题目内容
On Friday, May 4, millions of kids throughout the world will celebrate Space Day. Space Day recognizes achievements in space exploration and promotes（促进）education in the fields of science, math, and technology.
This year’s theme is “50 years in space…and still having a blast（强劲）!” It commemorates the 1957 launch of the Sputnik satellite by the former Soviet Union. Sputnik was the world’s first man-made satellite; it marked the start of space exploration.
Events will be held throughout the US to celebrate Space Day. One major event is the Space Day Design Challenge competition. Winning teams will attend a ceremony at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia.
For the competition, students in grades 4-8 had to come up with creative ways of solving space problems. The competition is sponsored（赞助）by Lockheed Martin. Schools and communities are also organizing space programs locally. You can visit the Space Day website and list your school or community event.
Space Day first got its start in 1997. Lockheed Martin started the day as part of an education program. Their goal is to use kids’ love for space to encourage student involvement in technology, math, and science. In 1997, Lockheed Martin also launched the Student Signatures（签名）in space program as a part of Space Day. This program allows elementary and middle school kids to send their signatures to space on a NASA（美国航天局）shuttle（航天飞机）mission. Since 1997, over 2. 5 million students from North America and in 32 other countries have participated!
“In l0 years, there will be a major work force gap in technical industries, if we do not strengthen the interest today’s young people have in math, science, technology and engineering,” said Bob Stevens, chairman of Lockheed Martin.
69. The underlined word “commemorates” in paragraph 2 could be replaced by ________.
A. controls B. designs C. educates D. honors
70. It can be inferred from the passage that Lockheed Martin is ________.
A. a man-made satellite launched to space in 1997
B. a program strengthening the interest of the kids in science
C. a company involved in space research and development
D. a company designing space shuttles for NASA
71. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. The launch of the Sputnik satellite marked the start of Space Day.
B. Space Day has a history of 50 years of the celebration.
C. The Student Signatures is one of the events to be held in this year’s Space Day.
D. Space Day is celebrated in many countries as well as America.
72. The purpose of promoting space education in kids is ________.
A. to reserve（储备）strength for future space exploration
B. to attract their attention to the space exploration
C. to make them realize the importance of launching satellites
D. to ask them for creative ways of solving space problems
69-72 DCDA
China Daily Oct. 11----The ministry of Health has called for more awareness from the public on the mental health of the young, as part of efforts to make World Mental Health Day which fell on Friday.
More than 15 percent of Chinese youths have been found with mental problems, and about 30 million young people under 17 are suffering from depression, the Shang-based Wenhui Daily reported. The World Health Organization estimates that before 2020, the rate of children with mental problems will increase to 50 percent, and mental problems will become a major factor behind deaths and illness in the young worldwide.
Deng Xiaohong, the spokesperson for the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, said rapid changes are one of the reasons behind the rising number of youngsters with psychological problems. If these mental diseases are not addressed on time, occurrence of crimes, drug-taking and other dangerous behavior are expected to rise.
Experts said mental diseases could be
caused by many factors, such as the inability to handle interpersonal relations well, unstable emotions and pressures from an overload of studies. A number of experts have also said the one-child policy is another reason leading to poor mental health in the young. Children are said to be too “ spoiled” and “selfish” in a one-child family.
It’s reported schools in many cities are rolling out measures to help students maintain their mental well-being. Yin Jingmiao, a teacher of the Beijing No.105 Middle School, told China Daily that the school invites psychologists to provide counseling to students three times a month.” Students can be arranged to have 40-minute counseling sessions,” Yin said. The school also gives lectures on mental health to senior grade students before they take the national college entrance exams to help ease any anxiety arising from the tests.
【小题1】Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
| A．Efforts to Mark World Mental Health Day |
| B．Seriousness of Youngsters’ Mental Health Problems |
| C．How to Maintain Mental Well-being |
| D．Public Awareness on Youngsters’ Mental Disease Expected |
| A．mental health problems of the young are becoming a popular problem. |
| B．only young people are suffering from mental health problems. |
| C．mental problems will become as serious as deaths and illness. |
| D．the rate of children with mental problems will increase to 50 percent. |
| A．Inability to handle interpersonal relations. | B．Unstable emotions |
| C．Drug-taking and other dangerous behavior | D．Rapid social changes |
| A．To provide the students with counseling sessions. |
| B．To give an example showing how mental problems are dealt with. |
| C．To help ease the anxiety arising from the national college entrance exams |
| D．To call on other schools to learn from the No.105 Middle School |
