What’s the red star in the sky through a telescope(望远镜)? It is Mars. Do you want to know more about it? Take the “Mars Orbit Express”!

    “Mars Orbit Express” is a space probe (探测器). It was sent towards Mars by American scientists on August 12th，2005. Its tasks are to study Mars’ atmosphere and return photos to Earth. But before that “Mars Orbit Express” must travel about 100 hundred million kilometers and seven months. It reached Mars’ orbit(轨道)in March，2006.

     Mars and Earth have similar weight and size. However，Mars is closer to the sun than Earth. Mars is very cold. The average temperature is below 50℃. The temperature at noon only reaches 20℃ during a Mars day. Its atmosphere is mostly CO2. It has much sand and two moons---Phobos and Deimos.

     Scientists think Earth and Mars had similar beginnings 4.6 billion years ago. But while Earth supports millions of lives，Mars becomes bad. “Earth easily could have turned out like that.” said an scientist, “It is important for us to find out why and Mars Orbit Express’ should do that.” “Mars Orbit Express” also would help scientists to learn what might happen to Earth in the future.  “Mars Orbit Express” would work for about four years.

1. What can you see through a telescope when watching Mars? ________.

  A. Much sand           B.A red star         C. Its atmosphere         D. Its size

2.One of the tasks of Mars Orbit Express is _______.

A. taking pictures of Mars         

B. studying the weight of Mars

C. finding out distance between Earth and Mars

D. telling the time it takes to go from Earth to Mars

3.Compared with Earth，_______.

  A. Mars has a long history           B. Mars is big and heavy

  C. Mars is close to the sun           D. Mars’ atmosphere is mainly O2.

4. Which might be the proper title for the passage?

A. Mars：differences from Earth      B. A probe：to learn more about Mars

C. Mars: change of temperature       D. A probe：to tell the future of Earth

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According to a new survey, students’ safety has become a big problem. Nearly 50% of students say they are worried about robbery on the way to and from school. Now in many big cities in China, some schools have taught an unusual lesson: self-protection. Students like this lesson because there are no exams or boring classes. And they can learn how to save lives and know how to stop danger before it really happens.

Chen Haoyu, a teacher at Beijing No. 25 Middle School, gives young students advice on how they should deal with danger.

If you are robbed

Keep calm. If you cannot cry for help or run away, give the robber your money. Try to remember what the robber looks like and tell the police later.

If you are in a traffic accident

If a car hurts you, you should remember the car number. If it is a bicycle, try to call your parents before you let the rider go. This is because you don’t know how seriously you are hurt.

If it is raining hard and there is lightning

Don’t stay in high places and stay away from trees.

When there is a fire

Get away as fast as you can. Put wet things on your body and try to find an exit. Do not take the lift.

If someone is drowning

If you can’t swim, don’t get into the water. Cry out for help.

Remember that danger is never as far away as you think. Take care of yourself at all times!

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根据短文内容回答问题。

2.Why do students like the self-protection lesson?  

3.How many suggestions for dealing with danger did Chen Haoyu give ? 

______________________________________________________________

4.What should you do when there is a fire?

   ____________________________________________________________________.

5.The best title for this passage might be　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

---Excuse me, may I take the magazine away?

  ---No, you ______. You ______ only read it here.

A. mustn’t; can     B. mustn’t; need    C. may not; need    D. needn’t; can

If you go to Finland, you’ll be surprised to find how “foolish” the Finnish people are.

Take the taxi drivers for example. Taxis in Finland are mostly high class Benz with a fare (票价) of two US dollars a kilometer. You can go anywhere in one, tell the driver to drop you at any place, say that you have some business to attend to, and then get off without paying your fare. And the driver would not show the least sign of worry.

The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their guests, but also outside diners. Hotel guests have their meals free, so their good faith is to wave their registration card to the waiter. With such a loose check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends and dine free of charge.

With so many loopholes (漏洞) in everyday life, surely Finland must be a heaven to those who love to take “pretty advantages”. But the strange things is, all the taxi-passengers would always come back to pay their fare after they have attended to their business; not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms. As the Finns always act on good faith and always show an attitude of “which is which” and “what is what” in everything they do, so to live in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”. In a society of such high moral practice, what need is there for people to take precautions (预防措施) against others?

1.The word “foolish” probably means _____________.

2.Why wouldn’t the driver show the least sign of worry? Because _________.

3.The dining rooms in all big hotels ___________.

4.What’s FALSE according to the passage?

5.The sentences “which is which” and “what is what” show that __________.