1. What reward did Nigel receive for doing well in his school work?

A. He was offered a part-time job　　　

B. He was honored with a scholarship

C. He helped his teacher construct a robot　　　　　

D. He helped in the computer laboratories

4. What do we learn from the above web page?

　 A. Beijing has made efforts to improve its air quality.

　 B. The Olympic torch relay route has not been planned.

　 C. The Olympic flags will be on display in Athens.　 D. A quiz on the Olympics will be held in Beijing.

B　

Topping the class academically was certainly an advantage. Studying was a breeze for Nigel. The reward was certainly incomparable to the little effort that he had to put it. It began when he was selected to help the teachers in the computer laboratories.

The peak of his school career came not when he topped the school but when he was selected for the nationwide competition. Unlike everyone else, Nigel wanted to join the contest because he liked playing with the Lego sets and making something out of them. Nigel spent the next two months rebuilding the robot. It was during the time that Nigel found out about the prizes for the competition. Its well us auspices competitor. Alicia, from a neighboring school. His early intentions were forgotten. Getting the thousand-dollar prize was more important than anything else. Nigel decided to befriend Alicia. Unaware of his intentions, she told him all about the robot that she had been building for the competition. He even helped her to put the finishing branches to her robot. He was glad with the way things had progressed. His robot looked even better than Alicia’s and it was able to become a ball with its arms, something Alicia had failed to do.

On the day of the competition, he says Alicia. Everything dawned on her the minute she saw him among the competition. She stared at him, puzzled at first, then angry and finally a look of helplessness came over her.

The flashbulbs of the camera exploded in Nigel’s try. The robot bird performed actions so unique and different that the specialist judgments were the same. Nigel was so personal with himself that he did not even notice the girl standing a few feet away from him. Without her, he would never win the competition.(08江西)

3. Which website provides a complete list of the winners in the Olympic Games?

　 A. Olympic-Modern Olympic Games　　　 　　　　 B. Green Olympics Forum In Beijing 2004

　 C. Environmental Symbol of Beijing Olympics -‘Green Olympics’

　 D. Ancient Olympic Heritage and Modern Olympic Games in Athens 2004

2. Which of the following websites is designed for young researchers interested in the Olympics?

　 A. Environment　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 B. Green Olympics Forum In Beijing 2004

　 C. Olympic Games Quizzes and Olympic Games Trivia

　 D. OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT

1. When was the environmental symbol of Beijing Olympics made public?

　 A. On January 23, 2005.　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. On September 24, 2005.

　 C. On February 5, 2007.　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. On March 11, 2007.

4.Necessary conditions for life on Mars mentioned in the passage may include　　　　 .

A. lava and energy　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. water and radiation from space

C. gases and lava　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. water and protection from radiation

第59天　　　　　　　　　　　　 A

Below is a web page from Google.

Olympic-Modern Olympic Games

The complete results archive of summer and winter Olympic games, with winners lists, statistics, national anthems and flags of all countries since 1896.

www. olympic. it/english/home-16k 　Environment

Beijing steel plants to run at the lowest level of cost during 2008 Olympics [2007-03-11] Beijing able to treat 90 pct of waste water [2007-02-05] •Air quality in Beijing has improved over the past six years [2007-02-01]•Green Olympics dream coming true …

80/67/column211716780.shtml-52k　 Beijing announces planned route of Olympic torch relay

Beijing announced the 2008 Olympic Games torch relay route and set off the Olympic Games torch on Thursday. … Green Olympics is one of the three concepts of the Beijing Games, …

zh_cn/news/sports/11059227/14069663.html-26k

Environmental Symbol of Beijing Olympics -‘Green Olympics’

Environmental Symbol of Beijing Olympics -‘Green Olympics’, officially announced on Saturday, 24 September 2005. The symbol, created using a calligraphic art form, is composed of human and tree-like shapes, …

green_head/blog/show.dml/92155-18k　 Green Olympics Forum In Beijing 2004

On behalf of BOCOG, Wang Wei, executive vice president of BOCOG, gave a presentation about Green Olympics, introduced the environment protection work of BMG and BOCOG, and answered several questions such as protection of cultural relics …

84/91/article211929184.shtml-36k　 Olympic Games Quizzes and Olympic Games Trivia

Who was the founder of the Modern Olympics? In which cities were the modern Olympic Games due to be held/ scheduled during the ‘war years’, i.e., 1916, 1940, and 1944? … In which three years of the Modern Olympic Games were … More questions …

quizzes/sports/ olympic_games.html-12k　 OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT

… aimed at young researchers engaged in scholarly research on the Olympic Movement, its history and values, and the impact of the …[ Full story] SPORT ACCORD[2005-01-23]…

www.olympic.org/ 　Ancient Olympic Heritage and Modern Olympic Games in Athens 2004

As put forward in the various official texts, the Olympic symbols of ancient Olympia, the Olympic flame and the Marathon race are bridges between the ancient and the modern Olympic Games, …

www.c2008.org/rendanews/knowledge_detail.asp?id=911-106k (07浙江卷)

3.According to the passage, Dr. Clarke was so excited because　　　　 .

A. such caves could provide energy for life　　　　　　 B. they had finally found the caves on Mars

C. such caves would be perfect places to hunt for life

D. scientists had long been looking for these caves

2.We can learn from the passage that　　　　　 .

A. water has already been found on Mars　　　　　　 B. the scientists found all the caves at night

C. it is certain that there is life in these caves

D. the surface of Mars is bitterly cold, radiation-soaked and dry

1.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. How the caves were formed on Mars.　　　　　　　 B. How scientists found these caves on Mars.

C. Caves on Mars may be full of hot air or a sign of life.

D. Scientists have completely recognized the surface of Mars.

4. Which of the following happened first?

A. The cougar jumped from the rock.

B. Tom struggled free of his father.

C. Jeb asked Tom to get the knife.

D. Jeb held Tom across his body.

B

　　 Scientists have found what look like caves on Mars(火星), and say they could be protecting life from the planet’s terrible environment.

　　 The first caves discovered beyond the Earth appear as seven mysterious black dots on the pictures sent back by NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter. Each as large as a football field, they may be openings into natural caves below the Martian surface.

　　 “If there is life on Mars, there is a good chance you’d find it in caves,” said Jut Wynne, one of the researchers who noticed the features while working on a US Geological Survey Mars Cave Detection Program.

　　 Jonathan Clarke, a geologist with the Mars Society of Australia, yesterday described the discovery as exciting.

　　 One photo taken at night by an infrared imager(红外线成像器) showed one hole to be unusually warm, suggesting hot air trapped during the day is flowing out.

　　 “I said: ‘Wow, that’s a cave’” Dr. Clarke said excitedly. “People have been looking for these for a long time; now we have found them.”

　　 He agreed such caves would be perfect places to hunt for life escaping from the bitterly cold, radiation-soaked(充满辐射的), dry surface.

　　 “Tiny drops of water could collect inside,” he said. “If there are gases coming out, they could provide energy for a whole range of bacteria. A cave is also a protection from radiation; the surface of Mars is exposed to high levels of space radiation.”

　　 The caves probably formed when tube-shaped lave flows(管状岩浆流) spread across the planet long ago. The outside of the tubes cooled, forming solid walls, while something hotter inside allowed the remaining have to flow out, forming caves. (07福建卷)