News 1
Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice, won the World Food Prize on Monday. Yuan developed the world’s first popular and widely known hybrid rice. Hybrid rice plants can make more rice than regular ones.
News 2
Have you ever got angry at books that are full of mistakes? Don’t worry, things will get better soon. Last week, China started checking textbooks, dictionaries and children’s books all over the country. The government said the results of the check would come out at the end of June.
News 3
People will see a new “star” in the sky soon. China plants to send a satellite into space by December 2006.It will stay in space for one year. It will go around the moon and take pictures. It must be very expensive, right? That’s for sure; 1.4 billion yuan!
News 4
Have you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours? One day, maybe you can. Last Saturday, the American X-43A airplane made its first flight. It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometers per hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world.X-43A is only three to four meters long, but it’s very heavy. It weighs 1,270 kilograms.
小題1:The satellite sent by China will move around ________.
A．the moonB．the earthC．the sunD．the mars
小題2:The speed of the fastest plane in the world is ______.
A．1.4 kilometers per secondB．43 kilometers per minute
C．1,270 kilometers per hourD．8,000 kilometers per hour
小題3:The checking of textbooks, dictionaries and children’s books will __________.
A．make a lot of money
B．make the children sad
C．make sure there are no mistakes in them
D．make sure the books are not too expensive
小題4:Which of the following statements about the new star is NOT true?
A．It will go around the moon.B．It will stay in space for two years.
C．It costs a lot.D．It will go into space by December 2006.
小題5:Yuan Longping won the World Food Prize because ___________.
A．he likes to eat hybrid rice
B．he is a successful father
C．he grows more rice than others
D．he developed the world’s first popular and widely grown hybrid rice

小題1:A
小題1:D
小題1:C
小題1:B
小題1:D

【主旨大意】
News 1介紹了雜交水稻之父袁隆平這所以獲得世界食物獎。
News 2介紹了關于不用再對課本、字典、兒童用書中的錯誤感到生氣，中國將對全國的課本、字典、兒童用書進行檢查，以糾正其中的錯誤，結果將在六月末揭曉。
News 3介紹了中國將向太空發(fā)射一顆衛(wèi)星，它圍繞月球拍照，它將在太空一年，以及它的造價。
News 4介紹了世界上最快的飛機的速度、大小和重量。
小題1:由News 3“It will go around the moon.”可知。
小題1:由News 4“It reached a speed of 8000 kilometers one hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world”可知。
小題1:由News 2的第一句和第二句可知。
小題1: 由News 3“It will stay in space for one year.” 可知。
小題1:由News 1的第一句和第二句可知。
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