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      These days,seven cleaners who work in Yantai University's dining hall are well known to people around China. They are eating the leftovers that students leave behind on their plates.

      Wu Minghua,a 62-year-old retired teacher,now works as a cleaner at the school. Every day he carries plastic bags with him when clearing out the food in the dining hall. After the students had returned to class,he sat down with another six cleaners to their meal - the uneaten food collected from the students’ tables.

      Wu said that it’s not humiliating to eat the leftover food because he looks on the students as his children—and he always eats his children's leftovers. “People at my age ever lived a hard life,not like the young today”，he said. “I know the feeling of hunger,and I think it's a pity to waste food. So we came up with the ‘clean plate’ idea after noticing a lot of food left in plates. ”

() 1. What did Wu Minghua use to be?

   A. He was a cleaner. B. He was a teacher.

   C. He was a cook. D. He was a volunteer.

() 2. What jobs do the seven cleaners do every day?

   A. They sweep the roads in the university.

   B. They take charge of (看管) the bikes in the university.

   C. They clean out the dining hall.

   D. They sell food in the dining hall.

() 3. What does the underlined word “humiliating” mean in Chinese?

   A. 幸运的   B. 开心的

   C. 自愿的   D. 可耻的

() 4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

   A. Every day Wu Minghua carries plastic bags of food back home.

   B. Wu Minghua with another six cleaners eat the leftovers not because they are poor.

   C. At home,Wu Minghua eats his children's leftovers as well.

   D. After the students had returned to class,the seven cleaners began their meal.

() 5. From what the seven cleaners have done,we learn that .

   A. seven cleaners work very hard in the university

   B. people around them don't understand them

   C. everyone should have the duty of saving

   D. it's common that college students waste food 

F

      Can vegetables and fruits be grown in space? The first spaceship to Mars could be called “kitchen gardens”，scientists claim.

      Experts say the crops would not only give astronauts healthy food to eat during the long journey,but would also improve the cabin environment.

      We all know Yang Liwei is China's first astronaut. He took the spaceship to space on October 15 ,2003. Yang stayed in the spaceship for 21 hours. He took photos and recorded everything he saw in space. At that time he had to eat some chicken and fried rice.

任务一:根据短文内容，回答下列各题。

1. Why is the first spaceship to Mars called “kitchen gardens”？

2. How long did Yang Liwei stay in the spaceship?

任务二:按照要求，完成下列各题。

3. 把①处画线部分改为被动句。

4. 把②处画线部分译成英语。

任务三:根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

() 5. The vegetables and fruits grown in the spaceship must take

a little .

   A. room   B. money   C. time   D. work

E

     Once people sent me into space. It was a terrible 1 .

     When I was on my way back to Earth with my friends,suddenly,a UFO asked our space shuttle to land on 2 planet.

     On the planet,I saw an alien sitting on a very high throne. That 3 be their king. He looked like all the other strange-looking people in the room,4 his head was much bigger. All the aliens had four eyes,two heads and six legs. They had a white body and no hair.

     The strange unknown planet looked like a prison. There was a very high wall all around the 5 . It had many buildings and 6 you went,you could hear someone cry. We were 7 ,but they gave us some food. The smell was so strong that no one wanted to eat it.

     The next day,an alien 8 us lots of things to do,but they were in a language that we could not understand at all. A few of us died.

     One day,the aliens who brought us to our room forgot to lock the door,so we 9 away. Soon we got in10   own space shuttle and flew back to Earth. After this,I never wanted to go into space ever again.

() 1. A. experience   B. suggestion   C. advice   D. way

() 2. A. other   B. others   C. else   D. another

() 3. A. can   B. must   C. may   D. need

() 4. A. and   B. but   C. or   D. so

() 5. A. space   B. spaceship   C. earth   D. planet

() 6. A. where   B. somewhere   C. wherever   D. nowhere

() 7. A. afraid   B. surprised   C. strange   D. rude

() 8. A. carried   B. brought   C. took   D. gave

() 9. A. ran   B. put   C. kept   D. got

() 10. A. our   B. us   C. their   D. his

D

     Flying was once a dream. For a long time,people had wanted to be up in the sky.

They t 1 many ways. But nothing worked.

     Things c 2 on one day in September more than 220 years ago. Two brothers from France made a very large balloon w 3 paper and cloth. To make the balloon float,they b 4 a fire inside a basket and hung the basket below the balloon. They thought hot air from the f 5 would be light enough to push up the balloon. They were right!Their hot-air balloon t 6 about 2 miles. It was in the sky for eight minutes. Nobody was on board for the ride. To be safe,they had i 7 a duck,a rooster and a sheep to be the first passengers. The hot-air balloon landed safely. No animals were h 8 .

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C 

     It is August 7th,2050. Monica has beenon Mars for about one week. She lives a regular life in space every day. Here's a piece of her diary.

     At 7 ： 00 a. m.

      It was time to get up. I woke up and brushed my teeth. It was not easy!Small drops of water floated in space. They were like little balloons. Then I washed my face by using a wet towel containing liquid soap. After that,I washed my hair by using waterless shampoo. As for the toilet,it was a very special one. I needed to fasten my body to the toilet so that I won’t float away. I then used a vacuum-like machine to suck up the wastes.

     At 7 ： 40 a. m.

     It was time for breakfast. I was really hungry. I slowly floated near the table with my friends,Michael and Sae Ree. I ate scrambled eggs,sausages,stewed tomatoes and a banana. I also drank some orange juice. Tm happy that I can eat many kinds of food in space as I do on the earth.

     At 3 ： 00 p. m.

     It was time for the space walk. Inside the space station,I wear the normal clothes. Outside,I need special suits. The suits can protect me from the cold and the heat in space. They can also carry air for me to breathe. The suits have two-way radios to help me talk to my friends. Michael,Sae Ree and I checked cur extra vehicular suits very carefully and then we were ready to put them on. In space,there is no gravity,so it is very difficult to put on the suits. It took me about 5 minutes to put on them. About 20 minutes later,we finished the space walk. Then we returned to the inside.

() 1. Monica didn't after she woke up at 6 ： 30 a. m. on Mars.

   A. brush her teeth   B. wash her face

   C. clean the floor   D. wash her hair

() 2. The underlined word “float away means ” in the passage*

   A. 漂走   B. 摇摆   C. 离开   D. 流淌

() 3. Which of the following is NOT true about the space suits?

   A. They can protect people from the cold and the heat.

   B. They can carry air for people to breathe.

   C. They have two-way radios to help people talk to each other.

   D. They are easy to put on in space.

() 4. From the passage we know that .

   A. Monica drank some apple juice at breakfast

   B. Monica cannot eat many kinds of food in space as she does on the earth

   C. Monica usually has a space walk at half past three

   D. Monica should wear special clothes outside the space station

() 5. The passage mainly tells us .

   A. what to eat on Mars

   B. how Monica spends a day on Mars

   C. what to wear on Mars

   D. Monica's space walk 

     Hello Kitty,the cat with no mouth,has become the first cartoon kitty to go to space!A seventh grader from America came up with the idea for her science project at school.

     Lauren Rojas,a 13-year-old girl,once watched a television program. In the program,a balloon was released into the sky. She thought she could do the same with her Hello Kitty doll.

     Lauren spent about a month building a small silver rocket and a weather balloon by herself. She put the Hello Kitty doll into the rocket and tied it with the balloon. After testing wind direction and temperature,she set the balloon free. Lauren Rojas said she wanted to test the effects of altitude on the balloon's air pressure and temperature. To record the journey,she put cameras to the rocket.

     After a few minutes,the balloon rose more than 90,000 feet above the ground. It was near outer space. There,the air was so thin that the balloon burst. The balloon was 53 times larger than its original size before bursting open. Hello Kitty's rocket fell back down to Earth with the help of a parachute. It landed in a tree 47. 5 miles from the launch site.Hello Kitty went along for the ride in the rocket just for fun.“i have liked her ever since I was 6 years old,”

      Lauren told the iVra; Afetn “I thought it would be really fun to add a toy inside the rocket ”

      Lauren loves carrying out science experiments. This experience sparked her interest in science even further.

() 1. What idea did Lauren come up with for her science project?

   A. Watching a television program.

   B. Making a science experiment with her friends.

   C. Sending a Hello Kitty doll into space.

   D. Flying a rocket to the moon.

() 2. The rocket flew into the space .

   A. slowly all by itself

   B. with the help of a balloon

   C. with the help of a parachute

   D. in a small plane she built

() 3. Lauren set the weather balloon free in order to .

   A. test how altitude influences the balloon

   B. record the journey with a camera

   C. make herself become a famous girl

   D. add a toy inside the rocket for fun

() 4. What happened to the rocket after the balloon^ bursting open?

   A. It flew into outer space at once.

   B. It became larger than its original size.

   C. It reached 90,000 feet above the ground.

   D. It fell down and got stuck in a tree.

() 5. We can infer from the passage .

   A. Lauren put the video recordings on the Internet

   B. Lauren will become more interested in science

   C. Lauren won^Jt carry out science experiments any more

   D. Lauren got an A⁺ on her project

A

() 1. According to the article the Chinese spaceman traveling in space twice is .

   A. Yang Liwei   B. Fei J unlong

   C. Nie Haisheng   D. Zhai Zhigang

() 2. (Shenzhou V) went around the earth in space .

   A. Once   B. 4 times   C. 5 times   D. 14 times

() 3. Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng stayed in space for .

   A. 1 day   B. 4 days   C. 5 days   D. 14 days

() 4. Zhai Zhigang made our country's first spacewalk in .

   A. 2013   B. 2008   C. 2005   D. 2003

() 5. The space lesson about micro-gravity to all Chinese teenagers lasted .

   A. one day   B. three days

   C. 15 minutes   D. 40 minutes

F

    “Sorry” is a word that people in Britain often say in their daily life.

     One day while I was w 1 on the street,a young man ran by hurriedly,brushing against my handbag. He continued his way,but turned b 2 and said “Sorry” to me. Even in a rush,he didn't f 3 to say “sorry”. One day,after I bought some bananas,the shopkeeper was passing me the change,but I wasn’t ready for it and a coin dropped onto the ground.       “Sorry,Madam”’ he said w 4 bending to pick it up. I was s 5 why he said “Sorry” to me. Another time,I stepped on a man's f 6 at the entrance to a cinema. At the same time,we b 7 said “Sorry”.

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E 

     One day,I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student ,“You speak very good English. ” But the girl answered ,“No,no. My English is very poor. ” The foreigner was quite 1 at the answer. Thinking he had not made 2 understood or the girl had not 3 him clearly,he said, ^uYes,indeed,you speak very well. ” 4 the girl still kept saying ,“No. ” In the end the American boy could not understand and didn't know 5 to say.

     What^,s wrong with the girl's answer? She didn't 6 a compliment in the same way as the American people do. She should answer “Thank you” instead of “No”. She 7 understood what the American boy had said,but she thought she should be modest. In the 8 ,people will feel proud and 9 when they are praised. So if someone says the 10 you have cooked are very delicious,you should say ,“Thank you. ”

     In our country we think being modest is a virtue and being proud is a bad thing,but in my opinion,being confident does not 11 being proud,so sometimes you should be confident 12 being modest. 13 you are modest and say, “No,I'm afraid I can't do it well”，while working in a Western country,the others may think that you really cannot do it. If you often say “No”，you will certainly be looked down upon by 14 . When asking for a job,if one says something like “Yes,I can certainly do it” instead of saying “Let nie have a try”，he or she will 15 get it. So in the west,you should be brave to show your self-confidence.

() 1. A. excited   B. surprised   C. relaxed   D. frightened

() 2. A. itself   B. herself   C. himself   D. themselves

() 3. A. heard   B. watched   C. listened to   D. looked at

() 4. A. Though   B. Although   C. Or   D. But

() 5. A. when   B. which   C. what   D. how

() 6. A. receive B‘ accept   C. refuse   D. disagree

() 7. A. hardly   B. really   C. rarely   D. badly

() 8. A. east   B. south   C. west   D. north

() 9. A. dutiful   B. modest   C. shameful   D. confident

() 10. A. dishes   B. cups   C. glasses   D. bowls

() 11. A. think   B. say   C. ask   D. mean

() 12. A. as soon as   B. as well as   C. instead of   D. in spite of

() 13. A. Unless   B. Until   C. Whether   D. If

() 14. A. another   B. the other   C. the others   D. others

() 15. A. fail to   B. expect to   C. succeed to   D. believe in

D

Let's learn about manners for an English tea party.

◆For the Host：

Most importantly,the tea should be served in a friendly way and the action of serving tea has to be well-mannered.

Prepare some milk and hot water so that the guests can have their tea in the way they like.

Prepare more tea and cakes than guests will need,so they will feel comfortable,drinking and eating as much as they want. If possible,prepare the food by yourself.

◆For the Guest：

If you are invited to a tea party and would like to bring something for the party,food that you have made by yourself or flowers will be most welcomed. It may be a good idea to discuss it with the people who have been invited to such a party.

At the party,you may drink as much tea as you want. However,you need to finish the cup of tea before passing it to the host for more.

If the tea is too dark or bitter,you can use hot water to make it weaker.

根据短文内容，补全表格中所缺的信息。