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  Today rockets are very advanced machines which we can use to send astronauts into space.They are also used in firework displays to celebrate great events, such as the end of the Olympic Games or the beginning of the new millennium in the year 2000.

  Rockets were probably invented by accident about 2000 years ago.The Chinese had a form of gunpowder which was put in bamboo tubes and thrown into fires to make explosions during festivals.Perhaps some of the tubes jumped out of the fire instead of exploding in it.The Chinese discovered that the gunpowder escaping from the tube could lift it into the air.The idea of the rocket was born.

  The first military use of rockets was in 1232.The Song Dynasty was at war with the Mongols.During the battle of Kaifeng, the Song army shot “arrows of flying fire”.The tubes were attached to a long stick which helped keep the rocket moving in a straight direction.Soon the Mongols learned how to make rockets themselves and it is possible that they introduced them to Europe.Between the 13th and 15th century there were many rocket experiments in England, France and Italy.They were used for military purposes.One Italian scientist even invented a rocket which could travel over the surface of water and hit an enemy ship.

  Not everybody wanted to use rockets in battles.Wan Hu, a Chinese government official, invented a flying chair.He attached two big kites to the chair, and 47 rockets to the kites.The rockets were lit, there was a huge explosion and clouds of thick smoke.When the smoke cleared Wan Hu and his chair had disappeared, no one knows what happened.Did Wan Hu die in the explosion? Or was he carried miles into space, becoming the world’s first astronaut?

(1)

Which of the following correctly shows how the idea of the rocket was born?

a.Some of the bamboo tubes were thrown high into the air by the explosion.

b.Bamboo tubes filled with gunpowder were thrown into the fires.

c.The bamboo tubes exploded.

d.Fires were built.

e.Someone got the idea of the rocket.

f.Some people were celebrating a festival.

[  ]

A.

d→b→c→a→f→e

B.

d→b→a→c→f→e

C.

a→b→c→d→e→f

D.

f→d→b→c→a→e

(2)

What does the 3rd paragraph mainly tell us?

[  ]

A.

How the Chinese used rockets in battles.

B.

How the rocket developed into a powerful weapon.

C.

How the Europeans developed the rocket.

D.

The role the rocket played in wars.

(3)

Which of the following is true according to the passage?

[  ]

A.

A long stick was attached to the tubes in order to raise the speed of the rocket.

B.

The Europeans learned to make rockets directly from the Chinese.

C.

The Chinese were the first to use the rocket in a battle.

D.

Wan Hu’s flying chair was a great success.

答案:1.D;2.B;3.C;
解析:

(2)

A、C、D项都带有片面性。文中第三段介绍了火箭第一次用于战争的情形及以后传入欧洲而被发展完善,但没有具体说明是怎样发展完善的。

(3)

C项从第三段第一句话可知。A项应为“…in order to keep the rocket moving in a straight direction”;B项应为“the Mongols learned how to make rockets themselves and then it is possible that they introduced them to Europe.”;D项可从最后一段最后三句知为错误选项。


提示:

根据第二段可判断其顺序。


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  April 22,2010 will be the 18th celebration of the annual Take Our Daugluers to Work Day(TOD), a project the National Ms.Foundation for Women of America(NFW)developed to expose girls to expanding opportunities for women in the workplace.

  The program offers, millions of girls a first - hand view of the many career opportunities available in their futures.Now that women make up 46 peroent of the U.S.workforce, girls can find role models in every occupational field-from politics to molecular biology to professional athletics, to name just a few.TOD encourages girls to focus on their abilities and opportunities, not just their appearance.

  The NFW developed the project more than a decade ago to address the self-esteem problems that many girls experience when they enter adolescence.At school, boys often receive more encouragement in the classroom, especially in math.science and computer science, the academic fields that tend to lead to the highest salaries.Women receive on average only 73 cents for every dollar that men are paid.and remain vastly underrepresented(数量不足)in top executive positions and technology fields.TOD aims to give girls the confidence and inspiration they need to develop successful careers, particularly in non-traditional fields.

  Perhaps because the program had become so widespread and successful, TOD had been criticized for excluding boys.and it was expanded in 2003to include boys.The program's official website states that the program was changed in order to provide both boys and girls with opportunities to explore careers at an age when they are more flexible in tenns of gender stereotyped roles."We should also show boys that becoming a child care provider is as acceptable a choice as becoming a police officer or CEO," added Sara K.Gould.executive director of the NFW.

(1)

The purpose for having a Take Our Daughters to Work Day is ________

[  ]

A.

to encourage girls to get top paying jobs

B.

to let girls spend more time with their mothers

C.

to show girls possibilities for work and careers

D.

to give girls a chance to visit their mothers' offices

(2)

Why are women underrepresented in some fields such as technology?

[  ]

A.

They are not interested in these fields.

B.

They are not encouraged to work in these fields.

C.

They are not paid the same as men in these fields.

D.

They are not allowed to be educated in these fields.

(3)

TOD was criticized because some people ________.

[  ]

A.

thought it was not fair to boys

B.

did not like having children at work

C.

did not have daughters to take to work

D.

would rather have their daughters stay at home

(4)

Which of the following is true according to the passage?

[  ]

A.

Boys are now included on Take Our Daughters to Work Day.

B.

Women and men have always been treated equally at work.

C.

Homemaking and raising children are jobs for girls only.

D.

Girls grow up receiving more attention than boys.

(5)

What can we learn from Sara K.Gould's words?

[  ]

A.

Boys are sometimes more careful and responsible than girls.

B.

It is most suitable for women to look after children at home.

C.

Aboy's life ambition should be to become an officer or CEO.

D.

It is also acceptable for boys to do what girls are supposed to.

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