What’s the red star in the sky through a telescope(望远镜)? It is Mars. Do you want to know more about it? Take the “Mars Orbit Express”!
“Mars Orbit Express” is a space probe (探测器). It was sent towards Mars by American scientists on August 12th,2005. Its tasks are to study Mars’ atmosphere and return photos to Earth. But before that “Mars Orbit Express” must travel about 100 hundred million kilometers and seven months. It reached Mars’ orbit(轨道)in March,2006.
Mars and Earth have similar weight and size. However,Mars is closer to the sun than Earth. Mars is very cold. The average temperature is below 50℃. The temperature at noon only reaches 20℃ during a Mars day. Its atmosphere is mostly CO2. It has much sand and two moons---Phobos and Deimos.
Scientists think Earth and Mars had similar beginnings 4.6 billion years ago. But while Earth supports millions of lives,Mars becomes bad. “Earth easily could have turned out like that.” said an scientist, “It is important for us to find out why and Mars Orbit Express’ should do that.”“Mars Orbit Express” also would help scientists to learn what might happen to Earth in the future. “Mars Orbit Express” would work for about four years.
【小题1】 What can you see through a telescope when watching Mars? ________.
A.Much sandB.A red starC.Its atmosphereD.Its size
【小题2】One of the tasks of Mars Orbit Express is _______.
A.taking pictures of Mars
B.studying the weight of Mars
C.finding out distance between Earth and Mars
D.telling the time it takes to go from Earth to Mars
【小题3】Compared with Earth,_______.
A.Mars has a long historyB.Mars is big and heavy
C.Mars is close to the sunD.Mars’ atmosphere is mainly O2.
【小题4】 Which might be the proper title for the passage?
A.Mars:differences from EarthB.A probe:to learn more about Mars
C.Mars: change of temperatureD.A probe:to tell the future of Earth

Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day the feelings were told that the island would sink, so all built boats and left, except Love. Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out(坚持) until the last possible moment.
When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.
Richness was passing by Love in a big boat. Love said,“Richness, can you take me with you?”
Richness answered,“No, I can’t. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you.”
Love decided to ask Vanity(虚荣心) who was also passing by in a beautiful ship.“Vanity, please help me!”
“I can’t help you, Love. You are all wet and might destroy my boat,”Vanity answered.
Sadness was close by, so Love asked,“Sadness, let me go with you.”
“Oh…Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!”
Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her. Suddenly , there was a voice, “Come, Love, I will take you.” It was an elder. So thankful and happy, Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way. Realizing how much was owed(欠) the elder, Love asked Knowledge, another elder, “Who helped me?”
“It was Time,” Knowledge answered.
“Time?” asked Love. “But why did Time help me?”
Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom(智慧) and answered, “Because only Time is able to understand how valuable Love is.”
【小题1】How did the feelings go away from the island?

A.By water.B.By swimming.C.On foot.D.By flying
【小题2】Which of the following is true?
A.Happiness was blind.B.Richness had a small boat.
C.Vanity’s ship was damaged.D.Sadness wanted to stay alone.
【小题3】Who saved Love?
A.Time.B.Knowledge.C.Richness.D.Happiness.
【小题4】Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?
A.Love and TimeB.An Accident
C.A sinking islandD.Different Feelings

People are always afraid of making mistakes. But sometimes it’s not bad to make mistakes, and here is why.

      At first, a mistake is a clear sign that you are trying new things. It’s always good to try new things, because when you are trying new things, you are growing. If you never try new things, how can you improve? How can you create? The simple answer is: “you can’t” Look around you, everything you see is the result of someone trying new things.

     Another good thing about mistakes is this: when you are making mistakes, you are learning. For example, Edison failed 10,000 times before he invented the light bulb. When he was asked how he felt to fail that many times, he said that he hadn’t failed 10,000 times, but rather had learned 10,000 things that didn’t work.

     Finally, when you make a mistake, you are much closer to success. Why? Because you have said what you should say, and you have done what you should do. Every time you make a mistake, you are closer to success. But it doesn’t mean that you can make mistakes without thinking. Instead, when you try new things you have to think them over, so that you can keep away from some unnecessary mistakes. We shouldn’t spend all our time and money on the only one way, but use them correctly, because our time and money are limited(有限的)

     There is an old saying, “if you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough.” So go bravely and make mistakes. And learn, and grow, and succeed.

1.If you are making a mistake, that means__________.

A. you’re careful                          B. you’re kind

C. you’re growing                         D. you know nothing

2.If you never try new things, you can’t___________.

A. improve        B. create          C.  spend           D. A and B

3. After Edison failed 10,000 times, he__________.

A. gave up                                B. invented the light bulb

C. invented the computer                    D. invented 10,000 new things

4.When you make a mistake, you are closer to___________.

A. time          B. money          C. success          D. new things

5. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Never make mistakes               

B. You can make mistakes without thinking

C. Sometimes it’s good to make mistakes  

D. Making mistakes is terrible

 

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