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Here are three pieces of news from China Daily.
SHANGHAI-The Huachen Group 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 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 a light three meters underwater because of the special technology which creats a fierce flame that can not be drowned out by water.
Charles Tegner, managing director of torch creator, said the flame would burn like a flare (照明弹） from oxygen-producing chemicals.
HAIKOU- Customs officers in Haikou recently stopped a boat loaded with 781 cases of foreign-brand cigarettes being smuggled(走私)into China. The smuggled cigarettes cases, packed into two containers, were disguised to avoid being examined. The boat was registered in the coastal city of Xiamen in East China‘s Fujian Province. All eight suspects 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 people in these countries travel much more than other countries.
C.Because the payments of hotels and services should be made through credit cards.
D.Because it is more convenient for them to surf the Internet.
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 -four 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 of the following best explains the underlined word disguised in the last piece of news?
A. divided B. pretended
C. made different from normal D. designed for a good purpose
