4. A。推断题。本文是新闻报道，其作者可能是记者，从而可推知此题答案为A。

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A senior United Nations Children’s Fund(UNICEF) official on May 29 praised China for its remarkable achievements in children’s welfare(福利).

A. H. M. Farook, UNICEF’s operations area officer for China and Mongolia said that China “can be very satisfied to tell the whole world what can be done with limited resources to help its children to grow healthily and happily.”

China’s child population makes up one-fifth of the world’s total. “The reason behind the tremendous(巨大的) achievement is China’s long tradition of caring for children both at home and in society,” he said.

　“What’s more is that Chinese people have always given special attention to children who are in special need.” The UN official made the remarks when addressing a group of 50 children and staff from the Beijing Children’s Welfare Home at the Shangri-la Hotel, Beijing.

The hotel invited the orphans to share snacks(小吃), sing, dance and play games at a park inside the hotel for a “Share the Sunshine” party, as a prelude(前奏) to celebrations to mark the Children’s Day.

The Beijing children’s Welfare Home, set up soon after New China was founded in 1949, has at present more than 400 children.

A leading official of the welfare institution said that the children live a happy life and that the agency(机构) spends 400-500 yuan a month for an average orphan. An average Chinese workers earned 440 yuan a month during the first quarter this year.

Gu Xiaojin, deputy secretary-general of the China Youth Development Foundation(CYDF), said people from all walks of life have contributed to the welfare of the Chinese children.

She said that CYDF set up the Project Hope in 1989, which calls on people across the country to donate money to help poor children to continue their schooling.

By the end of last year, she said, CYDF had collected nearly 700 million yuan in donations, which has helped the establishment(建立) of 2, 074 Hope primary schools and enabled more than 1. 25 million dropouts to return to school classrooms.

Three “Hope Stars” also attended the party. They were model teenagers chosen among students who are economically supported by the Project Hope to further their nine-year compulsory(义务) studies in the poverty-stricken regions. They will be torchbearers(火炬接力者) for the Chinese Team for the up coming Atlanta Olympic Games this year.

3. B。推断题。根据文章第4段最后部分…these Americans have learned more about China’s culture and the Chinese people. 可推知此题答案为B。

2. C。推断题。全文只报道了Bush对如何增进中美关系的谈话，而未对如何促使中国的富强发表意见，因此可推知此题答案为C。

1. B。词义猜测题。根据清华大学在我国的地位这一常识可推知此题答案为B。

4. The narrator(叙述者) of the passage was most probably _____.

A. a reporter　　　　 B. a psychologist　　　 C. a politician　　　 D. a sociologist

[答案解析]

本文报道了美国总统在华访问期间，在清华大学所发表的关于促进中美关系的谈话。

3. Many Americans are interested in China because _______.

A. they want to come here to take part in the 2008 Olympic Games

B. they have learned something of China and they want to learn more

C. China has been taking place great change

D. China has a “great history” and “unbelievably exciting future”

2. Which of the sentence is NOT true?

A. Bush think bilateral contacts and mutual understanding will promote Sino-U.S. relations.

B. Many Americans are interested in China.

C. Bush and the students of Qinghua discussed something about how to make China richer and stronger.

D. The 2008’s Olympic Games is a great change for China been known by the world.

1. What the word “prestigious” in the second paragraph probably means?

A. great　　　　　　　　 B. famous　　　　　　 C. honorable　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. modest

4. A。判断题。根据…America's space program will go on 我们可以知道选项 A 明显错误。而选项B、C、D均与原文相符。

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Visiting U.S. President George W. Bush said in Beijing Friday that both China and the United States should encourage bilateral(双边的) contacts and exchanges to promote mutual(相互) understanding.

“It’s important for our political leaders to come to China,” said Bush, who gave a speech Friday morning at Qinghua University, one of the most prestigious universities in China.

His working visit to China and discussions with Oinghua students “help promote” Sino-U.S.(中美) relations, Bush said in response to a student’s question about what he would do to promote Sino-U.S. relations.

“Many people in my country are very interested in China,” he said, adding that these Americans have learned more about China’s culture and the Chinese people.

He said that he would keep encouraging such contacts and exchanges between the two countries.

Bush said that he would describe back home what he has seen here and that China as a great nation not only has a “great history” but also an “unbelievably exciting future.”

The president said that the 2008 Olympic Games would make a significant opportunity for the rest of the world to understand China, which enables more people to come to China and feel the modernization taking place, and many more people will see it on the television.

Bush arrived in Beijing Thursday for a two-day working visit to China.

3. A。推断题。要求你找出这两起灾难的共同点。从文中可以了解到两起灾难都有7位宇航员丧生。“挑战者”号是在升空时失事的，而“哥伦比亚”号是在返回地面的过程中失事的，故可排除B 和 C。而选项 D 与原文不符，故选 A。