What does a UFO look like? Do you believe there are aliens outside the earth? Maybe nobody can tell us exactly, but some of us believe that we humans are not alone in this world. We have friends living outside the earth. And a lot of people in the world think they really have seen a UFO flying in the sky. Now many scientists are trying to understand the origin of the UFO sightings. Scientists even try to draw pictures about aliens and aliens’ life according to their imagination.        
Because we don’t really know about it, we call it UFO or Unidentified Flying Object. Many of us are curious(好奇的) about it and interested in it very much.
While scientists have no same ideas about whether there is an alien or not, it seems that China has been home to some UFO sightings recently.
On August 20th,2011, a UFO was seen at 21:00 by the pilot on the plane which took off from Pudong International Airport to Changchun. At almost the same time, many astrophiles(天文爱好者)took pictures of it. Later, reports from some cities said that the UFO was seen. The pilot said the UFO was small at first, then expanded(扩大),moved north, and disappeared(消失)several minutes later. However, he couldn’t exactly make sure about what he had seen.
【小题1】What do scientists know about the aliens according to this passage?
A.Scientists know about the aliens’ life well.
B.Some scientists try to imagine aliens’ life.
C.Scientists have the same idea about the UFO.
D.Many scientists have already understood the origin of the UFO sightings.
【小题2】What happened on August 20th,2011?
A.A UFO took off from Pudong International Airport.
B.A pilot took pictures of the UFO.
C.Many astrophiles saw the UFO.
D.The UFO was small when it moved north.
【小题3】Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to this passage?
A.UFO is short for Unidentified Flying Object.
B.Some people from some cities said that they saw the UFO on August 20th,2011.
C.The pilot could exactly make sure what he had seen.
D.Many of us are interested in the UFO.

Life in the twenty-first century will be very different from life today. Between then and now many changes will take place, but what will the changes be?
The population is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.
Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then.
People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travelling. Travelling will be much easier and cheaper. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our food, too. Maybe no one will eat meat every day, instead they eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier.
Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work can be done by robots. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.
【小题1】There will be _________ in the future.
A.small populationB.few changesC.more peopleD.few people
【小题2】In the future the computer will be _________.
A.much bigger and few people will use it
B.much smaller and more useful
C.smaller and not many people will use it
D.bigger and a lot of people will use it
【小题3】In the future more people _________.
A.will go to other countries for holidays
B.will study at school
C.will go earlier
D.will work for many hours
【小题4】People will prefer _________ to _________ in the future.
A.meat and vegetables; fruit
B.meat; fruit and vegetables
C.fruit and meat; vegetables
D.fruit and vegetables; meat
【小题5】The robots will _________ in the future.
A.do the dangerous work
B.do all the work
C.do only housework
D.do the easy work for people

 

 

 

Now many people like the game Angry Birds. Here is a piece of good news for them—soon there will be a lot of Angry Birds-themed activity parks around the world.

    The first two parks opened in Finland last year, and a few other parks are going to open in the UK. However, people still don’t know when and where Angry Birds-themed activity parks will open in the UK.

    “As a kind of online game, it is popular with people of all ages. It’s really an interesting game. And the parks will be interesting places for everyone around the world.” said Peter Vesterbacka, an officer of Angry Birds Company. He also said, “ We want to make Angry Birds a part of pop culture. We’re just getting started.”

    Angry Birds-themed activity parks have many interesting places for children to play. They like them very much. People can see the characters and colors from the game in the park. People can also play the Angry Birds game on large screens in the park. The company wants to invite people to not only play it on the sofa, but to go out, move around and have fun. So everyone will be happy in Angry Birds-themed activity parks.

1.Where did the first two Angry Birds-themed activity parks open?

A. In the UK.    B. In Finland.   C. In Australia.     D. In the USA.

2.Angry Birds is _______.

A. an online game       B. an online movie

C. a talk show on TV     D. a game show on TV

3. Lots of people think Angry Birds is very ______.

A. boring      B. easy     C. interesting     D. difficult

4.The underlined word “them” in the last paragraph refers to(指的是)_______.

A. the characters         B. the screens

C. the interesting games    D. the interesting places

5.From the passage, we can know_______.

A. Angry Birds is only popular with young people

B. Peter Vesterbacka works for Angry Birds Company

C. there is no screen in Angry Birds-themed activity parks

D. Angry Birds-themed activity parks will open in the UK in 2015

 

Life in the future will be different from life today. Between then and now many changes (改变)will happen. But what will the changes be?

The population (人口) is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.

Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least (至少) one in every room. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then. People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travel. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.

There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead they will eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier. Work in the future will be different, too. Robots will do dangerous and hard work. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.

1.In the future there will be _______.

A. much more fruit   B. more people     C. less vegetables

2.Every family will have at least a _____________ in the future.

A. robot            B. cow           C. computer

3.In the future people don’t have to __________________

A. work long hours   B. work fast      C. walk on foot

4.People may not eat _________ as much as they do today.

A. fruit             B. fish           C. meat

5.One big problem in the future is that ___________.

A. many people will not be able to find work

B. people have to work fast

C. all the work will be done by robots