Yang Liwei circled the earth 14 times in 21 hours on October 15 and 16, 2003, landing on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. Looking a little tired, Yang stepped out of Shenzhou V, smiling and waving at the waiting people. “I feel very good.” Yang said to Premier Wen Jiabao on the phone. Yang said to a newspaper, “For our motherland and me, this is a great moment.”
China’s launch of Shenzhou V shows a higher starting point. It has two special systems（系统）to protect the spaceman, but neither Russian rockets（火箭）nor American ones have.
Yang didn’t know that he was chosen as China’s first spaceman until just before the launch. Although Yang was excited at the news, he still slept at 8p.m. as usual and was woken up at 8p.m. the next morning. Before the launch, Yang ate Chinese traditional food-dumplings. We all know that travelers usually eat them before going on a journey for good luck.
A stamp Success of China First Manned Space Flight was issued（发行）on October 16, 2003, making China the third country to send a spaceman into outer space.
1.It took Yang Liwei_____ to travel around the earth every circle.
A. 6 hours B. 90 minutes C. 2 days D. 21 hours
2.How did Yang Liwei feel after he came back to the earth?
A. Quite tired. B. A little scared.
C. Tired but excited. D. A little nervous
3.Which of the following statement is right?
A. There is no difference between China’s spaceship and other countries.
B. Yang Liwei knew he would be China’s first spaceman long before.
C. From the news, Yang Liwei was too excited to fall asleep.
D. Yang was proud of the flight.
4. What does the underlined word “launch” mean?
A.发射 B.出发 C.制造 D.设计
5.China issued the stamps to _________.
A. leave them in space
B. give them to Yang Liwei as a reward
C. celebrate the success
D. give them to Russian and American spacemen.
Come and see the Indian elephants and the new tigers from America. The bears are waiting to meet you, and the monkeys from China are waiting to throw things at you. The lovely dogs from Australia are waiting to laugh at you, and the giraffes from Zambia are waiting to look down on you.
Tickets
Grown-ups：＄2.00
Children：Over 12＄1.00 Under 12 Free
Opening time 9:00 a.m.— 4:00 p.m.
Except Friday 10:00 a.m. — 3 :00 p.m.
Keep the zoo clean！
Do not touch，give food or go near the animals.
1.How many kinds of animals are talked about in the passage？
A. Four B. Five. C. Six. D. Seven.
2.Now Mr. Smith is in the zoo with his two sons, one aged 14 and the other 10, how much are the tickets together？
A. $4.00 B. $2.00 C. $3.00 D. $1.00
3.Which of the following is the visiting time？
A. 8:30 a.m. Monday B. 9:30 a.m. Friday C.3:00 p.m. Sunday D. 5:00 p.m. Tuesday
4.From the passage we can guess the animal “giraffe” must be very _______.
A. fat B. long C. strong D. tall
5.Which of the following can we do in the zoo？
A. To give some food to the dogs. B. To touch the monkey on the head.
C. To throw things everywhere. D. To take a few nice photos.
For many people the subject of hiccups (嗝) is a joke, but for Harry Mendes, a fifteen-year-old schoolboy from Birmingham, it was something quite different.
His hiccups began one Sunday lunch time and continued day and night for two weeks. After the first week, Harry's parents took him to hospital, but it took another week for the doctors to cure his attack.
Harry, who is now back at school, described what happened to him.
“When I began to hiccup, I drank a glass of water but that didn't do any good. That evening I had hiccups every four seconds. We tried everything to stop them. I held my breath and drank cold drinks. My father even tried to give me a shock but that didn't work either.”
After a week of sleepless nights, he went to hospital. The doctors took an X-ray of his chest but they couldn't find anything wrong.
“They gave me some medicine and my hiccups slowed down, but it was another week before the medicine worked completely and my hiccups stopped.”
Harry was very lucky. The world record holder is the American farmer Charles Osborne, who hiccupped for sixty-eight years. He stopped in 1990 at last, but nobody knows why.
1.Harry's hiccups lasted ____.
A. a week B. fourteen days C. twenty-eight days D. one month
2.His hiccups started after he ____.
A. drank a glass of water B. went to hospital
C. ate an Indian meal D. finished his homework
3.His parents decided to take him to hospital when he ____.
A. hiccupped for four seconds B. held his breath
C. hiccupped at night D. couldn't stop hiccupping
4.His hiccups completely stopped one week after the doctor ____.
A. gave him some medicine B. took an X-ray of his chest
C.gave him a shock D. let him drink cold drinks
5.What does “shock” in this passage mean？
A.震惊 B.休克 C.喷嚏 D.哈欠
One night a young American doctor was sleeping at home when his doorbell began to ring. When he opened the door he saw a man 36 outside.
“Excuse me, Doctor,”said the man. “Can you come at once to a place out of town. It’s quite far but you have a car and I can 37 you the way”
“Certainly,” said the doctor, “I’m ready. I’ll come soon.” 38 a few minutes, the car came. The man got into the car and they 39 off.
They drove for a 40 time, and then the man said, “Here we are. This is my home. Now I can pay you and you can go 41 to town.”
“But I must 42the patient,” the doctor said. “Where’s the patient?” “There’s 43 patient,” answered the man. “Nobody is ill. I live here, you see, and I must 44home from the town. There are no taxis at this time of the night. Here’s the money for you. Thank you, doctor. Good 45 !
1.A. listening B. standing C. sitting D. watching
2.A. take B. pass C. see D. show
3. A. After B. For C. In D. With
4. A. drove B. left C. got D. went
5.A. short B. long C. hard D. late
6.A. away B. quickly C. back D. slowly
7.A. watch B. look for C. see D. know
8.A. my B. no C. a D. your
9. A. go B. lose C. find D. ask
10.A. evening B. night C. idea D. for you
The teacher said that they ______ hard-working students.
A. is B. are C. were D. was
His father _____ to Nanjing. He _____ back next week.
A. has been, is B has been, will be C. has gone, is D. has gone, will be
