Daily direct flights from the mainland to Taiwan have begun．Now Taiwan passengers can fly to the mainland directly across the Taiwan Strait and return in one day．They no longer need to stop at a third place． It's very convenient for people in Taiwan, especially for businessmen．

 'Passengers in Taiwan have waited for this for a long time．And now, they are very excited．

 A passenger said, "I can return in one day．It's helpful for my business．"

 Another passenger said, "Many people are so excited that they can not fall asleep．"

 In the past, passengers had to change the flights in Hong Kong, whether to the mainland or to Taiwan．It was as long as two and a half hours' flight between Shanghai and Taipei, but now it saves 80 minutes．

  But some passengers say the tickets are too expensive．

  Dennis Tien, general manager of Transasia Airways, said, "It seems possible in the near future the ticket prices will fall．"     

1．Passengers in Taiwan are excited because __ __ __

A．they can fly to the mainland now

B．they can do business on the mainland

C．there are direct flights between Hong Kong and Taiwan

D．there are direct flights between the mainland and Taiwan

2．In the past, passengers had to change the flights in        

A．Hong Kong            B．Shanghai               C．Macao           D．Beijing

3．Now it takes  __ __ __  minutes to fly from Taipei to Shanghai

A．230                 B．150                  C．70              D．80

4．Dennis Tien is a __ __

A．teacher               B．manager               C．pilot     D．reporter

5．This passage most probably comes from a（n） __ __

A．e-mail                B．newspaper              C．letter             D．film

Around 32 percent（百分率） of the Internet users in China are students, while last year nearly 94 million citizens（市民）logged on as users, a new survey has shown．Numbers show an overall growth of 18．2 percent this year, according to a report given by the China Internet Network Information Centre last Wednesday．Students were the largest group of Net users．Professionals accounted for 12 percent and 9 percent were working in the business and service sectors, the report said．

It also found that more users are relying on（依靠） the Web to get information． About 6．3 percent of those surveyed said they use it as an educational tool．

  Email services, news sites and search engines were given as the top sites for users．Nearly nine out of ten users say email is the most important function of the Internet． About 65 percent of them believe that reading news is the second most important function the Internet provides．

  Nearly 68 percent of users say they use the Internet at home, while about 40 percent use it in the office, Internet bars and at school．More than half of all Internet users are below the age of 25．And males account for more than 60 percent of them．

However, the number of people using cyberbank（網(wǎng)絡(luò)銀行） services failed to rise by much because of safety．Only 5 percent said they use the service in their daily lives．

But Wang Gang, manager of the Industrial and Commercial Bank（工商銀行）of China's Cyberbank Section, is optimistic（樂(lè)觀的）．He believes the coming 10 years will become a "golden" cyberbank time in China．

1．Which of tile following is the number of Internet users in China this year?

A．94,000,000           B．30,080,000             C．111,108,000     D．35,554,560

2．According to the survey, which was the largest group of Net users last 5ear?

A．professionals                   B．students   

C．businessmen                  D．people in tile service sectors

3．People mainly use the internet for

A．information            B．playing gain            C．music        D．sending emails

4．What does tile underlined phrase "failed to rise" mean?

A．rose greatly           B．rose slowly            C．began to fall    D．didn't rise

5．Which statement is NOT correct as a description of China's net users?

A．There are more male net citizens than female net citizens．

B．People prefer to get on line at home and in the office．

C．Internet is very popular among young people．

D．For safety reasons, few people use cyberbank service．

WHERE TO STAY IN BOSWELL YOUR GUIDE TO OUR BEST HOTELS

1．If you want to eat Chinese food, you will go to tile restaurant in _   _

A．the Fairview Hotel                   B．the First Hotel

    C．the Orchard Hotel                   D．the Osaka Hotel

2．The cheapest price for a single bed is _____in ___ in Boswell．

    A．$12, the First Hotel                   B．$15, the Osaka Hotel

    C．$12, tile Fairview Hotel               D．$ 25, the Orchard Hotel

3．If a Japanese traveler likes to eat in a French restaurant, __ is the right place for him to go to．

    A．233 Edward Road                  B．12364 Venning Road

    C．222 Edward Road                  D．129 North Road

4．Which hotel faces the Orchard Hotel?

    A．The First Hotel  B．The Osaka Hotel         C．The Fairview Hotel       D．No Hotel

5．This is an ad for     

A．places          B．hotels              C．rooms                  D．restaurants

Since the very first time a Girl Scout（女童子軍） rang the doorbell at Ciana Sparks' house, she has known her destiny （命運(yùn)）．

Destiny is about what you were meant to do．But sometimes you get tile opportunity to do  what you dreamed of．

"The Girl Scouts would come up to our door to sell cookies．I always wanted to be one of them," Sparks said． That was ten years ago．Since then, American Girl Scout Sparks, now 16, has been living her dream of selling cookies．She has sold a lot of them．

 "I sold 1,209 boxes．The year before that, I sold 800 boxes," Sparks said． She was one of 23 girls who sold more than 1,000 boxes．She has a simple way of selling the cookies．

 "I usually start around my neighborhood．I call some of my relatives who live Out of town．I go to my mom's work．Then I do the booth sales．"

 Sparks says a personal touch helps．She doesn't just send the order sheet（訂貨單）．She goes there and does the selling in person．And she always wears her Girl Scout uniform, or a cookie costume．

 "You have to remind people that you can only buy them once a year, and you want to buy as many as you can-or else you'll run out," Sparks said．

1．What did Ciana dream of ten years ago?

A．Knowing her destiny．                    B．Selling Girl Scout cookies．

C．Ringing on doorbells like a Girl Scout．       D．None of the above．

2．How many ways does she have of selling her cookies?

A．One．           B．Five．        C．Four．            D．Three．

3．What helps Ciana sell so many cookies?

A．Her order sheets．                    B．Her Girl Scout uniform．

C．The phone calls she makes．            D．Her personal touch,

4．What does the phrase "run out" mean?

A．To feel hungry．  B．To use up．   C．To go out to buy．  D．To give away．

5．We may learn from Ciana's story        

A．how to make money                      B．how to make cookies

C．the importance of having a dream            D．the importance of having a business

Everyone is talking about how much money they got in their red envelopes（紅包）．But an even more important question than "How much did you get?" is "What are you going to do with it?" Well, one thing you could do is to put it in the bank--it's easier than you think．

In fact, some students in Hubei Province began using the Xiaogui Dangjia bank card this year．It's a bank card for kids, and it's given out by Minsheng Bank's Wuhan branch（支行）．

"Now all my pocket money has a place to go," said Song Wei, who is a Junior l at the  Wuluolu Middle School in Wuhan．"1 can't wait to use the card to pay my own school fees（費(fèi)用）．"

Wang Hong, a manager at Minsheng Bank, said, "We have talked to lots of students and have found they don't think much about what money is, where it comes from or how to use it carefully．They just spend all their money on whatever they want and then ask their parents for more," Wang Said．

 School kids today are getting more money．At one school in Shanghai．205 students got about 500,000 yuan in their red envelopes in total this year．But parents worry that the kids don't know how to take care of the money by themselves．

 Zhang Shan's mother likes the card．Zhang, a Junior 2 in Wuhan, bas been asking for a computer for a long time, but his mother hasn't bought him one．"We want him to use this card to save money for the computer step by step," she said． "If we buy everything be asks for, he would think that money comes too easily, and he won't work hard for it．"

Experts say that understanding personal finances（經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況） is important and should be taught early．"Those who start saving early will continue the habit when they grow up," said Wang Min, a financial expert in Wuhan, "It's better to teach kids how to fish rather than just feeding them fish．"

1．What does the passage mainly talk about?

2．How does Song Wei want to use the money from his red envelope?

3．Why do Zhang Shan's parents want him to save money for the computer step by step?'

4．What is the average（平均）amount of money the 205 students at the Shanghai school       received in their red envelopes this year?

5．According to the passage, what do parents think of the students' putting money in the      bank?

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Wang Guoqing from Hunan was happy to get a message on her mobile phone last year．said she had won 100 yuan from China Mobile, one of China's two biggest mobile operators（運(yùn)營(yíng)商）．Wang replied to the message in the hope of getting the money．But she was trapped（落入陷阱）into paying for a service she didn't want．

"I didn't know how to get rid of（除掉） the service and paid two yuan a month for a long time:, said Wang．Wang solved the problem after she wrote a letter to China Mobile, She's stopping she'll be getting fewer junk messages after the company apologized（道歉） this month．She said it would put an end to short messages from online advertisers and conmen（騙子）．

China now has more mobile users than any other country in the world．But junk messages have become a headache for many．A recent survey suggests users get eight junk messages a week on average．Most are advertisements and cons．

"People are drawn in by the 'prizes'．" Said Zhang Xinfeng, an official（官員） in charge of public security（安全）．"But when they reply, they find they have to pay lots of money．"

While mobile operators are making an effort（努力） to cut down the number of junk messages, experts say mobile users should still be careful．"They need to keep their mobile numbers and other personal information secret," said a China Mobile official．

How to fight junk messages:

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Do you believe that chimpanzees are as clever as people? 1．_______________,but they can use materials（工具）and talk to each other．

2．__________________．They get a long blade of grass and put it into ant’s nests（巢穴）

Ants, not being as clever as chimpanzees, start to climb up the blade of grass． When there are enough ants on a blade of grass, a chimpanzee will eat them．

3．_____________．Chimpanzees are like humans; they love each other and they love sharing with each other," says Dr Jane Goodall, a British scientist who has studied chimpanzees for there 40 years．

4．______________．

One day she was watching chimpanzees in the Gombe forest in Tanzania, Central Africa．Suddenly, some chimpanzees started screaming（尖叫）and hitting the trees near them with their hands and feet．They were doing this to tell the chimpanzees nearby that they had found of fruit and wanted to share the food．

Chimpanzees also look after each other when they are in danger．"When a chimpanzee's hands are in danger, they try to save them, even if they could get killed," says Jane．5．______

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These children are very busy on weekends and they _______ have time for sports．

A．sometimes         B．a(chǎn)lways        C．hardly         D．not

…Mum，I don’t feel well．And I feel hot in the head．

…Oh，I think you should take some medicine for your________ and stay at home today．

A．cold       B．headache          C．fever      D．head