题目内容
LAST week's decision by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to strip Pluto(冥王星) of its planetary status, held since its discovery in 1930, has made a lot of people sad. "Pluto," American science writer Dava Sobel writes in her book “The Planets”, “still has an emotional hold on planethood. People love Pluto. Children identify with its smallness. Adults felt it hard to accept its isolated existence.”
Many people felt sorry about Pluto's demotion(降级). “I just cannot accept this at this time,” says Liu Ming, 29, who runs a small company in
Ordinary people are simply not used to it, but for some professionals, especially the persons in charge of planetariums(天文馆) and educators, the change has become a real headache. The “eight instead of nine” change will affect thousands of planetariums around the world. Schools will also be greatly affected.
In
Zhao Zhiheng, a member of the Astronomy Association from
45. The underlined phrase “strip…of” in paragraph1 means “__________”.
A. take…away from B. mark…with
C. get…ready for D. push…into
50. What’s the feeling of ordinary people to the change?
A. They thought it necessary to have a change.
B. They accepted it without hesitation.
C. They felt a little sad and not used to it.
D. They were strongly against the change.
51. Why did the change affect schools greatly?
A. Teachers disagreed with the change and refused to accept it.
B. Schools had to spend a lot of money on books.
C. Students do not like the change of it.
D. New textbooks will not be ready so soon.
52. In the following suggestions, which one is made by Zhao Zhiheng?
A. Planetariums around the world should adapt to the change quickly.
B. The media should make it known to people as soon as possible.
C. Teachers needn’t be trained in improved knowledge as soon as possible.
D. Schoolchildren should be ready for the new knowledge.
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—I did very poorly in last week’s test.
— ____ Look at your paper. You got a good mark.
A.Oh, come off it! | B.Absolutely. |
C.You’re dead right. | D.You’ve got a point there. |
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Today Li Lin is praised for how she has done for our class. | 【小题1】___________ |
On a hot afternoon last week Li Lin went to downtown and | 【小题2】___________ |
went from one store to other, looking for the clothes we would | 【小题3】____________ |
wear in the singing contest. She spend the whole afternoon | 【小题4】____________ |
searching until she found it finally. Deeply moved by her | 【小题5】____________ |
efforts, we tried our best and won the first prize in the contest. | 【小题6】____________ |
Li Lin is always warm-hearted and cares our class a lot. | 【小题7】____________ |
Besides, she often devotes her spare time to help classmates. | 【小题8】____________ |
She has set a good example for us. Therefore, she deserves the | 【小题9】____________ |
praise and we should learn her. | 【小题10】____________ |