On the night of 23 July, 2011, a fast running train D301 from Beijing to Fuzhou suddenly hit another train which had already stopped there. The motor car accident happened in Wenzhou, China's eastern province of Zhejiang. It caused four carriages to fall off a bridge which is at least 30 metres high from the ground. 40 people have died in the accident. Among them were 2 foreigners: an Italian woman, Assunta Liguori, and a Chinese American, Cao Erxing. So far, most of the 39 bodies have been claimed by their relatives, based on ID cards, clothes and other characteristics, but the results of DNA tests are coming out in about one week or two. Another 210 people have been taken to hospitals in Wenzhou after the accident.

 The accident study shows that it is the lightning strike that caused the big accident: the first train lost power because of a lightning strike and had to stop on the rail way. And after a few minutes it was soon hit from the back by another train following it. 

After the accident, questions have been raised over “what caused the accident” and “how to do with it”. During a visit to Wenzhou, where 39 people have been killed last weekend, Premier Wen calls for an transparent investigation into the cause of the accident, and he once again emphasized(强调) the importance of putting safety first in the country’s development.

1.According to the report, _______ people got hurt in the accident.

A. 40                 B. 42                  C. 210             D. 250

2.The underlined word “claim” means ______ in Chinese.

A. 发现              B. 掩埋           C. 索赔             D. 认领

3.The motor car accident happened because of _______.

A. the lightning strike   B. running fast   

C. high bridge         D. too many people

4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A. The accident happened in Zhejiang Province.

B. Train D301 was hit from the back by another train.

C. the 39 bodies have been claimed by the results of DNA tests.

D. Premier Wen came to Wenzhou after the accident.

5.Premier Wen mainly tell the Chinese _________.

A. what caused the accident                  

B. how to do with the accident

C. the importance of our country’s development  

D. how importance the safety is

 

Today, roller-skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn’t easy at all. Before 1750, no one had any ideas of roller-skating. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. He liked to make things and play the violin in his free time. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer.
One day Merlin was invited to a party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make an amazing entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought everyone at the party would show much interest if he could skate into the room.
Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was proud of his invention and dreamed of arrived at the party on wheels while playing the violin.
On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. The mirror fell down, breaking into pieces. Merlin’s idea was so good that nobody forgot his special entrance for a long time. But could he find out a way to stop his roller skates?
【小题1】People thought Merlin was a dreamer because he __________.

A．dreamed day and night	B．liked making things
C．was an interesting man	D．was full of strange ideas.

【小题2】Merlin wanted to _________, so he put wheels under his shoes.

A．play the violin well	B．arrive at the party sooner
C．be taller than the others	D．surprise the people at the party

【小题3】What did the writer want to tell us in the last paragraph(段落)？

A．Merlin made a lot of trouble.

B．Roller skates should be improved.

C．The people were angry with Merlin.

D．Merlin was strong enough to break the mirror into pieces.

【小题4】Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Nothing happened to Merlin at the party.

B．Merlin made a surprising entrance that day.

C．No one noticed Merlin when he entered the room.

D．Merlin couldn’t sleep well because he dreamed a lot.

Today, roller-skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn’t easy at all. Before 1750, no one had any ideas of roller-skating. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. He liked to make things and play the violin in his free time. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer.
One day Merlin was invited to a party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make an amazing entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought everyone at the party would show much interest if he could skate into the room.
Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was proud of his invention and dreamed of arrived at the party on wheels while playing the violin.
On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. The mirror fell down, breaking into pieces. Merlin’s idea was so good that nobody forgot his special entrance for a long time. But could he find out a way to stop his roller skates?
【小题1】People thought Merlin was a dreamer because he __________.

A．dreamed day and night	B．liked making things
C．was an interesting man	D．was full of strange ideas.

【小题2】Merlin wanted to _________, so he put wheels under his shoes.

A．play the violin well	B．arrive at the party sooner
C．be taller than the others	D．surprise the people at the party

【小题3】 What did the writer want to tell us in the last paragraph(段落)？

A．Merlin made a lot of trouble.

B．Roller skates should be improved.

C．The people were angry with Merlin.

D．Merlin was strong enough to break the mirror into pieces.

【小题4】Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Nothing happened to Merlin at the party.

B．Merlin made a surprising entrance that day.

C．No one noticed Merlin when he entered the room.

D．Merlin couldn’t sleep well because he dreamed a lot.

On the night of 23 July, 2011, a fast running train D301 from Beijing to Fuzhou suddenly hit another train which had already stopped there. The motor car accident happened in Wenzhou, China's eastern province of Zhejiang. It caused four carriages to fall off a bridge which is at least 30 metres high from the ground. 40 people have died in the accident. Among them were 2 foreigners: an Italian woman, Assunta Liguori, and a Chinese American, Cao Erxing. So far, most of the 39 bodies have been claimed by their relatives, based on ID cards, clothes and other characteristics, but the results of DNA tests are coming out in about one week or two. Another 210 people have been taken to hospitals in Wenzhou after the accident.
The accident study shows that it is the lightning strike that caused the big accident: the first train lost power because of a lightning strike and had to stop on the rail way. And after a few minutes it was soon hit from the back by another train following it. 
After the accident, questions have been raised over “what caused the accident” and “how to do with it”. During a visit to Wenzhou, where 39 people have been killed last weekend, Premier Wen calls for an transparent investigation into the cause of the accident, and he once again emphasized(强调) the importance of putting safety first in the country’s development.
【小题1】According to the report, _______ people got hurt in the accident.

A．40

B．42

C．210

D．250

【小题2】The underlined word “claim” means ______ in Chinese.

A．发现

B．掩埋

C．索赔

D．认领

【小题3】The motor car accident happened because of _______.

A．the lightning strike	B．running fast
C．high bridge	D．too many people

【小题4】Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A．The accident happened in Zhejiang Province.

B．Train D301 was hit from the back by another train.

C．the 39 bodies have been claimed by the results of DNA tests.

D．Premier Wen came to Wenzhou after the accident.

【小题5】Premier Wen mainly tell the Chinese _________.

A．what caused the accident

B．how to do with the accident

C．the importance of our country’s development

D．how importance the safety is

阅读下面短文，按要求完成各项任务。

NEWS 1

Techniques（技术） used in the fireworks（焰火） displayed at the opening ceremony of Expo 2010 Shanghai will be popularized and widely used for fireworks in the future． The fireworks employed special-effect technologies to project the logo（标识） of Expo 2010 Shanghai in the sky on the night of the opening ceremony．The research and development of the special technique took three years to perfect the firework for the first time that night． In the future，people may use fireworks to design words like "Happy Birthday" and flowers on special moments．

NEWS 2

With the visitors，comes the garbage． The large number of visitors to Expo 2010 Shanghai are bringing traffic pressure，long lines at many pavilions（展览馆），and also more waste． About 160，000 visitors a day during the first five days of the Expo operation （运转）created nearly 200 tons of waste each day．  “Expo organizers have been trying to promote（推广）waste separation（分类） by putting separated bins for different types of waste．However，the idea has been poorly received by he visitors and not many people have put waste into separated bins”authorities said

NEWS 3

Collecting Expo passport（护照）stamps（印章）from pavilions has become so popular that the passports are sold out soon after the gates open every morning at the Expo Garden．They are now one of the hottest at the Expo Garden． On Saturday，the opening day of the Expo，the l10，000 Expo passports were sold out within a few hours，leaving more than 100，000 visitors disappointed．Because of the shortage，visitors are coming up with creative ways to collect the stamps without using the 30-yuan passports．Hou Peiqi is one of thousands of visitors to the Expo Garden who tailed to get an Expo passport． In the race of such a shortage，some visitors have been creative，asking pavilion staff to stamp their maps，books，newspapers and even T-shirts．

1．把下面的标题与相应的段落信息匹配

a．Passports become hot at the Expo

b．High technique fireworks  

c．Trash results at the Expo  

News 1．_______ News 2．_______ News 3．_______

2．从文中找出与所给意思相同或相近的句子

Visitors are thinking up some other ways to collect the stamps besides the 30-yuan passports．

3．把句子With the visitors，comes the garbage．翻译成汉语

4．回答问题

How many visitors during the first five days came to the Expo?

5．根据三段信息，完成下面表格

Who	What to do
People	spent three years（1） _______the special technique to perfect the fireworks．
The large number of visitors to the Expo	are bringing（2） _______，long lines at many pavilions，（3） _______．
Visitors	collect the stamps in the Expo passports or ask the pavilion staff to stamp（4） _______，（5） _______，（6） _______ and（7） _______．