This is news on the Hour, Ed Wilson reporting. The president and First Lady will visit Africa on a goodwill tour in May. They plan to visit eight African countries.
Reports from Chinese want close ties between China and the US and Western Europe. A group of top Chinese scientists start in ten-nation tour next month.
Here in Miami, the mayor is still meeting with the leaders of the Teachers’ Union to try to find a way to end the strike. City schools are still closed after two weeks.
In news about health, scientists in California report findings of a relationship between the drinking of coffee and the increase of heart disease among women.  According to the report in the American Medical Journal (雜志), the five-year study shows this: Women who drink more than two cups of coffee a day have a greater chance of having heart disease than women who do not.
In sports, the Chargers lost again last night. The BBS beat them 1 to nothing. The Wingers had better results. They beat the Rifles 7 to 3. It was their first win of their last five matches. That’s the news of the Hour. And now back to more easy listening with Jan Singer.
小題1:To improve the ties between China and the US and Western Europe, China ______.
A．will send a group of Chinese scientists to visit the US and. Western Europe
B．has expressed its strong wishes
C．will send some scientists to visit the US only
D．has given many reports to improve the ties
小題2:From the news in Miami we know ______.
A．a(chǎn) peaceful way will soon be found
B．students can’t go into the school because the classrooms are locked
C．students haven’t been to school for two weeks
D．the teachers’ strike will last long
小題3:The news about health tells us that ______.
A．no heart disease will be found if people don’t drink coffee
B．no one should drink more than two cups of coffee a day
C．the more coffee people drink, the more chance they’ll get to have heart disease
D．women’s heart disease has something to do with their drinking coffee
小題4:From the last news we do not know ______.
A．the results of the two matches
B．the number of the teams which played last night
C．how many wins the BBS has had altogether
D．the Wingers played against the Rifles

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:C
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Local residents(居民) held mourning ceremonies(祭奠儀式)at the lake.
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A．employedB．mixedC．guidedD．happened
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A．skating on the iceB．taking photos at the lake
C．having a picnicD．walking along the lake
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A．Three students died on the same day in all.
B．Hao Longbiao’s body was found on December 14,2002.
C．The university students didn’t think it dangerous to save the drowning children in the lake.
D．Local residents were not brave in face of danger.
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A．people think little of （對(duì)----評(píng)價(jià)低）the two university students’ death
B．the ice on the lake wasn’t strong enough to skate on
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The governors of New Hampshire and Massachusetts declared states of emergency. Maine’s governor also declared a state of emergency for one county. “It’s a very serious situation，” said New Hampshire Governor John Lynch， adding that forecasters were predicting 12 to 15 inches of rain by the end of the storm in parts of southern New Hampshire. “It continues to change and the situation continues to worsen.”
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Some parts of New Hampshire had seen 7 inches of rain by midday Sunday and forecasters said up to 5 more inches might come during the day. About 100 residents were evacuated from their homes in Wakefield， N.H.， because of concerns about two dams in the area.
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A．The situation in N. H. is very serious.
B．New England is a region of the U.S.
C．A state of emergency was declared in three whole states.
D．Seven people lost their lives in New Hampshire in October.
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A．Two dams failed in New Hampshire.
B．Flood in New Hampshire.
C．State of emergency in New England.
D．Severe floods in three U.S. states.
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A．rescueB．trappedC．send awayD．wash away
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A．PeabodyB．ConcordC．MiltonD．Andover
小題5:What was mentioned to cope with the situation？
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Roger : I am very disappointed that they have decided to retire the Country Bear Playhouse . I remember going to the show as a child , and still enjoyed it as a teenager ,
and now young adult . It is true that there aren’t a lot of shows left at DL and with this one closing even less . Being at DL does require a lot of walking , and it is nice to have a few attractions that are a place to sit and enjoy a good show . I understand that DL has to develop , but there has to be some history to the Disneyland that Walt Disney first designed . There should be some parts of DL that just never go away , and this is one of them . By the time I have children it looks like there won’t be any attractions that I can say I went to as a child at the rate they are going .
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A．The Country Bear Playhouse will be closed .
B．There will be a new attraction for our guests at Disneyland
C．The number of visitors to the Country Bear Playhouse is falling .
D．The Bears will retire because of old age and can’t give shows any more .
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A．the Bears will be missed
B．we should tell kids today that they “have to” make great memories of the Bears
C．the longtime attraction ought to make way for a future attraction
D．people never care about what they have until all is lost
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B．but anyway , the attraction has lost interest
C．but I know that Disneyland will always be changing , and I accept that
D．a(chǎn)nd I am sad that the Bears will be leaving
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A．a(chǎn)n attraction B．a(chǎn) theme parkC．the Bears D．the latest magic
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A．In a Web discussion zone (區(qū)).
B．In a suggestion book .
C．In a report on the popularity of the Country Bears .
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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A few weeks ago, we talked about the Test of English as a Foreign Language, or TOEFL. A listener in Cambodia named Thida asks if American colleges and universities also accept the IELTS exam. IELTS is the International English Language Testing System. It was developed by the University of Cambridge ESOL examiners.
Cambridge ESOL says the test measures true-to-life ability to communicate in English for education, immigration or employment. The IELTS tests listening, reading, writing and speaking skills. It uses a mixture of accents and spellings, including British English and American English.
The test is used by government agencies, schools and professional organizations in one hundred and twenty countries. And, yes, that includes the United States. The many American schools that accepted the IELTS can be found on the Web at felts.org.
Some schools accept both the TOEFL and the IELTS, but the graduate school at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, for example, says it prefers the IEITS.
The listening and speaking parts are the same for everyone who takes the IELTS, but people have a choice of reading and writing tests -- either academic or general training.
The listening test takes thirty minutes. There are forty questions based on a recording. The reading test takes sixty minutes. Students answer forty questions based on three written passages.
The writing test also takes sixty minutes. Students have to write two essays. One essay has to be at least one hundred and fifty words long and the other at least two hundred and fifty words. The shorter one is description of something; the longer one has to support and argument.
The speaking test takes less than fifteen minutes. The score is based on a recorded talk between the student and a test examiner.
And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. If you have a general question for our series, write to special@voanews.com. I'm Barbara Klein.
小題1:What does TOEFL stand for?
A．The Voice of AmericaB．The International English Language Testing System
C．The Test of English as a Foreign Language
D．The Test of English as a Native Language
小題2:The International English Language Testing System commonly takes _______ in all.
A．less than 160 minutesB．more than 165 minutes
C．no more than 160 minutesD．less than 166 minutes
小題3: According to the passage, we can infer _______.
A．IELTS is efficient and necessary if you want to go to English-speaking countries
B．IELTS is completely different from TOEFL
C．every American needs to accept TOEFLD．IEITS isn't used more widely than TOEFL
小題4:What is the main idea of the passage?
A．How can the readers write papers to the VOA programme?
B．It talks about some ways to pass TOEFL.
C．It introduces IELTS.
D．How can the readers pass two kinds of tests?

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Tuesday’s Daily News said 29-year-old Julien Duret from France was the man who left the spot quickly after the rescue last Saturday.
He lifted the little girl out of the water after she fell off the bank at the South Street Seaport museum. He handed the girl to her father, David Anderson, who had dived in after him.
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A．To meet his girlfriend.B．To spend his holiday.
C．To work as an engineer.D．To visit the Andersons.
小題2:What did Duret do shortly after the ambulance came?
A．He was interviewed by a newspaper.
B．He went to the hospital in the ambulance.
C．He disappeared from the spot quickly.
D．He asked his girlfriend for his dry clothes.
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A．David AndersonB．A passer-byC．His girlfriendD．A taxi driver
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China launched its fifth Beidou orbiter into space on Sunday morning, moving it one step closer to its goal of building a navigation(導(dǎo)航) and positioning satellite network.
The Beidou, or Compass, system is being built to rival the US-developed GPS, the European Union's Galileo and Russia's Global Navigation Satellite System. It can allow travelers, drivers and military officials to know their locations.
The fifth orbiter was launched on top of a Long March 3A carrier rocket at 5:30 am on Sunday from Xichang of Southwest China's Sichuan province.
It is the third Compass satellite launched this year, following launches on Jan 17 and June 2.
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Sun Jiadong, the Beidou program's chief designer, said on June 21 in a TV interview that China would launch 13 to 15 Beidou navigation satellites into orbit by 2012 to form a network that provides regional service covering the neighboring areas.
And in about 10 years, the network would be expanded to include more than 30 satellites covering the globe, he said.
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In addition, a global positioning system is crucial to any country's national security and defense, said Ran Chengqi, an official in charge of the program, referring to the fact that the US initially built its GPS system for military purposes.
It is unimaginable for China to go without such a system, he said.
Earlier reports cited（引用） Song Xiaojun, a Beijing-based military expert, as saying that 90 percent of the world's current weapons systems need a global positioning system.
小題1:This news report was probably released           .
A．in January, 2010B．in June, 2010C．in July, 2010D．in August, 2010
小題2:The Compass System is expected to finally cover     in the future.
A．ChinaB．China and its neigh boring areas
C．Asia, Europe and OceaniaD．the earth
小題3:At the very beginning, the GPS system was built to help      .
A．military officers to judge their locationsB．travelers to know their locations
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Studies have shown that happy workers are more productive. In fact, a researcher at California State University found that humour could help the employees to release tension.
Research done by psychologist Dr. Ashton Trice at Mary Baldwin College in Virginia showed that humour helps us think. When people feel stuck on important projects, they tend to feel angry or depressed.  According to Dr. Trice's research, taking time out to laugh can help us to get rid of negative feelings and allow us to return to a task or move on to another project unaffected by past defeat.
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B．make you have a rich life
C．make you pleased with your work
D．help you to make more friends
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B．they don't know the positive effects of humour
C．they think they should obey the rules
D．they don't like joking or laughing
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B．to get along with
C．to be worried
D．to be successful
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A．People with a Sense of Humour.
B．Humour Is Important in the Workplace.
C．Humour and Humourless.
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Berlin — Germany will allow entry 20,000 foreign high-tech workers, under a plan announced on May 31st. Chancellor(總理) Gerhard Schroreder sees this as a way to keep the country from falling behind in information technology.
The plan for this so-called ‘green cards’, not like the US work permit system, came in answer to industry demands that there were not enough qualified workers to fill positions.
Workers who came to Germany under the new rules, effective from August will be given a five-year work permit after proving they have completed studies in a related field or can promise to at least 100,000 marks (US$48 000).
Family members are also allowed, though they too will receive work permits. “They are strong competition in the rest of the world for these people,” Schroreder said mentioning not only the United States but also British and France. Germany would be making a mistake if it didn’t take part in this competition.
He said employers have already offered 11,000 jobs through a “green card hotline” and some 4,700 applications emailed information requests.
The Chancellor also said the number of workers and the time limits of their stay may be extended, possibly under current German law. Allowing the workers to stay longer means they could finally become citizens. Since the beginning of this year, foreigners who have lived in the country for eight years can ask for being naturalized.
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A. is a less-developed country                            B. used to be a developed country
C. is short of high-tech workers                  D. once lost interest in information technology
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A. is only in America，Britain and France
B. has nothing to do with small countries
C. is weak in Asian countries
D. will affect the future of a country
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