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New York Time—A gunman killed eight people at a mall in Omaha this afternoon and then killed himself, setting off panic among holiday shoppers, the police said．
“The person who we believe to be the shooter has died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds,” Sgt． Teresa Negron of the Omaha Police Department said at televised news． “We have been able to clear the mall,” she said． “We don’t believe we have any other shooters．” The police said that at least five other people had been injured in the shootings．
She did not give the shooter’s identity． “We are still conducting the investigation,” Sergeant Negron said, adding that the city’s mayor, who was out of town, was on his way back to Omaha．
    She said the police received a 911 call from someone inside the Westroads Mall on the west side of Omaha, and shots could be heard in the background． The first police officers arrived at the mall six minutes after the first call, she said, but by then the shootings were over．
    It is reported that the gunman left a suicide note that was found at his home by relatives． A law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity （匿名） said the note indicated that the gunman wanted to “go out in style．”
The shootings broke the usually banal routine of holiday shopping． The gunman was said by some witnesses to have fired about 20 shots into a crowd． Some customers and workers ran screaming from the mall, while others dived into dressing rooms to hide from the shooter．
Shoppers and store workers were trapped inside the mall, which has roughly 135 stores． Others streamed out of mall exits with their hands raised． President Bush was in Omaha this morning to deliver a speech, but he had left the city by the time the shootings took place．
【小題1】 Where did the shooting first come out?

A．In a newspaper	B．On the Internet
C．In TV news	D．In a police poster

【小題2】 What do the underlined words “go out in style” probably mean?

A．go out of the mall in particular clothes

B．walk in the mall with everybody focused on

C．go to a socially event by fashionable means

D．stop his life in a impressive way

【小題3】 Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．Nobody knows why the shooter did so and nothing was found at his home．

B．The city’s mayor happened not to be in the city when the shooting took place．

C．Police arrived at the mall before the shootings were over and rescued customers．

D．The official who showed what the note mean have no request of his own identity．

【小題4】 We can infer from the passage that ______．

A．There is only one shooter in this event．

B．The shooting created fears among the customers．

C．An important holiday is coming soon．

D．President Bush came here for the shooting．

BRITAIN is a popular tourist place. But tours of the country have pros and cons.
Good news
Free museums: No charge for outstanding collections of art and antiquities(古董).
Pop music: Britain is the only country to rival(與……比敵)the US on this score.
Black cabs: London taxi drivers know where they are going even if there are never enough of them at weekends or night.
Choice of food: Visitors can find everything from Ethiopian to Swedish restaurants.
Fashion: Not only do fashion junkies love deeply and respect highly brand names such as Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen; street styles are justly loved, too.
Bad news
Poor service: “It’s part of the image of the place. People can dine out on the rudeness they have experienced,” says Professor Tony Seaton of Luton University’s International Tourism Research Center.
Poor public transport: Trains and buses are promised to defeat the keenest tourists, although the over-crowded London tube is inexplicably(不可解的) popular.
Lack of language: Speaking slowly and clearly may not get many foreign visitors very far, even in the tourist traps.
Rain: Still in the number one complaint.
No air-conditioning: So that even splendidly hot summer become as unbearable as the downpours.
Overpriced hotels: The only European country with a higher rate of tax on hotel rooms is Denmark.
Licensing hours: Alcohol is in short supply after 11 p.m. even in 24-hour cities.
【小題1】What do we learn about pop music in Britain and the US through this passage?

A．Pop music in Britain is better than that in the US.

B．Pop music in Britain is as good as that in the US.

C．Pop music in Britain is worse than that in the US.

D．Pop music in Britain is quite different from that in the US.

【小題2】 When is alcohol not able to get?

A．At 9:00p.m.

B．At 10:00p.m

C．At 11:00p.m.

D．At 12:00p.m.

【小題3】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．You have to pay to visit the museums.	B．It’s very cheap to travel by taxi there.
C．You cannot find Chinese food there.	D．The public transport is poor there.

BEIJING, Oct. 8(Xinhua)——There are ten times as many Chinese newspapers and magazines than there were 30 years ago. That’s when the country adopted the reform and opening-up policy.
Figures from the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP)show there were 186 newspapers and 930 magazines in China in 1978. Today, the country has 2,081 newspapers and 9,363 different magazines.
In the meantime, official figures show China has some 600 publishing houses producing nearly 300,000 kinds of books. That’s a dramatic increase from the 105 publishers of the past that produced only 10,000 different books.
Rapid economic development and universal education since China adopted the reform has helped fuel the need for more information sources.
Under the market economy, hundreds of publishing houses and newspapers have taken steps to restructure management systems into corporations listed on the stock market.
The legal system overseeing the news and publishing industries in China has also changed over the last three decades. Since 1990 a law and five relevant(相關(guān)) regulations were adopted in 1990 to govern the sectors.
Since it started in 1993, digital publishing has flourished. Its industrial volume amounted to 20 billion yuan (2.93 billion U.S. dollars) in 2006. More than 500,000 kinds of digital books were produced last year alone in China, which is more than any other country in the world.
【小題1】Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A．Digital books take the place of common ones in China.

B．China has more newspapers and magazines.

C．More information sources are developing with the economy.

D．A law should be adopted to govern the publishing industries.

【小題2】There are ten times as many newspapers and magazines because ________.

A．the publishing houses want to make more money.

B．there are more readers along with the bigger population.

C．economic and education have developed under the policy.

D．the legal system overseeing the publishing industries has changed.

【小題3】Which is true according to this text?

A．The development of publishing industry in the past was out of control.

B．Hundreds of publishing houses have closed down and turned to stock market.

C．China adopted the reform and opening-up policy about 20 years ago.

D．China produces more digital books than any other country.

【小題4】 The underlined word “flourished” in Paragraph 7 probably means ________.

A．first appeared	B．fell down
C．well developed	D．successfully ended

【小題5】 You will probably read this text in the ________ column of XINHUA NET?

A．culture and education	B．entertainment
C．science and technology	D．business

Beijing, June 10 (Xinhua) --- Torrential (傾瀉的) rains that troubled southern China for days have killed 66 people and resulted in 12 missing by 6:00 p.m. (Beijing time) on Sunday, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. “Floods caused by heavy rains have affected about 294,800 hectares of crops, completely destroying 53,000 hectares of them,” said an official with the ministry. The floods have torn down 48,000 and damaged 94,000 houses in southern China, and forced about 591,000 people to move from their homes, the official said.
From Wednesday to Saturday, continuous torrential rains, mudslides and floods hit Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Jiangxi and Fujian, affecting more than 8.97 million people. The disasters have caused an overall economic loss of more than 2.9 billion yuan, according to the ministry. The ministry has sent rescue teams to the disaster areas to assist relief work. In Guangdong, heavy rains have killed 18 people and left four missing by 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, according to local authorities. A total of 1.72 million people were affected in the province.
Floods have damaged 49 roads in the seriously affected Meizhou City, of which 29 remained closed to traffic by 7:00 p.m. The number of people who died in floods in Guangxi has reached 13 and one remained missing by Sunday, according to local civil affairs authority. More than 1.97 million people have been affected after the floods caused by continuous heavy rains hit some 40 counties since Wednesday.
According to the local civil affairs bureau, 9,200 houses were knocked down and 75,181 hectares of crops were affected, resulting in 529 million yuan in direct economic losses. There are fewer rainstorms and the rain belt is moving out of Guangxi, but the water levels in major rivers will keep rising in next few days, according to the latest forecast of the region’s meteorological bureau on Sunday afternoon.
【小題1】 The underlined phrase “torn down” (para. 1) is closest in meaning to _______.

A．knocked down

B．placed down

C．set down

D．torn open

【小題2】 In Meizhou city, 49 roads were damaged and by 7:00 p.m. only _______ roads can be used again after the repair work.

A．66

B．29

C．20

D．19

【小題3】 Which of the following statements is true according to the news?

A．Hubei is one of the provinces struck by the torrential rains.

B．The floods have caused a total loss of nearly 3 billion yuan.

C．13 people died in Guangdong province as a result of the floods.

D．The rain belt will remain in Guangxi in the next few days.

【小題4】 What’s the best title for this news story?

A．A Disaster.

B．Heavy rains.

C．A Flood.

D．Heavy rains in Southern China.

【小題5】 What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．The rainstorms are becoming stronger.

B．The water levels in major rivers are to go down soon.

C．The rainstorms are becoming less powerful.

D．In the next few days, rainstorms will stay in Guangxi.

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - Walking with long steps and his smile lighting up a rainy afternoon, Barack Obama seems to have arrived to visit a school he attended as a boy. But wait. He's not real Obama. The US president is back in Washington, D. C.
So who is this guy? He's llham Anas, 34, a magazine photographer who has taken advantage of his perfect resemblance(相像) to Obama and turned it into his own wealth.
When his sister first mentioned the resemblance, Anas dismissed it. Then a friend asked him to pose as Obama in front of a US flag. He also refused. "I'm a photographer, not an object for the camera," he said.
However, as soon as he accepted the idea, his career took off. Recently a group of reporters followed him on a tour of the school Obama once attended. Anas sat in the classroom where the present US president once studied. He spoke a few lines in English. The moment he opened his mouth, however, the differences became clear. “Obama is a baritone (男中音) ,” Anas said.  “I'm not. I sound like a little boy.” He is also shorter than the president, but he makes up for that by practicing Obama's actions.    
He says he has made a request to meet President Obama when he arrives, but he hasn't heard back from the president' s schedules. Now he no longer sees an average guy. Now he sees a superstar.
Now, Anas hopes that Obama will win a second term in the White House. “The longer he's in office, the longer my fame will last,” he said.
【小題1】 What does the underlined part in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．Anas also thought he looked like Obama.

B．Anas was satisfied with his sister's comment.

C．Anas didn't think about the resemblance seriously.

D．Anas didn' t understand what his sister talked about.

【小題2】 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Obama has met Anas once in Indonesia.

B．Anas didn't become rich until he got to know Obama.

C．Obama studied in Indonesia when he was young.

D．Anas is a baritone but he can sound like a little boy.

【小題3】 We can learn from the passage that Anas now ______ .

A．longs for a simple life	B．is proud of his appearance
C．keeps in touch with Obama	D．wants to become a politician

【小題4】 Why does Anas hope Obama will be president in the next term？

A．He is a supporter of Obama.	B．He hopes Obama will see him.
C．He wants to be famous for longer.	D．He thinks Obama is a great politician.

【小題5】 What would be the best title for the passage?

A．An Obama Lookalike Becomes Popular in Asia

B．Obama Visits His Old School in Indonesia

C．A Man Practices Obama’s Typical Actions

D．Obama’s Face and Smile to Be Seen on TV

London Summer School in Classics
Dates
The London Summer School in Classics 2008 will be held at King’s College London. It will run from 8th July until 17th July. Applications close on 2nd June, 2008.
For an application form, please download either the 2-page PDF or the word format document from the foot of the page.
If you have any problems downloading the application form or any questions, please contact: London Summer School in Classics, King’s College London.
Tel: 020 7848 2299
Fax: 020 7848 2545
Organization
The school is organized by the colleges of the University of London. The summer school offers eight days of intensive teaching in Greek and Latin. There are four language classes each day as well as lectures and a debate, between 10:30 am and 4:30 pm. The course is not residential (提供住宿的), and there is no teaching during the weekend of 12th to 13th July.
The fee is £85.00. Travel grants (旅行補(bǔ)助金) are available as a contribution to your travel costs, but may not cover all your expenses. The travel grants are arranged during the summer school.
Teaching is generally in groups of 12-15 people and it, as far as possible, comprises (包含) of students of roughly the same level of experience. The style of teaching is friendly, but demanding: a lot of work is expected from students during the school, but they usually find the whole experience both stimulating and valuable. Some classes concentrate chiefly on reading, while others offer a mixture of grammar and translation practice. Our tutors include some of the most experienced and talented teachers of Classics in the London area and beyond.
The Summer School in Classics caters for a wide range of interests and for both school & university students as well as those who wish to learn Greek or Latin, or to revive their knowledge of the languages. Our principal concern is to provide a thorough program of language learning in a lively university environment.
【小題1】 To join in the school, you have to apply before ________.

A．8th July, 2008

B．2nd June, 2008

C．17th July, 2008

D．13th July, 2008

【小題2】 As a student of the school, you are probably asked to _______.

A．do a lot of reading in Greek and Latin

B．learn the grammar of Greek and Latin only

C．do some translation work only

D．speak Greek and Latin with experienced teachers

【小題3】What is the London Summer School in Classics most concerned about?

A．Providing a stimulating experience for students.

B．Promoting students to develop a wide range of interests.

C．Teaching students languages in a lively environment.

D．Improving students’ level of debating in the argument.

【小題4】 Which is one of the teaching ways of the school?

A．Student groups consist of the same level students strictly.

B．Students needn’t do any work in the class.

C．Students learn Greek and Latin by listening to teachers all day.

D．Students are generally divided into groups of 12-15.

【小題5】Which of the following can we know from the passage?

A．The fee is £85, including the travel costs.

B．Students needn’t go to class on 12th and 13th July.

C．People should fill in two application forms.

D．People can contact the school by phone or email.

Baekeland and Hartmann report that the “short sleepers” had been more or less average in their sleep needs until the men were in their teens. But at about age 15 or so, the men voluntarily began cutting down their nightly sleep time because of pressures from school, work, and other activities. These men tended to view their nightly periods of unconsciousness as bothersome interruptions in their daily routines.
　　 In general, these “short sleeps” appeared ambitious, active, energetic, cheerful, conformist(不動(dòng)搖) in their opinions, and very sure about their career choices. They often held several jobs at once, or workers full-or part-time while going to school. And many of them had a strong urge to appear “normal” or “acceptable” to their friends and associates.
　　When asked to recall their dreams, the “short sleepers” did poorly. More than this, they seemed to prefer not remembering. In similar fashion, their usual way of dealing with psychological problems was to deny that the problem existed, and then to keep busy in the hope that the trouble would go away.
　　The sleep patterns of the “short sleepers” were similar to, but less extreme than, sleep patterns shown by many mental patients categorized as manic(瘋?cè)?.
　　The “l(fā)ong sleepers” were quite different indeed. Baekeland and Hartmann report that these young men had been lengthy sleeps since childhood. They seemed to enjoy their sleep, protected it, and were quite concerned when they were occasionally robbed of their desired 9 hours of nightly bed rest. They tended to recall their dreams much better than did the “short sleepers.”
　　Many of the “l(fā)ong sleepers” were shy, anxious, introverted (內(nèi)向), inhibited (壓抑), passive, mildly depressed, and unsure of themselves (particularly in social situations). Several openly states that sleep was an escape from their daily problems.
【小題1】 According to the report,______.

A．many short sleepers need less sleep by nature

B．many short sleepers are forced to reduce their nightly sleep time because they are busy with their work

C．long sleepers sleep a longer period of time during the day

D．many long sleepers preserve their sleeping habit formed during their childhood

【小題2】 Many “short sleepers” are likely to hold the view that _____.

A．sleep is a withdrawal from the reality

B．sleep interferes with their sound judgment

C．sleep is the least expensive item on their routine program

D．sleep is the best way to deal with psychological troubles

【小題3】It is stated in the third paragraph that short sleepers _____.

A．a(chǎn)re ideally vigorous even under the pressures of life

B．often neglect the consequences of inadequate sleep

C．do not know how to relax properly

D．a(chǎn)re more unlikely to run into mental problems

【小題4】 When sometimes they cannot enjoy adequate sleep, the long sleepers might ____.

A．a(chǎn)ppear disturbed	B．become energetic
C．feel dissatisfied	D．be extremely depressed

EVENTS
Long March exhibit
The Shanghai History Museum is putting on an exhibition to mark the 60th anniversary of the Long March. On show are more than 220 photos and 40 items that explain with pictures how the communist Red Army drew back from its besieged(被圍困的) bases in Jiangxi Province and fought its way to northern Shanxi Province in the mid-1930s. Explanations are all in Chinese. The show will end on November 20.
Time: 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Address: 1286 Hongqiao Road
Admission: 8 yuan for Chinese /15 yuan for foreigners
Thai elephants
Eight elephants from Thailand are entertaining visitors at Changfeng Park by riding bikes, playing basketball, balancing on a beam, dancing and blowing a mouthorgan. People are encouraged to have a tug-of-war(拔河比賽)with the animals or lie on the ground and have the elephants walk over them. The elephants give three shows a day at 9:30 am, 3:30 pm and 8:00 pm and there is an additional show at l:30
pm at weekends. The show will end on November 15.
Address: 189 Daduhe Road
Admission: 30-40 yuan
Dancing dolphins
Dolphins jumping from the water to touch a ball, swaying their bodies to music, kissing people and doing math by tapping their tails have made the dolphin arum in Peace Park an attraction for children. Seals and sea lions also perform.
Hours: 10:30 am, 4:00 pm, and 7:30 pm
Admission: 20 yuan for adults and 10 yuan for children.
【小題1】If you go to visit the Long March exhibit with an
Australian, how much will you pay altogether for the admission?

A．16 yuan.

B．23 yuan.

C．30 yuan.

D．20 yuan.

【小題2】At the exhibition, you will see ______.

A．many articles written by famous writers

B．many things left by the Red Army

C．books on the Long March

D．many photos and pictures about the Long March

【小題3】Which of the following is NOT done by the Thai elephants? 

A．Riding bicycles.	B．Blowing a mouth-organ.
C．Doing math.	D．Having a tug-of-war with people.

【小題4】The dolphin atrium in Peace Park is a hall where you can see ______.

A．not only dolphins but also seals and sea lions perform

B．only dolphins perform

C．only seals and sea lions perform

D．only seals perform

【小題5】Dancing dolphin performance will began in _____.

A．11:00am

B．14:00

C．18:00

D．19:30

Guangzhou （Xinhua）——12 people were killed and 20 injured early yesterday morning when they jumped from a burning train car into the path of an oncoming goods train in Southern China. When No. 247 Wuchang——Guangzhou passenger train was passing the Dayaoshan Tunnel in Guangdong Province， South China at 00:17 hours yesterday， a fire caused by passengers' smoking broke out on No. 17 car. They wanted to extinguish(撲滅) fire. As the train stopped some frightened passengers jumped from windows. 12 people were crushed to death and 20 others injured by a northward passing goods train（No. 1766）.
【小題1】. When did the accident happen？

A．At 00:17 am.	B．At 00:17 pm.
C．At seventeen past one.	D．At seventeen to one.

【小題2】 Where did the accident happen？

A．In Wuchang.	B．In Guangzhou.
C．In Hubei.	D．In Guangdong.

【小題3】For what did the passenger train stop？

A．To put out the fire.

B．To let the passengers jump out.

C．To let the other train pass.

D．To pick up some other passengers.

【小題4】 What was the cause of the fire？

A．A heavy rain.	B．High temperature.
C．Carelessness.	D．Fear.

Tokyo - Drivers in China are no longer in a hurry to own Toyota Motor Corp's cars.
Neil Hu, a sales manager at a Toyota dealership in Beijing, said he has stopped charging a 5,000 yuan ($732) premium to customers who want to skip the waiting list for RAV4 sport- utility vehicles. He took the initiative after the Japanese carmaker recalled 75,552 of the SUVs in China last month to fix gas pedals that may stick.
"I heard the situation in the US is pretty bad for Toyota," Hu said. "The recall has impacted us as well."
Toyota, which grew more slowly than competitors in China in 2009, will likely lose more market share and see a decline in local profit margin this year, analysts say. The carmaker has relied on a reputation for quality and safety to sell high margin, mid- to large-size models even as the world's biggest auto market shifts to cheaper, smaller cars, encouraged by government incentives.
With Toyota's brand damaged by global recalls of millions of vehicles, profit margins for its SUVs and Camry and Crown sedans may shrink, said Ashvin Chotai, London-based managing director of Intelligence Automotive Asia Ltd, an industry consultant.
"With this recall saga, Toyota's premium pricing power in China is gone," Chotai said. "Toyota's cars don't have enough good value for money."
Toyota has lost $24.5 billion in market capitalization this year as it recalled over 8 million cars globally to fix defects linked to unintended acceleration. The company faces at least 118 class actions in the US and at least 36 individual lawsuits claiming deaths and injuries caused by sudden acceleration of Toyota or Lexus vehicles.
Toyota President Akio Toyoda flew directly to Beijing on March 2 to apologize for the vehicle defects, after attending US Congressional hearings about the recalls in Washington. He skipped Europe's Geneva auto show, underscoring the growing importance of the Chinese market.
Toyota rose for a fifth straight day in Tokyo, advancing 0.9 percent to 3,580 yen as of 9:44 am local time. The carmaker's shares have fallen 7.7 percent this year.
The company's February China sales rose 30 percent to 45,400 vehicles, underperforming the overall passenger-car.
【小題1】According to the passage, why did Toyota carmaker recall their cars in China last month? _____________

A．Because it faced law suits in the US

B．Because there were problems with the cars.

C．Because of the importance of the Chinese market

D．Because the customers are not satisfied with the charging of a 5,000 Yuan premium.

【小題2】What does the underlined phrase“take the initiative” mean?

A．took the advice

B．changed his mind

C．took the action

D．made the decision

【小題3】Why did Toyota president Akio Toyota skip Europe’s Geneva auto show?

A．Because he did not think it important

B．Because he was not satisfied with the hearing in the US

C．Because he attached importance to the Chinese Market

D．Because he needed to make an apology to Chinese

【小題4】After the global recalls of millions vehicles, Toyota will be impacted in the following aspects, EXCEPT_________.

A．Its brand will be damaged

B．Its profit margins will shrink

C．It will have to face law suits

D．The president will be fired

【小題5】Where can read the passage? __________

A．newspaper

B．magazine

C．encyclopedia

D．a(chǎn) school book