US Boy, 9, Plans to Take Balloon Flight Alone

ALBUQERQUE. New Mexico — Bobby Bradley is ready. He has been training for about five years and learned from some of the

  most experienced and decorated pilots in the sport of ballooning.

 

BENGHAZI, Libya — Muammar Gadhafi accepted an African Union(AU) plan to end the Libyan civil war but the opposite said on Monday there could be no deal unless he leaves office.

 

NEW YORK — A new book written by Amy Chua on her super-. strict parenting—Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother has raised media (媒体) storm and strong arguments in the US.

Amy Chua is the mother of two teenage girls. In the book she

describes her efforts to give her children what she describes as a

traditional, strict "Chinese" way of bringing up children.

TOKYO — The operator of Japan's quake-hit nuclear plant( 受地震袭击的核电站) said on Sunday it aims to reduce radiation leaks(辐射泄漏) in three months and achieve a "cold shutdown" in six to nine months.

 

LOS ANGELES — Sunday night, the 83 annual (每年一度的) Academy Awards took place in Los Angeles. Colin Firth won the Best Actor for his role in "The King's Speech”, and Natalie Port man won the Best Actress Oscar for her role in " Black Swan".

 

 

Judge the following sentences True (T) or False (F).

1.A 9-year-old American boy is ready to take a balloon flight on his own after training for about five years.

2.Gadhafi agreed to end the Libyan civil war but the opposite wouldn't accept it if he leaves office.

3."Tiger Mother" parenting raises media storm in the US, but all people agree other traditional, strict "Chinese" way of bringing up children.

4.Japan tries to fix radiation leaks in 9 months.

5. Natalie won the Best Actress Oscar for her role in "The King's Speech" while Co­lin won the Best Actor for his role in "Black Swan. "

 

根据短文内容判断(T)误(F)。

Once there was a king(国王) of England who had a large army(军队). He couldn’t get as many soldiers(士兵) as he wanted in England, so many of them came from abroad(国外).And some of them were unable(不能的)to speak English. Whenever the king came to inspect(视察)his army and talked to the soldiers, he always asked the same three questions, “How old are you? How long have you been in my army? Are your parents still alive(活着)?” The officers always made sure that all the soldiers knew the right answers to these questions.

One day the king was inspecting some of his soldiers. He walked down the lines, stopping here and there to speak to one of the men. He stopped in front of the foreign soldiers. This man couldn’t speak English, but he knew by heart(记在心中) the answers to the king’s three questions.

“ How long have been in my army?”

“ Twenty-three years,” said the soldier.

The king seemed surprised,(惊讶的)“And how old are you?”

“ Six months, sir,” was the reply.

The king began to get angry, “ One of us must be mad(疯的),” he said. “Is it you or me?”

“ Both(两个都), sir,” said the soldier.

1.The king of England had a lot of soldiers.

2.Some of the soldiers were not English men.

3.All the soldiers could speak English very well.

4.Whenever the king came to inspect his army, he always asked the soldiers the same three questions.

5.This foreign soldier answered the king’s questions quite right.

 

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