阅读理解。

阅读下面短文，从(A)、(B)、(C)、(D)四个选项中选出能完成所给句子的正确答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的正确答案标号涂黑。

　　News 1

　　Have you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours though it is about 40,000 kilometers? One day, maybe you can. Last Saturday, the American X-43A airplane made its first flight. It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometres an hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world. The X-43A is only three to four metres long, but it's very heavy: it weighs(重)1,270 kilogrammes.

　　News 2

　　Have you ever got angry at books that are full of mistakes? Don't worry, things will get better soon. Last week, China started checking textbooks, dictionaries and children's books all over the country. The government(政府) said the results of the checking would come out at the end of June.

　　News 3

　　There will be a new “star” in the sky soon. China plans to send a satellite into space by December 2006. It will stay in space for one year. It will go around the moon and take pictures. It must be very expensive, right? That's for sure－1.4 billion yuan!

　　News 4

　　Floods(洪水) across the northern Mexican state of Coahuila killed at least 32 people and left 100 more missing. It was reported on Monday. The heavy rain hit the state all night last Friday, so some banks of the river were broken. Along the river about 3,000 families were seriously affected(受影响).

1．News 1 talks about ________.

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A．people can't go around the earth in a few hours

B．the American X-43A airplane travelled around the earth in a few hours

C．the American X-43A airplane is the fastest one in the world

D．only Americans can make such a fast plane

2．If the X-43A goes around the earth, it will take about ________ hours to finish the trip.

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3．Which of the following about News 2 is TRUE?

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A．There are many mistakes in most of the textbooks, dictionaries and children's books.

B．All the students have to use the books full of mistakes till the end of June.

C．After the checking books will become better and better.

D．A few mistakes are not serious for children.

4．Which of the following about the new “star” is NOT TRUE?

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A．It will help us know more about the moon.

B．It will go around the earth for one year.

C．It will cost 1.4 billion yuan.

D．It will be sent up by the year 2006.

5．Many families were affected because of ________.

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A．the heavy rain on Monday

B．the broken banks of the river

C．the floods across Mexico

D．the death of 132 people

　　Up close, Stevie Wonder doesn't act like someone who is totally blind. “I never knew what it was like to see. So being blind is no different from seeing, ”Stevie says. Like any person who can see, he goes to the movies and watches TV. (Friends tell him what's happening on the screen(屏幕) .) He turns the lights on and off when he goes into the bathroom. He has even flown a plane.

　　Stevie opens the first show in the November Rock concerts(音乐会) on Tuesday. Look at the November calendar(日历) below to find out when Stevie and other rock stars will appear.

　　A calendar is a kind of table because the dates and days of the week are arranged in columns(栏) and rows. A column goes up and down. A row goes from side to side. All the dates in one column fall on the same day of the week. All the dates in one row appear in the same week.

　　Use the November Rock calendar to answer the questions below. Choose the best answer.

1．On which day of every week is there no show?

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2．On what date is the Diana Ross Sunday show?

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3．If you want to go to a Saturday night show, whom can you see?

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A．The Bee Gees or Diana Ross

B．Abba or Stevie Wonder

C．Abba or the Bee Gees

D．The Bee Gees or Linda Ronstadt

4．Thanksgiving Day is always on the fourth Thursday of November. Which show can you see on Thanksgiving Day?

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5．Which week has the most shows?

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根据短文，选择正确答案

A Clever Bird

A man has a bird. It is very clever. Every day the man speaks to the bird. “Hello!” he says. “Hello!” the bird answers. “What are you doing?” says the man. “What are you doing?” says the bird.

The man is not at home one day. A thief comes in. He is taking many things “Hello!” The thief hears the bird's words. “What are you doing?” The thief is very afraid，so he does not take any things and runs out of the house.

1.The man teaches the bird ________.

2.The bird is ________.

3.The man speaks to the bird ________.

4.The thief is taking ________ things from the house.

5.The thief ________ out of the room.