If you watch the sky about an hour after the sun goes down, you may see some “moving stars” ．But they’re not real stars．They are man-made satellites．And the biggest of all is the International Space Station（ISS國(guó)際空間站）．

From now until July is the best season to watch the ISS flying over the earth, and people can see it just with their eyes．The ISS is the biggest man-made satellite because scientists want to live on it．They think that the best way to learn more about space is to live there．

When the space station is finished, it will be like a city in space．People will stay an study there with many of the things they have at home．Laboratories, living rooms and power stations are being built．The ISS is the most ambitious（雄心勃勃） and expensive space program ever．Billions of dollars are being spent on it every year．

Scientists hope that the ISS will be a stepping-stone（墊腳石） for future space explanation．“The ISS will help us better understand the human body, explore space and study the earth, It can help us make life on the earth better,” said Kathryn Clark , an ISS scientist．

China is not an ISS country, but it has helped with some of the experiments．China sent some rice up to the ISS to find out what space would do to it．

The ISS is not finished yet．More than 100 parts need to be put on．Scientists hope it will be finished as soon as possible．After it’s finished, more than 90%of the world’s population will be able to see the Space Station．So keep looking up, and maybe you’ll see it get bigger．

1．The ISS is ______．

       A．a(chǎn) world power station                                 B．a(chǎn) man-made satellite

       C．a(chǎn)n outer space moving star                          D．a(chǎn) stepping-stone to the sun

2．You can watch the International Space Station with your eyes _________．

       A．a(chǎn)n hour before sunset                                  B．while flying on the earth

C．in a special room                                        D．from now till July

3．The ISS is in fact regarded as _______ for space exploration．

       A．a(chǎn) laboratory            B．a(chǎn) city                      C．a(chǎn) living room           D．a(chǎn) museum

4．The passage tells us that ________．

       A．China belongs to the ISS

       B．to build the ISS will cost less in the future

       C．China did some research on wheat through the ISS

       D．the best way to learn more about space is to live on the ISS

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從A到F中選擇相應(yīng)的中心詞。（方框中有一個(gè)選項(xiàng)是多余的）

A Day in Your Future Life

People used to know more or less how their children would live. Now things are always changing and we don’t even know what our own lives will be like in a few years. Let’s see what scientists tell us about the future.

1．You go to the kitchen when you get home. The foods are prepared and sent to you. You ordered them by computer an hour ago. You said for them through bank cards before they arrived. Nobody uses cash（現(xiàn)金） any more.

2．What’s for lunch? In the old days, you used to go to a fast food restaurant to get a hamburger and some coke. Now you use your special machine to find out which foods your body needs. Your food-machine makes you what you need.

3．After lunch, you go down the hall to your home office. Here you have everything you need to do your work, You never have to go out to work anymore.

4．Your information screen says that you’re received a message from a friend in America. Your computer can turn English into Chinese. Your friend’s face appears on the screen, and the Chinese words appear at the bottom.

5．You finish working and go back to your living room. You turn on the TV and look through the list of new movies. It’s a like having a video store in your home. How about a movie tonight?

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