35. What is the writer’s purpose of writing this passage? A. To introduce the northern white rhino.

B. To do a research on the northern white rhino

C. To raise people's attention to save endangered animals

D. To find out the reasons why the northern white rhino was dying out.

(C)

SpaceX made history two months ago by launching the world's most powerful rocket to Mars. Falcon Heavy, the 230ft rocket, successfully launched from Cape Canaveral-- the same station where NASA sent man to the moon almost 50 years ago.

There were no humans on the Falcon Heavy- but it's not without a passenger. Founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, sent one of his Tesla Car along for the ride with a human shape model called Starman\

For now, the world is very excited by the successful launch of the rocket. Elon Musk suggested the space trip could just become the greatest firework show ever seen. If it went wrong, the rocket actually managed to lift off Why is there all this excitement?

Watching live streams of an electric car floating in space, while the extra engines that carried it there softly land themselves back on Earth, it's hard not to feel that were living in the future. Where is all this leading?

Falcon Heavy is a great piece of work, by the researchers at SpaceX.. It’s not the most powerful rocket ever made, and NASA's Space Launch System will beat it when it finally launches. But it runs very cheaply, for a rocket; the fact that It can be re-used, at relatively little expense, could launch an exciting future of much more regular space launches

The set of Mr. Musk’s own car in the rocket is a sign of the real reason. This launch is such a big deal: it is being done by a man with talent, and the strong wish to make people talk about him and what he's doing. There’s no reason for the car to be going to space except for a talking point indeed, the rocket could carry some important scientific instruments instead-but when viewed as a show for a private space company which hopes to be the future of personal space travel, everything becomes more reasonable. The idea behind that plan is that it makes such space trip much cheaper, since private companies can develop and build the rockets. The companies can then increase the money they may cam with other private satellite launches and other work, cutting down the cost of space travel.

36. What did the rocket carry to space?

A. A car with nothing. B. A car with a human driver C. A car with a model D. A car with a human passenger 37. What is people's opinion about this space trip to Mars? A. They are excited about it

B. Few of them know about the space trip C. They don't like the idea of the space trip.

D. They are worried about the high price of the space trip

38. What does the underlined word \

A NASA B Falcon Heavy C SpaceX company. D. Mr. Musk's own car 39. According to the passage, Elon Musk sent a car to the space in order to_____

A. test his new car

B. help carry important scientific tools C. raise the price of the private space trip

D let more people know about him and his work 40. The passage can be best described as a (n)______

A science research B news report C adventure story D. book review

41. Which restaurants are good ones lo taste foreign food? A. Cheesy Bites and The Chocolate Box B. Your British Caff and The Lemon Tree C. The Lemon Tree and The Chocolate Box D. Last Days of the Raj and A Taste of Tuscany. 42. Who is most likely to eat in The Lemon Tree? A. A lady who enjoys having salad B. A man who likes lemon very much C. A boy who enjoys eating fish and chips. D. A girl who prefers to have cakes for lunch

43. Which restaurant will you recommend to your friend if he loves food as well as music? A. Fast Best and Your British Caff B. Musical Chairs and Cheesy Bites C. Cheesy Bites and The Chocolate Box D. Musical Chairs and Your British Caff 44. What can we learn from the passage? A. You can only eat cheese in Cheesy Bites.

B. Musical Chair is a restaurant with a long history C. The cooks of A Taste of Tuscany are all from Italy.

D. The owner of the chocolate box can make nothing but cakes 45. Where can you probably find these passages? A In a fashion magazine B On a school newspaper. C. In an on-line city guide. D In an on-line ticket center

第二节阅读填空

阅读短文及文后选项,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

According to a common saying, \is the best policy. \in daily life, honesty can be difficult. Lying often seems like a good way to impress people or avoid blame for mistakes. 46 ______. But besides all this, honesty really is worth the effort.

One clear reason for honesty is that lies are difficult to hide because they are harder to

remember than the truth. If you make up a story, you have to remember all the details. 47_____ But if you promise to tell the truth, you will never have trouble remembering. This saves you effort and makes conversations less stressful for you

48 People who believe your lies might make bad decisions because of them. And a lie about, someone else could destroy that persons good name. On a personal level, if your friends find out you lied to them, their feelings will be hurt. They will question whether they can trust you or wonder whether you care about them.

On the other hand, if you always tell the truth, you will develop your good name for honesty. 49___ Business deals, friendship, family and romantic relationships all depend on trust. Honesty, however, doesn't mean that you have to say everything you think. 50______When you do that, you will feel more relaxed and enjoy stronger relationships A. This will help you in every area of your life.

B. Another clear reason to avoid lying is that lying can harm others. C. And the more lies you tell, the more stories you have to remember D. Some people lie out of habit, without even realizing they're doing it.

E. Sometimes it's best to remain silent if your words might hurt someone else.

四、写作 第一节单词拼写

51. David runs fast. but Mike runs e faster

52. Tom, keep q . Don't forget we are in the library now 53. Mrs. Smith likes staying in her g to look after her roses. 54. People often s for information on the Internet nowadays 55. didn't you n the sign “No swimming here? We can't swim in the river.

56. The teacher was p with the students and corrected their mistakes one by one.

第二节完成句子

57.五一期间有太多人出游了。

too many tourists travelling during Labour Day. 58.当妈妈不在家的时候,杰瑞把房间收抬好了。

When mom was not at home, the room up by Jerry. 59.现在对许多外国人来说,说中文不是一件难事。 not Chinese now

60.我想知道明天会不会下雨。

I wonder tomorrow 61.梅喜欢唱歌,但地唱得不如她姐姐。

hard

for

many

foreigners_________

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