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北京市大兴区2016年九年级上学期英语期末考试试卷
Do you want to spend a holiday in space? Dennis Tito, a businessman, has become the world's first “space tourist”. He went on a 10-day visit to the International Space Station. He paid 14 million pounds for his journey. A year later, Martin, a musician from an American band, wanted to do the same. He was only 22 years old and probably very rich too. He had to go for a lot of training to see whether he was fit enough to travel. He is still waiting for his holiday of a lifetime.
Many people believe that this is only the start of something new. We made interviews among teenagers from around the world and the following is what they said about space travel.
“It's a great idea. I hope space travel will be common in about 50 years' time. I'd really love to do it and I think Mr. Tito was very lucky.” (Kate from Australia)
“I would like to see our beautiful Earth from space. There are lots of secrets to explore in space and I would go into space if I could.” (Ben from China)
“I think space travel is really bad for the environment. Maybe in the future they will make a cleaner way of travelling but until they do, I don't want to go. We should look after our own planet first.”(Richard from Canada)
“It must be very boring and dangerous to sit in that small space shuttle(舱). I'd rather take a plane and go to another place on earth.” (Lisa from the UK)
So, as you can see, many of our teenagers had different opinions. Whether you like it or not, space travel is going to become an important thing in the future. We are looking forward to hearing your opinions.
The World Earth Day Activities The World Earth Day, which is on April 22 every year, is a festival specially set up for the world environmental protection. The World Earth Day was launched (发起) in 1970 by Gaylord Nelson and Dennis Hayes. Today, the World Earth Day celebration has developed to 192 countries around the world, with more than 1, 000 million people taking part in it every year, making it the largest folk environmental protection festival in the world. Our school plans many activities to celebrate the World Earth Day. The date of our activities is on Saturday, April 24. We hope every student volunteers to take part in the activities. You can choose one thing or more to do on that day. Here is the information: ◆Save water and electricity. ◆Plant trees in the gardens or parks. ◆Clean up the parks with your classmates. ◆Go on foot instead of taking cars, buses, or taxis. ◆Hand out notices about environmental protection. ◆Go through a day without TV programs, computers, or mobile phones. We also invite everyone in Zhongshan to join us. Our purpose is to call on people to protect the environment and live a green and low— carbon(低碳的) life. And we also hope that we can do something to protect the earth every day. |
Bigfoot Adventure(冒险) Enjoy a four-day trip along the Rushwater River. See where Bigfoot may look for food. Find Bigfoot's footprints. Maybe even see Bigfoot yourself. We provide tents and food. Bring strong boots (靴子)and raincoats. $570 for each person Phone:360-555-8899 E-mail: info@rushwatertours. com | Bigfoot River Safari Take a six-day boat trip along the Rushwater River. Stop at some places where Bigfoot might catch fish. Enjoy comfortable two-person or tree-person cabins(船舱)on the boat. You must be able to swim. $630 for each person Phone:360-555-1002 E-mail: reservations@bigfootrs. com |
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