suit                         D．offer

A．letter                 B．name                     C．note                    D．number

A．cook                     B．help                       C．teacher             D．secretary

A．almost               B．never                     C．nearly                  D．really

A．answered           B．promised                C．thanked                  D．told

A．outside              B．local                      C．closest              D．nearest

A．borrowing         B．buying                   C．reading                D．writing

If the world were a village of 1,000 people it would include:
? 584 Asians   ? 124 Africans   ? 95 Eastern and Western Europeans  ? 84 Latin Americans
? 55 former Soviets ( including Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, and other national groups)
? 52 North Americans    ? 6 Australians and New Zealanders
The people of the village would speak:            ? 165 Mandarin（普通话）    ? 86 English   ? 83 Hindu/Urdu   ? 64 Spanish  ? 58 Russian  ? 37 Arabic
The above list covers the mother tongues of only half the village.
One-third of the people in the village are children, and only 60 are over the age of 65. Just under half of the married women in the village have access to modem equipments.
This year 28 babies will be born. Ten people will die, 3 of them for lack of food, 1 from can­cer. Two of the deaths will be of babies born within the year. With the 28 births and 10 deaths, the    population of the village next year will be 1,018.
In this village of 1,000 persons, 200 people receive 75 percent of the income; another 200 re­ceive only 2 percent of the income.
About one-third have access to clean, safe drinking water.
Of the 670 adults in the village, half can not read nor write.
The village has a total yearly budget (预算) , public and private, of over $3 million—$ 3 ,000 per person if it is distributed evenly. Of the total $3 million:
$ 181,000 goes to weapons and warfare
$ 159,000 to education
$ 132,000 to health care
These weapons are under the control of just 100 of the people. The other 900 are watching them with deep anxiety, wondering whether they can learn to get along together.
77. Which of the following is true about Mandarin according to the text?
A. Nearly one-third of Asian people speak Mandarin in the village.
B. About 8.25 percent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.
C. About 16. 5 per cent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.
D. Nearly all the Mandarin-speaking people are from Asia in the village.
78. Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned in the text?
A. Poverty.        B. Education.      C. Environment.    D. Marriage.
79. The underlined part “have access to” (in Para. 4) means_____.
A. use       B. buy        C. produce         D. try
80. The last sentence in the text implies that most of the people long for _____.
A. a peaceful world            B. good education
C. better health care          D. a life without anxiety