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It's sometimes reported that strange objects have been seen high up in the sky. These unidentified(未确认的) flying objects - UFOs have made a lot of people interested. Some of the reports about them are difficult to believe.Some have been explained in scientific ways, others have never been explained.

  It is not easy to decide whether a report is true or not. One report of UFOs came from a British plane on its way from New York to London in 1954. The British plane was flying over an island at 19,000 feet when the captain noticed that something was on their left and a little lower than their plane. It's about five miles away.

  "It was not one object but several," the captain said. "We saw one large and six smaller objects. I sent a radio to report about them and I received the answer that the other planes were coming out to meet us. Before the planes arrived, the smaller objects entered the big objects. The big object then became smaller and moved away fast."

1.Some_____ have been explained in scientific ways.

A.people

B.strange objects

C.of the reports about UFOs

D.planes

2. In 1954, a British plane met a UFO when it was flying from_____ to_____.

A.England, America

B.America, England

C.America, France

D.New York, an island

3. The captain_____ and saw something on the left of their plane.

A.looked down

B.looked up

C.looked back

D.looked ahead

4. How many objects did the captain see?

A.Only one.

B.Five

C.Six

D.Seven

5. The big object moved away because_____.

A.it was afraid of the plane

B.it had received a radio report

C.of some unknown reason

D.it had stayed long enough with the plane

 

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 Many people have to work on the weekend. Some people do not mind. Others think it is terrible.

  One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates. Mr Coates works in an office in Brighton, England.

  On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. When he got on the lift(电梯), it stopped between floors. Mr Coates could not get out of the lift. He started to shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coats remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday.

  There was nothing for him to do. He had to wait until one of his workmates came to work and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr Coats ended up sleeping for most of the day.

  Now Mr. Coates says, "I only use lifts if they have telephones in them."

1.Mr. Coates thinks working on the weekend is_____.

A.interesting

B.terrible

C.happy

D.unhappy

2.Mr. Coates stayed in the lift for_____.

A.about twenty hours

B.nearly two days

C.one week

D.more than sixty hours

3. When Mr. Coates got out of the lift he_____.

A.was cold, weak, hungry and tired

B.wouldn't work there any more

C.said "I only use lifts if they have telephones in them."

D.went home at once

4.Why could Mr. Coates not get out of the lift? Because _____.

A.it was broken

B.it was the weekend

C.it was in an office

D.it was a holiday

5. In the lift, there was_________.

A.water

B.beer

C.telephone

D.nothing

 

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