【正文】 een China and the . and Western Europe. A group of top Chinese scientists starts its tennation 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 Journal, the fiveyear study 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 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 . and Western Europe . A. some Chinese scientists will visit . and Western Europe B. China will send some scientist to visit the . 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 more 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 (B) Alice always wanted to be a singer. Music was the most important thing in her life. She took lessons for years, practiced every day, but in spite of all the efforts she made, her voice didn’t improve. In fact, it didn’t get better, it just got louder. Her teacher finally gave up and stopped the lessons, but Alice refused to give in, and one day she decided to give a concert and invited her teacher to attend. The teacher was very worried about what to say after the concert. She knew it would be terrible and it was. She didn’t want to tell a lie, but she didn’t want to hurt Alice’s feelings either. Finally she got an idea and went backstage to greet her pupil. ―Well,‖ said Alice, ―What do you think of my singing?‖ ―My dear,‖ said the teacher, ―you’ll never be better than you were tonight.‖ 6. Alice wanted to be a singer because she . A. was good at singing B. could do nothing but sing C. had a good teacher D. was interested in music 7. Alice’s teacher stopped the lessons because . A. Alice didn’t make any progress in singing B. Alice’s voice became louder and louder C. Alice didn’t work hard enough D. Alice was too proud to listen to her 8. What made Alice decide to give a concert? A. she wanted to prove that her teacher was wrong. B. she wanted to please her teacher C. she was sure that she could sing beautifully D. she was encouraged to so 9. What is really mean by saying ―you’ll never be better than you were tonight‖? A. You gave a wonderful concert tonight. B. You won’t make any improvement in future. C. You have never sung so well before D. You did much better before than tonight 10. If Alice’s teacher had told a lie, she might have said . A. ―I don’t like the concert.‖ B. ―You have made no progress.‖ C. ―The concert tonight is terrible.‖ D