The weather symbol shown for each day in the five-day forecast represents the predominant（主要的）weather expected on the day in question.  This is calculated based on a weighting of different types of weather, so if a day is forecast to be sunny with the possibility of a brief shower, then we will see s sunny or partly cloudy symbol rather than a rain cloud. The maximum temperature is the highest temperature forecast between dawn and dusk, whereas the minimum temperature is the lowest temperature expected from dusk on the day in question to dawn the following day. The wind speed and direction are the expected conditions at midday. For information about your local weather station, or any other questions, refer to the Site FAQ.

49. According to the report, on which day will the people in Beijing experience the biggest temperature change?

A. On Friday              B. On Saturday         C. On Sunday    D. On Thursday

50. If a day is forecast to be sunny with the possibility of a brief shower, then _________

A. we will see a sunny or partly cloudy symbol.

B. we will see a rain cloud.

C. we will see a heavy rain in a short time.

D. we will see sun and shower altogether.

51. What will the weather be like in the coming five days in general in Beijing?

A. Rainy            B. Cloudy         C. Sunny          D. Snowy

52. What can Site FAQ most probably be according to the passage?

A.  A brand          B. A newspaper              C. A TV station     D. A website.

Modcm inventions have speeded up people’s lives amazingly. Motor-cars cover a bundred miles in little more than an hour. Aireraft cross the world a day, while computers operate at lightning speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every ycar motor-cars are produced which go even faster each new computer boasts（吹噓）of saving preeious seconds in handling tasks.
All this saves timc, but at a prick.When we lose or gain half a day in speeding aeross the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the uncomfoerable feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel tlru they have been left bebind in anot ar nine zoors Again pending too long at compulers resul’s in painti ninrts and fingers. Mobile phones also to dange according to some seientists; too much uss may thesmit h bul radiation into our brains, a we do not like to think about.
Howave, what do we do with the time we have saved?Certainly not or so it seems. We are so accustomed to constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing, or even just one thing at a time. Pcrhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imavination take us into another world.
There was a time when some people’s lives were devotcd simply to the cultivation of the land or the eare of eattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives wenl on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. There is much that we might envy about a way of life like this. Yet before we do so ,we must think of the hard tasks our ancestors faeed;:they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone. Modem machinery has freed peope fre that primitive existcnee.
1.The new rooucts opcome more and more time-saving beeause_________.
A.our love of speed secure never-ending
B.time is limited
C.theprices are increasingly high
D.the manufacturers boast a lot
2.What does“the days”in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A.I maginary life               B.Simple life in the past
C.Times of inventions           D.Time for constant activity
3.What is the author’s attitude towards the modem teehnology?
A.Critical            B.Objective        C.Optimistic            D.Negative
4.What does the pa mge mainly diseuss?
A.The present and past times             B.Machinary and human beings
C.Imaginations and inventions            D.Modem technology and its influenec

         Modcm inventions have speeded up people’s lives amazingly. Motor-cars cover a bundred miles in little more than an hour. Aireraft cross the world a day, while computers operate at lightning speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every ycar motor-cars are produced which go even faster each new computer boasts（吹噓）of saving preeious seconds in handling tasks.

         All this saves timc, but at a prick.When we lose or gain half a day in speeding aeross the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the uncomfoerable feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel tlru they have been left bebind in anot ar nine zoors Again pending too long at compulers resul’s in painti ninrts and fingers. Mobile phones also to dange according to some seientists; too much uss may thesmit h bul radiation into our brains, a we do not like to think about.

         Howave, what do we do with the time we have saved?Certainly not or so it seems. We are so accustomed to constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing, or even just one thing at a time. Pcrhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imavination take us into another world.

         There was a time when some people’s lives were devotcd simply to the cultivation of the land or the eare of eattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives wenl on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. There is much that we might envy about a way of life like this. Yet before we do so ,we must think of the hard tasks our ancestors faeed;:they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone. Modem machinery has freed peope fre that primitive existcnee.

1.The new rooucts opcome more and more time-saving beeause_________.

         A.our love of speed secure never-ending

         B.time is limited

         C.theprices are increasingly high

         D.the manufacturers boast a lot

2.What does“the days”in Paragraph 3 refer to?

         A.I maginary life               B.Simple life in the past

         C.Times of inventions           D.Time for constant activity

3.What is the author’s attitude towards the modem teehnology?

         A.Critical            B.Objective        C.Optimistic            D.Negative

4.What does the pa mge mainly diseuss?

         A.The present and past times             B.Machinary and human beings

         C.Imaginations and inventions            D.Modem technology and its influenec

Toyota Motor Corp, Japan’s biggest carmaker, said on Friday it will recall 1,489 Lexus sedans (高級轎車) sold in China. "It will take us some time to ship the fuel tanks and vent pipes to China to change those in these Lexus sedans for customers free of charge, if problems are found," said Yang Hongjian, a spokes- woman of Toyota’s China representative office.

The expected recall will affect Lexus LS430 sedans made in Japan from July 29, 2003 to January 14, 2004, the repre??sentative office said in a statement. Toyota has not received complaints from Chinese customers, according to the state??ment. The move will be part of Toyota’s global recall of 18,200 Lexus LS430s. It will be the third car recall in China in two weeks. Although automobile recall is a common prac??tice in developed markets, it remains new to Chinese customers. The Chinese government published long-awaited automo??bile recall rules on March 15, which will be officially carried out at the beginning of October.

China’s auto market is forecast to reach 10 million units by 2010. Automakers, especially Chinese producers, will face greater pressure from automobile recalls, which could be very costly sometimes, and should be in full preparations, accord??ing to the expert. The Japanese carmaker sold 1, 549 Lexus vehicles on the Chinese mainland during the first five months of this year, according to Yang. Lexus sales on the mainland reached 4,000 units last year, up from 1,600 units in 2002. (China Daily July 3, 2004)

1. What can we learn from the text?

A. Chinese customers are not satisfied with Toyota Lexus LS430 sedans.

B. Chinese car market has seen car recalls three times so far.

C. Toyota will have a worldwide recall of Lexus LS430 sedans.

D. Toyota Motor start to recall Lexus Sedans due to the problems with fuel tanks.

2. The carmakers were unwilling to recall their cars in the past mainly because ______.

A. they were not fully prepared

B. they couldn’t afford the cost for their car recalls

C. their products could not meet the required standard

D. there were no related rules and little pressure

3. It is implied in the passage that ______.

A. sales of homemade automobiles will grow even faster

B. automobile recalls will take place in China more fre??quently

C. China’s car market is forecast to be the biggest by 2010 in the world

D. Toyota is likely to sell the most Lexus Sedans in China in the future

4. Which of the following is the best tide of this passage?

A. Toyota to Recall Its Lexus Sedans Sold in China

B. China Prepares to Recall Cars

C. The Problems in China’s Car Market

D. Costly Japanese Car Recalls

         Modcm inventions have speeded up people’s lives amazingly. Motor-cars cover a bundred miles in little more than an hour. Aireraft cross the world a day, while computers operate at lightning speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every ycar motor-cars are produced which go even faster each new computer boasts（吹噓）of saving preeious seconds in handling tasks.

         All this saves timc, but at a prick.When we lose or gain half a day in speeding aeross the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the uncomfoerable feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel tlru they have been left bebind in anot ar nine zoors Again pending too long at compulers resul’s in painti ninrts and fingers. Mobile phones also to dange according to some seientists; too much uss may thesmit h bul radiation into our brains, a we do not like to think about.

         Howave, what do we do with the time we have saved?Certainly not or so it seems. We are so accustomed to constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing, or even just one thing at a time. Pcrhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imavination take us into another world.

         There was a time when some people’s lives were devotcd simply to the cultivation of the land or the eare of eattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives wenl on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. There is much that we might envy about a way of life like this. Yet before we do so ,we must think of the hard tasks our ancestors faeed;:they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone. Modem machinery has freed peope fre that primitive existcnee.

1.The new rooucts opcome more and more time-saving beeause_________.

         A.our love of speed secure never-ending

         B.time is limited

         C.theprices are increasingly high

         D.the manufacturers boast a lot

2.What does“the days”in Paragraph 3 refer to?

         A.I maginary life               B.Simple life in the past

         C.Times of inventions           D.Time for constant activity

3.What is the author’s attitude towards the modem teehnology?

         A.Critical            B.Objective        C.Optimistic            D.Negative

4.What does the pa mge mainly diseuss?

         A.The present and past times             B.Machinary and human beings

         C.Imaginations and inventions            D.Modem technology and its influenec