Terrafugia Company has said that its flying car, named Transition, has successfully finished a 37- second test flight
On March 5, 2009, at Plattsburgh International Airport in New York. It was piloted by Phil Meteer, the company's chief pilot.
Transition is a two-seat airplane that can take off and land at airports as well as drive on roads.
The company said that the flying car can travel at speeds up to 115 mph for 450 miles in the air, drive at highway speeds on the ground, and fold up(折叠) to fit in a garage (车库) 81 inches wide, and 80 inches high.
This could be used in hospitals to transport patients so as to avoid road traffic. It may start running on wheels, and when it gets to traffic lights it can fly overhead the lights and keeps its way forward. So it’s good news to avoid traffic problem and the traffic accidents.
But some people say this is a going airplane rather than a flying car, at least on the appearance. Anyway, we are happy for scientific-technical progress, what a fantastical world in the near future!
1. This kind of new machine is made by ______.
A．Phil Meteer
B．Terrafugia Company
C．Plattsburgh International Airport
D．both A and B
2. ___ people can sit in Transition.
A．3 B．5 C．4 D．2
3. Transition can travel ____ miles every hour in the air .
A．115 B．120 C．450 D．480
4. Which of the following sentences about Transition is not true? __________.
A．It can be folded up.
B．It can both run on the ground and fly in the sky.
C．It is used in hospital now.
D．It looks like a plane .
One night, a little before nine o’clock, Dr Johnson was answering a telephone call. He was asked to go and give an operation to a very sick boy at once. The boy was in a small hospital in Glens Falls, sixty miles away from Dr Johnson’s city – Albany. The boy had hurt himself in a traffic accident. His wife was in danger, but his family was so poor that they could not pay the doctor anything. After he heard all this, Dr Johnson was driving carefully. He thought that he could get to the hospital before 12 o’clock. A few minutes later, the doctor’s car had to stop for a red light at a crossing. Suddenly a man in an old black coat opened the door of the car and got in.
“Drive on”, he said. “I’ve got a gun (枪).”
“I’m a doctor,” said Johnson, “I’m on my way to a hospital to operate on a very sick…”
“Don’t talk,” said the man in the old black coat, “Just drive.”
A mile out of the town he ordered the doctor to stop the car and get out. Then the man drove on down the road. The doctor stood for a moment in the snow. After half an hour, Dr Johnson found a telephone and called a taxi. At the railway station he learned that the next train to Glens Falls would not leave until 12 o’clock.
It was after two o’clock in the morning when the doctor arrived at the hospital in Glens Falls. Miss Clarke, a nurse, was waiting for him.
“I did my best,” said Dr Johnson. Miss Clarke said, “The boy died an hour ago.”
They walked into the waiting room. There sat the man in the old black coat, with his head in his hands.
“Mr. Shute,” said Miss Clarke to the man, “this is Dr Johnson. He had come all the way from Albany to try to save your boy.”
1. From the story we know it took Dr Johnson _________ to get to the hospital.
A．12 hours B．7 hours C．only 1 hour D．about 5 hours
2.Dr Johnson was late because __________.
A．there was something wrong with his car
B．a strange man made it hard to drive
C．a strange man drove his car away
D．the train to Glens Falls was late
3. The man in a black coat __________.
A．hit the boy and ran away
B．took the boy to the hospital
C．was the boy’s father
D．was the real doctor
4.The man in black would feel __________ in the end.
A．happy and pleased B．regretful(悔恨) and sad
C．worried and angry D．tired and hungry
Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their free time.
In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health; when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. And when you do something good
to others, you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice them, you can see that happiness is always around you.
Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving(旋转 ) door. When it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.
1. When you do something wrong, _______________.
A．you may correct it
B．you will have no chance to challenge yourself
C．anybody will laugh at you
D．you will be happy
2. Which is TRUE according to the passage?
A．When you get success, your friends will be very proud of you.
B．You can get help from others when you make mistakes.
C．You can still be a happy person even if you have little money.
D．All the above.
3. Why do we say “Happiness is not the same as money”? Because _______________.
A．money always brings happiness
B．money doesn’t always bring happiness
C．everything can be bought with money
D．only rich people have happiness
4. Which is the title of the passage?
A．Do Something Good to Others
B．Happy and Lucky
C．Happiness
D．Life and Success
From a plane we can see the fields, cities, mountains or seas below. If we go into space, we see more and more of the earth. People and man-made satellites have been sent out into space to look at the earth carefully and people have learnt more about the earth in the last few years.
The sea looks very beautiful when the sun is shining on it. But it can be very terrible when there is a strong wind.
The sea is very big. It nearly covers three quarters of the earth. The sea is also very deep in some places. There is one place and at that place the sea is about 11 kilometers deep. The highest mountain in the world is about 9 kilometers high. If that mountain was put into the sea at that place, there would be still 2 kilometers of water above it!
In most parts of the sea, there are many kinds of fishes and plants. Some live near the top of the sea. Others live deep down. There are also a lot of small living things, and lots of fishes live by eating them.
The sea can be very cold. When people go down, the sea becomes colder and colder. Only some men can go down into the deep sea. But, in 1970, five women scientists (科学家) lived in the deep sea for fourteen days.
1.This passage is_________.
A．a short story B．for science reading
C．a piece of news D．a report
2.The sea covers about _______of the earth.
A One third B. One fourth
C. Two quarters D. Three fourths
3. Which of the following is NOT true?
A．The sea is usually beautiful when the sun is shining.
B．The sea is always very terrible when the wind blows hard.
C．The highest mountain is in the deepest place of the sea.
D．The deeper the people go into the sea, the colder they will feel.
4. The last sentence “But, in 1970, five women scientists lived in the deep sea for fourteen days.” means that________.
A．women wanted to live in the deep sea for a long time
B．women could go deeper into the sea than men
C．women liked living in the deep sea better than men
D．women could do the same work as men
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Mr. Jones had always wanted to make a trip into the middle of Africa to shoot wild animals. 36 first he had no enough money, and then he was married. His wife had not wanted him to 37 her. At last his wife 38 to the trip if he allowed her to go, too.
“But it will be very uncomfortable,” Mr. Jones 39 her. “ It will be very hot and we shall live in a tent, and it 40 be dangerous. ”“I don’t care.” said his wife. “I want to go with you.” So they bought a big tent, camp beds, a refrigerator (电冰箱)which did not need 41 and many other things which would make the trip comfortable, and went off to the__42 of Africa.
The first morning, 43 Mr. Jones took his gun and left the tent, he 44 his wife a bell and explained to her, “If you fell in 45 and you need me , 46 this bell and I’ll come at once.”
After a few minutes, he heard the bell and returned 47 to the tent. “What’s the matter?” he asked.“ 48 ” said his wife, “I was only 49 the bell.” Mr. Jones went off, but after a quarter of an hour, the bell rang 50 .
Mr. Jones hurried back to the tent, but his wife said, “I’m 51 . I was cleaning our tent, and I knocked the bell over by mistake.” Mr. Jones returned to his __52 , but soon he heard the 53 once more. This time, when he got back to his 54 , the tent was burning and Mrs. Jones was lying on the ground, with 55 running from a big cut on her shoulder. “That’s better!” said Mrs. Jones. “This time the bell had been used correctly!”
1. A．And B．But C．For D．So
2. A．leave B．miss C．marry D．care
3. A．allowed B．permitted C．satisfied D．agreed
4. A．told B．advised C．persuaded D．warned
5. A．may B．ought C．can’t D．shall
6. A．money B．electricity C．force D．power
7. A．south B．middle C．east D．west
8. A．while B．until C．before D．after
9. A．gave B．sent C．lent D．bought
10. A．hurry B．surprise C．safety D．danger
11. A．hit B．knock C．beat D．ring
12. A．again B．back C．quickly D．home
13. A．Something B．Nothing C．No D．None
14. A．ringing B．trying C．using D．testing
15. A．again B．once C．across D．away
16. A．happy B．sorry C．tired D．all right
17. A．wife B．tent C．trip D．hunting
18. A．cry B．shot C．bell D．shout
19. A．garden B．house C．camp D．office
20. A．water B．tears C．blood D．sweat
If you don’t speak good English,you will be at a big when you try to get a good job.
A．disadvantage B．loss C．bend D．shortcoming
