A telescope, called Gaia, is being designed by astronomers in Europe, and it couldn’t be more different from Pan-STARRS, which is another telescope being designed. While Pan-STARRS will be looking for asteroids (小行星) and comets headed for Earth, Gaia will be looking at our entire galaxy (银河系).
Gaia is designed to draw a map of the Milky Way, our home galaxy. Just as a map of your town gives you a picture of where things are located, Gaia’s map of the galaxy will tell astronomers where the stars are. Over five years, Gaia will observe (观察) about a billion stars and other objects in our galaxy. Each object will be observed about 70 times.
Gaia will be sent into space connected to a rocket. It contains two telescopes, each focused at a different angle (角度). These two telescopes act like Gaia’s “eyes”. The reason why humans can see things in 3D is that we have two eyes focused on the same object, at slightly different angles. By using two telescopes like eyes, Gaia can produce the first 3D map of the positions of the stars it views.
Gaia, which is to be sent into space, will be a powerful telescope. If you were to use it on Earth, for example, you could stand 600 miles away from your best friends and still get a clear picture of their hair.
Gaia is one of more than a dozen telescopes being designed by scientists right now. The next generation of telescopes will reveal new parts of our universe that will seem surprising. The universe, with all its planets, stars and other strange objects, is a puzzle with pieces that we can see by using powerful telescopes.
1.How many different angles can Gaia focus at each time?
A. 2. B. 3.
C. 4. D. 5.
2.The map to be drawn by Gaia ______.
A. can show every building on Earth
B. can show you where your town is
C. will just show the stars around Earth
D. will show where the stars are in our home galaxy
3.What’s Paragraph 4 mainly about?
A. What Gaia will do in space.
B. When Gaia will start to work.
C. How powerful Gaia will be.
D. What Gaia will do to Earth.
4.The underlined sentence in the last paragraph suggests that the next generation of telescopes _______.
A. seem very surprising to scientists
B. will not be put into use in a short time
C. will just look at new things in universe
D. will be more powerful than the old generations
Hilton Universal City
Outdoor swimming pool; rooms with two double beds (sleep 4); mini-fridges in rooms; on-site restaurants and 24-hour room service with children’s menu and snack cafe; fee car parking; the hotel is walking distance to Universal Studios and City Walk with lots of restaurants.
Holiday Inn Universal Studios Hollywood
Rooms with two queen beds (sleep 4), a mini-fridge, a microwave and a game table; on-site restaurants serving breakfast, lunch and dinner with family-friendly food; outdoor swimming pool; fee car parking.
Holiday Inn Express Universal City
Indoor swimming pool; rooms with two queen beds (sleep 4); breakfast is included in the room rate; free car parking; coin-operated laundry.
Magic Castle Hotel
Breakfast is included in the room rate; snacks (such as cookies and ice cream); one or two bedroom suites (sleep 4); suites have fully-equipped kitchen, living and dining areas; restaurants in the neighborhood; fee car parking; outdoor swimming pool.
1.If you like to swim indoors, you can choose ______.
A. Hilton Universal City
B. Holiday Inn Universal Studios Hollywood
C. Holiday Inn Express Universal City
D. Magic Castle Hotel
2.Children will love to stay in Hilton Universal City because ______.
A. it has mini-fridges in rooms B. it serves children’s food
C. they love to swim D. they can sleep well
3.At Magic Castle Hotel, you needn’t pay extra money for ______.
A. breakfast B. snacks
C. swimming D. washing
4.At which website can you find the advertisements?
A. www.goodnews.com. B. www.children’ stories.com.
C. www.teens’life.com. D. www.travelforfamilies.com.
It was 8:30am and the doorbell rang. I answered the door and there was Mr. Jones, who was from a bike-racing company. Mr. Jones said, “Congratulations! You are one of our finalists(决赛选手) for this year’s US Bike Tour Challenge. If you can ride your bike from here to Miami, Florida and finish it first, you will win $50,000. You can only take ten stops on this race and this doesn’t include overnight stays at hotels. Will you accept this challenge, Mr. Wozniak?” I agreed, and so did my parents.
Mr. Jones explained to me the rules. The race began the next day. The first day was very smooth for me. But unluckily the next four days, I bumped into some rain, which didn’t stop until I reached North Carolina. And I had used six stops because of the bad weather. It would take five days to get to Florida, so I would travel one day without making a stop. And I did it. On the sixth day, I succeeded in riding all the way to Savannah Georgia without a stop. Four days later, I arrived in downtown Miami and I was told that I was in the 4th place. So I thought to myself I could win. At 6:15pm, I found myself head to head with another racer. We both switched gears to head for the finish line.
When the officials announced, “The Ohio competitor, Evan Wozniak, is the winner!”
I was so excited that I fell off my bike. Happily, I got the $50,000 for winning this race. And I did it in ten days.
1.Evan Wozniak is a competitor from ______.
A. Ohio B. North Carolina
C. Savannah Georgia D. Florida
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?
A. Mr. Jones was one of the finalists for this year’s US Bike Tour Challenge.
B. Evan Wozniak gave up the challenge for his parents’ disagreement.
C. Riding from Ohio to Florida needs at least 5 days.
D. Evan Wozniak successfully finished his race despite much trouble.
3.The correct route of this year’s US Bike Tour Challenge is ______.
A. Ohio→Savannah Georgia→North Carolina→Miami, Florida
B. Miami, Florida→North Carolina→Savannah Georgia→Ohio
C. Ohio→North Carolina→Savannah Georgia→Miami, Florida
D. Savannah Georgia→→North Carolina→Miami, Florida→ Ohio
假设你是李华， 你们学校计划组织学生去长城进行“我爱长城”的宣传活动，请你给你们班的交换生James写一封邮件，邀请他参加。内容包括：
1．集合时间及地点；
2．活动安排：
①捡拾景点乱扔的垃圾；
②宣传文明旅游，爱护文化遗产。
3．注意事项。
1.词数100左右(开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数)；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
提示词：涂鸦 graffiti
Dear James，
I'm Li Hua. _______________________________________________________________________________
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Would you like to join us? Hope to see you then.
Yours，
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Last Sunday afternoon, I went shopping with my nephew. He is a 8yearold boy with big eyes and black hair. Because his parents was very busy, they had no time to tak
e care him. Therefore, they asked me to look after her over the weekend. We bought some vegetable and fruit in the supermarket. I also bought him a toy, that he loved very much. On our way back home, he offers to help me with the bags. Seeing this lovely and happy boy, and I couldn't help think of my childhood. How unforgettably a time it was!
Zhangjiajie is already home to the world's longest and tallest glass bridge, but now architects have gone much 1. (far)．
Two worldfamous architects, who won a design 2. (compete), have designed a transparent footbridge. It 3. (expect) that it will cost over ￡4 million 4. (build)．
The bridge will be made up of two layers, so there are some options for nervous visitors. The upper level that connects the two rock faces is in 5. shape of a disk and doesn't have a seethrough floor. A winding black stone path leads fearless explorers from one peak to the other. Surrounding the path 6. (be) a layer of water two centimetres thick, which is sprayed onto the path every seven minutes 7. special equipment creating a temporary cloud and mist.
However, the lower level is where things start to get really 8. (frighten). The floor is 100 per cent glass, 9. (allow) brave visitors to look at the valley below. As well as walking across the hairraising bridge you can also sleep in one of three pavilions(楼阁), all of 10. offer incredible views.
