Olympic torch relay around the world

The Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay (火炬接力) will travel the longest distance, cover the greatest area and include the lar­gest number of people. On March 25,Olym­pic Flame (火種)will be lit (點(diǎn)燃) in Greece.

Route Distance: 137 000 km Time: 130 days

Route:March 31,Torch Relay starts in Beijing→.London→Paris→San Francisco.. →Hong Kong..→Beijing

Torch Length:72 cm Torch Weight:985 grams Design: It is based in the shape of a paper scroll (卷) with lucky clouds on it.

It can stay lighted (燃燒的) in bad weather conditions.

根據(jù)以上信息填空，每空填一詞。

The Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay will travel a 1.(76) distance than before. It will take more than 2.(77) months to travel around the world. The Torch Relay will start in the city of3.(78) . The torch is 4.(79) cm long and 985 grams heavy. It looks like a paper scroll. Bad weather can't     5.(80)    the torch from burning.

 

1. Thanks for _________ (選擇) such a nice birthday present for me.

2. Listen! You really need to __________(鍛煉) more and eat less..

3.Halloween is a special  _____________(節(jié)日) in Westen countries.

4.I seldom sit between__________ (they).

5. It’s my ______________(one) time to have a good time on the Great Wall.

6. How many ___________(猴子)are there on the farm?

7. Our English teacher often__________(dress)up in a nice suit when a new term starts.

8. Millie is one of the best ___________ (swim) in our school .

9. My cat is climbing________(穿過) the window to catch the mouse.

10. Eat more vegetables and fruit ,and you can stay ____________(health).

 

Henry works in a factory. He likes to watch         matches very much and spends much time         it.

One evening, there was a big football match on the playground. He went there at once after work. There         a lot of people there. And all the tickets were sold out（賣完）. He was sorry for it. He saw a pole（電線桿）outside the playground and         it up quickly. A policeman came and said, “It’s         to stay on it! Come down!”

Just at that time, the policeman heard cheers on the playground and asked in a hurry, “Which team         a goal?”

“Ours!”

“Wonderful! You can stay there. Be careful!”

The policeman said happily and left.         the match would soon be over, he came back again and asked, “Who is        ?”

“Theirs, 3-2.”

“Come down,” the policeman said        , “such a match isn’t worth（值得）watching!”

Henry         come down. But soon they heard cheers again. The policeman said in a hurry, “Climb up quickly and see who’s kicked a goal!”

1.A. basketball                              B. football                   C. baseball

2.A. in                                                      B. on                                      C. to

3.A. had                                             B. was                                     C. were

4.A. climbed                                      B. looked                               C. put

5.A. interesting                             B. easy                                 C. dangerous

6.A. kicked                                              B. passed                              C. threw

7.A. Until                                        B. When                               C. After

8.A. playing                                       B. missing                     C. winning

9.A. angrily                                             B. happily                    C. luckily

10.A. wished to                                      B. had to                               C. liked to

 

BEING an astronaut sounds cool, doesn't it? In space, they get to do some pretty amazing things, like floating in zero gravity(重力).
However, there are also plenty of things that astronauts can't do because of their weightless environment, and that's very sad. What's worse, they can't even let their sadness show, because it's impossible to cry in zero gravity.
Of course, astronauts can still produce tears. But crying is much more difficult in space, according to The Atlantic(大西洋月刊) in January. Without gravity, tears don't flow(流動(dòng)) down out of the eyes like they do here on Earth. This means that when you cry in space, your tears have nowhere to go-they just stick(粘) to your eyes.
In May 2011, astronaut Andrew Feustel experienced this during one of his spacewalks. "Tears," he said, "don't fall off of your eyes...They just kind of stay there."
Besides making your vision(視線)unclear, this can also cause physical pain. Back on Earth, tears are supposed to bring comfort to the eyes. But that's not the case in space. The space environment dries out astronauts' eyes, and when tears suddenly wet the eyes, it can cause pain rather than comfort. "My right eye is stinging(刺痛) like crazy," Feustel told his teammate during the walk.
Since gravity doesn't work in space, astronauts need some extra help to get rid of（除去） the tears. Feustel chose to rub his eyes against his helmet to wipe(擦) the tears away. Another choice is to just wait-"When the tears get big enough they simply break free of the eyes and float around," astronaut Ron Parise told The Atlantic.
There are lots of small things-things like crying-that we are so used to on Earth. We usually take them for granted until they become a problem in a totally different environment, like space.  There, astronauts can't talk to each other directly. They also can't eat or drink in normal ways. They can't even burp (打嗝), because there is no gravity to hold the food down in their stomach. If they do burp, they just end up throwing up（嘔吐）everything in their stomach, according to the UK National Space Center.
Therefore, perhaps it's only space explorers who can honestly say: "Gravity, you're the best."
【小題1】From Paragraphs 2 and 3 , we can know that_______.

A．a(chǎn)stronauts are unable to feel sad in space

B．a(chǎn)stronauts produce fewer tears in space

C．tears produced in space flow down more slowly

D．tears produced in space don't flow downward

【小題2】What effect do tears have on astronauts?

A．They cause physical pain.

B．They bring comfort to them.

C．They make their vision clearer.

D．They float around and cause trouble.

【小題3】The underlined phrase "take them for granted" in paragraph 7 means _______.

A．find them important

B．consider them useless

C．need them during an emergency

D．fail to notice their presence(存在)

【小題4】The second-to-last paragraph (paragraph 7) is mainly about_______.

A．suggestions of how astronauts can stay comfortable in space

B．other basic things that are difficult to do in space

C．why burping is impossible in space

D．things human can't do without gravity

閱讀理解（二）（本題共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）
閱讀下列短文回答問題：
The most unusual museum in London is the Science Museum. In most museums, there’s no shouting and no running, and you aren’t allowed to touch the exhibits. But the Science Museum is different… because it’s noisy ! People talk about what they can see and do there, and some of the machines are noisy as well. Visiting the Science Museum is fun and it’s a great way to learn about science because you can work things out and try out ideas.
When I visit the Science Museum, I go to the Launch Pad. This is my favorite room because you can do physics experiments. For example, if you want to fill a bag with falling sand, you have to move a kind of truck on wheels into the correct position. I also go to the Rocket Show. You can learn how we travel into space and back again.
Then I go upstairs to the Human and Nature room. You can compare your speed with animals there. You hear a noise and push a button. If you aren’t fast enough, the lion catches you! I’m faster than all my friends, but the lion still catches me.
You can do a lot of things in this museum, but you have to obey some rules as well. For example, you mustn’t take photos of the exhibits in the museum. But you can buy postcards of them in the museum shops.
Above all, the Science Museum is free. That means you can drop in for a few minutes or you can stay as long as you like – it’s open every day, from 10 am to 6 pm. So if you ever go to London, make sure you visit the Science Museum. It’s my favorite museum in the whole world.
【小題1】Where does Tony go first when he visits the Science Museum?
【小題2】What can you try out in the Human and Nature room?
【小題3】How much does it cost to go in the Science Museum?
【小題4】How long can you stay at the Science Museum ?
【小題5】What does the writer think of the Science Museum?