Country | Soviet Union | The USA | China |
Date | 12 April, 1961 | 5 May, 1961 | 15 October, 2003 |
Astronaut | Yuri Gagarin | Alan Shepherd | Yang Liwei |
Age | 27 | 38 | 38 |
Spaceship | Vostok 1 | Mercury 3 | Shenzhou 5 |
Time | 1 hour 48 minutes | 15 minutes | 21 hours |
Height | 327 kilometers | 185 kilometers | 343 kilometers |
Circles around the Earth | 1 | 0 | 14 |
1.The form above shows us________.
A. three journeys into space
B. daily life of three famous people
C. differences between three spaceships
D. something about three famous astronauts
2.________went into space first.
A. China B. The USA C. Soviet Union D. The UK
3.The Chinese astronaut stayed in space for________.
A. 1 hour 48 minutes B. only 15 minutes
C. the shortest time D. the longest time
King William was in the habit of putting riddles and puzzles to his people. He often asked which were strange. His people had to use words in a way to answer these questions.
Once Will
iam asked a very strange question. He looked at his people. he looked, one by one the heads began to hang low in search of an answer. It was at that moment that George entered the palace. George the habit of the king. He understood the at once and asked, “May I know the question so that I can for an answer?”
William said,
“How many crows(乌鸦) are there in the city?”
even a moment’s thought, George replied, “There are fifty thousand five hundred and eighty nine crows, My Lord.”
“How can you be so ?” asked William.
George said, “Make your men , My Lord. If you find more crows it means some have come to visit their relatives(亲戚) here. If you find crows it means some have gone to visit their relatives somewhere else.”
William was pleased very much by George’s wise answer.
1.A. questions B. help C. promises D. advice
2.A. commonB. friendlyC. cleverD. silent
3.A. ThoughB. BecauseC. IfD. As
4.A. knewB. developedC. hatedD. doubted
5.A. orderB. informationC. dangerD. situation
6.A. askB. waitC. tryD. reach
7.A. BeforeB. WithoutC. ThroughD. In
8.A. smartB. braveC. funnyD. sure
9.A. catchB. discussC. countD. visit
10.A. fewerB. largerC. fasterD. older
--- Hello, Jack! How are you doing?
--- _________.
A. Reading a magazine B. That’s all right
C. OK D. It’s nice
--- _________ David be the new chairperson of the Students’ Union?
--- He ________ be, but I’m not sure.
A. Can; can’t B. Can; may C. May; must D. May; mustn’t
--- Liu Tao has never read the book The Adventure of Tom Sawyer , _________ he?
--- _________. He told me it's very interesting. He'd like to read it again.
A. is; No, he isn't B. has; Yes, he has
C. isn’t; Yes, he is D. hasn’t; No, he hasn't
“ ____________ you’ve made! But you should still work harder,” the teacher said to the boy.
A. What great progress B. How a big mistake
C. What a big mistake D. How great progress
