Yang Liwei circled the earth 14 times in 21 hours on October 15 and 16, 2003, landing on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. Looking a little tired, Yang stepped out of Shenzhou V, smiling and waving at the waiting people. “I feel very good.” Yang said to Premier Wen Jiabao on the phone. Yang said to a newspaper, “For our motherland and me, this is a great moment.”

China’s launch of Shenzhou V shows a higher starting point. It has two special systems（系统）to protect the spaceman, but neither Russian rockets（火箭）nor American ones have.

Yang didn’t know that he was chosen as China’s first spaceman until just before the launch. Although Yang was excited at the news, he still slept at 8p.m. as usual and was woken up at 8p.m. the next morning. Before the launch, Yang ate Chinese traditional food-dumplings. We all know that travelers usually eat them before going on a journey for good luck.

A stamp Success of China First Manned Space Flight was issued（发行）on October 16, 2003, making China the third country to send a spaceman into outer space.

1.It took Yang Liwei_____ to travel around the earth every circle.

       A. 6 hours    B. 90 minutes    C. 2 days      D. 21 hours

2.How did Yang Liwei feel after he came back to the earth?

       A. Quite tired.            B. A little scared.

       C. Tired but excited.       D. A little nervous

3.Which of the following statement is right?

  A. There is no difference between China’s spaceship and other countries.

  B. Yang Liwei knew he would be China’s first spaceman long before.

  C. From the news, Yang Liwei was too excited to fall asleep.

  D. Yang was proud of the flight.

4. What does the underlined word “launch” mean?

        A.发射    B.出发   C.制造    D.设计

5.China issued the stamps to _________.

  A. leave them in space

  B. give them to Yang Liwei as a reward

  C. celebrate the success

  D. give them to Russian and American spacemen.

　　Yang Liwei circled the earth 14 times in 21 hours on October 15 and 16, 2003, landing on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. Looking a little tired, Yang stepped out of Shenzhou V, smiling and waving at the waiting people. “I feel very good,” Yang said to Premier Wen Jiabao on the phone. Yang said to a newspaper, “To our motherland and me, this is a great moment.”

　　China's launch of Shenzhou V shows a higher starting point. It has two special systems (系统) to protect the spaceman, but neither Russian rockets (火箭) nor American ones have.

　　Yang didn't know that he was chosen as China's first spaceman until just before the launch. Although Yang was excited at the news, he still slept at 8 p. m. as usual and was woken up at 2 a. m. the next morning. Before the launch, Yang ate Chinese traditional food—dumplings. We all know that travelers usually eat them before going on a journey for good luck.

　　A stamp Success of China's First Manned Space Flight was issued (发行) on October 16, 2003, making China the third country to send a spaceman into outer space.

(1) It took Yang ________ to travel around the earth every circle.

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(2) How did Yang feel after he came back to the earth?

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(3) Which of the following statements (叙述) is right?

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A．There is no difference between China's spaceship and other countries'.

B．Yang knew he'd be China's first spaceman long before.

C．At the news, Yang was too excited to fall asleep.

D．Yang was proud of the flight.

(4) What does the underlined (画线的) word launch mean?

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(5) China issued the stamps to ________.

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A．leave them in space

B．give them to Yang Liwei as a reward

C．celebrate the success

D．give them to Russian and American spacemen

Brazil (巴西) is the greatest football nation in the world. There are 100 million Brazilians (巴西人). How many of them are football fans? 100 million! All of them think that they know all about football. This makes life very difficult for the Brazilian team manager. When things go badly for the Brazilian team, the newspaper would demand (要求) that the team manager should leave his job. “If we win, they put me in heaven (天堂),” as a manager once said, “If we lose, they put me in hell (地狱).”

You can’t escape football in Brazil. There are football matches on every street and beach. On television, the results of the football matches come before the main news programs. There are six television channels in Rio de Janeiro. On Sundays each channel shows a different football match.

Brazil is not the richest country in the world, but the government spends huge sums of money on football. It cost more than one billion pounds to prepare for the 1978 World Cup. That’s 10 pounds for every Brazilian man, woman, and child. And many Brazilians don’t earn as much as 10 pounds a week. Is it worth it?

“Brazil must have a great football team,” says one journalist. “If it costs one billion pounds, that’s all right. If the government doesn’t give a good football team, then it will become unpopular. Football is more than a game in Brazil.”

Football is more than a game in Brazil. This is certainly true in its largest city, Sao Paulo. The most popular team is Corinthians. Corinthians’ fans are the most loyal (忠实的) and emotional in Brazil. When Corinthians win, production in the Sao Paulo car factories increases by fifteen per cent. When they lose, it drops. At one time Corinthians won the national championship for the first time. For four days fans danced and sang in the streets.

74. In Brazil the number of football fans and its population are __________.

A. the same       B. less                   C. more           D. 100 billion

75. Life for __________ is no easy, for he will be put in hell if the football team loses.

A. a football fan      B. any government official          C. the Brazilian team manager     D. a football player

76. It is the __________ that come before the main news programs on television.

A. football matches                   B. results of football matches

C. football matches on the streets           D. football matches on the beaches

77. The government spent __________ in preparing for the 1978 World Cup though the country was not rich.

A. one billion dollars      B. one million pounds      C. one billion pounds      D. one million RMB

78. Football is more than a game in Brazil. The underlined sentence means “In Brazil __________.”

A. people like football very much     B. there is something else in football

C. people are keen on competition    D. football has influences (影响) on the politics and economy of the nation

79. The best title of the passage is __________.

A. Brazilians and Football            B. Brazilians’ Way of Life

C. Football and Income             D. Football and Government