1、l. And over time, people began to use the word “restaurant” to refer to a place selling soup rather than the soup itself. More “restaurants” opened in France, and people began to buy soups more often.Later, restaurants in Paris began to serve other food besides soup. In the 1790s, menus started to a
2、ppear. By the mid-1800s, there were many types of restaurants throughout the world. The United States offered coffee shops. Tea houses became popular throughout China. Paris created beautiful restaurants for the rich. The British began to copy the French, and the restaurant idea spread throughout th
3、e British Empire.Today cities are filled with all types of restaurants. Diners have millions of options from which to choose.31. What is the passage mainly about?A. How restaurants developed.B. What made a good restaurant,C. Who created the first restaurant.D. Why restaurants became popular.32. Acco
4、rding to the first paragraph, what made restaurants different from earlier eating places?A. Restaurants only served food.B. Restaurants were more expensive.C. Restaurants were mainly in cities.D. Restaurants had a list of meal choices.33. Who did Boulanger expect to come and eat at his restaurant?A.
5、 Rich people.B. Sick people.C. Travellers.D. Workers.34. When it was first used, what did the word “restaurant” refer to?A. A person.B. A place.C. Illness.D. Soup.35. When did restaurants begin to grow internationally?A. In the 1600s.B. In the 1700s.C. In the 1800s.D. In the 1900s.(C)Many people kno
6、w that rubbish is a big problem on planet Earth. What many people dont know is that junk (垃圾) has become a problem in outer space too.According to BBC News, there are more than 22,000 pieces of space junk floating around the earth. And these are just the things that we can see from the surface of th
7、e earth by telescopes ( 望远镜). There are also millions of smaller pieces of junk that we cant see.Objects, like bits of old space rockets or satellites, move around the planet at very high speeds, so fast that even a very small piece can break important satellites or become dangerous to astronauts. I
8、f the tiniest piece of junk crashed into a spaceship, it could damage the vehicle.To make things worse, when two objects in space crash, they break into many smaller pieces. For example, when a U.S. satellite hit an old Russian rocket in 2009, it broke into more than 2,000 pieces, increasing the amo
9、unt of space junk.To reduce additional space junk, countries have agreed that all new space tools can only stay in space for 25 years at most. Each tool must be built to fall safely into the earths atmosphere after that time. In the upper parts of the atmosphere, it will burn up.Many scientists are
10、also suggesting different ways to clean up space junk. In England scientists are testing metal net that can be fired into space junk. The net catches the junk and then pulls it into the earths atmosphere to burn up. The Germans are building robots that can collect pieces of space junk and bring them
11、 back to Earth to be safely destroyed.“The problem is becoming more challenging because were sending more objects into space to help people use their mobile phones and computer,” says Marco Castronuovo, an Italian space researcher.“The time to act is now. The longer we leave the problem, the bigger
12、it will become,” he says.36. What does the underlined word “these” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. Telescopes.B. Satellites.C. Pieces of space junk.D. BBC news reports.37. Why is space junk considered a problem?A. It burns up after it re-enters the atmosphere.B. It often stops the view of telescopes on E
13、arth.C. It could force new space tools to travel at slower speeds.D. It may crash into other space tools causing damage or death.38. Countries want future space tools to be able to fall back into the earths atmosphere so that .A. the tools can be reused laterB. the tools dont become space junkC. the
14、 earths atmosphere can stay cleanD. the effects of space flight can be studied39. How do the Germans plan to deal with space junk?A. Catch it with nets.B. Use robots to collect it.C. Burn it in the earths atmosphere.D. Send it further away from the earth.40. In which section of the newspaper would y
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