【小题1】 Collecting stamps is one of my __________（爱好）.
【小题2】It’s not __________（礼貌的）to talk with your mouth full.
【小题3】 I think the telephone was __________（发明）in 1876.
【小题4】 China is getting richer and stronger in the new __________（世纪）.
【小题5】 We’ll be able to finish the project _________（容易的）.

The San Diego Zoo has been a lovely home for giant pandas since two of the black-and-white bears came to visit in 1987. This week there was snow in San Diego—well, at least for a lucky group of giant pandas.

Over 15 tons of snow was blown into the San Diego Zoo's panda area on Tuesday morning to give the endangered bears a chance to play. They would experience the snow just like living in their natural habitat.

The snow day was a first for Xiao Liwu whose name means "Little Gift." He was the sixth baby panda born to Bai Yun. Xiao Liwu was jumping on Mom, playing with her and getting used to being thrown in the snow by mama bear. Jennifer Becerra, San Diego Zoo keeper said, "He was really enjoying the snow and running around. I've never seen him so happy."

All the San Diego Zoo’s giant pandas are from China, as part of a long-term captive breeding(人工养殖) program. Four of Xiao Liwu's brothers have already been moved from California to China.

Today there are 44 giant pandas living in zoos outside of China, where the bears' only natural home is. As just 1,600 pandas are thought to be left in the wild, researchers insist that captive breeding is an important way to study and protect the endangered pandas. Not only because of the habitat loss from human activities and low reproductive rates(繁殖率), giant pandas' survival is also affected by climate change. A study showed that global warming could kill much of the bears' main food, bamboo, over the next century.

1.Why was the snow blown into the San Diego Zoo's panda area?

A．To stop the bamboos from dying.

B．To give the pandas a chance to play.

C．To help the pandas live in their natural habitat.

D．To make Xiao Liwu happy.

2.What’s the relationship between Bai Yun and Xiao Liwu?

A．Wife and husband.

B．Father and daughter.

C．Sister and brother.

D．Mother and son.

3.What is NOT the factor that influences the giant pandas' number?

A．The loss of habitat.

B．Low reproductive rates.

C．Human research.

D．Climate change.

4.Which of the following is the best title of this passage?

A．Giant pandas in San Diego Zoo

B．Giant pandas in danger

C．Xiao Liwu’s happy time

D．How to protect giant pandas

5.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．Captive breeding is the most useful way to protect giant pandas.

B．More than 44 giant pandas live in zoos outside of China now.

C．China is the only natural home of giant pandas.

D．Xiao Liwu was afraid of being thrown in the snow by mama.

 

At 9 a.m. on October 15, 2003, our country launched (发射) its first manned (有人的) space-ship, Shenzhou V, into space at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu Province. It took Yang Liwei and his spaceship about 21 hours to circle the earth 14 times. Yang Liwei is China’s first astronaut. He comes from Liaoning Province, and he has been an air force pilot(飞行员) since 1983. He was chosen from 14 pilots after many difficult tests.
The life of an astronaut is hard to imagine for many people. To put on a space suit takes 15 minutes with the help of others. Sleeping in space is not easy, either. He has to sleep in a special sleeping bag on the wall because there is no gravity. Yang can eat chicken and rice. It’s especially made to eat in space but it doesn’t taste nice.
“I’m feeling very good in space, and it looks wonderful here,” said Yang, “I have looked at our beautiful earth and I have recorded all that I have seen here.”
China has become the third country in the world to send a person into space after the former Soviet Union(前苏联) and the United States. China is now planning its next launch. Shenzhou VI will be into space within(在……之内) the next years, it may take three astronauts. We are all proud of our motherland.
【小题1】Shenzhou V was launched into space _____.

A．at 9 a.m. on October 15, 2003

B．at 9 p.m. on October 15, 2003

C．at 9 a.m. on October 16, 2003

D．at 9 p.m. on October 16, 2003

【小题2】Yang Liwei is a(n) ______.

A．policeman

B．businessman

C．doctor

D．astronaut

【小题3】Yang Liwei is from _______.

A．Liaoning

B．Gansu

C．Jining

D．Inner Mongolia

【小题4】Which of the following is true?

A．It took Yang Liwei and his spaceship about 12 hours.

B．Life in space is easy for an astronaut.

C．China is planning its next launch now.

D．Yang Liwei is the first man into space.

【小题5】We can know there are _____ countries in the world which can send man into space.

A．five

B．four

C．three

D．two

根据句意及首字母或汉语提示完成单词。(5分)

1.China is a l________ country with a long history.

2.What s________ shoes would you like?

3.We often have rice，meat，________ (马铃薯) for lunch every day.

4.What ________ (饮料) would you have?

5.We have many great ________ (特色菜) in the restaurant. 

 

Project Hope is a social service program to help poor students. It started on October 30^th, 1989. It aims to bring schools into poor areas of China, and to help poor families afford an education for their children.

    In the past sixteen years, Project Hope has raised about 3 billion yuan from people at home and abroad. It has paid for the education of 2.5 million poor students and sent 2.3 million students to high schools. Minmin comes from a poor family. She has received help from Project Hope. Without the help of project Hope, she couldn’t go on her studies. Project Hope changes her life. She has been a college student for two years. With the money, Project Hope has built thousands of schools and libraries and trained 2300 teachers. But 40 million children from poor families still need help, so Project Hope still has a lot of work to do.

1. Project Hope is a social service program to _______________.

A. help homeless people          B. help poor students                 C. help disable children

2.Project Hope started ___________.

A. in 1998                B. 14 years ago                      C. in the past sixteen years

3. Minmin has been a college student with the help of ___________.

A. Project Hope                   B. her classmates                 C. her teachers

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Project Hope has raised money to build ring roads.

B. Project Hope has raised money from Home and abroad.

C. Project Hope has trained 2.5 million teachers.

5.The writer wrote this article to ______________.

A. tell us what Project Hope does

B. tell us how poor China is   

C. raise money