Beijing was the capital for six dynasties(朝代). Among many new high buildings, you still can find something different here. When you walk through the hutong you will really love this old capital.

A hutong is narrow lane between the outer walls of houses. The main buildings in a hutong are siheyuan-buildings with houses around a yard.

If you come and go through the narrow hutong, you will get a feel for the heart of old Beijing. It is a place of peace, and it’s not like the noisy city. Usually, you can see groups of older people sitting together and playing cards or Chinese chess.

The hutong is an important element (元素) of Beijing. Most of them were built during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. The oldest hutong is Sanmiao Street, which is more than 900 years old.

The hutong shows the culture of ordinary Beijingers. The people of Beijing used to enjoy a big dinner with their neighbors in the hutong. Neighbors and friends are never too far away to hear a shout.

There are lanes that are similar to hutong in other parts of China. But they have different names. For example, in Shanghai, people call these lanes linong. While in Hunan, people call them xiangzi.

1.Beijing used to be the capital of dynasties.

A. three B. four C. five D. six

2.The underlined word “lane” means in Chinese.

A. 马路 B. 街道 C. 巷道 D. 捷径

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Living in a hutong is comfortable but noisy.

B. Most of hutong in Beijing were built more than 900 years ago.

C. Beijingers are difficult to get each other’s help because they live too far away.

D. Different places have different names of hutong in China.

4.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A. Old Capital Culture—Hutong B. The History of Hutong

C. Beijingers’ Living Condition D. What Is Hutong

How much do you know about the universe? In the huge universe, there is the Galaxy and many other galaxies. In the Galaxy, there is the Solar System and lots of other stars. In the Solar System, there is the sun, the earth and seven other planets. As we know, the eight planets go around their star -----the sun. In our Earth-moon System, the moon goes around the earth. And because our earth keeps turning around the sun all the time, we have day and night. When our part of the earth turns to the sun, it is day. When our part of the earth turns away from the sun, it is night.

Just because the moon is closer to the earth than the sun, it looks much bigger than the sun. The sun is big enough to give out very strong light. The moon itself can’t give any light at all, but it looks quite bright, too. In fact, the light from the moon comes from the sun. Although , the moon looks much bigger and brighter than the sun and other stars, in fact, all the stars are much bigger and brighter than the moon. They look smaller than the moon also because they are farther away from us. It’s clear that big things will look smaller when they are farther , and small things look bigger when they are nearer.

So far, we have traveled to many other planets in the universe. But scientists haven’t discovered any living things on any other planets. Scientists haven’t discovered any other planets with a good environment. They aren’t sure if there is any water and air for living things to live on other planets. People always ask the question: Is there anyone out space? Our scientists haven’t got a clear answer either. Some people think it will be a secret for a long time. But we believe we can solve* the problem some day.

Exploring our Solar System and the universe is a great national project to some countries. Our Chinese scientists are also trying to send spaceships with astronauts to those planets and even the universe. At 9:00 a.m. on October 15th, 2003, a Chinese astronaut called Yang Liwei was sent up to space. He stayed there for hours and got back to the earth at 6:00 a.m. the next day. It was the first time for Chinese to have a space travel.

1.When our part of the earth turns to , it’s day.

A. the moon B. the stars C. the universe D. the sun

2.Why does the moon look bigger than the stars?

A. Because in fact the moon is bigger than the stars.

B. Because the moon is father from the earth than the stars.

C. Because the stars is nearer our earth than the moon.

D. Because we are closer to the moon than the stars.

3.In Para.4, what does the underlined word it refer* to ?

A. the people’s question B. the scientists’ answe

C. the universe D. the environment

4.According to the passage, we can infer that .

A. not all the planets go around the star in the Solar System

B. the moon looks bright because it can give strong light

C. it is hard work for scientists to discover if there is any living things out space

D. few countries are trying to explore the universe

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