【推荐1】Boxing is a popular sport that many people seem to be crazy about. Newspapers, magazines and sports programs on TV frequently cover boxing matches.     1    

It seems to me that some people, especially men find it attractive because it is an aggressive(攻击性的) sport. When they watch a boxing match, they can identify with the winning boxer, and this gives them the feeling of being a winner themselves. It is a fact that many people have feelings of aggression from time to time, but they cannot show their aggression in their everyday lives.     2    

However, there is a negative side to boxing.     3     Although boxers wear gloves during the fights, and amateur(业余的) boxers even have to wear helmets, there have frequently been accidents in both professional and amateur boxing, sometimes with terrible results. Boxers have suffered from head injuries, and occasionally, fighters have even been killed as a result of being knocked out in the ring(拳击台).     4     Sometimes even if a boxer has never been knocked out, he might have suffered severe brain damage without knowing it.

    5     I think it would be better if less time was given to aggressive sports on TV, and we welcomed more men and women from non-aggressive sports as our heroes and heroines in our society. I believe that the world is aggressive enough already! Of course, people like competitive sports, and so do I, but I think that hitting other people in an aggressive way is not something that should be regarded as a sport.

A．It can be a very dangerous sport.

B．Watching a boxing match gives them an outlet for this aggression.

C．In my personal opinion, boxing can be so thrilling that many people dare not have a try.

D．I am personally not at all in favor of aggressive sports like boxing.

E．Furthermore, studies have shown that here are often long-term effects of boxing.

F．Professional boxers earn a lot of money, and successful boxers are treated as big heroes.

G．It is likely to threaten personal safety of people.

【推荐2】CHINA
Coal mines claim (使…失踪) more lives
A COAL mine blast (爆炸) in Jixi, Helongjiang, left more than 100 miners dead on Thursday .Ten mines in Jixi were ordered to stop production. The government has tried to shut down thousands of small, illegal (非法的)   mines in the country that do not meet safety standards.
MIDDLE EAST
Bombers continues to kill
PALESTINIANS killed 32 Israelis in three major attacks between Tuesday and Thursday. There were two suicide bombing (自杀性爆炸)   and a militant (武装的) attack on Jewish settlement . They yielded one of the highest Israeli death tolls ( 死亡人数)   in such a short period over the last two years.
CHINA
Young people stand tall
THE average height of Chinese young people has risen by 6 centimeters compared to that of 20 years ago. This year far exceeds (超过)   the word’s average growth speed. A survey on health conducted by a panel(调研组) of Chinese students found the results. According to the world average level, youths get taller by 1 cm every 10 years.
CANADA
Talking about world issue (援助)
The Group of Eight (G8)—the US, Japan , Germany, Britain, France, Italy , Canada and Russia ---- will hold a summit on June26 and 27 in Kananaskis , Canada. The G8 are the richest and most powerful countries in the world. G8 leaders and some African presidents will discuss strengthening global economic growth and helping Africa. Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General, will also attend.
1. Thousands of mines have been shut because ______.

A．they have blast

B．they produced less coal

C．they are very small and illegal

D．they don’t meet the safety standards

2. How many Israelis died in the three major attacks by Palestinians?

A．23	B．32
C．100	D．We don’t know.

3. In the last 20 years, the average growth speed of Chinese youths exceeds the world’s average level by__.

A．1 cm

B．4 cm

C．5 cm

D．6 cm

4. What’s the purpose of the Summit ?

A．to strengthen the global economic growth and helping some poor African countries.

B．To make these eight countries much more powerful.

C．To help some African president to strengthen their economic growth.

D．Kofi Annan will have an important speech on world issues.

5. This passage may probably taken from _______.

A．a story book	B．a text book
C．a newspaper	D．a novel

【推荐3】It was the last time Susan Butcher ran the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1992. An hour into the race, Susan and her sled dog team sped down a hill and crashed into a fallen tree. Although hurt, Susan continued the difficult race.
The Iditarod Race started in 1925 when a doctor in Nome, Alaska was desperately in need of medicine to stop the spread of a deadly disease. Only a hospital had what he needed, but it was 700 mile-away! In January, it was too dangerous to send a boat and too stormy for his tiny airplane. The only hope was to use several sled dog teams following a trail, called the Iditarod Trail. They passed the medicine from one sled team to another. Wind and snow did not stop the men and their dogs. The medicine was delivered in record time. The race follows the route of the famous medicine run. Over 1,000 miles long, it is considered the toughest race in the world.
Susan Butcher was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In her teens Susan was given a Siberian husky dog and became very interested in huskies as sled dogs. After reading about the Iditarod Race, Susan moved to Alaska. She got several jobs to earn money to buy herself a sled and a team of huskies. After years of hard work and training, Susan achieved her dream of racing on the Iditarod Trail.
In 1978, at the age of 24, Susan entered the race for the first time and became the first woman to finish in the top 20. In 1982 she came in second. In 1984 she was leading her team across a frozen waterway when they fell into the water. Her lead dog managed to pull Susan and the other dogs out of danger. Remarkably, she came in second.
In her fourth race, in 1985,a starving moose(驼鹿) attacked her dogs, killing two and injuring eleven. Susan had to leave the race. In 1986 Susan joined the race again. This time, she won. She won again in 1987. In 1988 she became the first person ever to win three Iditarod races in a row.   Unbelievably, Susan won for the fourth time in 1990.
1. According to text, Susan Butcher entered the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race at least     times.

A．six

B．seven

C．eight

D．nine

2. In Paragraph 2, the author wants to tell us          .

A．how the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race began

B．how the spread of a deadly disease was stopped

C．how tough the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race was

D．how Susan Butcher began to show interest in the race

3. In the year          , Susan Butcher won three races in a row.

A．1984, 1985 and 1986	B．1985, 1987 and 1988
C．1986, 1987 and 1988	D．1987, 1988 and 1990

4. What led to some of Susan Butcher’s failures?

A．Snowstorm.	B．Lack of food.
C．Accidents.	D．Lack of experience.