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News 1 :  Have you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours though it is about 40,000 kilometers? One day，maybe you can. Last Saturday，the American X－43A airplane made its first flight. It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometres an hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world. The X－43A is only three to four metres long，but it's very heavy：it weighs（重）1,270 kilogrames.

News 2 :  Have you ever got angry at books that are full of mistakes? Don't worry，things will get better soon. Last week，China started checking textbooks，dictionaries and children's books all over the country. The government（政府）said the results of the checking would come out at the end of June.

News 3 : There will be a new “star” in the sky soon. China plans to send a satellite(人造卫星) into space by December 2006. It will stay in space for one year. It will go around the moon and take pictures. It must be very expensive，right? That's for sure－1. 4 billion yuan！

News 4 : Floods（洪水）across the northern Mexican(墨西哥的) state of Coahuila killed at least 32 people and left100 more missing. It was reported on Monday. The heavy rain hit the state all night last Friday，so some banks of the river were broken. Along the river about 3，000 families were seriously affected（受影响）.

1.If the X-43A goes around the earth，it will take about _____ hours to finish the trip.

A. 3                     B. 5                 C. 8         D. 12

2.Which of the following about News 2 is TRUE?

A. There are many mistakes in most of the textbooks，dictionaries and children's books.

B. All the students have to use the books full of mistakes till the end of June.

C. After the checking books will become better and better.

D. A few mistakes are not serious for children.

3.Which of the following about the new “star" is NOT TRUE?

A. It will help us know more about the moon.

B. It will go around the earth for one year.

C. It will cost 1. 4 billion yuan.

D. It will be sent up by the year 2006.

4.Many families were affected because of ______.

A. the heavy rain on Monday     B. the broken banks of the river

C. the floods across Mexico      D. the death of 132 people

①Have you ever wondered what goes through your mind when you choose where to sit in a new classroom? Or in a waiting room full of strangers? Or on a bus? Researchers have found out some interesting facts.

②Girls sit by girls and boys sit by boys. Adults sit together and young people choose another young person to sit near. But it goes further than this. We even choose to sit near someone who looks like us. People with glasses are more likely to sit near other people with glasses. People with long hair sit closer to other people with long hair.

③We seem to believe that people with similar habits or hobbies will share similar experiences and we are more likely to be accepted by people like ourselves or even, we think we may be safer with people who look like us. Sometimes that’s true but it’s a pity if we always stay with the same people, the same group. The danger in always staying in our comfort zone (舒适区)is that we just recycle the same opinions, the same tastes and the same ideas. We lose the chance to learn something new, find out about interesting things, hear funny stories and discover difference.

④When we always stay with the same people, how can we break down the barriers（屏障，障碍）which prevent us from getting to know people with different ideas? And how can we avoid the ignorance (无知)? If you want to live in a society that opens to changes, new things and different opinions, be the cat among the pigeons（鸽子）.

⑤Move out of your comfort zone. Go and sit next to someone different. And don’t just sit there in silence. Say hello. Ask a question. Start a conversation. That’s how we make friends. That’s how we learn about people. That’s how we open our minds to new ideas. That’s how we live an exciting life.

1.From the passage, we know that people prefer sitting by someone who        .

A. is like themselves             B. has a sense of humor

C. is open-minded                D. lives an exciting life

2.The sentence “Unsurprisingly, we prefer to sit closer to people like ourselves.” should be placed at the beginning of __________.

A. Paragraph 1       B. Paragraph 2

C. Paragraph 3     D.Paragraph 4

3.What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To tell us just to be ourselves in social life.

B. To introduce ways to learn about the world.

C. To explain how people communicate with others.

D. To encourage us to meet people of different kinds.

阅读下面的三篇短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、 D四个选顶中，选择最佳选项。

Apple’s logo is one of the most familiar icons(图标)around the world.

But what’s the story about the Apple logo? The image of the apple is obvious，because that’s the name of the company. What about the bite? The famous story is that the logo shows respect and honour for Alan Turing. He was the father of computer science. He researched artificial intelligence(人工智能)and unlocked German wartime codes(密码). However，after the war，he was put into prison(监狱)，because of his beliefs（信念，信条）. He could not stand the looking down and chose to bite a poisoned apple to end his life in the prison.

However，Rob Janoff，who designed the famous Apple logo，said，“It’s not the truth, but only a legend. The real reason why I designed it with a bite is very simple. I wanted people to get that it was an apple not a cherry. When I go to markets to buy apples，I always mistake apples for cherries. It really has nothing to do with the scientist. ”

Are you kidding? An apple is much bigger than a cherry. It’s very easy to tell. But if you use an apple to design a logo, some people may mistake it for a cherry.

1.Both the apple and the cherry are almost the same actually in________.

A. shape          B. size          C. colour        D. weight

2.According to the passage，Alan Turing________.

A. died in the prison

B. used an apple to design a logo

C. was put into prison during the war

D. was the father of a computer company

3.What’s the purpose of writing the passage about the apple logo?

A. To introduce its designer.

B. To tell us a legend （传说）about it.

C. To try to find the truth of it.

D. To explain its market research.

完形填空,阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、 B、 C、 D四个选项中，选择最佳项。

World Book Day falls on April 23 every year. It was set up by UNESCO (联合国教科文组织) in 1955 to encourage people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of      .

Many countries celebrate World Book Day. On that day in the UK, millions of students can buy ________   of special price, much lower than usual in any bookstore. It has been done every year        1998. World Book Day is also celebrated in China. Many great people do lots of reading        they’re very busy. So young people should spend more time         . “Books can’t change the world, but people can change the world by changing        through reading,” he said.

Reading can benefit (有益于) people       . Reading helps us become more knowledgeable and more intelligent. Reading helps us to follow the       developments of science and technology. Reading________ us with information about other culture and places of the world. When we read, we may find many things      are unfamiliar to us. We would have to use our brain   ________   about them or do more reading to find out the answers. The more we read, the more we know. The more we know, the ________  we become. Reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language  ________ English. We all know that we ________   learn everything at school, for example, the ways English people are speaking and writing today.

“Reading makes a full man.” Books, magazines, newspapers and other kinds of reading materials can help to know more about the outside world and perfect us.  ________  , it is necessary for us to form the habit of reading every day.

1.A. listening     B. speaking       C. reading         D. writing

2.A. clothes      B. dictionaries    C. computers        D. books

3.A. since       B. in              C. from             D. by

4.A. because       B. though          C. through          D. when

5.A. read         B. to read        C. reading         D. to reading

6.A. ourselves    B. yourselves    C. themselves       D. itself

7.A. in many ways B. by the way    C. in any way       D. in the way

8.A. earlier       B. later         C. latest           D. last

9.A. shares       B. gets          C. opens            D. provides

10.A. those        B. that          C. where          D. how

11.A. think        B. to think        C. talk             D. to talk

12.A. outstanding  B. prettier        C. smarter          D. outgoing

13.A. like        B. at             C. about            D. towards

14.A. can          B. can’t          C. might           D. have to

15.A. So           B. However        C. Now that       D. Therefore

You’ll never succeed in ________ my mind unless you are right.

A. change         B. changed

C. to change      D. changing