In 2008, the Olympic Games _______ in Beijing．

A．is held                B．are held              C．will hold             D．will be held

It _______ me twelve hours to get there by train．

A．took                  B．spent                 C．cost                  D．paid

I'm too tired and I can't keep _______．

A．work                B．worked              C．working               D．works

_______ play in the street! It' s dangerous．

A．Don' t               B．Doesn't          C．Not              D．Not to

It was late．She washed her face _______ went to bed．

A．or                       B．so                 C．and                 D．but

The letter is _______ in French．I can't read it．

A．writing             B．written                 C．wrote                D．writes

--What about _______ fishing tomorrow?

--Good idea!

A．go                  B．going                 C．went                   D．gone

--We'd better _______ out for a walk instead of _______ TV．Don't you think so?

--OK．Let's go．

A．to go，to watch                                      B．going，watching

C．going，watch                                            D．go，watching

The year before the first modem Olympic Games，Greece invited China to send a team．But the Qing government（政府）didn't send any athletes to the games．China did not take part in the Olympics until the l0th games，held in Los Angeles in l932．There，Liu Changchun took part in the men's l00-metre and 200-metre races．He did not win any medals．

China won her first gold medal at the 23th Olympics in Los Angeles in l984．when Xu Haifeng won the men's free shooting event．China came in fourth with l5 gold medals in all．

At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney，Australia，China won 28 gold medals，entering the top three of the medal chart for the first time．September 22nd．2000 was named China Day because China won six gold，three silver and one bronze medals on that day．

The 28th Olympic Games were held in Athens，Greece．Two hundred and two countries took part in them．China got the second place with thirty-two gold，seventeen silver and fourteen bronze medals．

We all know that in 2008，the 29th Olympic Games will be held in Beijing．We hope that we can win more medals so that we can get the first place．

1．Did China take part in the first modern Olympic Games?

A．Yes, she did．                                B．No, she wasn't．

C．No, she didn't．                              D．I don' t know．

2．Who was the first Chinese to take part in the Olympic Games?

A．LiuChangchun．                                        B．ZhuangYong．

C．LiuXiang．                                     D．XuHaifeng．

3．China won her first gold medal at the _______ Olympic Games．

A．10th                      B．15th                    C．23th                             D．27th

4．How many gold medals did China win at the 28dl Olympics?

A．17                     B．14                   C．32                     D．31

5．In 2008, China will hold _______ Olympic Games．

A．the 28th winter                           B．the 28th summer

C．the 29th winter                               D．the 29th summer

Have you ever gone traveling on the train that was named after the letter D?

Named after the letter D，the new trains run at speeds of 200 to 250 kilometers one hour．These are much faster than Z-type and T-type．For example, it used to take people 12 hours to travel from Shanghai to Beijing．But now it only takes 10．The most interesting part of the bullet trains is the revolving（旋转）seats．People can adjust their seats as they like, so that it is easy for you to talk with others around you face to face．The new trains run between big cities．They make the long trips much faster and more comfortable．

All coins have two sides．However, many passengers still won't choose the bullet trains for some reasons．The ticket prices of the bullet trains are much higher．For an easy example, a hard seat ticket from Beijing to Jinan is only RMB 90 for T- type trains, But on the bullet trains all the seats are soft．And they ost RMB 153 to 154．On the other hand, the bullet trains stop at the small stations such as Tianjin only for one minute．

1．Passengers who take the D106 train in Tianjin have to hurry because _______．

A．it stops for three minutes                             B．there are too many passengers

C．it runs too fast                                            D．it stops for only one minute

2．What it is the most interesting part of the bullet trains?

A．The hard seats．                                       B．The revolving seats．

C．The beautiful colors．                  D．The train tickets．

3．How long does it take to travel from Shanghai to Beijing on a bullet train now?

A．20 hours．           B．12 hours．          C．10 hours．           D．5 hours．

4．The bullet trains make the long trips _______．

A．faster and more comfortable                  B．more dangerous

C．more boring                               D．cheaper

5．Why won't many passengers choose the bullet trains?

A．Because they can't enjoy scenery on the way．

B．Because they are too small．

C．Because they stop too often．

D．Because the ticket prices are too high．