[单项选择]News bulletins are broadcast every hour on many ______.


A. commercial television stations
B. cable television networks
C. radio stations
D. "news magazine" programs

[单项选择]Jane should make the most of every half hour at the assembly so that she can ______ the attention of that young handsome man.
A. grasp
B. hunt
C. trap
D. command

[单项选择]Every day, many people come to visit the ______ of the old castle.
A. location
B. highland
C. site
D. desert

[单项选择]Every hour a day spent in a car led to a six percent greater chance of being overweight.
A. 每天乘一小时轿车，导致体重超重就有6%的可能性。
B. 每天开轿车一小时其结果就会使体重增加6%。
C. 每天开一小时轿车，有6%的人可能增加体重。
D. 每天乘坐轿车一小时，可能会导致体重上升6%。

[单项选择]Despite transplant surgeons' work, every year many people die because______.


A. they are unlucky patients
B. organ transplantation is unreliable
C. there are not enough proper organs for transplantation
D. few people are willing to donate their organs after death

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Many educators today insist that every good story will not only attract its viewers but also give them some insight into what it means to be a human being.（）

A. absorb
B. captivate
C. encourage
D. stimulate

[单项选择]Though people plant many trees in this area every year, the top of some hills is still ______.
A) open C) empty
B) bare D) blank


A. Though people plant many trees in this area every year, the top of some hills is still ______.
B. open
C. bare
D. empty
E. blank

[单项选择]How many salmon were there every spring in British Columbia's rivers four years earlier
A. 1.3 million.
B. About 524,000.
C. About 1,824,000.
D. Above 2,000,000.

[单项选择]Who gave the News on the Hour
A. The President and First Lady.
B. Ed Wilson.
C. Scientists in California.
D. Jan Singer.

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Passage Two
This is News on the Hour, Ed Wilson reporting. The President and First Lady will visit Africa on a goodwill 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 Chinese scientists will start its ten-nation tour next month.
Here in Miami, the mayor is still meeting with the leaders 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 disease among women. According to the report in the American Medical Journal ( = magazine) , the five-year study shows this: 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 n
A. the mayor has agreed with the teachers' union
B. the teachers' strike will last long
C. students haven't been to school for two weeks
D. the mayor was trying to end the schools

[单项选择]There are as many as 200 million insects for every human beings, and in fact their total number exceeds that of all other animals taken together.

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Passage Two 2
This is News on the Hour, Ed Wilson reporting. The President and First Lady will visit Africa on a goodwill 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 Chinese scientists will start its ten-nation tour next month.
Here in Miami, the mayor is still meeting with the leaders 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 disease among women. According to the report in the American Medical Journal ( = magazine) , the five-year study shows this: 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
A. The President and First Lady.
B. Ed Wilson.
C. Scientists in California.
D. Jan Singer.

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This is News on the Hour, Ed Wilson reporting. The President and First Lady will visit Africa on a goodwill 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 Chinese scientists will start its ten-nation tour next month. Here in Miami, the mayor is still meeting with the leaders 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 disease among women. According to the report in the American Medical Journal ( = magazine) , the five-year study shows this: 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 bette
A. visit the U. S. and Western Europe to improve the ties between China and them
B. come closer to the U. S. and Western Europe
C. close the door of China to the U. S. and Western Europe
D. improve the ties between the U. S. and Western Europe

[单项选择]According to the news, how many pilot whales eventually died before they were rescued


A. 15.
B. 7.
C. 8.
D. 6.

[单项选择]According to the news, how many people were hospitalized7


A. 3.
B. 4.
C. 5.
D. 6.