The Diaoyu islands have a long history as part of China's territory（领土）, belonging to the country since ancient times. They are located(位于) to the northeast of China's Taiwan Island, The total landmass of these islands (总面积) is about 5.69 square kilometers.

Since the Japanese government “bought” the Diaoyu Islands, the tension （紧张）between China and Japan about the islands has gone up. Several major Shanghai travel agencies have decided to stop organizing tours to Japan and advised Japan-bound (前往日本的) tourists to make other plans, becauese of the Diaoyu Islands issue(争端).

The Shanghai China CYTS Outbound Travel Service Co. Ltd. (上海中青旅出境旅游服务有限公司）stopped the tour to Japan and will gradually stop receiving tourist bookings(预订) to Japan after the National Day holiday, according to Liu Xin, the company’s manager. 

The Shanghai branch of the China Travel International Ltd. (中国国际旅行社有限公司上海分部) also said it was advising people who wanted to visit Japan to change their plans. 

In fact, tourists had already begun to ask for cancellation(取消) of their tours to Japan because they were worried about their safety.

Last year, more than 100,000 tourists from Shanghai went to Japan on organized tours. That made Japan the second most popular tour place for travelers from the city, only after Thailand.

1.The Diaoyu Islands don’t belong to Japan, do they?

A．Yes, they do.                           B．Yes, they are.

C．No, they don’t.                        D．No, they aren’t.

2.Why did several major Shanghai travel agencies stop organizing the tour to Japan?

A．Because it is far from China to Japan.

B．Because they think they couldn’t make more money by organizing the tour to Japan

C．Because it will cost too much money.

D．Becauese the Diaoyu Islands issue happened between China and Japan.

3.According to the passage, which of the following statements is True？

A．China's Taiwan Island is located to the southwest of the Diaoyu Islands.

B．Japan is the most popular tour place for travelers from the city.

C．The Shanghai China CYTS Outbound Travel Service Co. Ltd. said it was advising people who wanted to visit Japan to change their plans.

D．The Shanghai branch of the China Travel International Ltd. stopped the tour to Japan

4.This passage may be _____.

A．an ad             B．a piece of news     C．a poster           D．a survey

5.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．The Diaoyu Islands belong to China since ancient times.

B．The Japanese government “bought” the Diaoyu Islands.

C．Tourists canceled (取消) the tours to Japan becauese of the Diaoyu Islands issue.

D．Last year, many tourists went to Japan on organized tours.

Ruby, the artist, is an Asian elephant, She is17 years old. She lives in the zoo. Ruby has produced about 100 paintings since last year. She has made more than $ 40,000 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Ruby first showed the talent (才能) about four years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk. She rubbed (擦掉) out the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo worker gave her brushes and paints. Soon Ruby painted pictures.
Newspaper reporters wrote Ruby, then people asked about buying her pictures. And in this way, she made a lot of money for the zoo. This is how Ruby does the paintings. A zoo worker holds different color paints. Ruby touches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her brushes with the chosen colors in her trunk and Ruby begins painting.
【小题1】We can most probably read this story_______.

词汇运用 用所给词的适当形式填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
【小题1】It’s cold outside, you should keep the door __________________ . (close)
【小题2】Now most families have at __________________ one TV. (little)
【小题3】Sandwich got its name from a man __________________ John Montagu. (call)
【小题4】I’m frightened of __________________ by plane. (travel)
【小题5】What  __________________ to you just now? (happen)
【小题6】Thank you for  __________________ to me. (write )
【小题7】I found it easy  __________________ English well. (learn)
【小题8】The following Saturday, we  __________________ the great museum. (visit)
【小题9】Listen! Someone  __________________ Beijing Opera in the next room. (sing)
【小题10】How __________________! The rabbit jumped down a big tree. (amaze)
【小题11】She learned English all by  __________________ last year(she)
【小题12】Alice saw a white camel  __________________ by. (pass)
【小题13】The pet was small enough __________________ through the door. (go)
【小题14】On Sunday doors in our school were all  __________________ (lock)
【小题15】Yesterday, after she drank some water, she __________________ a little ill. (feel)

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 kilometres from Ruijin， Jiangxi to Wuqi， Shanxi. They hope to get 20.2 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 Meryl 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”。

1.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

2.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

3.Which of the paragraphs is about film stars？ ______

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