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Today is December 15，2030．Influenced by the launch of the first manned mission to Mars next month，you will most likely get a gift card for a space trip．

The interest in trips， 100km above the surface of the Earth， has grown steadily since such a trip began． However， the market has grown much larger this year since the official announcement of the Mars mission． More low﹣cost spacelines have entered the market and you can now find flights for such a trip for as low as ﹩ 3，495． It's very reasonable．

Space tourism（旅游业；观光业）is one of the markets that have developed fast during the last decade，with the opening of the Starbright Hotel on the moon as well as the low orbital hotels that started accepting guests．However，accommodation in space is still expensive for the averagehousehold，so the suborbital（亚轨道的）flights with thirty﹣minute weightlessness during the three﹣hour flight will for some time be the most popular trip．

However， the spacelines might in the future face fierce competition between space elevators（太空升降舱）， like the one that is projected to start construction within two years．Once it is fully functional，it will start to ship cargo to space． But it will accept passengers as soon as possible to get back the large investment．Even if the elevator becomes successful，it will take several years before there are more elevators in the world to get in the competition for space traffic with the spacelines．

Those who are looking for a little bit of adventure and have extra money to spend may want to consider a suborbital flight in space． While a suborbital flight may not be the space mission that you have always dreamed of， it will give you the rare opportunity to see what our planet looks like in a high﹣altitude flight outside our atmosphere． So before you enjoy a trip by elevator to space， enjoy a suborbital flight first．

（1）From Paragraph 1， what will happen in January， 2031？　　

A．	A gift card will be taken to Mars．
B．	Mars will be explored for the first time．
C．	Man will go to Mars for the first time．
D．	An affordable space trip will come true．

（2）The underlined "average" can most probably be replaced by 　　in this passage．

A．	common
B．	high﹣income
C．	low﹣cost
D．	low﹣income

（3）What is the space elevator's purpose of accepting passengers as soon as possible？　　

A．	To ship cargo to space．
B．	To get in the competition between spacelines．
C．	To start the construction of more space elevators．
D．	To get back the large investment．

（4）Which of the following is NOT true？　　

A．	Space tourism has developed fast during the last ten years．
B．	A suborbital fight is the space mission that many people have dreamed of．
C．	The suborbital flights will be the most popular trip for some time．
D．	Even though the elevator becomes successful， we still wait for a few years to see more elevators come out．

（5）We can know from the passage that 　　．

A．	the low orbital hotels have opened since a space trip began
B．	within two years， space elevators will begin to ship cargo and people to space
C．	during the suborbital flights， you will experience 30 minutes weightlessness
D．	if you want to meet your curiosity， you may try a suborbital flight

Go on road trip？ Check out these roadside attractions and museums．

World's Largest Ball of Paint

In 1977，Michael Carmichael created the biggest ball of paint． Starting with a baseball as the center， he painted layer（层）after layer． After over 20，000 layers of paint，the ball weighs over 1，300 pounds． Visitors can paint the ball themselves and become part of history．

Dinosaur Park

The land can be found outside Rapid City． On a hill overlooking the city，dinosaurs made out of brightly painted concrete（混凝土）stand guard． The park was built as a work project in 1936 by Debbie Sardone． The five dinosaurs are life﹣sized and can be seen from miles away．

The Museum of Dirt

The museum is the idea of Glenn Johnson． Labeled glass bottle contain dirt from the Great Wall of China and sand from a desert in Saudi Arabia and Omaha Beach in France， Johanson has collected material from the Amazon River and from Times Square after a New Year's Eve celebration， lava（火山岩）from Mt Fuji in Japan and shells from the Great Barrier Reef in Australia． Best of all， visiting this museum is free．

Paper House

Ellis Stenman built a two﹣room house almost completely out of newspapers in 1922．At that time，"recycling" wasn't even a word yet．The house was framed（框起来）with wood，but the walls were made of 215 layers of newspapers． The furniture was also made of newspapers． In all， it used about 100，000 newspapers．

根据短文内容，选择最佳选项．

（1）If you want to paint the balls， you can visit 　　．

A．	Paper House
B．	Dinosaur Park
C．	World Largest Ball of Paint
D．	The Museum of Dirt

（2）The five dinosaurs in Dinosaur park can be seen from miles away because 　　．

A．	They were built on a hill
B．	They were built outside Rapid City
C．	They were made out of brightly painted concrete
D．	They were built to be as big as the real one

（3）　　is free for visitors．

A．	Paper House
B．	Dinosaur Park
C．	The museum of Dirt
D．	World Largest Ball of Paint

（4）Paper house was created by 　　．

A．	Glenn Johanson
B．	Ellis Stenman
C．	Michael Carmichael
D．	Debbie Sardone

（5）You can see 　　from Times Square after a New Year's Eve celebration in the Museum of Dirt．

A．	material
B．	shells
C．	sand
D．	lava

Children's Training Center （Telephone： 2641729）
Subject	Time	Day	Place	Teacher	Telephone
English	9：00 am﹣11：00 am	Monday Thursday Friday	Room 201	Miss Liu	13869743432
Drawing	3：00 pm﹣5：00 pm	Tuesday Thursday Sunday	Room 307	Mr． Ben	13977381342
Swimming	9：00 am﹣11：00 am 3：00 pm﹣5：00 pm	Wednesday Saturday Sunday	The swimming pool	Mr． Zhang	13205308207

根据表格信息，选择最佳选项．

（1）You can learn English on 　　in Children's Training Center．

A．	Monday
B．	Tuesday
C．	Wednesday
D．	Saturday

（2）If you learn drawing， you may go to 　　．

A．	Room 201
B．	Room 307
C．	the swimming pool
D．	Mr． Ben's office

（3）Mr． Zhang teaches 　　in the center．

A． English

A．	drawing
B．	dancing
C．	swimming

（4）If you have any questions about training， you can call 　　．

A．	2641729
B．	13977381342
C．	13869743432
D．	13205308207

（5）You can learn 　　at 3：00 pm﹣ 5：00 pm on Saturday．

A．	English
B．	drawing
C．	dancing
D．	swimming

My name is Daming． I'm twelve years old and I'm from Beijing． Beijing is the capital of China． My mother is a nurse， and my father is an actor．We are Chinese． This is Tony Smith． Tony is his first name and Smith is his last name． He's my friend but he is not in my class． He is from Cambridge． It's small city in England．He's thirteen years old． His mother is an English teacher． His father is a doctor． They are English．

根据短文内容，判断句子的正误，正确的在答题卡上涂T，错误的涂F．

（1）Daming is twelve years old．　　

（2）Daming is not from Beijing．　　

（3）Tony is not in Daming class．　　

（4）Cambridge is small city in England．　　

（5）Tony's mother is a doctor．　　

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Starting high school is a great experience for any teenager．Whether you are coming from a middle school（grades six through eight） or a junior high school（grades seven through nine），there are many things about high that are different from your old school environment．（61）　　

You will face being in a new school，making new friends in an unfamiliar class and getting to know new teachers．These new teachers will usually have higher academic（学术的） level than your middle and junior﹣high school teachers．（62）　　In return，they expect you to work hard and develop your skills．

On top of all this，peer pressure（同伴压力） to drink and smoke often increases in high school．（63）　　

Although there is a lot of pressure，it is nothing you can not deal with．If you are feeling pressure to do something that you feel is wrong，talk to a friend，parent or counselor to find a solution（解决）．（64）　　If you are not succeeding academically，find someone to help you．If you feel lonely，try to join a school club or group to make new friends．

（65）　　With time，you will come to be thankful for everything about your experience．On the point of starting you high school，are you ready？

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺、内容完整．

A．	You will experience many changes．
B．	They want to help you get into college．
C．	High school may seem discouraging at first．
D．	They are there to help you get into this great new time in your life．
E．	Besides，the pressure could also come from grades，loneliness and so on．