May 18, 2015
It has been almost eight weeks since my dad left Earth and everything seems to be back to normal. My dad calls me at least once a week. I am also able to have a video conference with him about once a month. We had our second video conference yesterday. Dad asked me to respond to his e-mails. I am not very good at that, so I hardly do that. He gave me a tour of parts of the Space Station and I was able to meet a few of the other astronauts on board. I do miss him and the video conferences make it a lot easier.
June 21, 2015
I am on the summer break from school right now. But before school ended, my dad set up a video conference with my class. All the kids enjoyed seeing him and asking him questions about space. I don’t care how many times I see it. I still have to laugh when I see him flip around in zero gravity and eat floating M&M’s.
Two nights ago, my mom and I went to a beach party with my classmate Joe and his family. Just around 9:10 pm, we looked at the night sky and saw the International Space Station(ISS) fly over. It looked like a bright star just moving across the sky. For those four minutes we were all watching. I couldn’t help but miss my dad.
Today is Father’s Day. My sister and I did a video conference with our dad at the same time. She was in Houston, I was in Virginia Beach and my dad was flying over us. He put his video monitor in his window and took a picture of us with Virginia Beach in the background.
24. After her dad went to space, the author most frequently _______
A. contacts him by e-mail B. sees astronauts on board
C. talks with him over the phone D.has video conferences with him.
25. How does the author probably find her dad’s eating floating M&M’s?
A. Difficult B. Relaxing C. Scary D. Funny
26. What did the author do on the night of June 19,2015?
A. She celebrated Father’s Day.
B.She watched the ISS fly over the sky.
C. She took a picture of Virginia Beach.
D. She had a video conference with her dad.
27. In the text, the author clearly shows that she ______
A. misses her dad a lot B. is very proud of her dad.
C. used to be with her dad a lot D.dreams of becoming an astronaut.
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A. Profits enlarging B. Technology developing C. Education investing D. Benefits transferring E. Dominance disappearing F. A nation rising |
The following is an imaginary diary entry written by US president. This diary is part of Global Trends 2025, which was written by the US National Intelligence Council
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The transition from old fuels to new will be slow, as will the development of new technologies that present feasible alternatives to fossil fuels or help eliminate food and water problems. All current technologies are inadequate, and new ones will probably not be commercially possible by 2025