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s meteorite is the fifth to fall in Britain since the Second World War. Mr. Pettifer is glad. “When you think about it ing from so far away, it really is something strange.” 1. The meteorite was ______ Mr Pettifer when it fell down. A. close to B. far from C. hitting D. ing to 2. The meteorite was already ______ years old. A. 40,000,000,000 B. 40,000,000 C. 400,000,000 D. 4,000,000,000 3. Mr. Pettifer found the tops of the trees ing and going because ______. A. the trees were afraid B. the fast falling meteorite kept the tree tops moving C. it was going to rain D. the moving was made by wind 4. ______ people see a meteorite fall although they visit the earth often each year. A. Quite a few B. some C. Few D. Many 5. Mr. Pettifer was ______ to see the falling of the meteorite. A. happy B. afraid C. sorry D. angry 6。t read or write, but they have better memories, because they have saved trouble. 5. The best title of this passage is “How to Have a Good Memory”. C A meteorite (隕石) almost hit an 80yearold man named Arthur Pettifer in Britain when he was working in his garden. The meteorite was the biggest in the past 26 years in Britain. The meteorite weighed (重量) one kilo, and might be over four thousand million (百萬) years old. “I hear the big noise in the air. I looked up and saw the tops of the trees ing and going,” he said. “I didn39。s poor memory is that his parents have poor memories. 2. If you don39。 they cannot write them down in a little notebook. They have to remember days, names, songs and stories。 when you start using them ag