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News
1) Shanghai-China's biggest city received 279,700 overseas visitors in the first quarter of the year, a 10.6
percent over last year.
2) At 00:00 on May 8th, 1996 (Beijing time), Beijing's telephone number will be changed from seven digits
to eight digits. How to change: Add 6 in front of the old seven digits telephone numbers.
3) Eight persons were killed and 15 badly hurt at a traffic accident in Rongxian of Sichuan on April 16th.
Sichuan Daily reported last week. The bus carrying 23 people was running from Rongxian to Shuanggu on the
morning of April 16th, when the bus failed to pass a sharp turn and fell into a field located 41 meters below the
road.
1. The traffic accident happened _______.
A. long before
B. as we expected
C. in Shanghai
D. when those people were on their way to Shuanggu
2. Li Lei's aunt lives in Beijing. Her telephone number was 6972478 before 1996. Now her
telephone number must be ______.
A. 69724786
B. 29179966
C. 66972478
D. 69672478
3. ______, 279,700 people visited Shanghai.
A. Last week
B. From April to May
C. In the first four months of the year
D. During the first three months of the year
4. At the traffic accident, ______.
A. eight people were dead
B. twenty-three people were dead
C. thirty-one people were badly hurt
D. eight persons were badly hurt
5. The bus fell into a field. It's______ from the road to the field.
A. 16 meters long
B. 41 meters wide
C. 16 meters high
D. 41 meters deep
