When he traveled abroad, Mr. Smith ______.A.learned boxingB.forgot all about his businessC
When he traveled abroad, Mr. Smith ______.
A.learned boxing
B.forgot all about his business
C.raised the level of production
D.shook his head all the time
When he traveled abroad, Mr. Smith ______.
A.learned boxing
B.forgot all about his business
C.raised the level of production
D.shook his head all the time
When he was a young man, he traveled about the world ______.
A.on its own
B.of its own
C.on his own
D.of his own
Suppose a man wanted to reach a distant star. Even if he traveled his whole life, he would have to move faster than the speed of the light. Nothing can move that fast except light itself.
Strange things happen to an object when it moves rapidly. The object weighs more. An object moving at 86 percent of the speed of light is twice as heavy as it is at rest. A stick appears shorter. A clock runs more slowly. A man would not age so fast as he would on the earth.
Light travels more than 186,000 miles a second, or about 11 million miles a minute. In one year, light travels six trillion miles. That great distance is called a light-year. It is used to measure distance in space.
The star closest to our sun is Alpha Centauri. It is more than four light-years away. If one traveled at the speed of light, he could make a round trip to Alpha Centauri in nine years. But, even at that speed, he could not reach Alcaid (北斗星) in the handle of the Big Dipper. A one-way journey to Alcaid would take almost 200 years
1.In this passage the words “closest to our sun” means the star().
A、the earth we live on
B、Alpha Centauri
C、the Big Dipper
D、the moon
2.A one-way journey to Alcaid would take().
A、about nine years
B、less than four years
C、almost 200 years
D、less than 100 years
3.Why do we measure the distance in light-years instead of miles?()
A、Units of light-years sound better.
B、Using light- years reduced the number of figures used.
C、We used to measure distance in light-years long ago.
D、We do not make mistakes when we use light-years.
4.If a stone moved at the speed of light, it().
A、would weigh twice more than it is motionless
B、would weigh as much as it is on earth
C、would weigh less than it is on earth
D、would not have weight at all
5.This story is mainly about ().
A、the distance between the sun and the other stars
B、the problems of traveling to faraway stars
C、what happens when we travel faster than the speed of light
D、the tool we use when we go to faraway stars
Edgar began to see many things from that narrow compartment with its windows to the【71】world. He【72】out of the window with new eyes. And it seemed to him that he saw everything in its proper light for the first time.
Houses fled by as【73】blown away by the wind, and this made him think about the people who lived in them. Were they【74】or poor, happy or miserable? Did they【75】as he did, to know everything?
(36)
A.up
B.due
C.owing
D.on
Indians had come from Asia thousands of years before Columbus saw them.
Thousands of years ago, the Earth was in an ice age. (76) People who lived in northeastern Asia found their homeland growing colder. Huge sheets of ice were spreading over the land and animals people hunted for food were being forced away. The people also had to move, to stay near the animals. Some groups of people crossed Bering Strait from Asia to North Pacific Ocean, which separates northeastern Asia from Alaska. (77) These people slowly traveled east and south, searching for areas where hunting was good. Their children and all those who came after them continued to spread throughout the New World.
The Indians do not have yellowish skin that many Asian people have. Their skin is reddish brown. But like the people of Japan and other countries of Asia, Indians usually have high cheekbones and straight black hair.
In 1492, Christopher Columbus ______.
A.found American Indians in Asia
B.thought he had reached India
C.landed in India
D.reached the continent of Asia
Three friends decided to sail around the world in a small yacht(游艇). They loaded it with food and water and set off. They traveled to many beautiful places, and were having a wonderful time.
Until one day, when they had been at sea for about a month, a fierce storm blew up.
Great waves crashed(坠毁)down on their little yacht. The mast(船桅) broke and the yacht was soon thrown against some rocks near a deserted island.
The three men were able to struggle to the island, taking with them as much food as they could carry. Not a tree, not a bush, not a flower grew on the island. There was not an animal of any kind, not even a bird or an insect. For a few weeks the three men were able to live on the food they had saved, but at last it was gone--except for one piece of bread. They decided that whoever had the best dream the next night could have the bread. The next morning they took turns describing their dreams.
The first man said that he had dreamed he was in the world's most beautiful restaurant and he had eaten the finest meal of his life and drunk some of the finest wines. He said it was one of the best dreams he had ever had.
The second man described how he had dreamed about a magic carpet. Sitting on this car- pet, he had traveled to all the wonderful places in the world and been the guest of great kings and queens. It had been a truly exciting dream.
The men who had described their dreams then turned to the third man. "Tell us your dream," they said. "My dream was very simple," he said. "I dreamed that the bread was go- ing bad and would soon be moldy(发霉). 1 didn't want to waste the bread, so as soon as I woke up I ate it.
The three men took______.
A.many souvenirs(纪念品) with them
B.no medical supplies with them
C.a large crew with them
D.many provisions(食物贮备) with them
Which of tile following is TRUE?
A.All students had traveled in commercial planes before.
B.All students were nervous.
C.Most students felt nervous traveling in commercial planes.
D.Most students felt nervous when they were taken up in a fighter plane.
It can be concluded from the passage that Upshot Rise has_____.
A.a strong community spirit
B.a problem with nosey neighbors
C.a sterile feel and appearance
D.residents with a flair for self-expression
Shaw got married in 1898 when he was ______.
A.42
B.34
C.43
D.35
When he was in his ______ , he began to study English.
A.forty
B.forty's
C.forties
D.forty's years old