China’s 110m hurdles（栏）world record holder Liu Xiang and Jamaica’s（牙买加）100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell made the most impressive marks on the opening day of the IAAF World Grand Prix finals.

　　Powell ran yet another sub 10 second race though he didn’t threaten his record of 9.77 sec and Liu made a stunning return to the international circuit after taking time off since breaking the world mark in July in Lausanne.

　　Liu timed 12.93 sec in the event and admitted to not feeling too surprised at his excellent run.

　　“I felt really well before the race and I knew I was in really good shape,” said the 23-year-old Olympic champion.

　　“After my world record (12.88 sec breaking Colin Jackson’s 13 year old mark of 12.91) I returned to Beijing and got a lot of rest,” added Liu.

　　However Liu promised more of the same at the World Cup in Athens this weekend.

　　“The World Cup has been my end of season objective and that is why I didn’t give it my all,” said Liu.

　　Unlike Liu, Powell was undecided about the World Cup.

　　“I feel a little tired, the season has been long but a rich one,” said Powell, who started way back in March at the Commonwealth Games where he won the 100 m title.

　　“I will see whether I run in Athens next week.”

　　Powell admitted that he had not threatened his world record because he was nervous of false starting（抢跑）.

　　“There had already been one so I didn’t want to be disqualified for doing the second one. I am not disappointed in my time at all.”

(1)Which of the following is NOT right?

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A．Liu Xiang is 110m hurdles world record holder.

B．Asafa Powell is 100 meters world record holder.

C．Liu Xiang and Asafa made the most impressive marks on the opening day of the IAAF World Grand Prix finals.

D．Asafa Powel broke his record of 9.77 sec.

(2)How old was Liu Xiang last year?

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(3)Which of the following did Powell’s say?

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A．“I feel a little tired, the season has been long but a rich one.”

B．“I will see that I must run in Athens next week.”

C．“I felt really well before the race and I knew I was in really good shape.”

D．“I am a little disappointed in my time.”

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If you take care notice in some places, you will	(1) ______
see the fact most smokers are young people and even	(2) ______
some are middle school students．It is said that	(3) ______
in China the number of the people smoked is about	(4) ______
45%．Why is so many people smoke? Some	(5) ______
think that smoking is pleasure, some believe that	(6) ______
they can refresh themselves by smoking．In a fact,	(7) ______
smoking is a bad habit, that does great harm to	(8) ______
people' s healthy．The study of smoking shows that	(9) ______
many kinds of disease have nothing to do with smoking．	(10)______

　　WASHINGTON: Chinese scientist Yuan Longping and Dr Monty Jones of Sierra Leone were named co－winners of the 2004 World Food Prize here on Monday for their contribution to world food security and rice production.

　　In announcing the recipients in a ceremony held at the US State Department, President of the World Food Prize Foundation Kenneth Quinn lauded both scientists for their “breakthrough scientific achievements” which have significantly increased food security for millions of people from Asia to Africa.

　　Quinn said it was particularly fitting that the two pioneering rice breeders rewarded the prize during the United Nations International Year of Rice, the crop identified as the staple(主要的) diet of more than 3 billion people around the world.

　　Professor Yuan Longping is director－general of the China National Hybrid Rice(杂交水稻) Research and Development Centre in Hunan Province, China. Jones is presently executive secretary of Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa.

　　Yuan is credited with(功劳在于……) developing the world's first successful and widely grown hybrid rice varieties, revolutionizing rice cultivation in China and tripling production over a generation.

　　Jones's work recaptured the genetic(遗传的) potential(潜能) of ancient African rice by combining African and Asian rice species.

　　Present at the ceremony hosted by US Secretary of State Colin Powell were UN Food and Agriculture Director－General Jacques Diouf, US Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman and Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission of the Chinese Embassy Lan Lijun.

　　The World Food Prize will be formally presented to Professor Yuan and Jones on October 14 this year in Iowa, the United States.

1．Which of the following is the best title?

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A．A．pioneer of the genetic research.

B．Passion for hybrid rice.

C．Scientists from China, Africa share food prize.

D．What is the World Food Prize?

2．The underlined word “lauded” can be replaced by ________.

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3．Jones won the 2004 World Food Prize for his achievements in ________.

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A．breeding(培育) hybrid rice

B．breeding hybrid wheat

C．improving ancient African rice

D．finding the genetic secret of rice

4．Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．The ceremony was held at the US State Department

B．Professor Yuan Longping attended the ceremony hosted by US Secretary of State Colin Powell.

C．Professor Yuan and Jones will go to the USA．in October to receive the World Food Prize.

D．3 billion people around the world live on rice.