on the

moon.Their names were Armstrong and Aldrin.They went there in a spaceship.Its name was Apollo 11.

Apollo 11 left Cape Kennedy on July 16th and went three hundred and eighty-five thousand kilometers.It took the two Americans three days to get there.On July 20th the spaceship landed in the Sea of Tranquility（宁静）.Armstrong first stepped onto the moon.They picked up some rocks and put them in the spaceship.They jumped up and down.They were tired after their moonwalk,so they rested.

On July 21st Apollo 11 left the moon and returned to the Earth.Three days later, it came down in the Pacific Ocean.A ship took the men to America.

( ) 1. The moon is ________ kilometers away from the earth. A. 385 B. 3850 C. 385000

( ) 2. The two Americans stayed on the moon for about________.

A. three days B. six days C. one day D. four days

( ) 3. \

A. the earth B. the moon C. the world

( ) 4. July 20th, 1969 was an important day because________. A. Apollo 11 landed on the moon

B. man could not get to the moon by spaceship C. it was the first time for human beings to land on the moon

D. Americans were the first men to get to the moon （ ) 5. The best title for this passage is________. A. Two Americans on the Moon B. An important day

C. On the Moon D. The First Men on the Moon

Passage 15

It is good to keep animals in zoos.Zoos are places for people to see many different kinds of animals from all over the world.Without zoos,most people would never see a real tiger or bear.Secondly,zoos look after the animals very well.The animals are always given food and cleaned on time.In the wild, it is not always possible for an animal to find food, so sometimes it goes

hungry.Thirdly, zoos protect the animals.They offer them safe place to live in.In the wild, some kinds of animals are in danger of becoming extinct （灭绝).But zoos give these animals a chance to live.Without zoos, there would be fewer kinds of animals in the world.

However,some people think it is unnatural (非自然的) and unfair（不公平的） to keep wild（野生的） animals in cages.Most animals are kept in cages that are too small for them. The animals such as bears and tigers always look sad in cages.Wild animals should look for their own food.Anyone would not feel happy if he isn't allowed (允许) to go outside his home and animals don't like it either. 判断正误（T或F）：

( ) 1. If you don't go to a zoo, you can't see dogs. ( ) 2. In the zoos, all animals are happy. ( ) 3. In the wild, animals look for their own food. ( ) 4. According to（根据) the last sentence,we can say animals like to

stay in the cages.

( ) 5. The writer is not sure whether it is better for animals to stay in

Zoos.

Passage 16

Big Ben is not the name of a man.It's the name of a huge clock in London. London is the capital of England.This dock has four faces.So,no matter where you stand, you can read the time on the face of Big Ben.Each face is the size of a double decker bus.The hands are about four meters long.It is about the size of two people standing on the top of each other.If you go to London, you may want to Visit the Houses of Parliament(国会大厦).In that place,you will find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower in the Houses of Parliament.You will probably hear it as well as see it.The giant clock makes such a loud noise: \ The clock was named after a big man.He was Sir Benjamin Hall.This man did much building work in London many years ago.

（ ) 1. Big Ben is______.

A. a double decker bus B. a huge clock

C. a building D. the name of