1. Charlie and Harry were both ______ before.

A. policemen　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. drivers　　　 　　 C. soldiers　　 　 D. players

5. The sentence “He took ‘one small step for man and one giant leap for mankind’” means ________.

　 A. the space exploration started

　 B. people began to leave the Earth and explore other planets

C. the race between the USSR and America took place

　 D. even in space, countries compete instead of helping one another(DBBAD)

H

Charlie is a polite young man. He’s friendly to his workmates and neighbours and they liked him, too. His friend Harry, with whom he stayed in the army, likes drinking. He often tried to stop him doing it. Sometimes the young man listens to him, but sometimes he can’t control himself. One evening, when Harry had drunk much in a restaurant, he drove his car home. He drove so fast that he hit a big tree and the car was destroyed and he was hurt. He had to be in hospital. He was sorry for it and promised to give up drinking. But soon after that he forget it. One afternoon he hit an old woman who was crossing the street. A traffic policeman fined(罚款) him fifty pounds for it.

　 Hearing this, Charlie became angry. He said he would break off(绝交) with Harry unless he stopped drinking. Of course Charlie wouldn’t lose his close friend who had saved him in the fight. Harry decided to keep all the laws and rules. And it made his friend happy.

　 One Sunday afternoon it was hot. Harry was going to swim in the river. He changed his clothes, entered his car and started. When he was coming near the crossing, suddenly he remembered something and got off at once. He began to push his car in the street. It made the policeman curious and asked. “What’s the matter with your car, sir?”

　 “Nothing, sir,” answered Harry.

　 “But why not drive it, then?”

　 “Because I’ve left my license at home!”

4. Who is the first man landed on the Moon?

A. Neil Armstrong　 B. Sputnik　　　　 　 C. Yuri Gagarin　　 　 D. Laika

3. The first man-made satellite was set up by ______.

A. The USA　　　 　 B. The USSR　　　 　 C. The PRC　　 　　　　 D. The UN

2. What do you think Whirligig is?

　 A. She is a school girl in Sophie’s class.

B. She is a creature with bug eyes in computer.

　 C. She is nothing but a monitor.

　 D. She is a printer helps to print documents.

1. What are Sophie and Jake doing?

A. They’re talking about World War II.

B. They’re finding out some information about the World War II.

C. They’re playing with their pet-Whirligig.

D. They’re searching the internet.

3．You get far more plums if you shake the tree __________.

　　 A．four hundred times per minute at one inch shake　

　　 B．four hundred times per minute at two inches per shake

　　 C．eleven hundred times per minute at one inch shake

　　 D．eleven hundred times per minute at two inches per shake(DAD)

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 G

“World War II was terrible,” said Sophie. “Do you think countries will ever learn to live together peacefully?”

　 “They might-one day,” said Jake. “Let’s find out what happens when people leave the Earth and explore other planets.” He typed “SPACE EXPLORATION”.

　 Whirligig’s voice began:

　 “The first man-made satellite was launched in October 1957 by the Soviet Union. It was called Sputnik 1. The next month, they sent the first living creature，a dog called Laika into orbit. From then on, it was a race between the USSR and America to put the first man into space. The USSR won the race when some amazing news was reported on 12 April 1961:

　 Yuri Gagarin had completed a single orbit of the Earth. The American won a different race on July 1969 when their space craft landed on the Moon. As Neil Armstrong walked on to the Moon’s dusty surface, he took “one small step for man and one giant leap for mankind.”

　 “Even in space, countries compete instead of helping one another,” sighed Sophie.

2．Good fruit pickers know ______________.

A．how fast or slow to shake a tree　　

B．most of the fruits will hit the ground hard

C．it makes no difference how you shake a tree　 　　　　　　　　　　

D．too much shaking can change the branches

1．A smaller fruit usually needs ___________.　　　　　

　 A．a ladder　 　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．less shaking　　 　　　　　　　　　　

　　　 C．two people per tree　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．more shaking

4. The spy left the newspaper _________.

　 　A．by the plan　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．by mistake　　 　　　　　　　　　　

　　　 C．at Lane's request　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．out of kindness　 (AACA)

F

What could be simpler than shaking fruit from a tree? Well, the job is a lot more difficult than you might think. There is surely a right way and a wrong way to shake a fruit tree. And a person who is a　 good　 apple shaker may not be a good cherry(樱桃) tree shaker. Different fruits take different shakes. As a rule, a slow hard shake is best. This makes the fruit fall much faster than a light, quick shake. Most fruits have a fixed number of shakes per minute that will do the best job of getting then out of the tree and onto the grounD． To shake down plums(梅子),try shaking the tree four hundred times per minute, moving the tree two inches at each shake. Experts say that you will get three times more fruit from the tree than you will if you shake eleven hundred times per minute at one inch per shake. Cherries, because they are smaller, need more shaking. A good rate of shaking seems to be about twelve hundred shakes per minute. Apples like plums, need four hundred shakes. Of course, keeping track of all the numbers can be enough to drive some people up a tree