A boy called Mario had many friends, and he was proud of it. Whoever he met, he would like to show off(炫耀) how popular he was at school.
One day, his grandpa said to him, “Mario, I know that you don’t have as many friends as you think. Many of them are not true to you.”
Mario thought maybe his grandpa was right. However, he wasn’t sure how he could test whether his schoolmates were real friends or not, so he asked his grandpa. The old man answered, “I have just exactly what you need. It’s in my room. Wait a minute.” The old man left, soon returning as if(好像) carrying something in his hand, but Mario could see nothing there.
“Take it. It’s a very special chair. Because it’s invisible, it will be hard for you to sit on it. However, if you manage to sit on it, you can use the chair’s magic power（力量） to tell who your real friends are.”
Mario took the strange invisible chair to school. At break time he asked everyone to form a circle, and he put himself in the middle, with his chair.
“Nobody move. You’re about to see something amazing，” said Mario. Then he tried sitting on the chair. Having difficulty seeing it, he missed and fell to the ground. Everyone had a pretty good laugh. “Wait, wait,” said Mario, making another try. But again he missed the seat.
Mario didn’t give up. He kept trying to sit on the magic chair. Finally, he did it. This time he felt himself in mid-air.
Then he experienced the magic that his grandpa had been talking about. Looking around, Mario saw George, Lucas and Diana holding him up, so he wouldn’t fall. But some schoolmates whom he had regarded as friends had done nothing but made fun of him. Mario was quite thankful to his grandpa, who helped him test who his true friends were.
【小题1】Mario’s grandpa gave him a special chair to _____.

A．sit on in the school

B．be his birthday present

C．test who his true friends are

D．play games with his friends at school

【小题2】What does the underlined word “invisible” mean in Chinese in the passage?

A．感激的	B．有帮助的
C．神奇的	D．看不见的

【小题3】Mario succeeded in sitting on his chair finally because_____.

A．his friends taught him

B．he had tried many times

C．his friends held him

D．the chair had magic power

【小题4】Which would be the best title（标题）for this story?

A．A Magic Chair	B．A Kind Grandpa
C．Mario’s True Friends	D．How to Test Friends

What does a UFO look like? Do you believe there are aliens outside the earth? Maybe nobody can tell us exactly, but some of us believe that we humans are not alone in this world. We have friends living outside the earth. And a lot of people in the world think they really have seen a UFO flying in the sky. Now many scientists are trying to understand the origin of the UFO sightings. Scientists even try to draw pictures about aliens and aliens’ life according to their imagination.        
Because we don’t really know about it, we call it UFO or Unidentified Flying Object. Many of us are curious(好奇的) about it and interested in it very much.
While scientists have no same ideas about whether there is an alien or not, it seems that China has been home to some UFO sightings recently.
On August 20^th,2011, a UFO was seen at 21:00 by the pilot on the plane which took off from Pudong International Airport to Changchun. At almost the same time, many astrophiles(天文爱好者)took pictures of it. Later, reports from some cities said that the UFO was seen. The pilot said the UFO was small at first, then expanded(扩大),moved north, and disappeared(消失)several minutes later. However, he couldn’t exactly make sure about what he had seen.
【小题1】What do scientists know about the aliens according to this passage?

A．Scientists know about the aliens’ life well.

B．Some scientists try to imagine aliens’ life.

C．Scientists have the same idea about the UFO.

D．Many scientists have already understood the origin of the UFO sightings.

【小题2】What happened on August 20^th,2011?

A．A UFO took off from Pudong International Airport.

B．A pilot took pictures of the UFO.

C．Many astrophiles saw the UFO.

D．The UFO was small when it moved north.

【小题3】Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to this passage?

A．UFO is short for Unidentified Flying Object.

B．Some people from some cities said that they saw the UFO on August 20th,2011.

C．The pilot could exactly make sure what he had seen.

D．Many of us are interested in the UFO.

What does a UFO look like? Do you believe there are aliens outside the earth? Maybe nobody can tell us exactly, but some of us believe that we humans are not alone in this world. We have friends living outside the earth. And a lot of people in the world think they really have seen a UFO flying in the sky. Now many scientists are trying to understand the origin of the UFO sightings. Scientists even try to draw pictures about aliens and aliens’ life according to their imagination.        
Because we don’t really know about it, we call it UFO or Unidentified Flying Object. Many of us are curious(好奇的) about it and interested in it very much.
While scientists have no same ideas about whether there is an alien or not, it seems that China has been home to some UFO sightings recently.
On August 20^th,2011, a UFO was seen at 21:00 by the pilot on the plane which took off from Pudong International Airport to Changchun. At almost the same time, many astrophiles(天文爱好者)took pictures of it. Later, reports from some cities said that the UFO was seen. The pilot said the UFO was small at first, then expanded(扩大),moved north, and disappeared(消失)several minutes later. However, he couldn’t exactly make sure about what he had seen.
【小题1】What do scientists know about the aliens according to this passage?

A．Scientists know about the aliens’ life well.

B．Some scientists try to imagine aliens’ life.

C．Scientists have the same idea about the UFO.

D．Many scientists have already understood the origin of the UFO sightings.

【小题2】What happened on August 20^th,2011?

A．A UFO took off from Pudong International Airport.

B．A pilot took pictures of the UFO.

C．Many astrophiles saw the UFO.

D．The UFO was small when it moved north.

【小题3】Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to this passage?

A．UFO is short for Unidentified Flying Object.

B．Some people from some cities said that they saw the UFO on August 20th,2011.

C．The pilot could exactly make sure what he had seen.

D．Many of us are interested in the UFO.

The building is shaking. A woman with a baby in her arms is trying to open the door, but fails. Finding no way, she rushes into her bedroom and there they survive the earthquake.
In a factory building, as the workshop floor swings under the terrible shaking, workers run for safety. Some hide(隐藏) under the machines and survive , but others who try to run outside are killed by the falling ceilings.?
These scenes, played by actors and actresses, are from a film of science education 《Making a Split Second Decision》 shown in 1998 on China Central TV in memory of Tangshan Earthquake.
By studying actual cases in the earthquake areas and scientific experiments, experts(专家)find that buildings remain untouched for the first 12 seconds of an earthquake.
In this short time, one has the best chance of surviving an earthquake by staying near the inside walls, in bedrooms and under beds, experts concluded in the film. “Earthquakes seem to catch the lives of those who run,” said many survivors in the earthquake areas, describing how their friends were killed on the doorways or along the stair steps as they tried to get out of the building.
Their advice was proved in the film, “Take a hiding-place where you are rather than run, unless you are sure you can reach a safe open place in ten seconds.”
【小题1】The word “survive” appears in the passage several times. It probably means    in Chinese.

A．遇难

B．幸存

C．恐惧

D．摇晃 ?

【小题2】The workers who tried to run outside the building died because      .

A．the factory building was shaking terribly

B．they were making a film

C．they didn’t have enough time to run outside

D．they were too nervous

【小题3】The passage suggests that you should      when an earthquake happens.

A．cry for help

B．not move and lie on the floor at once

C．run down the steps as fast as you can

D．find a safe place and hide in at once or run out in ten seconds

【小题4】Where can we probably find this passage?

A．In a magazine.	B．In an advertisement.
C．In a history book.	D．In a poster