His father served in the army in ________ when he was in ________.

On June 11th, 2013, China sent up her tenth spaceship Shenzhou Ⅹ into space successfully. And three astronauts went together with it. They were Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang and Wang Yaping. Here is some information about the three astronauts.

Nie Haisheng was born in September, 1964. He is from Xiangyang, Hubei. After graduating from high school, he joined the PLA Air Force, and became a fighter pilot. In 1998, he was chosen for the astronaut program. He carried out Shenzhou Ⅵ with Fei Junlong in 2005. In 2013, he flew into space for his second time with Shenzhou Ⅹ. He is the commander of this mission.

Zhang Xiaoguang is from Jinzhou, Liaoning Province. He was born in May, 1966. Zhang joined the army in June 1985. In January 1998, Zhang was trained as one of China’s first batch(一批) of astronauts. Before he was trained as an astronaut, Zhang was a senior pilot. It’s reported that Zhang Xiaoguang is very humor and likes playing jokes very much.

After Liu Yang, Wang Yaping is the second woman astronaut in China. She was born in 1980 in Yantai, Shangdong. Wang Yaping joined the PLA in 1997. In 2010, Wang became a member of the second batch of Chinese astronauts and was chosen to the crew of the Shenzhou Ⅹ space mission in April, 2013. Wang is China’s first astronaut to give lectures to middle and elementary school students while in space.

1.How many astronauts were there flying in Shenzhou Ⅹ ?

A. Two????? ????????????? ? B. Three??????? ????????????? ?? C. Four??????? ????????????? ????????????? D. Five

2.Who has been to space twice?

A. Fei Junlong???? B. Zhang Xiaoguang???? C. Wang Yaping???? ????????????? D. Nie Haisheng

3.How old is Zhang Xiaoguang in 2013?

A. 45??????? ????????????? ? B. 46 ?????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. 47??????? ????????????? ????????????? D. 48

4.How long has Wang Yaping been an astronaut by 2013?

A. For 16 years.??? B. For 3 years.??? ????????????? ????????????? C. For 23 years.??? ????????????? D. For 13 years.

5.Which one of the following is wrong?

A. Zhang Xiaoguang is shy and he doesn’t like talking.

B. China has sent up 10 spaceships into space.

C. Nie Haisheng is the commander of Shenzhou Ⅹ.

D. Wang Yaping gave a lecture to students while in space.

Mo was born into a farming family in a village in Shandong province .He grew up listening to folk stories about gods, spirits foxes .Those stories later became the inspiration (靈感)for Mo’s writing.

Mo left school at the age of 12 and started to work in the fields . Although he was tired after his daily hard work ,Mo was always hungry for books .However, there were very few in the village .He read his older brothers’ textbooks and even dictionaries .He helped others with farm work in exchange for books . “When I finished reading all the books around ,I thought I was the most knowledge man in the world ,”he told Xinhua.

After Mo left his hometown and joined the army in 1976,he began to read widely ,including works by Lu Xun and many other famous writers .He studied from these writers but did not copy them .Instead ,he developed his own style .As the first Chinese citizen（公民）to win a Nobel Prize in literature, Mo told a group of reporters in his hometown shortly after he won the award . “I grew up in an environment filled with folk culture .It enters my novels whenever I pick up a pen This has affected ,even decided my style.”

1.When did Mo Yan leave school and start to work in the fields ?

A．a(chǎn)t the age of 12.                        B．a(chǎn)t the age of 11.

C．a(chǎn)t the age of 13                         D．a(chǎn)t the age of 15

2.Mo Yan is from_____

A．Shanxi            B．Jiangsu            C．Shandong         D．Guangdong

3.Mo Yan developed his own style_______

A．while listening to folk stories about gods ,spirits and foxes

B．during his dairy hard work in the fields.

C．when he won the Nobel Prize in literature.

D．a(chǎn)fter he studied from many famous writers.

4.Which of the following is wrong __________?

A．Mo Yan left school when he was very young.

B．Mo Yan was the most knowledgeable man in the world.

C．Mo Yan read many books when he was very young.

D．Mo Yan is the first Chinese citizen to win a Nobel Prize in literature.

5.What can we learn from Mo Yan’s success(成功)？

A．Rome was not built in a day.               B．Easier said than done.

C．Well begun , half done .                  D．The older, the wiser.