高中期末英語閱讀練習四：China Daily

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　　China Daily

　　Here are four pieces of news from China Daily.

　　SHANGHAI-The Huachen Group, which has put 83 million yuan in the development of the e-commerce market since its official registration late last year, recently held a meeting in Shanghai to show the use of its newly opened tourism business payment network. The network aims to serve tourists from all over the world, but especially from Europe and the United States where credit cards are popularly used. After opening the www.chinaecnet.com website, netizens can get information about hotels and tourism services on tourism page. Hotels and services can be reserved and payments made through credit cards. The network opened in February in Beijing.

　　SYDNEY-The Sydney Olympic flame will travel underwater on Australia‘s Great Barrier Reef during the torch relay(火炬接力) following a successful test.

　　Scuba diver Wendy Craig, a marine biologist, will carry the torch on a three-to-four-minute underwater journey at Agincourt Reef on June 27, creating Olympic history, organizers said yesterday.

　　Burning at 2000 degrees, the torch is expected to remain alight three metres underwater because of a special kind of technology which creates a ―fierce flame‖ -too powerful to be drowned out by water. Charles Tegner, managing director of torch creator, said the flame would burn like a flare from oxygen-producing chemicals.

　　BEIJING-The election of a new leader in Taiwan can not change the fact that Taiwan is a part of Chinese territory.‖ Taiwan Independence‖ in whatever form will never be allowed, according to a statesman of China‘s central government.

　　―We should listen to what the new leader in Taiwan says and watch what he does. We will observe where he will lead cross-Straits relations. We are willing to exchange views on cross-Straits relations and peaceful reunification with all parties, organizations and personages in Taiwan who favor(贊同) the one China principle,‖ says the statesman, which was released(發布)by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee.

　　HAIKOU-Customs officers in Haikou, capital of South China‘s Hainan Province, recently stopped a boat loaded with 781 cases of foreign-brand cigarettes being smuggled(走私)into China. The cigarettes are estimated to be worth more than 1.8 million yuan, said a customs discovered the smuggling boat as they were going around the northern sea area of Yangpu Port.

　　The smuggled cigarettes cases, packed into two containers, were disguised to avoid(回避) being examined. The boat was registered(登記) in the coastal city of Xiamen in East China‘s Fujian Province. All eight suspects(疑犯) aboard the boat were kept by the police in Haikou.

　　1.Why does the network aim to serve tourists especially from Europe and the USA?

　　A. Because they are from developed countries.

　　B. Because the payments of hotels and services should be made through credit cards. C. Because people in these countries travel much more than those countries. D. Because they have more computers than others.

　　2.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the second piece of news?

　　A. The whole torch relay will be held three metres underwater.

　　B. The underwater journey of the torch will play an important part in Olympic history. C. A test has been made before this activity.

　　D. Some chemicals will help the flame burn by producing oxygen.

　　3.Which is the best title for the third piece of news?

　　A. Ready to Fight B. No Good End C. Wait and See D. Peace Comes First

　　4.Which of the following best explains the underlined word‖ disguised‖ in the last piece of news?

　　A. made different from normal B. designed for a good purpose C. hidden D. pretended

　　答案：BACA

　　參考譯文：這里有四件來自中國日報。

　　上海華辰集團，已投入8300萬元在電子商務市場的發展，自去年年底正式注冊，最近在上海舉行會議，以展示其新開張的旅游業務的支付網絡使用。網絡的目的是為來自世界各地的游客，但特別是來自歐洲和美國的信用卡被廣泛使用。打開www.chinaecnet.com網站后，網民可以了解酒店和旅游服務的旅游網頁。酒店和服務可以通過信用卡保留和支付。該網于二月在北京開幕。

　　悉尼的悉尼奧運圣火將前往水下在澳大利亞大堡礁的火炬傳遞過程中(火炬接力)繼成功測試。

　　潛水員溫迪克雷格，一位海洋生物學家，將攜帶火炬在阿金庫爾礁6月27日至四分鐘的水下之旅一三，創造了奧運歷史，主辦方昨日表示。

　　在2000度燃燒，火炬預計將保持點亮三米水下因為有一種特殊的技術，創造了一個―激烈的火焰‖太強大，被水淹死了。Charles Tegner，火炬的創造者的常務董事，說火焰想從產氧化工火炬燃燒。

　　北京臺灣新領導人的選舉不能改變的事實，臺灣是中國領土的一部分。‖臺灣獨立‖任何形式永遠不會被允許的，根據一個中國的中央政府的政治家。

　　―我們應該聽聽臺灣新領導人說，要看他做些什么。我們將觀察他將在何處領導海峽兩岸關系。我們愿意在兩岸關系和平統一與各方交換意見，組織和人士在臺灣贊成(贊同)的一個中國的原則，‖說政治家，被釋放(發布)由中共中央臺灣事務辦公室。

　　海口海關在海口，中國南方地區的首都海南省，最近停止了一艘載有外國品牌的香煙走私781例(走私)進入中國。據估計，香煙價值超過180萬元，海關發現走私船在楊浦港北部海域時被發現。

　　走私香煙的情況下，擠在兩個容器，偽裝以避免(回避)檢查。船注冊(登記)在沿海城市廈門華東地區福建省。八名犯罪嫌疑人(疑犯)乘坐的船被海口警察。

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