Beijing, April 2-Starting from this year, the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau will begin to promote a
home medical service. With this service a medical team which is made up of a doctor, a nurse and a
medical health worker will be sent to some communities in the city. They will set up a medical filing
recorder for every resident in community and publicize their contact information to them. If people in the
community feel sick, they can consult their community doctor first. If community doctors cannot treat their
illness, they will then be transferred to large hospitals. Liang Wan, deputy director of the Beijing
Municipal Health Bureau, made the statement last Friday .
      In addition ,the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau will set up some funds to train home medical service workers for families whose members suffer either from high blood pressure, diabetes,cerebral apoplexy ,
or coronary heart disease . The home medical service workers will remind patients to take pills on time
and lead the patients to follow some health tips in their daily life. They will also learn some practical
knowledge to save patients in case of an emergency .
     The work will first begin in the medical service room in the 25 community centers and spread to all
communities in Beijing. The disease prevention and control centers at various counties and districts in
Beijing will be responsible for teaching community doctors and giving home medical service lectures, or
advice . These workers will not be able to work until they pass related examination and obtain the work
certificates. It is expected that by the end of this year, there will be 10000 home medical service workers
in Beijing .

1. Where does a person go to see first if he gets sick according to the passage ?

A. The community clinics.          
B. Large hospital .
C. Private clinic .                  
D. Small hospital .

2. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A.The medical team which is made up of a doctor, a nurse and a medical health worker will
    set up a medical filing record for every resident.
B. The home medical service workers not only give some healthy suggestions to the patients,
     but also learn practical knowledge about first aid.
C. Some funds will be provided by Beijing Municipal Health Bureau for home medical service training.
D. The government aims to offer the home medical service for free.

3. If you want to work as a home medical worker, you need to _____.  

A. receive the training about medical service.
B. pass related examinations.
C. obtain the work certificates.
D. All the above.

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A. All communities in Beijing have started home medical service.
B. People in Beijing will not easily get ill.
C. Medical service in Beijing will be promoted greatly in the future.
D. The other cities in China should learn from Beijing.

5. The main purpose of the passage is _____ .

A. to introduce community service in Beijing.
B. to report home medical service available in Beijing.
C. to provide some efficient treatments for diseases in community.
D. to describe a special medical team in Beijing.

     WENZHOU(Xinhua) -The train collision in east China's Zhejiang Province has killed 39 people and
left 192 others injured as of Sunday night, said a spokesman with the Ministry of Railways.
     A total of 132 people are still being treated in hospitals, said Wang Yongping, spokesman with the
ministry at a press conference. Eleven people remain in critical condition, said Cheng Jinguo, head of the
health bureau in the city of Wenzhou, where the collision happened Saturday night. Cheng said at the
press conference that 52 people who suffered slight injuries had been discharged from hospital. Wang
expressed condolences (哀悼) to the concerning families and sincere apology to all the passengers.
     The train's black box has been discovered and the ministry is investigating the cause of the crash,
Wang said the ministry will make public the cause of the accident as soon as the investigation is done and
publish the names of the killed and injured.
     He said the crash has caused large number of casualties and great property losses. The ministry will
find out the cause through thorough investigation and take effective measures to prevent similar accidents.
     Despite the accident, the spokesman said the ministry is still confident in the high-speed train. "China's
high-speed train is advanced and qualified. We have confidence in it," he said.
     The damaged rails have been repaired and were ready to restart operation but the reopening was
delayed by the stormy weather, according to Wang. Wang did not provide the exact time when the line
would start operating again.
     The accident occurred at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday on a bridge near Wenzhou when bullet train D301
rear-ended (追尾) D3115, which reportedly lost power after lightning strike.

1. According to Cheng Jinguo, ______ people who had been slightly injured had been recovered and
    left hospital.

A. 39      
B. 139        
C. 52       
D. 11

2. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. The operation was restarted the next day.
B. There was a thunderstorm when the trains crashed.
C. The cause of the collision was made clear.
D. Similar accidents would be avoided in later operations.

3. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The Railway Ministry is investigating the cause with the help of the  "black box".
B. Bullet train D301 hit the train D3115 that stopped ahead of it due to lack of power.
C. Bullet train D3115 was forced to stop as a result of human interference.
D. The operation of the line would be restarted with the stormy weather over.

4. What can be the best title of the passage?

A. Trains Crashed Causing Deaths and Damage.
B. Terrible Weather Leading to Trains' Collision.
C. Investigations upon Trains' Collision.
D. Confidence in Development of High-speed Trains.

5. This passage is most likely to be taken from ________.

A. a science fiction      
B. an essay  
C. a travel brochure  
D. a newspaper

     BEIJING-Apple Inc is one step closer to beginning sales of iPad2 tablet computers with cellular  
network compatibility (兼容) for the first time in the Chinese mainland, where the consumer-electronics
giant is in the midst of an aggressive expansion.
     According to China's Telecommunication Equipment Certification Center, a device by Apple with
third-generation high-speed wireless data capabilities was issued the network access license needed for
the company to begin official sales in China. The device, listed under model number "A1396", is
compatible with the 3G standard WCDMA, and would work with the cellular network operated by
Apple's local iPhone partner, China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd.
       China Unicom declined  to comment.
       Apple already offers the 3G iPad2 in Hong Kong through its partners, but currently only offers
Wi-Fi versions of the device in the Chinese mainland. Still, consumers in China, which according to
research firm IDC surpassed  the US as the world's largest PC market in the second quarter, have been
purchasing 3G tablets through unofficial channels.
       Separately, Apple spokeswoman Carolyn Wu said on Sept 6 that the company's first Hong Kong
store, set to open this quarter, will be located in the city's central shopping and business district in the
International Finance Center's upscale (高檔的) IFC mall, a commercial center and sightseeing spot
along the city's waterfront. Wu also said that Apple is planning a new store in Shanghai later this quarter,
which will be its biggest store in China. She declined to give more details or to comment on the 3G iPad2.
       Apple currently has four full-service Apple stores in the mainland, which receive the most traffic of
any Apple stores in the world. The company otherwise relies on resellers to get its products into the
market.
       The new stores reflect Apple's confidence in rising demand for its products such as smart phones
and tablet computers. Sales in the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan helped boost (增長) the
company's third-quarter results, newly appointed Chief Executive Tim Cook said in July. China revenue (收益) surged (激增) six-fold to about $3.8 billion during the three months ended June 25.
       "This has been a substantial (重大) opportunity for Apple and I firmly believe that we're just
scratching the surface right now," Cook said at the time, referring to strong sales in China. "I see an
incredible opportunity for Apple there."
       From China Daily 2011-09-08

1. According to the news, which of the following statements is true?     

A. WCDMA is not the only 3G standard in the world.
B. Apple Inc sells its products in the market of the Chinese mainland all by its own stores.
C. The consumers in China can only get iPad2 of Wi-Fi versions.
D. Chinese mainland is the second largest PC market in this year's second quarter.

2. Which one of the following phrases can replace the underlined word in paragraph 1?

A. in the interests of    
B. in the front of    
C. in the process of        
D. in the case of

3. How many full-service Apple stores are there in China?   

A. 4.            
B . 6.            
C. 8.          
D. Unknown.

4. By saying "we're just scratching the surface right now", Cook means ________.    

A. they don't know much about China's market
B. they will sell more products and gain more profit in China
C. they need to obtain more permission from China's government
D. they ignored the rural market in China

     A 7.0 magnitude (級) earthquake killed more than 230,000 people in Haiti. Then an 8.8 magnitude
quake killed more than 900 people in Chile. And few weeks later, a 6.0 magnitude quake struck rural
eastern Turkey, killing at least 57 people.
     The earthquakes kept coming hard and fast.   1  It's not. The problem is what's happening above
ground, not underground, experts say.
       2  They're rapidly putting up buildings that can't stand up to earth quakes, scientists believer.
     And news reports and better earthquake monitoring make it seem as if earth quakes are increasing all
the time.
     On average, there are 134 earthquakes a year that have a magnitude between 6.0 and 6.9. So far this
year there have been 40 earthquakes-more than in most years for that time period. But that's because the 8.8 quake in Chile caused a large number of strong aftershocks.
     Also, it's not the number of quakes, but their destructive effects that gain attention. The death is largely due to building standards,   3   Paul Earle, a US seismologist, called for better building standards in the
world's big cities.
     Of the 130 cities worldwide with populations of more than I million, more than half are likely to be hit
by earthquakes.   4  "If you have a problem feeding yourself, you're not really going to worry about
earthquakes," said Paul.
     The earthquakes made everyone start to think   5   "People are paying attention to the violent planet
we're always lived on. Come back an another six moths if there has been no earthquakes, most people
will have forgotten it again," said US disaster researcher Dennis Mileti.
A. But it won't last.
B. More people are moving into big cities.
C. Earthquakes don't kill people, buildings do.
D. There have been more deaths overt the past decade from earthquakes.
E. Many people began to wonder if something terrible is happening underground.
F. While it seems as if the are more earthquakes occurring, there really aren't.
G. But developing nations with growing populations don't pay attention to earthquake  preparedness.

     WENZHOU(Xinhua)-The train collision in east China's Zhejiang Province has killed 39 people and
left 192 others injured as of Sunday night, said a spokesman with the Ministry of Railways.
     A total of 132 people are still being treated in hospitals, said Wang Yongping, spokesman with the
ministry at a press conference. Eleven people remain in critical condition, said Cheng Jinguo, head of the
health bureau in the city of Wenzhou, where the collision happened Saturday night. Cheng said at the
press conference that 52 people who suffered slight injuries had been discharged from hospital. Wang
expressed condolences (哀悼) to the concerning families and sincere apology to all the passengers.
     The train's "black box" has been discovered and the ministry is investigating the cause of the crash,
Wang said. Wang said the ministry will make public the cause of the accident as soon as the investigation
is done and publish the names of the killed and injured. He said the crash has caused large number of
casualties and great property losses. The ministry will find out the cause through thorough investigation
and take effective measures to prevent similar accidents.
     Despite the accident, the spokesman said the ministry is still confident in the high-speed train. "China's
high-speed train is advanced and qualified. We have confidence in it," he said.
The damaged rails have been repaired and were ready to restart operation but the reopening was delayed by the stormy weather, according to Wang. Wang did not provide the exact time when the line would
start operating again.
     The accident occurred at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday on a bridge near Wenzhou when bullet train D301
rear-ended (追尾)D3115, which reportedly lost power after lightning strike.

1. According to Cheng Jianguo, ______ people who had been slightly injured had been
     recovered and left hospital.

A. 39              
B. 139              
C. 52                
D. 11

2. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. The operation was restarted the next day.
B. There was a thunderstorm when the trains crashed.
C. The cause of the collision was made clear.
D. Similar accidents would be avoided in later operations.

3. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The Railway Ministry is investigating the cause with the help of the "black box".
B. Bullet train D301 hit the train D3115 that stopped ahead of it due to lack of power.
C. Bullet train D3115 was forced to stop as a result of human interference.
D. The operation of the line would be restarted with the stormy weather over.

4. What can be the best title of the passage?

A. Trains Crashed Causing Deaths and Damage.
B. Terrible Weather Leading to Trains' Collision.
C. Investigations upon Trains' Collision.
D. Confidence in Development of High-speed Trains.

     BERLIN - With the crisis in Japan raising fears about nuclear power, Germany and Switzerland said
on Monday that they would reassess the safety of their own reactors.
     Doris Leuthard, the Swiss energy minister, said Switzerland would put off plans to build nuclear plants. She said no new ones would be permitted until experts had reviewed safety standards.
     Germany will put off "the recently decided extension of the running time of German nuclear plants,
" Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters. "This moratorium (延緩)will run for three months and it will allow for a thorough examination of the safety standards of the county's 17 nuclear power plants.
     The European Union called for a meeting on Tuesday of nuclear safety authorities to assess Europe's
preparedness.
     Germany's foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, called for a new risk analysis of the country's nuclear
plants, particularly regarding their cooling systems. He is the leader of the Free Democratic Party, which
strongly supports nuclear power.
     A previous government, led by the Social Democrats, passed a law in 2001 to close all the country's
nuclear plants by 2021. But Mrs. Merkel's government changed that decision last year to extend the lives
of the plants by an average of 12 years.
     In Switzerland, Doris Leuthard said she had already asked to analyze the exact cause of the problems
in Japan and draw up new or tougher safety standards "particularly in terms of seismic(地震的) safety and cooling."
     In Russia, the Prime Minister said his government would "draw conclusions from what's going on in
Japan."

1. Where can you most likely read this passage?

A. In a newspaper.  
B. In a magazine.
C. In a science report.  
D. In a diary.

2. How will Germany react to Japan's nuclear crisis?

A. Germany will close all the country's nuclear plants.
B. Germany will hold a meeting of nuclear safety authorities.
C. Germany will change the decision made last year.
D. Germany will delay the extension of nuclear plants running time.

3. The author mentions all the following EXCEPT ______.

A. The moratorium in Germany will give time to examine the nuclear plants safety standards.
B. Switzerland will not build new nuclear plants unless they meet the experts' safety standards.
C. The Social Democrats in Germany shares the same view with the Free Democratic Party.
D. Russia will try to learn something from the nuclear power crisis in Japan.

4. What is the best title of the passage?

A. Watch Out for the Danger of Nuclear Power
B. Europe Is against Building Nuclear Plants
C. Nuclear Plants in Europe Are Delayed
D. Opinions on Nuclear Power Are Opposite.

     CHICAGO (Reuters) - Swine flu has killed nearly 10,000 Americans, including 1,100 children and
7,500 younger adults, and infected one in six people in the United States since arriving last April, health
officials said on Thursday.
     Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said more
than 200,000 Americans had been hospitalized - about the same number who are affected by seasonal
flu in an entire year.
     "About 15 percent of the entire country has been infected with H1N1 influenza, or about one in six
people," Frieden told a media briefing.
"That still leaves most people not having been infected and still remaining susceptible to H1N1 influenza,
" he said.
     He said supplies of H1N1 vaccine (疫苗) had continued to improve, and some 85 million doses of
the vaccine had been made available for distribution so far, with 12 million more doses added this week.
     That is up from 73 million doses a week ago - but still far fewer than had been hoped for by this week.
     Even so, Frieden said vaccine supplies had opened up enough that states were beginning to distribute
the vaccine to the general population.
     He urged people not to be complacent about (沾沾自喜) getting the vaccine because of reports that
the current wave of H1N1 influenza is decreasing.
     "This is still a good window of opportunity to be vaccinated," he said. "Vaccination remains the most
important thing you can do to protect yourself and your family from H1N1 influenza."
     He said the seasonal flu season was beginning and it was not clear what would happen with H1N1 or
whether there would be a third wave of the virus in the spring.
     "We know that the more people who get vaccinated, the lower the likelihood will be of additional
cases or a third wave," Frieden said.
     In a typical year, seasonal influenza kills 36,000 Americans and puts 200,000 into the hospital.

1. Which of the following is FALSE according to the passage?

A. Nearly 10,000 Americans, including 1,100 children and 7,500 younger adults died.
B. One sixth people in the United States were infected by Swine flu.
C. More than 200,000 Americans had been in hospital.
D. The American government had distribute most of the vaccine to the general population.

2. In the sentence "This is still a good window of opportunity to be vaccinated," the "
     window of opportunity" means ______.

A. favourable time
B. bad luck
C. unfortunate occasion
D. favourable window

3. Seasonal influenza ______. 

A. usually cause more deaths and a lot of people in hospital
B. will be a third wave in the next spring
C. will continue to spread
D. will make more people affected

4. According to the passage, people in America should ______.

A. forget H1N1 influenza because it is decreasing gradually
B. continue to protect themselves and their family from H1N1 influenza though it is decreasing
C. be complacent about getting the vaccine because of reports
D. often go outdoors

  Harry Potter stars add         A tour of discovering         Do Hollywood stars
  magic to young rich.             Normandy.                          guarantee a film's success?

Save Emergency Rooms       Her theories on children's      Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey,
for emergencies.                   psychological problems        with Ms. McCarthy's son, in an
                                            created a sensation.            anti-vaccine rally.
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1. The debate has been raging for years over the safety of, and necessity for, childhood
vaccinations, which has been so much so that it is termed "The Vaccine War". The debate has
only a few moments that might be inspiring to those who have been following this now familiar
issue.______
2. There are certainly benefits of using a star in a film. It makes the film easier to market. Stars
also help sell more tickets and drive DVD sales, which are a big part of studio revenue. However,
a star does not guarantee success. The simple fact is that if you pay a star a great deal of money
for a film that people don't want to see, then it won't work.______
3. They are barely in their twenties and are already multimillionaires. At the age when many people
are looking for their first job, the youngsters of The Sunday Times Rich List are buying country
estates or jetting off to their overseas homes. Daniel Radcliffe, for example, who plays Harry
Potter, has a fortune of ?42 million, at 20.______
4. Millions of jobless Americans, who might be suffering in anxiety and lacking a sense of security,
are showing up at emergency rooms of state-owned hospitals, contributing to a longer waiting t
ime and a higher risk of cursory treatment by overworked doctors and nurses.______
5. Alice Miller, a psychology expert, who died at 87 at home in Provence, France, on April 14
,repositioned the family as a central place of abnormal psychological function with her theory that
parental power and punishment lay at the root of nearly all human problems.______

     MONTREAL (Reuters) -Crossing the US-Canada border (邊界) to go to church on a Sunday cost
a US citizen $10,000 for breaking Washington's strict new security (安全) rules.
     The expensive trip to church was a surprise for Richard Albert, who lives right on the Canadian border. Like the other half-dozen people of Township 15, crossing the border is a daily occurrence for Albert.
The nearby Quebec village of St. Pamphile is where they shop, eat and go to church.
     There are many such situations in these areas along the largely unguarded 5, 530-mile border between Canada and the US, which in some cases actually runs down the middle of streets or through buildings.
     As a result, Albert says he did not expect any problems three weeks ago when he returned home to
the US after attending church in Canada, as usual. The US customs(海關) station in this area is closed
on Sundays, so he just drove around the locked gate, as he had done every weekend since the gate
appeared last May, following a tightening of border security. Two days later, Albert was told to go to the
customs office, where an officer told him he had been caught on camera crossing the border illegally.
     Ottawa has given out special passes to some 300 US citizens in that area so they can enter the country when Canadian customs stations are closed, but the US stopped a similar program last May. That forces
the people to a 200-mile detour along hilly roads to get home through another border checkpoint.
     Albert has requested that the customs office change their decisions on the fine, but he has not attended a Sunday church since. "I feel like I'm living in a prison," he said.

1. We learn from the text that Richard Albert is       .

A. an American living in Township 15
B. a Canadian living in a Quebec village
C. a Canadian working in a customs station
D. an American working in a Canadian church

2. Albert was fined because he       .

A. failed to obey traffic rules
B. broke the American security rules
C. worked in St. Pamphile without a pass
D. damaged the gate of the customs office

3. The underlined word "detour" in Paragraph 5 means      .

A. a drive through the town
B. a race across the fields
C. a roundabout way of traveling
D. a journey in the mountain area

4. What would be the best title for the text?

A. A Cross-country Trip
B. A Special Border Pass
C. An Unguarded Border
D. An Expensive Church Visit

     A report, published in last week's Journal of the American Medical Association, offers a picture of
how risky it is to get a lift from a teenage driver. Indeed, a l6-year-old driver with three or more passengers is three times as likely to have a fatal (致命) accident as a teenager driving alone. By contrast, the risk
of death for drivers between 30 and 59 decreases with each additional passenger.
     The author also found that the death rates for teenage drivers increased dramatically after 10 p. m.,
and especially after midnight. With passengers in the car, the driver was even more likely to die in a
late-night accident.
     Robert Foss, a scientist at the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center, says
the higher death rates for teenage drivers have less to do with "really stupid behavior" than with just a
lack of driving experience. "The basic thing," he says, "is that adults who are responsible for issuing (發(fā)
放) licenses fail to recognize how skilled a task driving is."
     Both he and the author of the study believe that the way to reduce the harm is to have so-called
graduated licensing systems,in which getting a license is a slower process. A graduated license requires
that a teenager first prove himself capable of driving in the presence of an adult, followed by a period of
driving at night with a limited number of passengers before graduating to get a full driving license.
     Graduated licensing systems have reduced teenage driver crashes,according to recent studies. About
half of the states now have some sort of graduated licensing system in place, but only 10 of those states
have number limitation on passengers. California is the strictest, with a new driver prohibited from
carrying any passenger under 20 for the first six months.

1.Which of the following situations is most dangerous according to the passage?

A. Adults giving a lift to teenagers on the highway after l0 p.m.
B. A teenager driving after midnight with passengers in the car.
C. Adults driving with three or more teenage passengers late at night.
D. A teenager getting a lift from a stranger on the highway at midnight.

2. According to Robert Foss,the high death rate of teenage drivers is mainly due to ________.

A. their frequent driving at night
B. their lack of driving experience
C. their improper way of driving
D. their driving with passengers

3.Which of the following statements is true according to Paragraph 3?

A. Teenagers should spend more time learning to drive.
B. Driving is a skill too difficult for teenagers to learn.
C. Teenagers should be limited in taking driving lessons.
D. People issuing license are partly responsible for the accidents.

4. A suggested measure to be taken to reduce teenagers' driving accidents is that ________.

A. driving in the presence of an adult should be made a rule
B. they should be forbidden to take on passengers
C. they should not be allowed to drive after l0 p. m.
D. the licensing systems should be improved