News 1
Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice, won the World Food Prize on Monday. Yuan developed the world’s first popular and widely known hybrid rice. Hybrid rice plants can make more rice than regular ones.
News 2
Have you ever got angry at books that are full of mistakes? Don’t worry, things will get better soon. Last week, China started checking textbooks, dictionaries and children’s books all over the country. The government said the results of the check would come out at the end of June.
News 3
People will see a new “star” in the sky soon. China plants to send a satellite into space by December 2006.It will stay in space for one year. It will go around the moon and take pictures. It must be very expensive, right? That’s for sure; 1.4 billion yuan!
News 4
Have you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours? One day, maybe you can. Last Saturday, the American X-43A airplane made its first flight. It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometers per hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world.X-43A is only three to four meters long, but it’s very heavy. It weighs 1,270 kilograms.
【小题1】The satellite sent by China will move around ________.
A.the moonB.the earthC.the sunD.the mars
【小题2】The speed of the fastest plane in the world is ______.
A.1.4 kilometers per secondB.43 kilometers per minute
C.1,270 kilometers per hourD.8,000 kilometers per hour
【小题3】The checking of textbooks, dictionaries and children’s books will __________.
A.make a lot of money
B.make the children sad
C.make sure there are no mistakes in them
D.make sure the books are not too expensive
【小题4】Which of the following statements about the new star is NOT true?
A.It will go around the moon.B.It will stay in space for two years.
C.It costs a lot.D.It will go into space by December 2006.
【小题5】Yuan Longping won the World Food Prize because ___________.
A.he likes to eat hybrid rice
B.he is a successful father
C.he grows more rice than others
D.he developed the world’s first popular and widely grown hybrid rice

Chinese space trainer Wang Yuan has been chosen as one of the volunteers for the Mars-500 test project. He was very happy to be chosen and will accept the meaningful challenge(挑战) Another five volunteers are all space lovers., including three Russians, an Italy-Colombian and a Frenchman. They are about to feel what it’s like to travel to Mars, only without leaving the earth. They are locked up together for a year and a half under a similar condition to the red planet during the whole process. So the experiment is called Mars-500.
When reporters asked what they would miss most during the 520-day special life, French trainer Charles said:”For me, it will be mainly my family, the sun and fresh air.”
The Mars-500 test will be in a special building in Moscow, Russia. Although the people won’t leave the building, they will fell as if they are on a real trip to the Mars. The most difficult thing will be to be separated(分离) from the people that they used to live with. The trainer won’t see sunsets, sunrises, won’t feel rain for 18 months. That will be hard.
The main task is to study the “Man and environment”. It’ll care about the astronauts’ getting experience and physical effects. The 520-day-test is divided into three parts,the first 250days to Mars, the middle 30days of landing on Mars, the last 240 days to return to the earth. Everyone will stay there alone for a long time and will work lonely. They will have to make decisions themselves and only then report to the earth, and the earth will tell them whether they do the right thing or not.
Each astronaut is preparing for the great challenge. It is learned that they will be launched(发射)early in June. And the experiment will end in November 2011.
【小题1】 _______ members were chosen as volunteers.

A.FiveB.SixC.Three D.Four
【小题2】 The most difficult thing for the trainers is ______.
A.no vegetables to eat
B.they can’t watch TV
C.they can’t see many people
D.they must lie all day
【小题3】 Mars-500 test will be done in ______
A.MoscowB.a red planet
C.November D.Xichang
【小题4】 It will take trainers _______ days to land on Mars.
A.250 B.30 C.240D.520
【小题5】 Which sentence is NOT true about the 520-day-test?
A.The trainers won’t see rain or snow
B.The experiment will begin in June.
C.Trainers are all astronauts.
D.Trainers will report to the earth.

阅读下面短文,把A-D四个句子填入文中空缺处,使短文内容完整正确,然后完成第80小题。

  Chinese space lover Wang Yuan has been chosen as one of the volunteers for the Mars-500 test project.     1.  Another five volunteers are all space. They are three Russians, an

Italy-Colombian and a Frenchman. They will feel what it's like to travel to Mars without leaving the earth. During the whole process (过程), they are locked up for one and a half years under the condition which is similar to the red planet. So the experiment is called Mare-500.

         2.  Although the volunteers won't leave the building, they will feel as if(好像) they are on a real trip to Mars. The most difficult thing is that they will be separated from the people outside.    3.  That will be hard. When reporters asked what they would miss most during the 500-day special life, Charles from France said, "For me, it will be mainly my family, the sun and fresh air."

     The main task is to study "Man and Environment". It will care about the astronauts' physical

effects and the experience of staying there.     4.   So they will have to make decisions by themselves and then report to the earth, and the earth will tell them whether they do the right thing or not.

     Each astronaut is preparing for the great challenge. And people are looking forward to the result of the experiment.

A. Everyone will stay and work there alone.

B. For 18 months, they won't see sunsets or sunrises.

C. The Mars-500 test will be in a special building in Moscow.

D. He was very happy to be chosen and will accept the challenge.

5.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Five space lovers were chosen as volunteers.

B. The Mars-500 test will take place in Paris.

C. The volunteers will face many sorts of difficulties.

D. The Mars-500 test is about a real trip to Mars.

 

Chinese space lover Wang Yuan has been chosen as one of the volunteers for the Mars-500 test project.    1.    Another five volunteers are all space . They are three Russians, an Italy-Colombian and a Frenchman. They will feel what it's like to travel to Mars without leaving the earth. During the whole process (过程), they are locked up for one and a half years under the condition which is similar to the red planet. So the experiment is called Mare-500.

         2.   Although the volunteers won't leave the building, they will feel as if(好像) they are on a real trip to Mars. The most difficult thing is that they will be separated from he people outside.   3.   That will be hard. When reporters asked what they would miss most during the 500-day special life, Charles from France said, "For me, it will be mainly my family, the sun and fresh air."

     The main task is to study "Man and Environment". It will care about the astronauts' physical

effects and the experience of staying there.  4.   So they will have to make decisions by themselves and then report to the earth, and the earth will tell them whether they do the right thing or not.

     Each astronaut is preparing for the great challenge. And people are looking forward to the result of the experiment.

 

A. Everyone will stay and work there alone.

B. For 18 months, they won't see sunsets or sunrises.

C. The Mars-500 test will be in a special building in Moscow.

D. He was very happy to be chosen and will accept the challenge.

 

5.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Five space lovers were chosen as volunteers.

B. The Mars-500 test will take place in Paris.

C. The volunteers will face many sorts of difficulties.

D. The Mars-500 test is about a real trip to Mars.

 

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