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Expo 2010 is held in Shanghai from May 1 to October 31.People all over the world are looking forward to it.Here are several golden rules on how to best plan your hip.
Rule 1:Do your homework
Read everything you call before going.Really study the maps.Know the pavilions.Arrive at the entrance nearest Io the things you want to see.Have a plan.It will make a big difference.
Rule 2:Allow plenty of time
Expo 2010 is the largest attraction event in the history of the world.It will take many days to see it.Plan to spend from five to eight days or more seeing it.
Rule 3:Pace yourself
Expo is enormous.The distances are punishing.It is better to spend a day seeing a single area than to man hack and forth all over the site.Remember to wear the most comfortable shoes.Never mind what they look like.
Rule 4:Get going in May
At many Expos the crowds are smaller in May and in early June than any other time.And beware the last two weeks.During every Expo, people delay their visits and then in early October they suddenly realize.“Expo will close soon! I haven’t seen it!’’ As a result, the last several weeks usually have the most crowded days of the entire Expo.
Rule 5:Find out what everyone else is doing-and do the opposite
If you don’t like large crowds and long lines.do the opposite.Here is all example:Most people go on Saturdays or on holidays, So avoid Saturdays and holidays.Go on weekdays when most people are at work.
Rule 6:Turn up
Expo 2010 is the largest celebration in China’s history-an amazing once-in-a-lifetime event.When it is gone and it will never be seen again.So whatever you do,don’t miss it!
Expo 2010 will last _________.

A.five to eight days
B.several weeks
C.six months
D.a year

According to Rule 4,you’d bettor not go to Expo on ________.

A.May 3 B.July 5 C.September 16 D.October 20

When there are lots of people waiting in line to see the most popular activations, what’s your  best choice?

A.I’ll wait in line as other people do.
B.I’ll go back and return tomorrow.
C.I’ll visit the less crowded places instead.
D.I’ll sit on a bench to have a rest for about two or three hours.

In Rule 6 “turn up” here means ________.

A.don’t miss it B.come and see
C.make the sound louder D.never be seen again
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Millions of stars are travelling about in space. A few form groups which travel together, but most of them travel alone.
And they travel through a universe which is so large that one star seldom comes near to another. For the most important part each star makes its journey in complete loneliness, like a ship on an empty ocean. The ship will be well over a million miles from its nearest neighbour. From this it is easy to understand why a star seldom finds another anywhere near it.
We believe, however, that some two thousand million years ago, another star wandering(漫游) through space, happened to come near our sun just as the sun and the moon raised its tides(潮汐) on the earth, so this star must have raised tides on the surface of the sun. But they were very different from the small tides that are raised in our oceans; A large tidal(潮汐的) wave must have travelled over the surface of the sun, at last forming a mountain so high that we cannot imagine it. As the cause of the disturbance came nearer, so the mountain rose higher and higher. And before the star began to move away again, its tidal pull had become so powerful that this mountain was torn to pieces and thrown off small parts of itself into space.
These small pieces have been going round the sun ever since. They are the planets.
Most stars are _________________________.

A.following a regular path in space
B.moving about without a fixed course
C.seldom wandering about in the universe
D.always travelling together

Some two thousand years ago, the mountain on the sun was raised probably because _____________.

A.the star moved away from the sun
B.another star happened to come near the sun
C.the sun and the moon raised the tides on the earth
D.a large tidal of wave travelled over the surface of the sun

The article suggests that _______________.

A.how space formed
B.our earth exists before the sun
C.no one knows where the earth comes from
D.our earth used to be a high mountain in the sun

The expression “the cause of the disturbance” refers to ________.

A.the large tidal wave B.the powerful tidal pull
C.the star coming near the sun D.one of sun’s planets

In the article, the writer mainly wants to tell us ______________.

A.where the planets in the universe came from
B.how the high mountains were formed on the sun
C.that the universe is so large that we cannot imagine it
D.why the tides over the surface of the sun were so powerful
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仔细阅读下面的短文并按要求完成后面的小题。
The giant panda is one of the most popular animals in the world. A giant panda can grow up to 1.5 meters long and weigh up to 160kg. People think the giant panda is very lovely. ①So it is not surprising that the World Wide Fund for Nature chose the giant panda as its symbol. The WWF tells people about animals that they are in danger and raises money to save them.
The giant panda only lives in the wild in China. In the early 1980s, were only 1,000 left in the wild. The main reason why pandas are endangered is that the area where pandas can live has become smaller.
The WWF works to help giant pandas in the wild in many ways. One of the ways that helps them is to increase the size of panda reserves(自然保护区). Some reserves need to be joined together by planting bamboo between them to make “corridors”. These are paths that lead from one reserve to another. No one may harm the pandas in these areas. The corridors let pandas move from one habitat(栖息地) to another to look for food. ②People are working very hard to make sure the giant panda does not die out.
How long and heavy can a giant panda grow to be?
将文中划线的句子①改为被动句。
So it is not surprising that _____________________by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
Why are the giant pandas endangered?
Give a way to help the giant pandas in the wild, please.
将文中划线的句子②翻译成中文。

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There have been many great inventions or things that changed the way we live. The first great invention was the one that is still very important today——the wheel. This made it easier to carry heavy things and to travel long distance.
For hundreds of years after that there were few inventions that as much effect as the wheel . Then in the early 1800s the world started to change. There was little unknown land left in the world. People didn’t have to explore much any more. They began to work instead to make life better.
In the second half of the 19th century many great inventions were made. Among them were the camera, the light and the radio. These all play a big part in our daily life today.
The first part of the 20th century saw more great inventions. The helicopter in 1909, movies with sound in 1926, the computer in 1928, jet planes in 1930. This was also a time when a new material was first made. Nylon came out in 1935. It changed the kind of clothes people wore.
The middle part of the 20th century brought new ways to help people get over diseases. They worked very well. They made people healthier and allowed them to live longer. By the 1960s most people could expect to live to be at least 60.
By this time most people in developed countries had a very good life. Of course new inventions continued to be made. But man now had a desire(渴望) to explore again. The earth was known to man but the stars were not. Man began looking for ways to go into space. Russia made the first step. Then United States took a step. Since then other countries , including China and Japan, have made their own steps into space.
In 1969 man took his biggest step away from earth. Americans first walked on the moon. This is certainly just a beginning, though. New inventions will some day allow us to do things we have never yet dreamed of.
This passage talks mainly about         .

A.why cars were very important
B.when light was invented
C.how inventions affect people’s daily life
D.which country made the first step into space

According to the passage man didn’t have a desire to explore a lot         .

A.at the beginning of 1800s B.in the 1960s
C.since the 1900s D.from the 1800s to 1960s

In the 1800s, people began to work in order to make      

A.explorations B.their life better C.discoveries D.a trip to space

Nylon came out of five years later than        .

A.radio B.camera C.jet planes D.movies

People can live longer lives because        that help cure diseases have worked very well.

A.doctors B.new ways C.medicines D.new hospitals
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The Flying Hat  Shannon Blackman
“The most sidesplitting story I’ve ever read.  I couldn’t stop laughing after I finished it.  Be ready to laugh your heart out.”
Willy King, Best Book winner
“It’s a story that makes you smile in your dreams.  Blackman’s excellent writing cheers you up.”
The tide, London
“One of the best-selling books of the year.  More than two million copies have been sold.”
The Sunday Reader, New York
“This book has become the talk of the country.  The story is making its way into movie theaters.  I can’t wait to see it!”
Marian Miller, author of Ms. Lilly
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Which is said about The Flying Hat?

A.A movie about the story is coming out.
B.The story is about a boy who has a magic hat.
C.The writer started the book because of a dream.
D.People can buy the book in different languages.

What does sidesplitting mean?

A.Funny. B.Simple. C.Serious. D.Difficult.
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Can the Time Go Slower?
by Joanna Pitt
Can the time go slower?
I’m still thinking of
The answers.
Can the time go slower?
My head is not
Yet clear.
Can the time go slower?
For me the rules of math are
Too hard to remember.
Can the time go slower?
My grade is what my father
Really cares about.
So can the time go slower?
My dear teacher,
I don’t want to run behind others.
Oh NO!
There are still lots of questions
To be answered!
What is the reading about?

A.Taking a test.
B.Teaching math.
C.Learning driving.
D.Running at the school.

Why does the writer keep asking “Can the time go slower?”

A.She is missing her good old times.
B.She does not want to get old with time.
C.She is worried that there’s not enough time.
D.She is afraid that her father will be home soon.
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