There are many famous people from ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad. The following is a brief introduction about the four famous people from the website www. famouspeople. com.
 | Laozi: Laozi lived in the 6th century BC. It is believed that he wrote the Daodejing. This book is popular in both the East and the West, and it is still widely read today. Many people have found inspiration (鼓舞人心的话) in this book. There are many famous sayings in the Daodejing. One of them is “A journey of a thousand li begins with a single step.” |
 | Zhang Guimei: Zhang Guimei founded the Huaping High School for Girls in Lijiang, Yunnan Province. This is a special high school which did not ask for tuition fees (学费) from girls in poor families. In 2003, Zhang began to raise money for the school, but her hard try was often met with suspicion and even misunderstanding. |
 | Archimedes: Archimedes, a great scientist in history, said to the king he could pull a huge warship (战船) into the river by himself. Archimedes first set up an operating crank (操作曲柄) by the bank. He then put a group of pulley blocks between it and the warship. Later he could pull the warship into the river by moving the operating crank. From then on the king trusted him and asked everyone to trust him. |
 | Elon Musk: Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of Space X, is considering getting people to go to Mars and finally setting up a base that can serve as an actual city, supporting one million people there. To build a city on Mars, rockets should be sent to Mars continually (不断地) until there are enough resources. With the rockets, spaceships with people and things will be sent to Mars. |
1．Why is the
Daodejing still widely read today?
| A．Because many people have found inspiration in it. |
| B．Because it was written by Laozi in the 6th century BC. |
| C．Because it is popular in both the East and the West. |
| D．Because many famous sayings are about a journey. |
2．What does the underlined word “suspicion” in Paragraph 2 mean?
| A．Support. | B．Understand. | C．Doubt. | D．Trust. |
3．How did Archimedes make the king trust him?
| A．By making an operating crank. | B．By creating a warship. |
| C．By providing a famous saying. | D．By doing an experiment. |
4．What is Musk’s final plan?
| A．To build rockets to fly people to Mars. |
| B．To have one million people live on Mars. |
| C．To carry things from Mars back to Earth. |
| D．To make Mars a place for people to have fun. |
5．What can we learn from the passage?
| A．The book Daodejing is only popular in China. |
| B．Students at the school need to pay tuition fees. |
| C．The king didn’t believe Archimedes at first. |
| D．Elon Musk has already built a city on Mars. |
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