Sally Ride was born in California in 1951. She was the first American woman to travel into space. She loved to play tennis and wanted to be a tennis player when she was young. But after three months' professional(专业的) training, she changed her mind. She went to Stanford University and started to study science. She studied stars and planets. She did researches at the university and got her PhD in astrophysics(天体物理学博士学位) after several years’ hard work.

In 1977, she took a test to become an astronaut. And then she was picked up from over 8,000 people. In order to realise her dream of going into space, she had to get different kinds of special and difficult training. She learned how to fly a plane, how to jump out of a plane as well as how to operate(操作)special machines

Sally and four other astronauts flew a spaceship called Challenger on Jun. 18, 1983. She became the first American woman to travel into space. Later, she taught at the University of California. Then she wrote seven books on space for children, encouraging children to study science. Unfortunately, she died in 2012.

1.What did Sally Ride want to do at first?

A. She wanted to study stars.

B. She wanted to study science.

C. She wanted to play tennis.

D. She wanted to do researches.

2.When did Sally Ride go into space?

A. In 1951. B. In 1977. C. In 1983. D. In 2012.

3.Which is NOT true about Sally Ride?

A. She learned how to fly a plane.

B. She learned how to produce machines,

C. She learned how to jump out of a plane.

D. She learned how to use special machines.

4.Sally Ride taught at the University of California _______.

A. before she got her PhD in astrophysics

B. before she went to Standford University

C. after she wrote books on space

D.after she travelled into space

5.Which is the best title (题目) of the passage?

A. The first American woman writer

B The first American woman astronaut

C. The first American woman teacher

D. The first American woman scientist

Scientists say there are seven kinds of food that people should eat every day. They are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kind; (2) citrus(柑橘类)fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made of milk, like cheese and ice-cream; (6) bread or cereal(谷类), rice is also in this kind of foods; (7) butter, or something like butter, with fat(脂肪)。

People in different countries in the world eat different kinds of things. They also eat in different kinds the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries, people eat three or four times a day. Scientists say that these differences are not important. It doesn’t matter if a person eats dinner at 4 o’clock in the afternoon or at eleven o’clock at night. The important thing is that every day a person must eat something from each of the seven kinds of food. The most important thing is that we must find some way to help the hungry people and make the people have right kinds of food , make them strong and healthy

1.It is important that people should _________.

A. eat three times a day

B. eat cooked food

C. eat dinner at 4 o’clock

D. eat something from each of the seven kinds of food every day

2.Which sentence is right?

A. People should eat ice-cream every day

B. Oranges belong to second kind of food

C. We should eat chicken every day

D. We should never eat fat

3.In different countries people _________.

A. eat the same kinds of food

B. cook their food in the same way

C. eat different kinds of food

D. eat the food in the same way

4.The most important thing is _________.

A. many people in the world are hungry

B. we must find some way to help the hungry people and make the people have right kinds of food ,

C. many people are too heavy

D. people eat too much food

5.What is the meaning of “strong” in the last paragraph(最后一段)?

A. 肥胖的 B. 漂亮的

C. 聪明的 D. 强壮的

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