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Country	Soviet Union	The USA	China
Date	12 April, 1961	5 May, 1961	15 October, 2003
Astronaut	Yuri Gagarin	Alan Shepherd	Yang Liwei
Age	27	38	38
Spaceship	Vostok 1	Mercury 3	Shenzhou 5
Time	1 hour 48 minutes	15 minutes	21 hours
Height	327 kilometers	185 kilometers	343 kilometers
Circles around the Earth	1	0	14

The form above shows us________.

A．three journeys into space

B．daily life of three famous people

C．differences between three spaceships

D．something about three famous astronauts

________went into space first.

A．China	B．The USA
C．Soviet Union	D．The UK

The Chinese astronaut stayed in space for________.

A．1 hour 48 minutes	B．only 15 minutes
C．the shortest time	D．the longest time

Living in a foreign country can be exciting, but it can also be confusing (令人迷惑的).A group of Americans who taught English in other countries recently discussed their experiences. They decided that miscommunications were always possible, even over something as simple as “yes” and “no”.
On her first day in Micronesia, an island in the Pacific, Lisa thought people weren’t paying any attention to her. The day was hot. She went into a store and asked,“Do you have cold drinks?”The woman there didn’t say anything. Lisa repeated the question. Still the woman said nothing. She later learned that the woman had answered her: She had raised her eyebrows (眉毛), which in Micronesia means“yes”.
Jan remembered an experience she had in Bulgaria, a country in Europe. She went to a restaurant that was known for its cabbage. She asked the waiter, “Do you have cabbage today?” He nodded his head. Jan waited, but the cabbage never came. In that country, a nod means “no”.
Tom had a similar problem when he arrived in India. After explaining something in class, he asked his students if they understood. They answered with many different nods and shakes of the head. He thought some students had not understood, so he explained again. When he asked again, they did the same thing. He soon found out that his students did understand. In India, people nod and shake their heads in different ways depending on where they come from. You have to know where a person is from to understand whether they mean “yes” or “no”.
These Americans teaching English in other countries found that they ______.

A．should go abroad for vacations

B．needed to learn foreign languages

C．should often discuss their experiences

D．had problems with communications

People in Micronesia show “yes” by ______.

A．nodding heads	B．raising eyebrows
C．shaking heads	D．saying “no”

Tom misunderstood his class at first because______.

A．he did not know much about Indian culture

B．he didn’t explain everything clearly enough

C．some students didn’t understand his questions

D．he didn’t know where the students came from

The passage is mainly about______.

A．body language in foreign restaurants

B．class discussion in Indian schools

C．miscommunication in different cultures

D．English teaching in other countries

We each have a memory（记忆力）. That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things in a short time, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.
A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the students have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.
But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.
Some people can easily learn many things in a short time because

A．they always sleep very well	B．they often eat good food
C．they read a lot of books	D．they have very good memories

Everybody learns his mother language.

A．at the age of six	B．when he is a small child
C．after he goes to school	D．when he can read and write

Before a child can speak, he must .

A．read and write	B．make sentences
C．hear and remember the sounds	D．think hard

	Mike’s plan for next week	Mary’s plan for next week
Monday	Study group meeting 3:00 p.m.	Go to the cinema with Alice 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday	Basketball match 4:30 p.m.	See a doctor 11:00 a.m.
Wednesday	Go to see some friends 2:00 p.m.	Study for an exam ---evening
Thursday	Art class 7:30-8:30 p.m.	Concert 8:30 p.m.
Friday	volunteer work at student center 2:00-4:00 p.m.	Help Uncle Smith in the restaurant ---afternoon
Saturday	Shopping 10:00 a.m.	Art class 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Sunday	Basketball team party 8:00 p.m.	Supper with Ann 7:30 p.m.

Mary is going to the cinema at seven on ________________.
A. Monday evening B. Wednesday evening
C. Friday evening D Sunday evening
On Wednesday afternoon Mike is going to ___________

A．enjoy the concert	B．see some friends
C．see a doctor	D．have an art class

From Mike’s and Mary’s plans we know that they both like____.

A．shopping	B．concerts
C． art	D．music

The seasons in Australia are not like ours. When it is winter in China,Australia is a southem country, June, July and August are the winter months; September, October and November are spring; summer is in December', January and February; The north of the country is hotter than the south.
A very large part of this country has no rain at all. The east coast has rain all year, and there are no dry months there. The southeast winds blow here all the year. There is not much rain on the west side. The southeastern part of Australia has summer rain from the southeast winds. They only blow here in summer.
The west winds blow over the southwest in winter only. In summer, the southwest of the country has no rain. In the north of Australia, there is no rain m winter.
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A．and it is in the south of the world.

B．and March, April and May are the autumn months.

C．The southwestem part of Australia has winter rain.

D．They bring rain from the sea.

E. it is summer there.