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Amelia Lee is an astronaut who will soon be leaving for Mars. Conard Spark interviewed her for Space Tomorrow magazine.

Conrad: Amelia, you’ll be leaving for Mars next Friday. How are the preparations going?

Amelia: Very well. We’ve done years of training to get ready for this journey.

Conrad: How many people are in the crew?

Amelia: There are five of us. The journey to Mars will take nine months, so the five of us will be working and living together in our spaceship for all of that time.

Conrad: That’s a long time!

Amelia: Yes, it is, and in our training, we’ve learnt how to keep our bodies and minds healthy for that length of time. When we arrive on Mars, we’ll meet the people who are living in the Mars Colony.

Conrad: How long will you stay on Mars?

Amelia: We’ll stay there for a year and a half. We’ll do scientific experiments there, and we’ll explore the area around the colony. Then we’ll return to Earth. That will take nine months, too.

Conrad: So, next week, you’ll be saying good bye to your family and friends for three years!

Amelia: Yes. That will be sad, but we all agree that I’m doing a good thing.

Conrad: How do you think you’ll feel next Friday? Will you be nervous?

Amelia: Well, I might feel a little nervous. But mostly I’ll be concentrating on the things I have to do. I have to make sure everything is safe and the spaceship is working properly.

Conrad: I wish you good luck and safe travels.

1.From the passage we know that Conard Spark is a/an ________.

A.astronaut B.scientist C.journalist D.crew member

2.Next Friday, Amelia will be mostly thinking about ________.

A.Conard Spark B.her friends and family

C.the long journey to Mars D.the spaceship and how well it is working

3.Amelia Lee will be away from the Earth for nearly ________.

A.five months B.nine months C.one year and a half D.three years

4.Which of the following statements is right according to the passage?

A.Some people have travelled to Mars before Amelia.

B.Amelia will travel to Mars with five other people.

C.Conard Spark would like to travel to Mars.

D.Amelia’s family members are afraid of Amelia.

5.That will take nine months, too. Here That refers to ________.

A.getting reading for the journey B.travelling back to Earth

C.doing scientific experiments D.exploring the area around the colony

6.The best title for this passage is ________.

A.Experiments on the Mars B.Interview with an astronaut

C.Space Tomorrow magazine D.The journey to Mars

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My name is Jack. I’m a Chinese student living in the United States. When my family moved to America in 2016 from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our bags, but also our village rules and culture. One of the rules is that young people should respect(尊敬) the elderly. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment(窘迫) in the United States.

I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. At one time, when I was serving food to an old couple(夫妇), the wife asked me how I could serve the food so quickly. I told her that I tried to get their food quickly because I respected the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and told me about how sensitive Americans are and how they dislike the description “old”. I then walked back to the table and said sorry to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that cultural differences caused the problem, so they laughed and were no longer angry.

In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to their seventies or eighties, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.

However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is too weak to work or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that respected the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they were not able to stay young. I told them something they didn’t want to hear.

After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more, I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings through words.

1.After this experience in the Chinese restaurant, Jack ________.

A.no longer respected the elderly B.changed his way with older people

C.lost his job in the restaurant D.made friends with the couple

2.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got.

B.From this experience, Jack learnt more about American culture.

C.The manager went back to the table and said sorry to the couple.

D.Jack wanted to show his feeling through words after his experience.

3.The word “sensitive” in Paragraph 2 probably means “________ ”.

A.respecting people deeply B.taking nothing seriously

C.getting upset easily D.treating others nicely

4.What is the main purpose of the passage?

A.To show that we should act differently with different people and culture.

B.To tell the readers that we should always follow rules of our hometown.

C.To introduce Americans and Chinese different ideas on “being old”.

D.To explain why most Americans don’t like to be called “old”.

Some children like to see monkeys in the zoo and ________ like tigers.

A.others B.the other C.the others D.another

You are not /?'la?d/ to fish in this area. Which of the following is correct for the phonetic symbol?

A.aloud B.allowed C.around D.about

Kate, ______ girl, wants to be a teacher.

A.a 8-year-old B.an 8-years-old C.an 8-year-old D.a 8 years old

— I am sorry I am late. I was caught by an alien in the street.

— An alien in the street? ________ will believe your story.

A.Anybody B.Nobody C.Somebody D.Everybody

I have three pen-friends. One is in Britain and ________ are in Canada.

A.the other B.the others C.other D.another

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Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Italy. He is best known as an artist today. One of his famous paintings is called Mona Lisa. However, Leonardo had many other natural abilities. He was also a great inventor. Many of his inventions have become important in modern daily life.

Although Leonardo hated war, he invented many different machines used for war. His most special invention was the machine gun, which was produced in war many years later.

Leonardo tried to find out the secret of flying, he watched the way birds fly. Among his sketches(素描) we can see many objects. We consider them as modern flying machines.

Leonardo spent many hours thinking about: How to make good use of time. He developed ideas for labor-saving machines like cutting machines.

Leonardo was a strange man. He didn't eat any meat, which was very unusual in those times. He never published his ideas and discoveries. He usually used mirror writing, which look like writing in the mirror starting from the right side of page and moving to the left.

We have very few of his works today. Leonardo finished only a few of his painting. He left many unfinished because he thought they were not perfect. No one in his life time knew how great Leonardo was. We now believe, however, that he was one of the cleverest men that the world has ever known.

1.What was Leonardo da Vinci?

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2.Did Leonardo invent any machines used for war?

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3.How did Leonardo try to find out the secret of flying?

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4.Why didn't Leonardo finish all his works?

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5.How do people nowadays like Leonardo?

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We only planned the play for an hour, but in the end, we stayed for three hours.

A.watch B.watches C.to watch D.watched

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