I’m not so sure I like my friends any more. I used to like them — to be honest. We’d have lunch, talk on the phone or exchange e-mails, and they all seemed normal enough. But then came Facebook and I was introduced to a sad fact: many of my friends have dark sides that they had kept from me.

Today my friends show off the more unpleasant aspects of their personalities via Facebook. No longer hidden, they’re thrown in my face like TV commercials — unavoidable and endless advertisements for the worst of their personalities.

Take Fred. If you were to have lunch with him, you’d find him warm, and down-to-earth. Read his Facebook and you realize he’s an unbearable, food-obsessed bore. He’d pause to have a cup of coffee on his way to save a drowning man — and then write about it.

Take Andy. You won’t find a smarter CEO anywhere, but now he’s a CEO without a company to lull. So he plays Mafia Wars on Facebook. He’s doing well — level 731. Thanks to Facebook, I know he’s playing about 18 hours a day. Andy, you’ve run four companies — and this is how you spend your downtime? What happened to golf? What happened to getting another job?

Take Liz. She is positive that the H1N1 vaccine will kill us all and that we should avoid it. And then comes Chris who likes to post at least 20 times a day on every website he can find, so I get to read his thoughts twice, once on Facebook and once on Twitter.

In real life, I don’t see these sides of people. Face to face, my friends show me their best. They’re nice, smart people. But face to Facebook, my friends are like a blind date which goes horribly wrong.

I’m left with a dilemma. Who is my real friend? Is it the Liz I have lunch with or the anti-vaccine lunatic(狂人)on Facebook? Is it the Fred I can grab a sandwich with or the Fred who weeps if he’s at a party and the wine isn’t up to his standards?

1.Who is opposed to the H1N1 vaccine in the text?

A．Fred.             B．Andy.             C．Liz.              D．Chris.

2.What’s Andy probably busy in doing now?

A．He’s running his company.

B．He’s playing golf all day.

C．He’s looking for another job.

D．He’s playing computer games.

3.According to the text, Facebook tends to ______.

A．present another side of people

B．offer some food for free

C．show endless advertisements

D．get you to more parties

4.The text is developed mainly by ______.

A．giving examples                        B．following the time order

C．listing figures                           D．raising questions

5.The author focuses on the question of ______.

A．what is Facebook                       B．what happened to golf

C．who is my real friend                     D．who can help me

Looking back on China's road to outer space, people can easily find it has not been very smooth．In the past years, Chinese people have made hard and determined efforts to realize the dream their ancestors had for thousands of years．

After China's first satellite into the Earth's orbit in 1970 came four flights of unmanned Shenzhou spaceflight from 1999 to 2002．The country carried out its first one-piloted spaceflight in October．2003, making China the third country in the world to have independent human spaceflight ability after the Soviet Union and the United States．Then came another breakthrough on October 12, 2005． when Shenzhou 6, China's second human spaceflight, was launched, with a crew of two astronauts．What's more, the landmark （里程碑 ）spacewalk done by Zhai Zhigang, one of the three boarding Shenzhou 7, launched on Sept．25, 2008, leads the country further in its space exploration．

Meanwhile, China's moon exploration project, started in 2004, has also been progressing satisfactorily. Fifty years after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world's first man-made satellite, China's first circumlunar（绕月的 ）satellite Chang’e 1 took off on Oct．24, 2007, which became the third landmark in China's space achievements after the above-mentioned manned flights．Change 1 was expected to fulfill four scientific goals, one of which was to explore mineral elements on the moon, especially those not existent on the Earth. It's said that the lunar regolith （月壤 ） is abundant in helium-3, a clean fuel that may support the Earth's energy demands for more than a century．Nearly 3 years later, Oct．1, 2010 witnessed the launching of Chang'e 2, China's 2nd unmanned lunar probe, marking another step forward in moon exploration．This time the aim is to test the key techniques of Chang'e 3 and Chang'e 4, as a preparation for a soft lunar landing in the future．

With great expectations, people all over the world are looking forward to China's greater space achievements．

1.According to the text, which of the following is TRUE?

    A．China sent its first satellite into the Moon's orbit in 1970．

    B．China is the third country in Asia to make human spaceflight．

    C．By now, 5 astronauts have made successful spaceflight by Shenzhou spaceship．

    D．The launching of Chang'e 1 became the third landmark in China's space achievements．

2.Paragraph 2 mainly deals with the information about China's_   __.

    A．landmark spacewalk                   B．manned Shenzhou spaceflight

    C．first circumlunar satellite          D．unmanned Shenzhou spaceflight

3.We can infer from the text that____．

    A．China's road to outer space has been very smooth for a long time

    B．the lunar regolith is believed to be poor in a clean fuel called helium-3

    C．China's scientists are researching into techniques for soft lunar landing

    D．China's lunar exploration project was started in 2004 and completed in 2007

4.What can be the best title for the text?

    A．Ancient Chinese's Dream              B．The World's Great Expectations

    C．China's Moon Exploration            D．China s Major Space Achievements

5.The author's attitude towards China's space exploration is_   __.

A．negative         B．positive        

C．discouraged     D．uninterested

On the night of May, 7,1942, a plane took off from an Air Force base in England to stop German fighters over the English Channel. The pilot of the plane was Captain Thomas Nash. Looking eastward, Nash saw twelve orange lights in a row, moving at an extremely high speed. As an experienced flyer, he had never seen anything like them. Thinking that they might be a new German weapon, he decided to follow them. But when he swung the plane around and headed directly for the lights, they disappeared.
Captain Nash may have been the first to see such orange lights but he wasn’t the last. His experience was repeated several times by pilots during World War Ⅱ in Europe and the Far East. What were they? No one knows for sure, but there is an interesting theory to explain them. According to this theory, the orange lights are space animals – animals specially adapted to life in the upper atmosphere just as some creatures are adapted to life at the bottom of the sea. These space animals, the theory says, live so far up in the atmosphere that they are invisible from the earth. They feed in part on the air and partly on energy from sunlight. Being almost pure energy themselves, they can give light at night. During the day they become invisible.
Before World WarⅡ, continues the theory, there was little radiated (辐射) energy available on the earth’s surface. Then came the development of rockets, atomic reactor (核反应堆), and hydroelectric (水力发电的) plants. The space creatures are attracted by these sources of energy. At night when no energy is sent from sunlight, they go down into the lower levels to search a meal. They may even come into the scope of human eyesight. This explains the fact that they have been sighted now and then from the earth since 1942.
54．Which of the following best states the main idea of the passage?
A．The secret of nature can be completely explained.
B．Captain Nash may have been the first to see the lights in space.
C．Captain Nash saw twelve orange lights moving at a high speed.
D．According to an interesting theory, the orange lights are space animals.
55．The strange orange lights were first seen         .
A．from the ground                                  B．from a rocket ship
C．during World War I                             D．during World WarⅡ
56．The theory says that during the daytime the space animals        .
A．can’t be seen                                       B．shine brightly in the sky
C．can be seen from the earth                    D．visit the earth’s surface
57．If the space theory is true, the creatures go down to the lower places in order to         .
A．make connection with man                   B．search for man – made energy
C．attract curiosity                                   D．escape detection

Mother always said I was born to swim. I was     41     at the amazing fact. If this was true, then why was I afraid of water? I went to swim every summer, but I made    42     progress. I was worried and blamed myself several times. When I watched people swimming    43    , how I wished I had learnt to swim!

The story of how I learnt to swim is dramatic. One summer afternoon, my     44    and I went to the swimming pool to swim. While he was     45   his clothes, I was wandering along the bank of the pool. Suddenly I heard a voice, “    46  !” and then came a big noise and     47   splashes(溅水). Just when I was     48    the swimmer’s skills, I slipped into the pool! I was so afraid that I     49  at once! But the water kept coming towards me and I     50   lots of it. I was moving upside down and trying to reach the    51   . I was struggling very hard to keep my head     52    the water. A(n)    53    was like a hundred years to me. To my surprise, I was able to keep the style! Just then, my father saw me and he seemed to be   54   . He then said, “Calm down, just     55   your arms and legs like this. Right!” And I     56    it! I finally learnt to swim! You can’t imagine how happy I was and I wanted to     57 for joy!

From this experience I learnt that one’s power is     58   . Sometimes you could show that power in an emergency. If you believe that, you will discover the power     59    within yourself and achieve your goals. And one has to stay calm when it’s     60   . To calm down helps you to think clearly and make the best decision.

I was sitting at the bar of a local restaurant having __36__ and taking a break. A pretty girl who looked about 25 walked in and sat down in a booth(饭馆的小隔间) __37__ for her friend. It didn’t take long __38__ I saw she was trying to stay __39__ from other people’s gazes(注视) and my heart sank. You could see her hair was __40__ and, at such a young age, she was receiving chemo(化疗).

I sat there watching her trying to remain composed(镇静的) and she was having a __41__ time of it. I __42__ for her, imagining what it must be like to go through this and yet I know some of her __43__.

You see I __44__ my wife, the love of my life just a few short years ago and watched her slowly fade away. I needed to give a message of __45__ to this girl. But how? What could I do?

Then it __46__ to me! I called over her waitress and explained that I wanted to buy the girl and her friend’s lunch but I also told her not to tell her it was me. I also __47__ the waitress a note to give to the girl.

The note __48__ as follows:

“ Someone today thought you were beautiful; someone today thought your smile glowed __49__ excitement; someone today thought your eyes __50__ up the world; someone today cared and wanted you to know this. Enjoy the rest of your day, pretty young lady.”

About 15 minutes later, the young girl asked for her __51__ and I watched as she was told it was paid for. She asked why? Who? What for? The waitress simply handed her the note and __52__ to her the gentleman who did it left.

I watched as she slowly read the note. Her eyes tore up, for only a moment, and then came the smile! A huge, beautiful, hopeful smile! She lit up the room and then sat up straight, not __53__ who saw her.

It’s not __54__ we look or what we have; it’s not our houses or how many cars we have; nor is it how much money we can earn. It’s all about how much we care and what we do, __55__ it’s making someone feel pretty only for a moment.

1.A. meal           B. lunch        0C. tea            D. breakfast

2.A. searching      B. hoping       C. looking          D. waiting

3.A. so             B. before       C. after            D. until

4.A. hidden         B. stubborn      C. focused         D. sighted

5.A. falling in     B. falling over  C. falling out D. falling behind

6.A. easy           B. good         C. tough            D. great

7.A. sank           B. ached        C. trust            D. puzzled

8.A. idea           B. view         C. trouble         D. pain

9.A. left           B. deserted     C. buried           D. valued

10.A. dream         B. hope         C. energy           D. wish

11.A. struck            B. happened     C. occurred         D. hit

12.A. handed            B. presented    C. provided        D. brought

13.A. told         B. spoke        C. read             D. wrote

14.A. for           B. on           C. of               D. with

15.A. tore          B. lit          C. cheered          D. lifted

16.A. bill          B. meal         C. check            D. share

17.A. explained     B. informed     C. warned           D. reminded

18.A. knowing       B. ignoring     C. risking          D. caring

19.A. what          B. when         C. why              D. how

20.A. even though   B. as though        C. as if        D. if only