There will be a new “star in the sky soon． China plans to send a satellite into space by December——青夏教育精英家教网—

摘要：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 Floodsacross 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．

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　　Cathy finds some new reports in today's newspaper．Let's read them carefully and answer the following questions．

　　News 1　Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice(杂交水稻), won the world Food Prize(世界粮食奖)on Monday．Yuan developed the world's first popular and widely grown hybrid rice．Hybrid rice plants can make more rice than regular ones．

　　News 2　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(十亿)yuan!

　　News 3　Have you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours? One day, maybe you can．Last Saturday, the American X-43A airplane made its first flight．It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometers per hour．This makes it the fastest plane in the world．X-43A is only three to four meters long, but it's very heavy, it weighs 1, 270 kilogram's．

　　News 4　Have you ever got angry at books that 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 said the results of the check would cone out at the end of June．

(1)

Yuan Longping won the World Food Prize because ________．
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A．	he is the father of his children
B．	he likes to eat hybrid rice
C．	he developed the world's first popular and widely grown hybrid rice
D．	his effort in the farming

(2)

Which of the following statements about the new star is not true?
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A．	It will go around the moon．
B．	It costs a lot of money．
C．	It will stay in space for two years．
D．	It will go into space by December 2006．

(3)

The checking of textbooks, dictionaries and children's books will ________．
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A．	make sure there are no mistakes in them
B．	make the children sad
C．	cost a lot of money
D．	make sure the books are not too expensive

(4)

The speed of the fastest plane in the world is ________．
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A．	1, 270 kilometers per hour
B．	8, 000 kilometers per hour
C．	43 kilometers per minute
D．	1.4 kilometers per second

(5)

The correct title of News 2 is ________．
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A．	New Star for China
B．	No More Mistakes
C．	Father of New Rice
D．	World's Fastest Plane

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　　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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