回答问题(五) 中国航空日+读书+英国茶文化
A [2019·密云期末]
About 800 years ago, a Chinese man named Wang Hu made the world’s first rocket, but unluckily he lost his life with it. It was not until April 24, 1970 that China sent its first satellite Dongfanghong-1 to space successfully.
To celebrate the first big success for the country’s space development, April 24 is now China’s Space Day, which started in 2016. While celebrating, China also announced(宣布) new plans to make a space station and go to Mars and further space.
A space station is like a home for astronauts in space. Astronauts live and work on a space station and spaceships can even park there. China plans to finish building its space station in 2022.
According to China’s top space scientist Zhou Jianping, by that time, becoming an astronaut will be a normal job. Astronauts are needed more than ever before. They need to be able to finish more tasks. So far, China has been choosing astronauts mainly from pilots. In the future astronauts will also be picked from engineers, doctors and space technology experts.
Another plan is about Mars. In order to search Mars, China will send a probe(探测器)first to Mars around 2020. It will land there and even bring back things from Mars.
It’s such a big plan! Only by doing this can China say it has truly started the exploration of deep space. And the exploration will help us understand how the universe changes.
1.Who made the world’s first rocket?
2. When is China’s Space Day?
3. What does China plan to do in 2022?
4. What will China do first to search Mars?
5. What does the passage mainly tell us?
B [2019·海淀二模]
Todd Bol is the founder of the non-profit Little Free Libraries. Bol built the first little library in 2009 to honor his mom, who was a book-lover and teacher. Bol wanted to share his mother’s love for reading with others. He decided to build a wooden box and fill it with books. He made it look like a tiny red schoolhouse. He placed the box with books on a post in his front yard with a sign that read “Free Books”. This was the beginning of the Little Free Library.
Soon Bol’s neighbors noticed this tiny model of a schoolhouse. They began taking the books and replacing them with books of their own. The tiny library was always open. A library card was not needed. The books could be read and returned whenever. It offered people an easy way to read. This library didn’t just provide books, it also helped build friendships among community members. As more and more people visited Bol’s little library, they began talking with one another. Everyone loved the little library. They shared thoughts, ideas, and stories. They got to know one another. After all, as Bol said, “It’s a magic box with books.”
Bol’s friends and neighbors wanted little libraries of their own. Bol built several and gave them away. One of his friends, Rick Brooks, noticed that the libraries encouraged people to read. He believed that Bol’s little libraries could benefit more than just local friends and neighbors. With this in mind, Bol and Brookes came up with a plan to build more than 2,500 Little Free Libraries around the world. To achieve this goal, they created a website. People can get information about the Little Free Libraries and how they can set up little libraries of their own.
