Space vegetables are grown from seeds (种子) that have been taken to space and brought back to the earth. The seeds are affected by the radiation (辐射) and low gravity in space. When they are brought back to the earth, these seeds produce vegetables that are bigger and healthier than normal vegetables. However, some people worry about eating space vegetables. They think that space vegetables might not be good for us and could make us get sick because of the radiation in space. However, people should not be frightened because space vegetables are very healthy.
Here are some facts that you should know about space vegetables.
Space vegetables are grown from seeds that are carefully chosen. When seeds are brought back from space, they are tested to make sure that they will be safe to eat.
Space vegetables are better for you than normal vegetables. For example, space tomatoes stay fresh for twenty days, which is one week longer than normal tomatoes.
After genetically modified (转基因) food appeared in the market, people worried that they were eating unknown things. For example, if nut genes (坚果基因) are put inside potatoes, people allergic (过敏的) to nuts might get sick from eating these potatoes because they do not know they are also eating nuts. Unlike genetically modified food, space vegetables have not been genetically changed. This means that no new genes are put into the vegetables. Therefore, there are no dangers of eating something unknown.
1.The seeds brought back from space produce ______ vegetables according to the passage.
A. more delicious B. healthier and bigger
C. more dangerous D. cheaper and healthier
2.Genetically modified food is different from space vegetables because it ______.
A. is grown in space B. has nothing unknown
C. has been genetically changed D. has no new genes
3.According to the passage, normal tomatoes can stay fresh for about ______ days.
A. seven B. thirteen C. twenty D. twenty-seven
4.The writer wants to tell us that ______.
A. space vegetables are grown in space
B. everybody worries about eating space vegetables
C. space vegetables are safe and good for people to eat
D. space vegetables may bring illness to us because of the radiation in space
If you want to do a school project on children’s rights, you can look on the Internet for some information. A United Nations website can show you plenty of useful information for the project.
The United Nations lists the rights of children. Most countries agree all of them, but some countries do not. The following are some of the most important rights of children:
Children have the right to be properly fed, clothed and sheltered by their family. If their family can’t do so, the government should take responsibility.
Children have the right to an education and medical care, which should be provided by the government.
Children must not be cruelly punished by their parents or any others.
Children have the right to expect the government to protect them from all kinds of abuse and neglect(虐待和忽略).
No child under fifteen should be made to fight in an army.
Children have the right to be protected from being made to work too hard to make money for other people.
In some countries children do not have these rights. Many young children are made to work long hours in factories and on farms. In some countries there are so few schools that only rich children get an education. There are not enough doctors or nurses to help many children when they are sick.
The rights of c
hildren are, therefore, the rights people think children should have. They are not always the rights children really have.
1.______ agree with the United Nations’ list of children’s rights.
A. All countries B. A few countries C. No countries D. Most countries
2.The underlined word “responsibility” in the passage means ______.
A. something people have to do B. something people want to do
C. something people know how to do D. something people love to do
3.Some children can’t get an education because ______.
A. there aren’t enough schools B. there are no schools
C. they come from rich families D. they want to work in factories
4.What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. Children are made to work long hours on farms.
B. The United Nations website is useful for the school project.
C. Children have the right to be properly fed, clothed and sheltered.
D. The United Nations has listed the rights it thinks children should have.
It is your first day at a new school. How will you find your way around?
1.You get off the bus at the corner of Clark Street and 10th Street. You are closest to _________.
A. Science Lab B. Room 4 C. Gym D. Cafeteria
2.The principal tells you to see Miss Mack in Room 4. You leave Office and walk __________.
A. east B. west C. south D. north
3.As you’re buying lunc
h, you notice that Cafeteria is opposite ___________.
A. Room 3 B. Office C. Room 1 D. Science Lab
Smiling is the most attractive human behavior. The power of smiling can work out many wonders.
I love to take a walk around the small neighborhood where I live. Whoever I meet on the way, they always give me a friendly greeting with a nice smile as soon as our eyes . I smile back. This kind of smiling exchange represents the most part of my jogging experience in the States.
My daughter's smile is just like sunlight, which warms me inside the same way the sun warms my body. It can clear away any clouds and unpleasant feelings. The smile of my wife, however, makes me enjoy the of an elegant woman, it can sometimes relax me quite a lot.
Julia Robert's is nothing but roaring like an earthquake. Americans may have opinions in many things, but they all agree that Julia is America's sweetheart. Her laugh plays a very good part in her acting. Once I tried some candy in a store, the owner asked me how sweet the candy is, I said sweeter than Julia Robert. 
of us broke into a kind of Julia's laugh. Yes, laugh is something we can not do without. Otherwise, our life would be too .
Smiling does not belong to human alone. Once I stayed at an American home and he had a little dog named Mini. When I held her gently and asked her to give me a little smile, just opened her mouth wide and half closed her eyes, looking like smiling.
Los Angles is not only the place where it has the most sunshine in a year, where most people smile! That’s why so many people love to travel there all year round.
1.A. contact B. close C. change D. open
2.A. fashionable B. painful C. enjoyable D. educational
3.A. though B. like C. as D. from
4.A. pride B. courage C. success D. beauty
5.A. cry B. laugh C. smile D. performance
6.A. different B. similar C. same D. strange
7.A. All B. Both C. Neither D. None
8.A. lonely B. cool C. sunny D. sad
9.A. it B. she C. he D. I
10.A. even though B. as if C. so that D. but also
--- I am going to Sanya for my holiday tomorrow. --- _____________.
A. Have a good timeB. You’re right C. It’s good D. Goodbye
--- How was your trip to the park?
--- It couldn’t be . We lost our way and it kept raining.
A. nicer B. worse C. worst D. go
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