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A Plan For Exploring Mars
NASA is moving ahead with plans to put a long－armed lander on Mars' icy north pole to search for clues (线索) for water and possible signs of life.
The MYM386 million Phoenix Mars is planned to touch down in the Martian arctic in 2008.The stationary probe will use its robotic arm to dig into the icy land and pick up soil samples (标本，样品) to analyze. In 2002, the Mars Odyssey orbiter spotted evidence of ice－rich soil near the arctic surface.
Scientists hope the Phoenix mission will find clues to the geologic history of water on the Red Planet and determine whether microbes(微生物)existed in the ice.
Phoenix will be the first mission of the Mars Scout program, a renewed, low－cost effort to study the Red Planet. “The Phoenix mission explores new territory in the northern plains of Mars analogous to the permafrost regions on Earth，” Peter Smith said.
True to its name, Phoenix rose from the ashes of previous(先前的) missions. The lander for Phoenix was built to fly as part of the 2001 Mars Surveyor program. But the program broke down after the well－known disappearance of the Mars Polar Lander in 1999.The Polar Lander lost contact during a landing attempt near the planet's south pole after its rocket engine shut off prematurely,_causing the spacecraft to fall about 130 feet to almost certain destruction.
The Phoenix probe had been in storage at a Lockheed Martin clean room in Denver before it was reused for its present mission. It will carry science instruments that were designed for the Mars Surveyor program including an improved panoramic camera and a trench－digging robotic arm. Phoenix will lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in August 2007 and land on the planet nine months later.
1．The passage mainly tells readers that ________.
A．clues of water will be found in Phoenix
B．Phoenix will be sent to find clues of water on Mars
C．August 2007 will see Phoenix lift off
D．the Mars Scout program will be carried out
2．The underlined word “prematurely” (Paragraph 5) means “________”．
A．on time B．behind the time
C．out of work D．ahead of time
3．According to the passage, we know Phoenix will land on Mars ________.
A．in May 2008 B．in August 2007
C．in August 2008 D．in September 2008
4．According to the passage, the name “Phoenix” is after the meaning of ________.
A．rebirth B．death C．energy D．hope
5．After Phoenix lands on Mars, we can infer it will firstly ________.
A．find soil samples and send them to the earth
B．look for the icy land to dig for the soil samples
C．take photos and send them to the earth
D．find the remains of the Mars Polar Lander
After stepping into the classroom, I glanced round all the students and began my following words. “Thank you” are my 1. words, which I would like to use to express my deepest 2. to all of you.
Thinking back to the past 3 years, a lot of things 3. remain fresh in my memory. I cannot forget your 4. smile the first time I met you. I cannot forget that you were to 5. for your being late for class, 6. when I asked why you were late, you tried to 7. the fact of buying me a lovely teddy bear for Teacher's Day. I cannot forget your humorous words of breaking 8. when I was angry about your bad performance. I cannot forget that we share the happiness of success after making great 9..
With time going by, I come to 10. that you are the mirror of my life. The mirror can reflect my past and 11. my future. Looking through the mirror, I'm more aware of my 12. and weaknesses.
It is you who made me believe love can be 13. . It is you who made me realize sometimes in the 14. of pursuing our dreams, we may 15. some difficulties and setbacks（挫折）, but if we set up our mind to do it, 16. is impossible to a willing heart.
So standing in a higher position, I will help you to 17. the dreams confidently and firmly, 18. suffering the mistakes I made when I was your age.
19. , I pray that kind of friendship can stand the test of 20. and last forever. I pray that you can get good performance in the entrance examination and make your dreams come true.
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A traveler hurried down to the hall of an American hotel and went to the cash-desk. He had just 15 minutes to pay his bill and get to the station. Suddenly he remembered that he had left something in his room.
"Look here, boy," he said to the bellboy, "run up to my room and see if I have left a parcel on the table there. Be quick about it."
The boy ran upstairs. Five minutes passed. The traveler was walking up and down the hall, looking very angry. At last the boy appeared.
"Yes, sir," he reported to the traveler," you have left the parcel there, it's right on the table in your room."
1.The traveler _______.
A. ran down the street
B. came downstairs hurriedly
C. ran so quickly that he fell down
D. came into the hotel hall very quickly
2.Whichh statement is true?
A. He had to pay his bill and arrived at the station in 15 minutes .
B. It took him 15 minutes to go to the station from the hotel.
C. He could pay his bill in 15 minutes and then go to the station .
D. He had nothing but 15 minutes.
3.According to the passage, a bellboy is _____.
A. a boy whose work is to ring the bell
B. a boy who plays with a bell
C. a boy whose work in a hotel is to help guests with their bags
4.The traveler asked the boy _____ .
A. to go upstairs
B. to look for his parcel
C. to fetch the parcel he had left in his room
D. only to see if the parcel was on the table in his room
5.Five minutes later, the boy ______ .
A. ran up to the room
B. came downstairs
C. reported to the traveler in the room
D. came down to the hall but brought nothing back
The flying fox is not a fox at all. It is an extra large bat that has got a fox’s head, and that feeds on fruit. Like all bats, flying foxes hang themselves by their toes (趾) when at rest, and travel in great crowds when out flying. A group will live in one place for years. Sometimes several hundreds of them occupy a single tree. As they return to the tree towards sunrise, they quarrel among themselves and fight for the best places until long after daylight.
Flying foxes have babies once a year, giving birth to only one at a time. At first the mother has to carry the baby on her chest wherever she goes. Later she leaves it hanging up, and brings back food for it to eat. Sometimes a baby bat falls to the ground. Then the older ones fly down and try to pick it up. If they fail to do so, it will die. Often hundreds of baby bats can be found lying on the ground at the foot of the tree.
【小题1】The passage tells us that there is no difference between the flying fox and the ordinary bat in ______.
| A．their size | B．their appearance |
| C．the kind of food they eat | D．the way they rest |
| A．double their number every year |
| B．fight and kill a lot of themselves |
| C．move from place to place very often |
| D．lose a lot of their young |
| A．fly out toward the sun |
| B．look for a new resting place |
| C．come back to their home |
| D．go out and look for food |
| A．to occupy the best resting places |
| B．only when it is dark |
| C．to protect their homes from outsiders |
| D．when there is not enough food |
| A．They only care for their own babies. |
| B．They share the feeding of their young. |
| C．They help when a baby bat is in danger. |
| D．They often leave home and forget their young. |
The small unframed painting called “Fisherman” was signed by a little-known Italian artist, Maveleone (1669-1740). When it was sold recently in New York for $ 27000, the seller, Mr. Oliver Pitt, was asked to explain how the picture had come into his possession.
Pitt said, “I didn’t know it was so valuable. I’m not an art expert. Photography is my hobby. I bought ‘Fisherman’ in Italy in 1970 for $140．the picture was dirty, and I couldn’t see the artist’s signature. But anyway it wasn’t the picture that I like. I bought it because of the frame.”
“It’s most unusual frame, made of tiny, silvery sea-shells. They are set in such a way that they reflect perfect light onto the surface of a picture. I now have a photograph of my wife in that frame, and I’ll never part with it.”
“When I returned to New York I showed the painting in its frame to a customs officer. I told him that I had paid $140 for it but admitted I didn’t know its actual worth. The customs man valued it at $ 140, and I was asked to pay duty on that value. I did so, there and then.”
“Later, I took off the frame, and that uncovered Maveleone’s signature. My wife suggested in fun that the painting might be a valuable one, so I cleaned it and put it up for sale.”
As a result of his explanation, Oliver Pitt had to appear in court. He was accused of (指控) knowingly making a false statement of the value of a picture so as to cheat the Customs Department.
Pitt was not happy. “I told the truth as I knew it then,” he said, “What else could I say?”
And then the judge agreed with him. “The Customs Department is to be responsible (blame),” he said, “for making a true valuation of goods bought into the country, so that the correct amount of duty may be charged. Mr Pitt did not cause or try to cause the mistake that was made. He paid the duty that was demanded. If now, the Customs Department finds that its valuation was not correct, it cannot be allowed to have another try. Pitt is not guilty.
1.Pitt met the customs officer __________, where the officer was employed to ________.
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A．at the railway station or airport; examine people’s baggage |
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B．at the airport or port; examine people’s baggage |
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C．at the bus-stop; help people enter the USA |
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D．at the airport or port; help people enter the USA |
2.From the passage we can infer that if Maveleone had been a well-know artist _________.
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A．the painting would have cost much more than $ 140 |
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B．he wouldn’t have sold his painting at such a low price |
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C．the customs officer wouldn’t have valued the painting at $ 140 |
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D．Pitt wouldn’t have had the intention to buy any of his paintings |
3.Pitt took off the frame in order to ____________.
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A．clean the painting to put it up for sale |
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B．look for the artist’s signature |
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C．use if for his wife’s photograph |
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D．find the painting’s true value |
4.Which is true according to the passage?
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A．Pitt knew the true value of the picture. |
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B．Pitt’s wife knew the true value of the picture. |
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C．When Pitt’s wife suggested keeping the picture, she was kind of joking. |
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D．Pitt didn’t pay any duty at all. |
5.Which of the following statements is true to the story? In the end __________.
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A．Pitt was asked to pay the correct amount of duty. |
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B．Pitt sold the frame of the painting at an even higher price. |
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C．The Customs Department had no right to revalue the painting. |
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D．Pitt’s wife was regarded as an expert because of her wise suggestion. |
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