The question whether there is life on Mars (火星) has made the public think a lot for more than a century. The closest look showed Mars to be a dusty, cold world, covered by air too thin to breathe. A British spaceship and Europe's Mars spaceship plan to land on Mars or enter orbit (轨道) around it. One of the NASA’s (美国宇航局) spaceships is expected to land on January 3, the other is going to land on the opposite side of Mars on January 24. Since 1960, over twenty spaceships sent to Mars have failed. Most have been lost on flying up or landing because those are the most difficult times of any flights.     Scientists wanted to find out whether there was water in Mars. In October, a team of scientists reported that Mars had been a dry wasteland. But weeks later, a second team reported differently that they had found some marks showed clearly that they were made by the rivers. Such marks told us that Mars was a warmer place billions of years ago — just as life first appeared here on Earth. Scientists at once raise a question: if what they said is true, what happened on Mars? Then what about the earth?

1.Which is right about Mars?

A．It’s cold without dust.

B．There is no water or air.

C．It’s warm with some thin air.

D．It’s a dusty, cold world almost without air.

2.Two NASA’s spaceships _______________.

A．will land on the different sides of Mars

B．will land on the same day

C．will enter orbit around Mars

D．will land with a man

3.The most difficult times of a flight are _______________.

A．taking off

B．flying up and arriving

C．entering the orbit and landing

D．leaving the earth and entering the orbit

4.A team of scientists reported that there might be_____________ in Mars.

A．nothing but air

B．nothing

C．water billions of years ago

D．thick air and lakes

5.What are scientists worried about when they raise the question?

A．Life disappeared on Mars.

B．Spaceships can’t land on Mars.

C．The air on the earth gets less and less.

D．The earth might be changed like Mars

Do you often think of your parents? You may say, “Of course, I  【小题1】. I buy a gift for my mother on Mother’s Day and on Father’s Day I give my father a gift,     .” But what about the other days of the year?
I have a friend. She  【小题2】 in Shanghai and her parents live in another city. One day I went to see her. We talked with each other happily. Then she wanted to 【小题3】 her parents. So she dialed（拨号）the number, but then she put down the phone. After about fifteen 【小题4】, dialed the number again. “Hi, Mom…”
Later I asked, “【小题5】  did you dial the number twice?” She said, “My parents are old and slow(慢) . They  【小题6】  get to the telephone quickly. I always do so when I call them  【小题7】 I want to give them enough time to answer the call.”
My friend is a  【小题8】 girl. She is always thinking about her parents. You also want to be a good child, right? Please always remember 【小题9】  think of your parents, not just on some important days.

A man went to a farm．While he was there，he saw a pig with a wooden leg．This surprised him so much．He decided to ask the farmer about it．

    “This isn't a common pig and l am very lucky to have him．”said the farmer．“Only two days ago there was a fire in chicken shed(鸡舍)when 1 was away from the farm．The pig noticed this and immediately let all the chickens out into the yard．He then phoned the firemen(消防员)and asked them for help．”

    “AIso．a few weeks ago，when I was driving my truck down a steep hill，the truck hit a tree and 1 was badly hurt．The pig rushed to the truck and pulled me out of just before the truck caught fire．”

    When the farmer was just about to tell another story，the man said，“Yes, yes，but what about the wooden leg?”

    “Well．”said the farmer，“when you’ve got a pig as good as that，you don’t eat it all at once”

    (    ) 1.The man was surprised because he saw a farmer with a wooden leg.

    (    ) 2.The pig was very unusual and the farmer was proud of it.

    (    ) 3.The farmer was once saved by the pig.

    (    ) 4.The pig lost a leg while he was trying to save the farmer's chickens.