Yang Liwei circled the earth 14 times in 21 hours on October 15 and 16, 2003, landing on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. Looking a little tired, Yang stepped out of Shenzhou V, smiling and waving at the waiting people. “I feel very good.” Yang said to Premier Wen Jiabao on the phone. Yang said to a newspaper, “For our motherland and me, this is a great moment.”

China’s launch of Shenzhou V shows a higher starting point. It has two special systems（系统）to protect the spaceman, but neither Russian rockets（火箭）nor American ones have.

Yang didn’t know that he was chosen as China’s first spaceman until just before the launch. Although Yang was excited at the news, he still slept at 8p.m. as usual and was woken up at 8p.m. the next morning. Before the launch, Yang ate Chinese traditional food-dumplings. We all know that travelers usually eat them before going on a journey for good luck.

A stamp Success of China First Manned Space Flight was issued（发行）on October 16, 2003, making China the third country to send a spaceman into outer space.

1.It took Yang Liwei_____ to travel around the earth every circle.

       A. 6 hours    B. 90 minutes    C. 2 days      D. 21 hours

2.How did Yang Liwei feel after he came back to the earth?

       A. Quite tired.            B. A little scared.

       C. Tired but excited.       D. A little nervous

3.Which of the following statement is right?

  A. There is no difference between China’s spaceship and other countries.

  B. Yang Liwei knew he would be China’s first spaceman long before.

  C. From the news, Yang Liwei was too excited to fall asleep.

  D. Yang was proud of the flight.

4. What does the underlined word “launch” mean?

        A.发射    B.出发   C.制造    D.设计

5.China issued the stamps to _________.

  A. leave them in space

  B. give them to Yang Liwei as a reward

  C. celebrate the success

  D. give them to Russian and American spacemen.

（A）

China’s Manned Space Program

       根据文章内容，选择正确答案。

1The Chinese spaceman traveling in space in the autumn of 2003 is       .

                     A．Yang Liwei       B．Fei Junlong      C．Nie Haisheng    D．Zhai Zhigang

2 Before China, how many countries had already sent their spaceship into space?

                     A．Only one          B．Two                C．Three              D．We don’t know

3 Shengzhou V circled the earth in space       .

                     A．one time          B．four times        C．five times         D．fourteen times

4 During the second stage ,Chinese spacemen stayed in space for       .

                     A．one day           B．four days         C．five days          D．fourteen days

5 Chinese spacemen will possibly walk on the moon around       .

                     A．2007               B．2008                C．2010               D．2017

（B）

       When an earthquake hit a small town, many houses fell down. After the earthquake，all the newspapers reported many stories about some of the families who were in trouble.

       One Sunday, when I was reading a newspaper, a special picture touches(触动)me. It suggested everyone should give something helpful to the people in the earthquake. I thought that this would be a good chance to teach my children to help those who were less lucky than themselves. I said to my seven-year-old twins, Brad and Brett, and three-year-old Meghan. "We have so much, and these poor people now have nothing. We'll share what we have with them.”

       I filled a box with foods and clothes. While I was doing this, I encouraged the boys to choose their toys and give away some of their less favorite things. Meghan watched quietly when the boys took out their old toys and games and put them together. Then she walked away. A few minutes later she came back with Lucy, her much-loved doll. She put the doll on top of the other toys. "Oh, dear,” I said. “You don't have to give Lucy. You love her so much.” Meghan said, “Lucy makes me happy, Mommy. Maybe she'll make another little girl happy, too.”

       I looked at Meghan for a long moment. She taught me a lesson. It's easy to give something that we don't  want any more，but harder to give what we cherish(珍爱), isn’t it?

       根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正误，正确的写（T），错误的写（F）。（5分）

6 An earthquake happened in the writer’s hometown.

7 The writer learned the news of earthquake on the radio.

8 The writer decided to buy some clothes for those people in trouble.

9 The writer didn’t let Meghan give her much-loved doll.

10 The writer thinks it is more difficult to give what we love a lot.

　　Yang Liwei circled the earth 14 times in 21 hours on October 15 and 16, 2003, landing on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. Looking a little tired, Yang stepped out of Shenzhou V, smiling and waving at the waiting people. “I feel very good,” Yang said to Premier Wen Jiabao on the phone. Yang said to a newspaper, “To our motherland and me, this is a great moment.”

　　China's launch of Shenzhou V shows a higher starting point. It has two special systems (系统) to protect the spaceman, but neither Russian rockets (火箭) nor American ones have.

　　Yang didn't know that he was chosen as China's first spaceman until just before the launch. Although Yang was excited at the news, he still slept at 8 p. m. as usual and was woken up at 2 a. m. the next morning. Before the launch, Yang ate Chinese traditional food—dumplings. We all know that travelers usually eat them before going on a journey for good luck.

　　A stamp Success of China's First Manned Space Flight was issued (发行) on October 16, 2003, making China the third country to send a spaceman into outer space.

(1) It took Yang ________ to travel around the earth every circle.

[　　]

(2) How did Yang feel after he came back to the earth?

[　　]

(3) Which of the following statements (叙述) is right?

[　　]

A．There is no difference between China's spaceship and other countries'.

B．Yang knew he'd be China's first spaceman long before.

C．At the news, Yang was too excited to fall asleep.

D．Yang was proud of the flight.

(4) What does the underlined (画线的) word launch mean?

[　　]

(5) China issued the stamps to ________.

[　　]

A．leave them in space

B．give them to Yang Liwei as a reward

C．celebrate the success

D．give them to Russian and American spacemen

China’s first astronaut Yang Liwei walked   (1)   the re – entry capsule（返回舱）of the Shenzhou V spaceship, smiling and waving to the recovery team（搜救队）on the grasslands of the Gobi Desert, Inner Mongolia.

Yang had   (2)   21 hours in outer space, traveling more than 600,000 kilometres in the earth’s orbit（轨道）before Shenzhou V brought him   (3)   at 6:07 am Beijing time on October 16. Yang said he   (4)   excellent after the 21 – hour journey, the first by a Chinese astronaut.

At about 6:00 am, guided by she Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Centre（北京卫星指挥控制中心）, the return capsule of Shenzhou V entered China’s air space. Several minutes  (5)  the capsule landed  (6)   in Northwest China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and Yang reported “conditions good”.

Five rescue helicopters raced towards the capsule   (7)  found it at 6:35 am. They said Yang felt good and the conditions within the capsule also seemed normal.

At 6:51 am, Yang Liwei came out of the capsule by   (8) , waving and smiling to rescuers and reporters.

 (9)   Yang came out of the capsule, physicians immediately conducted a physical checkup（健康检查），which found him in good condition. At around 7:40 am, Yang was ferried（运送）by a military helicopter to Beijing, where a gala（欢乐）celebration party  (10)  .

All this marked the complete success of the manned flight.

（   ）1．A．in             B．out                    C．into                      D．out of

（   ）2．A．spent        B．pay                   C．cost                      D．took

（   ）4．A．feels         B．feeled                C．felt                       D．is feeling

（   ）5．A．ago          B．later                  C．after                     D．in

（   ）6．A．slow         B．slowly               C．safety                   D．safely

（   ）7．A．and          B．but                    C．so                        D．since

（   ）8．A．him          B．lonely                C．himself                 D．itself

（   ）9．A．Just          B．After                 C．Before                  D．Sooner

（   ）10．A．holding   B．was holding       C．was held               D．held