News 1 Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice, won the World Food Prize on Monday. Yuan

News 1
Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice, won the World Food Prize on Monday. Yuan developed the world’s first popular and widely known hybrid rice. Hybrid rice plants can make more rice than regular ones.
News 2
Have you ever got angry at books that are full of mistakes? Don’t worry, things will get better soon. Last week, China started checking textbooks, dictionaries and children’s books all over the country. The government said the results of the check would come out at the end of June.
News 3
People will see a new “star” in the sky soon. China plants to send a satellite into space by December 2006.It will stay in space for one year. It will go around the moon and take pictures. It must be very expensive, right? That’s for sure; 1.4 billion yuan!
News 4
Have you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours? One day, maybe you can. Last Saturday, the American X-43A airplane made its first flight. It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometers per hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world.X-43A is only three to four meters long, but it’s very heavy. It weighs 1,270 kilograms.
【小题1】The satellite sent by China will move around .A．the moonB．the earthC．the sunD．the mars【小题2】The speed of the fastest plane in the world is .A．1.4 kilometers per secondB．43 kilometers per minuteC．1,270 kilometers per hourD．8,000 kilometers per hour【小题3】The checking of textbooks, dictionaries and children’s books will .A．make a lot of moneyB．make the children sadC．make sure there are no mistakes in themD．make sure the books are not too expensive【小题4】Which of the following statements about the new star is NOT true?A．It will go around the moon.B．It will stay in space for two years.C．It costs a lot.D．It will go into space by December 2006.【小题5】Yuan Longping won the World Food Prize because .A．he likes to eat hybrid riceB．he is a successful fatherC．he grows more rice than othersD．he developed the world’s first popular and widely grown hybrid riceA

(答案→)A 解析：【主旨大意】News 1介绍了杂交水稻之父袁隆平这所以获得世界食物奖。News 2介绍了关于不用再对课本、字典、儿童用书中的错误感到生气，中国将对全国的课本、字典、儿童用书进行检查，以纠正其中的错误，结果将在六月末揭晓。News 3介绍了中国将向太空发射一颗卫星，它围绕月球拍照，它将在太空一年，以及它的造价。News 4介绍了世界上最快的飞机的速度、大小和重量。【小题1】由News 3“It will go around the moon.”可知。【小题1】由News 4“It reached a speed of 8000 kilometers one hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world”可知。【小题1】由News 2的第一句和第二句可知。【小题1】 由News 3“It will stay in space for one year.” 可知。【小题1】由News 1的第一句和第二句可知。

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