2011 is a special year to all the people in Shenzhen. The 26^th World Universiade will be held in the city from August 12^th to 23^rd.

As we all know, “Start Here” is the slogan of this great event. Does anyone know that a new life of two giant pandas will start here as well?

Shenzhen is expecting the pair of pandas for the Summer Univcrsiade. The pandas, a male and a female from Wolong Panda Research Center in Sichuan Province, will be “universiade Pandas”, just like “Asian Games Pandas” and “Olympic Pandas”.

Shenzhen Safari Park will rebuild its panda house to welcome the pandas. The panda house has been empty since another panda, Yongba, 25, was returned to Sichuan in 2009 because it was too old.

How old are the Universiade Pandas? What are their names? What are they like? What are their living habits? We will find out the answers in June when they arrive.

1.The26th World Universiade will begin on       .

A. August 12^th     B. August 23^rd     C. September 12^th    D. September 23^rd

2.The pair of pandas comes from       .

A. Shenzhen      B. Sichuan      C. Guangzhou       D. Beijing

3.Yongba is a(n)      

A. Universiade Panda      

B. Asian Games Panda

C. Onympic Panda         

D. panda that used to live in Shenzhen Safari Park

4.From the passage we can know the       of the Universiade Pandas.

A. arrival time     B. ages     C. names      D. living habits

5.The passage tells us that       

A. the slogan of the 26^th World Universiade is “Just Do It”

B. there will be two male pandas coming to Shenzhen

C. Yongba left Shenzhen in 2009

D. Wolong Panda Research Center will build a panda house for the Universiade Pandas

China's first moon rover (月球车), Yutu, set off from the lander early on December 15, several hours after the Chang'e-3 probe (探测器) soft-landed on the moon surface.

The 140 kg six-wheeled rover touched the moon surface at 4:35 a.m., leaving deep lines on the loose moon land. This was recorded by the camera on the lander and the images were sent to the earth, according to the Beijing Aerospace Control Center. After that, the rover and lander will take photos of each other and start their own science explorations.

    Earlier this morning, engineers made final checks of the environment of the landing area and the situation of the probe. Yutu, reached its solar panel (光板) and started to drive slowly to the moon at 3:10 a.m.. It took Yutu nearly a whole hour to complete the simple task.

Chang'e-3 landed at the Bay of Rainbows on the moon, at 9:11 p.m. on December 14, making China the

third country in the world to carry out such a mission (执行此类任务) after the United States and Russia.

In old Chinese tales, Yutu was the white pet rabbit of Chang'e’s. The name for the rover was selected following an online survey that collected several million votes from people around the world.

The rover, 1.5 meters long with its two wings folded (折叠), 1 m in width and 1.1 m in height, is a perfect robot controlled by the command center from the earth. It will face challenges including temperature differences of more than 300℃ on the moon.

Yutu will do some research and look for natural resources (资源) for three months, while the lander will conduct an exploration at the landing place for one year. Then they will have a good rest on the moon and will not be used for a long time until China’s next probe visits the moon again.

1. Which is the best title for the passage above?

A. The first rover on the moon                  B. The tale of Chang’e

C. The journey to the moon                     D. Yutu explores the moon

2.Which is the correct order of the following events?

a. The 140 kg six-wheeled rover touched the moon surface.

b. The rover and lander will take photos of each other.

c. Yutu started to drive slowly to the moon.

d. Chang'e-3 landed at the Bay of Rainbows on the moon.

A. a-b-c-d                     B. c-d-a-b                        C. d-c-a-b                       D. c-a-b-d

3.What does the underlined word width mean in Chinese?

A. 智力                        B. 宽度                 C. 重量                          D. 长度

4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. The moon had been visited by only two countries before 2013.

B. Yutu is a perfect robot under the control of its own computer.

C. Yutu and Chang’e will return to the earth after the one-year mission.

D. Chang’e-3 is 140 kg in weight.

5.There will soon be a second moon rover to explore the moon. Which is its proper name?

A. Chang’e-4                  B. Yutu-2                 C. Shenzhou-11              D.Tiangong-2

 _______a sports meeting on the  playground next week  .