“Here is the Eight O’ Clock News.”
“Chinese people spent about 120 billion yuan during the first three days of the May Golden Week last year. This year it has increased to 140 billion yuan.”
“The children of Beijing No.2 Middle School sang with students from Toronto in Canada to celebrate the 20thanniversary. They had been sister schools since 1986. They spent about two weeks together in Beijing. They visited the Great Wall and the Summer Palace. They took a lot of photos in Beihai Park.”
“Have you ever got tired of heavy shopping bags? A new shopping assistant robot which was invented by Japanese company could be the answer. The helpful robot can follow you around and carry several bags. The robot was tested at a shopping center in February 2006. ”
“About 500 people from different countries were in the 2006 “Rock Paper Scissors(剪刀)” World Match in Canada. This event was founded in 1842. It is said playing this game is fun, and also a good way to solve problems among people.”
“And now it’s time for Morning Music.”
小题1:The students from Canada and Beijing No. 2 Middle School didn’t ________.
A．take photos
B．visit places of interest
C．sing songs
D．have a football match小题2: This year during the first three days of the May Golden Week, it cost Chinese people ___________ yuan more than that of last year.
A．260,000,000,000
B．120,000,000,000
C．140,000,000,000
D．20,000,000,000小题3:Which of the following is not talked about in the news?
A．The robot can help with shopping bags.
B．A Japanese company invented the robot.
C．The robot was tested at a shopping centre.
D．There are such robots in people’s homes now.小题4:The underlined word “anniversary” means .
A．birthday
B．yearly return of the date of an event
C．university
D．the new beginning of something important小题5: Which of the following is a game?
A．Rock Paper Scissors
B．May Golden Week
C．Shopping assistant robot
D．A visit to the school
小题1:D
小题2:D
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:A
题目分析：这是早8点的新闻。中国人可能在五月黄金周的前三天就花了约 1200 亿人民币。今年它已增加到 1400 亿人民币。"北京 2中的孩子们与来自加拿大多伦多的学生一起唱歌来庆祝姐妹学校成立 20 周年。将来会有机器人帮你拿购物袋了。……
小题1:细节理解题。由“They visited the Great Wall and the Summer Palace. They took a lot of photos in Beihai Park.””可知他们没有踢足球。故选D。
小题2:细节理解题。由“Chinese people spent about 120 billion yuan during the first three days of the May Golden Week last year. This year it has increased to 140 billion yuan.”可知今年比去年多花了2千万。故选D。
小题3:细节理解题。由“ The robot was tested at a shopping center in February 2006. ”可知这种机器人目前仍在测试中。故选D。
小题4:词义猜测题。中加两国的小学生唱歌共庆20周年，因此是“每年值得纪念的日子”。故选B。
小题5:细节理解题。由“ It is said playing this game is fun, and also a good way to solve problems among people.””可知 Rock Paper Scissors 是一款游戏。故选A