Yang Liwei was born in an ordinary family in Liaoning Province in 1965. He __1__ a pilot（飞行员）of the Chinese Air Force in 1987. He spent 1350 hours in the air. It __2__ him five years to become a spaceman. Yang Liwei was sent up into __3__ by China's Shenzhou V spaceship at 9 am __4__ October 15th, 2003. It moved around the __5__ fourteen times. He came back safely at 6∶23 am the next day, making China the __6__ country to successfully send a person into space after the former Soviet Union（苏联）__7__ the USA. Yang Liwei returned to the Earth after a __8__ trip to space. In space, Yang Liwei not only recorded（记录）__9__ he saw but also showed China's national flag and the UN's flag to the people who __10__ TV at home.

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（  ）1. What does a bird’s-eye view mean?

            A．从下往上看          B．鸟瞰              C．从上往下看          D．向外看

（  ）2. Where can you find the mysteries of the sea?

            A．Skywalk Observatory                         B．USS Constitution

C．New England Aquarium                      D．Freedom Trail

（  ）3. If you tour the Freedom Trail, you will find______.

            A．the Science Museum                         B．the History Museum

C．the Space Museum                            D．the Art Museum 

（  ）4. According to the passage, how many places were mentioned?

            A．6                  B．7                          C．8                         D．9

（  ）5. Suppose the ticket is $10, how much should two adults and a nine-year-old child pay with the ValuePass?

            A．$11              B．$13                      C．$ 21                    D．$ 25

　　Some years ago, Chinese high school students would show their new schoolbags ,new clothes or new pens to their classmates when the new term started. Today, however, all have ___1___. If you still come back to school ___2___ only these things, you are falling out-of-date（过时的）. Students in big cities like to bring the latest high-tech things to school, and feel happy and ___3___ to show off（炫耀）these things to ___4___. Mobile phones, MP3 players, CD players, electronic dictionaries, the list is endless.

　　Mrs. Brown lives in a small village. Her husband is dead. She has a son but no daughters. His name is John and he is twenty-five. After John finishes collage（大学）, he gets work in a big city, New York, and he lives there. It's quite a long way from his mother's home, and she is not happy about it. But John says,“There is no good work for me in this small village, Mother, and I can get a lot of money in New York. Then I can give much to you.”

　　One day Mrs. Brown is very angry. She takes a train to her son's house in New York. Then she says to him,“John, why do you never call me?”

　　“But mother,”John laughs（笑）and says,“You don't have a telephone.”

　　“No,”she says,“I haven't, but you have one.”

A．John doesn't want to do that.

B．John has no telephone.

C．His mother has no telephone.

D．His mother doesn't want to answer.

A．The village is near New York.

B．John works in a big city and his mother likes it.

C．In the village there is no good work for John.

D．John never gives money to his mother.

Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year’s Day, when he was 15 ,his father   16 him to work on the farm for one year when he was free. Tom was   17  with his father’s idea. “That isn't my job. I have  18   school work to do. ” Hearing this, his father said, “I promise (许诺) to give you the best present(礼物） if you  19  finish one year’s work. ” Tom thought for a while and  20 .

Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked   21  until evening, just like any other farmer. Time passed quickly. Tom’s crops (庄稼) grew well.  22 the last day of the year, the father said, “I’m happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year. Now, tell me  23  you want. ”

The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread made from his wheat(小麦). “I’ve already got the  24  present. No pains, no gains（不劳无获）. I think this is what you wanted   25  to know. ” His father was quite pleased to hear that.