16．From the passage we can know that Yang Liwei began his flight at about                 ．

A．9：00 a．m．，October 15       

B．6：00 a．m．，October 15

C．9：00 a．m．，October 16

D．6：00 a．m．，October 16

    He joined the Chinese People's Liberation Army at l8．He graduated from the N0．8 Aviation College of the PLA Air Force in l987．In January 1998 Yang became a member of astronauts．

    He has a kind wife，who does all the housework，and a lovely son．In his wife's eyes，he is a very good husband．In the eyes of his son，he is a great father．His son says，“Though I can see my dad about once a week，I have his photo．Whenever I see the photo，I can overcome（克服）all the difficulties．”

    He works for the Aviation Military Unit of the Chinese People's Liberation Army．The man is strict in his work．Every time he is required to do something，he always tries his best to do it，and every time he can finish his work very well．

  Yang Liwei was born in Suizhong Country，Liaoning Province on June 21，1965．The man is 5 feet 6 inches tall．When he was young，he was an athletic（体格健壮的）child who enjoyed swimming and ice skating．His parents were strict with him．Yang Liwei was good at his lessons and he could draw well and he also learned music．

15．The best title for this passage is                   ．

    A．Rice．growing in China                           B．Types of rice in China

    C．How to Grow Rice                                     D．Rice Harvesting

（D）

    After a tiring day in outer space（外部太空），China's first astronaut（宇航员），Yang Liwei，touched down safely at about 6：00 a．m．，October l6，2003，in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region．The 21 hours' flight showed China became the third country to send a person to outer space successfully．He did a very good job for our country．

14．Yuan Longping is famous because he                  ．

    A．grows a lot of rice on his farm                         B．is a famous business man

    C．invented hybrid rice                                   D．helps people to kill rice worms

13．Hybrid rice is special because                     ．

    A．it makes more rice than other types of rice

    B．it can grow in lots of water or not much water

    C．it doesn't easily get diseases or worms

    D．A．B and C

12．“China is the world’s largest rice―growing country ”means“                   ”．

    A．China’s rice is bigger than other countries' rice

    B．China is a big country

    C．China is becoming bigger

    D．China grows more rice than any other country in the World

11．In the past，Chinese people greeted each other by saying“                ?”

    A．How are you                                           B．How old are you

    C．Have you had your rice                              D．Where are you going

  China is the world's largest rice―growing country．In 2003，China grew 166 million tons of rice．

  But it is not easy to feed the world's largest population．In the 1960s，thousands of Chinese died because they had no food to eat．

    In the 1970s，a Chinese scientist，Yuan Longing，grew a new kind of nee called hybrid rice

（杂交稻）．It makes 20 percent more rice than other types of rice．Hybrid rice is much stronger than com啪n（普通的）rice．It can grow in lots of water or in not much water．It also doesn't easily get diseases or worms（虫子）．

    Yuan is known as the “father of hybrid rice”．  At the end of last month，he won the World

Food Prize for his work to help feed so many people．

  Today, half of China's rice plants are Yuan's special hybrid．China uses Yuan's hybrid to grow much more rice than before．

10．This experiment shows that                  ．

    A．sometimes our senses（感觉）deceive（欺骗）us

    B．we can always get to know whether something is hot or cold by feeling it with our hands．

    C．hot water and cold water do not mix．

    D．one of our hands is stronger than the other．

（C）

  Rice is a big part of Chinese life．In the past，people greeted each other by saying “Have you had your rice?” Some people still say it today．