Q: Travelling around the world is a dream for many people, but a young couple from China has made his dream come true. They drove along the ancient Silk Road, from China to the UK. Luo Chang and Ding Jie, a young couple from China's Guizhou Province, spent two months drving from their home in Shanghai all the way to London. The journey covered about 20,000 kilometer, and they crossed 14 countries and regions . Ding Jie said, " People were excited to see two travelers driving a foreign license car, appearing on their streets. We were stopped many times to take photos with them. Sometimes, when we couldn't understand each other's language, they would express their ideas with gestures . During their driving trip, they also spent many nights in local people's homes. Luo Chang said, "This is an amazing experience. We were driving on a highway or a country road to someone's home. Someone you've never met but was already preparing dinner for you. We feelwe have friends all over the world. During the trip, Luo and Ding took nearly 10,000 photos and kept diaries to record the beautiful scenery , the friendly people and the different customs on the way. ,.

Answer the following questions:
1. What is a dream for many people?
2. Where are the young people from?
3. How long did they spend traveling from home?
4. How many countries did they drive through?
5. Where did they sleep during their travels?
6. How many pictures did they get?
7. What was the distance of their trip?
8. What were people excited to see?
9. Who was cooking a meal for them?
10. What did they do when they couldn't understand eachother?
A: 1. Travelling around the world
2. China
3. two months
4. 14
5. local people's homes.
6. 10,000
7. 20,000 km
8. two travelers driving a foreign license car
9. Someone they've never met
10. use gestures
Q: Amsterdam is the capital and most populous municipality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Its status as the capital is mandated by the Constitution of the Netherlands, although it is not the seat of the government, which is The Hague. Amsterdam has a population of 851,373 within the city proper, 1,351,587 in the urban area, and 2,410,960 in the Amsterdam metropolitan area. The city is located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country. The metropolitan area comprises much of the northern part of the Randstad, one of the larger conurbations in Europe, with a population of approximately 7million.

Amsterdam's name derives from "Amstelredamme", indicative of the city's origin around a dam in the river Amstel. Originating as a small fishing village in the late 12th century, Amsterdam became one of the most important ports in the world during the Dutch Golden Age (17th century), a result of its innovative developments in trade. During that time, the city was the leading centre for finance and diamonds. In the 19th and 20th centuries the city expanded, and many new neighborhoods and suburbs were planned and built. The 17th-century canals of Amsterdam and the 1920th century Defence Line of Amsterdam are on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Since the annexation of municipality Sloten in 1921 by the municipality of Amsterdam, the oldest historic part of the city lies in Sloten (9th century).

Answer the following questions:
1. what is the name dervived from?
2. what happened in the 17th century?
3. what was it considered then?
4. what is it the capital of?
5. what ppart of the country can you find it?
6. in what province?
7. what is the population?
8. who is it mandated by?
9. what did it have innovated developments in?
10. What is the Hague?
11. Does Amsterdam have one?
12. what did it originate as?
13. when?
14. What is the population in the metro area?
15. when did the city expand?
16. by doing what?
17. What is on the UNESCO world heritage list?
18. what happened in 1921?
19. what area is in much of the northern part of Randstad?
20. What river is the area around?
A: 1. "Amstelredamme"
2. the Dutch Golden Age
3. one of the most important ports in the world
4. the Kingdom of the Netherlands
5. in the west
6. North Holland
7. 851,373
8. the Netherlands
9. trade
10. the seat of the government
11. no
12. a small fishing village
13. the late 12th century
14. 2,410,960
15. In the 19th and 20th centuries.
16. building many new neighborhoods and suburbs
17. The canals and the Defence Line of Amsterdam
18. the municipality Sloten was annexed
19. The metropolitan area
20. Amstel
Q: MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- Spain's spy agency chief said Tuesday a suspected double agent had been arrested who revealed the names of Spanish spies and other state secrets to a foreign nation.

Spain's SER Radio reported the recipient nation was Russia.

The suspect, Robert Flores Garcia, was arrested Monday morning at his home on Tenerife Island in Spain's Canary Islands. He passed secrets in exchange for hefty payments from December 2001 to February 2004, said the spy chief, Alberto Saiz, head of the National Intelligence Agency (known by its Spanish initials CNI).

Saiz, at a news conference, refused to publicly identify the recipient country, but Spain's SER Radio, said it was Russia, citing unnamed sources.

Flores, a Spanish Civil Guard assigned to spy agency headquarters for internal matters, had been a suspect under surveillance by Spanish intelligence since July 2005, said Saiz.

Flores resigned from his position at the spy agency in January 2004, Saiz said.

Saiz insisted that Spain's national security was never threatened, nor, he said, was there a threat to security at NATO and the European Union. Spain is a member country of both organizations.

But Saiz said the alleged revelations of the suspected double agent forced Spain to substitute a number of its spies.

The suspect allegedly revealed the names of dozens of Spanish spies, possibly including the seven Spanish spies killed in an ambush south of Baghdad in November 2003, Saiz said.

An eighth Spanish intelligence agent traveling with them survived. The eight spies, were in Iraq to provide intelligence for Spanish troops who were stationed at the time in Iraq as part of the U.S.-led coalition. The spies were traveling in two vehicles when insurgents launched an ambush with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who was arrested?
2. What was their name?
3. Where was he arrested?
4. Where was that?
5. Where is the island located?
6. When was this?
7. What was he suspected of doing?
8. Anything else?
9. Did Flores resign?
10. When?
11. Who was Alberto Saiz?
12. Did he think Spain's national security was threatened?
13. How long had Flores been under surveillance?
A:
1. a suspected double agent
2. Robert Flores Garcia
3. at his home
4. on Tenerife Island
5. in Spain's Canary Islands
6. Monday morning
7. revealed the names of Spanish spies and other state secrets to a foreign nation
8. no
9. yes
10. in January 2004
11. head of the Spanish National Intelligence Agency
12. no
13. since July 2005