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Some weird, wild and wonderful stories coloured the news in 2010: ★A Copenhagen bus company has put "love seats" on 103 of its vehicles for people looking for a partner. "Even love at first sight is possible on the bus," said a spokesman for the British owned Arriva company to explain the two seats on each bus that are covered in red cloth and a "love seat" sign. ★Shoppers at an international luxury fair in Verona, Italy, found a cell-phone-equipped golden coffin among the items on display. The phones will help "the dead" contact relatives if they have been buried alive by mistake. ★A man in New York came up with a disarming way to set off his latest bank heist , approaching the clerk’s window with a large bunch of flowers and handing over a hold-up note saying
“give me the money!” ★ An Englishman who lost all his legs and arms in an electrical accident successfully swam across the Channel, a challenge he had been preparing for two years. The whole cost is 400 dollars. ★A set of artificial teeth made for Britain's war-time prime minister Winston Churchill known as "the teeth that saved the world" sold for nearly 18,000 pounds (21,500 euros, 24,000 dollars) at auction. ★A British woman caused an Internet hate campaign after she was caught on camera dumping a cat in a rubbish bin. She was fined 250 pounds (400 dollars, 280 euros) after pleading guilty. ★The BBC apologized completely and without any doubts after a radio presenter jokingly announced that Queen Elizabeth II had died. ★Two Australian men needed surgery after shooting each other in the bottoms during a drinking session to see if it would hurt were charged 400 dollars separately. ★ A Kuwaiti MP(议员) proposed state-aid for male citizens to take second wives, in a bid to reduce the large number of unmarried women in the oil-rich state. 小题1:What is special about the coffin in the second news? A.It is golden B.It has a cell phone. C.It is a luxury D.It has many items 小题2:What is the probable meaning of the underlined word heist in the third news? A.robbery B.proposal C.begging D.raising money 小题3:Who has to spend 400 dollars to do the surgery? A.A British woman who dumped a cat in a rubbish bin. B.One who bought Winston Churchill’s artificial teeth. C.An Australian man who shot in bottom to test the hurt. D.An Englishman crossing the Channel without legs and arms. 小题4:From the last news we can infer that _________. A.In Kuwait many men are eager to get married B.A lot of rich single men lived in Kuwait C.There are quantities of oil in Kuwait D.There are many single women in Kuwait
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