If you look at the sky one night and see something moving and shining that you have never seen before, it might be a comet (彗星).

　　A comet sometimes looks like a star. Like a planet, a comet has no light of its own. It shines from the sunlight it reflects (反射). Like the earth, a comet goes round the sun, but on a much longer path (轨道) than the earth travels.

       If a comet isn’t a star, what is it then?

　   Some scientists think that a large part of a comet is water frozen into pieces of ice and mixed with iron and rock dust and perhaps a few big pieces of rock. When sunshine melts (融化) the ice in the comet, great clouds of gas go trailing after it. These clouds, together with the dust, form a long tail.Many people perhaps have seen a comet. However no one knows how many comets there are. There may be millions of comets, but only a few come close enough for us to see.

　　An Englishman named Edmund Halley, who lived from 1656 to 1742, found out a lot about the paths that comets take through the sky. Some comets move out of our sight and never come back. Others keep coming back at regular times. A big comet that keeps coming back was named after Halley because he was the one who worked out when it would come back again. Maybe you have ever seen Halley’s Comets because the last time it came close to the sun and the earth was in the year 1986. Then people all over the world were outside at night to look at it. You will probably be able to see Halley’s Comets when it comes near the earth again.

1.A comet is like ________.

A. sun      B. moon     C. sunlight    D. the earth

2.A large part of a comet is ______.

A. water and rock

B. water frozen into pieces of ice and mixed with iron

C. ice, iron and rock dust

D. only a few big pieces of rock

3.Maybe many people _______.

A. haven’t seen any comets      B. have seen all comets

C. have seen a comet at daytime  D. have seen a comet

4.Some comets keep coming back ________.

A. at any time  B. at noon  C. at regular times  D. at daytime

5.Halley’s Comets came back _____.

A. in 1990    B. in 1980     C. in 1986      D. in 1989

 

 

Do you know who invented tea? It is said that the emperor Shen Nong  discovered   tea when he was boiling drinking water 21 an open fire. Some leaves from a nearby tree fell into the water and the leaves were in the water for   22 . The emperor noticed that the leaves in the water produced a   23   smell. Later he decided  24  the hot water with the leaves. It was quite delicious. And  25 , one of the worl’s favorite drinks was invented.

26 is the home of tea. And tea has more than 4,000 years history. 27  the three drinks—tea, coffee and cocoa, tea is drunk by  28  people in the world. Tea  29 China began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export (出口商品)  30  .

Tea leaves  31  mainly in the south of the Yangtze River, 32 the warm climate (气候)there. Longjing, Wulong, Pu’er and Tieguanyin are all   33   kinds of tea.

Over the past centuries, Chinese people   34   their tea culture(文化), including tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making and so on. We know tea is   35   a popular topic(主题) in dances, songs, poems and novels.

1.A. in               B. by                    C. over                  D. to

2. A. sometimes        B. some time         C. some times           D.some days

3.A. pleasant          B. pleased                C. bad                      D.terrible

4.A. not to taste            B. to taste                   C. tasting           D.taste

5.A. by the way     B. on the way              C. on its way            D. in this way

6. A. Japan                   B. China                     C. America               D.England 7.A. In                        B. For                        C. Of                       D. By

8.A. the number of                     B. a number of          

C. a large number of                                   D. the largest number of

9. A. to                   B. from                   C. in                        D. off

10.A. At that time  B. from now on           C. since then             D. since now

11. A. produce              B. are produced           C. make                   D. are made

12. A. becauuse of       B. because                  C. as                        D. for  

13.A. interesting           B. important        C. famous                 D. expensive

14.A. had developed      B. have developed       C. developed          D.are developing

15.A. too               B. as well                   C. either                D. also

 

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　　It is a thousand kilometres across that desert. The road is good nearly all the way. Sometimes there is deep sand across it. A driver must then put his foot down hard and drive through. There are three small towns along the way.

　　Vick reached the first place at ten o'clock. He had supper in the little restaurant there. It was a warm night in August. Vick wanted to drive

through the night. For the days were very, very hot.

　　He left the restaurant at 11:30 and drove on. There wasn't a moon, but the stars were beautiful. There was nothing else on the road. Vick thought, “It's an empty(无人烟的) desert, not a tree, not a house, not a man. ” He could see endless white road in the car's head lamps. A million stars looked down on him.

　　It was two o'clock in the morning. Vick stopped the car. He was two hundred kilometers from the next town. “I'll light the cooker (点燃炉子) ”, he thought, “and make some tea. ” He got out of the car.

　　He heard songs, ten or fifteen meters away. He could not see anything in the darkness. A man said, “Good morning. It's a lovely evening, isn't

it.？” The man came up, out of the night, out of the desert. Vick didn't move.

　　Then the man said, “You are going to make some tea, aren't you? I often get a cup of tea at this time. It's two o'clock. Cars always stop near

here at this time. Sometimes I get a meal. Now listen, and I'll tell you a story. Then you'll give... ”

(1) Vick drove in the darkness. He didn't want to

[　　]

A. stop the car

B. drive in the hot daytime

C. go across the desert

D. talk to the man

(2) Vick could

[　　]

A. see only the road and the stars

B. not stop the car

C. see the stones and sand of the desert

D. not understand the man

(3) Vick stayed at the first place ________.

[　　]

A. to spend the night

B. to wait for the man

C. for ninety minutes

D. for ten hours

(4) Vick stopped his car two hundred kilometers from the next town after he had driven for

[　　]

A. sixty minutes

B. ninety minutes

C. one hundred and twenty minutes

D. one hundred and fifty minutes

(5) Vick met the man ________.

[　　]

A. at supper time

B. at the second town

C. at the restaurant

D. at two o'clock in the morning

(6) The man wanted

[　　]

A. a cup of tea

B. to go to the next town

C. to talk about the desert

D. Vick to go to the next town with him

(7) The road is good nearly all the way. This means ________.

[　　]

A. the road is not good but very bad

B. some parts are good, others are bad

C. only a few stretches (片) are not good

D. very few parts are good

(8) A driver put his foot down hard. Then his car

[　　]

(9) A car's head lamps are ________

[　　]

A. something necessary in the desert at night

B. not important in crossing the desert

C. big and bright

D. small but heavy

(10) An endless road

[　　]

A. has no end

B. is a short road

C. has an end

D. is a very long road

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Once a farmer was put in prison, but he hadn't done ___1___ wrong. He just hadn't ___2___ taxes（税）to the king. ___3___ the king's men were collecting money to fight more wars. The people had to pay one tax after ___4___. Now this farmer was ___5___ and didn't have any money. When the king's men ___6___ his house, he said. “I can't give you any money. I'm ___7___ a poor man that I have hardly got enough to live on（靠……生活）.” The king's men laughed. “You ___8___ to fool us, aren't you? We 've heard you're so rich ___9___ you've got a pot（罐）of gold.” Then they searched every room in the house but found ___10___. So they caught hold of the poor farmer and put him in prison.

1.

[　　]

A. something　　　B. anything　　　C. nothing　　　D. some

2.

[　　]

A. given　　　B. been paid　　　C. pay　　　D. paid

3.

[　　]

A. At that time　　　　B. In that time

C. From that time　　　D. Of that time

4.

[　　]

A. one　　　B. another　　　C. the other　　　D. others

5.

[　　]

A. rich　　　B. poor　　　C. happy　　　D. sad

6.

[　　]

A. comes　　　B. came　　　C. come to　　　D. came to

7.

[　　]

A. such　　　B. an　　　C. a　　　D. so

8.

[　　]

A. were trying　　　B. tired

C. are tried　　　　D. are trying

9.

[　　]

A. so　　　B. that　　　C. or　　　D. and

10.

[　　]

A. anything　　　B. something　　　C. nothing　　　D. gold