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　　Dear Roni,

　　Italy is wonderful. We started in Rome two weeks ago, drove to Florence last week and now we're on our way to Venice. Three weeks just isn't enough.

　　The country near Florence is so beautiful－hills, olive trees. And red roofs(屋顶) of the houses look so nice far away.

　　I am afraid I am getting bigger－the food here is so delicious!

Love,

Akemi

　　Roni Lebaver

　　222 Main St. Languna

　　Beach, CA 92651

　　U. S. A.

　　Hi Roni,

　　I can't believe(相信) you went to school here in Honolulu! Why did you leave?

　　I spend each morning on the beach(海滩) and in the water. The sand is so soft and the beaches seem so long. The water is just the right temperature.

　　One afternoon, I left the beach to walk in mountains near Honolulu. I enjoyed myself very much there.

　　How I miss you!

Mari

　　Roni Lebaver

　　222 Main St. Languna

　　Beach, CA 92651

　　U. S. A.

　　Dear Roni,

　　Maybe I'm strange but I love the desert(沙漠)!

　　Last week, our group spent four days in the desert. At times, it felt like the moon.

　　I always thought deserts were all the same! They are not. Some parts look like mountains; others are really different.

　　And when we find something green－－a few plam trees, a little water, we feel good and great.

　　See you in September,

Kim

　　Roni Lebaver

　　222 Main St. Languna

　　Beach, CA 92651

　　U. S. A.

1．Who seems to have eaten too much?

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2．Who went to school in Honolulu?

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3．Who spent four days on the moon?

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4．Where does Roni live?

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5．Which of the sentences is true?

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A．Akemi arrived in Rome two weeks ago.

B．Mari spends every morning and afternoon on the beach.

C．Deserts always look the same.

D．Mari had a good time in Honolulu.

Millions of stars are travelling about in space. A few form groups which travel together, but most of them travel alone.
And they travel through a universe which is so large that one star seldom comes near to another. For the most important part each star makes its journey in complete loneliness, like a ship on an empty ocean. The ship will be well over a million miles from its nearest neighbour. From this it is easy to understand why a star seldom finds another anywhere near it.
We believe, however, that some two thousand million years ago, another star wandering(漫游) through space, happened to come near our sun just as the sun and the moon raised itstides(潮汐) on the earth, so this star must have raised tides on the surface of the sun. But they were very different from the small tides that are raised in our oceans; A large tidal(潮汐的) wave must have travelled over the surface of the sun, at last forming a mountain so high that we cannot imagine it. As the cause of the disturbance came nearer, so the mountain rose higher and higher. And before the star began to move away again, its tidal pull had become so powerful that this mountain was torn to pieces and thrown off small parts of itself into space.
These small pieces have been going round the sun ever since. They are the planets.
【小题1】Most stars are _________________________.

A．following a regular path in space

B．moving about without a fixed course

C．seldom wandering about in the universe

D．always travelling together

【小题2】Some two thousand years ago, the mountain on the sun was raised probably because _____________.

A．the star moved away from the sun

B．another star happened to come near the sun

C．the sun and the moon raised the tides on the earth

D．a large tidal of wave travelled over the surface of the sun

【小题3】The article suggests that _______________.

A．how space formed

B．our earth exists before the sun

C．no one knows where the earth comes from

D．our earth used to be a high mountain in the sun

【小题4】The expression “the cause of the disturbance” refers to ________.

A．the large tidal wave	B．the powerful tidal pull
C．the star coming near the sun	D．one of sun’s planets

【小题5】 In the article, the writer mainly wants to tell us ______________.

A．where the planets in the universe came from

B．how the high mountains were formed on the sun

C．that the universe is so large that we cannot imagine it

D．why the tides over the surface of the sun were so powerful

Air is all around us.It is around us as we talk and play, From the moment we were born , we are surrounded(围绕) by air. When we sit down ,air is also around us ,we live in air .

All living things need air:living things cann’t live without air.

We can go without food or water for a few days ,but we can not live for more than a few minutes without air. When we are working or running ,we need some air. So we breathe faster than usual. When we are asleep, we need less air.

1.From the text ,we know that on the earth _____

A．there is air everywhere	B．some animals don’t need air
C．plants need more air	D．for a long time people don’t need air.

2.The writer tells us that _____.

A．there is less air on the earth than on the moon.

B．the earth is covered with water

C．the earth is covered with air

D．there is no air on the earth.

3.Which of the following things need air ?

A．land

B．A mziror

C．A cat

D．A river.

4.Which of the flooowing is the first important thing for people’s lives ?

A．water

B．air

C．food

D．sunlight .

5.A man needs more air when he _____.  

A．dies

B．runs fast

C．takes a rest

D．sleeps

 

When we look at the moon through a telescope(望远镜), we can see lines and circles(圆形物). People used to(过去常常) think that this was the moon’s face and that there was a man in the moon! This is not true. There is no man in the moon.
　　What do we know about the moon? First of all, the moon is much smaller than the earth. Days and nights on the moon are very long. One day on the moon is as long as two weeks on the earth. One night is also as long as two weeks on the earth. In the daytime the moon is very hot and at night is very cold.
【小题1】On the moon ____________.

A．there is a man	B．there is a woman
C．there are a lot of people	D．there is no man

【小题2】Now we know _____________________.
　　   

A．some facts about the moon

B．nothing about the moon

C．little about the moon

D．few facts about the moon

【小题3】Which of the following is true?

A．The moon is bigger than the earth.

B．The earth is much bigger than the moon.

C．The moon is as big as the earth.

D．The earth isn’t as big as the moon.

【小题4】 One day on the moon is as long as ______________.
　　   

A．seven days on the earth

B．fourteen days on the earth.

C．240 hours on the earth

D．two years on the earth

【小题5】The moon is very hot _____________.

A．all the time	B．during the night
C．in the daytime	D．at night and in the daytime

I’m a 12-year-old boy. I like traveling very much. How I wish to visit the moon some day! Wu Dong, Guangdong

 

I’m 15. Now I’m studying English in London. I want to invent(发明) a language (语言) machine (机器) that can help me understand many languages. Li Ming, Hunan

 

I’m 16. Before the earthquake (地震) on May 12, I wanted to be a news reporter. But now I want to be a doctor in the future. I’d like to help all the sick people. Wang Hao, Sichuan

 

I’m a 14-year-old girl in Tibet (西藏). The Qinghai Tibet Railway has been built. I’ll be able to reach Beijing by train in about 48 hours. My dream is to take the train to Beijing.                                             Joma, Tibet

 

I’m 13 years old. I want to invent a machine. It can send things or people from one place to another place far away in a minute. Wei Hua, Beijing

【小题1】What is Li Ming’s dream?

A．To invent a language machine.	B．To visit the moon.
C．To be a doctor.	D．To go to Beijing

【小题2】A bad earthquake happened in Sichuan on ______.

A．May 12

B．May 22

C．July 2

D．June 12

【小题3】Who is from Tibet?

A．Wei Hua.

B．Wang Hao.

C．Joma.

D．Wu Dong.

【小题4】People in Tibet can get to Beijing ______ in about 48 hours now.

A．by train

B．by bus

C．by plane

D．on foot

【小题5】The best title(标题) for these passages would be “______”.

A．A Doctor	B．My Dream
C．An English Teacher	D．Wenchuan Earthquake