Look! There are thousands of people waiting to buy tickets home in the railway station. Each time when Spring Festival comes, buying tickets of train trip would be very hard. And things seem to be getting worse and worse, although we have greatly increased the mileage of railway network and speeded up trains. Why? It’s because too many people want to go back home to spend Spring Festival with their family. Many people become angry with the Ministry (部)of Railways.

They wonder why it is hopeless for them to get the tickets from the railway station(火车站)Instead, they sometimes can only buy them from ticket scalpers (票贩) at much higher price.

The Ministry of Railways estimated(估计)that about 188 million passengers would travel by train during the 40-day peak (高峰) period surrounding the 2009 Spring Festival holiday. The number of travelers will be 8％ higher than that of 2008. This problem even drew the President Hu Jintao’s attention. He wrote a note to Liu Zhijun，Minister of the Ministry of Railways, asking him to take action to improve passenger convenience. Afterward, officials from the Ministry of Railways said they would try their best not to let any ticket-buyers spend Spring Festival at the railway station.

1. Many people can’t buy the tickets from the railway station, and they sometimes can only buy them from the scalpers_________.

     A. expensively       B. happily    C. dangerously    D. hardly

2. How many people took the train trip during the peak period surrounding the 2008 Spring Festival holiday?

     A. About 203 million．            B. About 188 million．

C. About 180 million．            D. About 174 million．

3.What does the passage mainly tell us?

     A. People go home much more easily during the Spring Festival．

     B. It is very hard to buy tickets in the railway station during the Spring Festival．

     C. President Hu Jintao cares about the railway building problem．

     D. The Ministry of Railways felt sorry about the problem．

I usually use my computer _________my emails and buy tickets.

A. check B. chceks C. to check D. checking

All over the world, people enjoy sports. Sports are good for people’s health. Many people like to watch others play games. They buy tickets or turn on their TV sets or may be online to watch.

Sports change with the seasons. People play different games in different seasons. Sometimes they play inside the room. Sometimes they play outside. We can find sports here and there. Some sports are rather interesting and people everywhere like them. Football, for example, is very popular in the world. People from different countries cannot understand each other, but after a game they often become very friendly to each other.

(    )6.Sports are good for _______.

        A.the players                         B.people’s health

        C.the coaches                         D.people who like sports

(    )7.If you like sports, you can _______.

        A.buy tickets to watch the games      B. watch the games on TV

        C. watch the games on the Internet    D.A、B and C

(    )8.People play _______ in different seasons.

        A.the same game                       B.different games

        C.any games                           D.all kinds of games

(    )9._______ is very popular in the world.

        A.Table tennis    B.Baseball         C.Football            D.Skating

(    )10.From this passage we can see that _______ can become very friendly.

        A.people from different countries all

        B.people from the same country

        C.people who do the same sports

    D.after a game, people from different countries