| A Solar-powered Plane---Lowcarbon Earlier this month, a solar-powered (太阳能动力的)plane called Lowcarbon took off to the sky for the first time. It has passed an important test on the way to travel around the world. Lowcarbon took off from an airport in Switzerland(瑞士)at 45 km an hour. It slowly rose into the sky. “There has never been an airplane so big, so light, using so little energy,” said Bertrand Piccard, a leader of the project. During the 90-minute flight, Lowcarbon did several turns. It climbs nearly 1.6 km above the countryside. Engineers plan to test a night flight in July. Then they will use the results of the tests to build a second plane. They plan to travel around the world in that plane in 2012. “We want to fly it day and night with no fuel,” Piccard said. Piccard and pilot Andre Borschberg will take Lowcarbon around the world .They will make a few stops to change places and rest after a long time in the air----and to show off their aircraft. Lowcarbon flies at 70 kph on average(平均). That is faster than a bike and slower than a car. The pilots will keep it in the air for up to five days at a time. |
| We Are One---“Expo Through My Eyes” Sharing offers you more happiness. To celebrate the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, China Daily invites you to share what you’ve seen, heard and experienced at the 6-month international event or Expo-related stories in English. Whether you are an Expo volunteer, a reporter, or a tourist , we’d like you to share with us your Expo experience, as seen through your eyes. So if you would liketo contribute(投稿)，please join us today in sharing the joy! Topic: 2010 Shanghai World Expo Language: English only Length: No more than 1,000 words- Content: Stories with photos are necessary. Duration: May 1,2010---October 31,2010 Email-box: expo@chinadaily.com.cn Reward: In addition to the satisfaction of supporting our work, ---your stories will be published on China Daily’s website; ---you will go in a lucky draw for a prize. |
Which of the following information about the plane Lowcarbon is NOT true?
| A．It can fly at 70 km an hour. | B．It is solar –powered. |
| C．It has passed a night-flight test. | D．It is slower than a car. |
Lowcarbon is a special plane because________________.
| A．it’s made in Switzerlland | B．it has travelled around the world |
| C．it can do turns in the sky | D．it’s big and light, but uses little enegy |
The purpose of the second article is to________________.
| A．encourage us to visit Shanghai Expo | B．ask us to be volunteers for Shanghai Expo |
| C．invite us to write stories about Shanghai Expo | D．tell us to get the lucky prize of Shanghai Expo |
Your stories about the 2010 Shanghai Expo for China Daily___________.
| A．can be in Chinese | B．don’t need to have photos |
| C．must be given by post | D．should be handed in by e-mail |
What do you think the future will be like? Here are some answers from some students.
Mary: If we don’t take good care of the earth now, our children and grandchildren will be born into a world with much pollution(污染). There will be fewer trees and more buildings, because there will be more people.
Jack: I agree with Mary. Things will be worse(更糟). The weather in the future will be much hotter. Humans(人类)won’t be able to live on the earth. They will have to look for another planet to live on.
Linda: I think the life in the future will be better. Most people in the world will use “green cars” by 2020, so there will be less pollution and people will live to be 200 years old. As for(至于)space travel, I would say, we will visit Mars(火星) in about fifty years. They are talking about________.
| A．pollution | B．weather in the future |
| C．life in the future | D．Mars in about fifty years |
What does Mary think life will be like in the future?
| A．There will be fewer trees. | B．Everybody will have a car. |
| C．People will live longer. | D．People will live on Mars. |
What does the underlined word “planet” mean in Chinese?
| A．沙漠 | B．岛屿 | C．星球 | D．海底 |
Why does Jack think humans will have to look for another planet to live on? Because____.
| A．there will be too many buildings |
| B．the earth will be too hot to live on |
| C．there will be too many people |
| D．the earth will disappear(消失) |
How many things does Linda predict(预测)?
| A．One | B．Two | C．Three | D．Four |
There is a big supermarket(超市) near my home. Its name is Pricelow. It has lots of things. You can buy school things, like notebooks, pens, rulers, pencils, erasers and pencil boxes. You can buy vegetables, fruit and all kinds of food. You can also buy clothes. Some of the things there are cheap, and anybody can afford the price. But some of them are dear.
The supermarket is open every day from 7:00 a.m.to 8:00 p.m. The workers there are very good. They work hard all day. They are happy to answer your questions. They help you if you want to buy anything. There are many people on weekends. They buy lots of things. Sometimes they have breakfast, lunch or dinner there.The supermarket near my home is .
| A．old | B．new | C．big | D．small |
How many kinds of school things are talked about (被谈到) in the passage?
| A．Three | B．Four | C．Five | D．Six |
The underlined(画线的) word “dear” here means “” in Chinese.
| A．宝贵的 | B．昂贵的 | C．时髦的 | D．精致的 |
The supermarket is open for hours every day.
| A．seven | B．eight | C．twelve | D．thirteen |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．You can’t buy clothes in the supermarket. |
| B．All of the things in the supermarket are cheap. |
| C．The workers in the supermarket are very friendly (友好的). |
| D．People can’t have breakfast in the supermarket. |
Tim and Li Fang are not going to have any classes next week. They’re going to work on a farm. They are going to leave at about seven thirty on Monday morning. They are going to travel to the farm by bus. They are going to wear old clothes because they are going to grow rice. They are going to have fish for lunch. They are also going to have a swim at the farm.
Tim and Li Fang are excited about going to the farm. Not only are they going to help around the farm, they are going to learn about farming.
Li Fang is worried that Tim won’t arrive on time to catch the bus because he is nearly always late. Li Fang often has to say to him, “Don’t be late, Tim.”When are Tim and Li Fang not going to have any classes?
| A．Tomorrow. | B．Next week. | C．Next month. | D．Next year. |
What time are they going to start?
| A．At 7:00 a.m. | B．At 7:30 p.m. | C．At 6:30 a.m. | D．At 7:30 a.m. |
What are they going to do there?
| A．Grow rice. | B．Play. | C．Eat fruit. | D．Pick apples. |
How are they going to the farm?
| A．By bike. | B．On foot. | C．By bus | D．By car. |
Who is often late?
| A．Tim. | B．Han Mei | C．Li Fang | D．Both Tim and Li Fang |
Do you have to carry a heavy bag to school? Does it make your back (背部) hurt? Well, students at a high school in Kansas (堪萨斯州), America, have a meeting with their city’s mayor to complain (抱怨) about their heavy bags. They say their bags are giving them headaches(头痛), and making their necks (脖子) and backs hurt. The mayor says he is very sorry. He says students may do more of their homework on the Internet.A heavy bag may make students.
| A．headache | B．earache | C．toothache | D．A, B and C |
Kansas is in .
| A．China | B．America | C．Australia | D．Canada |
The students talk about their heavy bags to .
| A．the mayor | B．their parents | C．their teachers | D．their friends |
“Mayor”in Chinese means.
| A．校长 | B．队长 | C．市长 | D．省长 |
The mayor says .
| A．he has a headache |
| B．he wants the students to do more homework |
| C．he is sorry |
| D．he has to work hard |
Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you’ll find that the whole world smiles to you.
While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teacher’s face when you did a good job?
One day it is fine. Just before you want to go out, it suddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the weather. But dear friends, why don’t you sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature offers you? And with the timely rain, crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a food harvest.
Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure can’t be avoided. I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope. When we face failure, we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes, “Failure is the mother of success.”
Attitude decides everything. With an optimistic attitude life is easy and pleasant. Let’s smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.People sometimes complain______________.
| A．the sky is always dark | B．their studies are successful |
| C．they see the world with their heart | D．life is tiring |
According to the passage, in school, ______________.
| A．the students don’t like their lessons |
| B．the teachers will be happy if the students do good jobs |
| C．the teachers don’t like their teaching |
| D．the teachers are tired of their work |
If there is a timely rain, ______________.
| A．you want to go out |
| B．you can listen to a concert |
| C．crops in the fields will grow better |
| D．farmers can’t have a good harvest |
When we face failure, we ________________.
| A．must be confident in ourselves | B．shouldn’t be afraid of |
| C．shouldn’t give up hope | D．all of the above |
The best title of this passage is ______________.
| A．Smile and the World Smiles to You | B．Complaining about Life |
| C．Failure Is the Mother of Success | D．It Is Very Hard to Succeed |