They were made       day and night those days.

A.work   B.worked           C.to work       D.makes

Old George bought the black gloves for just $35 ten years ago. They were made of lamb skin, soft and warm and very strong. Until then, he had worn cheaper man-made material. Those gloves never lasted longer than three years. He first decided to buy the expensive gloves, because they would make him feel nice in front of others.
George never let a drop of water or rain touch his expensive gloves, so they looked new. Losing this favourite thing was almost like losing a child to him.
Bad luck! George lost his expensive gloves on New Year's Day.
…
Back home. George was at a loss. In deep winter, he could not do without a pair of gloves. If he bought cheap ones again, he would have to replace (更换) them very soon. If he bought a new leather pair, it would cost $50 now. He was upset that people no longer returned things they found on the road.
After the holiday, poor George decided to buy another leather pair. Before boarding the subway, he went into Value Mart again to see if his gloves had been returned to the Lost and Found Office (失物招领处).
"What colour are they?" the woman in the office asked again.
"Black," he gave the same answer. She looked into her drawer and drew out a pair of men's leather gloves. "Are they?"
"Yes! Those are mine!" George explained, with great joy in his eyes.
【小题1】When did George buy the leather gloves?

The question whether there is life on Mars (火星) has made the public think a lot for more than a century. The closest look showed Mars to be a dusty, cold world, covered by air too thin to breathe. A British spaceship and Europe's Mars spaceship plan to land on Mars or enter orbit (轨道) around it. One of the NASA’s (美国宇航局) spaceships is expected to land on January 3, the other is going to land on the opposite side of Mars on January 24. Since 1960, over twenty spaceships sent to Mars have failed. Most have been lost on flying up or landing because those are the most difficult times of any flights.     Scientists wanted to find out whether there was water in Mars. In October, a team of scientists reported that Mars had been a dry wasteland. But weeks later, a second team reported differently that they had found some marks showed clearly that they were made by the rivers. Such marks told us that Mars was a warmer place billions of years ago — just as life first appeared here on Earth. Scientists at once raise a question: if what they said is true, what happened on Mars? Then what about the earth?

1.Which is right about Mars?

A．It’s cold without dust.

B．There is no water or air.

C．It’s warm with some thin air.

D．It’s a dusty, cold world almost without air.

2.Two NASA’s spaceships _______________.

A．will land on the different sides of Mars

B．will land on the same day

C．will enter orbit around Mars

D．will land with a man

3.The most difficult times of a flight are _______________.

A．taking off

B．flying up and arriving

C．entering the orbit and landing

D．leaving the earth and entering the orbit

4.A team of scientists reported that there might be_____________ in Mars.

A．nothing but air

B．nothing

C．water billions of years ago

D．thick air and lakes

5.What are scientists worried about when they raise the question?

A．Life disappeared on Mars.

B．Spaceships can’t land on Mars.

C．The air on the earth gets less and less.

D．The earth might be changed like Mars

1根据对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

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