National parks are large areas of public land. They give a safe home for local plants and animals. They help keep the air and water clean. They also give us the best trips. Today, there are nearly 7,000 national parks around the world. Forbes has listed 12 of the most beautiful ones in the world.

The Grand Canyon National Park of the US is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. It is best known for its size and depth. It is 446 kilometres long, up to 29 kilometres wide, and 1.6 kilometres deep. The immensity of the canyon makes people think big. Every year, about 5 million people visit here. Taking a tour in the South Rim offers visitors the park's full views, while the North Rim shows beautiful wild flowers.

If you love animals, you'll like the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. The “Big Five” live there. They are the lion, African elephant, African leopard(豹), black rhinoceros(犀牛) and African buffalo(水牛). The name “Big Five” came from the five animals that were the hardest to catch. Now they are what people most want to see in the wild. If you visit the park, you should never miss the migration(迁徙) of over 1.5 million wildebeest(角马) and 250,000 zebras every year.

1.Which is NOT right about national parks according to Paragraph 1?

A. A national park is public land that covers a large area.

B. Wild plants and animals are protected in national parks.

C. Forbes has listed twelve of the world's largest national parks.

D. National parks are attractive because of their national beauty.

2.The underlined word “immensity” refers to ________.

A. great size B. natural wonder

C. colourful view D. unusual beauty

3.________ kinds of animals are mentioned in the passage.

A. Five B. Six C. Seven D. Eight

4.The best title for the passage may be “________”.

A. Taking a tour in the Grand Canyon

B. Travelling to the Serengeti National Park

C. Seven Natural Wonders of the World

D. Stepping into the wonders of the wildlife

Friends play an important role in our life. Most people hope that their friends will always be there. They _____ friendship to last forever. _____, even the best friendship can end.

As time goes by, many friendships end because of a(n) _____ in personality or way of life. The friendship slowly loses importance and finally _____.

Tommy wrote, “I didn't even know the friendship was over until I caught myself thinking of Alan as a former friend.”

Peter explained, “We _____ seeing each other less and less. The friendship was over.”

Sometimes friendships _____ suddenly from a disagreement or moving to another place.

Alice said, “The end of our friendship was a gradual thing. I moved from one side of the city to the other. Since then we _____ made a phone call. We met less and less. At last our friendship ended.”

Jack said, “When I moved to Seattle after college, our friendship died. Both of us were always_____ with new jobs, so we didn't keep _____ touch with each other. Our friendship was so dead that I didn't call him ______ I went home.”

Yet the biggest problem to a friendship is change. Lillian Rubin in her book Just Friends says, “Generally it's ______ that friends will accept each other if they both remain what they were when they met, or change in similar directions. If they change or grow in different ways, the friendship most likely ______ lost.”

No matter why, when, or how friendship ends, there is always ______ pain of loss. When nothing can be ______ to keep the friendship, it is important to forget the pain. Then move on ______ new friendships.

May new friendships bring you pleasure and happiness!

1.A. hope B. expect C. decide D. prefer

2.A. Unfortunately B. Luckily C. Then D. So

3.A. interest B. experience C. change D. suggestion

4.A. forgets B. disappears C. appears D. improves

5.A. finished B. practised C. continued D. started

6.A. break down B. break away C. break off D. break in

7.A. often B. seldom C. always D. never

8.A. struggling B. satisfying C. pleased D. fed

9.A. at B. by C. on D. in

10.A. even if B. while C. before D. since

11.A. strange B. true C. false D. impossible

12.A. will be B. is C. will D. to be

13.A. little B. some C. any D. no

14.A. thought B. checked C. carried D. done

15.A. to ask for B. forming C. to build D. beginning

China Science and Technology Museum was opened to the public in September 1988. But the second project was completed in May, 2000. Its main task is to spread knowledge of science and technology among the public.

The activities of China Science and Technology Museum include popular science exhibitions, Astro?vision film shows, training education programmes and experiment exhibition programmes. The museum has an area of 40,000 square metres, of which 16,000 square metres is for exhibition halls.

The Astro?vision Theatre is one of the museum's major attractions and also one of the largest Astro?vision theatres in the world. It makes visitors feel they are in actual events rather than see a film. Many great science activities are often held at the museum, and the museum wants to be an important window to the world.

1.What can you see in the museum?

A. Training education programmes and animals.

B. Science exhibitions and experiment exhibitions.

C. Astro?vision film shows and modern film shows.

D. Ancient science exhibitions.

2.People could visit the museum since ________.

A. twenty years ago B. September, 1988

C. May, 2000 D. May, 2005

3.What is one of the major attractions for the visitors?

A. The Astro?vision Theatre.

B. Science halls.

C. Experiment exhibitions.

D. Education programmes.

4.When you are seeing an Astro?vision film, you will feel you are ________.

A. in true life

B. seeing a good film

C. in actual events

D. travelling in the sky

5.Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A. It's a national museum of science and technology.

B. It's a window of Chinese new science and technology to the world.

C. Exhibition halls of the museum have an area of 40,000 square metres.

D. The museum has a large Astro?vision theatre.

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