1. What does News3 talk about?

　A. China’s back in Iraq　　 B. Shopping center fire

C. That’s an old bug　　　 D. It was a success

5. You won’t learn well, if you ____________.

　　 A. study on your own　　　　 B. study correctly　　　　　

C. ask questions　　　　　　 D. are always told the answers

K

News 1:

Two conjoined*twin sisters were separated*at a hospital in Hebei Saturday. The two 40-day-old Chinese girls had been joined at the chest and abdomen *. Doctors still worry about the younger one, who also has heart disease. They say she will have another operation after she fully gets well.

News 2:

FIRE broke out on the second floor of the busy four-story Zhongbai Shopping Centre in Jilin city, Jilin, Sunday. As of Wednesday, more than 50 people were killed and over 70 injured *. Officials said the fire started in one of the shopping centre’s storehouses.

News 3:

THE Chinese Embassy * in Iraq’s capital Baghdad * reopened Monday. The embassy had been closed since the US-Iraq war began in March 2003. The last Chinese officer left Baghdad just three days before the war broke out.

News 4:

HOW old can an insect be?　 400 million years! Last Wednesday, scientists found the world’s oldest insect fossil in Britain. The fossil shows that the body of the insect was as big as a grain * of rice and had wings. In the past, people thought the earliest insect was 380 million years old.

4. Why do children like watching and listening ?_________

A. They want to eat nice food　　　　　 B. They are too young

C. They have many color pictures　　　 D. They need knowledge

3. When do we start getting knowledge?_____________

A. When we are old　　　　　　　 B. When we are young

C. When we are students　　　　　 D. When we are teachers.

2. What kind of food do our bodies need?____________

　 A. Pictures　　　 B. Books　　　　 C. Rice　 　　　D. Knowledge

1.Why does everyone need to eat well ?　 It can help people ______?

A. to be healthy　　　 B. to study well　 C. to enjoy learning　 D. to like color pictures

5. Which of the following is not mentioned *in the three advertisements?

　 A. Marriage　　　 B. Male or female　 C. Education　　　 D. Working experience

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　Food is very important . Everyone needs to eat well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is knowledge(知识).

　 When we are very young, we start getting knowledge. Young children like watching and listening . Color pictures especially interest them. When children are older, they enjoy reading. When something interests them, they love asking questions.

　 Our minds, like our bodies always need the best food. Studying on our own brings the most knowledge.

If someone is always telling us answers, we never learn well. When we study correctly and get knowledge on our town, we learn more and understand better.

4. What prevents　 May, aged 25, becoming an air hostess?

A. She once broke a traffic law and was fined.

B. She can’t speak Japanese very well.

C. She has never worked as an air hostess before.

D. She doesn’t feel like working long hours flying abroad.

3. Ben, aged22, fond of swimming and driving, has just graduated from a college. Which job might be given to him?

　　 A. Driving for Cape Taxi.　　　　　　 B. Working for Southern Airlines

　　 C. Teaching at Instant Languages Ltd.　 D. None of the three

2. What prevents Jack, an experienced taxi driver, working for Capes Taxi?

　 A. Fond of football　　　 B. Punished *for speeding and wrong parking

　 C. Unable to speak a foreign language　 D. Not having a college education