Think stars don’t move? Think again! When you look at the sky at night, the stars may appear to stay in the same place. But stars are always on the move—they are just so far away that the movement is hard to see.
But some stars move in ways that appear to be strange to be real. In 2005, astronomer Warren Brown found one of these space oddities(奇特). It was located on the outer edge of the Milky Way, the galaxy(星系) we live in. The star was speeding away like nothing he’d ever seen. “It seemed unbelievable. No star in the galaxy has a speed like that,” Brown remembers. “I thought, oh my goodness, I have something kind of special here.”
No one had ever seen a star like this one. What does a scientist do when the results don’t make sense?
Brown didn’t give up. Instead, he kept looking. And he kept finding more of these strange and speedy stars, called hypervelocity stars. Hyper means “above” and velocity has to do with speed. He and his team just found six more of these “above speed” stars, bringing to the total of 16. And, he says, he’s found even more, and is just waiting for the scientific community to confirm them.
【小题1】In 2005, astronomer Warren Brown found___________.

A．a star was speeding away very fast.

B．a stars was moving away very slowly.

C．some stars were not real.

D．some stars were not in the Milky Way.

【小题2】Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Stars never move at all.

B．No star in the galaxy has a fast speed.

C．It’s hard to see the stars moving.

D．Brown has never seen something special.

【小题3】The underlined word “hypervelocity” in the last paragraph probably means”_____”.

A．匀速的

B．超速的

C．超重的

D．超常的

【小题4】The writer writes this passage to tell us____________.

A．something about an astronomer.

B．where the Milky Way is

C．something about the speedy stars.

D．how scientists do their research

We can’t live without love and we know what love is, but we don’t say only humans know what love is. Yes, it’s impossible for animals to do some things because of their physical body. However, sometimes some of them might be able to show us the love that we have forgotten on our “busy road”, just like the following story.

A dog, was knocked down by a car and died in the middle of the road. Later, another dog ran beside the body of the dead dog and he tried to wake his friend up using his legs. When his effort to wake up his friend failed, he tried to push his friend to the roadside. But his friend was too heavy for him to push.

Though traffic was busy and dangerous, he wouldn’t want to go away from his friend, just standing beside his friend shouting and crying.

A lot of people saw this story and were very touched (感动的). Even a dog can show his loyalty (忠诚) and love to his friend, what can our humans do?

1.The dog died because _______________.

A．it was badly ill                          B．it was knocked down by a car

C．it was too old                           D．it fought against other dogs

2.The other dog saw it lying in the middle of the road and it wanted to ________first.

A．wake his friend up                      B．push his friend to the roadside

C．catch up with the car                     D．stop the traffic

3.We learn __________ from the passage.

A．the car driver is too cruel                 B．animals can also show love

C．the two dogs are brothers                 D．friends are the best in the world

 

The Greens live in a small village（村庄）. They    1   one child, Mike. He is twenty. He works in the village, but he    2   like to work in the village. Then he   3   a job in the town. It is quite    4  the village. Mike likes the job very much, but his parents aren’t happy about this.

“ Mike, you must     5  back to work in the village and live with us.” Mrs Green says one day. “ There isn’t     6  good work for me here, Mother,” says Mike. Mike goes to work in the town and    7  there. After a few days, Mrs Green is very angry（生气的）.

She gets     8    a bus and goes to Mike’s house in the town. “ Mike,” she says to him, “    9   do you never call （从不打电话）us?” “ But, Mother, you don’t have a   10 ,” Mike says, “No, I don’t,” she says, “ But you have one.”

1.                A．has            B．have           C．find  D．want

 

2.                A．can’t         B．don’t         C．doesn’t D．isn’t

 

3.                A．finds out        B．gets            C．sees D．looks for

 

4.                A．near to         B．far away        C．far from  D．far

 

5.                A．go             B．come          C．get  D．take

 

6.                A．any            B．some           C．much D．one

 

7.                A．likes           B．goes           C．lives D．comes

 

8.                A．down          B．on             C．into  D．up

 

9.                A．Why           B．How           C．Where   D．What

 

10.               A．light           B．telephone      C．table D．car

 

 

 

We can’t live without love and we know what love is, but we don’t say only humans know what love is. Yes, it’s impossible for animals to do some things because of their physical body. However, sometimes some of them might be able to show us the love that we have forgotten on our “busy road”, just like the following story.

A dog, was knocked down by a car and died in the middle of the road. Later, another dog ran beside the body of the dead dog and he tried to wake his friend up using his legs. When his effort to wake up his friend failed, he tried to push his friend to the roadside. But his friend was too heavy for him to push.

Though traffic was busy and dangerous, he wouldn’t want to go away from his friend, just standing beside his friend shouting and crying.

A lot of people saw this story and were very touched (感动的). Even a dog can show his loyalty (忠诚) and love to his friend, what can our humans do?

1.The dog died because _______________.

A. it was badly ill                     B. it was knocked down by a car 

C. it was too old                      D. it fought against other dogs

2.The other dog saw it lying in the middle of the road and it wanted to ________first.

A. wake his friend up                 B. push his friend to the roadside    

C. catch up with the car               D. stop the traffic

3. We learn __________ from the passage.

A. the car driver is too cruel            B. animals can also show love

  C. the two dogs are brothers           D. friends are the best in the world