As space science develops（发展）, man has learned more and more about space. Space is not only amazing but also dangerous. While working in space, spacemen are facing danger as well as success.
Scientists have found out that the radiation（辐射）is the greatest danger to spacemen in space. When spacemen are working in space, they are in danger of the radiation from the sun and other stars, which is bad for their health. The harm（伤害）of the radiation won’t be found until their children even grandchildren are born. Some special medicine may work a little, but no really effective（有效的）medicine has been found so far.
Space rubbish is also thought to be a great danger to spacemen. It’s reported that there were 9,000 man-made things flying in space. About 30% of these are satellites, 10% are spaceships, and the rest are space rubbish. An explosion（爆炸）in space in 1999 made a cloud of 300,000 fragments, each at least 4mm in size. A small piece of these even knocked a spaceship window and caused some damage（损坏）.
Scientists are watching and reporting any possible danger all the time. They are working to deal with space rubbish. Although space is really dangerous, it interests many people on the earth. In the near future, it may become possible for people to spend a few days in a space hotel. We may even choose to leave the earth and live in space in a few years. So we should do something to help improve the space environment.Most of the man-made things flying in space are____________.
| A．satellites | B．spaceships |
| C．space shuttles | D．space rubbish |
The radiation from the sun and other stars is ______ to spacemen.
| A．good | B．helpful |
| C．useful | D．harmful |
The underlined word “fragments”means “______”.
| A．碎片 | B．泡沫 | C．烟雾 | D．飞碟 |
The passage talks about _________ kinds of danger in space.
| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Scientists have found out ways to solve any problem in space. |
| B．Every one of us can have a travel to space in ten years. |
| C．The harm of the radiation may be found in the spacemen’s children. |
| D．Space is really dangerous, so it doesn’t interest anyone on the earth. |
You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABCs? Do you know there is such a thing as “a banana person”? How strange! ABC means American-born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside. So, when a person is a “banana”, he or she is white inside—thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside—looking like a Chinese.
Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are overseas（海外的）Chinese. These people may be citizens（公民）of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair.
But they are not Chinese citizens. They are people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C. N. Yang（杨振宁）. He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.“ABCs” in this passage means_____________.
| A．three English letters | B．a kind of banana |
| C．Chinese born in America | D．Americans born in China |
Chinese in Western countries are called “banana persons” because_____.
| A．their bodies are white inside but yellow outside |
| B．they think like Westerners but look like Chinese |
| C．they were born in China but go to study in America |
| D．they like to eat bananas |
The underlined word “blood” may probably mean ________.
| A．洪水 | B．祖先 | C．身份 | D．血统 |
Which of the sentences is WRONG about ABCs?
| A．They are Chinese citizens. |
| B．They are overseas Chinese. |
| C．They may speak little Chinese. |
| D．ABCs may know little about China. |
This passage mainly talks about________.
A. different kinds of bananas
B. overseas Chinese
C. the Nobel Prize
D. the story of C.N. Yang
With the development of science and technology, our life is becoming more colorful and more convenient.
An Underwater Hotel
It looks like a spaceship but it is actually a picture of an underwater hotel. A company plans to build the hotel in the sea which is about 15 metres below the surface(表面).The whole building is underwater and you can get to it by swimming and diving.
Google Glass
Google Glass is a pair of glasses with a battery(电池) hidden inside the frame(边框). It can perform many of the same tasks as smart phones. The glass has hidden camera and a tiny screen. It is designed to take hands-free photos or videos of anything people are doing.
A New Kind of shirt
Hate washing clothes? You’re going to love this kind of shirt made by an American clothing company, Wool Prince. This shirt can be worn for 100 straight days without washing! The Wool Prince shirt never needs ironing(熨烫).
The Digital(数字) Library
Can you imagine walking into a library and finding all books have turned into companies? The first bookless public library is planned to open in San Antonio, Texas, America. Computers will take the place of books soon.The underwater hotel is about _______meters below the surface.
| A．10 | B．15 | C．100 | D．150 |
You needn’t use ______ when you take photos or video with Google Glass.
| A．camera | B．a screen |
| C．a battery | D．your hand |
You can wear the Wool Prince shirt for about ______ without washing.
| A．a month | B．two months | C．three months | D．a year |
The digital Library tells us something about a library without ______.
| A．books | B．computers | C．bookshelves | D．reader |
Which one of the following can reduce(减少)our housework in daily life?
| A．The underwater hotel | B．Google Glass |
| C．The Wool Prince shirt | D．The Digital Library |
Soon it would be the holidays. But before that, there was the end of year exams. All the students worked hard for some time. If they didn't pass, they would have to take the exams in September again. Some students failed, but Kate decided not to be one of them. She worked hard all day, but just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister was worried about her. She was staying up too late（熬夜）. The night before the first exam, Barbala insisted（坚持）that she should have an early night and take a sleeping pill. She promised（许诺）to wake her in the morning.
As she was falling asleep, Kate was worried in case（万一）she over-slept. Her mind kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of the pill, she fell asleep. she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the paper. She couldn't answer any of the questions. Everyone round her was writing pages and pages. However hard she thought, she couldn't find anything to write about. She kept looking at her watch. Time was running out. There was only one hour left. She started one question, wrote two sentences, gave up and tried another one. With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started crying. Her whole body shook（摇晃，震颤）. It shook so much that it woke her up. She was still in bed and it had all been a terrible dream. A minute later, Barbala called her name.Which of the following is true?
| A．All the students were usually successful in their exams. |
| B．Not all students passed the year exams. |
| C．Every one of the students could pass the end of year exams. |
| D．None of the students would take the exams again in September. |
When you prepare for an exam,________.
| A．you go over（复习）your lessons. |
| B．you read new books. |
| C．you take the exam again and again. |
| D．you look through the exam. |
Kate worked very hard before the exams for ______.
| A．she was very poor at her lessons. |
| B．she decided to be the best one in her class. |
| C．she didn't work hard all year. |
| D．she didn't want to fail in them. |
Why did Barbala insist that Kate should take a sleeping pill?
| A．Because she thought Kate should oversleep before the first exam. |
| B．Because Kate was so worried about her exams that she couldn't go to sleep at all. |
| C．Because Barbala hoped her sister would have a good sleep before the first exam. |
| D．Because she had promised to wake her up the next morning. |
Kate dreamed a terrible dream simply because ______.
| A．she had taken a sleeping pill. |
| B．she was too worried about her exams. |
| C．her sister had forgotten to wake her up. |
| D．she did not pass the exams. |
The White family come to a new big city(城市) , but Mrs. White's son, Bob, is not happy. He doesn't have anyone to play with. "Don't worry!" says his mother. "You will soon make friends here."
One morning, there is a knock at the door. Bob's mother, Mrs. White, opens it. There stands a woman with brown hair. It is Mrs. Miller. She comes to borrow two eggs. She wants to make cakes. Mrs. White gives her two.
In the afternoon there is another knock at the door. Mrs. White opens it and she sees a boy standing there. "My name is Jack Miller," he says. "My mother gives you this cake and two eggs."
"Well, thank you , Jack," says Mrs. White. "Come in and meet my son Bob."
Look! Bob and Jack are having cake and milk. They are playing football. Now they are friends!
Jack says, "I'm glad you live next door." Bob says, "I must thank your mother for coming to borrow eggs." Jack laughs(笑) and tells Bob, "My mother doesn't want the two eggs, but she wants to make friends with your mother. " Bob says, "That's a funny way to make friends. It's an easy way, too. It can work!Bob feels __________ when his family moves to a new city.
| A．unhappy | B．happy | C．free | D．busy |
Mrs. Miller ____________________ one morning.
| A．gives Mrs. White a piece of cake |
| B．asks Bob to play with his son |
| C．borrows eggs from Mrs. White |
| D．lends two eggs to Mrs. White |
In the afternoon ____________ have cake and milk together.
| A．Jack and Mrs. Miller |
| B．Bob and his mother |
| C．Mrs. White and Mrs. Miller |
| D．Bob and Jack |
Which of the following is true?
| A．Mrs. Miller is Mrs. White's old neighbour(邻居). |
| B．Mrs. Miller wants to make friends with the Whites. |
| C．There aren't any eggs in Mrs. White's home one morning. |
| D．There aren't any eggs in Mrs. Miller's home. |
The best title of this passage is __________________.
| A．Way to Borrow Eggs | B．Way to Make Cakes |
| C．Way to Make Friends | D．How to Make Cakes |
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 The Volleyball Club The school volleyball club wants new members! We have good players from the school team. They can help you enjoy the game. We practise for an hour every afternoon from Wednesday to Friday. Go to your PE teacher and buy sports shoes if you want to be with us. |
 Girls’ Volleyball Match Team: No.1 Middle School vs No. 2 Middle School Time: 2:30 p.m.—4:30 p.m., October 21st Place: Jiangyin Sports Centre Come for our school team. We have twenty tickets (票) for every class. Go to your PE teacher for the tickets before Friday. Please wear your school clothes at the sports centre. |
Members of the Volleyball Club practise ___________a week.
| A．once | B．twice |
| C．three times | D．four times |
What must you buy if you want to join the Volleyball Club ?
What time does the volleyball match start?
| A．At twenty to three in the afternoon. |
| B．At two thirty in the afternoon. |
| C．At five o’clock in the afternoon. |
| D．At twenty past two in the afternoon. |
Students can go to their ___________for tickets.
| A．PE teachers | B．classmates |
| C．parents | D．grandparents |
Students can’t get a ticket on ___________.
| A．Tuesday | B．Wednesday | C．Thursday | D．Saturday |