高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解(42).docVIP

山西省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（42） 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。 A This is news on the hour, Ed Wilson reporting. The President and First Lady will visit Africa on a good will 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 top 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 the 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（杂志）, 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 better results. They beat the Rifles 7 to 3. It was their first win in their last five matches. That’s the News on the Hour. And now back to more easy listening with Jan Singer. 1. Who gave the news on the hour? A. The mayor in Miami B. Ed Wilson C. Scientists in California D. Chargers 2. To improve the ties between China and the US and Western Europe, China . A. will send a group of Chinese scientists to pay a visit to the US and the Western Europe B. will send some scientists to visit US only C. has given many reports to improve the ties D. China will have a meeting with the leaders 3. The news about health tells us that ___________. A. no heart disease will be found if people who don’t drink coffee B. no one should drink more coffee C. women’s heart disease has something to do with their coffee D. the more coffee people drink, the more chance they will get to have heart disease 4. From the last news