Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music. Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her 6         concert. She had been waiting for this 7         for years and years. “Now it is here at last,” she thought. “ How beautiful her 8 is!”

The song made her 9         to the days when she was at Lauren’s 10        . As a young 11        ,Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer. She studied 12         inFrance,Italyand in theUnited States. “You can become a fine 13         in the future,” her teachers told her. “But you must be 14         to study hard and work for many years. There will be 15         time for anything but music in your life. ”

Dorothy was 16         at that time and she was 17         that music was all she wanted or needed to 18         her life. For almost a year Dorothy 19         of nothing else. Then she 20         David,a young engineer travelling Europe. They soon fell in 21         David asked her to be his 22        . Dorothy also wanted to

marry David. But she loved 23        ,too. She didn’t know what to do. David was against her being a singer.

He said,“If you want to be a singer,you must forget about getting married. You can’t 24         do both. ”

Thus her days were gone and would never return. Now Lauren became a singer instead of her,which was her 25        .

6.  A. last   B. successful

   C.  first   D. wonderful

7. A.  dance   B. moment       C.show   D. party

8. A. voice   B. face       C.dress   D. life

9. A.  think of   B. bring back

   C.go back   D. come back

10. A.  age   B. friend   C. mother   D. teacher

11. A.  musician   B. pop star

   C.  lady   D. girl

12. A.  French   B. music   C. piano   D. dance

13. A.  actress   B. student   C. singer   D. dancer

14. A.  prepared   B. learned   C. driven   D. waited

15. A.  some   B. any   C. no   D. enough

16. A.  eight   B. eighteen

   C.  eighty   D. eighty-eight

17. A.  lucky   B. sure       C.afraid   D. fond

18. A.  fill   B. live   C. lead   D. take

19. A.  heard   B. knew       C.talked   D. thought

20. A.  saw off   B. learned from

   C.  heard of   D. met

21. A.  love   B. feeling   C. music   D. touch

22. A.  assistant   B. teacher   C. wife   D. student

23. A.  him   B. engineering

   C.herself   D. music

24. A.  certainly   B. possibly   C. only   D. mainly

25. A.  thought   B. hope   C. purpose   D. will

 Astronauts on shorter shuttle(航天飞机) missions(使命)   often work very long days. Tasks are scheduled so tightly that break times are often used to finish the day’s work. This type of schedule is far too demanding for long missions on the International Space Station(ISS) . ISS crew members usually live in space for at least a quarter of a year. They work five days on and two days off to mimic the normal way they do things on the earth as much as possible. Weekends give the crew valuable time to rest and do a few hours of housework. They can communicate with family and friends by e-mail,Internet phone or through private video conference.

While astronauts cannot go to a baseball game or a movie in orbit,there are many familiar activities that they can still enjoy. Before a mission,the family and friends of each ISS crew member put together a collection of family photos,messages,videos and reading materials for the astronauts to look at when they will be floating 370 kilometres above the earth. During the mission,the crew also receive care packages with CDs,books,magazines,photos and letters. And from early 2010,the Internet became available on the ISS,giving astronauts the chance to do some “web surfing(冲浪)   ” in their personal time. Besides relaxing with these more common entertainments,astronauts can simply enjoy the experience of living in space.

Many astronauts say that one of the most relaxing things to do in space is to look out the window and stare at the universe and the earth’s vast land mass and oceans.

1. What does the word “mimic” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

   A. Find.   B. Copy.

   C.  Change.   D. Lose.

2. Which of the following best describes the families of the astronauts on the ISS?

   A. They are caring and thoughtful.

   B.  They are impatient and annoyed.

   C.  They are patient and annoyed.

   D.  They are excited and curious.

3. In the final paragraph,the author shows that astronauts         .

   A. get more pleasure in space than on the earth

   B.  find living in space a bit boring and tiring

   C.  regard space life as common

   D.  love to see the earth from space

4. The passage mainly discusses how astronauts          .

   A. work for longer missions in space

   B.  connect with people on the earth

   C.  observe the earth from space

   D.  spend their free time in space

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