In the 1920s and 30s the airlines were just beginning. It was unusual for people to travel by air because it was expensive and dangerous. In those days, there were no flight attendants to look after the passengers(乘客). Young men ,or “stewards” helped the passengers onto the airplane and carried the passengers’ luggage(行李)but they did not provide food or drinks. But then in 1930,a woman called Ellen Church invented the “stewardess”.
Ellen Church was born in 1904 on a farm in Iowa. She was a different child. She didn’t want to work on a farm or marry a farmer —she wanted a more adventurous life. Ellen studied to be a nurse at the University of Minnesota and then got a job in a hospital. For the next few years she stayed at the hospital but also took flying lessons and got her pilot’s license.
Ellen was twenty-five years old when she first got in touch with Boeing Air Transport. She loved flying but she understood that airlines were a man’s world. Although women like Emelia Earheart were becoming famous, she realized it was impossible for a woman to have a career as a pilot .But she had another idea. Most people were frightened of flying because. flying was still an unreliable(不可靠的) way to travel. There were often delays(延误),many crashes and the bad weathers made many passengers sick. Ellen thought nurses could take care of passengers during flights and B.A.T. agreed.
The young woman from Iowa and seven other nurses became the first air stewardesses.
At first pilots were unhappy because they did not want stewardesses on airplanes, but passengers loved the stewardesses. In 1940 there were around 1000 of them working for different airlines. The early “stewardesses” had to be under twenty-five-year-old, single and slim. When a woman joined an airline, she had to promise not to get married or have children. It was a hard job and not well paid. They worked long hours and earned ＄1 an hour.
In the 1970s, stewardesses were unhappy in their job and airlines had to make some changes. Since the 1970s, “stewardesses” have been called flight attendants. They are well paid and work fewer hours than in the past.
【小题1】The underlined word “adventurous” means _____________.

A．奇怪的

B．平淡的

C．有趣的

D．冒险的

【小题2】The main reason for Boeing Air Transport offering Ellen the job was ________.

A．her flying experience	B．her university education
C．her nursing experience	D．her life attitudes

【小题3】According to the passage, in the 1940s a woman had to ________ if she wanted to be a stewardess.

A．be a nurse

B．be married

C．be a mother

D．be young

【小题4】The passage mainly talks about _______.

A．the background of early flying pilots

B．the experience of flying passengers

C．the history of early flight attendants

D．the development of airplanes

Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He grew up in Seattle, Washington in the US. He was a very clever boy. His favorite subjects at school were science and math. When he was 13, he started to play with computers. At that time, computers were large machines（机器）. Once he was very interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent lots of time doing unusual things with it. In the end, they worked out a software program（软件程序） with the old machine. Bill sold it for $4,200 when he was only 17.
In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University(哈佛大学). In his third school year, he left Harvard to work for a company called Microsoft（微软）. Bill began his company（公司） in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen. They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon. So they began developing(发展) the software for personal computers. They improved(改进) the software to make it easier for people to use computers.
【小题1】Bill Gates grew up in _______.

A．Canada

B．Australia

C．America

D．Germany

【小题2】What subjects did Bill like best at school?

A．Science and math	B．Languages and art
C．Math and languages	D．Music and P.E

【小题3】Bill’s company worked hard at _______.

A．making large machines	B．playing computer games
C．mending old machines	D．developing software

【小题4】Bill started to play with computers ______.

A．in 1955

B．in 1968

C．in 1973

D．in 1975

【小题5】The underlined word “personal” means _______.

A．个人的

B．公众的

C．大型的

D．昂贵的

We see 3D movies, games, TVs, and so on. Do you hear of (听说起)3D newspapers? Yes, here is a kind of newspaper from Belgian. And it was born（产生） on March 3^rd, 2010. This is the first 3D newspaper in the world.

Huber Leklein with his friends began to make the 3D newspaper in January,2010. They worked really hard. And they finished (完成) in March.

If you buy this newspaper ,you can get a pair of free(免费的) 3D glasses. All the pictures and ads(广告) in the newspaper are in 3D,but the articles(文章) are not in 3D.You can read this 3D newspaper by holding( 拿着 ) the newspaper 50cm away from the eyes. In fact, if people don’t wear the 3D glasses, they can’t read the newspaper very well because the pictures and words in it are not clear.

People like reading 3D newspaper very much. But Hubert Lekein and his friends don’t want to continue(继续) with it because they spent too much money and time.

1.The first 3D newspaper is in _____________________

A．England           B．Belgian           C．German           D．France

2.Hubert and his friends spent ________________ making the newspaper.

A．two days          B．two weeks         C．two months        D．two years

3.The word “ clear” means ___________________.

A．清晰的           B．干净的           C．有用的           D．好看的

4.What’s the disadvantage(缺点) of the 3D newspaper?

A．It’s too big.                           B．It’s difficult to read.

C．It’s bad for eyes.                       D．It’s too expensive（昂贵的）.

5.Which of the following is True(对)?

A. the pictures, ads and the articles in the newspaper are all in 3D.

B. You have to wear 3D glasses to read the newspaper.

C. People don’t enjoy reading 3D newspaper.

D. You can read the 3D newspaper by holding the newspaper 5cm away from the eyes.

 

Dictionaries say that “spring fever” is a lazy or restless feeling . People usually have the feeling on the first warm day of spring. Everyone has probably felt it at one time or another . people have talked about it for years.
Recently, scientists have taken a good look at spring fever. What they found is quite surprising.
In many places we live in , the winter months often seem dark and dreary. When spring comes late March , the world becomes colorful . The number of daylight hours grows with each passing day. According to many scientists, all the sunlight sets off chemicals in the brain (大脑). The chemicals make our feeling change and bring on spring fever.
(   ) 【小题1】 How do people who have spring fever feel ?

A．active

B．awake

C．energetic

D．restless .

(   ) 【小题2】 Scientists think that ______________ cause(s) spring fever .

A．colors

B．sunlight

C．dark

D．illness

(   ) 【小题3】According to the passage ,the underlined word “dreary ”means“__________” in Chinese.

A．沉闷的

B．暖和的

C．晴朗的

D．明亮的

(   ) 【小题4】 The best title for the passage is ______________ .

A．How to Get Over Spring Fever	B．Spring Fever
C．Darkness in winter	D．Spring and winter