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Do you like to live on the earth? In the future, maybe you can live on Pluto(火星) if you are tired of living on earth. Is it any different to live on the Pluto?

 If you live on Pluto, you have to live 248 earth years to celebrate your first birthday in Pluto years. It takes Pluto much longer to make one lap around the sun. One Pluto year is the same as 248 earth years.

 If you weigh 45 kilo-meters on the earth, you would weigh only 3.5kilograms on Pluto! Pluto is much smaller than the earth. Gravity(重力)on Pluto is only 8 percent that of earth.

  Remember to bring many clothe. Pluto is cold. Because it is so far away from the sun, the temperature on it is about 200 degrees centigrade below zero. It gets even colder as it moves farther from the sun. From Pluto, the sun looks like a bright dot in the sky and is the brightest star you can see.

(  )1. If you live on Pluto, when you are one years old, how old are you on the earth actually?

A. 248000       B. 249       C. 248

(  )2.  If you weigh 40 kilograms, how heavy you would be on Pluto?

       A. 3.5           B3.2         C 4.0

(  )3. What is the weather like on Pluto?

       A. cold          B. warm      C. hot

(  )4.Since you become lighter on Pluto, does that mean you become thinner?

       A. Yes.          B. NO        C. I have no ideas.

(  )5. Which one is farther from the sun, Pluto or the earth?

       A. the Pluto             B .the earth    C. the moon

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FOOD AROUND THE WORLD

When Christopher Columbus and his friends reached America in 1492,they discovered the plant “corn” there. 1 450 years ago corn was brought to China. By 1555it had already become important here. Corn is a useful plant that can be eaten by 2 people and animals.

In the 17th century corn was grown a lot in Tibet and Sichuan.

Today, corn is 3 all over the world. It is a very useful plant that can be prepared in many different ways. People in the West often boil it and eat it with salt and butter. 4 they cook it whole over an open fire. In many parts of the world corn is made into powder. The powder is then mixed 5 water and other things, and made into different kinds of food.

Corn was not the only food 6 was taken to Europe. In 1519 another traveler who went to America from Europe discovered the tomato. Tomatoes were first taken back to Europe and they soon reached other parts of the world.

When they 7 England they were called “love apples”. In the beginning, people who bought them often got angry. They thought that they were buying apples.

A number of other plants were found in America, for example, beans, potatoes and different fruits. The potato is 8 plant that was taken back by early travelers. It is a very useful plant; it can be grown in places where it is 9 cold to grow rice.

Early European travelers to China took back to their own countries the seeds of fruit trees that they had not seen before. Today, fruit trees which once grew 10 in China can be found in many parts of the world. And the fresh fruit from these trees in shipped from one country to another. Today, new foods are traveling faster than ever before.

( )1. A. At least B. At most C. At last

( )2. A. all B. both C. between

( )3. A. founded B. found C. discovered

( )4. A. some time B. sometimes C. some time

( )5. A. through B. by C. with

( )6. A. which B. that C. whose

( )7. A. arrived B. arrived at C. arrived in

( )8. A. others B. the others C. another

( )9. A. too B. so C. such

( )10. A. only B. just C. alone

Which stress of the following words is different form the other two?

A. complain     B. together    C. interesting

Are you sure that        ?

A. can you pass the math exam  B. you can pass the math exam

C. do you pass the exam

 All the students should keep the room        .

A. clean         B. cleaning      C. to clean

 I’ll        my hair      .

A. have, to cut    B. having, cut    C. have, cut

 Most students enjoy         in their spare time.

A. to watch TV   B. playing computer games   C. read English books

The postcards        me 10 dollars.

A. spent        B. cost      C. took

 I thought Deng Yaping was       short        play table tennis.

A. so, that      B. in order, to      C. too, to

 I was made        my homework the whole night.

A. do          B. doing     C. to do