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Cloze test 3 Class:________ No:________ Name:________ Score:_______
1. Weibo use has exploded in China. In just two years more than 200 million Internet users have o________ accounts on Sina, Tencent and Sohu. And in those two years over two billion weibos have been posted.
Weibo is a microblogging service. Like America’s Twitter, it allows users to post s________ pieces of text (140 characters or less). But unlike Twitter, Weibo users can also post o________ content such as photos, links and short videos. Weibo is a great way to connect with friends, celebrities and even government officials. It has also become the way many people get their n________ and information. Since weibos are posted in real time, they are often ahead of newspaper and television reports. Scandals surrounding the Red Cross, the Palace Museum and the bullet-train crash were all f________ reported on Weibo.
The ―instant‖information is valuable but it can also be d________. It can lead to the spread of harmful rumors. Though some reports were false, they still damaged the reputations of the people involved.
Sina Weibo has started suspending users who post false information, but it’s d________ for any of the service providers to keep tabs on everyone. It’s really up to the users to use Weibo wisely.
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2. The Queen is bringing out her first c________ book to help answer some of the burning issues youngsters have always wanted to ask her.
The book is called Does the Queen Wear Her Crown In Bed? It is a colourful 32-page paperback.
The t________ main characters in the book are a pair of cartoon children. The boy and the girl explore Buckingham Palace and its surrounding and find the answers to many frequently asked questions about the Queen and her l________.
The book explains what youngsters should do when they meet the Queen: men and boys should bow their heads while women and g________ curtsey. You should s_______ by calling her ―Your Majesty‖then use ―Ma’am‖ for the rest of the conversation. It also reveals, through a mixture of fun and fact, that she has 650 rooms in her palace and that her dogs–Linnet, Monty, Willow, Cider, Candy, Vulcan and Holly—travel with her e________, even on her plane.
Jemima Rellie, who is responsible for publishing the books, says, ―We wanted the book to feel modern, to appeal to youngsters today. The large photographs show that Buckingham Palace is both magnificent and r________. We want youngsters to look at and enjoy the palace, to understand and appreciate its function.‖
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3. This September, Dutch airline KLM has begun to use recycled cooking oil as biofuel to p________ flights between Paris and Amsterdam.
KLM managing director Camiel Eurlings said in a statement that the airline did not have to make any c________ to its aircraft engines to use the new biofuel.
KLM hopes the n________ biofuel can help reduce its carbon emissions while having a ―minimum negative impact on biodiversity and food supply‖
Air travel is responsible for about three per cent of greenhouse gases, but their share of global emissions is rising rapidly.
The European Union told airlines earlier this year that they would have to c________ their carbon emissions by three per cent on flights to the Continent in 2012 to fall within pollution limits. The limits are designed to encourage airlines to reduce greenhouse gases by using c________ fuels.
A Boeing 747 using a 50 per cent biofuel mix in one engine, s________ completed a flight in the Netherlands in Novembers, 2009. Virgin, Air New Zealand, Air Japan and some other airlines have previously completed similar flights using biofuel mixes too.
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