New York is an interesting and lively city. If you come to New York for the first time, here is some information that you may find helpful.

Public transport

You can come to New York by plane. There are three airports in New York. When you arrive at one of them, you can take a bus or taxi to any place in New York. In New York there’s good bus and underground service. If you are planning to take the underground a lot, you can buy an underground ticket for ten journeys because it’s cheaper. Sometimes you don’t have to use public transport; you can walk to many places, like the Empire State Building, Fifth Avenue and Central Park. The New York taxi is also part of the city experience, so try it even once during your stay in the city!

Hotels

There are lots of good hotels in New York. The best is The Plaza on Fifth Avenue, but you don’t have to pay a lot to stay in the city. There are lots of smaller hotels and the YMCA near Central Park is great for young people.

Eating out

There are many kinds of food in New York and you needn’t eat at McDonald’s every day.

There are good restaurants in Little Italy and Chinatown, for example.

Shopping

Shopping in New York is fun. There are many big shops on Fifth Avenue. They are open seven days a week. But be careful when you look at the prices, because you have to pay an extra 8% tax (税) on everything you buy in New York.

Places to see

Finally, there are a lot of places to see in New York—Times Square, the Statue of Liberty, etc. You shouldn’t go home without climbing the Statue of Liberty to enjoy the scenery (风景) of the city.

1.How many kinds of public transport are mentioned in the passage?

A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.

2.From the passage, we can learn that .

A. people can go to all the places in New York by underground

B. the best hotel in New York is near Central Park

C. the shops in New York are open every day except on Sunday

D. people can visit many places of interest in New York on foot

3.The underlined words “The Plaza” is the name of .

A. a restaurant B. a hotel C. an airport D. a shop

4.How much do you have to pay if you buy a book of $10 in New York?

A. $10.8. B. $10.08. C. $18. D. $10.

5.When you visit New York, it is a pity if you do not .

A. stay at the best hotel B. climb the Statue of Liberty

C. eat at the local McDonald’s D. take the underground to go around

If you watch the sky for about an hour after the sun goes down, you may see some “moving stars”. But they’re not real stars. They’re man-made satellites(人造卫星). And the biggest of all is the International Space Station (ISS). From May to July is the best season to watch the ISS flying over the earth. And people can see it with their eyes.

The ISS is the biggest satellite and scientists want to live on it. They think that the best way to learn more about space is to live there.

When the space station is finished, it will be like a city in space. People will stay and study there with many of the things they have at home. Laboratories, living rooms and power stations are being built. The ISS is the most expensive space program. Billions of dollars are being spent on it every year. 

Scientists hope that the ISS will be a stepping stone for future space exploration(探测). “The ISS will help us understand the human body better, explore space and study the earth. It can help us make life on the earth better,” said Kathryn Clark, an ISS scientist. 

Sixteen countries are part of the program: the US, Russia, Canada, Japan, Brazil and 11 European countries. China isn’t an ISS country, but it has helped with some of the experiments. In 2003, China sent some rice up to the ISS to find out what space would do to it.

根据短文内容,选择正确答案。

1.The International Space Station_____________.

A. is really a big city in space B. is the biggest man-made satellite

C. can only help us explore space D. is mainly built by the USA and Russia

2.From the passage we know that_____________.

A. building the ISS is only for scientists to live there

B. scientists can do anything they like there

C. people can see the Space Station at any time

D. sixteen countries are members of the space program

3.China sent some rice up to the ISS is probably to_____________.

A. be used as astronauts’ food B. sell it to aliens

C. do some science experiments D. make it grow better in space

4.Which of the following isn’t mentioned ?

A. China will join the ISS in the future.

B. The scientists are building living rooms for them in the ISS.

C. The ISS will be more useful in the future.

D. The ISS costs the members of 16 countries plenty of money every year.

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