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     Ladies and Gentlemen, some strange, wild and wonderful stories colored the news in 2010,

you may like them.

     ★A Copenhagen bus company has put "love seats" on 103 of its buses for people looking

for a partner. "Even love at first sight is possible on the bus," said a spokesman for the

company to explain the two seats on each bus that are covered in red cloth and a "love

seat" sign.

     ★Shoppers at an international luxury fair in Italy, found a cell-phone-equipped golden

coffin among the items on display. The phones will help "the dead" contact relatives if they

have been buried alive by mistake.

     ★A man in New York came up with a disarming(手无寸铁的)way to perform his

latest bank heist , approaching the clerk's window with a large bunch of flowers and handing

over a note saying "give me the money!"

     ★An Englishman who lost all his legs and arms in an electrical accident successfully

swam across the Channel, a challenge he had been preparing for two years. The whole

cost is 400 dollars. 

     ★A set of artificial teeth(假牙) made for Britain's war-time prime minister Winston

Churchill known as "the teeth that saved the world" sold for nearly 18,000 pounds (21,500

euros, 24,000 dollars) at auction(拍卖).

     ★A British woman caused an Internet hate campaign after she was caught on camera

dumping(抛弃)a cat in a rubbish bin. She was fined 250 pounds (400 dollars, 280 euros)

after pleading guilty.

     ★The BBC apologized completely and without any doubts after a radio presenter

jokingly announced that Queen Elizabeth II had died.

     ★Two Australian men needed surgery(手术)after shooting each other in the bottoms

during a drinking session to see if it would hurt and they were charged 400 dollars separately.

     ★A Kuwaiti MP(议员) suggested state-aid for male citizens to take second wives, in

an effort to reduce the large number of unmarried women in the oil-rich state.

1．What is special about the coffin in the second news?

A. It is golden.

B. It has a cell phone.

C. It is new.

D. It has many items.

2．What is the probable meaning of the underlined word "heist" in the third news?

A. robbery

B. love

C. discussion

D. repair

3．Who has to spend 400 dollars to do the surgery?

A. A British woman who dumped a cat in a rubbish bin.

B. One who bought Winston Churchill's artificial teeth.

C. An Australian man who was shot in bottom to test the hurt.

D. An Englishman crossing the Channel without legs and arms.

4．From the last news we can infer that _________.

A. In Kuwait many men are eager to get married

B. A lot of rich single men lived in Kuwait

C. There are quantities of oil in Kuwait

D. There are many single women in Kuwait