National medals(奖章)and honorary titles(荣誉称号)are usually awarded once every five years.As part of the celebration of the 70th anniversary(周年)of the founding of the People's Republic of China(PRC.,President Xi Jinping awarded 42 people the Medal of the Republic,the Friendship Medal and national honorary titles.They come from different backgrounds,including scientists,lawmakers, educators,artists,model workers and six non-Chinese people.All have made big contributions(贡献)to the nation's construction and development.Here are some of the people we'll know.
Chinese scientist Tu Youyou is one of the eight who were awarded the Medal of the Republic.Tu, who won the 2015 Nobel Prize for her discovery of the malaria drug artemisinin(抗疟药物青蒿素),is the first Chinese citizen to win a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine She has saved millions of lives worldwide.She has also made important scientific innovations(创新)in traditional Chinese medicine.
Tu is not the only one who has given her life to the country's development.Nan Rendong,before his death in 2017,led the research and development of China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope(FAST,500米口径球面射电望远镜),the world's largest radio telescope.He worked on the project for more than 20 years.His contributions to hinese astronomy(天文)earned him the title,"the people's scientist".
Also receiving awards are six foreign friends who have lent their hands to assist with China. Former French Prime Minister(总理)Jean-Pierre Raffarin,one member of the Friendship Medal,is a supporter of the Belt and Road Initiative(一带一路倡议)Having worked to strengthen the friendship between French and Chinese people in the past few years,he is"sincerely pleased”with the honor."To work for this friendship is to work for peace,"Raffarin said.
Thanks to the great efforts made by these great people,we can live in a peaceful country.
【小题1】Different backgrounds below are mentioned in the article except__________| A．doctors | B．artists | C．scientists | D．foreigners |
| A．5 | B．8 | C．6 | D．42 |
| A．She is the only woman for the Medal of the Republic. |
| B．She won a Nobel Prize in 2017. |
| C．She has saved millions of people around the world. |
| D．She has made traditional Chinese medicine enter all the countries. |
| A．law | B．agriculture | C．education | D．astronomy |
| A．He introduced Chinese education to France. |
| B．He has helped improve the friendship between China and France. |
| C．He has organized many cultural activities in China. |
| D．He was pleased to live in China peacefully. |
| A．To express thanks to national heroes. |
| B．To tell readers what makes a good role model. |
| C．To describe how to get the national honorary titles. |
| D．To introduce some of the people who won national awards. |
China’s second female astronaut, Wang Yaping, has given the country’s first-ever video lecture from space. The whole lecture lasted about 40 minutes.
Speaking to students through live video, from the Tiangong-I space laboratory, Ms. Wang used spinning tops (旋转的陀螺), a ball and some water to explain physics in zero-gravity (失重), with the help of a fellow astronaut.
Ms. Wang used different experiments to demonstrate the concepts of weight and mass (重量和质量的概念) in space. Towards the end of the class, Ms.Wang made a film (薄膜) of water using a metal ring. She then turned the film of water into a water ball by pouring more water onto it.
Around 330 primary and secondary school students watched the lecture from special classroom in Beijing, where they could also ask Ms. Wang questions through live video. From time to time, the students greeted her lecture with warm applause (掌声).
When answering a student’s question, Ms. Wang described what she could see in space. “The stars we see are much brighter, but they do not twinkle (闪烁)” she said, “The sky we see isn’t blue, but black. And every day, we can see the sun rise 16 times because we circle the Earth every 90 minutes.”
About 60 million students and teachers around China also watched the lecture live on TV.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
【小题1】Towards the end of the lecture, Wang Yaping made a film of water in order to ________.
| A．use a metal ring | B．turn it into a water ball | C．pour more water onto it |
| A．To explain physics of zero-gravity in space. |
| B．To tell us what can be seen in space. |
| C．To demonstrate the concept of weight and mass in space. |
| A．传授 | B．强调 | C．演示 |
| A．Wang Yaping is China’s second female astronaut. |
| B．Wang Yaping gave the lecture from space all by herself. |
| C．The lecture was warmly welcomed by the students. |
On the election eve, Obama’s grandmother died---only a few days before seeing her grandson’s victory. Tears ran down the face of Obama as he spoke about his grandmother. “She taught me about hard work.She was the one who put off buying a new car or a new dress for herself so that I could have a better life. She poured everything she had into me.”
In his first speech as the president, Obama declared to tens of thousands of cheering supporters, “…The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year, or even one term, but America---I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you: We as a people will get there…” The crowd broke out into the same chant(咏唱，吟诵), “Yes, we can!”Those three short words have become the defining phrase of Obama’s campaign.
Forty-five years ago, Martin Luther King had a dream of an America where men and women would be judged not by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. Today the dream has come true.
【小题1】When will Obama begin to work as a president?
| A．On November 4 | B．Before November 4 |
| C．After November 4 | D．On the day he won the election. |
| A．His grandmother passed away. | B．His grandmother was killed. |
| C．His grandmother gave him a lesson. | D．His grandmother was kidnapped. |
| A．公关 | B．竞选活动 | C．辩论 | D．比赛 |
| A．Obama makes Martin Luther King’s dream come true. |
| B．Americans believe Obama will change everything of America. |
| C．Obama’s grandmother had a great effect on him. |
| D．Many people support Obama to become the president of America. |
INTRODUCTION It’s hard to believe that I wrote Number the Stars more than twenty years ago. It seems like yesterday that I answered the phone on a snowy January morning and received the news that it had won the 1990 Newbery Medal（美国纽伯瑞儿童文学奖）. I think readers of every age may match themselves with the important persons in the books they love and ask themselves: Would I have done that? What choice would I have made? And ten-the age of Annemarie in Number the Stars—is an age when young people are beginning to develop a strong set of personal ethics（道德观;价值观）. ...They are beginning to realize that the world they live in is not always good and safe. So they follow a story about a ten-year-old girl who is caught in a dangerous situation, and she must make decisions. Young readers become cheerful when Annemarie takes a deep breath, enters the woods, faces the danger, stands up to the enemy and wins her victory. Today, the book has been published in many countries and translated into many languages. It found its way into the hands and hearts of children who had read about but never experienced war. . . . Books do change lives, I know; and many readers have told me that Number the Stars changed theirs when they were young, that it made them think about both cruelty（残酷;残忍） and courage. “It was something that shaped my idea of how people should be treated, ” wrote a young woman recently, telling me about her own fourth-grade experience with the book. The Danish friend who first told me the story of her childhood, and who became the Annemarie in my book, is an old woman now. So am I. We both love thinking of the children reading the story today, coming to it for the first time and realizing that once, for a short time and in a small place, a group of prejudice-free（不存偏见的）people created a touching story of love and kindness towards others. Lois Lowry |
| A．Number the Stars; Lois Lowry. | B．Newbery Medal; Lois Lowry. |
| C．Number the Stars; Annemarie. | D．Newbery Medal; Annemarie. |
| A．She called a writer on a snowy January morning. |
| B．She became cheerful after she read the book. |
| C．She was a good friend of a Danish woman. |
| D．She experienced many difficulties in a war. |
| A．ethics and friendship | B．enermy and victory |
| C．cruelty and courage | D．life and memories |
| A．The book is about a story of the writer’s own child experience. |
| B．The book is well-received and popular around the world. |
| C．The Introduction is written in the voice of the third person. |
| D．The Introduction is complete and we can read all of it. |
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