A

Have you ever heard of e-books？E-books are electronic books. They are no larger than an ordinary book， with a screen on which you can read.

How does the e-book work？

First， you call up websites on your computer and select books that you want. There are thousands of books provided by different websites on the Internet. Then download the books you like on to your e-book. You can download about 10 books at a time. Now you can just sit back and enjoy yourself reading.

Compared with ordinary books， e-books have many advantages. First of all， e-books save space. You can put as many as 10 books into a thing no bigger than a pocket radio and then carry it everywhere. You can renew reading materials in your e-book as many times as you like. With the development of e-book technology， probably an e-library will appear. Then you just take your e-books there and download what you want to read. You no longer need to worry about whether your books are over-due or not.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇可以完成句子的最佳答案。

1. E-books are ________.

A. electronic books

B. no larger than an ordinary book

C. very popular in big city

D. A， B and C

2. First， you ________.

A. call up websites on your computer

B. read books that you want

C. turn on your e-book

D. download the books you like

3. You can download ________ books at a time.

A. two

B. ten

C. twelve

D. twenty

4. E-books ________.

A. save space

B. save money

C. look like a pocket radio

D. carry it easily

5. There must be an ________ in the future.

A. e-book

B. e-mail

C. e-library

D. e-house

B

Eager to open up a space tourism market， a Russian company presented a “space place” model. It would give tourists the chance to spend an hour in space.

Anybody who can pay about $100，000 would be able to experience zero gravity. About 100 people have already booked seats to fly on the C-21 plane. The US company helped the first space tourist， Dennis Tito， to secure his flight to the International Space Station. Tito is said to have paid $20 million for the eight-day trip. C-21 would offer tourists a small glimpse of space. The aircraft， carrying a pilot and two passengers， will be positioned on top of a carrier airplane until it is 17，100 metres in the air. Once released from the carrier， the ship’s own rocket will send it to a height of over 96 kilometers for three minutes of weightlessness. Then C-21 will slide back into the atmosphere and land like an ordinary plane. The entire flight will only take about an hour.

仔細(xì)閱讀短文，補(bǔ)上每個句子中所缺的詞，使句意完整，語句連貫。

6. A ________ company would give tourists the ________ to spend an hour in space.

7. About 100 people are ________ to spend $100，000 for ________ on the C-21 plane.

8. Dennis Tito is the first ________ ________. He have paid $20 million for the eight-day trip in space.

9. A ________ and two ________ will be positioned on top of a carrier airplane.

10. C-21 will ________ back into the atmosphere and ________ like an ordinary plane.

C

Once a boy who wanted to fly covered his arms with feathers. He used wax to keep the feathers on. But he flew too close to the sun. The wax melted. The feathers came off. Down came the boy！

This is just a story. But it tells us that man has always dreamed of flying. In 1783， this dream came true. Two French brothers invented the hot-air balloon. It rose a thousand feet high.

It took almost 100 years for men to move from the hot-air balloon to the first airship. It was invented in the late 1900s. It was a powered balloon.

In North Carolina of America， less than twenty-five years later， the Wright Brothers flew the first airplane. This first flight， in 1903， lasted less than half a minute. It covered just a few feet.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇能回答所提問題的最佳答案。

11. Why did the boy come down from the sky？Because ________.

A. he covered his arms with feathers

B. he used wax to keep the feathers on

C. he flew too close to the sun

D. the wax melted and the feathers came off

12. Who invented the hot-air balloon？

A. Two French brothers.

B. the Wright Brothers.

C. Benjamin Franklin.

D. Einstein.

13.When was the first airship invented？

A. In the late 1900s.

B. About 100 years ago.

C. A and B.

D. Many years ago.

14. How about the first airplane？

A. The Wright Brothers invented the first airplane.

B. It flew less than half a minute and a few feet high.

C. This first flight was in 1903.

D. It was born in North Carolina of America.

閱讀理解答案

1. D。根據(jù)E-books are electronic books. They are no larger than an ordinary book， with a screen on which you can read 可知答案為D。

2. A。根據(jù)First， you call up websites on your computer and select books that you want可知答案為A。

3. B。根據(jù)You can download about 10 books at a time（你每次大約能下載10本書）就能確定答案。

4. A。根據(jù)First of all， e-books save space. You can put as many as 10books into a thing no bigger than a pocket radio and then carry it everywhere（首先，電子書節(jié)省空間，你能放10本書進(jìn)入比口袋收音機(jī)大不多的一件東西里，且可攜帶到任何地方去）可確定答案。

5. C。根據(jù)With the development of e-book technology， probably an e-library will appear（隨著電子書技術(shù)的發(fā)展，電子圖書館就會應(yīng)運(yùn)而生）就能確定答案。

6. Russian， chance。根據(jù)Eager to open up a space tourism market， a Russian company presented a “space place” model. It would give tourists the chance to spend an hour in space（人類渴望開發(fā)太空旅游市場， 一家俄羅斯公司提出一項“太空住所” 樣式，將給旅游者提供1小時在太空瀟灑的機(jī)會）足能敲定要填的詞。

7. eager， flying。根據(jù)Anybody who can pay about $100，000 would be able to experience zero gravity. About 100 people have already booked seats to fly on the C-21 plane （任何能負(fù)擔(dān)得起大約10萬美元的人都能體驗飛行時之失重狀態(tài)，約有100人已經(jīng)預(yù)定了飛向太空的C-21 型飛機(jī)的座位）足能敲定要填的詞。

8. space tourist。根據(jù)The US company helped the first space tourist， Dennis Tito， to secure his flight to the International Space Station. Tito is said to have paid $20 million for the eight-day trip（美國公司幫助第一位太空旅行者丹尼斯·提托安全飛行到太空站上，據(jù)提托說他付了兩千萬美元旅行了8天）足能敲定要填的詞。

9. pilot， passengers。根據(jù)The aircraft， carrying a pilot and two passengers， will be positioned on top of a carrier airplane until it is 17，100 metres in the air（載一個飛行員和兩名乘客的太空船安放在一架航空母艦上，一直飛行到17，100米的高度）足能敲定要填的詞。

10. slide， land。根據(jù)Then C-21 will slide back into the atmosphere and land like an ordinary plane（然后C-21就滑回到大氣層中，像一架普通飛機(jī)著陸到地面上）足能敲定要填的詞。

11. D。根據(jù) Once a boy who wanted to fly covered his arms with feathers. He used wax to keep the feathers on. But he flew too close to the sun. The wax melted. The feathers came off （從前， 一個胳膊上綁著羽毛的男孩想飛向藍(lán)天。他用蠟把羽毛粘在胳膊上，由于飛得離太陽太近，蠟融化了，羽毛脫落了） 顯然， 選項A和選項B都不是原因，選項C是原因，選項D才是最佳答案。

12. A。根據(jù) Two French brothers invented the hot-air balloon（兩個法國兄弟發(fā)明了熱氣球）就能確定選項。

13. C。根據(jù) It took almost 100 years for men to move from the hot-air balloon to the first airship. It was invented in the late 1900s可知答案選C。

14. B。根據(jù)This first flight， in 1903， lasted less than half a minute. It covered just a few feet（1903年誕生了第一架飛機(jī)，飛行不到半分鐘，僅飛了幾英尺高）可知答案選B。