Chinese space trainer Wang Yuan has been chosen as one of the volunteers for the Mars-500 test project. He was very happy to be chosen and will accept the meaningful challenge(挑战) Another five volunteers are all space lovers., including three Russians, an Italy-Colombian and a Frenchman. They are about to feel what it’s like to travel to Mars, only without leaving the earth. They are locked up together for a year and a half under a similar condition to the red planet during the whole process. So the experiment is called Mars-500.
When reporters asked what they would miss most during the 520-day special life, French trainer Charles said:”For me, it will be mainly my family, the sun and fresh air.”
The Mars-500 test will be in a special building in Moscow, Russia. Although the people won’t leave the building, they will fell as if they are on a real trip to the Mars. The most difficult thing will be to be separated(分离) from the people that they used to live with. The trainer won’t see sunsets, sunrises, won’t feel rain for 18 months. That will be hard.
The main task is to study the “Man and environment”. It’ll care about the astronauts’ getting experience and physical effects. The 520-day-test is divided into three parts,the first 250days to Mars, the middle 30days of landing on Mars, the last 240 days to return to the earth. Everyone will stay there alone for a long time and will work lonely. They will have to make decisions themselves and only then report to the earth, and the earth will tell them whether they do the right thing or not.
Each astronaut is preparing for the great challenge. It is learned that they will be launched（发射）early in June. And the experiment will end in November 2011. _______ members were chosen as volunteers.
| A．Five | B．Six | C．Three | D．Four |
The most difficult thing for the trainers is ______.
| A．no vegetables to eat |
| B．they can’t watch TV |
| C．they can’t see many people |
| D．they must lie all day |
Mars-500 test will be done in ______
| A．Moscow | B．a red planet |
| C．November | D．Xichang |
It will take trainers _______ days to land on Mars.
| A．250 | B．30 | C．240 | D．520 |
Which sentence is NOT true about the 520-day-test?
| A．The trainers won’t see rain or snow |
| B．The experiment will begin in June. |
| C．Trainers are all astronauts. |
| D．Trainers will report to the earth. |
Should children do chores? Yes. Chores are good for them. Doing chores teaches them many important things. It will help them in their life.
There are many things that parents can do to encourage their children to do chores. Here are some suggestions:
Start early. Parents start giving their children chores to do when they are young.
Parents should show their children how to do chores and teach them one chore at a time.
Change the chores as children grow. Parents should make sure that the chores they give to their children are appropriate to (适合于）their children’s ages and abilities( 能力）.
Pay children for the chores they do. For example, pay them 1 dollar for taking out the rubbish.
Don’t nag(唠叨）.
Don’t do chores for their children if they forget or refuse.
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| What doing chores teaches children |
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| How much parents can pay for taking out the rubbish |
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E. You can get some examples from newspapers, magazines or TV shows. Let her know it’s really bad. |
Nowadays, lots of students in Shenzhen complain that they have too much homework. Because of this, they feel unhappy about learning at school. According to a survey, a pupil has to spend two hours finishing the homework every day. It usually takes three hours for a middle school student and four hours for a high school student to finish the homework every day. Students in Grade Nine often do their homework until midnight. And all of them have to get up at as early as six o’clock the next morning.
Mr. Li, a doctor in a hospital, told me yesterday, “Half of the students in Shenzhen are sub-healthy(亚健康的). The lack (缺乏) of sleep makes them tired and their health is becoming poorer and poorer.” Many parents worry about this.Too much homework makes the students feel _____.
| A．unhappy | B．unhealthy |
| C．tired | D．all of the above |
Mr. Li said _____ of the students in Shenzhen were sub-healthy.
| A．all | B．half | C．few | D．none |
According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
| A．A pupil usually has no homework in Shenzhen. |
| B．Many students in Shenzhen want much homework. |
| C．Students in Shenzhen have enough time to sleep. |
| D．Students in Grade Nine often do their homework until 12:00 at night. |
The underlined word “this” means “______”.
| A．that the students’ health is becoming poorer and poorer |
| B．that the students have too little homework |
| C．that the students complain too much |
| D．that the students have too much sleep |
What does the passage mainly tell us?
| A．Many children are seriously ill. |
| B．Children in Shenzhen study well. |
| C．Too much homework keeps the students in poor health. |
| D．How long students spend on their homework |
Many students have already had clear ideas about what jobs they would like to have in the future. We believe boys’ choices are different from girls’. To find out how different their choices are, we made a survey in Green High School. The following diagram shows the results of the survey.
About 45% of the girls would like to be ______ in the future.
| A．bank clerks | B．reporters |
| C．scientists | D．teachers |
About ______ of the boys want to be teachers as well.
| A．5% | B．15% | C．28% | D．38% |
Which job do the girls like least?
| A．Bank clerks. | B．Reporters. |
| C．Managers. | D．Scientists. |
What does the diagram show us?
| A．Boys’ abilities(能力）of jobs are the same as girls’. |
| B．Boys’ abilities of jobs are different from girls’. |
| C．Boys’ choices of jobs are the same as girls’. |
| D．Boys’ choices of jobs are different from girls’. |
Which of the following is RIGHT?
| A．More girls would like to be reporters than boys. |
| B．More boys would like to be bank clerks than girls. |
| C．Boys would like to be reporters most. |
| D．Girls would like to be managers most. |
Graffiti is a common feature of most Western cities．The word graffiti was from the Greek word, graphein, which only meant writing．These days, however, the word means drawing or writing on the walls of buildings, or the public transportation, such as trains or buses．
Graffiti, as a form of expression, was born in New York during the 1960s and 1970s．At that time, a new modern culture about city life appeared．Graffiti was a written form of expression of that life．Later, it was mixed with a musical form called hip-hop that was another expression of the city life．
At first, graffiti artists used pens．But then, with the development of graffiti, they became experienced．They turned to using spray paint（喷漆罐）．Spray paint allowed them to draw a greater area．And it also allowed them to work quickly．
At present, different people have different ideas about graffiti．Some people say it makes the cities dirty．It isn’t allowed by many local governments in America．The governments spend more than a million dollars a year cleaning graffiti．The money, they say, could be better spent on health or education．Other people think it is a form of art．In fact, the works of some famous graffiti artists can be found in museums, galleries, and art books．Which is the present meaning of the underlined word “graffiti” now?
| A．书法 | B．沙画 | C．涂鸦 | D．油画 |
How many forms of expression of city life are mentioned in the second paragraph（段落）?
| A．One． | B．Two． | C．Three． | D．Four． |
Why did graffiti artists use spray paint?
| A．Because they could work quickly． |
| B．Because they could spend less money． |
| C．Because they could paint a smaller area． |
| D．Because they could express themselves clearly． |
What’s the article mainly about?
| A．The meaning of graffiti． |
| B．Different expressions of graffiti． |
| C．Different attitudes（态度）towards graffiti． |
| D．The history and the development of graffiti． |