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This is News on the Hour, ED Wilson reporting. The president and First Lady will visit Africa on a
good will tour in May. They plan to visit eight African countries.
Reports from China say the Chinese want closer ties between China and the U.S. and Western Europe. A group of top Chinese scientists starts its ten-nation tour next month.
Here in Miami, the mayor is still meeting with the leader of the Teachers' Union to try to find a way to
end the strike. City schools are still closed after two weeks. In news about health, scientists in California
report findings of a relationship between the drinking of coffee and the increase of heart diseases among
women. According to the report in the American Medical J ournal, the five-year s tudy shows that:
women who drink more than two cups of coffee a day have a greater chance of having heart disease
than women who do not.
In sports, the Chargers lost again last night. The BBS beat them 1 to nothing. The Wingers had better
results. They beat the Rifles 7 to 3.It was their first win in their last five months.
That's the news of the hour. And now back to more easy listening with Jan Singer.
1. To improve the ties between China and the U.S. and Western Europe .
A. some Chinese scientists will visit U.S. and Western Europe
B. China will send some scientists to visit the U.S. only
C. China has expressed its strong wishes.
D. China has given many reports to improve the ties
2. From the news in Miami we know .
A. peaceful way will soon be found
B. the teachers' strike will last long
C. students can't go to school with the classroom tightly closed
D. students haven't been to school for two weeks
3. The news about health tells us that
A. no one should drink more than two cups of coffee a day
B. women's heart disease has a lot to do with their drinking coffee
C. no heart disease will be found if people don't drink coffee
D. the more coffee people drink, the less chance they'll get to have heart disease
4. From the last news we do NOT know .
A. the results of the two matches
B. the Wingers played the Rifles
C. the number of the teams which played last night
D. how many times the Wingers has lost in the past five months
5. The passage is probably from .
A. a radio station
B. a magazine
C. a Medical Journal
D. a newspaper
