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8．A telescope （望远镜），called Gaia，is being designed by astronomers in Europe，and it couldn't be more different from Pan-STARRS，which is another telescope being designed．While Pan-STARRS will be looking for asteroids （小行星） and comets headed for Earth，Gaia will be looking at our entire galaxy （银河系）．
Gaia is designed to draw a map of the Milky Way，our home galaxy．Just as a map of your town gives you a picture of where things are located，Gaia's map of the galaxy will tell astronomers where the stars are．Over five years，Gaia will observe （观察） about a billion stars and other objects in our galaxy．Each object will be observed about 70times．
Gaia will be sent into space connected to a rocket．It contains two telescopes，each focused at a different angle （角度）．These two telescopes act like Gaia's"eyes"．The reason why humans can see things in 3D is that we have two eyes focused on the same object，at slightly different angles．By using two telescopes like eyes，Gaia can produce the first 3D map of the positions of the stars it views．
Gaia，which is to be sent into space in 2011，will be a powerful telescope．If you were to use it on Earth，for example，you could stand 600miles away from your best friends and still get a clear picture of their hair．
Gaia is one of more than a dozen telescopes being designed by scientists right now．The next generation of telescopes will reveal new parts of our universe that will seem surprising． The universe，with all its planets，stars and other strange objects，is a puzzle with pieces that we can see by using powerful telescopes．
32．How many different angles can Gaia focus at each time？A
A.2．
B.3．
C.4．
D.5．
33．The map to be drawn by GaiaD．
A．can show every building on Earth
B．can show you where your town is
C．will just show the stars around Earth
D．will show where the stars are in our home galaxy
34．What's Paragraph 4mainly about？C
A．What Gaia will do in space．
B．When Gaia will start to work．
C．How powerful Gaia will be．
D．What Gaia will do to Earth．
35．The underlined sentence in the last paragraph suggests that the next generation of telescopesD．
A．seem very surprising to scientists
B．will not be put into use in a short time
C．will just look at new things in universe
D．will be more powerful than the old generations．

7．Dogs are known for their sense of smell．They can find missing people and things like bombs and illegal drugs．Now a study suggests that the animal known as man's best friend can even find
bladder（膀胱）cancer．
Cancer cells are thought to produce chemicals with unusual odors（气味）．Researchers think dogs have the ability to smell these odors，even in very small amounts，in urine（尿）．The sense of smell in dogs is thousands of times better than in humans．
The study follows reports of cases where，for example，a dog showed great interest in a growth on the leg of its owner．The man was later found to be skin cancer．
Carolyn Willis led a team of researchers at Amersham Hospital in England．They trained different kinds of dogs for the experiment．The study involved urine collected from bladder cancer patients，from people with other diseases and from healthy people．
Each dog was tested 8times．In each test there were 7samples for the dogs to smell．The dog should signal the one from a bladder cancer patient by lying down next to it．Two cocker（一种猎犬）dogs were correct 56percent of the time．But the scientists reported an average success rate of 41percent．
The British Medical Journal published the research．In all，36bladder cancer patients and 108other people took part．During training，all the dogs reportedly even identified（认出）a cancer in a person who had tested healthy before the study．Doctors found a growth on the person's right kidney（肾）．
Carolyn Willis says dogs could help scientists identify the combined chemicals produced by bladder cancer．That information could then be used to develop machines to test for the chemicals．The team also plans to use dogs to help identify markers for other kinds of cancer．
24．What's the general idea of the text？C
A．Dogs have a good sense of smell
B．Dogs can help cure cancer
C．Dogs can smell cancer
D．Dogs help perform experiments
25．According to the text，people who suffer bladder cancerA
A．often have urine with unusual smell
B．probably smoke cigarettes in their life
C．can easily make dogs lie down
D．are likely to die within nine years
26．The underlined word"involved"in the text is closest in meaning toB．
A．showed
B．used
C．proved
D．preferred
27．What can we conclude from the last paragraph？D
A．Dogs can only smell bladder cancer．
B．Dogs have a good knowledge of cancer．
C．Cancer doesn't have any sign in the beginning．
D．Scientists might invent some equipment to test cancer．

6．假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文．文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改．
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），并在其下面写出该加的词；
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉；
修改：在错词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词．
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一次；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分．
On my way home on the bus，I saw an old man to get on with his grandson．He was carrying the boy schoolbag and violin．I offered my seats to the old man at once．Therefore，the boy sat down first．The old man has to stand nearby．After a while，the boy shouted to her grandpa for water and then dropped the empty bottle over the bus．When I saw this，I got much angry．I think the boy should only respect and take care of the old man but also keep an environment clean．

5．A woman came out of her house and saw three old men sitting in her front yard．She said，"I don't think I know you，but you must be hungry．Please come in and have something to eat．"
"Is the man of the house home？"they asked．
"No"，she replied，"He's out．"
"Then we cannot come in"，they replied．
In the evening when her husband came home，she told him what had happened．"Go to tell them I am home and invite them in!"
The woman went out and invited the men in．"We do not go into a house together，"they replied．"Why is that？"she asked．
One of the old men explained that their names were Wealth （财富），Success and Love．Then he added，"Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home．"
The woman went in and told her husband what was said．Her husband was overjoyed and he suggested inviting Wealth to fill their home with wealth．And his wife wanted to invite Success； but their daughter suggested they should invite Love so that their home would be filled with love．At last the husband said to his wife．"Go out and invite Love to be our guest．"
The woman went out and asked the three old men，"Which one of you is Love？Please come in and be our guest．"Love got up and started walking toward the house．The other two also got up and followed him．
Surprised，the lady asked Wealth and Success："I only invited Love，Why are you coming in？"The old men replied together："If you had invited Wealth or Success，the other two of us would have stayed out，but since you invited Love，wherever he goes，we go with him．Wherever there is Love，there is also Wealth and Success!"
32．The best title for this passage would beB．
A．Woman and Three Men
B．Wealth，Success and Love
C．A Strange Thing Happened to a Woman
D．A Husband and his Wife
33．The woman asked the three men to come in and have something to eat becauseA．
A．she was a warm-hearted woman
B．they were her neighbors
C．they asked her to do
D．they were her friends
34．Who does the underlined word"the man"in the second paragraph refer to？D
A．The woman's son．
B．The woman's father．
C．The woman's son-in-law
D．The woman's husband．
35．It can be inferred from the passage thatD．
A．The three old men are brothers and they can't be separated．
B．The husband will refuse them in．
C．The wife will be scolded by the husband．
D．If a person has love，he will own everything．

4．Sally jumped up as soon as she saw the surgeon（外科医生） come out of the operating room．She asked，"How is my little boy？Is he all right？When can I see him？"
The surgeon said，"I'm sorry．We did all we could，but your boy didn't make it．"
Sally said，"Why？Doesn't God care about him？Where were you，God，when my son needed you？"
The surgeon asked，"Would you like some time alone with your son？One of the nurses will be out in a few minutes，before he is carried to the university．"
Sally asked the nurse to stay with her while she said goodbye to her son．
"Would you like a lock（缕） of his hair？"the nurse asked．
Sally nodded yes．The nurse cut a lock of the boy's hair，put it in a bag and handed it to Sally．The mother said，"It was Jimmy's idea to donate （捐赠） his body to the university for study．He said it might help somebody else．I said no at first，but Jimmy said，‘Mom，I won't be using it after I die．Maybe it will help some other little boy spend one more day with his mom．'"She went on，"‘My Jimmy had a heart of gold，always thinking of someone else and always wanting to help others if he could．'"
For Sally，the drive home was difficult．It was even harder to enter the empty house．It was around midnight when Sally awoke．Lying beside her on the bed was a folded letter．The letter said，"Dear Mom，I know you're going to miss me，but don't think that I will ever forget you or stop loving you，just'cause I'm not around to say I love you．"
Signed with love from：God，Jesus & Me
24．We can learn from Paragraph 1that Sally was veryB．
A．loving
B．anxious
C．unlucky
D．kind-hearted
25．The underlined word"he"in Paragraph 4probably refers toD．
A．one of the nurses
B．another surgeon
C．God
D．Jimmy
26．Why did Jimmy donate his body to the university？C
A．To earn some money for his mother．
B．To make more people remember him．
C．To help those with the similar disease．
D．To help more and more poor students．
27．How did Sally feel when she reached home？C
A．Calm．
B．Worried．
C．Sad．
D．Tired．

3．When I was sixteen years old，I made my first visit to the United States．It wasn't the first time that I had been abroad．Like most English students，I learned French at school．I had been to France many times．But when I went to America，I was really looking forward to having a nice easy holiday without any language problems．
But actually，I was wrong!I was looking for a public telephone to give my American friend Danny a call and tell her that I had arrived．A friendly old man asked me if he could help me．
"Yes，"I said，"I want to give my friend a ring．"
"Well，that's nice，"he said．"Are you getting married？
"Who is talking about marriage？"I thought．"I only want to give my friend a ring to tell her I've arrived．Can you tell me where there's a phone box？"
"Oh!"he said．"There's a phone downstairs．"
When at last we met，Danny explained the misunderstanding to me．
"Don't worry，"she said to me．"I had so many difficulties at first．There are lots of words which Americans use differently in meaning from the British．You'll soon get used to all the funny things they say．But most of the time British and American people understand each other!"
21．Before visiting the United States，the writer thoughtA．
A．he would have no problem with language
B．he would not understand Americans
C．he couldn't express himself well
D．he would have difficulty at the airport
22．The writer wanted toB．
A．buy a ring for his friend
B．make a call to his friend
C．ask the way
D．play a joke on the man
23．In the last paragraph，the word"they"refers toB．
A．the old man and the boy
B．Americans
C．the British
D．the French．

2．英语课上，老师要求同桌相互修改作文．假设以下作文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改．共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处．错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改．
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（^），并在此符号下面写出改加的词．
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉．修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词．
注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分．（注意：格式错误不得分，请在答题卷上作答）
Yesterday，Mary goes to a store to return a shirt without carry the receipt （收据）．When she got there，she refused．The salesman said that he wouldn't take it back if she showed him the receipt．Thinking there was no way out，Mary put the shirt back in her bag and left．Suddenly，two shop guard stopped her and began to search for her．They found the shirt in the bag and looked at it careful．Many eyes were staring at her，what made Mary very embarrassing．Luckily，the salesman came up in time and her was allowed to go．

1．China's second manned space flight will be done by two astronauts over five days in 2005．"Shenzhou-VI will be sent into space sometime in 2005，"said Zuo Saichun，a spokesperson of the China Aerospace Science and Technology （CAST）．"The spacecraft（宇宙飞船） will make new breakthroughs in China's manned space technology．"
Unlike Shenzhou-V，a little more than a year ago （in October，2003），the next flight will see two astronauts fly in space for five days．Their capsule （太空舱） is designed to be capable of orbiting for a whole week，the spokesperson said．"For the first time，astronauts will enter and live in the orbital module（舱） of the spacecraft to do scientific experiments，"said a statement from CAST．CAST did not say what those experiments will be．
In Shenzhou-VI，scientists have changed the spacecraft's configuration （构形） to reduce its weight，and tried to improve the performance of on-board equipment．They have also worked to make sure of the energy supply of the spacecraft and further improve its safety．So far，scientists have worked out ways to solve problems on environmental control and life support．Shenzhou-VI will be sent into orbit atop a Long March 2F rocket．
Meanwhile，a model of the Chang'e-1satellite is expected to be sent to orbit the moon in two years．The satellite，part of the three-stage programme，would be followed by the landing of an unmanned vehicle on the moon in the second stage by 2010and collecting samples of lunar soil by 2020in the final stage，according to Sun Laiyan，director of the China National Space Administration．
32．Which of the following about Shenzhou-VI is NOT true？B
A．It will be sent into space in 2005．
B．It is capable of orbiting for two weeks．
C．It will be sent into orbit atop a Long March 2F rocket．
D．It will be sent into space with two astronauts．
33．According to the passage，the following problems should be solved before Shenzhou-VI is sent into space EXCEPTD．
A．environmental control
B．energy supply
C．life support
D．lunar soil collecting
34．Which of the following does NOT belong to the three-stage programme？A
A．Shenzhou-VI's being sent into space．
B．A model of the Chang'e-1satellite will be sent to orbit the moon．
C．The landing of an unmanned vehicle on the moon．
D．Collecting samples of lunar soil．
35．The passage mainly tells usB．
A．some problems need solving before Shenzhou-VI is sent into space
B．Shenzhou-VI will be sent into space in 2005
C．what China's space programme is
D．how China's three-stage programme is carried out．

20．Air is an odorless （无气味的），invisible （看不见的） gas that surrounds the earth．It is everywhere on the planet．An"empty"drinking glass and an"empty"room，to give two examples，are not really empty．Each is filled with air．When the glass is filled with water，the water pushes the air out of the glass．
Air，as a gas，has no definite （明确的） shape，but，because it is matter，it takes up space．It is easy to prove that air is something that takes up space．Stuff a dry handkerchief into the bottom（底部） of a glass so that it will not fall out when the glass is turned upside-down．Push the upside-down glass； hold it straight into a jar of water till the glass is completely covered．When the glass is taken out of water，the handkerchief will be dry．The air inside the glass takes up space and keeps the water from coming in．
29．What does the underlined word"Stuff"（in Paragraph 2）mean？A
A．Press tightly．
B．Take out．
C．Put down．
D．Turn fully．
30．The writer tells us thatC．
A．the experiment is done in the laboratory
B．the experiment is done outside the room
C．the experiment is easily done
D．the experiment is carried out indoors
31．Which of the following pictures gives us the correct result？C
（W-water； A-air； H-handkerchief）

19．Mark Twain was a great writer．He was from the USA．He was born in 1835．He was also a famous speaker．He was famous for his sense of humour．Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time．
One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing．Before he was going to leave，one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes in the town and told him that he'd better not go there．Mark Twain waved （摇动） his hand and said，"It doesn't matter．The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine．I don't think they will come to visit me．"
After he arrived at the town，Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station．He went into his room，but when he was just about to have a rest，quite a few mosquitoes flew about him．The waiters felt very sorry about that．"I'm very sorry，Mr Mark Twain．There are too many mosquitoes in our town．"One of them said to him．
Mark Twain，however，made a joke，saying to the waiter，"The mosquitoes are very clever．They know my room number．They didn't come into the wrong room．"What he said made all the people present laugh heartily．
But that night Mark Twain slept well．Do you know why？That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night．
25．That day Mark Twain went to the townB．
A．to see one of his friends
B．because he wanted to do something there for his writing
C．because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there
D．to see one of his relatives
26．The waiters felt sorry becauseD．
A．they did something wrong to Mark Twain
B．their hotel was too small
C．the room was not very clean
D．there were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twain's room
27．All the people present laughed heartily becauseD．
A．the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn't come into the wrong room
B．the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain's room number
C．Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents
D．Mark Twain made a joke
28．From the story we knowA．
A．no mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night
B．the owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at night
C．Mark Twain didn't have a good rest that night
D．there were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer．

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