(English Newspaper, March 19) English newspaper needs a foreign editor(编辑). He(She) must have worked in China for more than 2 years. British nationality is necessary. The salary is $100,000 a year. The term is 3 years. In ten days this piece of ads (广告) will not be useful. Tele: 3890066; Address: No.6 Xinling Road.

                    (China Football, February 3, 2001)

Shanghai Shenhua Team Vs Beijing Guo’an Team

TIME: February 8, Sunday(3:00)

PLACE: Hongkou Stadium
TICKET PRICE: RMB 25 yuan (for adults)

RMB 15 (for students)

NAME: China Cup Football Contest

COACHES: Xu Genbao.  Jin Zhiyang

21. This English Newspaper’s editor must be _______ working in China for more than 2 years.

A. a foreigner B. an American    C. a Chinese   D.an Englishman

22.Where and when will the football match be? ________.

A. In Hongkou Stadium on Sunday        B. In Hongkou Stadium on February3

C. In Guo’an on February 8               D. In Shenhua Stadium on Feburary 8

23. If three adults and six students want to watch the match, the tickets will cost RMB ______ yuan.

A. 165      B. 135       C. 195       D. 225

People have strange ideas about food. For example, tomato is a kind of very delicious vegetable. It is one of useful plants that can be prepared in many ways. It has rich nutrition and vitamin in it. But in the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous. They called tomatoes “poison apples”.

President Thomas Jefferson, however,  knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was served at the President party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their president would serve his honored guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his honored guests about the fact.

24．Tomato is a kind of ___________.

A. poisonous fruit            B. poisonous vegetable

C. tasty fruit                D. tasty vegetable

25．Jefferson learned that tomatoes were good to eat ____.

A. while he was in Paris               B. when he was a little boy

C. because his parents told him so       D. from books

26．From the passage we know all the honored guests invited by Jefferson were____.

A. people from other countries         B. from France

C. people of his own country          D. men only

27．According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A. None of the guests knew the soup that was served at the President’s party was made of tomatoes.

B. All of the guests thought the soup which was prepared by the President’s cook was nice.

C. President Thomas Jefferson knew that tomatoes were good to eat and not poisonous at all.

D. All of the guests didn’t know that their president would serve his honored guests poison apples. 

Climate change will increase US wildfires, and the smoky air will cause terrible problems in areas far beyond those burned, reports an environmental group Thursday.

Two-thirds of Americans, or nearly 212 million, lived in states suffering from wildfire smoke three years ago, according to the report by the Natural Resources Defense Council(NRDC). These areas, which had smoke for at least a week, were nearly 50 times greater than those burned directly by fire.

“It affects a much wide area of the United States than people have realized.” says author Kim Knowlton, a Columbia University health professor, adding the smoke can move up to hundreds of miles. She says the smoke contains air pollution and can cause several kinds of diseases.

Texas was hit hardest in 2011, when smoke stayed for at least a week in areas that are home to 25 million people, according to NRDC’s report. Illinois, which recorded no wildfires within its borders, came second with nearly 12 million people affected by smoke that moved in from elsewhere. The other eight states with the most people in touch with smoky air were, in descending order: Florida, Missouri, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Alabama, Oklahoma and Iowa.

Nearly two dozen states had no wildfires within their borders in 2011,but eight of them still had at least one week of smoky air: Illinois, Missouri. Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Indiana, Wisconsin and Ohio.

Only 18 states and the District of Columbia had no people in touch with at least a week of smoke that year, although five of them—Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah—had a large area burned by wildfires.

The problem will only get worse, Knowlton says. Scientific research shows climate is causing higher temperatures and health problems.

28. We can learn from the first two paragraphs that_______.

A. climate change killed many Americans

B. there are fewer states burned by wildfires

C. every state had wildfire smoke for at least a week

D. most Americans suffered from wildfire smoke 3 year ago

29. Which of the following states had wildfires within its borders in 2011?

      A. Iowa.         B. Kansas.            C. Ohio.              D. California.

30. The underlined word “descending” in the fourth paragraph probably means _______.

     A. going down        B. coming true        C. looking practical         D. turning back

31. What is the text mainly about?

A. Climate change causes more wildfires.   B. Wildfire smoke becomes a serious health problem.

C. More wildfires cause climate changes.   D. Air pollution becomes a terrible problem.

    Unlike most other holidays, the history of April Fools’ Day, sometimes called All Fools’ Day, is not totally clear. The only point in time that can be agreed on as the beginning of this tradition was 1582, in France. Before that year, the New Year was celebrated for eight days, beginning on March 25.The celebration reached the highest point on April 1.With the reform of the calendar under Charles 1X, the Gregorian calendar(公历，阳历）was introduced, and New Year’s Day was moved to January 1.

    However, because in those days communications were not as developed as they are today, many people did not receive the news for several years. Some people refused to accept the new calendar and continued to celebrate the New Year on April 1.These backward people were considered “fools” by other people. They were often sent on “fools” errands（徒劳无益的工作）or were made the targets of jokes.

    This developed, over time, into a tradition of playing a trick on someone on the first day of April. The tradition eventually spread to England and Scotland in the eighteenth century. It was later introduced to the American colonies of both the Britain and France. April Fools’ Day thus developed into an international fun feast, so to speak, with different nationalities specializing in their own kind of humor at the expense of their friends and families.

32. According to an earlier calendar, New Year’s Day in France was        .

A .March25            B. January 1          C. April 1            D. April3

33.Which of the following first had the tradition of celebrating the April Fools’ Day?

A. France.            B. England.           C. Scotland.          D. America.

34.What was people’s attitude towards the new calendar?

A. They accepted it happily.    B. They refused it immediately.

C. Some recognized it.           D. Some laughed at it.

35.T he passage mainly tells us         .

A. what the French did on April Fools’ Day      B. How April Fools’ Day come into being

C. when was the new calendar introduced       D. why some people were fooled in France

Green: More than just a colour

Green is an important colour in nature. It is the colour of grass and the leaves on trees.  36  .

Sometimes, the word green means young，fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet ripe or finished.

  37  A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died. 

The Green Revolution is the name given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains.   38  The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumbs.

   39   The green-eyed monster is not a frightening creature from outer space. It is an expression used about four hundred years ago by British writer William Shakespeare in his play Othello.

In most places in the world, a green light is a sign to move ahead.  40  In everyday speech, a green light means approval to continue with a project. We want you to know we have a green light to continue this series next week.

A. For example, a green horn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation.

B. Green is also the colour used to describe the powerful emotion, jealousy.

C. Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb.

D. A green light on a traffic signal means your car can continue on.

E. The new plants produced much larger crops

F. It is also the colour of most growing plants.

G. About one hundred years ago, having a green thumb was a popular expression in the American west.