Do you know that you can use your watch as a compass (指南針) on a sunny day? Take a watch and point
the hour hand in the direction of the sun. Imagine a line which runs from the center of the watch through a point
half way between the hour hand and number one. This line will surely point south.
     If you know astronomy a little, you will understand why this works. In the northern half of the earth, the sun
is in the south at noon. In Russia, the real noon is one o'clock. If at that time we point the hour hand at the sun,
the hour hand and the number one will point south. That is why you must imagine a line which will run from the
center of the watch through a point half way between the hour hand and number one. It will point south. If you
are in the southern part of our planet, you must point number 12 at the sun. The line which you can imagine
between number twelve and the hour hand will then show north.

1. When we carry out this experiment in the northern part of the earth, we should point _____ at the sun.

A. number 12
B. the minute-hand
C. the hour hand
D. number one

2. What does the word "astronomy" mean in this passage?

A. 天文學(xué)
B. 地理學(xué)
C. 宇航學(xué)
D. 邏輯學(xué)

3. The passage tells us that we can use a watch _____ on a sunny, day.

A. to study the weather
B. to show direction
C. to enjoy ourselves
D. to keep good time

4. If you are in Australia, which tithe following is the,right way to show north?

                  A                              B                            C                            D

5. What's the best title for this passage?

A. Your Watch Becomes a Compass
B. The Story of a Watch
C. An Interesting Watch
D. The Sun and a Watch

     In order to be successful in middle school or high school in the U.S, it is important to follow the rules.
All schools have different rules,b ut many schools include the following rules.
     No T-shirts, sweatshirt, jackets or other clothes that contain advertisements for alcohol (酒精), tobacco
(煙草), or drugs. Also, students would probably not be allowed to wear clothes that have inappropriate (不
適合) designs, pictures, or words (e. g. swear words (罵人話), etc. )
     Shirts and blouse must be of a suitable length. Girls would not be allowed to wear skirts that are too short,
or tops that are too revealing (暴露的).
     Students must wear pants on their waist. Underwear must not be visible. No bare (赤裸的) feet. Straps
on dresses/tops must be at least 2 inches wide. Open-toed or platform shoes are often not recommended.
No beach sandals are allowed.
     Unusual hair colors or styles are usually not allowed.

1. Do schools in America have the same rules?
    ___________________________________________________
2. Can they wear all kinds of clothes?
    ___________________________________________________
3. What kind of shin wouldn't be allowed to wear? 
    ___________________________________________________
4. How wide is the straps on dresses? 
    ___________________________________________________
5. Can the students have unusual hair colors or styles? 
    ___________________________________________________

1. Before China, how many countries had already sent their astronauts into space?

A. Only one.
B. Two.
C. Three.
D. Four.

2. Shenzhou V circled the earth in space ________.

A. once
B. four times
C. five times
D. fourteen times

3. During the second stage,the Chinese astronauts stayed in space for ________.

A. one day
B. four days
C. five days
D. fourteen days

4. What happened in the third stage?

A. China has sent up Change I to the moon.
B. Chinese astronauts landed on the moon.
C. The moon exploration project is too easy.
D. The government planned to make another space station.

5. Chinese astronauts will possibly walk on the moon around ________.

A. 2010
B. 2015
C. 2017
D. 2020

     A new study finds people in big cities walking faster than before. Is the pace (節(jié)奏) of life in our cities
increasing? Yes, according to a recent study. Last year researchers visited 32 cities and measured how fast
people walked. They timed adults to see how long it took them to walk 18 meters along the sidewalk.
     Researchers found that walking speed today is about 10 percent faster than ten years ago. They also
learned that some of the biggest changes took place in Asian cities like Singapore and Guanzhou. The two
cities had the largest increase in walking speed. Nowadays, over half of people in the world live in cities.
Certainly the world's pace of life is becoming faster and cities are becoming more crowded.

1. 將劃線部分譯成漢語：
    ______________________________________________________
    根據(jù)短文回答問題
2. What does the new study find? 
    ______________________________________________________
3. For the study, how many cities did the researchers visit?
    ______________________________________________________
4. In Asia, which cities had the largest increase in walking speed? 
    ______________________________________________________
5. Does the passage mention why so many people live in cities? 
    ______________________________________________________

     It's sometimes 1______ (report) that strange objects 2______ (see) high up in the sky. These unidentified
flying objects 3______ (make)a lot of people interested. Some of the reports about them are difficult 4______
(believe). Some have been explained in scientific ways, and others have never been explained.
     It's not easy to decide whether a report is true or not. One report of UFOs. 5______ (come) from a British
plane on its way from New York to London in 1954. The Brisith plane 6______ (fly) over an island at 19,000
feet when the captain 7______ (notice) that something was on their left and a little lower than their plane. It
was about five miles away.
     "It was not one object but several." The captain said. "Well 8______ (see)one large and six small objects. I
sent radio message to report about this and I received the answer that the other planes 9______ (come) out to
meet us. Before the planes arrived, the smaller objects entered the larger one. The large object then became
smaller and 10______ (move) away fast".

     When we talk about intelligence (智力), we do not mean the ability to get good scores on certain kinds
of tests or even the ability to do well in school. By intelligence we mean a way of living and behaving (表現(xiàn)),
especially in a new situation. If we want to test intelligence, we need to find out how a person acts instead of
how much he knows what to do.
     For example, when in a new situation, an intelligent person thinks about the situation,not about himself or
what might happen to him. He tries to find out all be can,and then he acts immediately and tries to do
something about it. He probably isn't sure how it will all work out, but at least he tries. And if he cannot make
things work out right, he doesn't feel ashamed (羞愧) that he failed, he just tries to learn from his mistakes.
An intelligent person, even if he is very young, has a special outlook (看法) on life, a special feeling about life,
and how he fits into it.
     If you look at children, you'll see great difference between what we call "bright" children and "non-bright"
children. They are actually two different kinds of people, not just the same kind with different amount of
intelligence. For example, the bright child really wants to find out about life-he tries to get in touch with
everything around him. But the unintelligent child keeps more to himself and his own dream-world:he seems
to have a wall between him and life in general.

1. According to this passage, intelligence is the ability to ________.

A. get some high scores on some tests
B. do well in school
C. deal with life
D. have a lot of book knowledge

2. In a new situation, an intelligent person ________.

A. knows more about what might happen to him
B. is sure of the result he will get
C. cares more about himself
D. keeps his mind on what to do about the situation

3. If an intelligent person failed, he would ________.

A. try not to feel ashamed
B. learn from his mistakes
C. try to find all he could
D. make sure what result he would get

4. Bright children and non-bright children ________.

A. are two different types of children
B. are different mainly in their degree of cleverness
C. have difference only in their way of thinking
D. have different knowledge about the world