“Well, Bill. I'm not sure whether to send you to heaven or hell. After all, you greatly helped society by putting a computer in almost every home, yet you also created that terrible Windows XP. I'm going to let you decide where you want to go.”

　　Bill replied,“Well, what's the difference between the two?”

　　God said,“I'm willing to let you visit both places, to see if it will help your decision.”

　　“Okay, then,”said Bill,“Let's try hell first.”

　　“This is great,”he told God.“If this is hell, I really want to see heaven.”

　　“Fine,”said God, and off they went.

　　“Hmmm, I think I'd prefer hell,”he told God.

　　“Fine,”replied God,“as you desire（如你所愿）.”

　　Two weeks later, God decided to see how Bill was doing in hell. When he got there, he found Bill shackled（披枷带锁）to a wall being burned by demons（魔鬼）.

　　“How is everything doing?”He asked Bill.

　　“This is terrible. This is nothing like the hell I visited two weeks ago. What happened to that other place, with the beaches and the beautiful women playing in the water?”

　　“Oh,”God said,“what you saw is a screensaver（屏幕保护）I designed by myself. Glad you like it!”

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　　News 1

　　Have you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours though it is about 40,000 kilometers? One day, maybe you can. Last Saturday, the American X-43A airplane made its first flight. It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometres an hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world. The X-43A is only three to four metres long, but it's very heavy: it weighs(重)1,270 kilogrammes.

　　News 2

　　Have you ever got angry at books that are full of mistakes? Don't worry, things will get better soon. Last week, China started checking textbooks, dictionaries and children's books all over the country. The government(政府) said the results of the checking would come out at the end of June.

　　News 3

　　There will be a new “star” in the sky soon. China plans to send a satellite into space by December 2006. It will stay in space for one year. It will go around the moon and take pictures. It must be very expensive, right? That's for sure－1.4 billion yuan!

　　News 4

　　Floods(洪水) across the northern Mexican state of Coahuila killed at least 32 people and left 100 more missing. It was reported on Monday. The heavy rain hit the state all night last Friday, so some banks of the river were broken. Along the river about 3,000 families were seriously affected(受影响).

1．News 1 talks about ________.

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A．people can't go around the earth in a few hours

B．the American X-43A airplane travelled around the earth in a few hours

C．the American X-43A airplane is the fastest one in the world

D．only Americans can make such a fast plane

2．If the X-43A goes around the earth, it will take about ________ hours to finish the trip.

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3．Which of the following about News 2 is TRUE?

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A．There are many mistakes in most of the textbooks, dictionaries and children's books.

B．All the students have to use the books full of mistakes till the end of June.

C．After the checking books will become better and better.

D．A few mistakes are not serious for children.

4．Which of the following about the new “star” is NOT TRUE?

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A．It will help us know more about the moon.

B．It will go around the earth for one year.

C．It will cost 1.4 billion yuan.

D．It will be sent up by the year 2006.

5．Many families were affected because of ________.

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A．the heavy rain on Monday

B．the broken banks of the river

C．the floods across Mexico

D．the death of 132 people