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   “She was born for the camera,” said a photographer who shot Liu Yifei’s picture when she was only eight.

   Over the past year, Liu, an 18-year-old Chinese American, has shot to fame while playing Wang Yuyan in Jin Yong’s Eightfold Path of the Heavenly Dragon(《天龙八部》). Millions of teenagers have been drawn in by her light smile and beautiful long hair. Many magzines have described her as one of the most charming young actresses of 2004. People say that Liu will be even bigger this year.

   “ She is so beautiful on TV. She has the special character to give flesh and blood to the fairy-like and beautiful Wang Yuyan,” said Yang Mingwei, a Senior 2 boy and Liu’s fan from Wuyi High School in Fujian.

   Currently Liu filmed the TV series The return of the Condor Heroes(《神雕侠侣》), another Jin Yong novel. In the show aired this year, Liu played the Little Dragon female.

   Liu is now a grade three student at the Beijing Film Academy, the star factory of China. But some people say that her success is only down to her beauty. When she returned to China with her mother at the age of 14, she did original work as a model. It was when a director saw her picture on an advertisement board on the street that her opportunity to work in TV arose.

   “A pretty face does not last forever. To be a good actress you must work hard and have a professional attitude,” Liu said. Every day she spends hours practising all the kungfu kicks and punches for the show.

   “There have been times during filming when I have remained hanging in the air on wires for half a day as the director keeps trying to get the perfect take,” said Liu recenly.

1.In the first paragraph, the photographer commented on Liu’s      .

2.What does the underlined word “aired” probably mean?

3.From Yang Mingwei, we learned that he meant Liu Yifei ______.

4.In which part of a newspaper can you read the above passage?

The 2009 outbreak of HINI is a new kind of influenza virus, commonly referred to as “swine flu”. It is thought to be a break of four known kinds of influenza. A virus subtype H1N1: one endedmic(流行病) in humans, one endemic in birds, and two endemic in pigs (swine). The source of the outbreak in humans is still unknown, but cases were first discovered in the U.S. and soon after in Mexico.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC)，it is not yet clear how serious this new virus actually is compared with other influenza viruses, although on May 26 they stated that new cases in the U.S. have probably reached the hightest point, and most cases have so far been mild relative to “seasonal flus”. But because this is a new virus, most people will not have immunity(免疫性) to it, and illness may eventually become more severe and widspread. The H1N1 flu mainly spreads in the same way that regular “seasonal influenza” spreads through the air from coughs and sneezes or touching those infected. It cannot be transmitted from eating cooked pork or by being in close contact with pigs.

As yet there is no vaccine(疫苗) available to prevent infection although companies are in the planning stages for having one available later this year. But there is concern that the virus could vary again over the coming months, leading to a new and potentially more dangerous flu outbreak later in the year, and a vaccine that will be less effective in preventing its spread.

As of May 27, the virus had spread to more than 50 countries; however, over 80% of reported deaths have taken place in Mexico. According to the CDC, the fact that the flu’s infection activity is now monitored more closely may help explain why more flu cases than normal are being recorded in Mexico, the United States and other countries.    

1.The 2009 outbreak of H1N1 is thought to      .

A.be concerned with four endmics                                             

B.have come from the virus from pigs

C.occur because of unknown virus in Mexico

D.be caused because of people without immunity

2.According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ______.

3.To make people worried more is that      .

4.From the passage we can learn that      .

A.every country is watching closely the spreading of the H1N1                        

B.more than one-fourth of the deaths from the H1N1 are in Mexico                          

C.only the United States and Mexico recorded the cased of influenza                                                                     

D.effective medicine has been produced to cure the H1N1         

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Many years ago, there was a king in China. He  1a beautiful girl named Chang Er and made her stay in the palace so that he could see her  2he wanted. However, the girl did not like the frightened figure of the king. She.  3spoke a word in the palace. Each time the king went to her place, he  4show her some treasures and brough some gifts to  5her.

On every full moon, the girl would light candles to worship the moon. People believed that there was a god living in the moon that made the moon  6.

One day, the full moon of the eighth month, the king  7three pills to show her. “ This is from the priest(道士) of the palace. If  we eat them up, we can live forever.” He  8.

Because the king was afraid that the pills would have side effects. He forced the girs to take the  9first. If nothing wrong with her after taking the pill, he would take it immediately.  10,  the girl recognized that if she took all three of them, the king would  11her eventually. Therefore, she  12the king for the first time, “ Let me have a look at the pills first. Otherwise, I will not try at all.”

The king was  13that the girl talked to him. So he  14the pills to the girl. She did not say  15but eat all of them. The king was extremely angry. He wanted to kill her.

At this moment, the girl started to  16. She could fly for the sake of the  17of the pills. The king could not catch her but had to watch her fly  18the moon and disappear.

After that, people  19. that there was a beautiful girl stay in the moon with a little old man and a bunny. The old man was believed to be the god inside the moon and bunny was his 20. Day after day, Chinese believed that there were people lived in the moon. 

1.A.met B.married   C.inspected     D.loved

2.A.wherever    B.however   C.whatever D.whenever

3.A.seldom B.never C.ever  D.always

4.A.should B.might    C.would D.could

5.A.satisfy B.show  C.guarantee D.please

6.A.shine   B.light C.appear    D.hide

7.A.took    B.brought   C.carried   D.fetched

8.A. answered   B.responded C.exclaimed D.forecasted

9.A.palace  B.pill  C.moon  D.bunny

10.A.Therefore  B.Moreover  C.Besides   D.However

11.A.forgive    B.give up   C.leave D.give away

12.A.turned to  B.talked with

hristmas    C.depended on   D.spoke to

13.A.surprised  B.confused  C.angry     D.scared

14.A.donated    B.returned  C.awarded   D.handed

15.A.something      B.nothing   C.anything  D.everything

16.A.fly    B.rise  C.develop   D.strike

17.A.quality    B.variety   C.intake    D.instructions

18.A.into   B.toward    C.onto  D.within

19.A.argued B.estimated C.guessed   D.believed

20.A.companion  B.guide     C.pet   D.choice 

 —How do you like the address Hu Jintao delivered at the Asian APEC in 2009?

   —Great. I take       that he spoke of the physical security measures.

 How long do you think ______ will take to complete the sports center？