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In the summer of 1978 an English man named Steven was driving his tractor through a field of wheat when he discovered something strange. Some of his wheat was lying on the ground. The flattened wheat formed(形成)a circle about six meters across . Around this circle were four smaller circles of flattened wheat.

  Three years later a farmer who lived nearby discovered almost the same circles in one of his fields. These circles were larger—nearly 15 meters across . That same year , another English farmer discovered three circles of flattened wheat on his land—one large circle between two small circles. During the following years, farmers in England found circles in their fields more and more often.

  The circles are called “crop circles” because they usually appear in fields of wheat or corn. The wheat in the circles lies on the ground but is never broken; it keeps on growing, and the farmers can later harvest it. Farmers always discover the crop circles in the morning, so the circles probably form at night. They appear only in the months from May to September. What causes the crop circles?

  At first, people thought that some kids were making them as a joke, or that farmers were making them to attract tourists.(In fact, in 1991, two men said they made the circles themselves, but many scientists don’t believe them.) People tried to copy them: They tried to make circles exactly like the ones the farmers had found. They couldn’t do it. They couldn’t enter a field of wheat without leaving tracks, and they couldn’t flatten the wheat without breaking it.

  Several times people reported seeing stranger objects near the fields where crop circles later appeared. Many people believe that these crop circles are the messages sent by living things from outer space(外层空间)or the marks left by their spaceships.

  Scientists who have studied the crop circles try to find out what causes them. In the summer of 1990 some scientists spent three weeks in the part of England where many circles have appeared. They had all the latest high-tech equipment(最新高科技设备). The equipment—worth 1.8 million dollars—got nothing. But one night, as the scientists were watching a field, crop circles formed in the field behind them, which were quite different from the others. The scientists had neither seen nor heard anything.

  When Steven discovered the crop circles on his land in 1978, he said, “It was just like something that had landed in the field from the air and gone back up again. I don’t know what to make of these things.”

  Crop circles have appeared in England, Japan, the United States and Russia. Experts from all over the world have studied them, and they say what Steven said: They don’t know what to make of these things.

1.Which picture is probably the one formed in the field behind the scientists?

2.“Flattened wheat” means ___________.

     A. broken wheat             B. lying wheat

     C. harvested wheat          D. growing wheat

3.The passage is mainly about something ___________ .

A. that is done by living things from outer space

B. that cannot be solved but found all around the world

C. that cannot be made clear or understood

D. that is discovered and copied by the farmers

 

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UFO  Reports

Date

Time

Places

        Description(描述)

January 14,2007

00:24

Leeds

There were two bright lights (发光体).They were round and orange in color.

February 4,2007

20:00

Bridlington North Bay

A group of lights in the sky were moving to the west.They seemed to move slowly.

February 15,2007

01:00

Selby

A white light was moving slowly in the direction(方向) of Hull.It looked like it was floating(漂浮).

February 23,2007

19:45

Eastleigh

The light was bright green in color, and it looked like a rocket.It was high in the sky and was traveling fast.

December 24,2007

21:20

 

Whitstable

There were three bright, orange lights in the sky, and then a fourth orange light came out and followed the other three.

1. Someone saw a group of lights in the sky moving to the west at ____.

A.12:24 am on January 14

B.1:00 am on February 15

C.8:00 pm on February 4

D.9:20 pm on December 24

2.There were more reports about UFOs in _____ than in other months.

A.January                               B.February

C.December                             D.January and December

3. What happened on February 23?

A.Three bright lights were seen in the sky.

B.The person saw something that looked like a rocket.

C.Something strange happened in Selby.

D.A white light was moving slowly.

4.Where would you probably read the reports?

A.On the radio.

B.On a TV show.

C.On the Internet.

D.In a clothes store.

5.We can learn from the passage that UFOs ________.

A.all have the same shape

B.always have the same color

C.all have the same speed(速度)

D.usually have bright lights

 

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Online shopping has become something very common for young people, however, it's not easy for the old people to buy things on the internet. Therefore, offline Daigou stores, or buy-for-you stores, are becoming popular among the old.

64-year-old man Li Hui'an is searching for his favorite CD in an offline Daigou shop. He says, "It's very convenient to buy things online, however, I can't use the internet. After I happened to find this buy-for-you shop, I decided to try, as I wanted to buy an opera CD. Finally I got one I'd searched for for several years. I was so happy. I have become crazy about offline shopping. "

The store owner Liu Min says in order to meet the need of people who want to buy things online but can't use the internet, she started the business of offline buy-for-you. In only about ten days since the start of the business, she has received more than 20 orders from customers (顾客). Liu Min is not the only one who finds the large need of offline buy-for-you business in the market. In Dalian city, northeast China, more than 300 such stores opened their doors only in April.

In order to attract more customers, they have opened their shops in residential communities (居民区). And they charge a suitable service fee. For example, when buying things that cost less than 200 yuan for customers, they usually charge 5 yuan as service fee.

Though the offline buy-for-you service makes it easier for certain people to shop online, what if there is any problem with the ordered thing, let's say, like a quality problem? The shop owners say they will deal with any quality problems that may happen when using their Daigou service.

1.What is offline shopping?

A. Buying things in a common store.

B. Buying and selling things on the internet.

C. Buying things on the internet for the old.

D. Buying things on the internet for the people who can't use the internet.

2.Why do many old people like offline shopping?

A. They don't like going shopping.

B. They are good at buying things on the internet.

C. They don't like buying things online themselves.

D. Offline shopping makes it easier for them to shop online.

3.What's the meaning of the underlined word "charge"in the fourth paragraph?

A. 收费        B.管理      C.交纳       D. 缴税      

4.Which of the following is NOT true about the offline Daigou service?

A. People can find buy-for-you shops in residential communities.

B. The customers have to pay a suitable service fee.

C. There are many problems with the ordered things.

D. The store owners deal with the quality problems.

5.We can know from the passage that________.

A. Li Hui'an is crazy about shopping online

B. offline buy-for-you business is in great need

C. Liu Min is the first one who has an offline Daigou store

D. there are about 300 buy-for-you stores in Dalian city

 

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