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Angry survivors（幸存者）demanded answers on Sunday after a terrible accident at “Love Parade 2010”, a music festival in Germany, killed 19 people and left hundreds hurt.
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed her shock over Saturday’s tragedy in the western city of Duisburg., “This was a very sad day,” Merkel said.
Witnesses（目擊者）said that people pushed into the narrow tunnel, the only entrance to the Love Parade festival, from both sides until it was dangerously overcrowded. The panic began as festival-goers began to lose consciousness（意識(shí)）as they were crushed against the walls and each other. The dead included eight foreigners, from Australia, Italy, the Netherlands, China, Bosnia and Spain. More than 340 people were injured.
After the panic, a lot of emergency vehicles（救援交通工具）, including helicopters, could be seen carrying away the injured people. The festival itself, however, went on. Police were afraid that ending the music altogether could cause further unrest among the crowd.
“The event was a real mess,” Patrick Guenter, a 22-year-old baker, said. “Although the festival was full, they kept letting people in,” he added. “It seems the organizers didn’t plan the route. And no one knew what was going on.” said Taggart Bowen-Gaddy, 20, an American from Philadelphia.
Officials said 4,000 police officers and 1,000 security guards provided security for the event, which attracted up to 1.4 million people.
“I warned one year ago that Duisburg was not a suitable place for the Love Parade. The city is too small and narrow for such events. It is a pity that…” German police union chief Rainer Wendt said.
The chief organizer, Rainer Schaller, said the popular event would never be held again, “out of respect for the victims and their families”.
【小題1】How many Germans were killed in the stampede at “Love Parade 2010”?

A．19

B．8

C．11

D．15

【小題2】 How did the German Chancellor Angela Merkel feel about the tragedy?

A．She was very disappointed.	B．She was very surprised.
C．She was very puzzled.	D．She was very touched.

【小題3】 According to Patrick Guenter and Taggart Bowen-Gaddy, _______.

A．the event was well-organized

B．the performance was wonderful

C．Duisburg was suitable for the Love Parade

D．the organization was very bad

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

A．Rainer Wendt’s warning went unnoticed

B．Rainer Wendt was a chief organizer of “Love Parade 2010”

C．the popular event would be held in the next year

D．Duisburg is a suitable place for the Love Parade

【小題5】 According to the passage, we learn that ______.

A．the Love Parade has been canceled forever

B．the Love Parade is a very popular sport event

C．the festival was ended after the panic

D．there are many entrances to the Love Parade

In this century the traditional American family is constantly faced with the threat of breakdown. Some sociologists suggest that one little-noticed cause may be the introduction of the TV dinner.
Before the appearance of television sets, the American dinner was a big event for the family. In many homes, dinner time may be the only time when everyone got together. A typical dinner was usually in three stages. In the preparation stage, the children and Father frequently helped with setting while Mother put the last touches on the roast. In the eating stage, family members shared the day’s experiences and more than food was eaten. In this stage families got to know one another and made joint decisions around the dinner table, and thus the family unit was strengthened. In the cleaning-up stage, children or Father again gave their hands, so that their importance to the home community was clear. Unfortunately, all of these have been removed by a product-the television set.
By the beginning of the 1980s, the typical American family dinner was just twenty minutes long. The speed-up of the once-leisurely experiences is clearly connected to the pace of modern life and maybe a model of the modern life is the TV dinners-meals designed to be eaten from the beginning to the end of a half-hour program. The once family affair has now become nothing more than the use of a fork and knife.
【小題1】
The underlined word in the second paragraph can be replaced by        

A．big

B．important

C．combined

D．separate

【小題2】
In the past, Americans tended to          .

A．spend more time eating their food at dinner table	B．eat more food than they have today
C．spend more time talking about their day’s experiences at dinner table
D．talk so much that they forgot to eat

【小題3】
The shortening of the dinner time in America is related to        .

A．The TV programs	B．the pace of modern life
C．the wide use of electrical equipment	D．the popularity of fast food

【小題4】
. The best title for this passage might be       

A．Talk at Dinner Table

B．TV Dinner

C．Pace of Modern Life

D．Problems Caused by TV

IQUIQUE, Chile (Reuters) — Rescue workers at the San Jose gold and copper mine in northern Chile had reason to sing this week. A small hole drilled into the earth became a passage to freedom for 33 trapped miners, who spent 69 days underground. “Never have people been trapped for so long so deeply,” says a doctor at NASA, the American space agency, which helped in the rescue.
But the chief medical officer for the miners said most are in good enough health to leave the hospital within a day or so. The first three recovered and went home Thursday night.
For much of the day the miners relaxed with Chilean President Sebastian Pinera. The 32 Chileans and 1 Bolivian still wore special sunglasses to protect their eyes.
A partial mine collapse on 5th August trapped them more than half a kilometer underground. They had to stretch a two-day food supply. For two weeks no one knew if they were alive or dead. Later, they received supplies.
The first miner rescued on Wednesday was Florencio Avalos. The second was Mario Sepulveda, who talked about how the experience tested his faith. The last miner up was Luis Urzua, who was the shift leader when his crew became trapped.
Rescuers used a metal cage to pull the miners to safety in less than 24 hours — faster than expected. The rescue capsule was a half-meter wide and known as the Phoenix, an imaginary bird from ancient stories. It bursts into flames but is continually reborn and rises from the ashes.
Chile’s Navy built the capsule with advice from mining experts and NASA engineers. It worked like an elevator, traveling up and down on a cable through a shaft（豎井）drilled 622 meters into the rocks.
Millions of people around the world watched the rescue. More than one thousand journalists traveled to the mine in the Atacama Desert to report on the rescue. They joined family members of the miners and rescue crews housed in an area of tents known as Camp Hope.
【小題1】
What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Rescued miners speak out

B．Miners’ life deep underground

C．A rebirth for 33 rescued miners in Chile

D．Chilean president honors rescued miners

【小題2】
How many rescued miners are still in hospital?

A．3.

B．30.

C．33.

D．69.

【小題3】
We can infer from the passage that ______.

A．a(chǎn)ll the trapped miners are Chileans

B．the Chileans rescued the miners alone

C．the rescue caught the world’s attention

D．the trapped miners lived easily underground

【小題4】
Which of the following is true of the Phoenix?

A．It was a wooden cage like a capsule.	B．It worked efficiently in the rescue.
C．It was named after a real Chilean bird.	D．It was built by NASA engineers.

【小題5】
The rescue is great for the reason that ______.

A．33 trapped miners were saved

B．the American space agency took part

C．Chilean President was on the rescuing spot

D．it lasted so long and the miners were trapped so deep

1. TODAY, Friday, November 12
JAZZ with the Mike Thomas Jazz Band at The Derby Arms.  Upper Richmond Road West, Sheen.
DISCO Satin Sounds Disco. Free at The Lord Napier, Mort lake High St., from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tel: 652 - 1158.
2. SATURDAY, November 13
JAZZ Lysis at The Bulls Head, Barnes. Admission 60p.
MUSICAL HALL at The Star and Garter, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, provided by the Aba Daba Music Hall company. Good food and entertainment fair price. Tel: 789 – 6749 .
FAMILY night out? Join the sing-along at The Black Horse. Sheen Road, Richmond.
JAZZ The John Bennett Big Band at The Bull’s Head, Barnes. Admission 80p.
THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion(手風(fēng)琴). Tel: 789—4536
3. SUNDAY, November 14
DISCO Satin Sounds Disco, free at The Lord Napier, Mort Lake High Street, from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m.
FOLK MUSIC at The Derby Arms. The Short Stuff and residents the Norman Chop Trio. Non-remembers 70p. Tel: 688－4626.
HEAVY MUSIC with Tony Simon at The Bull, Upper Richmond Road West, East Sheen.
THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion.
【小題1】
Where and when can you hear the Norman Chop Trio?

A．At the Bull’s Head on Sunday.	B．At the Derby Arms on Sunday.
C．At the Bull on Saturday.	D．At the Black Horse on Saturday.

【小題2】
Where and when can you hear the Mike Thomas Jazz Band?

A．At the Derby Arms on Friday.	B．At the Black Horse on Friday.
C．At the Star and Garter on Saturday.	D．At the Derby Arms on Sunday.

【小題3】
You want to enjoy the electric accordion on Saturday. Which telephone number do you have to ring to find out what time it starts?

A．789—6749.

B．789—4536.

C．682—1158.

D．688—4626.

【小題4】
You want to spend the Saturday by joining the entertainment with your family. Where should you go?

A．Disco at The Lord Napier．

B．The sing-along at The Black Horse．

C．The electric accordion at The Derby Arms．

D．Jazz at The Bull's Head．

【小題5】
You want to spend the  same day at two different places and don't want to cross any street．Which or the following is your best choice?

A．The sing-along at the Black Horse and Jazz at The Bull's Head．

B．The sing-along at The Black Horse and Folk Music at The Derby Arms．

C．Folk Music at The Derby Arms and Heavy Music with Tony Simon at The Bull．

D．Musical Hall at The Star & Garter and Disco at The Lord Napier．

Civil Affairs and Public Security Departments have been urged to take comprehensive steps to help children who are begging on the nation's streets and are often abused. Premier Wen Jiabao said during his online chat with netizens, China Daily reported.
Wen said he has paid close attention to the ongoing micro blog campaign that calls on concerned netizens to post photos of children begging on the streets in the hope that police will rescue them and return them to their families. There are many reasons why children turn to begging, including poverty and family problems. Joint efforts will help end the problem.
His remarks were welcomed by Yu Jianrong, a professor from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, who starts the online campaign to crack down on child begging.
The All-China Women's Federation (ACWF) also released a statement encouraging people to contact the police if they find any suspect who abuses, or forces juveniles to beg on the streets. People can either call 110 and or dial 12338 and connect with a hotline set up by the ACWF. The statement was reported by Xinhua News Agency.
The micro blog campaign has gained support from charities, and other social institutions since it was launched in January. One Foundation, a Shenzhen-based charity, set up a fund on Feb 19 for a database for sharing information about missing children So far, One Foundation has raised 720,000 yuan ($109,500). Meanwhile, Shanghai Time Plastic Surgery Hospital has offered free plastic surgery to Ren Fangfang, an 8-year-old girl who suffered physical abuse at the hands of a man who used her to beg for him.
【小題1】
Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Premier Wen Jiabao chatted with Yu Jianrong online.

B．One Foundation has set up a hotline for missing children.

C．ACWF promised to offer Ren Fangfang free plastic surgery.

D．Poverty and family problems contribute to child begging

【小題2】
Which of the following directly take part in the campaign to help child beggars?

A．Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and China Daily

B．The All-China Women's Federation and Xinhua News Agency

C．One Foundation and Shanghai Time Plastic Surgery Hospital

D．Civil Affairs and Public Security Departments and China Daily

【小題3】
What’s the main purpose of the online blog campaign started by Yu Jianrong?

A．To draw the top leader’s attention to the child beggars.

B．To call for comprehensive steps from the government.

C．To gain support from charities and other social institutions.

D．To post photos of child beggars and help them go back home.

【小題4】
. Which word can best replace the underlined part “crack down” in Para 3?

A．punish

B．urge

C．delay

D．limit

                                
Japan will hand out its first “Nobel Prize of Manga (國(guó)際漫畫獎(jiǎng))” for artists in the comic book field abroad. This is another step in Japan’s efforts to show the power of pop culture diplomacy.
The International Manga Award, which was compared by manga lover Foreign Minister Taro Aso to a “Nobel Prize” when he first proposed it, will be given to an artist working abroad whose work best contributes to the spread of the manga form worldwide.
Manga, a name used for Japanese style comic books, often combines stories with drawing styles that differ from the overseas superhero comics and cartoon, particularly in their frequent emphasis on cuteness.
The winner will receive a certificate and a cup at an award ceremony, and will spend 10 days in Japan meeting with local comic book artists and publishers.
“Manga has been spreading overseas and are selling quite well,” Aso said when announcing the award to the public. “I want to further improve the communicative power of these so-called ‘pieces of pop culture’.”
Aso has argued that warm feelings for Japanese comics and cartoon can translate into warm feelings for Japanese foreign policy.
He has proposed sending cartoon artists overseas as cultural ambassadors and the government has named some officials to advise ways to promote Japanese cartoon and culture to foreign audiences.
The award committee, consisting of manga artists and publishers, is expected to make its selections quite soon.
According to a ministry official Nobuyuki Watanabe, the prize carries no money reward. The cup’s design has yet to be finished, but it will be something “appropriate”.
【小題1】 The International Manga Award will be presented to ____________.

A．a(chǎn) Japanese who has achieved a lot in creating new methods of drawing

B．a(chǎn)n artist who makes contributions to introducing manga to the other foreign countries

C．the person who is expert at comics and cartoon

D．a(chǎn) foreign artist who has contributed to the development of manga

【小題2】 Which statement is NOT true about manga?

A．Manga is different from the overseas comic books.

B．Manga is popular not only in Japan but also overseas.

C．Manga refers to international comics and cartoon.

D．There are stories and pictures in manga.[來源:學(xué)_科_網(wǎng)]

【小題3】What has the Japanese government done to show its support?

A．To propose “Nobel Prize of Manga”.

B．To name officials to advise ways of spreading manga overseas.

C．To hand out its first “Nobel Prize of Manga”.

D．To send cartoon artists overseas as cultural ambassadors.

【小題4】The passage is mainly about ____________.

A．Nobel Prize of Manga	B．the characteristics of manga
C．a(chǎn) brief introduction of manga	D．the development of manga

Chilean rescued miner Edison Pena ran the New York City Marathon on November 7th , less than a month after he was rescued from a collapsed (坍塌的) mine that trapped him and the other 32 miners for 69 days. Pena ran 10 km daily through the mine’s tunnels (巷道) to beat the anxiety, wearing cut-down boots until rescuers sent him a pair of sports shoes through a narrow hole that served as the miners’ “l(fā)ifeline” to the surface.
“When I ran in the darkness, I was running for life,” Pena told a news conference in New York. “I was running to show that I wasn’t just waiting around. I also wanted God to see that I really wanted to live.” The miners were discovered alive on August 22---17 days after the mine collapsed, but it took many more days for rescuers to dig a hole big enough to bring them out.
The New York Road Runners, which organizes the marathon, had invited Edison Pena to the event after hearing his story. They thought he could ride in the lead vehicle or hold the finish line tape, but Pena said last week he did not want to watch, he wanted to run. “I was very eager to take on this big challenge,” he said. “I wanted to show the world I could run.” He hoped to run the 26.2-mile race in about six hours. “I have a knee injury, but I am eager to cross the finish line,” he said.    
An Elvis Presley fan who asked rescuers to send the singer’s music down into the mine, Pena broke into song at the news conference with the Presley hit Return to Sender.
On the morning of November 7^th, Pena, known as “the runner” by fellow miners trapped with him, set out to cover the course along with thousands of other runners and completed the race in five hours and 40 minutes.
【小題1】When trapped underground, Pena ran a long way every day to _______.

A．find a way to get out	B．dig a lifeline to the ground
C．keep himself from coldness	D．get rid of his uneasy feelings

【小題2】 According to the passage, Pena _______.

A．was not expected to run the marathon at first

B．failed to achieve the goal he had set for the marathon

C．wore sports shoes while working underground

D．was asked to sing a Presley’s song at a news conference

【小題3】 During the rescue of the Chilean trapped miners, the digging of the escape hole lasted about _________.

A．17 days

B．22 days

C．52 days

D．69 days

【小題4】Pena can be best described as _________.[來源:學(xué)&科&網(wǎng)Z&X&X&K]

A．smart-minded

B．strong-willed

C．hard-working

D．warm-hearted

It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross’s campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines. Within hours of arriving in Angola television screens around the world were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. “I knew the statistics,” she said, “But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me; like when I met Sandra, a 13-year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her.”
The Princess concluded with a simple message: “We must stop landmines”. And she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message.
But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government, which refused to support a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an attack on the Princess in the press. They described her as “very ill-informed” and a “l(fā)oose cannon (亂放炮的人).”
The Princess responded by brushing aside the criticisms: “This is a distraction we do not need. All I’m trying to do is help.”
Opposition parties, the media and the public immediately voiced their support for the Princess. To make matters worse for the government, it soon emerged that the Princess’s trip had been approved by the Foreign Office, and that she was in fact very well-informed about both the situation in Angola and the British government’s policy regarding landmines. The result was a severe embarrassment for the government.
To try and limit the damage, the Foreign Secretary, Malcolm Rifkind, claimed that the Princess’s views on landmines were not very different from government policy, and that it was “working towards” a worldwide ban. The Defence Secretary, Michael Portillo, claimed the matter was “a misinterpretation or misunderstanding”.
For the Princess, the trip to this war-torn country was an excellent opportunity to use her popularity to show the world how much destruction and suffering landmines can cause. She said that the experience had also given her the chance to get closer to people and their problems.
【小題1】 Princess Diana paid a visit to Angola in 1997______.

A．to voice her support for a total ban of landmines.

B．to clarify the British government’s stand on landmines.

C．to investigate the sufferings of landmine victims.

D．to establish her image as a friend of landmine victims.

【小題2】. What did Diana mean when she said“…putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to
me” (Para.1)?

A．She just couldn’t bear to meet the landmine victims face to face.

B．The actual situation in Angola made her feel like going back home.

C．Meeting the landmine victims in person made her believe the statistics.

D．Seeing the pain of the victims made her realize the seriousness of the situation.

【小題3】 Some members of the British government criticized Diana because______.

A．she was ill-informed of the government’s policy.

B．they believed that she had misinterpreted the situation in Angola.

C．she had not consulted the government before the visit.

D．they were actually opposed to banning landmines.

【小題4】 How did Diana respond to the criticisms?

A．She made more appearances on TV.

B．She paid no attention to them.

C．She met the 13-year-old girl as planned.

D．She rose to argue with her opponents.

【小題5】 What did Princess Diana think of her visit to Angola?

A．It had caused embarrassment to the British government.

B．It had brought her closer to the ordinary people.

C．It had greatly promoted her popularity.

D．It had affected her relations with the British government.

Tsunami warning system is tested
If he, the founder of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, were alive, Thomas Jaggar would be proud of the U.S. tsunami warning system after Friday’s devastating earthquake in Japan sent a surge (大浪，洶涌) of ocean water dashing toward the West Coast.
● WASHINGTON — So many people surged to the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center website that it slowed to a crawl early Friday, unable to provide critical information to the public about the coastal impact in the U.S. of a massive earthquake in Japan.
McClatchy Washington Bureau — Mar 11 06:09 p.m.
● CHICAGO — A tsunami warning has been issued for the central and northern California coast and Oregon, the National Weather Service announced early Friday.
Chicago Tribune— Mar 11 06:07 a.m.
● HONOLULU — A tsunami warning was issued late on Thursday for Hawaii after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific near Japan, prompting state civil defense officials to order all coastal areas evacuated（把…撤出…）by 2 a.m. local time. Tsunami sirens (警報(bào)) began sounding at 9:59 p.m. on Thursday. They have sounded every hour since 11:15 p.m.
Alaska Tsunami Warning Center also issued a warning for much of the coasts of Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California.
Reuters via Yahoo! News — Mar 11 01:22 a.m.
● LOMPOC — Tsunami warning ‘a(chǎn) wake-up call’
A tsunami warning that led to evacuations for coastal

communities and campgrounds in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties Friday served as a successful trial for a more serious emergency, officials said after the danger passed.
The Lompoc Record — Mar 11 11:29 p.m.
● WELLINGTON — The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a warning after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific near Japan, and it said the sea level readings confirm that a tsunami has been generated and was in effect for some Pacific islands — Hawaii, China’s Taiwan, the Philippines and Indonesia etc.
New Straits Times — Mar 11 07:48 a.m.
— Reproduced by Yahoo Greenwich Meantime
【小題1】.
. A tsunami warning was issued for all the following states in the U.S. except for _____.

A．Ohio

B．California

C．Oregon

D．Alaska

【小題2】.
The underlined word “prompting” (in the fourth paragraph) most probably means _____.

A．promoting

B．a(chǎn)dvocating

C．urging

D．a(chǎn)ppealing

【小題3】.
According to the passage, the Pacific Tsunami warning was first reported by _____.

A．New Straits Times	B．Reuters via Yahoo! News
C．McClatchy Washington Bureau	D．Chicago Tribune

【小題4】.
In which city did the news agency issue a tsunami affecting for some other places apart from Japan and Hawaii?
A. LOMPOC.       B. WASHINGTON.      C. HONOLULU.    D. WELLINGTON.