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BBC1
PLANET EARTH
9PM
Fresh Water provides an expansive subject for
the third programme in the BBC"s fascinating
new natural history series. Broadly, we
investigate the world"s lakes and rivers and the
creatures which inhabit them. Thus we visit
the deepest lake on the planet, Lake Baikal in
siberia. We observe large colonies of Indian
smooth-coated otters (above) looking around.
A magical series which gives us a real sense of
context in relation to the planet we inhabit.
BBC2
FAMILY GUY
11.45 PM
Road to Europe. Without proper identification,
Brian and Stewie stow away on a plane they
think is leaving for England. They"re wrong,
and soon they"re in Saudi Arabia (Brian:
"Oh my God, we are finished. We are lost in
the desert.") at the beginning of a long trip
home. | ITV1
AGATHA CHRISTIE"S POIROT
9PM
Cards on the Table. Tonight"s mystery
concerns the death of one of London"s richest
and most mysterious men, Mr. Shaitana
(Alexander Siddig), who has a fascination
with crime. Shaitana hosts dinner and a game
of bridge in his apartment, but when the time
comes for the first guests to take their leave,
they discover that their host has been stabbed
through the heart.
CHANNEL 4
THE GAMES: LIVE
9PM
For the first time on The Games, the men fight
in a kendo tournament, using 1.2m shinai
(Bamboo swords). The women compete in the
cycling, racing wheel-to=wheel on
competition bikes with no brakes. Plus other
news from the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. | | 1-3: A A C | 核心考点
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| 阅读理解。 | Gallery Policies
for Visitors to National Gallery of Art, Washington | | 阅读理解。 | Holidays
Holiday News
Vacancies (空位) now and in the school holidays at a country hotel in
Devon. This comfortable, friendly home-from-home lies near the beautiful
quiet countryside, but just a drive away from the sea. The food is simple but good. Children and pets are welcome. Reduced prices for low season. | | 阅读理解。 | Take Action for a Better World: Volunteers Needed
Six months" preparation in Denmark: Africa studies, team work combined with social work with risk
group teenagers.
Six months" community work in Malawi in People to People Projects: Child Aid, HIV/AIDS Figure and
Teacher Training. | | 阅读理解。 | If the world were a village of 1,000 people it would include:
584 Asians
124 Africans
95 Eastern and Western Europeans
84 Latin Americans
55 former Soviets ( including Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, and other national groups)
52 North Americans
6 Australians and New Zealanders The people of the village would speak:
165 Mandarin
86 English
83 Hindu/Urdu
64 Spanish
58 Russian
37 Arabic
The above list covers the mother tongues of only half the village.
One-third of the people in the village are children, and only 60 are over the age of 65. Just under half
of the married women in the village have access to modem equipments.
This year 28 babies will be bom. Ten people will die, 3 of them for lack of food, 1 from can-cer. Two
of the deaths will be of babies bom within the year. With the 28 births and 10 deaths, the population of the
village next year will be 1,018.
In this village of 1,000 persons, 200 people receive 75 percent of the income; another 200 re-ceive only
2 percent of the income.
About one-third have access to clean, safe drinking water.
Of the 670 adults in the village, half can not read nor write.
The village has a total yearly budget (预算), public and private, of over $3 million-$ 3,000 per person if
it is distributed evenly. Of the total $3 million:
$ 181,000 goes to weapons and warfare
$ 159,000 to education
$ 132,000 to health care
These weapons are under the control of just 100 of the people. The other 900 are watching them with
deep anxiety, wondering whether they can learn to get along together. | |
| 1. Which of the following is true about Mandarin according to the text? | A. Nearly one-third of Asian people speak Mandarin in the village.
B. About 8.25 per cent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.
C. About 16. 5 per cent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.
D. Nearly all the Mandarin-speaking people are from Asia in the village. | | 2. Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned in the text? | A. Poverty.
B. Education.
C. Environment.
D. Marriage. | | 3. The underlined part "have access to" (in Para. 4) means _____. | A. use
B. buy
C. produce
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C. better health care
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| 1. Which of the following magazines will probably provide you with articles about music and paintmgs? | A. Apollo.
B. The Week.
C. New Internationalist.
D. The Guardian Weekly. | | 2. It is possible that most of the readers of the four magazines are ______. | A. men
B. women
C. children
D. grown-ups | 3. Which of the following would you most probably read if you want to get information from the world"s
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