Recently, a solar-powered (太阳能动力的) plane took to the sky for the first time. It passed an important test on the way to travel around the world. 
The plane took off from an airport in Switzerland. It slowly rose above the fields and into the sky.
“There has never been an airplane of that kind that could fly — never an airplane so big, so light, using so little energy,” said Bertrand Piccard, a leader of the project.
During the 90-minute flight(飞行), the plane did several turns. It climbed nearly 1.6km above the countryside.
Engineers plan to test a night flight before 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 (燃料),” Piccard said.
Piccard and pilot(飞行员) Andre Borschberg will take the plane 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 airplane.
The plane will fly at 70 km per hour on average(平均). That is faster than a bike and slower than a car. The pilots will keep the plane in the air for up to five days at a time.The passage is probably taken from _____________.
| A．a postcard | B．a newspaper | C．a comic book | D．an advertisement |
The solar-powered plane ________________.
| A．is big and heavy | B．uses much energy |
| C．passed the first test | D．will have a night flight after July |
How long will it take the solar-powered plane to travel 140 km?
| A．About a day and a night. | B．About 5 days. |
| C．About 2 hours. | D．About 90 minutes. |
Which of the following is NOT mentioned(提到)in the passage?
| A．During the 90-minute flight, the solar-powered plane reached a height of 1.6km. |
| B．The solar-powered plane is slower than a car and faster than a bike. |
| C．Maybe the solar-powered plane will fly with no fuel. |
| D．It took a long time to build the solar-powered plane. |
The passage mainly talks about ___________________.
| A．the solar-powered plane |
| B．the speed of the solar-powered plane |
| C．how to make the solar-powered plane |
| D．the world travel of the solar-powered plane |
I have been a friend of Bill Gates for a long time. I knew him when he was a student at Harvard University. We were surprised when he left University to set up his own company “Microsoft” and make his own software. But he was the clever one! He is very good at writing computer languages and almost all computers now use Microsoft software. The program “Word” is used from Britain to China!
Of course he has made a lot of money and that makes people very jealous. They want to stop his success. Even the government is against him and has tried to break his company into two parts. The government says that it is unfair to other people who want to sell similar software. And what's more, because he fits his new software free in every new computer, the government says he is stopping other companies from selling their programs. This is not fair. Everyone should be able to do what they can to make their company bigger and stronger. Bill Gates has only done what he can to stop other competitors.
He is very rich, but he is generous. He has given millions of dollars to help the education and health of many children around the world. You could not meet a better man than Bill Gates.将文中画线句子翻译成汉语。
_______________________________________根据短文内容回答问题。
What are the two reasons for which the government has tried to break Bill Gates' company up?
(1)__________________________
(2)__________________________文中找出与下句意义相近的句子。
Each person in the company should try his best to make their business more successful. '_______________________________________文中画线单词generous的汉语意思是：________
根据短文内容，用四个形容词描述一下Bill Gates。
(1) ________ (2) ________ (3) ________ (4) ________
Only a few years ago, mobile phones were very large. They needed large batteries. They had to be powerful to send their signal to faraway places. This was because most cities had only one antenna tower(中继站) for mobile phones.
Today’s mobile phones are small and easy to use. Now most cities have a lot of antenna towers, not just one. This means that each mobile phone doesn’t have to send its signal far away, so they don’t need to be so powerful. Mobile phones today use small batteries. A large city, where lots of mobile phones are used, can have hundreds of towers.
We can use a mobile phone to do a lot of things, like calling your friends and family from almost anywhere, calling the police immediately if there is an accident, sending or receiving messages. Some modern mobile phones can be even used to play games, take photos, listen to music, watch TV, surf on the Internet and so on.
Sending short written messages is a popular way to use your mobile phone. Many people use short forms of words, so the messages are quick to write and read. Can you guess what these messages mean? RUOK? CUL8r! That’s EZ! That’s Gr8! Can I C U B4 3pm 2moro? Try to read them out. What do you hear?
By present we can’t _______with a mobile phone.
| A．call our friends | B．surf on the Internet |
| C．do housework | D．play games |
Why did the mobile phones need large powerful batteries several years ago?
___________ What does the writer think of today’s mobile phones?
| A．They are small but very powerful. |
| B．They are very easy for us to use. |
| C．They are very useful but expensive. |
| D．They are big enough to send a signal. |
What does “Can I C U B4 3pm 2moro?” probably mean?__________________________________________
What is the article written for?
| A．To give us some common knowledge of the mobile phone. |
| B．To introduce what use the mobile phone has. |
| C．To tell us what short forms of words mean in written messages. |
| D．To show us in what way the mobile phone is expected to develop. |
When we travel from one country to another, we find people have quite different feelings about food. People often feel what they eat is normal, and what other people eat is strange or silly. In most part of Asia, for example, people like rice and meat. In England, people eat potatoes every day. In the Middle East, bread is the main part of every meal. Eating, like so many things we do, becomes a habit which is difficult to change. Americans like to drink a lot of orange juice and coffee. The English drink tea four or five times every day. Australians drink a great deal of beer, and the French drink wine every day.
The sort of meat people like to eat is also different from one country to another. Horse meat is thought to be delicious in France. In Hong Kong, some people enjoy eating snakes. New Zealanders eat sheep, but they never eat goat meat. The Japanese don’t like to eat sheep meat because of its smell, but they enjoy eating uncooked fish.
People everywhere enjoy eating what they have always eaten, and there is very little we can do to change our eating habits.People often feel what others eat is __________.
| A．normal | B．bad |
| C．attractive | D．strange |
English people eat __________ every day.
| A．rice | B．potatoes |
| C．horse meat | D．fish |
The French drink __________ every day.
| A．wine | B．tea | C．coffee | D．orange juice |
Japanese people like to eat __________.
| A．snakes | B．sheep meat |
| C．uncooked fish | D．goat meat |
People’s eating habits __________.
| A．are easy to change | B．needn’t to be changed |
| C．are difficult to change | D．should be changed |
When I was about 12，a girl in my class liked to point out (指出）my problems. I was too thin；I wasn’t a good student；I talked too much；I was too proud (骄傲），and so on. At last，I became very angry and ran to my father.
He listened to me quietly. Then he asked, “Are these things true or not? Do you know what you are really like? Go and make a list of what she said and find the things that are true. ”
I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered (发现）that about half of the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (改变)(like being very thin). But there were things I could and wanted to change. For the first time, I got a clear picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Dad. He didn’t take it, “That’s just for you，” he said “You know the truth (真相）about yourself better than anyone else. When people say something that is true about you，you should find it helpful. ’
Our world is full of people who think they know your matter. Don’t be angry and feel hurt. Listen to them.
根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。I was angry because a girl in my class pointed out my problems.( )
My father wasn’t interested in what I said.( )
I found that about half of the things the girl said were true.( )
I was very proud so I didn’t want to change at all.( )
No matter what people say? you should think it helpful.( )
It’s important for us to be healthy. But how can we keep healthy? First,you should eat fruit and vegetables three or four times a week. Then eat some tofu every day because it’s good for people, both the young and the old. Milk is also necessary(必要的），especially for women. So you should have milk twice a day. It can help you to be strong. Next, doing more exercise is better. You can do morning exercises or evening exercises. After supper you should take a walk.You should eat_______ three or four times a week.
| A．fruit and fish | B．vegetables and mutton |
| C．tofu | D．fruit and vegetables |
Tofu is good for ______.
| A．young people | B．old people |
| C．young and old people | D．students |
Why do people have milk?
| A．It，s delicious. | B．It’s a kind of drink. |
| C．It’s bad for you. | D．It can help you keep strong. |
You should have milk .
| A．four times a day | B．five times a week |
| C．twice a day | D．twice a week |
The passage mainly tells us__________.
| A．how to keep healthy | B．what health is |
| C．why health is important | D．how often you can eat tofu |