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More than 7 million tickets will go on sale for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which is more than the number of tickets 1 (sell) in the 2004 Athens Games, the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the 29th Olympiad (BOCOG) said on Friday.

Of the tickets, about 4.9 million, 2 70 per cent will be sold within China and the rest 30 per cent will be sold abroad.

“Since we have more 3 (seat) than Athens, we can sell 4 tickets,” said Rong Jun, an 5 (office) from the BOCOG Marketing Department.

It 6 (report) that Athens offered 5.3 million tickets 7 the 2004 Olympics.

“The 8 (open) ceremony will be held in the National Stadium, 9 is able to seat 91,000 people. Since 10 large number of seats will be taken by broadcasters and the media, there will be only about 60,000 for ordinary audience.”

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Most Americans don’t like to get advice __1_____ members of their family. They get advice from “___2_____ (strange)”. When they need advice, they don’t usually go to people they know. __3______ many of them write letters to newspapers and magazines __4______ give advice on many different subjects，__5_______ (include) family problems, the use of language, health, cooking, child care, clothes, _6______ even on how to buy a house or a car.

Most newspapers __7_______ (regular) print letters from readers with problems. Along with the letters there are __8_______ written by people who are supposed to know how to solve such problems. Some of these writers are doctors, and _9___________ are lawyers or educators. But two of the most famous writers of advice are women without special __10_________ (train) for this kind of work.

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Without proper __1________(plan), tourism can cause problems. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places __2_________ are also enjoyed by the inhabitants(居民) of a country. If tourism creates too much traffic, the inhabitants will become __3________ (annoy) and unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists __4_______ to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can help the country’s economy. __5_________ is important to think about the people of a destination country and ___6________ tourism affects them. Tourism should help __7________ country keep the customs and beauty that attracts tourists. Tourism should also advance the wealth and ___8_______ (happy) of local inhabitants.

Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism __9_________ (grow) too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work __10________ the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country’s economy can suffer.

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London was awarded __1_______ 2012 Olympic Games on Wednesday, __2_________ (defeat) European rival Paris in the final round of voting to take the games back to British capital __3________ the first time since 1948.

__4_______ Moscow, New York and Madrid were eliminated (淘汰) in the first three rounds London beat Paris 54 : 50 on the fourth ballot(投票表决) of the IOC.

In London crowds cheered and waved flags as __5_______ watched the announcement from Singapore __6_______ a giant screen in Trafalgar Square and in the east London area __7______ the main Olympic complex (建筑群) will be based.

Blair spent two days in lobbying(游说) in Singapore __8______ leaving to host the G8 summit (8国峰会) in Scotland. “My promise to you is that we will be your very __9_______ (good) partners,” Blair said.

It’s the fourth bid (申办) from Britain after __10__________ (fail) attempts(尝试;企图) by Birmingham for the 1992 Olympics and Manchester for the 1996 and 2000.

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