Marco Polo(馬可波羅) was born in Venice in 1254. He was the most famous foreigner to visit Asia（亞洲）during the Middle Ages. He wrote a book about his travels. In his book he wrote all the things he saw and heard. Many people in the west read the book, but few believed what Marco Polo said in the book. He told stories about a lot of strange people and places. But at that time nobody knew these places and the people.
When Marco Polo was still very young, he decided to travel together with his father. It took them more than three years to travel to China, later he became a friend of the Chinese emperor (皇帝) . He learned to speak Chinese when he traveled around, and he talked to many people in Chinese. The emperor liked him and made him a Chinese Official(官員). At that time Marco Polo was only thirty years old. After nearly seventeen years’ travel in the east, Marco and his father wanted to go back home.
When Marco and his father arrived in Venice many years later, their family and friends saw them again. They couldn’t believe their eyes because Marco and his farther were quite old. Marco Polo and his father had been away for almost 25 years.
【小題1】Marco Polo was                             foreigner           the Middle Ages.
【小題2】Marco Polo wrote a famous book ___________ “The Travels of Marco Polo”. He wrote __________           _ he saw and heard in the book.
【小題3】Many people in the west read the book, but ____  _____ believed ________    ____.
【小題4】It took Marco Polo and                  over three years to ________  __________.
【小題5】Marco Polo and his father had been away ____                            .

To the students of Class3
◆Examinations start on June22nd and end on June23.
◆For the PE test, go to the gym. For the music test, go to the Piano Room.  All else are written tests. They will be held in classroom3.
English    June22         8:30 A.M. – 10:00 A.M.   
Math           June22         10:30 A.M.—12:00 A.M.
History    June22         2:30P.M.—3:30 P.M.    
PE         June23         8:00A.M.—10:00A.M.
Music      June23         1:00P.M.—3:00P.M.
◆If you have questions, go to the Teachers’ Office before the test.
Hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD), characterized by fever, sores in the mouth and rashes(疹) on hands and feet, is not a new infection（傳染） and is common among（在……之間）infants（幼兒）and children. It is caused by up to 20 types of virus（病毒）but has similar symptoms(癥狀). But it usually does not lead to death. Many kindergartens(幼兒園) have to be shut because of it.
When you have completed a writing task, allow 5-10 minutes to read it and check for mistakes. In particular, look for:
◆incorrect agreement（不正確的搭配）of subject and verb: My friend likes…  NOT My friend like…
◆ incorrect use of tenses（時態(tài)）
◆ wrong expressions
The 2008 Olympic torch which was named “l(fā)ucky cloud” was lighted on Monday in Ancient Olympia, marking the start of the domestic(國內(nèi)的) and international torch relay（火炬?zhèn)鬟f） that will end on August8 with the Games’ opening ceremony（儀式）.
The Beijing Games relay is the longest ever planned, lasting 130 days and covering 137,000 kilometers worldwide, traveling to 20 countries.
【小題1】When were the written tests held?

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It is said that more than four million people die each year from smoking. The number is frightening.
Yet people around the world continue to smoke. In the USA, about forty-seven-million adults smoke. This year, more than 430,000 Americans died of diseases which have something to do with smoking. The American Cancer Society (美國癌癥協(xié)會) says smoking harms the body greatly. It warns that smoking even a number of cigarettes is dangerous.
(71) 戒煙是不容易的 However, doctors say you probably will live longer if you do stop smoking. You will feel better and look better. You also will protect the health of family member who breathe your smoke.
There is not one right way to stop smoking, doctors say. Anyway can help. You can take long walks or spend time in places where smoking is not allowed. Also, you can eat a small piece of fruit or vegetable instead of having a cigarette. (72) The sooner you stop smoking, the more you’ll reduce(減少) your chances of getting cancer and other diseases.
Stop smoking before smoking stops you!
【小題1】How many people die from smoking each year?
                                                                    
【小題2】What does the American Cancer Society say about smoking?
                                                                          
【小題3】將文中劃線漢語譯成英語。
                                                                       
【小題4】將文中劃線英語譯成漢語。
                                                                      
【小題5】Give the title of the passage.                                         

News one: As the pace of life in big cities is getting faster, people are looking for more ways to relax. Let’s take a look at one way people are reducing stress in Beijing. The game is “Room Escape”. “Room Escape” was originally a computer game. In recent years, it has been adapted to a real life game. There are more than 10 places in Beijing where people can play this game.
According to the rules, the players are first taken to a house with several iron doors. They then need to find a way out of the house in one hour. Different houses have different ways of escaping, all of which require players’ bold(大膽的), careful thought, and teamwork.
News two: The Chinese government has published a list of 24 guidelines(指南) on how to take better care of parents. They are a modern update to 24 old stories about respectful children from the Yuan Dynasty.
The guidelines list 24 things to do with parents, including giving them a call every week, teaching them to use the internet, and supporting single parents’ remarriage. The guidelines stem from a Yuan Dynasty book, about 24 filial-hearted children who treated their parents very well. It is a value younger generations should never forget.
【小題1】Why do people play “Room Escape”?

It was an exciting moment for Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, a retired married couple from Harbin, China. It was also a great moment for China because it was the country’s first gold medal in the pairs figure（花樣）skating competition at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.
Everyone was very quiet when Shen and Zhao were skating onto the ice. They were expecting something wonderful to happen. As soon as the music started, Shen and Zhao skated around the field quickly with beautiful style; every move was perfect. When the music stopped, all the people cheered. In the end Shen and Zhao won the Olympic gold medal.
In China, winter sports are not as popular as they are in America and Northern European countries. So China sent only 90 athletes to Vancouver to take in a few, carefully chosen sports. Such a good decision also led to Wang Meng and Zhao Yang winning gold medals in the little known, but exciting sports of short track (軌道) speed skating.
China did not win a lot of medals at these Winter Games. Most of the events are still very new to China and need to be developed. But Chinese athletes learn very quickly. For example, China’s women’s curling team(冰壺隊) only began in 2003, but they were No. 1 at the 2009 World Women’s Curling Championship.
This means that with hard work and a bit of luck, China’s winter stars could soon shine on the world stage.
【小題1】Shen Xue won the gold medal in the ________event at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

YUXI, China — Many people of this city in southwester China spent Saturday night in tents, too scared to sleep in their homes after an earthquake which killed 188 people early that morning.
Countless homes were destroyed and lots of people became homeless after the earthquake which is believed to have a magnitude of 7.
The quake was not as serious as the 7.9-magnitude earthquake in 2008 that left more than 70,000 people dead in the Wenchuan area. But villagers who work in Chengdu, about 100 miles away, hurried back home Sunday morning, many on foot, the lucky ones on motorbikes, to check on their homes.
Song Yuanqing, 43, a worker, arrived back after a 22-hour trip and found his house was still there but had already been very unstable(搖搖欲墜). “We would like to do something, but we can’t do anything,” Mr. Song said as he sat with neighbors around an outdoor fire built by the village leader in his backyard.
In all, the government sent about 7,000 soldiers and People’s Armed Police officers to the earthquake-hit area. By Saturday evening, there were so many rescue workers in the area that the government asked volunteers to stop coming.
Li Keqiang, China’s prime minister, flew to the area and slept in a tent on Saturday evening in Lushan County.
The earthquake shook Sichuan Province at 8 a.m., when people were getting up a little later than usual because schools and universities were closed.
“We were just getting up and getting dressed in our dormitory when the building shook, and I looked outside from our window and saw a row of houses had collapsed,” Xu Yan, 22, a student at the Agricultural University in Ya’an, said in a telephone interview. “I had never flew down the stairs faster.”
The Chinese government said early Sunday that the death toll was 174, and about 5,700 people had been injured.
The earthquake was also felt in Chengdu, one of China’s biggest cities and the capital of Sichuan Province. People described water getting out of home aquariums and things like balls falling to the floor.
In the town of Longmen, another hard-hit area near Ya’an, a local man, Zhang Yan, said 90 percent of the buildings had collapsed.
“About 100 people died around here,” Ms. Zhang said in a telephone interview. “Rescue teams have not yet arrived. There is no water or electricity.”
In the 2008 quake, many schools of poor quality collapsed and killed thousands of students. This time, many people also expressed their worries about students on their micro-blogs.
Sichuan Province is also one of China’s best-known hometowns for pandas, and at the Bifengxia reserve, about six miles north of Ya’an, workers said that 20 pandas in the park were safe. “We examined the panda area after the quake, and they were not affected,” said Chen Yong, an officer of the reserve.
【小題1】When did the quake take place in Ya’an? On_______________________.

Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is possible to send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news of their country and all over the world every day, either by watching TV or reading newspapers.
Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life since 18th century. Many countries have hundreds of different newspapers. How do newspaper editors decide which news to print？ Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?
Firstly, it’s important to report news. TV stations can report news much faster than newspapers. Yet, newspapers give more about the story. They may also look at the story in another way, or they may print completely different stories from those on TV.
Secondly, a new story has to be interesting and unusual. People don’t want to read stories of everyday life. As a result, many stories are about some kind of danger and seem to be “bad” news. For example, newspapers never print stories about planes landing safely, instead they print stories about plane accidents.
Another factor(因素) is also very important. Many people are interested in news in foreign countries, but more prefer to read stories about people, places and events in their own country. So the stories on the front page in Chinese newspapers are usually very different from the ones in British, French and American newspapers.
【小題1】According to the passage, how do people learn about news in the world now?

The Diaoyu islands have a long history as part of China's territory（領(lǐng)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 (總面積) is about 5.69 square kilometers.
Since the Japanese government “bought” the Diaoyu Islands, the tension （緊張）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(爭端).
The Shanghai China CYTS Outbound Travel Service Co. Ltd. (上海中青旅出境旅游服務(wù)有限公司）stopped the tour to Japan and will gradually stop receiving tourist bookings(預(yù)訂) to Japan after the National Day holiday, according to Liu Xin, the company’s manager. 
The Shanghai branch of the China Travel International Ltd. (中國國際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.
【小題1】The Diaoyu Islands don’t belong to Japan, do they?

Beijing-- During the 24-hour period ending at 4 pm on Sunday, China confirmed(確診)six new cases of human H7N9 bird flu(禽流感) , including five in Zhejiang and one in Jiangsu.
The National Health and Family Planning Commission(國家衛(wèi)生和計劃生育委員會) said that a total of 102 H7N9 cases have been reported in China, including 20 that have died.
Of the total, 12 H7N9 patients have been discharged from hospitals after receiving treatment, and the other 70 patients are being treated in designated（指定的） hospitals, according to the commission.
A total of 33 cases, including 11 that have died, have been reported in Shanghai. Twenty-four cases, including three deaths, have been reported in Jiangsu province, and 38 cases, including five deaths, in Zhejiang province. Anhui province has reported three cases, including one death. Beijing has reported one case and three have been reported in Henan province.
China officially confirmed the human cases infected （感染）with the H7N9 virus since last month.
According to the commission, China’s confirmed H7N9 cases are isolated （隔離）and there has been no sign of human to-human transmission（傳染）.
【小題1】According to the passage, how many new cases have been found in China?

What is your favorite English letter? Many of you will say QQ.Why? Because so many of you chat with your friends on QQ. What do you like about QQ?What do you talk about? The CCTV reporter, Miss Wang interviews three kids. Let’s listen to what they say.
When do you chat on QQ? What do you talk about?
Lin Yuhan, Xi’an: On weekends, we talk about homework and chat with each other.
Tang Xuting, Shanghai: At weekends and when I don’t have much homework. We exchange test answers and chat.
Yang Yuhang, Dalian: Our class goes online together at 4—6 pm at the weekends. We complain about homework, chat and talk about computer games.
What do you put on your QQ blog(博客)？
Lin: I put good articles I have found online on my blog. I also write articles myself. They are about funny things that have happened in my class.
Tang: I put pictures on my blog. Not my own photos, but pictures from my favorite Japanese cartoons(卡通片)like Tennis Prince and Conan.
Yang: I put DV films on my blog. I shoot (拍攝)them during sports meetings and school parties. The most popular one is about a dancing teacher. It is so funny that everyone watches it.
How do you like QQ?
Lin: It’s a good space for us to make a record of our lives, of both good times and sad times.
Tang: My friends and I may not have time to chat at school. But we can do it on QQ. It’s very helpful to our friendships.
Yang: If you chat with friends on the telephone, your parents sometimes can hear your conversation. There is no such problem with QQ. You can relax and talk freely.
【小題1】What does Yang Yuhang talk about on QQ at the weekend?
① homework  ②chat   ③test answers  ④computer games