Life in Outer Space
Chinese taikonauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu carried out the Shenzhou-13 spaceflight mission （任务） that started on Oct. 15, 2021. This mission lasts 6 months, which was also a national record. Zhai is the commander （指令长） who performed China’s first spacewalk in the Shenzhou-7 mission in 2008. Wang, who was in the Shenzhou-10 mission in 2013, is the first Chinese woman astronaut to visit China’s space station. Ye is a new comer to space.
The trio had carried out two spacewalks and completed more than 20 scientific tasks. Besides their tasks, they had also given two live lectures from the space station, showing the students their living and working areas at the Tianhe core module and several scientific experiments under zero-gravity conditions and answering real-time questions from students.
The trio also became the first Chinese to spend the nation’s most important festival — the Chinese Lunar New Year — in outer space.
They returned to Earth on April 16, 2022 and made Shenzhou-13 mission a great success.
阅读以上新闻稿，根据其内容回答其后各个小题。
（1）How long was the mission that was carried out by the taikonauts?
| A． |
13 months. |
B． |
10 months. |
C． |
7 months. |
D． |
6 months. |
（2）What does the underlined “ trio ” probably mean?
| A． |
A group of two. |
B． |
A group of three. |
C． |
A group of four. |
D． |
A group of five. |
（3）Which paragraph tells us what the taikonauts had mainly done in this mission in space?
| A． |
Paragraph 1. |
B． |
Paragraph 2. |
C． |
Paragraph 3. |
D． |
Paragraph 4. |
（4）What would be the most suitable to replace ＿＿＿＿＿ in the picture?
| A． |
Commander Zhai held a pair of couplets and wished the Chinese people good health. |
| B． |
Wang, with a red balloon in hand, wished children across the country healthy growth. |
| C． |
Ye held a sticker with the Chinese character “ fu, ” and wished the Chinese people a happy Lunar New Year. |
| D． |
The taikonauts have put up red lanterns, Chinese knots and paper-cut craft to celebrate the Chinese New Year. |
（5）Which of the following is NOT true?
| A． |
All the three taikonauts had been to the space before. |
B． |
Zhai Zhigang is a commander. |
| C． |
The trio gave two live lectures from the space station. |
D． |
They returned to earth in mid-April. |
This holiday my sister and I went to Shanghai. My sister had just graduated and she wanted to find a job in Shanghai.
My uncle lived in Shanghai, so we lived with him after we got there. On the first day we went to a lot of interesting places, including Waitan and Huangpu Park. We spent the next few days helping my sister find a job. We read many advertisements in newspapers to find one. My sister couldn't get the first job because they said she was too young.
Then we lost our way and couldn't find the second company. We had a map but the city is so big, so we had to ask someone for help and finally found the second company. The boss had a talk with my sister and asked her to wait at home for their decision. A month later we went home. My sister couldn’t find a job in Shanghai because she was not knowledgeable enough or she didn’t have enough experience. In this holiday we learned that if we want to succeed in life, we have to work hard and get a lot of knowledge.Why did my sister go to Shanghai?
| A．She wanted to visit a lot of interesting places. |
| B．She wanted to visit her uncle. |
| C．She wanted to find a job. |
| D．She wanted to have a good time there. |
How did we spend the next few days?
| A．Helping my sister find a job. |
| B．Visiting Waitan and Huangpu park. |
| C．Waiting at home for a job. |
| D．Reading many newspapers. |
Why couldn’t my sister get the first job in Shanghai?
| A．Because she was too young. |
| B．Because she couldn’t find the second company. |
| C．Because the city is so big that we lost our way. |
| D．Because she was not knowledgeable enough or she didn’t have enough experience. |
The underlined word “knowledgeable” means “______” in Chinese.
| A．明白道理的 | B．知识渊博的 |
| C．有文化的 | D．知识欠缺的 |
What does the passage mainly tell us?
| A．My sister couldn’t find a job in Shanghai because she was not knowledgeable enough or she didn’t have enough experience. |
| B．If we want to succeed in life, we have to work hard and get a lot of knowledge. |
| C．Shanghai is so big, so we couldn’t find a job easily. |
| D．Shanghai is so big, so we lost our way easily. |
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Dear Mr. Wang,
Someone comes to the office to see you in the morning, but you and your wife are out. He comes here at 10am. Because he is very busy, he goes away half an hour later. He tells me that he is your classmate at college(大学). Now he teaches Chinese in a high school(高中) in this city and he lives near the No. 6 Middle School. He is a very tall man with short hair. He wears a pair of glasses. He tells me his telephone number is 33426685. He is often at home at 7:00 pm. So you can call him in the evening.The author(作者) writes this note(便条) to ______.
| A．Mr. Wang | B．Mr. Wang’s wife |
| C．Mr. Wang’s classmate | D．me |
Mr. Wang’s classmate is __________.
| A．a teacher | B．a worker |
| C．a farmer | D．an actor |
When is Mr. Wang’s classmate often at home?
| A．In the morning | B．In the afternoon. |
| C．At 7:00pm. | D．We don’t know. |
How long does Mr. Wang’s classmate stay in the office?
| A．Ten hours. | B．An hour. |
| C．Two hours. | D．Half an hour. |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Mr. Wang and his wife are classmates. |
| B．Mr. Wang’s classmate is short. |
| C．Mr. Wang goes out with Mrs. Wang in the morning. |
| D．Mr. Wang’s classmate meets Mr. Wang in the morning. |
Peter always doesn’t know the way. His friends often laugh at him. They say he needs a map to find the bathroom in his own house. In his eyes, every street looks the same, and he doesn’t know which way to go. Sometimes he has to take a taxi home because he can’t remember the way to his house.
Peter watches a lot of films and reads a lot of books about animals. Each bird knows which way is south. Bats (蝙蝠) can fly at night and find their way with their ears. He feels embarrassed (困窘的) because all these animals have a good sense of direction. He tries to find his way with the help of stars in the sky. There is a star called the North Star, and he knows how to find it.
Of course, Peter’s friends are still laughing at him, because he can only see the North Star outside when it is sunny at night. He can’t tell the directions in the daytime or when he is inside or when it is cloudy.Sometimes Peter has to take a taxi home because __________.
| A．he is tired after shopping |
| B．he doesn’t know the way home |
| C．he likes taking the taxi |
| D．his friends want him to do that |
Bats find the way with their __________.
| A．ears | B．mouths | C．noses | D．eyes |
What does the phrase “sense of direction” mean in Chinese?
| A．幽默感 | B．责任感 | C．幸福感 | D．方向感 |
Peter’s friends still laugh at him because he __________.
① can’t still find his way in the daytime
② can’t still find his way when he is inside
③ can’t still find his way when it is cloudy
④ can see the North Star outside
| A．①③ | B．①② | C．①②③ | D．①②③④ |
A woman is at the cinema, and she is enjoying the film very much, but there is a man in the next seat, and he begins looking at the floor under her. The woman is angry and asks，“What are you doing there？What are you looking for?” “A piece of chocolate.” The man says to her, “I drops（掉落）it on the floor.” “A piece of chocolate?” the woman said angrily, “It is dirty now. Take this and be quiet, please. I am listening to the film.” She gives the man a big piece of chocolate. But the man says, “One of my teeth is in the chocolate!”The man sits ________ the woman.
| A．next to | B．in front of |
| C．behind | D．on the left of |
The underlined word “angry” means ________.
| A．not sad | B．not light |
| C．not happy | D．not heavy |
The man wants to find the piece of chocolate because ________.
| A．the piece of chocolate is very expensive. |
| B．one of his teeth is in the chocolate. |
| C．he likes chocolate very much |
| D．he wants to keep the cinema clean |
阅读理解阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
| Headache Medicine lTake the medicine twice a day, every morning and night. lDose (药量) / each time Age: over 14 2 tablets (粒) 8 – 13 1 tablet 4 – 7  tabletlNot right for children below the age of three |
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| Hamilton Zoo lOver 600 animals, tigers, pandas … lOpening hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday to Sunday lPrice: $ 15 per person lTransport: No.1 bus |
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| The Public Library lOpening hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Sunday to Friday lSocial Science Books 3rd floor lChildren Books 2nd floor lForeign Books 4th floor lYou can borrow books and search for information on the Internet. |
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Tom is a 12-year-old boy. If he has a headache, he should take __________ a day.
| A．tablet |
B．1 tablet | C．2 tablets | D．3 tablets |
The Public Library is closed at __________.
| A．5:00 p.m. | B．9:00 a.m. | C．4:00 p.m. | D．12:00 a.m. |
Lin and his father want to go to the Hamilton Zoo, they should pay __________.
| A．$ 15 | B．$ 30 | C．$ 45 | D．$ 10 |