TV commentary（实况报道，现场解说）

　　Today our program is about the 2008 Olympic mascots（吉祥物）--Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, and Nini. If you put their names together, they say“Beijing welcomes you!”in Chinese. They are symbols for the Games. They carry within themselves Chinese People's best wishes for the success of the Games. Here, let's learn about them one by one.

　　HUANHUAN The child of fire stands for（代表）the red Olympic ring（环）. He is in the centre, the big brother of the five. He carries the Olympic spirit（精神）. He is the most warm-hearted and outgoing of the five. He can do well in all ball games.

　　YINGYING The antelope（藏羚羊）stands for the yellow Olympic ring. Yingying is smart and moves quickly. Like all antelopes, he is strong in track and field events（田径比赛）. The antelope is one of the first animals put under protection（保护）in China. Choosing the antelope shows（表明）that China wants a Green Olympics.

(1) “Beijing welcomes you!”means“________”.

A．It carries the Olympic spirit

B．It stands for a Green Olympics

C．You're welcome to Beijing

D．It is a symbol for the Games

A．In water sports.

B．In track and field events.

C．In ball games.

D．At weight sports.

(5) How many mascots for the 2008 Olympics has the reporter explained in detail（详细地）in the TV commentary?

　　(1) Traffic problems Cars park on sidewalks（人行道）. Bus drivers drive so fast that they make people who are trying to cross the street afraid.

　　(3) Bumping Too many people are crowded onto buses and trains. This makes people feel terrible, and it is not safe, either. On a bus in North America, people try to make themselves smaller and they'll say“Excuse me”or“Sorry”if they knock into someone. In China, people make themselves bigger with no“Sorry”or“Excuse me”.

　　(4) Littering I notice this everywhere. Some people throw rubbish onto the ground even when there is a rubbish bin（箱）right next to them.

　　Most Chinese people are just as unhappy with these kinds of things as I am. And, certainly, the government（政府）has known the problems and is trying to do something about them.

A．park our cars at right places

B．wait our turn in public（公共）places

C．throw rubbish into rubbish bins

D．hurry onto buses before others

(3) We can conclude（得出结论）from the passage that ________.

A．things will get better and better in China

B．fewer and fewer foreigners will visit our country

C．there will be more and more traffic problems in Beijing

D．fewer and fewer Chinese people will eat hamburgers

(4) When the writer says“Get ready, China”, he means that ________.

A．China is going to be a fast-growing country

B．it is time for the Chinese to change their bad behaviors（行为）

C．most Chinese people are unhappy with these problems

D．the Chinese will do a good job in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

　　Boats on the lake are also a problem. Lake Ponkapog is a popular place for motorboats. But oil and gas（汽油）from boats often get into the lake. So more bad chemicals go into the water this way.

A．people like to go boating on the lake

B．some bad chemicals

C．chemicals from motorboats also make the lake water dirty

D．how oil gets into the lake water

A．be less careful about chemicals

B．use less water

C．grow fewer plants in the gardens

D．change their daily lives

(4)“Chemicals”in the story means“__________”.

　　The Green family and the Hill family are going on a picnic together for their weekend. Mr Hill phoned Mr Green in the evening. He told Mr Green the time, the place and the things they would take.Mrs Green came to see Mrs Hill the next morning. She asked about the picnic, because her husband forgot to tell her about it. Mrs Hill said,“We are going to the East Park at 8 o'clock next Sunday morning. Don't forget to take something to eat.”“But why not go to the West Mountain? We may climb it and have lunch on the top of it”, said Mrs Green. “OK, I agree,”replied Mrs Hill.

A．Mr Green

B．Mrs Green

C．Mr Hill

D．Nobody

A．the East Park

B．the East Lake

C．the West Mountain

D．the West Park

A．Yes, she did.

B．No, she didn't.

C．Sorry, I don't know.

D．Yes, she was.

A．Next Saturday.

B．Next week.

C．At 8:00 pm.

D．At 10:00 am.

A．Mr Green called Mr Hill because of the picnic.

B．At last, they went to the East Park.

C．Mrs Green hoped to go to the West Mountain for a picnic.

D．Mr Green has a good memory.

　　Xiao Yi, a Junior 2 student at Weiyu Middle School in Shanghai, gave Harry a sister in one story, Xiao changes lots of Harry Potter stories to make them more interesting. Xiao doesn't think there are enough bad people in the stories, so she made Harry's new sister Jenny, bad. Harry's, parents adopted（收养）Jenny before their own only child Harry was born and now she wants to be against him. Xiao puts her classmates at Weiyu Middle School into the stories, too. Some of her new characters（人物）are a lot like her friends.“It seems my classmates and I are students at Hogwards with Harry,”Xiao said.

　　Often students at Weiyu also like to change their favorite stories. One third of Xiao's 60 students have written stories like The Lord of Rings in their own way. Xu Qingru, also a Weiyu student, enjoys writing new stories for the Japanese cartoon films Let's Go. In Xu's story, her classmates live together with the brothers Lie and Hao. When Xu finishes part of a story, she usually puts it online for others to read. Xu is happy when classmates and friends online tell her they like her stories. Liu Yun, her Chinese teacher, likes them, too.“This girl's novel is full of imagination,”Liu said.

A．Xiao Yi likes bad people in the story.

B．Xiao Yi changes few of Harry Potter stories.

C．Xiao Yi's classmates are put into Harry Potter stories by Xiao Yi.

D．Harry Potter's parents want to be against Harry in Xiao Yi's story.

A．change their favorite stories

B．haven't changed the Lord of Rings

C．don't like writing in their own way

D．haven't written new stories for Let's Go

A．In the classroom.

B．Online.

C．In the teacher's office.

D．In her bedroom.

A．the life of the students at Weiyu Middle School may be rich and interesting

B．their teachers worry about their study

C．all of the students at Weiyu change their favorite stories

D．Liu Yun is Xu Qingru's best classmate

A．A modern lift has no buttons.

B．A modern lift has a worker to operate it.

C．A modern lift can go up and down with no worker in it.

D．A modern lift knows what floor people want.

A．ask for help

B．open the door of the lift

C．ring the bell

D．push the right button

A．they have tall buildings

B．they can't walk up and down

C．old people and children need them

D．lifts are wonderful

　　Perhaps you have been told about some habits（习惯）which keep a person from reading fast and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have.

　　Do you still have any of these bad habits? Check yourself by answering“yes”or“no”to these questions.

　　(1) Do you move your lips（嘴唇）when reading silently?

　　If you answer“yes”to any of these questions, start at once to break the habit. If you move your lips, hold your fingers over them, or hold a piece of paper between your lips while you are reading. Then if your lips move, your will know it and can stop them.

　　If you point to words, hold the two sides of your book, one side with your left hand, the other side with your right hand. Then you won't have a free finger to use in pointing while reading. If you move your head, place your chin（下巴）in one hand and hold your head still（静止不动的）.

　　If you read no more than one or two or three words at a time, you need to work very hard in learning to take in（吸收）more words at each glance（一瞥）as your eyes travel across the lines of words.

　　Even if you do rather fast now, you can learn to read even faster. As you probably have been told, the secret of fast reading is to take in whole groups of words as each glance. Read in through groups and force（迫使）your eyes along the lines of words as fast as you can to make them go. Anyone who practices doing these things will be able to read faster.

A．to tell others to be silent

B．to feel whether your lips move or not

C．to hold a piece of paper between them

D．to keep yourself from talking to others

A．don't keep your head still

B．don't hold your books with your hands

C．don't stand up near a desk

D．don't use your finger to point to words

A．you can read more in less time

B．you can write faster

C．you can understand better

D．you can read less in more time

A．the way of reading fast

B．the importance of fast reading

C．the bad habits in reading

D．how to speak quickly

　　If you ask about the hottest star in South Korea this year, you will certainly hear the name Rain. The 22-year-old singer is powerful and energetic on stage. His dances and voice are great! On December 18, Rain and other Korean stars, including Baby V. O. X and As One, amazed their fans at the concert “Night of Love” in Beijing. “I love his small eyes and good build（体格）,” said Hanna Kim, 12, a Korean girl who studies in China.“He's a nice person.”

　　Rain's real name is Jung Ji Hoon（郑智薰）. His music teacher thinks his eyes are wet and smiles are sunny. He wrote lots of the songs on his first CD during rainy days. So his teacher gave him the name Rain.

　　When he was a child, he liked to be quiet. He wasn't good at studying. So no one noticed this tall boy in class. But he surprised his classmates in Grade Six. He danced for them all. Everyone looked at him in a different way. So he began to dance more.“I enjoy dancing,” he said. Rain really wanted to sing and dance. He worked hard at school, so that his father would let him dance. He gave up rugby（橄榄球）and put all his time and energy into dancing. When his mother died four years ago, he held the sadness in and kept on practicing day and night.

　　Now Rain has won awards with his music. His CDs have sold millions and he has acted in TV shows. Rain doesn't want to sing forever, though. He dreams of doing a different job.“When I stop singing, I'd like to design clothes. Being a designer is my childhood dream,”he said.

(1) What does the word “his” in the sentence“I love his small eyes and good build…”refer to?

A．Rain's.

B．Baby V. O. X's.

C．As One's.

D．Rain's music teacher's.

A．Because he liked rain.

B．Because he was born on a rainy day.

C．Because he was caught in a rain in his mother's arms on the day when he was born.

D．Because many songs of his first CD were written by him during rainy days.

A．he began to go to school

B．he was twelve years old

C．he was in Grade Six

D．his mother died

A．His aim of being a dancer

B．His poor performance

C．His giving up rugby

D．Losing his mother

A．a rugby player

B．a scientist

C．a clothes designer

D．a salesman

　　The bed is connected to an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays soft music. The tape recorder in Hiroyuki's bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispers in a sweet voice, “Wake up, darling, please.” A few minutes later, Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss. His boss shouts, “Wake up at once, or you'll be late!”

　　If you don't get up after the second recording, a mechanical “foot” in the bed will kick you in the head. The bed waits a few more minutes. What! You're still in bed! Slowly the top of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower. Finally you slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of bed and awake!

A．who can't sleep well

B．who can't get up early

C．who go to bed early

D．who go to bed late

A．an alarm clock

B．a tape recorder

C．a TV

D．a mechanical “foot”

A．He will slide onto the floor.

B．A tape recorder will play a recording of his boss.

C．A mechanical foot will kick him in the head.

D．The bed will rise higher and higher.

A．Hiroyuki's company has made many such beds.

B．Hiroyuki's bed is the only one made for a contest.

C．Hiroyuki has made a lot of money.

D．Hiroyuki needn't get up early now.

(5)The word “whisper” in the second paragraph means “______”.

　　Mother's Day is a holiday for mothers. It is celebrated（庆祝）in the United States, English, India and some other countries. In a short time, it becomes widely celebrated. Mother's Day falls on the second Sunday in May. On that day, many people send gifts（礼物）of love to their mothers. Those whose mothers are still living often wear a pink（粉红色）or red rose（玫瑰）or carnation（康乃馨花）, while those whose mothers are dead wear a white one.

　　In China, people do the same on the day for mothers. And, in some cities, people sometimes ask a song to be broadcast（广播）for his or her mother only. This might cost a little money for some of them, but, as it is said,“Love is invaluable.”

　　On May 8, 1999, just the day before the Mother's Day this year, a Chinese mother was killed in criminal bombing（罪恶轰炸）. Her name is Shao Yunhuan, a heroic（英雄的）mother. All the Chinese will remember her for ever.

A．is a holiday for mothers

B．is celebrated in the United Stated only

C．falls on May 10 every year

D．was given by Miss Anna Jarvis

(2) “Love is invaluable.”Here the word“invaluable” means ________.

A．Shao Yunhuan is a heroic mother.

B．A Chinese mother is the same as an American mother.

C．The bombing cannot get away with the crime

D．All of the above.