中考英语专项练习.docVIP

中考英语专项练习： 阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容选择正确答案。 第一组（共3篇）： （A） （CCTV 9, October 16,2003） CHINA launched its first manned spaceship into space at 9 yesterday morning. Yang Liwei, 38, is the first spaceman of China. He was chosen from 14 pilots after many difficult tests. The ship circled the earth 14 times in about 20 hours. CHINA will send two more astronauts into space next year. This time, they will stay up there for five to seven days testing the spaceship. Fourteen astronauts are now training for the trip. Last October, Shengzhou V made China the third nation to send a man into space. （China Daily, April 6,2004） THE 2008 Olympic Games will get some help from space. Next May, China will send a small satellite into space. It will watch the Olympic venues （场馆）as people build them. The satellite will also help us to keep the environment clean. It will stay in space for 5 years. （ May 2004） 根据以上三则新闻内容，选择最佳答案。 （ ）1. How many countries sent spaceship with man into space? A. One B. Three C. Two D. Four. （ ）2. How long did Yang Liwei stay in the space? A. Seven days. B. Five years. C. About five days. D. About twenty hours. （ ）3. When will China send up a satellite into space to watch the Olympic venues? A. In May, 2005 B. In April, 2008 C. In April, 2005 D. In May, 2008. （ ）4. How old is Yang Liwei this year? A. 38 B. 40 C. 39 D. 37 （ ）5. According to （根据）the news above, which is right? A. China will send two more astronauts into space in 2006. B. Shenzhou V was sent up into space on Oct. 15,2003. C. China has sent a spaceship with two people into space. D. The satellite will only help us to keep the environment clean. （B） Last week, 169 Junior 1 students at No. 35 Middle School of Shenyang took their first no-teacher exam. After the teacher handed out the exam paper, he left the room and never came back. A student collected in the papers when the exam ended.