You spent more time watching TV than you ______.

A .studied          B. did studied          C. studying           D. did studying

When you find something, make a note ______ it’s found, and do a drawing in your notebook..

A. in the place        B. in places that        C. where        D. no matter wherever

— What were you doing when Tony phoned you ?                                    

— I had just finished my work and ________ to take a shower .

 A. had started           B. started            C. have started          D. was starting 

She has a strong natural _______ towards caution.

A. aspiration         B. expectation         C. tendency         D. criterion

I have to say good-bye to you now because the three-thirty train is _______ out.

A. dropping         B. pulling          C. letting           D. leaving

Large amounts of water ______ been pumped from the mine where an explosion happened yesterday.

A. had         B. would have          C. has          D. have

Please remind me          he said he was going. I may be in time to see him off.

A. where           B. when            C. how            D. what

The manager, _______ it clear to us that he didn’t agree with us, left the meeting room.

A．who has made        B．having made        C．made         D．making

Once upon a time a king, in the company of his ministers, went to the imperial garden for a walk. When he was walking around a pond, a strange idea  1  upon him and he asked, “How many buckets(桶) of water are there in the pond?” The ministers looked at each other,  2  to give an answer.

Rather 3 , the king ordered, “You have three days’ grace. Any one who offers an answer will be handsomely awarded. Those who fail will be 4 .”

The time limit was due in the twinkling（闪烁）of an eye, yet the ministers were still  5  their wit’s end. At this time a child appeared 6  declared that he knew the answer. The king told his  7 ministers to go with the child for the measurement. To their  8  , the child refused the suggestion with a smile, “It is very easy. No 9  to go to the pond.” This made the king laugh  10  , “Alright, let us know what it is.” The child winked (眨眼) and said, “That  11 on the size of the bucket. If it is as big as the pond, there is one bucket of water; if it is  12 as big, two buckets; if one third as big, three buckets; if...” “Stop! That’s it. You’ve got the  13 .” The king was satisfied and the child was duly rewarded.

Why did the ministers feel it so  14   to settle the problem? Because they fell in a pitfall (陷阱), following a  15  way of thinking. People’s thinking often goes a habitual way — the beaten track of straightforwardness.  16  is a static (静态的) way presupposing every object definite and certain, i.e. the size of the pond and the bucket should be clearly  17 . If one of them is unknown, it will be difficult to do the measurement, let alone  18. Why not change your mode of thought — from static to dynamic（动态的）, from concrete to  19? If you adopt an indirect way and try to find out the proportional relation between the pond and the bucket, you’ll get an answer — flexible yet 20   to solve the problem.

Sometimes to get out of the difficulty one must change one’s way of thinking, or simply change one’s approach towards a problem.

1．A．fixed                B．focused           C．came           D．looked

2．A．struggling              B．thinking           C．falling             D．failing

3．A．disappointed            B．excited            C．pleased           D．contented

4．A．killed                  B．punished            C．blamed           D．scolded

5．A．on                    B．at                C．in                D．by

6．A．who                 B．whom             C．whose            D．he

7．A．exciting               B．amazing          C．surprising       D．trembling

8．A．doubt               B．surprise           C．envy            D．delight

9．A．good              B．use              C．need            D．wonder

10．A．wonderfully          B．joyfully           C．cheerfully       D．doubtfully

11．A．decides              B．depends          C．calls            D．looks

12．A．half                B．both                C．all               D．wholly

13．A．award                B．reward            C．answer           D．number

14．A．easy               B．difficult           C．fast             D．slow

15．A．wrong               B．correct            C．right            D．incorrect

16．A．This               B．That              C．It                D．Such

17．A．marked              B．measured                  C．signed            D．known

18．A．another              B．other               C．one             D．both

19．A．detailed              B．easy                C．simple            D．abstract

20．A．appropriate            B．available             C．adequate         D．proper

Astronaut Zhai Zhigang became the first Chinese man to walk in space on Saturday, clambering out of China’s Shenzhou VII spacecraft in a technological feat（功绩） that made the Chinese people excited.

“I’m feeling quite well. I greet the Chinese people and the people of the world,” Zhai said as he climbed out of the craft at around 16:40 Beijing time, a historic achievement telecast live on CCTV. Tens of millions of Chinese viewers clustered before TV screen to watch the moment.Chinese President Hu Jintao and other top leaders had appeared at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center to watch the live transmission of Zhai’s spacewalk.

Zhai, 42, chosen by an expert team for the first “extra-vehicular activity”, unveiled a red national flag, helped by colleague Liu Boming, who also briefly popped his head out of the capsule. Zhai slowly made his way towards a test sample of solid lubricant outside the capsule, took a sample and handed it to Liu. Zhai safely returned inside the craft after about 20 minutes. The walk marked the high point of China’s third manned space journey, which has received widespread media coverage.

Zhai wore a $4.4 million Chinese-made suit weighing 120kg. Liu wore a Russian-made one and acted as a back-up. The third crew member, Jing Haiping, monitored the ship from inside the re-entry module. The risky manoeuvre(演习) is a step towards China’s longer-term goal of assembling a space lab and then a larger space station, analysts said.

“On this flight, Chinese people’s footprints will be left in space for the first time,” said a commentary by the Xinhua News Agency. The astronauts embarked on(开始，从事) their walk after receiving a clean bill of health from doctors on the ground at mission control in Beijing, Xinhua said. Zhai’s suit has 10 layers and takes up to 15 hours to assemble and put on.

China’s first manned spaceflight was in 2003. A second, two-manned flight followed in 2003. The only other countries that have sent people into space are Russia and the United States.

1.       Astronaut Zhai Zhigang will be remembered as the first Chinese _________.

A. to walk in space.                 B. to enter space.

C. to land on the moon.              D. to speak with people on earth in space.

2. What did Zhai do outside the capsule in space?

   A. He walked in space to enjoy the beautiful space scenery.

   B. He fetched a sample of solid lubricant and passed it to his colleague.

   C. He waved a red Chinese national flag madly for twenty minutes.

   D. He made an experiment with his colleague Liu Boming.

3. According to the text, China’s goal of its space program is _______.

   A. to send man into space.          B. to build a space lab on the moon.

   C. to build a space station.          D. to leave Chinese people’s footprints in space.

4. What’s the passage mainly about?

   A. A Chinese astronaut takes historic walk in space,

   B. China succeeded in launching Shenzhou VII into space.

   C. Chinese spacecraft arrives on the Mars.

   D. China competes in the space exploration.