Atlantis left the International Space Station on Tuesday and slipped away after a partial lap around the station. Ten pairs of eyes 1        against the windows,four in the shuttle and six in the 2       .

All that remains of NASA's final shuttle voyage is the touchdown,targeted for the 3       hours of Thursday back home in Florida. Its return 4        the 30-year run of a vessel that kept US astronauts flying to and from 5        longer than any other rocketship.

"Get her 6        safely and enjoy the last couple days in space shuttle Atlantis," the station's Mission Control 7        commander Christopher Ferguson and his crew.

Replied Ferguson: " It's been an incredible ride."

As a final salute,the space station rotated to provide never-before-seen views of the com?plex. Atlantis flew halfway around the outpost,cameras whirring aboard 8        craft to record the historic event.

Flight controllers savored (欣赏,品味) the dual TV images. "It must 9        pretty spectacu?lar," Ferguson said.

And it 10       :Atlantis sailing serenely (宁静地,平静地) against the black void of space,its pay load (有效载重,负载) bay wide open,and the space station,its huge 11        wings glow?ing golden 12        the sunlight.

As the lead team of flight controllers signed off for the very 13        time,the voice emanating (发出) from the shuttle's Mission Control cracked with emotion. Another team would take over late Tuesday for 14       .

To ensure their 15        return,the crew 16        one final survey of the shuttle,using the robotic arm and a lasertipped extension. Experts scrutinized (仔细检查,细看) the images for signs of micrometeorite damage.

Atlantis 17       8 days at the space station and left behind a year's worth of supplies,insur?ance in the event commercial providers 18        delays in launching their own cargo ships.

It was the 37th shuttle 19      ,over more than 12 years,dedicated to building and 20        the space station ― the largest structure ever to orbit the planet.

(   ) 1. A. put   B. pressed   C. looked   D. squeeze

(   ) 2. A. home   B. station   C. base   D. airplane

(   ) 3. A. predawn   B. daytime   C. at dusk   D. midnight

(   ) 4. A. starts   B. closes   C. ends   D. begins

(   ) 5. A. space   B. universe   C. sky   D. orbit

(   ) 6. A. home   B. here   C. forward   D. straight

(   ) 7. A. recommended   B. told   C. suggested   D. advised

(   ) 8. A. all   B. some   C. every   D. both

(   ) 9. A. sound   B. seem   C. look   D. feel

(   ) 10. A. did   B. worked   C. accounted   D. acted

(   ) 11. A. beautiful   B. metallic   C. useful   D. solar

(   ) 12. A. under   B. beneath   C. in   D. against

(   ) 13. A. last   B. first   C. key   D. proper

(   ) 14. A. arrival   B. taking off   C. flying   D. landing

(   ) 15. A. secure   B. safe   C. reliable   D. harmless

(   ) 16. A. fulfilled   B. achieved   C. conducted   D. carried

(   ) 17. A. spent   B. took   C. paid   D. expend

(   ) 18. A. meet   B. face   C. encounter   D. contact

(   ) 19. A. purpose   B. mission   C. business   D. assignment

(   ) 20. A. preserving   B. possessing   C. supporting   D. maintaining

Australia is nearly as large as the United States,but most of it is too 1        for people to live in. Around the 2        of this huge dry part are large sheep and cattle 3       . A few of them are as large as the smallest 4        in America. Often the nearest neighbors are many hundred miles away.

The 5       radio is very important to people who live 6        these great Australian farms. It works much like a telephone. A person can listen to someone 7        talk and then give an answer.

When these radios first came into 8       ,the Australian government set up a special twoway radio 9       . Then,people on the large farms could talk to a doctor hundreds of miles away. They could tell the doctor about someone who was sick,and the doctor could let them know 10        to 11        for the sick person.

Since the large forms were 12        far away from the towns,the children could not go to school. Radio schools were 13        for them in some areas. 14       a certain time each day,the boys and girls turned on their radios and listened to 15        in cities miles away.

Families on the large farms wanted to 16        news to their neighbors. " Round robin" talks by radio were started to 17        families in touch with each other. They could talk about who was going away or who was sick or who was 18        married. The men could talk about their sheep and cattle and how much money the market would 19        for them. In many ways the radio became a 20       for the farm people of Australia.

(   ) 1. A. moist   B. drought   C. dry   D. humid

(   ) 2. A. edge   B. side   C. center   D. part

(   ) 3. A. villages   B. countryside   C. states   D. farms

(   ) 4. A. cities   B. states   C. areas   D. regions

(   ) 5. A. two ways   B. twoside   C. twoway   D. two sides

(   ) 6. A. on   B. in   C. at   D. by

(   ) 7. A. different   B. else   C. another   D. other

(   ) 8. A. effect   B. practice   C. management   D. use

(   ) 9. A. item   B. arrangement   C. programme   D. design

(   ) 10. A. how   B. what   C. which   D. that

(   ) 11. A. cure   B. care   C. treat   D. concern

(   ) 12. A. too   B. very   C. quite   D. so

(   ) 13. A. put up   B. got up   C. set up   D. build up

(   ) 14. A. At   B. In   C. For   D. By

(   ) 15. A. parents   B. teachers   C. neighbors   D. relatives

(   ) 16. A. spread   B. get   C. bring   D. give

(   ) 17. A. keep   B. let   C. have   D. make

(   ) 18. A. being   B. having   C. getting   D. wanting

(   ) 19. A. cost,   B. pay   C. take   D. spend

(   ) 20. A. booklet   B. magazine   C. article   D. newspaper

I don't often lose things and I'm especially careful with money. So I was quite 1        when I reached 2        my wallet and it wasn't there. At first I thought 3        was possible that I could have 4        it at home. Then I remembered taking it out to 5        for the taxi. So I knew I had it with me just 6        I walked into the restaurant. I wondered if it was possible that it could have 7        out of my pocket while I was eating dinner. Thinking about that possibility,I 8       around and walked back to the table where I had been sitting. I asked the waiter to go around the 9        to see if my wallet was on the 10       . While the waiter was looking for it,the 11       of the restaurant came up to me and asked me if anything was 12       . I didn't want to get lots of people involved in the problem,but I knew I had to get the wallet 13       . I told the manager 14        had happened. He asked me to 15        the wallet to him and then he insisted that I 16        the missing wallet to the police. But I didn't want the police to involve in it; be?

sides,I was in a hurry because I had a  (n) 17       with my doctor in just a few minutes. I explained to him that my great 18        at the moment was 19        I could pay the bill. He told me not to worry about that. He had me put down my name and address,  and he said he would 20        me a bill.

(   ) 1. A. puzzled   B. worried   C. surprised   D. disturbed

(   ) 2. A. to   B. in   C. to   D. for

(   ) 3. A. it   B. this   C. that   D. which

(   ) 4. A. left   B. put   C. remained   D. forgot

(   ) 5. A. spend   B. pay   C. cost   D. give

(   ) 6. A. as   B. after   C. since   D. before

(   ) 7. A. released   B. fell   C. dropped   D. slipped

(   ) 8. A. returned   B. turned   C. moved   D. looked

(   ) 9. A. position   B. floor   C. table   D. scene

(   ) 10. A. floor   B. location   C. storey   D. basement

(   ) 11. A. manager   B. headmaster   C. chief leader   D. supervisor

(   ) 12. A. matter   B. harmful   C. wrong   D. unfit

(   ) 13. A. again   B. back   C. soon   D. away

(   ) 14. A. all   B. which   C. it   D. what

(   ) 15. A. give   B. tell   C. describe   D. express

(   ) 16. A. tell   B. report   C. explain   D. state

(   ) 17. A. agreement   B. business   C. plan   D. appointment

(   ) 18. A. worry   B. interest   C. disappointment   D. anger

(   ) 19. A. if   B. when   C. how   D. whether

(   ) 20. A. show   B. send   C. charge   D. present

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