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A Giant Leap for China

  A few days ago, he was just Colonel(上校)Yang; few people knew his name or recognized his face.But last Thursday, when he came back to the earth after a 21-hour trip to space, Yang Liwei’s smile was seen across the world above the magic words:“China’s first spaceman”.

  The 38-year-old astronaut was sent into space at 9 a. m.Last Wednesday by China’s Shenzhou Ⅴ spacecraft, which orbited the earth 14 times.He landed safely at 6∶23 a. m.The next day, making China the third country successfully send a person into space, after the former Soviet Union and the US.

  Yang was satisfied with his job.“I have seen many landing scenes before on video, and I think ours was one of the most successful, ”He said on a special plane to Beijing after landing.Born into an ordinary family in Liaoning Province, he became a pilot in the Chinese Air Force in 1987, spending 1350 hours in the air.He joined the Chinese space programme 11 years later.

  While in space, Yang recorded everything he saw as well as showing China’s national flag and the United Nations’ flag to the people watching on TV at home.He also ate a meal of diced chicken and fried rice, before taking a 3-hour nap.The whole project went according to plan, but space exploration is not as easy as it seems.

  Anyone who saw the destruction of the US space shuttle Columbia in February this year will know that Yang took a great risk.

  He experienced extremely high temperatures, while the gravitation(重力)on take-off and landing were strong enough to force tears from his eyes.

  He has spent five years training to become a spaceman.

  “I eat all of my meals at the space programme’s dinning room and have never been able to take my son to kindergarten, ”he said.“I’ve never met his teachers.”

  But becoming China’s first spaceman has made all the effort worthwhile.

  “When I boarded the spacecraft for the first time, I couldn’t help feeling excited,” he said.“I decided that I had to fly it.”

  To Chinese people, Yang is now a hero.One visitor to a Xinhua news agency online forum(网上论坛)said, “Yang’s trip is a giant leap forward for China.”

  Officials say the next Shenzhou will be launched by 2005.China also plans to develop spacewalking and a space lab.

(1)

What is the main idea of the story?

[  ]

A.

China’s first manned flight.

B.

A hero with great courage.

C.

The first Chinese man in space.

D.

How Yang Liwei became China’s first spaceman.

(2)

How long did each of Yang’s orbits take on average?

[  ]

A.

1 hour.

B.

1.5 hours.

C.

6 hours.

D.

The story didn’t mention it.

(3)

Why did the writer mention the gravitation forces on take-off and landing?

[  ]

A.

Because it was the most dangerous part of the space flight.

B.

Because it was a very special experience.

C.

To stress how much training he had to do to prepare for the flight.

D.

To show that Yang is brave.

(4)

Why did the writer use “giant leap” in the title?

[  ]

A.

Because the space flight marked China’s great progress in the field of space exploration.

B.

Because Neil Armstrong said it was a “giant leap” for mankind when he first set foot on the moon.

C.

Because the space flight was a huge success.

D.

Both A and B.

(5)

This passage is most likely to appear in __________.

[  ]

A.

newspaper

B.

textbook

C.

science magazines

D.

biographies(传记)

完形填空

In a class I teach adults.I gave the task to “Go to someone you love, and tell them that you love them.”At the beginning of the next   1  , one of the students began by saying, “I was   2   with you last week when you gave us this   3  .But as I began driving home my conscience(良心)started talking.Then I knew   4   who I needed to say ‘I love you’to.Five years ago, my father and I had a   5   and never really resolved it.We   6   seeing each other unless we absolutely had to at family gatherings.We hardly   7   to each other.So by the time I got home, I had   8   myself I was going to tell my father I loved him.Just   9   that decision seemed to lift a heavy load off my chest.At 5∶30, I was at my parents’house ringing the doorbell, praying that Dad would   10   the door.  11   luck would have it, Dad did answer the door.I didn’t   12   any time-I took one step in the door and said, ‘Dad, I just   13   over to tell you that I love you.’It was as if a change came over my dad.Before my   14   his face softened, the wrinkles(皱纹)seemed to   15   and he began to cry.He   16   out and hugged me and said, ‘I love you too, son, but I’ve never been able to say it.’But that’s not   17   my point.Two days after that visit, my dad had a heart attack and is in the hospital.I don’t even know if he’ll   18   it.So my   19   to all of you is this:Don’t wait to do the things you know need to be done.What if I had waited to tell my dad?Take the   20   to do what you need to and do it now!”

(1)

[  ]

A.

day

B.

afternoon

C.

morning

D.

class

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[  ]

A.

angry

B.

satisfied

C.

strict

D.

anxious

(3)

[  ]

A.

task

B.

order

C.

work

D.

problem

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[  ]

A.

hardly

B.

exactly

C.

badly

D.

sadly

(5)

[  ]

A.

disagreement

B.

debate

C.

word

D.

promise

(6)

[  ]

A.

kept

B.

preferred

C.

hoped

D.

avoided

(7)

[  ]

A.

talked

B.

comforted

C.

helped

D.

laughed

(8)

[  ]

A.

advised

B.

told

C.

convinced

D.

promised

(9)

[  ]

A.

doing

B.

making

C.

performing

D.

taking

(10)

[  ]

A.

answer

B.

close

C.

pull

D.

drag

(11)

[  ]

A.

When

B.

As

C.

While

D.

Since

(12)

[  ]

A.

treasure

B.

kill

C.

waste

D.

enjoy

(13)

[  ]

A.

came

B.

went

C.

glanced

D.

looked

(14)

[  ]

A.

eyes

B.

nose

C.

head

D.

arms

(15)

[  ]

A.

appear

B.

disappear

C.

deepen

D.

increase

(16)

[  ]

A.

reached

B.

ran

C.

stretched

D.

worked

(17)

[  ]

A.

still

B.

even

C.

ever

D.

yet

(18)

[  ]

A.

make

B.

suffer

C.

bear

D.

succeed

(19)

[  ]

A.

information

B.

news

C.

message

D.

note

(20)

[  ]

A.

time

B.

patience

C.

step

D.

class

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  E-mail systems at thousands of companies and government offices around the world were attacked by a virus(病毒)called “Melissa” that disguises(伪装)itself as an “important message” from a friend.In spite of a weekend of warnings, more than 50 000 computers at about 100 places around the world have been attacked by the virus, computer security experts said on Monday.

  The virus began to show up last Friday and spread rapidly on Monday by making computers fire off dozens of infected(被传染的)e-mails.Although the virus causes no serious damage to a computer, its effect was far reaching.

  To make matters worse, a similar virus called“Papa”was discovered on Monday.Papa is programmed to send out even more infected e-mails than Melissa.

  The Melissa virus comes in the form of an e-mail, usually containing the subject line “Important Message”.It appears to be from a friend.The body of the e-mail message says, “Here is that document you asked for...don’t show it to anyone else.”Attached(附)to the message is a document file.

  Once the user opens that file, the virus digs into the user’s address book and sends infected documents to the first 50 addresses.E-mails from the Papa virus include an attached spreadsheet(电子数据文件)file.When the user opens that file, the virus sends 60 infected e-mails.

  The reason why this is spreading so fast is that you are getting it from people you know.You should never open documents or attachments from people you don’t know.People who get an unexpected e-mail with the “important message” subject line should delete it immediately and not open the message.

(1)

Thousands of computers were attacked by the Melissa virus ________.

[  ]

A.

covered with an important message

B.

under cover of a message needing immediate attention

C.

under the clothes of an important e-mail

D.

with a beautiful coat

(2)

The Melissa virus made a computer ________.

[  ]

A.

receive tens of bad e-mails

B.

fire at many sick e-mail messages

C.

send out scores of infected messages

D.

burn with a fire because of many infected e-mails

(3)

After the attack by the Melissa virus a computer ________.

[  ]

A.

was slightly damaged

B.

became entirely out of order

C.

could not send out any e-mail any longer

D.

would have to be thrown away

(4)

If you opened an infected file by Melissa virus, the virus would ________.

[  ]

A.

damage the user’s address book at once

B.

soon spread through the user’s list of address

C.

let the first 50 addresses go out of the computer

D.

change the user’s address book in the computer

(5)

________ gave one an attachment called spreadsheet file.

[  ]

A.

The Melissa virus

B.

The e-mails infected by the Melissa virus

C.

The computer attacked by the virus

D.

The e-mail infected by Papa virus

完形填空

  Every year on my birthday, a white gardenia(栀子花)was   1   to my house.But no card or note came with it.Calls to the flower shop were always   2  -it was a cash purchase.After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender's identity and just   3   in the beauty and heady perfume of that one magical, perfect white flower lying in soft pink paper.

  But I never stopped   4   who the giver might be.My mother   5   to these imaginations.She asked me if there was someone for whom I had done a special kindness who might be showing   6  .I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy I fell in love with or one who had   7   me even though I didn't know him.

  One month before my high-school graduation, my father died.My feelings   8   from sorrow to fear and   9  :my dad was missing some of the most important events in my life.I became completely   10   in my coming graduation, the senior-class play and the ball.But my mother would not hear of my losing any of those things.Mother and I had gone shopping and found an impressive dress, but it was the   11   size.When my father died, I forgot about the dress.

  The day before my ball, I found that dress-in the right size-hanging over the living room sofa.It was   12   to me so lovingly.I didn't   13   if I had a new dress or not.But my mother did.She wanted her children to feel   14  , filled with a sense that there was a beauty even in the face of   15  

  My mother died ten days after I was married.The following year the gardenia stopped coming.

(1)

[  ]

A.

given

B.

delivered

C.

taken

D.

brought

(2)

[  ]

A.

useful

B.

helpful

C.

in vain

D.

hopeful

(3)

[  ]

A.

delighted

B.

pleasant

C.

pleasing

D.

satisfied

(4)

[  ]

A.

considering

B.

remembering

C.

imagining

D.

recalling

(5)

[  ]

A.

referred

B.

led

C.

preferred

D.

contributed

(6)

[  ]

A.

appreciation

B.

honor

C.

grateful

D.

respect

(7)

[  ]

A.

observed

B.

watched

C.

noticed

D.

hated

(8)

[  ]

A.

ranged

B.

differed

C.

suffered

D.

judged

(9)

[  ]

A.

shock

B.

happiness

C.

depressing

D.

anger

(10)

[  ]

A.

uninterested

B.

interested

C.

unhappy

D.

disappointing

(11)

[  ]

A.

wrong

B.

false

C.

proper

D.

right

(12)

[  ]

A.

provided

B.

presented

C.

introduced

D.

awarded

(13)

[  ]

A.

doubt

B.

wonder

C.

desire

D.

care

(14)

[  ]

A.

loving

B.

loved

C.

respected

D.

honored

(15)

[  ]

A.

trouble

B.

despair

C.

problem

D.

sorrow

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