One of my favourite things to do is hiking in mountains. Because nobody likes the idea of getting lost, I always prepare before every trip. But what’s the best navigation tool, a Global Positioning System (GPS) or a good old map and compass? Five of my friends and I hiked through the mountains on a trail I marked. One team of three carried a GPS, and the other team used a map and compass.
It took the GPS team 3 hours and 11 minutes to get through the whole hike, however, it took the map and compass team only 2 hours and 49 minutes. The biggest problem the GPS team met was that they lost the satellite signal (卫星信号) in some places. With no map or compass, they had to walk around until they were in a place where the signal was good. The map and compass team was able to spot (认出) different landmarks, compare them to their maps and then use the compass to point them in the right direction.
When I head out on my future hikes, I’m bringing a map, a compass and a GPS to show me the way.
【小题1】The writer prepares before every trip because he doesn’t _________.

A．like the old map or compass

B．know how to use the GPS

C．want to get lost in mountains

D．want to get into the mountains alone

【小题2】The two teams _________.

A．had the same navigation tool

B．went along the same trail

C．had the same problem

D．finished the whole hike at the same time

【小题3】In the end, the writer found out _________.

A．the map and the compass were too old navigation tools to use any more

B．it wasn’t necessary to bring a map and a compass together with a GPS

C．the GPS had some bad points in hiking in mountains

D．he wouldn’t use a GPS any more

In life, people come across many experiences, which they remember all their lives. I had a similar experience, too.

It was the day of my last paper of the final exam. My uncle had invited me to spend my vacation with him. I was especially excited about the invitation that my uncle had given me to stay with him for a few days in Cambridge.

On that day we got into our classroom. The teacher quickly handed out the paper. The exam would last two hours and some of the expected questions came. I finished it almost forty-five minutes earlier. But since it was a rule not to collect the paper before the allotted（规定的）time. I had to sit till the teacher collected the paper. I checked my paper twice and corrected some of the mistakes in it. I started thinking about the place my friends and I had planned to go to after the exam. The time seemed to be endless. So I thought of drawing something on the paper and turned it overleaf. I was shocked to see that the page which I had supposed to be blank had four more questions on it which carried 20 marks and would take at least half an hour to complete. There were only 10 minutes left. I was so nervous that I could hardly write anything. They were the sub-questions（小题）of the last question. Suddenly our physics teacher came in and told all of us that in the last question, out of 6 sub-questions only 2 had to be solved. I felt very relieved.

From then on, I realized that my anxiousness and excitement could have cost me to lose 20 marks and decided never to make such a mistake again.

1.Which of the following statements is true?

A．The writer didn’t work hard at physics.

B．The writer lost 20 marks for the last question.

C．The writer made some mistakes during the exam.

D．The questions on the paper were difficult for the writer.

2.The underlined word “relieved” means ________.

A．less worried                           B．less afraid

C．more surprised                         D．more nervous

3. We can infer（推断） from the passage that _____________.

A．the writer did 2 sub-questions of the last question

B．the writer finished doing all the sub-questions

C．the writer spent 45 minutes finishing the paper

D．the writer got full marks in the physics exam

4.We can learn from the passage that we should _____________.

A．learn some exam skills

B．be careful not to make mistakes in the exam

C．try our best to do well in the exam

D．concentrate on what we are doing

 

Mrs Elise was my teacher in the fourth grade. One day at lunch time, I was getting ready to eat my tuna fish (金枪鱼) sandwich and suddenly Mrs Elise asked me if she could buy my sandwich from me. She explained that I could use the money to buy a hot hunch from the cafeteria (食堂).

I was excited. I never bought my lunch at the cafeteria. It was too expensive for my family, and I always carried my lunch and took the bag back home to use it again the next day. So you could understand my happiness when I had the chance to buy a hot lunch.

When we finished lunch that day, Mrs Elise took me aside and said she wanted to explain why she had bought my sandwich. I really didn’t care why, but it gave me a few minutes of her special attention, so I was quiet as she explained. She told me that she was a Catholic(天主教徒) and Catholics didn’t eat red meat on Fridays, they ate fish on Fridays.

Oh, I couldn’t wait to get home and tell my mother that from then on I wanted a tuna fish sandwich on Fridays. After my mother understood why, she gladly made tuna fish sandwiches for me on Fridays. She even made it with brown bread because she knew Mrs Elise liked brown bread. From then on, every Friday I could get in line with other kids for a hot lunch. I didn’t care how many of the kids complained about cafeteria food. It tasted divine to me!

I realize now that Mrs Elise could have made herself tuna fish sandwiches on Fridays. But she bought mine because she saw a little girl who was excited at the simple act of having a hot lunch.

I will never forget Mrs Elise for her pity for me and generosity (慷慨) and what I should do is to follow her example.

1. From this passage we know_______.

A．Mrs Elise was the best friend of the writer

B．the writer came from a poor family

C．many or the writer’s classmates liked cafeteria food

D．the writer like to eat tuna fish sandwiches on Fridays

2. Mrs Elise bought the writer’s sandwiches because_______.

A．she was tired of cafeteria food

B．she hated getting in line with kids

C．she liked the tuna fish sand writer’s made by the writer’s mother

D．she wanted to show care to the writer

3. The underlined word“divine”means“_____”.

A．perfect           B．sweet            C．unpleasant        D．bad

4. Which of the following can we learn from this passage?

A．It is hard to please all.

B．Better to give than to receive.

C．Love makes the world go around.

D．The more you offer, the more you get.

 

One of my favourite things to do is hiking in mountains. Because nobody likes the idea of getting lost, I always prepare before every trip. But what’s the best navigation tool, a Global Positioning System (GPS) or a good old map and compass? Five of my friends and I hiked through the mountains on a trail I marked. One team of three carried a GPS, and the other team used a map and compass.

It took the GPS team 3 hours and 11 minutes to get through the whole hike, however, it took the map and compass team only 2 hours and 49 minutes. The biggest problem the GPS team met was that they lost the satellite signal (卫星信号) in some places. With no map or compass, they had to walk around until they were in a place where the signal was good. The map and compass team was able to spot (认出) different landmarks, compare them to their maps and then use the compass to point them in the right direction.

When I head out on my future hikes, I’m bringing a map, a compass and a GPS to show me the way.

1.The writer prepares before every trip because he doesn’t _________.

A．like the old map or compass

B．know how to use the GPS

C．want to get lost in mountains

D．want to get into the mountains alone

2.The two teams _________.

A．had the same navigation tool

B．went along the same trail

C．had the same problem

D．finished the whole hike at the same time

3.In the end, the writer found out _________.

A．the map and the compass were too old navigation tools to use any more

B．it wasn’t necessary to bring a map and a compass together with a GPS

C．the GPS had some bad points in hiking in mountains

D．he wouldn’t use a GPS any more

 

At 9 a.m. on October 15, 2003, our country launched (发射) its first manned (有人的) space-ship, Shenzhou V, into space at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu Province. It took Yang Liwei and his spaceship about 21 hours to circle the earth 14 times. Yang Liwei is China’s first astronaut. He comes from Liaoning Province, and he has been an air force pilot(飞行员) since 1983. He was chosen from 14 pilots after many difficult tests.

The life of an astronaut is hard to imagine for many people. To put on a space suit takes 15 minutes with the help of others. Sleeping in space is not easy, either. He has to sleep in a special sleeping bag on the wall because there is no gravity. Yang can eat chicken and rice. It’s especially made to eat in space but it doesn’t taste nice.

“I’m feeling very good in space, and it looks wonderful here,” said Yang, “I have looked at our beautiful earth and I have recorded all that I have seen here.”

China has become the third country in the world to send a person into space after the former Soviet Union(前苏联) and the United States. China is now planning its next launch. Shenzhou VI will be into space within(在……之内) the next years, it may take three astronauts. We are all proud of our motherland.

1.Shenzhou V was launched into space _____.

A．at 9 a.m. on October 15, 2003

B．at 9 p.m. on October 15, 2003

C．at 9 a.m. on October 16, 2003

D．at 9 p.m. on October 16, 2003

2.Yang Liwei is a(n) ______.

A．policeman

B．businessman

C．doctor

D．astronaut

3.Yang Liwei is from _______.

A．Liaoning

B．Gansu

C．Jining

D．Inner Mongolia

4.Which of the following is true?

A．It took Yang Liwei and his spaceship about 12 hours.

B．Life in space is easy for an astronaut.

C．China is planning its next launch now.

D．Yang Liwei is the first man into space.

5.We can know there are _____ countries in the world which can send man into space.

A．five

B．four

C．three

D．two