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command center of the armed forces.

Altogether over 7,000 pottery soldiers, horses, chariots, and even weapons have been unearthed from these pits. Most of them have been restored to their former grandeur.

The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses is a sensational archeological find of all times. It has put Xian on the map for tourists. It was listed by UNESCO in 1987 as one of the world cultural heritages.

36. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. A brief introduction to Emperor Qin Shi Huang

B. An introduction to the Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses

C. The process of building the Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses

D. The reason why the Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses is important to archeologists.

37. When was the No.1 Pit found?

A. Before 1976 B. In 1989 C. In 1979 D. After 1979

38. Which of the following is true?

A. It was archeologists who first found the site of the Terra Cotta Warriors and horses.

B. No.2 Pit and No.3 Pit are 45 meters apart.

C. Both No.2 Pit and No.3 Pit were found in 1976.

D. Both No.2 Pit and No.1 Pit were found in 1976

39. What can we infer from the passage?

A. Peasants found a well in their fields.

B. The No.2 Pit is a command center in the tomb

C. All 7,000 objects from the site have been restored.

D. Xi’an has become a world famous place of interest.

40. What’s the author’s attitude towards the three pits?

A. Negative B. Positive C. Indifferent D. Objective

D

Since the beginning of time，man has been interested in the moon. The Romans designed a special day to show admiration and respect to the moon. They called it "Moonday"，or "Monday"，as we know it today. Later，the great mind of Leonardo da Vinci studied the moon and designed a machine to carry a human to the moon. Leonardo said that one day a great machine bird would take a person to the moon and bring great honor to the home where it was born.

Four and a half centuries later，Leonardo's idea was realized. Apollo II took three Americans－Collins，Aldrin，and Armstrong－to the moon. The mission (任务) did fill the whole world with great surprise，as Leonardo had said it would. Numerous essays，articles，and books were written about man's first moon mission. But perhaps the most interesting story was one written before the event-over100 years before.

In 1865，French author Jules Verne wrote a story about the first journey to the moon. His story was very similar to the 1969 ApolloⅡ mission.

Verne's spacecraft also contained three men－two Americans and a Frenchman. The spacecraft was described as being almost the same size as ApolloⅡ.The launch(发射) site in Verne's story was also in Florida. The spacecraft in Verne's story was named the "Columbiad". The ApolloⅡcommand ship was called "Columbia". His account of sending the spacecraft into the space could easily have been written about how ApolloⅡwas sent into the space.

Verne's story was the same as the actual event in several other respects. The speed of Verne's spacecraft was36,000 feet per second；Apollo's was 35,533feet per second. Verne's spacecraft took 97 hours to reach the moon; Apollo's time was 103 hours. Like Apollo's spacemen，Verne's spacemen took pictures of the moon's surface，relaxed on their seats，cooked with gas，and experienced weightlessness. They too came down in the Pacific and were picked up by an