①A new Long March（长征）

Twenty-one people from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland began a new Long March on October 15. They will walk about 8，000 kilometers from Ruining，Jiangxi to Wuxi，Shanxi. They hope to get 20 million yuan to build 101 schools and help poor children go back to school. They hope to finish the march by August 16, 2012.

②The football team

The Chinese under-17 football team is No. 1 in Asia. They won the Asian U-17 Championship（亚洲U-17锦标赛）in Japan on Saturday. They beat the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea（朝鲜）by 1:0. After 85 minutes，Wang Weilong got the only goal. They took the cup for the first time in 12 years.

③Liu leaves China

Chinese actor Liu Ye left for the US on Monday to make a film called Meteor（《流星》）. He is going to act with the Hollywood film star Mery Streep. His former classmate Zhang Ziyi sent Liu a message to encourage him. Liu was worried about his English，and worked hard on it before he left. People know him from films like last year’s “Mei Ren Cao”。
（　 ）66. From the news，we know that the twenty-one people began a new Long March

　　 to ______.

A. travel around China 　

B．visit some schools

　　　　 C．teach poor children

　　　　 D．get some money and help poor children go back to school

（　 ）67.The second piece of news tells us ______.

　　　　 A．Korea held this contest

　　　　 B．the Chinese football team is No. 1 in South-East Asia

　　　　 C．the Chinese under-17 football team won the world championship

　　　　 D．the Chinese under-17 football team won the championship for the first time

　　　　　　 in 12years

（　 ）68. Which of the paragraphs is about film stars？ ______

　　　　 A．The 1st　　　 B．The 2nd 　　 　　 C．The 3rd 　　D．The 3rd and the 1st

　　　　　　　　　　　　 　

Do you want to know something about children in African? What do they do for fun every day? Find out here：

Education

School is expensive for many African children．Lots of families can't afford school uniforms or exercise books even though they don't have to pay for school．

For those lucky enough to go to school，they have a lot to learn．Some take two language classes：English or French，and their first language．There is also math，science，history，social studies and geography．Chores take up much of children's time after school．They have to get water and firewood for the family every day．Also there's cleaning，washing and helping Mum with the meal．

Daily fun

It's not all work and no play．Spots are very popular．Children can make goals with twigs（嫩树枝）and their own footballs with plastic and bits of string（绳子）．They play in the country and the streets of old towns．There're many football teams for teenagers in Africa．

Internet

It's really expensive to get on the Internet．To surf the net for 20 hours costs over 600 yuan．

This is more than the average（平均的）monthly pay per person．

Egypt and South Africa are the top two users of the Internet in Africa．All of the capital cities there can get on the Internet．

Some schools offer computer lessons but few students can enjoy computer fun at home．

1．Tile underlined word “Chores” probably means                   ．

A．网上冲浪            B．家务杂活             C．体育活动            D．家庭作业

2．Spots are very popular in Africa because children               ．

A．do not need money to play                        B．can play all kinds of ball games

C．don’t like to go to school                            D．don’t like to do their homework

3．The passage is mainly about                 ．

A．education in Africa                                   B．children's school life in Africa

C．the Internet in Africa                                  D．children's daily life in Africa

4．From the passage，we can infer（推断）that in Africa              ．

A．basketball is popular among children

B．children in Africa have to pay for school

C．some children in Africa have to take two foreign language classes

D．people in Egypt and South Africa may get higher pay than people in the other countries

TV    PROGRAMMES
Channel 1	Channel 2
18:oo  Around China 18:30  Children’s Program 19:00  News 19:30  Weather Report 19:40  Around the World 20:10  TV Play : Sister 21:00  English for Today 21:15  Popular Music 21:55  Talk Show	17:45  Computer Study 18:10  Foreign Arts 18:30  English Classroom 19:00  Animal World 19:25  China Today 20:20  Sports 21:00 Film: Harry PorterⅠ 21:45  English News 22:05  On TV Next Week

【小题1】At what time can you probably watch a football match？

A． 20:10

B．20:20

C．19:00

D．18:00

【小题2】What program will let you know much about western countries?

A．Sisters

B．Around China

C．Around the World

D．China Today

【小题3】If you want to know something about tigers elephants and monkeys ,what’s the best program for you?

A．TV play

B．Animal World

C．Foreign Arts

D．Talk Show

【小题4】If you want to know the weather tomorrow, what time and which channel  should you watch?

A．19:30 Channel 1.	B．17:45 Channel 2
C．19:40 channel 1	D．19:25 Channel 2

【小题5】What does the program at the end of Channel 2 mean?

A．News

B．People

C．Programs on next week

D．Sports

 

TV PROGRAMMES
Channel 1	Channel 2
18:00  Around China 18:30  Children’s programme 19:00  News 19:30  Weather report 19:40  Around the world 20:10  TV play: Sisters 21:00  English for today 21:15  Popular music 21:55  Talk show	17:45  Computers today 18:10  Foreign arts 18:30  English classroom 19:00  Animal world 19:25  China’99 20:20  Sports 21:00  TV play: Guo Lanying 21:45  English news 22:06  On TV next week

 

1.If you want to watch a football game, the best programme for you would be _____.

A．TV play                               B．Sports

C．Around the world                       D．Talk show

2.The programme of ______ will let you know much about western countries.

A．Sisters                                B．Around China

C．Around the world                       D．On TV next week

3.If you want to know something about tigers, elephants and monkeys, the best programme for you is __________.

A．Around China                          B．Animal world

C．TV play                               D．Foreign arts

4. English classroom is a programme that _________.

A．lets you know something about classrooms

B．tells you something about students

C．lets you know something about school life

D．teaches you English

5.The programme at the end of Channel 2 means _______ on TV next week.

A．news             B．programme        C．people           D．Places