If you have a bottle of water recycled from urine (尿), would you drink it? Astronauts at the ISS may soon do so.

   NASA (美国航空航天局) said it would use a high－tech machine to recycle waste water at the ISS. The machine will recycle water for washing hands, shower water, water for brushing teeth and even urine to make drinking water. It will save millions of dollars each year.

   At present, each ISS astronaut uses about 4.4 liters (升) of water every day. It costs about 24 million dollars a year to send water up to the ISS. A liter of water costs about $ 11, 000.

   The machine will be sent to the ISS later. NASA hopes it will recycle about 93% of all the water used on the station.

   Will the water be clean? Different chemicals will be put in the wastewater. The water will be heated to 130℃to kill bacteria (细菌). Scientists say that the recycled water is thousands of times better than the water from a city tap.

根据材料内容,选择最佳答案。

Will books be replaced by the Internet?

   Every morning, my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every day, I open my books in class and start my lessons. Every evening, my mother looks through magazines at home. And every night, I look at the photos of Kobe Bryant and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep.  (1)   

   Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago in China. After its invention, people started to write on paper to make books. In those days, books were only produced one at a time by hand.  (2)   So, few people had the chance to learn to read. 

   Printing was invented in China during the Sui and Tang Dynasties (朝代). Later, developments in printing made it possible to produce books more quickly and cheaply. A trade in books resulted, and more people learned to read.   (3)    In a way, we can compare the invention of paper and printing to the introduction of the Internet in the twentieth century. 

     (4)   A lot of information can be stored (存储) in different forms on the Internet than in books. And the machines that we use to read it are now small and light, often smaller and lighter than a single book, so they are easy to carry. 

   Computers and the Internet are used in classrooms now, and newspapers and magazines are already read online.   (5)   Will books be replaced by the Internet? Let’s wait and see.

根据短文内容，从方框中选出五个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整正确。

You can see Big Ben which is in central London, Britain in the picture. It is so famous that everybody who comes to London wants to visit it. It's said that Big Ben is going to be given a facelift(整修). ____  (1)  ____ And the project will cost 29 million pounds. It means that the clock will be turned off when the work is being carried out. ____  (2)  ____.

   The last repair work on Big Ben was in 1983－1985, and both the clock and its 96－meter tower need attention now. The 160－year－old clock tower will be partly covered by scaffolding(脚手架) for three years. ____  (3)  ____

   The project will paint the clock in their original(最初的) colors. ____  (4)  ____ Members of the project team are now studying the old paint that was used to decorate each clock face. And once a clear picture of the early colors has been built up, the facelift of the tower will be carried out soon. ___（5）____ "The clock will be silent for a long time, and bell only for important events," an officer said.

根据材料内容,从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项,使文章意思通顺,内容完整。

After a day’s hard work, an old man was going home late one night with his horse and cart. When he was near his house, the light on the cart suddenly went out.   (1)   He was near his home, and so he went along the road without a light. When a policeman saw this, he stopped the old carter.

“Where’s your light?”asked the policeman.“No one may take a cart along a road at night without a light. You know that. You’ve broken the law now.” “I had a light,”said the old man,“  (2)  ” “I don’t believe what you said,”said the policeman.  (3)   “What’s your name and where do you live?”he asked.

  “Please don’t take my name,”said the old man.“My house is just there. You can see it from here.  (4)   I haven’t come far without a light.” “You came all the way without a light. What’s your name?” 

The carter quickly took the policeman's hand and put it down on the top of the light. The light was still hot, and burnt the policeman’s hand. The policeman jumped  (5)  “Now, what do you think?”said the carter.“Did I come all the way without a light?”

If you want to learn English well. You have to practice speaking English! Use these sentences to help you start interesting conversations in English.

  61  . We should try to do things independently(独立的), rather than wait for help. Do you think our school stop us from thinking independently? How can we become more independent? Can we help our classmates to be more independent? How?

  62  . I find this to be true with my student. If they only recite without understanding, they cannot use English well. Have you ever tried to recite many English words? What is the result? Do you know some people that only follow but never think? What is that person like? Do you know

anyone who is a clear thinker? What is that person like?

  63  . How can laughter help us in our daily life? Do you think humor is helpful, if we are really sick? Do you know anyone who laughs all the time? What is that person like? Do you know someone who never laughs? Do you enjoy being around that person?

  64  . Do you have many friends or just a few very close friends? How did you meet your best friend? What advice would you give a newcomer to your school to help him or her meet new friends? What would you do to help your best friend? 

  65  . Do you keep writing diaries in English? Do you want to know what you will learn in the coming class? Do you listen carefully in class and take necessary notes? After class, do you sum up what you have got in class? Do you often do lots of listening practice or read English magazines? If yes, keep on trying and never give up.