Astronauts on shorter shuttle missions（使命）often work very long days. Tasks are scheduled so tightly that break times are often used to finish the day’s work. This type of schedule is far too demanding for long missions on the International Space Station（ISS）. ISS crewmembers usually live in space for at least a quarter of a year. They work five days on and two days off to mimic the normal way they do things on Earth as much as possible. Weekends give the crew valuable time to rest and do a few hours of housework. They can communicate with family and friends by email , Internet phone and through Private video conferences.

    While astronauts cannot go to a baseball game or a movie in orbit, there are many familiar activities that they can still enjoy. Before a mission. the family and friends of each ISS crewmember put together a collection of family photos, messages, videos and reading material for The astronauts to look at when they will be floating 370 kilometers above the Earth. During their mission, the crew also receives care packages with CDs, books, magazines, photos and letters . And as from early 2010, the internet became available on the ISS , giving astronauts the chance to do some “web surfing （沖浪）”in their personal time. Besides relaxing with these more common entertainments, astronauts can simply enjoy the experience of living in space.

    Many astronauts say that one of the most relaxing things to do in space is to look out the window and stare at the universe and the Earth. Both the shuttle and the ISS circle the planet several times each time each day, and every moment offers a new view of the Earth’s vast land mass and oceans.

60. What does the word “minic” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A.  Find      B.  Copy       C. Change      D. Lose

61. Which of the following best describes the families of the astronauts on the ISS ?

A. The are caring and thoughtful   B. The are worried and upset

C. The are impatient and annoyed.  D. The are excited and curious.

62. In the final paragraph, the author shows that astronauts          .

A. get more pleasure in space than on the Earth  B. find living in space a bit boring and tiring

C. regard space life as common               D. love to see the Earth from space

63. The passage mainly discusses how astronauts          .

A. work for longer missions in space   B. connect with people on the Earth

C. observe the Earth from space       D. spend their free time in space

    Mini  Book  Excerpts（節(jié)選）

 Biography

    When Salinger learned that a car park was to be built on the land, the middle-aged writer was shocked and quickly bought the neighboring area to protect it… The townspeople never forgot the rescue and came to help their most famous neighbor.

                           J. D. Salinger：A Life by Kenneth Slawenski（Random House,$27）Mystery（疑案小說）

     “You’re a smart boy. Benny’s death was no accident, and you’re the only one who saw it happen. Do you think the murderer should get away with it ? ”The boy was starting stubbornly at his lap again.

     A thought suddenly occurred to Annika, “Did you …You recognized the man in the car, didn’t you?”

     The boy hesitated, twisting his fingers, “Maybe,” he said quietly.

                                   Red Wolf  by Liza Marklund（Atria Books, $25. 99）

Short Stories

     She wants to say to him what she has learned, none of it in class: Some women are born stupid, and some women are too smart for their own good. Some women are born to give, and some women only know how to take. Some women learn who they want to be from their mothers, some who they don’t want to be. Some mothers suffer so their daughters won’t. Some mothers love so their daughters won’t.

                              You Are Free by Danzy Senna（Riverhead Books,$15）

Humor

    Do your kids like to have fun? Come to Fun Times! Do you like to watch your kids having fun? Bring them to Fun Times! Fun Times!’s “amusement cycling” is the most fun you can have, legally, in the United States right now. Why spend thousands of dollars flying to Disney World when you can spend less than half of that within a day’s drive of most cities?

                         Happy: And Other Bad Thoughts by Larry Doyle（Ecco,$14. 99）

56. If the readers want to know about the life of Salinger , they should buy the book published by

                    .

A. Ecco      B. Atria Books        C. Riverhead Books       D. Random House

57. The book Happy: And Other Bad Thoughts is intended for                 .

A. young children        B. Disney World workers

C. middle school teachers  D. parents with young children

58. Which book describes women with characters of their own?

A. Happy And Other Bad Thoughts      B. J. D. Salinger: A Life

C. You Are Free                     D. Red Wolf

59. After finishing the book Red Wolf, the readers would learn that               .

A. the boy helped arrest the murderer      B. Benny died of an accident

C. the murderer got away with the crime    D. Annika carried out the crime

That holiday morning I didn’t have to attend school. Usually, on holidays, Mother   36   me to sleep in. And I would certainly take full advantage of it. On this particular morning, __37___,I felt like getting up early.

I stood by my window overlooking the ___38___, having nothing better to do. But as it turned out, I was soon to learn about something ___39___ in life.

As I watched several people go by, get into their cars and drive off, I ___40___ an old man on a bicycle with a bucket on its ___41___ and a basket rags and bottles on its back-carriage. He ___42___ from one car to another, washing and cleaning them. From the water on the ground, it seemed that he had already ___43___ washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars. He must have begun to work quite early in the morning.

Several thoughts ___44___my mind as I watched him work. He wasn’t well-dressed. He had on a pair of shorts and a(n) ___45___ T-shirt. The bicycle he rode was not by any means the kind modern ___46___would want to be seen riding on. But he seemed___47___ with life. There he was, working hard at his small business, ___48___ at passers-by and stopping to chat now and then ___49___ elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby.

There was a noticeable touch of___50___ in the way he seemed to be doing things— ___51___the windscreen (擋風玻璃), then standing back to admire it; scrubbing (擦凈) the wheels and ___52___, standing back to see what they look like after the scrub.

It was a ___53___ to learn, I felt. At no age need one have to beg for a ___54___if one has good health and is willing to work hard. For a while I felt ___55__ of myself. Young as I am—just sixteen, and there was this old man who must have been usefully engaged perhaps before the sun appeared above the horizon.

36．A．forces                   B．a(chǎn)llows                  C．causes                  D．forbids

37．A．otherwise              B．therefore               C．however                D．besides

38．A．parking lot            B．bus stop               C．school                  D．market

39．A．interesting             B．surprising             C．a(chǎn)wful                     D．useful

40．A．noticed                B．recognized             C．called                    D．a(chǎn)ssisted

41．A．back                    B．handle                  C．wheel                    D．seat

42．A．searched               B．left                       C．moved                  D．wandered

43．A．stopped                B．started                  C．intended                 D．finished

44．A．crossed                B．slipped                  C．disturbed               D．inspired

45．A．a(chǎn)ttractive             B．shiny                   C．simple                  D．expensive

46．A．repairmen             B．businessmen          C．drivers                  D．cyclists

47．A．busy                     B．content                  C．careful                  D．bored

48．A．waving                B．looking                 C．laughing                D．pointing

49．A．a(chǎn)bout                   B．for                      C．with                      D．like

50．A．worry                  B．respect                 C．sympathy              D．pride

51．A．cleaning                B．fixing                   C．replacing               D．covering

52．A．still                      B．yet                      C．a(chǎn)gain                     D．soon

53．A．lesson                   B．subject                  C．skill                       D．fact

54．A．business              B．living                    C．success                 D．right

55．A．tired                     B．doubtful                C．fearful                   D．a(chǎn)shamed

Never before      seen anybody who can play tennis as well as Robert.

A．had she                          B．she had                   C．has she                   D．she has

you can borrow my car　　 you promise not to drive too fast.

A．unless B．even if C．in case D．a(chǎn)s long as

 The doctor is skilled at treating heart trouble and never accepts any gift from his patients, so he has a very good ______.

A. expectation    B. reputation C. contribution   D. civilization

The manager is said to have arrived back from Paris where he________ some European partners.

A.  would meet  B. is meeting             C. meets               D. had met

 Day after day, they dragged their feet on and arrived at their destination______.

A. eventually        B. actually    C. accidentally      D. incidentally. 

 One of our rules is that every student       wear school uniform while at school.

A.  might         B.  could        C.  shall         D.  will

 By 16:30,        was almost closing time, nearly all the paintings had been sold.

A．which                            B．when                      C．what                      D．that