Wukong, Tiangong, Tianwen… Do you know where the names of Chinese space programs come from?
Wukong, the Dark Matter Particle Explorer satellite (暗物质粒子探测卫星), is named after Chinese superhero Monkey King. According to Journey to the West, Monkey King has a pair of sharp eyes which can tell the difference between good and evil. The Wukong satellite is just as sharp-eyed as Monkey King to help scientists search for dark matter in space.
The name of the space station, Tiangong, means “Heavenly Palace”. In Chinese myths, this is the home of Tian Di. Now Tiangong Space Station is a home for Chinese astronauts in space. And China welcomes foreign astronauts to Tiangong so that they can work together.
Tianwen, China’s Mars missions (任务), gets its name from the poem Tianwen by Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan is a well-known poet from ancient China. In Tianwen, he had the questions about the sky, stars, nature, myths and the real world, showing his hunger for truth. Perhaps the Tianwen missions will end up answering some of Qu Yuan’s questions.
If you look into more names of Chinese space programs, you will find that they all have beautiful meanings. We, the Chinese people, have a long-cherished (珍藏已久的) space dream. So the naming of Chinese space programs is taken very seriously.
（1）What is the Wukong satellite used for?
| A． |
Answering some of Qu Yuan’s questions. |
| B． |
Finding the difference between good and evil. |
| C． |
Helping scientists search for dark matter in space. |
| D． |
Welcoming foreign astronauts to the space station. |
（2）The underlined word “myths” in Paragraph 3 means “________” in Chinese.
| A． |
诗歌 |
B． |
神话 |
C． |
谚语 |
D． |
传记 |
（3）The name of China’s Mars missions is from ________.
| A． |
Qu Yuan’s poem Tianwen |
B． |
an ancient novel |
| C． |
ancient Chinese myths |
D． |
Journey to the West |
（4）Why do we take the naming of Chinese space programs seriously?
| A． |
We want to land on Mars. |
B． |
We want to protect the Earth. |
| C． |
We have the hunger for truth. |
D． |
We have a dream for space. |
（5）Which can be the best title for the passage?
| A． |
What Beautiful Names |
B． |
What a Cherished Star |
| C． |
What Excellent Poems |
D． |
What a Long Journey |
Nowadays, computer games are becoming more and more popular in many cities and towns.
A lot of small shops along busy streets have been made into small game houses in order to get more money. These places are always crowded with people, especially young boys.
In the computer game houses, peoplespenda lot of money competing（较量） with the machines. It’shardfor one to win the computer, but one can makeprogress after trying again and again. People have a kind of gambling psychology（赌博心理）when they play computer games. The more theylose, the more they want to win. When class is over, the school boys run to the nearby computer game houses. Little by little（渐渐地）, they forget all about their lessons and fall far behind others. Some of them can get enough money from their parents. But some of them are notlucky enough to get the money. They begin to take away other students’ money and become thieves.Who always go to the computer game houses?
| A．Young girls. | B．Young children. |
| C．Young students. | D．Young boys. |
People made small shops into small game houses in order to _________.
| A．make computer games more popular. |
| B．get more money. |
| C．help people to learn computer better. |
| D．make people happy. |
What do we need to play games in the game houses?.
| A．Tickets. | B．Paper. | C．Cards. | D．Money. |
What will happen to the boys if they keep going to the game houses?
| A．They will win a lot of money. |
| B．They will make a lot of good friends there. |
| C．They will fail in their study and even break laws. |
| D．They will live a happy life in the future. |
What is the passage mainly about?
| A．Game houses have a bad effect（影响）on young boys. |
| B．More and more small shops have been made into game houses. |
| C．Young boys spend a lot of money playing computer games. |
| D．People play games better after trying again and again. |
Why do we come to school? Most of us may say we come to school to study. But to study needs a right way, or you either waste the time or the money. The following are the ways for studying.
The best time for reading is morning. In the morning the air is fresh and the mind is clear. For that reason we can get good results.
In studying we must have patience（耐心）. If we have not known a text well, we must read it again. We should not read the next one until we have learned the first one well.
When we are studying, we must put our hearts into the books, or we can get nothing from the books while we are reading.
We must always ask “whys”. If it is not well understood, write it down and ask our teachers or our parents, brothers or friends. In any possible way, we must know it completely and what we have learned can be used well and made better.
Though there are many ways for studying, yet what I have said above will be enough if we can keep them in heart and do so.How many ways for studying does the passage tell us?
| A．Three | B．Four | C．Five | D．Six |
It’s better for us to read in the morning because _________.
| A．we have no other work to do |
| B．we can get good results |
| C．we have slept for some hours |
| D．we may learn the next text |
While reading we can’t get anything from the book if we _________.
| A．read very fast |
| B．read in the afternoon |
| C．don’t read it again |
| D．can’t put our hearts into it |
Always asking “whys” in reading can help us _________.
| A．write down the questions |
| B．read in the afternoon |
| C．understand the book better |
| D．remember what we’ve learned |
In writing this passage, the writer wants to tell us to __________.
| A．save our time and money |
| B．know the importance of reading |
| C．have more patience in reading |
| D．learn about the ways for reading |
Looking for a children’s book? Internet users can find hundreds of them. These books are from around the world. And they are free to readers. The United States has started a project called the International Children’s Digital Library. It is supported by the National Science Foundation, the Library of Congress and the institute of Museum and Library Services.
The goal of the project is to offer more than 10,000 children’s electronic books in at least 100 languages. Some of the books show the similarities and differences in ways of life around the world. They will enable children to have a better understanding of other people’s cultures. People working for this project have tried to design easy ways to search the collection and read the books. A picture of each page appears on the computer. Users can also print the pages on paper if they want to.
The project is for two main groups of users. The first group is children between the ages of three and thirteen, along with their teachers and parents. The second group is researchers of children’s literature（文学）. The books can help children understand more about the world.The books in the project can make children better understand ________.
| A．other people’s cultures |
| B．their own culture |
| C．their teachers and parents |
| D．researchers of children’s literature |
In this project, the electronic books are ________.
A. expensive to readers B. from the U.S.A.
C. in different languages D. for children onlyThe underlined word “goal” probably means ________ in the passage.
| A．山羊 | B．煤炭 | C．进球得分 | D．目标 |
The third paragraph is mainly about ________.
| A．the purpose of the project |
| B．the users of the project |
| C．people working for the project |
| D．museums and libraries |
Are you still doing the V for victory sign? It’s out. The latest popular hand gesture（手势）is to curl both of your hands and put them together to make a heart—shape. Known as “hand heart”, many young stars in the US including Justin Bieber , Blake Lively and Taylor Swift have done the move in recent photos.
“The heart — hand gesture means something between ‘I love you’ and ‘thank you’, ”said the country singer Taylor Swift,21.”It’s a sweet, simple message which you can send without saying a word.”
Taylor Swift often puts her hands above her head in the heart shape at her concerts. And she is believed to be the first to make the gesture popular.
Last month during a charity show, Justin Bieber and his superstar friends did it to help out three kids whose parents were killed in a car accident. The gesture became a real hit after that.
“It used to take longer for nonverbal（不用语言的）culture to move. But now ,with smart phones and the Internet, it’s much faster,” said Patti Wood, an American language expert.
In the Republic of Korea, the hand heart has been popular for a long time, in a different way. People there like making a “bigger heart” by putting their hands above their heads and making a heart shape with their arms. It means: “I love you.” When we want to express ideas, we often move our hands to mean something besides language. Do you know the meaning of this gesture(手势)?
| A．Good luck. | B．We’ve won. |
| C．Everything is all right. | D．Best wishes. |
Who is the first to make the heart — hand gesture popular?
| A．Justin Bieber | B．Blake Lively | C．Patti Wood | D．Taylor Swift |
A charity show is a show that is put on to.
| A．help the people in need | B．make a gesture popular |
| C．express your love or thanks | D．show your special gesture |
Which of the following statements is true?
| A．Smart phones and the Internet are improving fast. |
| B．Smart phones and the Internet used to take longer time in use. |
| C．It’s much easier for nonverbal culture to reach more people. |
| D．It takes nonverbal culture a long time to become popular. |
If a snake bites you, take a photo with your mobile phone! It may save your life. This is the surprising advice of a British cook.
One day Henry Jackson was working in a restaurant kitchen. He picked up a dish from the table, and suddenly a snake appeared... and bit him on the hand.
A few days earlier, the snake came to the restaurant from Asia in a box of bananas. It climbed out of the box and hid under the dish.
"I went to try to pick it up and it bit me again. I threw it across the kitchen, and it landed in the fridge. So I closed the door," Mr. Jackson said.
Anyway, Mr. Jackson stayed cool and he took a photo of the snake with his mobile phone. Soon his hand began to ache and he went to hospital. Then his chest began to hurt. Doctors couldn't say what was wrong because they didn't know what kind of snake it was.
Then Mr. Jackson remembered his mobile phone photo. The doctors sent it to London Zoo. When they knew the kind of snake, they could give Mr. Jackson the right medicine, and he left hospital the next day.
"So my advice is this: if a snake bites you, pick up your phone. Take its photo first and then show the photo to the doctors," suggests Mr. Jackson. "Oh, and if the snake doesn't smile for its photo, don't worry."The doctor gave Mr. Jackson the right medicine when _________________.
| A．the snake bit him |
| B．he left the hospital the next day |
| C．Mr. Jackson sent the photo to the hospital |
| D．London zoo told them what kind of snake it was |
The underline word “cool” means __________ in the passage.
| A．calm | B．confident | C．unfriendly | D．cold |
It can be inferred(推断）from the passage that__________.
| A．it is fun to take photos for snakes |
| B．the snake is from London Zoo |
| C．Jackson has a mobile phone with a camera |
| D．Jackson was a customer of the restaurant |
What is the best title of the passage?
| A．A snake in a restaurant |
| B．A photo saving his life |
| C．A photo of a snake |
| D．A useful mobile phone |