Recently，a solar powered（太阳能动力的）plane took to the sky for the first time. It had passed an important test on the way to travel around the world.

The plane took off from an airport in Switzerland（瑞士）at 45km an hour. It slowly rose above the fields and into the sky.

“There has never been an airplane of that kind that could fly — never an airplane so big, so light, using so little energy,” said Bertrand Piccard, a leader of the project.

    During the 90-minute flight, the plane did several turns. It climbed nearly 1.6km above the countryside.

    Engineers plan to test a night flight before July. Then they will use the results of the tests to build a second plane. They plan to travel around the world in that plane in 2012.

The plane flies at 70 km an hour. That is faster than a bike and slower than a car. Piccard and pilot Andre Borschberg will take the plane around the world. The pilots will keep the plane in the air for up to five days at a time.

    “We want to fly it day and night with no fuel (燃料),” Piccard said

1.How long did the first flight of the solar powered plane last？

A. 45 minutes         B. 60 minutes         C. 70 minutes         D. 90 minutes

2.What’s the most special about the plane？

 A. It uses no fuel         B. It’s the fastest plane  

C. It can fly highest       D. It’s the heaviest plane

3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage ?

A The plane goes much faster than a car

B The plane took off at a speed of 45km an hour

C Engineers plan to test a night flight before July

D The plane will fly in the air or up to five days at a time

4.Which column（栏目）of a newspaper may the passage come from？

A. Food and Health               B. Scientist and Technology  

C. Culture and Communication     D. Sports and Entertainment

One of Jack’s friends loves money very much, and he never gives anything to __1__. Soon he becomes very rich.
One day, while he was walking near a river__2__ his friends, he slipped（ 滑倒）and fell into the river. His friends ran to help him, and one of __3__ kneeled（跪）on the ground, held out his hand and said, “Give me your __4__, and I will pull you out!” The rich man’s head went under the __5__ and then came up again, but he didn’t give his hand. Again another one tried, but again __6__ thing happened.
Then Jack said，“__7__ my hand and I will pull you out!” The rich man took his hand, and Jack pulled him out of the water.
“You don’t know our __8__ very well,” he said to __9__, “when you say “Give’ to him, he does nothing, but when you say ‘Take’, he does what you tell him__10__.”

Someone says, “Time is money.” But I think time is    31   important than money. Why? Because when money is spent, we can get back. However（然而）, when time is    32   , it’ll never    33  . That is    34   we mustn’t waste（浪费）time.
So we say that     35    is usually short. Even a second（秒）is very important. We should make full use of our time to do something    36   .
But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the importance of time. They spend their time smoking, drinking and     37   . They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own    38  .
In a word, we should save time. We shouldn’t    39   today’s work for tomorrow. Remember we have no time to     40   .

Tom is a schoolboy. He is only seven years old, but he is very busy on weekdays. One Saturday he decided to relax himself, so he went to the cinema.
It was the first time for him to do that. He bought a ticket and then went in. But after two or tree minutes he came out, bought a second ticket and went in again. After a few minutes he came out again and bought a third ticket. Two or three minutes later he came out and asked for another ticket. Then the girl in the ticket office asked him, “Why did you buy so many tickets? How many friends did you meet?” Tom answered. “No, I have no friend here. But a big boy always stops me at the door and tears(撕) my ticket.”
根据材料内容，选择最佳答案。
1. Tom wanted to buy ________ when the girl asked him why.
A. a second ticket           B. a third ticket           C. a fourth ticket         D. a fifth ticket
2. The big boy stopped Tom at the door because ________.
A. it was the big boy’s job                          B. the big boy didn’t like Tom
C. the big boy didn’t know Tom                      D. Tom didn’t buy tickets at all
3. The big boy was ________ at the cinema.
A. a bookseller             B. a policeman           C. a shopkeeper         D. a worker
4. From the story we know ________.
A. Tom had a lot of money                           B. Tom knew little about the cinema
C. the big boy wasn’t friendly to Tom                  D. the girl wanted to get more money
5. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Tom bought the tickets for himself.                  B. Tom hadn’t been to the cinema before.
C. Tom was too young to make friends.                 D. Tom met no friend at the cinema.