Years ____3____ they knew many things about the moon. They knew ____4____ it was and how far away it was from the earth. ____5____ they wanted to know more about it. They thought the best way was to send ____6____ to the moon. In 1969, two Americans landed on the moon.

The moon is about 384000 kilometres away from the earth. A plane cannot fly to the moon because the air ____7____ only 240 kilometres away from the earth, But something can fly even when there is no ____8____. That is a rocket(火箭).

____9____ does a rocket, fly? There is gas(气体)in it.When the gas is made very ____10____ inside the rocket, it will rush out of the end of rocket, so it can make the rocket ____11____ the sky.

Rockets can fly far out into space. Rockets with people in them ____12____ the moon. Several rockets without people in them have ____13____ to another planet(行星)much farther away than the moon. One day rockets ____14____ be able to go to ____15____ place in space.

1． (　)A．know　　    B．mean　　　　  C．say　　　　    D．point

2． (　)A．without　　  B．behind　　　　 C．between　　　　 D．over

3． (　)A．before　　    B．after　　　　  C．later　　　　    D．ago

4． (　)A．how long　　 B．how heavy　　  C．how wide　　    D．how big

5． (　)A．
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So　　　　   B．Because　　    C．After　　　　  D．But

6． (　)A．men　　　　 B．satellites　　   C．spaceships　　    D．news

7． (　)A．gets 　　　　B．reaches　　    C．arrives　　　　   D．stays

8． (　)A．air　　　　  B．space　　　　  C．cloud　　　　    D．smoke

9． (　)A．Where　　    B．When　　　　 C．How　　　　    D．What

10． (　)A．cook　　    B．cold　　　　  C．hot　　　　　　    D．warm

11． (　)A．to run out of   B．run out of    C．to fly up into　　   D．fly up into

12． (　)A．have been to   B．have gone to   C．have been in　　 D．have gone in

13． (　)A．visited　　    B．flown　　　　 C．risen　　　　    D．fallen

14． (　)A．can　　　　  B．may　　    C．need　　   　　   D．would

15． (　)A．any　　　　  B．some　　　　    C．a　　　　　　   D．the

I am a middle-school student. Now let ___1___ tell you something ___2___ our classroom.

It's very ___3___. There are two maps ___4___ the back wall. ___5___ is a map of China.

___6___ is a map of the world (世界).

    There are ___7___ desks and chairs in our classroom. There is a big desk ___8___ the

teacher in the front of it. We ___9___ four classes in the ___10___ and two in the afternoon

    1. a. I　　　　　　b. my 　　　　　　　c. me　　　　　　d. we

    2. a. about　　　　b. in 　　　　　　　c. on 　　　 　　d. at

    3. a. small 　　 　b. big 　　 　　　　c. bigger 　　 　d. biggest

    4. a. in 　　　　　b. on 　　　　　　　c. under 　　　　d. over

    5. a. It 　　　　　b. It's 　　　　　　c. One 　　　　　d. one

    6. a. Other 　　 　b. Others 　　　　　c. Another 　　　d. The other

    7. a. fourty　　　 b. forty 　　 　　　c. forteen 　　　d. fourteenth

    8. a. for 　　　 　b. of　　　 　　　　c. to 　　　　　 d. about

    9. a. there is 　　b. there are 　　 　c. has 　　　　　d. have

    10. a. moning　　　b. mourning 　　　　c. morning 　　　d. moring

America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real，yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two，perhaps a few letters for a while— then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance，even years later，they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand，because friendships between us develop more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings，extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.

Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes，share their holidays，and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.

    Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives，they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes，we，as hosts，will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans，however，express their welcome usually at homes，but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes，the welcome will be full，warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.

    For the Americans，it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants，except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!

1.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?　　

A. Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.

B. Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.　　                

C. Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.　　

D. Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.　　

2. From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend，we will probably be ______.

A. warmly welcomed at the airport            

B. offered a ride to his home

C. treated hospitably at his home                        

D. treated to dinner in a restaurant

3.The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.

A. strict with time　　　       B. willing to spend time　　

C. careful with time                               D. serious with time

4.A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.

A. Friendships between Chinese       

B. Friendships between Americans　　

C. Americans’hospitality                

D. Americans’and Chinese’s views of friendships

—Merry Christmas!

—_______.

　 A. I’m very happy　　　　　　　　　　　 B. It’s very kind of you

　 C. Thanks. The same to you　　　　D. My pleasure