Walt Disney was born in Chicago in 1901. when he was young, he lived in Kansas City. He wanted to be        . Disney was very poor. He drew pictures in his father’s garage(车库). One day a mouse came into the garage and played on the floor. Disney gave the mouse some bread. The next day the mouse came in again and played on the floor. Again Disney gave him some      . Then the mouse came up on his desk.          this way, the mouse and the poor artist became good friends. Some years        , Disney went to Hollywood. He worked very hard but he was not         to many people. One morning he remembered the Kansas City        . “I will draw it,” he said to himself. “I hope every child in this country will like my mouse.” He drew pictures of the mouse day after day.       , he was happy with one of his pictures. The mouse was called Micky Mouse. Soon Micky Mouse was famous all over the world. He is still         by many children and old people, too. Now the name of Walt Disney is known (被谁所熟知) to many people in        . And Disneyland is the world’s greatest park for       . It is called “The Happiest Place on Earth”.

1.A. a singer            B. a doctor            C. an artist          D. a teacher

2.A. water              B. bread              C. fish             D. rice

3.A. On                B. By                C. To              D. For

4.A. ago                B. before            C. after            D. later

5.A. known             B. liked             C. told             D. sure

6.A. garage             B. floor             C. mouse           D. friend

7.A. First               B. At first           C. At last           D. Late

8.A. interested           B. surprised         C. loved            D. excited

9.A. the USA            B. Kansas City       C. Chicago         D. the world

10.A. children           B. the old people      C. Hollywood       D. Americans

 

Astronauts, people who fly into space, need special training. First they go to Houston, Texas. That is the home of the Johnson Space Centre. There they are tested to see how strong and smart they are.

One of the first tests is for the heart. The people walk or run, then the space doctors see how fast their hearts are beating.

Another important test is performed. In this test the person must curl(蜷曲)his body up in a ball. When he is in that position, he is put into a round cloth bag. The doctors give him no idea how long he will have to stay in the bag. If a spaceship broke down in space, the astronauts would get into bags like this. Then they would have to wait and curl up in darkness, until help could arrive. You can see that an astronaut must not be afraid of tight space or darkness.

After the tests, only the best people are chosen to start astronaut training in a training centre. The astronauts in training learn many other things. They learn how to jump out of a moving airplane. They learn to how to blow up a lifeboat and get into it while they are in the ocean. The astronauts also have to learn how to get lifted out of the ocean by helicopter(直升机). That may look fun, but it can be dangerous.

After they finish training, the astronauts continue to work. They stay in good shape by running and doing exercise. They read about their special jobs. In that way they can learn new facts about space travel.

Then the big day comes. The astronaut is told to go to work on a flight into space. The crew members(全体船员)get to know each other first. Then they can learn which job each will do.

1.The astronauts don’t know how long they will stay in the bag in the test because ________________.

A. the doctors need to know how strong they are

B. the astronauts need to show how smart they are

C. good astronauts mustn’t be afraid of darkness or tight space

D. nobody knows when help will come if the spaceship breaks down

2.The astronauts don’t learn how to ________________ in the training centre.

A. walk or run in space                                  B. jump out of the moving plane

C. blow up a lifeboat                             D. get lifted out of water by helicopter

3.Which is the correct order according to the passage?

a. Doctors do tests on the astronauts.

b. The astronauts go to the Space Centre.

c. The astronauts learn new facts about space travel.

d. The best people are chosen for training.

e. The astronauts go to work on a flight into space.

A. a, b, c, d, e              B. d, a, e, b, c              C. b, a, d, c, e              D. c, d, e, b, a

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. After the tests, only the best people are chosen to start astronaut training in a training centre.

B. The crew members get to know each other after the tests.

C. One of the first tests is for the heart.

D. An astronaut must not be afraid of tight space or darkness.

 

When you are reading something in English, you may often meet with a new word. What’s the best way to know it?

You may look it up in the English-Chinese dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word: the pronunciation, the Chinese meaning and how to use the word. But how can you know where the word is ? How to find it in the dictionary both quickly and correctly?

First, all the English words are arranged(安排) in the letter order. In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with letter A, then B, C, D…. That means, if there are two words “desert” and “pull”, “desert” will be certainly before “pull”. Then if there are two words both beginning with the same letter, you may look at the second letter. Then the third, the fourth… For example, “pardon” is before “plough”, “judge” before “just”, etc. Do you understand how to look up in the dictionary? The dictionary will be your good friend. I hope you’ll use it as often as possible in your English study.

1.This passage is about______.

A.new words in writing                     B.different dictionaries

C.the best way of reading                   D.using an English-Chinese dictionary

2.In the dictionary you may not find_______.

A.how to pronounce the word               B.the spelling of the word

C.who used the word first                  D.how to use the word

3.In an English-Chinese dictionary, the last word______.

A.begins with Z       B.begins with A       C.is a short one       D.is not often used

4.Which group of words is in the right order in an English-Chinese dictionary?

A.perhaps, produce, plenty                 B.straight, subject, surprise

C.century, center, business                  D.foreign, entrance, headache

5.In the passage the writer tries to tell us _______.

A.we have to use a dictionary when we read something in English

B.an English-Chinese dictionary can tell us everything about a word

C.how to look up a word in a dictionary.

D.all English-Chinese dictionaries are the same

 

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