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Bicycle tour and race

A bike tour and race will be held on August 26 and 27 (Sat. & Sun.). At 5:30 a.m. the riders will leave Tian’anmen Square and ride the first 35 kilometers as a training leg. Then the next 55 kilometers leg, from Yanjiao to Jixian, will be the first competitive part of the tour. The riders and their bikes will then be taken from Jixian to Changli.

The second racing leg of the tour will be from Changli to the seaside of Nandaihe, covering a distance of 20 kilometers. Saturday night includes the stay at Nandaihe and supper. Sunday morning is free for playing at the seaside. At noon all the people and their bikes will be taken back to Beijing.

Cost: 200 yuan

Telephone: 4675027

Brazilian footballers

The Brazilian Football Club will play Beijing Guo’an Team at the Workers’ Stadium on August 26. The club has four national team players. Also coming is 2004 US World Cup star Romario who has promised to play for at least 45 minutes.

Ticket prices: 60, 100, 150 yuan

Time / Date: 4:30p.m.,  August 26 (Sat.)

Telephone: 5012372

Rock climbing

The Third National Rock Climbing Competition will be held on August 26-27 at the Huairou Mountain-climbing Training Base. More than 10 teams from Beijing, Wuhan, Dalian, Jilin and other places will take part in it. A Japanese team will give an exhibition climbing. Free for spectators.

Take a long-distance bus from Dongzhimen to Huairou.

Time / Date: 9-12 a.m., August 26 and 27

Telephone: 7143177, 7144850, Wang Zhenghua

1.The main purpose of announcing the above events is to give information about ______.

2. If you take part in the bicycle tour, you will ride for ______ kilometers in the competition.

3. The underlined word “leg” in “Bicycle tour and race” probably means ______.

4. What is special about the rock climbing competition?

5. If you want to find something to do for Saturday afternoon, you will call ______.

A mother in Australia was told by a doctor that her new born son was dead but she helped to bring him back to life by holding the baby against her body. She used a method known as a kangaroo care. The child, named Jamie ,was born after only 27 weeks with his twin sister, Emily, in a hospital in Sydney. Her birth went well ,but his was a different story. The doctor struggled for 20 minutes to save Jamie before announcing him dead.

“His little arms and legs were just falling down away from his body.” Kate Ogg said ,“I took off my coat and put him on my chest with his head over my arm.” She and her husband, David ,said to the child as she continued to hold him for nearly 2 hours. During that time, the two-pound baby showed the sign of life. She said , “I told my mum ,who was there, that he was still alive. Then he held out his hand and grabbed my finger. ”Their tiny baby grew stronger and stronger in his mother’s arms, and their final goodbye turned into a hello.

The doctor at first ignored the baby’s movements, but when he put the stethoscope（听诊器）to his chest, his mouth was wide open and he said ,“It’s my fault, It’s a miracle( 奇迹).

“The kangaroo care helps the baby keep body warmth” Dr Pinchi Srinivasan said, “It also regulates(调节) heartbeat and breathing rates and is believed to help weight gain and improve? sleeping habits. Fathers can also use kangaroo care. The key to the method is skin-to-skin contact.”

?? The practice began in less developed nations. It has become a recognized pracitce in helping premature babies. The techniques is good for babies, and is used in many baby care centers.

1.After hearing what the doctor said, the mother________.

A. became so sad that she almost became mad?????

B. didn’t give up and tried to bring her baby to life

C. chose to believe the doctor

D. became angry at what the doctor did to the baby

2.When the baby first showed sign of life, the doctor________.

A. didn’t believe the miracle had happened

B. was too shocked to do anything

C. was cheered and tried to save the baby at once

D. was moved by what the mother did to the baby

3.From what Dr Pinchi Srinivasan said, we learn the baby came back to life mainly because of________.

A. the mother’s soft words

B. the doctor’s careful care

C. skin-to-skin contact with the mother

D. the father’s kangaroo’s care

4.According to the paassage, premature babies refer to babies that are born______.

A. with diseases???? B. before their time?? C. dead??????? D. heavy

5.What the main idea of the passage?

A.A baby was almost killed by a doctor’s wrong decision

B.A doctor in Australia announced a baby was dead by mistake

C.A mum in Australia saved her baby with “kangaroo care”

D.A mum in Australia invented a new method of saving babies

An Australian teenager stepped onto the shore(海岸) for the first time in nearly nine months, announcing to the record for being the youngest solo sailor to circle the globe nonstop.

David Dicks, 18, left Perth on the 10-metre sailing boat On February 26^th, 1996. He returned with a warm hero’s welcome, cheered by thousands on the shore and greeted by about 200 other boats.

At the age of 17 when he started out, the teenager’s voyage（航海） gave him his first look ever at snow when he rounded Cape Horn.

Strong winds in the Pacific broke his mast in May, but he kept going until he could borrow a tool from the British Royal Navy to fix it.

“David had dreamed of a round-the-world sail when he was five, inspired by a family friend who did it three times,” his mother Patricia Dicks said.

“Once he started making plans to do it, I never doubted that he would,” she said.

In September, 20-year-old Brain “BJ” Caldwell Jr. landed a 26 sloop（单桅帆船） in Hawaii and asked for the title of the youngest sailor circling the world. His asking was admitted by the World Sailing Commission.

Australian news reported that the last record holder accepted by the Guinness Book of Records was American Robert Lee Graham, who set out in 1965 at the age of 16.

Graham took five years to complete the trip, stopping off along the way to get married. But David asked for the nonstop voyages.

53. David Dicks is the ______.

A. faster solo sailor circling the globe.

B. faster sailor circling the globe nonstop

C. youngest solo sailor circling the earth.

D. youngest solo sailor circling the earth nonstop.

54. Robert Lee Graham_________.

 A. was accepted by the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest solo sailor

B. was accepted as the youngest but greatest sailor.

C. first thought about sailing when he was five years old.

D. traveled around the world faster than Brian “BJ” Caldwell Jr.

55. We may infer from the text that __________.

A. David took the place of Robert in the Guinness Book of Records

B. David had never left his hometown before the trip

C. David is a determined person

D. His mother herself took three sailing trips.

Bicycle tour and race
A bike tour and race will be held on August 26 and 27 (Sat. & Sun.). At 5:30 a.m. the riders will leave Tian’anmen Square and ride the first 35 kilometers as a training leg. Then the next 55 kilometers leg, from Yanjiao to Jixian, will be the first competitive part of the tour. The riders and their bikes will then be taken from Jixian to Changli.
The second racing leg of the tour will be from Changli to the seaside of Nandaihe, covering a distance of 20 kilometers. Saturday night includes the stay at Nandaihe and supper. Sunday morning is free for playing at the seaside. At noon all the people and their bikes will be taken back to Beijing.
Cost: 200 yuan
Telephone: 4675027
Brazilian footballers
The Brazilian Football Club will play Beijing Guo’an Team at the Workers’ Stadium on August 26. The club has four national team players. Also coming is 2004 US World Cup star Romario who has promised to play for at least 45 minutes.
Ticket prices: 60, 100, 150 yuan
Time / Date: 4:30p.m.,  August 26 (Sat.)
Telephone: 5012372
Rock climbing
The Third National Rock Climbing Competition will be held on August 26-27 at the Huairou Mountain-climbing Training Base. More than 10 teams from Beijing, Wuhan, Dalian, Jilin and other places will take part in it. A Japanese team will give an exhibition climbing. Free for spectators.
Take a long-distance bus from Dongzhimen to Huairou.
Time / Date: 9-12 a.m., August 26 and 27
Telephone: 7143177, 7144850, Wang Zhenghua

1. 1.

   The main purpose of announcing the above events is to give information about ______.

   1. A.
      visiting teams
   2. B.
      famous players
   3. C.
      things to do for the weekend
   4. D.
      prices to pay for the sports events
2. 2.

   If you take part in the bicycle tour, you will ride for ______ kilometers in the competition.

   1. A.
      35
   2. B.
      55
   3. C.
      75
   4. D.
      110
3. 3.

   The underlined word “leg” in “Bicycle tour and race” probably means ______.

   1. A.
      race
   2. B.
      part of the training
   3. C.
      practice
   4. D.
      part of the tour
4. 4.

   What is special about the rock climbing competition?

   1. A.
      A foreign team takes part in it.
   2. B.
      You can watch it without paying.
   3. C.
      You don’t have to be a sportsman to take part.
   4. D.
      The bus trip to the place of the competition is free.
5. 5.

   If you want to find something to do for Saturday afternoon, you will call ______.

   1. A.
      4675027
   2. B.
      7143177
   3. C.
      5012372
   4. D.
      7144850