Kunming is the capital of Yunnan. It's a city with a long history. Kunming has a population of more
than 5, 000, 000. Though the weather in Yunnan changes form place to place, Kunming is famous for her
beautiful weather. It's neither too hot in summer nor too cold in winter. That's why more and more people
like to travel and even to live here. You can see that great changes have taken place here. a lot of tall
buildings, cinemas and hospitals have been put up. You can cross the streets over footbridges in the city.
You can buy whatever you want in shops and supermarkets in or around the city. People's lives are
becoming better and better.
     At weekend or on holiday, people like to relax themselves in different places and in different ways. In
winter, people especially old people would like to climb the Western Hills. From the top of Hills, you can
have a good look at the beautiful scenery of Kunming. Far away from the Hills, you can enjoy the Sleeping Beauty among the Hills. After supper, families take a walk along the bank of Dianchi Lake. The Golden
Temple and EXPO Garden are tow famous places of interest in the north of the city. EXPO Garden is
known to people both at home and abroad. You can spend a whole day visiting the world-famous garden. A little farther away form the southeast of the city, a special forest welcomes you. It is not a tree forest,
but a stone forest. So it is called the Stone Forest.    
     People in Kunming are really friendly. They often invite their friends home to try delicious food, like rice noodles. If you want to know more about Kunming and taste her food, please visit her yourself.

1. What's the population of Kunming?
A. Over five million.  
B. Over five thousand.  
C. Over five billion.  
D. Over five hundreds.
2.The weather in Yunnan is _______.
A. the same in different places  
B. neither too hot nor too cold  
C. different in different places  
D. different in the same place
3.The Sleeping Beauty is the name of a _______.
A. Person  
B. hill  
C. shop  
D.film star
4. _______ is known to people all over the world.
A. The Western Hills  
B. The Stone Forest  
C. The Golden Temple  
D. EXPO Garden
5. The writer of this passage wants to _______.
A. Invite tourists to Kunming  
B. visit Kunming  
C. taste her food  
D. know more about Kunming

     From the world's heaviest apple, the oldest lady to the world's smallest dog, these are all part of a group of
the world's strangest people and things. And they are all in the Guinness Book of Records(《吉尼斯记录》).
     The book is going to celebrate its birthday this August. It began exactly half a century ago. And it's always
one of the best selling books in the world.
     People now can break over 100 records every week! Why do so many people want to break the records? Do
they want their names in the book or meet more people around the world? "It gives people a chance to show
they're the best in the world." said one of the record keepers Stewart Newport.
     The book was started by Hugh Beaver from Britain. In 1951, he went shooting birds and talked with his
friends about the fastest bird in Europe. Three years later, they were still talking about it. So Beaver believed that
people must have different ideas. So, he decided to start a book to record the world'd truly greatest people and
things in it!
     The newest book came out last Tuesday. This book has a lot of interesting records. Here are two:
     ☆ A British dog, Whitney, is the world's smallest dog. It's only 76mm tall.
     ☆ An American woman Lee Redmond has the longest fingernails (指甲). They grew as long as 600 mm!
She made the record in 1971.

1. We can see everything in the Guinness Book of Records except ________.

A. the heaviest fruits and vegetables
B. the smallest people and animals
C. the strangest people and things
D. very ordinary people and things

2. The Guinness Book of Records has been one of the best selling books for ________.

A. 50 years
B. 76 years
C. 600 years
D. 1000 years

3. Newport thought many people tried to break Gunness records because ________.

A. their names be kept in the world records.
B. their names could be seen by the whole world.
C. they could meet more people all over the world.
D. They could be known as the greatest by the world.

4. Which of the following is right according to the passage?

A. Newport started the Guinness Book of Records in Britain.
B. More than four thousand records are broken each month.
C. The Guinness Book of Records started in the year 1954.
D. The newest book of Guinness comes out every Tuesday.

5. The writer of this passage wants to ________.

A. tell us the strangest records in the world
B. show us the beginning of the Guinness Book of Records
C. give us an introduction to the Guinness Book of Records
D. let us know the most interesting things in the world

     Many hospitals have blood banks. In these banks, blood of all types is stored. When blood is needed, it is
taken from the bank. Healthy people then give blood to the bank to replace (取代) the blood that is used. Blood
can be kept in the fridge for about three weeks with a kind of chemical.
     When people lose much of heir blood because of operation a accident, they may need transfusions (输血).
Some people may need transfusions because of illness. Sometimes only a part of the blood is used for
transfusions. Plasma (血浆), the liquid part of the blood, may be given alone. Transfusions of plasma are often
given when people have been badly burned.
     When a person gets a transfusion, he gets blood of the same type as his. Or there may be a bad reaction
(反应). To make it safer, before a transfusion is given, the blood to be used must be tested with the blood of
the person who is to receive it. This testing is called cross matching of the blood.
     Oswald Robertson, an American doctor, was the first one to give transfusions. He used blood that had
been stored for some time to help wounded soldiers in 1918 in World War I.

1. Blood banks usually have __________.

A. only one type of blood
B. one or two types of blood
C. two or three types of blood
D. all types of blood

2. Blood banks get blood from __________.

A. healthy people
B. operations
C. accidents
D. transfusions

3. Before a transfusion, it is important to make sure that __________.

A. the blood is cold
B. the blood has been stored long enough
C. the blood is from people who have accidents
D. the type of blood to be used is the same as the patient's

4. To make it safer, __________ is needed before a transfusion.

A. an operation
B. a reaction
C. a healthy man
D. cross matching of the blood

5. This passage wants to tell us __________.

A. who Oswald Robertson was
B. the first transfusion
C. how blood banks work
D. what blood banks are like