●     AC Milan star Kaka says a foot injury（受伤）is still stopping him from returning to football．He has not played for 32 days． Kaka says he is in a lot of pain．“I hurt myself in an area that we always put pressure（压力）on．” Kaka once played for a year with a knee injury, but the 26-year-old said this is much worse．

●     British actress Emma used to spend more time filming than at school． But today she is ready to pay more attention to her studies．This 19-year-old girl will start at the Yale University in the autumn．“I always loved school．I just want to go back and find what else there is,” she said．

●     Chinese 25-year-old sports star Liu Xiang returned to Shanghai in March．He had a successful foot operation（手术）in December in Houston, and spent the next three months there for recovery（康复） and basic training．It is said that a group of doctors are ready to help with Liu’s recovery．

●     Russian great tennis player Sharapova will not be playing in the MPS Group Championships, which begins in the US on Monday．Sharapova was missing the Sony Ericsson Open the week before last in Miami．She may continue training for the WTA Rome event at the beginning of May．

1． Liu Xiang’s foot operation was successfully done in December in ________．

   A． Miami               B． Rome                 C． Houston           D． Shanghai

2． How long has Kaka not played football because of his foot injury?

   A． More than a month．                    B． About a year．

C． Two weeks．                               D． Three months．

3． Which of the following is RIGHT?

   A． Emma started school at the age of 19．

 B． Sharapova may play in the WTA Rome event．

C． Kaka was hurt by other players．

D． Liu Xiang returned to Shanghai for an ad．

4． Among the four persons, _______ isn’t a sports star．

   A． Sharapova          B． Liu Xiang          C． Emma               D． Kaka

The Bermuda Triangle(百慕大三角)is in the Atlantic Ocean, near Florida in the USA. During the past 60 years, more than 1,000 seamen in ships and pilots in planes have lost their lives. It is known as “The Triangle of Death”for its strange seawater and sudden storms. What’s the strangest is the light of the seawater, which looks so bright that it can be seen even from an outer spaceship.
　　At 2:00p.m. on Dec. 5, 1945, five planes took off in fine weather from the airport of Florida, on a training task. Two hours later, the leader in the sky radioed that he was “completely lost”. Then there was silence. Another plane was sent to look for them and also disappeared.
　　One of the largest ship that had disappeared in the triangle was an American coal ship, 500meters long. The weather was good, and there were no messages for help before it was “gone”. No broken ships or dead bodies have been found so far.
　　No one is able to tell how all these accidents have happened. A group of Japanese scientists were there to see what it was really like in 1995, but nothing has been heard of them ever since.
【小题1】 What is the passage mainly about?

The Bermuda Triangle(百慕大三角)is in the Atlantic Ocean, near Florida in the USA. During the past 60 years, more than 1,000 seamen in ships and pilots in planes have lost their lives. It is known as “The Triangle of Death”for its strange seawater and sudden storms. What's the strangest is the light of the seawater, which looks so bright that it can be seen even from an outer spaceship.

　　At 2:00p.m. on Dec. 5, 1945, five planes took off in fine weather from the airport of Florida, on a training task. Two hours later, the leader in the sky radioed that he was “completely lost”. Then there was silence. Another plane was sent to look for them and also disappeared.

　　One of the largest ship that had disappeared in the triangle was an American coal ship, 500meters long. The weather was good, and there were no messages for help before it was “gone”. No broken ships or dead bodies have been found so far.

　　No one is able to tell how all these accidents have happened. A group of Japanese scientists were there to see what it was really like in 1995, but nothing has been heard of them ever since.

1. What is the passage mainly about?

　　A. How the Bermuda Triangle ate up the planes and ships.           

　　B. Why many of the planes and ships have disappeared.

　　C. Strange accidents happened in the Bermuda Triangle, no one can tell why     

　　D. When the Bermuda Triangle was formed very strangely.

2. How many planes had lost in December 1945?

　　A. Five. 　　　　B. Six. 　　　　C. Seven.　　　　 D. Eight.

3. What does the underline word “radioed” mean?

　　A. Wrote sound message using a radio.

　　B. Listened to sound message using a radio.

　　C. Sent sound message using a radio.

　　D. Received sound message using a radio.

4. Why was the leader in the plane lost?

　　A. He met with terrible weather.                       

　　B. He was losing the right direction.

　　C. Airport didn't give him an answer.                  

　　D. The reasons are still unknown.

5. What about the group of Japanese scientists who went to Bermuda?

　　A. They have also disappeared very strangely.

　　B. They have not heard of anything important.

　　C. They are still working hard in Bermuda.

　　D. They've come back, knowing nothing about it.