1. What was the first newspaper story mainly(主要)about? 　 A. Sick children in Children’s Hospital 　 B. Doctors in Children’s Hospital. 　 C. Mrs. Weeks and her students. 　 D. Toys made by the boys and girls.

3. From September 11, the writer had realized that___________. 　 A. people should make the most of every minute they have 　 B. he has become less tolerant towards others 　 C. he should get worried about little things 　 D. life is too short to care about others.

2. What did the writer see after he turned on the TV that morning? 　 A. A fire starting　　　　 B. A plane flying 　 C. A terrible accident　　　 D. An act of terrorism.

1. The word “positive” in the passage probably means ______. 　 A. terrible　B. bad　C. good　D. real

5. Mr. Pettifer was ______ to see the falling of the meteorite. 　 A. happy 　 B. afraid 　 C. sorry 　 D. angry

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4. ______ people see a meteorite fall although they visit the earth often each year. 　 A. Quite a few 　B. some 　C. Few 　D. Many

3. Mr. Pettifer found the tops of the trees coming and going because ______. 　 A. the trees were afraid　 　 B. the fast falling meteorite kept the tree tops moving 　 C. it was going to rain　 　 D. the moving was made by wind

2. The meteorite was already ______ years old. 　 A. 40,000,000,000 　 B. 40,000,000 　 C. 400,000,000 　 D. 4,000,000,000