The aircraft started its journey in March 2015 from Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, and made stops in Oman, Myanmar, China and Japan. It’s on the ninth leg of its circumnavigation（环行）.

Pilot Bertrand Piccard, who is flying the latest leg of the trip, was confident on Thursday that things would go according to plan.

Piccard and his co-pilot Andre Borschberg were in charge of the mission. The team was delayed in Asia. When first attempting to fly from Nanjing to Hawaii, the crew had to divert to Japan because of unfavorable weather and a damaged wing.

A month later, when weather conditions were right, the plane departed from Nagoya in Japan for Hawaii.

24. What does the underlined phrase “California or bust” mean in the first paragraph? A. Success or failure. C. Damage or repair.

B. Return or California.

D. Destination and success.

25. What is the name of the solar plane? A. Hawaiian Air Jet. C. Solar Impulse 2.

B. Andre Borschberg. D. Solar Challenger.

26. Why did the solar plane stay in Japan for a month?

A. Because the plane’s battery system sustained heat damage on its trip. B. Because it was a slow-moving solar plane.

C. Because the weather was unfavorable and a wing was damaged.

D. Because both of the pilots have no confidence about the solar plane. 27. What is the best title of the passage? A. A Solar Plane Trip in Asia B. The Round-the-world Trip

C. Solar Plane Soars（高飞）from Hawaii to California D. A Pleasant Solar Plane Trip from Japan to California

C

At one time no one could travel on an English road faster than four miles an hour. That was the law until 1896. A man had to walk in front of a car which could not go faster than the man. At night the man had to carry a red lamp.

Once Charles Rolls brought a car from France to England, but he wanted to drive faster than four miles an hour. In order to have no trouble with the police, he had a talk with some of the police officers, who ordered their policemen to look the other way when the car came along the road. This was a good plan in the country, but not so easy to follow

in the busy streets of London.

One night Rolls and some friends started from London on their journey to Cambridge. One of the men walked in front with the red lamp, but he walked as fast as he could. The police became very interested in walls and shop-fronts when they heard the car and not one of them saw it.

They reached a hill, but what a waste of time it was to drive down the hill at four miles an hour! Rolls was getting ready to jump into the car, but then he noticed a policeman who was not looking the other way. The slow car reached him.

“Good evening,” said the policeman, looking at the car. “Good evening,” said Rolls, holding the lamp.

“One of these horseless things,” said the policeman, looking at it with interest. “Yes,” said Rolls, and waited.

“I’ve often wanted a ride in one, but of course policemen can’t buy things like that.” He turned and looked hopefully in Rolls’s face.

“Jump in,” said Rolls.

“Thanks,” said the policeman, and did so. “Now,” he said, sitting down, “You can let it go just as you like down this hill. There isn’t another policeman on this road for a mile and a half.”

28．The policemen were told “to look the other way” so that _______.

A. they could watch the car coming from the other direction B. Rolls’s car could go faster than four miles an hour C. they could make sure no one was in the way D. the car would not hit them on the road

29．In what way did the policemen carry out the order from their officers?

A. They greeted Rolls when the car came along. B. They walked in front of the car with a red lamp. C. They pretended to be attracted by something else. D. They stood on duty every 1.5 miles along the road.

30．The policeman who said “Good evening” to Rolls wanted to _______.

A. teach Rolls a lesson

B. take a free ride home

D. have a car ride experience

C. have a talk with Rolls

31．After the policeman jumped into the car, Rolls _______.

A. dared not drive the car faster than he was allowed to B. could drive as fast as he wished within a certain distance C. could drive on any road he liked for the rest of the journey D. drove his car as fast as he could down the hill to Cambridge

D

David, a French priest(牧师)of thirty-six, was sent to China by the church in 1872.He did well in the natural and social science besides his religious activities(宗教活动)。He was also very interested in the rare wild animals and plants in China.

On May 4th, 1879, after searching half a month in the western part of Baoxing, Sichuan the hunters hired(雇用)by David succeeded in bringing him a \bear\\bear is extremely lovely\be a new species (物种)never discovered by scientists.

He then decided to send it to Paris for a further study. Unfortunately the poor \颠簸)of the mountain roads and the climatic (气候)change. He had to send its pelt (皮毛)to the National Museum in Paris for display (展览)。In fact, the so-called \a complete study, Milla Edwards, head of the museum, judged that it was a new species. He gave the \

The discovery made the world excited and Baoxing was also made famous for \the giant panda\

32．From the passage we can see that David mainly came to China to ____.

A. learn Chinese science and history

B. look for a panda for church

C. do something on religion(宗教) D. study the wild animals and plants in China 33．The word \

A. very hard to find running very fast

34．The first giant panda was caught ____.

A. by David, a French priest C. with a lot of difficulty month

B. worth no money C. easy to find D.

B. quite by accident

D. after the hunters followed it for half a

35. Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

A. The giant panda died when it was on display. B. David had never seen a giant panda before.

C. Milla was sure the animal was neither a bear nor a cat. D. The discovery made the world excited with interest 第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两处为多余选项。 For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming to an empty house. 36 Some may hide. But all of them have something in common. They spend part of each day alone. They are called latchkey children. They are children who look after themselves while their parents work. 37

Lynette Long was once the headmaster of an elementary school. She said, “We had a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys attached. I was constantly telling them to put them inside shirts. There were so many keys. It never came to my mind what they meant.” 38

She and her husband began talking to the children who had them. They learned of the impact working couples and single parents were having on their children. 39 __One in every three latchkey children the Logs talked to reported being scared. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety.

The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. 40 The second is TV. They’ll often play it at high volume. It’s hard to get statistics(情况)on latchkey children, the Longs learned. Most parents are slow to admit they leave their children alone.

A. Slowly, she learned they were house keys. B. But they don’t mind.

C. Fear is the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. D. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. E. Some go to their friends or their relatives.

F. And their bad condition has become a subject of concern. G. It might be in a shower stall, under a bed or in a closet.