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People use the words “ mouse” and “ rat” when talking about small animals with round ears, a pointy(尖的)nose, and a long tail. However, there are many different kinds of rats and mice, such as the Norway rat, black rat, house mouse, and deer mouse. The most common(常见的)rat that people see is the Norway rat, while the house mouse is the most common mouse that people find in their homes.
If you can’t tell the difference between a rat and a mouse, you are not alone. The Norway rat and the house mouse both come from an animal, which lived millions of years ago. As a result, they have much in common. Both Norway rats and house mice have long tails, whiskers(须), and round ears.
However, there are many differences between Norway rats and house mice. The Norway rat is much bigger than the mouse. A Norway rat can weigh over ten times(倍) as much as a house mouse and is usually three times as large. Also , a Norway rat has big feet and small ears compared to the size of its body. And its tail is longer than its body, while a Norway rat’ s tail is shorter.
| The Norway rat and the house mouse |
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| Similarities |
They both come from the same animal. They both have They have similar |
| Differences |
The Norway rat is _ The Norway rat is usually three times as The Norway rat has big feet and small ears compared to its body, while the house mouse has small feet and big ears compared to its body. The Norway rat’s tail is shorter than |
INTERNATIONAL RADIO — WHAT’S ON?
| 18:00 |
World News Program The latest news from around the world. |
| 18:10 |
What Do You Think? Phone in with your opinion about today’s hot topics: Why is the world getting fatter? How can we look after our world better to save the planet? Should we all get free healthcare or should we pay ourselves? |
| 19:00 |
World Business Business news of the day, with up-to-date information about the world business in Europe, Asia and America. |
| 19:20 |
Teen Dreams Listen to 10 teenagers from different places in Asia talking about their dreams for the future. What is more important for them—money, education or love? |
| 20:00 |
World News Program The latest news from around the world. |
| 21:10 |
Aunt Vera－What should you do? Phone in to ask for Aunt Vera’s advice if you have a problem with your parents, friends, or love. She will tell you what she thinks. |
How many times will the World News Program be on?
| A．Once. | B．Twice. |
| C．Three times. | D．Four times. |
When can you phone in if you have a problem with your friend?
| A．At 18:10. | B．At 19:00. |
| C．At 19:20. | D．At 21:10. |
In which program can you hear people’s opinions about hot topics?
| A．Teen Dreams | B．What Do You Think? |
| C．World Business | D．What Should You Do? |
As space science develops, man has learned more and more about space. Space is not only amazing but also dangerous. While working in space, spacemen are facing danger as well as success.
Scientists have found out that the radiation（辐射）is the greatest danger to spacemen in space. When spacemen are working in space, they are in danger of the radiation from the sun and other stars, which is bad for their health. The harm of the radiation won’t be found until their children even grandchildren are born. Some special medicine may work a little, but no really effective medicine has been found so far.
Space rubbish is also thought to be a great danger to spacemen. It’s reported that there were 9,000 man-made things flying in space. About 30% of these are satellites, 10% are spaceships, and the rest are space rubbish. An explosion（爆炸）in space in 1999 made a cloud of 300,000 fragments, each at least 4mm in size. A small piece of these even knocked a spaceship window and caused some damage(损坏).
Scientists are watching and reporting any possible danger all the time. They are working to deal with space rubbish. Although space is really dangerous, it interests many people on the earth. In the near future, it may become possible for people to spend a few days in a space hotel. We may even choose to leave the earth and live in space in a few years. So we should do something to help improve the space environment.. The writer mainly wants to tell his readers that the space is full of _____.
| A．rubbish | B．danger |
| C．satellites | D．radiation |
. How much does space rubbish take up of all the man-made flying objects?
| A．30% | B．40% | C．50% | D．60% |
Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
| A．Some children have been born in space. |
| B．People are not supposed to live in space. |
| C．Some people are eager to have a space trip. |
| D．No one is dealing with space rubbish now. |
. The underlined word “fragments” in the third paragraph probably means _____.
| A．broken pieces | B．flying dust |
| C．dangerous gases | D．space radiation |
. What is the main purpose（目的）for writing the passage?
| A．To ask people not to pollute the space environment. |
| B．To develop people’s interests in space travel in the future. |
| C．To tell readers what scientists are doing about space rubbish. |
| D．To tell people that space is dangerous and what the dangers are. |
This is a true story in Guyuna. One day, a child took some silver（银的）paper from a cigarette box. He rolled it into a tiny（极小的）ball and pushed it up his nose. He couldn’t get it out again. He ran crying to his mother. His mother couldn’t get the paper out, either. A week later the paper was still in his nose. His nose began to have a bad smell.
So his mother took her child to the hospital. The doctor looked up his nose. She put a tiny steel rod（钢棒）into his nose and felt the paper. She said she would have to cut his nose to get the paper out.
The child’s mother came home looking sad. She didn’t want her child to have his nose cut. He was a handsome boy and the cut would make him ugly.
Next day, the child’s mother took him to her friend Sidney. Sidney lived in a house with an old woman called May. She asked to see the child, so the child let her look up his nose. He closed his eyes.
“Yes, I can see it,” May said, “It will be out soon!”
As she spoke, she shook black pepper（胡椒粉） on the child’s nose. He gave a mightly（有力的）sneeze and the paper flew out. His mother was surprised. May told her to take the boy to the sea for a swim. She said the salt water would go up his nose and stop the bad smell.
So the child didn’t have to go to the hospital and gave his nose out. How did the silver ball go into the boy’s nose?
| A．His mother put it into his nose. |
| B．The boy himself pushed the ball up his nose. |
| C．The silver ball rolled into his nose itself. |
| D．The passage didn’t tell us. |
. Why did the boy’s nose have a bad smell?
| A．The ball stayed in his nose for too long. |
| B．The boy didn’t like to wash his nose. |
| C．His nose is cut and gave a bad smell. |
| D．Because he had a running nose. |
. What can help to stop the bad smell?
| A．Some medicine | B．Some black pepper |
| C．Fresh air | D．The salt water |
. Who helped to take the silver ball out?
| A．The boy himself | B．The doctor |
| C．Sidney | D．May |
. What is the best title of the story?
| A．Old medicine | B．Some good doctors |
| C．A poor boy | D．A silver ball |
Wang Nan is a world-famous ping-pong player. She has won (已获得) many gold medals(金牌) in international(国际的) table tennis games. She was born in Liaoning Province in October 1978. She is 1.62 meters tall and weighs (重) 54 kilograms. In her spare (空余的) time, she likes making friends, surfing the Internet and chatting with her friends on line.
Information Card
Mary did not understand such sentences as “She is in blue today.” “You are yellow.” “ He has a green thumb.（大拇指）” “He has told a white lie.” and so on. . And she went to her teacher for help.
Mary: Mrs Smith, there is a color in each of these sentences. What do they mean?
Mrs Smith: In everyday English, Mary , blue sometimes means sad. Yellow means afraid. A person with a green thumb grows plants well. And a white lie is not a bad one.
Mary: Would you give me an example for a white lie?
Mrs Smith: Certainly. Now I give you some cake. In fact you don’t like it, but you won’t say it. Instead, you say, “No, thanks, I’m hungry.” That’s a white lie.
Mary: Oh, I see. Thank you very much..Blue sometimes means sad and is ________ English.”
| A．good | B．spoken |
| C．poor | D．useful |
I don’t have a green thumb , so all my plants _________.
| A．die off | B．grow well |
| C．look nice | D．are good |
Tom is _______ to climb the tree. He’s yellow.
| A．happy | B．clever |
| C．sad | D．afraid |
He didn’t like me to know ________ of the accident . he told me a white lie.
| A．the reason | B．the meaning |
| C．the answer | D．the true story |
He is ________ today . His father is ill.
| A．blue | B．yellow |
| C．green | D．white |
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