School education (教育) is very important and useful. Yet no one can (1) l______ everything at school
and a teacher can't teach his students (2) e______ they want to know. His job is to (3) s______ his students
how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So the students can learn much more by
(4) t______.
     It is more (5) i______ to know how to study by oneself. It's quite easy to learn something, but it's difficult
to (6) u______ it to solve problems. Great inventors do not get everything from school, but they still can
invent many things and change the world a (7) l______ .
     How can the inventors do all of this? That's (8) b______ they know how to study. A lot of things are not
taught in the classroom. They get a lot of knowledge by reading (9) o______ school. They work hard and
never (10) g______ up all their lives.

     Fish lay their eggs in different kinds of places. Some lay their eggs in mud (泥土). Others lay their eggs on
stones or underwater roots (根). Still other lay their eggs on the top of the water.
     One fish swims around blowing bubbles (氣泡). These bubbles stick together and make a nest (窩).The
bubble nest floats on the top of the water, like an umbrella. The nest is strong. Wind and waves can not break
it. Into this bubble nest,the fish puts the eggs that a mother fish has laid. Then he watches over the nest. He
takes care of the eggs. When an egg falls out, he puts it back again.

1. Some fish lay their eggs on the top of ____.

A. a tree
B. the mud
C. the leaves
D. the water

2.The bubble nest______.

A. is like a boat
B. is not strong
C. is made by sticking bubbles together
D. floats around the water

3. What does the fish put into the bubble nest?

A. The baby fish
B. Some grass
C. The eggs
D. Some stones

4. Which of the following is true?

A. Wind and waves can break the bubble nest.
B. All fish build the same kind of nest.
C. It is the father fish that takes care of the eggs.
D. Some fish lay their eggs out of the water.

5. The story is mainly about ____.

A. how fish lay eggs
B. a bubble nest
C. how fish live
D. a fine pet

     Do you know how many stars there are in the universe? The answer is WANY! Our sun is one of about
100 billion stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way. But the Milky Way is just one of billions of galaxies that we
know about! Some other scientists say there are 2,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars!
     The largest star that we know about is called the Pistol Star (手槍星). The PistolStar is closer to the center
of the Milky- May than we are. Because of space dust we can't see it with the naked eye (肉眼). It's about 100
times the size of our Sun, and10,000,000 times as bright as the Sun~
     The closest star to the Earth is the Sun! The Sun is about 93 million miles away. We measure bigger
distances in space in light years, and one light year is about6,000,000,000,000 miles. Besides the Sun, Proxima
Centauri (半人馬比鄰座星) isthe closest star at 4.2 light years away: Some of the brightest stars are more
distant Rigel (參宿七), in the constellation Orion (獵戶星座), is the seventh brightest star inthe sky but is 900
light years away. To see the faraway stars, scientists use the Hubble Space Telescope (哈勃空間望遠(yuǎn)鏡).
Hubble has been stars that are 12 billion light years away!
     A star's color has a lot to do with its temperature. A blue-wbite star is very dense(密集的) and hot. When a
star becomes red, its energy has begun to fade(消失). Therefore, a star that is nearing the end of its life is
called a red giant(紅巨星). Whilehumans grow smaller in old age, stars grow bigger until they die. In thefar
future, maybe our sun will become a red giant and destroy the Earth! Luckily, it'll be a longtime before we have
to think about that problem.

1. Of all. the stars, _______ is the newest to the earth.

A. the sun
B. the moon
C. the Pistol Star
D. Rigel

2. We measure bigger distance in space in _____.

A. meters
B. kilometers
C. miles
D. light years

3. Which is the seventh brightest star in the sky?

A. The sun.
B. Rigel.
C. Proxima Centauri.
D. The Pistol Star

4. If a star i.s nearing the end of its life, its color is _______.

A. blue
B. red
C. yellow
D. red and blue

     What is the sky? Where is it? How high is it? What lies above the sky? I am sure you have often asked
these questions. They are very difficult to answer, aren't they?
     If someone asks you:"What color is the sky?" I think maybe you will answer"Blue". I am afraid you are
wrong. The sky has no colors. When we see blue, it is the sunlight that is shining on little bits of dust in the
air.
     Is the sky full of air? I am sure you have asked this question, too. We know that there is air all around the
earth. Planes can't fly without air. They need air to lift their wings. Planes can't fly very high because as they
go higher, the air gets thinner. If we go too high up in the sky, we find there is no air.
     Perhaps you can answer some of the questions now. What is the sky? Nothing. Where is it? It is all around
the earth. The sky is a part of space.

1. What color is the sky according to the writer?

A. Blue.
B. White.
C. Black.
D. Colorless.

2. What is in the sky?

A. It's empty.
B. It's full of air.
C. It has clouds.
D. It has rains.

3. What is the meaning of the underlined word "dust"?

A. 灰塵
B. 烏云
C. 空氣
D. 雨滴

     This is a special (特殊) class. The students come from different countries. Some come from America.
Others come from Canada, Japan, Australia and England. They speak different languages (語言), but all of
them can speak English. They are good friends. They study together (一起), play together and live together.
They help each other. All the teachers of this class are Chinese, but they can speak English. They work hard.
The students in this class study Chinese cooking and Chinese gongfu (功夫). All the students like China. They
say China is a great country and the Chinese people are very friendly. They like Chinese people very much.
And they are happy in China.

1. What kind of class is this?

A. A Chinese cooking class.
B. A Chinese gongfu class.
C. A foreign language class.
D. Both A and B.

2. What language can all the students speak?

A. Chinese.
B. French.
C. English.
D. Japanese.

3. All the students in this class _______.

A. come from China
B. are from England
C. don't like China
D. help each other

4. How do the teachers teach their students?

A. In Chinese.
B. In English.
C. In Japanese.
D. In different languages.

5. What do the students like about China?

A. Chinese language.
B. Chinese people.
C. Chinese cooking.
D. Chinese gongfu.

     In Singapore, many middle school students spend a lot of their time on their studies. Good education is
often regarded as a ticket to success in their future. So, many of these students try their best to get a good
mark in their examinations. They have a lot of homework every day and exams are a big headache.
Sometimes, some of them are even made to go to remedial (補(bǔ)習(xí)的) classes after school.
     Schools run programmes outside school hours. The students can take part in sports and games, music
and dance, hiking and rock-climbing, etc. They are also very active in community service (社區(qū)服務(wù)).
     In their spare time, most students like to listen to pop music. Hollywood blockbusters (大片), Hong
Kong and Singapore movies are very popular among them. They understand IT very well. Some of them
also spend their free time surfing the Internet, e-mailing their friends, playing computer and video games.
     They sometimes go to cafes, fast-food restaurants, shopping centers and big bookstores.
     So, it looks like life as a middle school student in Singapore is not easy but it is rich and colorful.

1. Many students want to get good education to be _____ in the future.

A. popular
B. successful
C. comfortable
D. generous

2. _____ go to remedial classes after school in Singapore.

A. All of the students
B. Few of the students
C. Not all the students
D. Most of the students

3. In the school, the students can't _____ outside school hours.

A. have sports
B. dance
C. go hiking
D. go to a restaurant

4. According to the passage, most students in Singapore like _____.

A. Hollywood blockbusters
B. writing to their friends
C. talking to their friends
D. having exams

5. The meaning of the underlined sentence in the passage is _____.

A. the middle school students' lire in Singapore is easy
B. the middle school students' life in Singapore is amazing
C. the middle school students' life in Singapore is boring
D. the middle school students' lire in Singapore is hard, but it's interesting

     On October 12, 2005, China launched its second manned spaceship, Shenzhou VI,send- mg two
spacemen into space. It was the second time that our country had sent up manned spaceship after Shenzhou
V. China has become the third country to send people to space after Russia and the USA.
     Shenzhou VI lifted off on a Long March 2F rocket from Jiuquan,Gansu Province.Two spacemen Fei
Junlong and Nie Haisheng traveled around the earth 80 times in 115 hours and thirty-two minutes and landed
safely in the Inner Mongolian grasslands on October 17, 2005.
     The spaceship has three modules (飛船艙): the orbital module where scientific experiments (實(shí)驗(yàn)) like
testing space foods and drinks are done; the re-entry capsule where the spacemen spent most of their time.
and the service module,which has fuel (燃料), air and other technical equipment (技術(shù)設(shè)備) in it.
    Unlike Yang Liwei's space trip two years ago, Fei and Nie went up and down between the modules for
scientific experiments. For the first time, they took off their space suits and moved around in the modules
freely. From space, Fei and Nie could make long distance calls to their families at the launch centre. Nie's
daughter even sang "Happy Birthday" to her Dad during the phone call. .
    It is said that our country will launch Shenzhou VII in 2007. The plan for Shenzhou VII is to make
China's first space walk possible. Later, Shenzhou VIll will start to build China's first space station. China
also plans to land on the moon by 2010.

1. So far, ______ have sent people into space.

A. China, UK and USA
B. China, Russia and USA
C. China, USA and Japan
D. China, Russia and UK

2. The spacemen Fei and Nie traveled around the earth for nearly ______ days.

A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7

3. We can infer (推斷) Fei and Nie had foods and drinks in ______ in the spaceship.

A. the orbital module
C. the service module
B. the reentry capsule
D. the launch centre

4. Which statement (陳述) is NOT RIGHT according to the passage?

A. Shenzhou V1 was sent up into space in Gansu Province.
B. The re-entry capsule has rule and air in it.
C. Nie Haisheng spent his birthday in the spaceship.
D. China will probably walk in space one day.

5. Of the following, which order is right?
①The spacemen took off their space suits and moved around in the modules
②Shenzhou VI 1anded in the Inner Mongolian grasslands.
③A Long March 2 F rocket was sent up into space.
④Shenzhou V traveled around the world.

A. ③④②①
B. ④③①②
C. ③①④②
D. ④③②①