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  Cathy finds some new reports in today's newspaper.Let's read them carefully and answer the following questions.

  News 1 Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice(杂交水稻), won the world Food Prize(世界粮食奖)on Monday.Yuan developed the world's first popular and widely grown hybrid rice.Hybrid rice plants can make more rice than regular ones.

  News 2 There will be a new“star”in the sky soon.China plans to send a satellite into space by December 2006.It will stay in space for one year.It will go around the moon and take pictures.It must be very expensive, right? That's for sure-1.4 billion(十亿)yuan!

  News 3 Have you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours? One day, maybe you can.Last Saturday, the American X-43A airplane made its first flight.It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometers per hour.This makes it the fastest plane in the world.X-43A is only three to four meters long, but it's very heavy, it weighs 1, 270 kilogram's.

  News 4 Have you ever got angry at books that full of mistakes? Don't worry, things will get better soon.Last week, China started checking textbooks, dictionaries and children's books all over the country.The government said the results of the check would cone out at the end of June.

(1)

Yuan Longping won the World Food Prize because ________.

[  ]

A.

he is the father of his children

B.

he likes to eat hybrid rice

C.

he developed the world's first popular and widely grown hybrid rice

D.

his effort in the farming

(2)

Which of the following statements about the new star is not true?

[  ]

A.

It will go around the moon.

B.

It costs a lot of money.

C.

It will stay in space for two years.

D.

It will go into space by December 2006.

(3)

The checking of textbooks, dictionaries and children's books will ________.

[  ]

A.

make sure there are no mistakes in them

B.

make the children sad

C.

cost a lot of money

D.

make sure the books are not too expensive

(4)

The speed of the fastest plane in the world is ________.

[  ]

A.

1, 270 kilometers per hour

B.

8, 000 kilometers per hour

C.

43 kilometers per minute

D.

1.4 kilometers per second

(5)

The correct title of News 2 is ________.

[  ]

A.

New Star for China

B.

No More Mistakes

C.

Father of New Rice

D.

World's Fastest Plane

答案:1.C;2.C;3.A;4.B;5.A;
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