You are not going to believe this! A Japanese sweets maker made a rocket using candy as fuel (燃料)， and it went up in the air on March 7. With 20 soft candies， Candy Rocket went 248 meters high. |
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A big paper boat is floating on the water! It is 3.6 meters long and weighs 100kg. Morwenna Wilson， a British man， made it and put it on a lake in South London. This paper boat can even carry an adult. |
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It must be amazing for skiers to try this. It is a bedroom in a cable car above the snowy mountains of Courchevel， France. It is 2，700 meters high. It has basic living things and can hold 4 people. You can enjoy beautiful night views in the air and arrive at the top the next day. |
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Pandas are traveling around the world! In the capital city of Malaysia， Kuala Lumpur， 1，600 pandas got together at the square. They will go to 15 famous places in Malaysia. French artist Paulo Grangeon made these pandas with paper. He started his project Pandas on Tour in 2008 and traveled to more than 20 countries. It is to tell people to protect pandas. |
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1.If you are interested in staying in a paper boat on a lake， you should go to _______.
A. Japan B. England C. France D. Malaysia
2.How many people can stay in the bedroom in a cable car?
A. 4. B. 15. C. 20. D. 248
3.Why did Paulo Grangeon made 1，600 pandas with paper?
A. To travel around the world.
B. To enjoy beautiful night views.
C. To become famous in the world.
D. To remind people to protect pandas.
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. A Japanese scientist made the candy rocket and it went up in the air on March 7.
B. Several adults can stay in the paper boat on a lake in South London.
C. Skiers can stay in the bedroom in a cable car for a night.
D. Paulo Grangeon is good at making paper pandas as well as paper boat.
5.Where can you probably read this passage?
A. In a newspaper. B. In a novel.
C. In a dictionary. D. In a history book
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My daughter saw a colorful rainbow the other day after a thunderstorm. She called me to look out of the window and _______ it as well. Looking at it， I was amazed at its beauty and I also _______ the first time I ever saw a rainbow as a boy.
Once when I was a little boy， I was sitting in the house for an hour waiting_______ for the rain to stop so I could go out and play. It had rained hard for long and I thought it would never _______. When it finally did stop I rushed outside and was _______ by the beautiful sight of the rainbow across the sky. I had just recently heard of an old story. It said that there was a pot（罐子）of gold at the end of a rainbow. _______ ， I started to run down the streets near my house to find that treasure. The quicker I ran， though， the more rainbow began to _______ . Finally， I found _______ running as fast as I possibly could， but it was too _______ . By the time I got there， the rainbow and its pot of gold had gone _______ .
Sadly that wasn’t the last time I found myself running after the false（假的） _______ . Over the years， I ran after the fame（名声）， success and money. I got _______ of them， however. It _______ me a long time to find the true treasure that doesn’t break， disappear or run away. That true treasure is the love between people and it is _______ to all. I welcomed this treasure into my heart and life and shared it with others as well. And the more love I _______ ， the more love I had in me.
1.A. see B. hear C. feel D. smell
2.A. chose B. reminded C. remembered D. enjoyed
3.A. lazily B. happily C. impatiently D. bravely
4.A. stop B. change C. remain D. keep
5.A. attacked B. attracted C. hit D. crashed
6.A. Excitedly B. Peacefully C. Quietly D. Easily
7.A. show B. appear C. disappear D. shine
8.A. itself B. myself C. himself D. herself
9.A. bright B. weak C. high D. late
10.A. broken B. missing C. bad D. wrong
11.A. treasure B. rainbow C. pot D. story
12.A. both B. all C. neither D. none
13.A. spent B. paid C. took D. cost
14.A. empty B. useless C. cheap D. free
15.A. asked B. ran after C. dreamed about D. gave away
— Mum， the visit to the Space Museum is so wonderful.
— Really? Could you tell me_________?
A. when you come back
B. what you saw and heard there
C. how did you go there
D. that you saw any spacecraft there
—I haven’t been to Tiandehu Park . What about you， Frank?
— _______. But I plan to go there next week.
A. Me， too B. Neither have I
C. So have I D. I hope so
— If you_______ another chance tomorrow， can you do it better， Lucy?
— That’s for sure. Trust me!
A. give B. will give
C. are given D. will be given
—We have to cancel the picnic because the weather is changing for the worse.— ________. I’m looking forward to it all the time.
A. Never mind B. Good idea
C. My pleasure D. What a pity
