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When I was a teenager growing up in France, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could ________this was to work in the paper factory in my town, or get married. I was very nervous, then I told my ________ I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, “________ You are going to college(大学).” I was very ________ when he said, “OK. Let's go to the paper factory.”

Two days later, ________ took me to the factory. I imagined everyone to be friends________together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I ________I had watched too many movies as a teenager.

When we ________the factory gate, my father spoke to the guard (门卫) and one minute later we were ________. I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was ________. I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”

He asked me, “What do you think of the ________?”

“Too bad,” I answered.

“And marriage(婚姻) is even ________ ! ” he said.

I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard ________ I could get into a good college. I ________ studying English so I decided to major in (主修)languages at college. Thanks to my father and our ________to the paper factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!

1.A. say B. do C. left D. moved

2.A. teacher B. friend C. father D. husband

3.A. Yes! B. No! C. Really? D. OK?

4.A. angry B. tired C. nervous D. surprised

5.A. he B. she C. it D. they

6.A. working B. studying C. singing D. farming

7.A. guess B. mean C. say D. hope

8.A. looked at B. returned to C. got to D. arrived

9.A. outside B. inside C. back D. away

10.A. terrible B. wonderful C. funny D. special

11.A. workers B. guard C. building D. factory

12.A. better B. harder C. worse D. easier

13.A. but B. if C. so D. or

14.A. enjoyed B. stopped C. disliked D. minded

15.A. way B. idea C. plan D. trip

Is there intelligent (有智力的) life on other planets? For years, scientists said “no.” or “we don’t know.” But today this is changing. Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are astronomers(天文学家). They believe intelligent life exists (存在) somewhere in the universe. They also think we sill soon contact these beings(人;生物).

Why do Shostak and Barnett think intelligent life exists on other planets? The first reason is time. Scientists believe the universe is about 12 billion years old. “This is long enough for other planets to have intelligent life,” say Shostak and Barnett. The second reason is size—the universe is huge. “Tools like the Hubble Telescope(哈勃望远镜) have shown that there are at least 100 billion galaxies,” says Shostak. “And our galaxy, the Milky Way, has at least 100 billion stars. Some planets going around these stars might be similar to Earth.”

In the past, it was hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe. But now, powerful telescopes allow scientists to discover smaller planets—the size of Mars or Earth—in other solar systems. These planets might have intelligent life.

Have beings from space already visited Earth? “Probably not,” says Shostak. “It’s a long way away. However, intelligent beings may contact us in other way, such as radio signals(信号). In fact, they may be trying to communicate with us now, but we don’t have the right tools to receive their messages. However, this is changing. By 2025, we could make contact with other life forms in our universe and we might help each other.”

1. Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are _____.

A. astronomers B. farmers C. singers D. drivers

2.What is the best title for Paragraph 2?

A. The Age and Size of Earth.

B. Our Galaxy: The Milky Way

C. Why Intelligent Life Might Exist.

D. Earth: The Only Planet with Intelligent Life

3.Why was it hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe in the past?

A. There were not any smaller planets.

B. There were not any powerful telescopes.

C. The astronomers were not interested in them.

D. The Milky Way didn’t exist at that time.

4. Why haven’t beings from space visited us yet according to Shostak?

A. They’re afraid of us.

B. It’s a long way away.

C. They don’t want to see us.

D. They don’t know how to use radio signals.

5.What does the underlined phrase “life forms” in the last paragraph mean?

A. Messages B. Tools

C. Intelligent beings D. Radio signals

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