---__________ it is from our own planet Earth to Mars!
---Yes, it takes months to travel to Mars by spacecraft.
A. How soonB. How far
C. How longD. How often
Later I knew what he did was far _______ my imagination. He was quite generous.
A. beyond B. past
C. acrossD. through
请以“Are we ready for the Senior High School Entrance Examination?“为题，用英语写一篇短文，内容要点如下：
1、现在相当一些老师上课语速很快，有太多的考试，几乎没有闲暇时间来进行课外活动；
2、有的学生过去懒惰，但现在已经意识到错误，并全身心投入到学习中去；人人都想超越自己。
3、你的备考的安排、期望……
注意事项 1、短文须包括所有内容要点，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；
2、第3要点的内容用2-3句话作适当发挥；
3、词数80个左右，短文的开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Are we ready for the Senior High School Entrance Examination?
How times flies! The Senior High School Entrance Examination is coming soon!
1. 我的好朋友Tom出国将近2个月了。
My good friend _________________________ for nearly 2 months.
2.尽管外面天气很冷，但是他坚持每天游泳。
Though it is cold outside, he _______________________ every day.
3. 很多青少年由于过重的作业负担而得不到充足的睡眠。
A large number of teenagers can’t get ________________________ too much homework.
4.为了引起我们的注意，英语老师用红色把新单词标出来。
_______________________ , the English teacher has marked new words in red.
5. 我想知道多久以后如此多的邮件会得以回复。
I am wondering _______________________________ .
6.那名工程师独自继续开展他的工作，最后终于取得成功。
The engineer and finally had a success.
In National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., visitors have a rare chance to enjoy a world filled with hundreds of living butterflies. It’s an e 1. exhibition.
It p 2. a close look at butterflies. Dan Babbitt, one of the l 3. of the museum says visitors can get very close to the butterflies to learn about their i 4. .“Our purpose is to c 5. people to the natural world. We have found that using animals and insects is an amazing way to do that.” Babbitt says butterflies are important to the e 6. for several reasons.
“One big reason is because of pollination（授粉）. They will t 7. from flower to flower, taking pollen(花粉) from one flower to another. So we won’t have a number of fruit that we like to eat w 8. butterflies.”
“We have butterflies from all over the world” he says. “And have already s 9. about 5,000 or so different kinds.” He a 10. that the museum’s goal for the next five years is to let more people learn more about butterflies .
根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确。
1. Sorry, sir! Those boots aren’t (可找到的) in your size.
2.Spacemen have to__________(使固定) sleeping bags to the walls to prevent floating..
3.All the boys can’t wait to play basketball. They wish to begin (立即) after class.
4.We can use many _________(交通工具) such as buses, cars and so on to go to or from work.
B.用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子。每空限填一词。
5.Little Tom is often very clever, but he makes an （correct）answer this time.
6.When we got to the top of the mountain, we were tired and breathed __________(heavy).
7. Minnie is (pretty) than any other mouse I’ve ever seen.
8.A hot topic that people are now talking about is the (safe) of school bus these days.
