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When Geoff Marcy was 14, his parents bought him a telescope. Every night, he would go onto the roof outside his window to see the wonders of the sky.
“What excited me most was whether there were planets in other solar systems where life might exist,” he says. “I decided to try to find planets orbiting other stars like our Sun.”
And he did. “My fellow researcher, Paul Butler, and I found our first planet in 1995,” Dr. Marcy says. “We worked for ten years without finding anything! But we stuck with it and our patience paid off.”
Since then, the two scientists have discovered 65 of the more than 100 planets found orbiting other stars. Dr. Marcy and Dr. Butler also spotted the first “family” of three planets. In June 2002 they announced another discovery: a Jupiter-like planet orbiting star 55Cancri.
At first, the two researchers found only planets that orbit close to stars. Recently, the scientists found planets farther out. The planet orbiting 55Cancri is a major breakthrough: it is the first sighting of a large gas planet about same distance from the star as Jupiter is from the Sun.
Why is this important ? Scientists think that life on Earth may exist because of two special features in our solar system. The first is Jupiter.
“Because it’s so big, Jupiter pulls comets and asteroids(小行星), or they all come and hit the Earth.” Dr. Marcy explains. “Without Jupiter , life on Earth would likely have been destroyed.”
A second feature is that Earth is a rocky planet where liquid water, which is necessary for life , can exist. Unlike gas planets, rocky planets like Earth have surfaces where water can gather in pools and seas, which may support life. A huge space exists between the Jupiter-like planet and two other planets that lie close to 55Cancri. Is there an Earth-like planet in the space, too small for us to notice? If so, says Dr. Marcy, “We would have two striking similarities to our solar system: a Jupiter-like planet and an Earth-like planet. And there may be life!”
小题1:What can we learn about Dr. Marcy from the passage?

A．He is fond of watching Jupiter.

B．He is from a scientist family.

C．He dislikes working with Paul Butler.

D．He is interested in finding life in outer space.

小题2:Which of the following is true of the recent discovery?

A．The planet is not as protective as Jupiter.

B．The planet is close to star 55Cancri.

C．The planet proves to be a gas planet.

D．The planet is as large as Jupiter.

小题3:Dr. Marcy and Dr. Butler began to find new planets in ____.

A．1995

B．1985

C．2002

D．1981

小题4:Dr. Marcy thinks that life may exist in the 55Cancri system because ____.

A．he has found the system similar to the solar system.

B．he has discovered an Earth-like planet there.

C．he has discovered a rocky planet there.

D．he has found signs of life in the system

小题5:“But we stuck with it”( in Paragraph 3) means ____.

A．they felt discouraged	B．they carried on with it
C．they failed in their attempt	D．they made some progress

After watching the movie Inception《盗梦空间》, I bought some DVD copies of the film, but now is left.

A．none

B．nothing

C．no one

D．neither

Recently I have bought an iPad on the website of taobao.com, _______ the price is very reasonable.

A．which

B．whose

C．on which

D．of which

if we bought only things we needed, there would be enough for everybody. what do we need? what you need depends on how old you are and your way of life. rearrange the list of things you can buy and put the things you think we most need at the top of the list.
coat designer jeans water cd player
dental check up restaurant meal telephone jewelry
food shampoo mp3 player beer
toothpaste bar of chocolate cushion covers
if we don’t need to buy so much, we don’t need to work so much. we can take part-time jobs or reduce our working day from eight hours to six hours. some people are leaving very well paid jobs to live a healthier life in the countryside or a more exciting life abroad. parents can spend more time with their children and the unemployed are given more opportunities to work.
if we start to respect saving the earth more than spending money, we will become ‘conservers’ (保护者). when we are conservers, we try to choose environmentally friendly products that last a long time. we may find growing our own vegetables or making our own clothes more rewarding than buying them.
next time you go shopping, think about what you really need to buy. don’t deprive (***) yourself of things you like, but decide what you should buy before you go out, so that you won’t be influenced by advertisements or promotions. if it is more expensive to buy goods that don’t have much packaging and things that are more durable (耐用的), buy less. if you can choose to work less, decide which things you would like to make, do or grow yourself. even though you have less money, your life will become richer.
by julie bray
小题1: from the passage, we can see the author suggests us consumers ______.

a．find out more about a product instead of buying blindly

b．consider what we really need before going shopping

c．avoid regret at not buying enough

d．find a real bargain

小题2:. the writer will agree with you if you buy products that are ______.

a．beautifully packaged	b．extremely cheap
c．usable for a long time	d．fashionable now

小题3: according to the passage, if we don’t need to buy so much, the benefits
will include ______.
a. we will have more time enjoying life
b. the employment rate will increase
c. we will get better paid jobs
d. we as consumers will have more choices of what to buy

a．abc

b．abd

c．ab

d．ad

小题4:this passage is mainly written to _____.

a．persuade people to buy less and buy environmentally friendly products

b．put forward some questions so that you can become a smart buyer

c．introduce some good ways to make a wiser choice when shopping

d．criticize the consumer society in which people buy too much

Many people shop on line, ________ years ago, they bought things only from stores.

A．and

B．so

C．but

D．or