Space travel is nothing new. The first spacecraft with a human was sent up into space in 1961. Since then, people have not only traveled to space, but also many of them have lived there in space stations for some time.
The Soviet Union(前苏联) sent the first space station into space in 1971. This space station was called Salyut 1. Salyut 1 was designed as a place where people could live while they observed space and did experiments. The first group of astronauts lived there for 23 days. The Soviet Union went on to make seven more Salyut space stations. At about the same time, the United States built its own space station, called Skylab.
Astronauts visited and often lived in these space stations for a short time. However, it wasn’t until the late 1980s when The Soviet Union sent the Mir space station that people began to live in space for a longer time. Mir stayed in space from 1989 until 2001, when it was decided that the space station was too old and no longer safe to live in.
Living in space stations seems to be fun, but astronauts face many problems. One of them is food. All the meals on space station are put together on Earth and sent there by space shuttle. Because the food has to last a long time (sometimes up to three months), a lot of it has to be stored in cans. The space station does not have a fridge, but it has a cool room to keep fruit and vegetables fresh. Astronauts also eat many other foods such as dried meat that do not need special care.
Without the help of gravity, sitting down to eat can be tough. Astronauts sometimes have to fix themselves to the wall while eating. They also have to be very careful to that food does not float away.Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “observed” in Paragraph 2?
| A．Discovered | B．Checked | C．Watched | D．Fixed |
What can we infer(推断)from the passage?
| A．Astronauts can never have a chance to eat fresh food when they live in space station. |
| B．The Soviet Union sent a total of 9 space stations into space in the 1970s and 1980s. |
| C．Astronauts could live in the Mir space station for no more than three weeks. |
| D．Space travel has quite a long history of more than 60 years. |
What is the best title of this passage?
| A．Exploring Space | B．Space Travel | C．Living in Space | D．Space Stations |
C
Mr. Clark hated to do housework. He wouldn’t stay at home at weekends. As his wife always told him to do some washing or cleaning, or he had to cook for his family. So he always made some exercise on Friday evenings.
Recently Mr. Clark was interested in playing cards. But he was afraid to let his wife know. So every Sunday afternoon he brought some fish home. It made his wife happy and she never asked where he spent his weekends.
One Saturday morning Mr. Clark left home at 7 o’clock. He took a bus and got off at a stop near a small town. His friends were waiting for him in a small hotel. They played cards there. Mr. Clark didn’t go home until 7 o’clock on Sunday evening. He went in the shop near the bus stop as usual. As soon as the shopkeeper saw him, the man said, “I’m sorry, Mr. Clark. I have no fish today. What about some chicken legs?”
“Don’t be silly!” said Mr. Clark. “I can’t tell my wife that I have fished some chicken legs, can I?”
Mr Clark didn’t want to stay at home on weekends because_________.
A. he wouldn’t like to do any housework
B. he didn’t love his wife
C. he was very busy
What was Mr. Clark interested in?
A. Fishing
B. Playing cards
C. Shopping
How long was Mr. Clark away from his home?
A. About 24 hours.
B. About 36 hours.
C. About 48 hours.
Mr Clark played cards with his friends_________.
A. at home B. in a shop C. in a hotel
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Mr. Clark hardly stayed at home on weekends.
B. Mr. Clark played card only this weekend.
C. Mrs. Clark believed he fished on weekends.
B
We drink tea every day. But more than three hundred years ago most of the people in Europe did not know anything about tea. Some people heard about it, but very few of them know what to do with it.
There is a story about an English sailor(水手) who went to countries in the east, the west and the south. Once he went to India and China. He bought some tea. One day he came home and brought the tea as a present for his mother. His mother told her friends about the present and asked them to a “tea party”. When her friends came to the “tea party”, the old woman offered them brown tea—leaves. The old woman’s friends began to eat them. Of course, everyone didn’t like the tea—leaves.
At that time the sailor came in. He looked at the table and said, “Mother,what have you done with the tea?”
“I boiled it, as you said.”
“And what did you do with the water?”
“I threw it away, of course.”anwered the old woman.
“Now you may throw away the leaves, too,”said her son.
Most of the people in Europe______.
A. drank tea every day 300 years ago
B. liked to eat the tea—leaves C. knew nothing about tea
One day the English sailor brought some tea from_____.
A.countries in the west
B. India or China
C. countries in the south
The sailor’s mother asked her friends to her house, because_____.
A. she liked to show off(炫耀)
B. she wanted to ask her friends what to do with the tea
C.she wanted to sample(品尝)the tea together with her friends
At the “tea party”,_______.
A. nobody knew what to do with the tea
B. the woman offered her friends some dried tea
C.the woman gave her friends each a glass of tea water
What mistake did the old woman make?
A. She boiled the tea.
B. She did as the sailor said.
C. She poured away the water.
A
James was a driver. He liked to grow flowers in his garden when he was five. One Sunday morning after breakfast he put on his clothes and began digging in his garden at eight. He dug and dug. After half an hour he suddenly found a coin near his foot. He was very glad.He put it in his right pocket. A few minutes later, he found another one.He put it in the same pocket,too. The same thing happened for the third, the fourth and the fifth time…He was very happy and told his wife about it. She was very happy,too. She said, “A thief took away many coins from a shop a few days ago. The police caught him but they didn’t find any coins.”Then James went on digging and found some more coins,but just when he began to dig,he felt something cold in his trousers. It ran down one of his legs. He put his hand down quickly—and the coin came into his hand. Now he knew there was a hole in his pocket.What’s James’ hobby?
A. Collecting coins.
B. Driving a car.
C. Growing flowers.When did James find a coin in his garden?
A. At 8:00.
B. At about 8:30.
C. At 9:30.He told his wife ______.
A. the police caught a thief
B. he found money in his garden.
C. he put the coin in his right pocket.There was a hole in _____.
A. his pockets
B. his left pocket
C. his right pocketHow many coins did James dig out from the garden?
A. Only one.
B. Five coins.
C. Many coins.
D
阅读表达 请根据短文内容，回答下面问题，每空不超过5个词。
It was Mary’s birthday. She got a letter from her uncle who was a farmer.
“Dear Mary,” the letter said. “Happy Birthday. I am sending you some chickens as your birthday present. They will arrive tomorrow. I hope you like them. Best wishes, Uncle Toby.
Mary was very pleased. She liked eating eggs and she liked eating chicken. “I can keep the chickens for their eggs or eat them,” she thought. When the chickens arrived the next day, they were in the box. Mary was very excited. She took the box off the back of the truck and began to carry it into her garden. However, the box of chickens was heavy and she dropped it. The box fell to the ground and broke. The chickens all ran out. They ran everywhere－into neighbors' gardens, into the road, into shops, even into the next street. Mary spent hours trying to find them and take them back to her garden.
A few days later her uncle came to visit her. “Did the chickens arrive safely?" he asked Mary. “Yes, Uncle Toby,” Mary said. “But I had a lot of trouble with them. I dropped the box. It broke open and the chickens ran everywhere. I spent the whole morning looking for them." “Did you find them all?” her uncle asked. “I hope so,” Mary replied. “I caught eleven of them.” “That's very interesting,” her uncle said with a smile, “because I only sent you six.
Why did Mary’s uncle sent her some chickens ?
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How did the chickens get out of the box?
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In order to find the chickens, How long did Mary spent ?.
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How many chickens did her uncle sent her ?
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Why did Mary’s uncle smile?
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C
运动前的热身活动有助于肌肉放松，也能避免受伤。请阅读１－５题有关热身活动的文字，然后从A.B.C.D和E中选择符合文字内容的图示。Activity 1
◇Hold arms straight out to the sides
◇Move your arms in circles(圆).
◇Come back to the starting position and move your arms in the other direction.Activity 2
◇Raise one foot backward, and hold it with one hand.
◇Breathe and slowly pull your foot to your hip(屁股).
◇Try to keep both knees together.Activity 3
◇Stand with some space in front of and behind you. Move the top of your body downward.
◇Keep your back straight and reach for your feet with both hands.
◇Hold this for about half a minute.Activity 4
◇Take one step forward with your right foot.
◇Put your hands on the right knee and press(压).
◇Do the action in the same way with your left foot.Activity 5
◇Stand with feet shoulder-width apart(与肩同宽).
◇Raise both arms overhead.
◇Hold for about half a minute and relax.
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