The 30th Olympic Games was held from July 27th to August 12th in 2012 in London,United Kingdom.London has hosted the modern Olympic Games three times in the history of Olympic Games.

The Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway was put into operation at the end of June,2011.The journey takes about five hours.The train can reach speeds of up to 300 kilometers an hour.The passenger volume(容量)is expected to reach 160 million a year,marking a great step in China’s Railway development.

The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the 20th FIFA World Cup,an international association football tournament that will take place in Brazil from June 13th to July 13th in 2014.This will be the second time the country has hosted the competition,the first being the 1950 FIFA World Cup.Brazil will become the fifth country to have hosted the FIFA World Cup twice,after Mexico,Italy,France and Germany.It will be the first World Cup to be held in South America since the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina.

【小題1】The 30th Olympic Games was held in______.

A．Paris

B．London

C．Beijing

D．France

【小題2】How many times did London host the modern Olympic Games?

A．1

B．2

C．3

D．4

【小題3】The Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway was put into operation at the end of______,2011.

A．June

B．July

C．August

D．September

【小題4】The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be held in______.

A．Brazil

B．Mexico

C．Italy

D．France

【小題5】Brazil hosted the competition for the first time in______.

A．2014

B．2011

C．1978

D．1950

Did you watch the closing ceremony（閉幕式）of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games? Then do you still remember the eight-minute performance at the Bird's Nest（鳥(niǎo)巢）by people from London? Of course，the famous British football star David Beckham was there，but there was also a wonderful voice heard at the ceremony．The voice was from Leona Lewis，6ne of the hottest pop singers in the United Kingdom．

Leona was born in 1985．She wrote her first song when she was only twelve．Since then she's won several singing contests．She studied singing，dancing and acting，and found she was interested in writing songs very much．

In the year 2006，Leona took part in the famous British talent show and became the winner．Her first single broke the world record when it was downloaded 50000 times in 30 minutes．Her first album was a huge success．Bleeding Love，a song on the album，was one of the best songs of 2007!

Leona once said that making an album by herself had been her dream ever since she was five．Now her dream has come true．But we believe it is just the beginning of her success．

1．How long did Londoners perform at the closing ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games?

A．For eight minutes． B．For five minutes． C．For fifteen minutes．

2．Where is Leona from?

A．America．          B．France．          C．Britain．

3．When Leona sang at the Bird's Nest in Beijing，she was _________．

A．20              B．23                C．25

4．Which of the following is TRUE about Leona?

A．She made the most albums．

B．Her first single was a great success．

C．Her dance at the closing ceremony impressed people a lot．

5．We can know from．the passage that _________．

A．Leona once dreamed of becoming a famous song writer

B．Bleeding Love became the most popular song of 2008

C．Leona showed her talent for singing when she was a teenager