As space science develops, 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 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 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.
1.. The writer mainly wants to tell his readers that the space is full of _____.
A. rubbish B. danger
C. satellites D. radiation
2.. How much does space rubbish take up of all the man-made flying objects?
A. 30% B. 40% C. 50% D. 60%
3. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. Some children have been born in space.
B. People are not supposed to live in space.
C. Some people are eager to have a space trip.
D. No one is dealing with space rubbish now.
4.. The underlined word “fragments” in the third paragraph probably means _____.
A. broken pieces B. flying dust
C. dangerous gases D. space radiation
5.. What is the main purpose（目的）for writing the passage?
A. To ask people not to pollute the space environment.
B. To develop people’s interests in space travel in the future.
C. To tell readers what scientists are doing about space rubbish.
D. To tell people that space is dangerous and what the dangers are.
This is a true story in Guyuna. One day, a child took some silver（银的）paper from a cigarette box. He rolled it into a tiny（极小的）ball and pushed it up his nose. He couldn’t get it out again. He ran crying to his mother. His mother couldn’t get the paper out, either. A week later the paper was still in his nose. His nose began to have a bad smell.
So his mother took her child to the hospital. The doctor looked up his nose. She put a tiny steel rod（钢棒）into his nose and felt the paper. She said she would have to cut his nose to get the paper out.
The child’s mother came home looking sad. She didn’t want her child to have his nose cut. He was a handsome boy and the cut would make him ugly.
Next day, the child’s mother took him to her friend Sidney. Sidney lived in a house with an old woman called May. She asked to see the child, so the child let her look up his nose. He closed his eyes.
“Yes, I can see it,” May said, “It will be out soon!”
As she spoke, she shook black pepper（胡椒粉） on the child’s nose. He gave a mightly（有力的）sneeze and the paper flew out. His mother was surprised. May told her to take the boy to the sea for a swim. She said the salt water would go up his nose and stop the bad smell.
So the child didn’t have to go to the hospital and gave his nose out.
1. How did the silver ball go into the boy’s nose?
A. His mother put it into his nose.
B. The boy himself pushed the ball up his nose.
C. The silver ball rolled into his nose itself.
D. The passage didn’t tell us.
2.. Why did the boy’s nose have a bad smell?
A. The ball stayed in his nose for too long.
B. The boy didn’t like to wash his nose.
C. His nose is cut and gave a bad smell.
D. Because he had a running nose.
3.. What can help to stop the bad smell?
A. Some medicine B. Some black pepper
C. Fresh air D. The salt water
4.. Who helped to take the silver ball out?
A. The boy himself B. The doctor
C. Sidney D. May
5.. What is the best title of the story?
A. Old medicine B. Some good doctors
C. A poor boy D. A silver ball
When our children were younger, it was popular for city people to buy a small farm in the country and _____ a few animals there.
One of our new neighbors ____ some ducks. They seemed very lovely. However, they were ____ to run around in their yard and the neighbors’ yards -- ____ ours. Our vegetables were their favorite food. Often we would “shoo” the ducks home and wonder ____ there wasn’t a fence to keep them.
One day, I asked her if she ____her ducks were bringing trouble to my garden. She told me that they were her ____ and he was away traveling. My attitude (态度) to her was bad.
We realized that our neighbors were not planning to build a ____, so our son built one. The ducks now stayed in their own yard. I didn’t see my neighbor again ____ months later.
A women’s church group asked me to ___ at their mother and daughter’s party. The topic was “Love”. Much to my ____, the first woman I saw when I walked into the church was my neighbor. I knew I could not speak about love to them when I hadn’t been ____with my neighbor. So I walked ____to her and said sorry for my attitude. She forgave me and then we talked a lot.
Do you have anybody like that in your life? Let me ____ you, if at all possible, to clear the ____between you.
1.A. put B. keep C. send D. take
2.A. bought B. sold C. dropped D. showed
3.A. made B. allowed C. forced D. chosen
4.A. except B. but C. without D. including
5.A. what B. why C. if D. when
6.A. saw B. understood C. thought D. realized
7.A. husband’s B. daughter’s C. wife’s D. grandma’s
8.A. fence B. house C. nest D. room
9.A. after B. before C. until D. while
10.A. speak B. talk C. say D. tell
11.A. excitement B. joy C. glad D. surprise
12.A. nice B. patient C. friendly D. annoyed
13.A. up B. along C. towards D. down
14.A. offer B. lift C. encourage D. afford
15.A. air B. difficulty C. pleasure D. trash
–I’m really sorry for my carelessness.
-- _____.
A. It’s not a big deal B. You’re welcome
C. Take care next time D. That’s almost right.
–Have you decided where to spend your summer holiday?
--Not yet. We _____ go to Hong Kong.
A. may B. must
C. should D. need
–How much of his speech do you think you have understood?
--_____. I wish I had worked harder.
A. Quite a few B. Very few
C. Next to nothing D. Quite a lot
