【正文】 include Wagner39。s Pillow Dance Festival B. the Glimmerglass Festival C. Cheyenne Frontier Days D. Moab Music Festival B Imagine you are in a jumping contest. Animals and insects can also enter this contest. But they might just leave humans in the dust! The first event is the long jump. The human athlete is Mike Powell. In 1991, he jumped nearly 30 feet, which is the world record for the long jump. That is about five times his own height. His petitor in the longjump contest is a frog named ―Rosie the Ribbiter.‖ Rosie set the world record for frogs in 1986 by jumping more than 21 feet. Her record has never been broken by any other frog. Compared to Mike Powell, Rosie’s jump is not that amazing. But wait! Rosie is only about 10 inches long when her legs are stretched to their full length. She can jump more than 25 times her size. Rosie, the frog, wins the longjump event. The next event is the high jump. Javier Sotomayor, the world record holder, can jump a bar (橫桿 ) 8 feet high. That is about as high as the ceiling in most homes. Looking around for someone to challenge his record, Javier might need a magnifying glass (放大鏡 ). The next contestant is a tiny insect called the spittlebug (吹沫蟲 ). The spittlebug can jump 28 inches into the air. It is only a quarterinch long, less than the width of a pencil. If the spittlebug were the same size as Javier, it would be able to jump 600 feet into the air. That is like a human jumping over a building 55 stories high! Though the humans lose the ―jumping contest,‖ their petitors would probably agree that Mike and Javier are still pretty excellent athletes. If only Rosie and the spittlebug could speak! 14. The underlined word ―contestant‖ in Paragraph 5 means ―_____‖. A. coach B. teammate C. challenger D. record holder 15. What can we learn about the spittlebug? A. It likes living on the ceiling. B. It is good at flying in the air. C. It is the same length as a pencil. D. It has a wonderful jumping talent. 16. In the author’s opinion, Rosie and the spittlebug’s jumping abilities are _____. A. surprising B. promising C. doubtful D. fearful 17. How does the author develop the text? A. By giving instructions. B. By making parisons. C. By following the order of time. D. By following the order of importance. C Reach for the stars at the Euro Space Center. Find out everything you need to know about space — from the origins (起源 ) of the universe to the future space exploration plans. Light, sound and special effects help to bring your space journey to life. Throughout your tour, our specially trained guides will answer your questions and provide you with any information you require. Begin your tour with our exhibition about the plas, then move on to the Space Laboratory and see some of the experiments carried out in space. Visit our international space station, where you can climb into our fullscale Space Shuttle model and experience life on board as an astronaut. You will know all about space by now and to help you further, our Space Center astronaut will tell you about how young people train as astronauts in our own training school. Finally, you can watch our amazing Space Show in our IMAX cinema, which will help you understand everything you have learned during your visit better. Outside we have an outdoor exhibition including a giant solar system, fullsize rocket models and outdoor games. Don’t worry if it rains — much of this is under cover. After that, why not visit our restaurant Resto Space for food and drink on a space theme ? And don’t fet our Space Shop, offering you a lot of gifts to take home. The Euro Space Center is open every day during school holidays, and also during other times except Mondays. Opening times are 10:005:00. For entrance fees, call our booking service on + 3261650133. Or you can us for uptodate entry information at . 18. Anyone who goes to the Euro Space Center will _____. A. visit there for free B. bee a true astronaut C. feel as if he was in space D. do any space experiments he wants 19. In the Space Shuttle, visitors can _____. A. enjoy food and drink B. watch an amazing space show C. learn about space exp