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  HAVE you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours though it is about 40,000 kilometers?Now,maybe you can.Last Saturday,the American X-43A

airplane made its first flight.It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometers an hour.This makes it the fastest plane in the world.X-43A is only three to four meters long,but it's very heavy:it weighs 1,270 kilos.

  HOW old can an insect be?400 million years!Last Wednesday,scientists found the world's oldest insect fossil(化石) in Britain.The fossil shows that the body of the insect was as big as a piece of rice and had wings(翅膀).In the past,people thought the earliest insect was 380 million years old.

  THERE will be a new "star" in the sky soon.China plans to send a satellite(卫星) into space be September 2009.It will stay in space for one year.It will go around the moon and take pictures.It must be very expensive,right?That's for sure ?.4 billion yuan!

  YUAN Longping,the father of hybrid rice(杂交水稻),won the World Food Prize on Monday.Yuan developed the world's first popular and widely grown hybrid rice.Hybrid rice plants can make more rice than the ones people grew before.

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If the X-43A goes round the Earth,it will take about ________ hours to finish the trip.

  A.3  B.5  C.8  D.12

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(2)

The newly-found insect fossil showed that the earliest insect was ________ years older

than believed.

  A.10 million  B.400 million  C.20 million D.380 million

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(3)

Which of the following about the new star is NOT true?

  A.It will go into space by September 2008.  B.It will stay in space for twelve months.

  C.It costs a lot.D.It will go around the moon.

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Yuan Longping won the World Food Prize because he ________.

  A.is the father of his children

  B.likes to eat hybrid rice

  C.developed tile world's first popular and widely grown hybrid rice

  D.grows more rice than others

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The above paragraphs are taken from ________.

  A.a story  B.an advertisement

  C.an explaining writing  D.a newspaper

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       David goes to America with his parents for the holiday, but he doesn't enjoy it!
       They go there by plane. David doesn't like it. The seats(座位}are too small, the food is not good and they can't use their mobiles. They are on the plane for ten hours. David is happy when the flight (飞行) is
over.
       For most of the days in America, it rains. That is too bad. They cannot do many activities out. They
can only do some shopping or watch TV in their rooms. One day they go to a museum, but it is closed on Monday. They are very sad.
1. Who goes to America for the holiday?
A. Only David.            
B. Only David's mother.
C. Only David's father.        
D. David and his parents.
2. What does David think of the trip to America?
A. He likes it.                
B. It's not interesting.
C. It's exciting.                
D. He is happy.
3. Why can't they do many activities out?
A. They want to do some shopping.
B. They are interested in watching TV.
C. It rains for most of the days.  
D. Many activities are closed.
4. David doesn't like flying on the plane. 用文中句子举例说明
                                                                                                                                                          
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We often forget that people in other countries eat different things from us.In some countries.for example, rice is a staple food(主食).In others,such as Britain and America,bread made from wheat is the most important food.In many African countries a kind of corn called maize(玉米)is the most important food.
Most countries have dishes that were first created there.In China such dishes as sweet and sour pork,shark’s fin soup,and flied rice are very common.In Thailand and India people eat 111any different curries.They like their food hot and spicy.In England,a favorite dish is roast beef The Italians eat pasta,which is a kind of noodle made from wheat.French food is very famous everywhere.It is often very rich.
In recent years fast food—sometimes called‘junk food’—has become very popular all over the world. It was invented in the USA,and the first fast food was the hamburger.Interestingly,a hamburger does not actually contain ham.It’s made from ground beef There are restaurants and takeout places selling hamburgers in most cities of the world.
The most international food,however,is Chinese.There probably isn’t a city anywhere that does not have at least one Chinese restaurant.This is because there are so many different dishes from so many different parts of China that there is something for everyone,whatever their favorite kind of food.
11.Where is shark’s fin soup a common dish?
A.Britain.         B.The USA.     C.China.         D.India.
12.What kind of dishes are often hot and spicy?
A.Soups.          B.Curries.     C.Hamburgers.     D.Pastas.
13.Where was junk food invented?
A.Thailand.        B.The USA.    C.Italy.           D.India.
14.What was the first fast food?
A.Ground beef.     B.Noodles.     C.Ham.           D.Hamburgers.
15.Why do many cities have Chinese restaurants?   
A.Because Chinese food has something for everyone.
B.Because Chinese food is very cheap,
C.Because Chinese food is everyone’s favorite.
D.Because there are so many different kinds of Chinese restaurants.

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