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     John Thomas was an 18-year-old student, but he had been a famous champion. Everybody at Boston
University liked this tall, quiet boy. Once he was hurt, everybody at Boston University was sorry. People
all over the country talked about John Thomas and often asked, "Will he ever jump again?"
     John's mother went to the hospital to see her son. She looked at his broken leg. Then she looked into
his eyes. She knew what her son would do. "You're going to jump again, John. I know it," she said.
"Everything will be all right."
     If John hoped to jump again, he would have a lot to do. He began at once. Even in his hospital bed John
started to exercise. He used a wheel and other mental things. Soon his home looked like a machine shop!
     It was May when John left the hospital. "Is it all right if I go camping this summer?" He asked the
doctor.
     "Yes," the doctor said. "But take it easy on that foot."
     John took only short walks at first. He was taking it easy on his foot. But not on anything else. He went
swimming and did other kinds of exercise. He exercised until his body cried for a rest. Some days later, he
exercised a little more. In late summer John went back to hospital. He asked if he could practice with his
football team. Football wasn't his favorite, but he had to get that leg strong again! He worked hard. "No one
pushed him as hard as he pushed himself," said one of his friends. "To see a champion fighting back is a
wonderful thing to watch."

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     As we know, it is not easy to build a satellite. Building a traditional satellite normally takes years. The
costs can be as high as $ 250 million or more. Most members of the design teams have worked in the field
for a long time. They hold advanced degrees in math, science, or engineering.
     But things are changing. High costs, unusual educational requirements and long start-up times are no
longer an obstacle to space exploration. The scientists at Stanford University have developed a new type of
tiny, inexpensive earth-orbiting satellites that go from ideas to launch (发射) in a year.
     So far, college students have built and launched several cube-shaped satellites, or Cube Sats. At least 15
more are ready to go. Those already in orbit (轨道) take pictures, collect information. and send it back to the
earth, just as regular satellites do.
     But you might not even have to wait until you get to college to start designing and building your own
satellite. A new program called Katy Sat aims to get teenagers to take part. Once kids understand and what
satellites can do, says Ben Yuan, an engineer at Lockheed Martin in Menlo Park, Calif, the kinds of applications
they'll come up with may be countless.
     "We'd like to put this technology (技术) in your hands," he tells kids." We're going to teach you how to
operate a satellite. Then we want to turn it over to you as a sandbox for you to play in. We want you to take
the technology into new directions that we haven't though of yet."
     Education isn't the only goal of Cube Sats. Because these tiny, technology-filled boxes are relatively
inexpensive to build and can be put together quickly, they're perfect for testing new technologies that might
one day be used on major space tasks.
    The biggest challenge now is to find ways to bring the satellites back to the earth after a year or two.
Otherwise, major highways of space junk could gradually increase as CubeSats become more common.
     Nowadays, college and high school students are getting a chance to learn what it takes to explore in space.
Someday-perhaps a lot sooner than you imagine-you might get to design, build and launch your own satellite.
If you do, you're sure to have fun. And you might also get crazy a-bout science for life.
1. Compared with the traditional ones, the new satellites ______.
A. need long start-up times
B. are low-cost and small-sized
C. are very hard to operate
D. collect more information in orbit
2. What does the underlined word "obstacle" probably mean?
A. An aim to achieve in the near future.
B. An imagination that kids usually have.
C. Something dangerous to terrify people.
D. Something difficult that stands in the way.
3. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A. CubeSats could possible cause pollution in space.
B. A few kids will send applications for the project.
C. Scientists designed CubeSats for kids to play with
D. Students can't design satellites without college education.
4. What's the purpose of the author writing the passage?
A. To show that high technology brings a big change in kids' life.
B. To show that kids lead the space research into a new direction.
C. To tell us that satellite technology can also be learned by kids.
D. To tell us that kids must study hard to learn satellite technology.

At last, the mid-term exams are over. You’ve done the hard work, but you can’t  1  . You have to prepare for the next exams. Do you hate exams? If you do, you’re not  2  .Student in other countries also hate them.

       3   for them, British student have fewer exams than Chinese students.  4  they only have them once a year. Every summer they take a  5   in each subject. Each test lasts about an hour.

      6  the results come out, they are then placed in an end-of-year report. The report is  7  to the child’s parents.

This report is private(私密的),so only the teacher, the student and his or her parents see it. This means that the students don’t know  8   other students scored(得分)in the tests. Some students choose to tell each other, but others keep it   9  .

Parents’ meetings are held  10   a year: at the end of the winter term and then at the end of the summer term. Children go along with their parents to meet their teachers privately and discuss their performance(表现) at school.

1.A.study                B.win                 C.relax                D.leave

2.A.kind                  B.alone               C.right                D.busy

3.A.Finally        B.Hopefully         C.Luckily            D.Really

4.A.So                    B.Or                   C.But                  D.And

5.A.walk                 B.rest                 C.look                D.test

6.A.When                B.Before             C.Because           D.Though

7.A.sent                  B.lent                  C.held                 D.passed

8.A.if                      B.how                C.why                D.when

9.A.away                 B.open                C.secret                                D.behind

10.A.once                B.twice               C.3 times            D.4times