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为检测学生阅读理解的程度，我们在每篇短文后提供短文单词量及总阅读时

间，并编写了各种练习，练习后提供阅读理解成绩纪录。

儿种数据的计算方法；

1.总阅读时间(totalreadingtime):

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为：10：15：30,那么总阅读时间(totalreadingtime)为：

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Passage1

HitlerandtheBoy

ItwasseveralyearssinceAdolfHitlercameintopowerinGermany.Andnowhis

armywasmarchingintosomepartsofEurope.Hemustbeatthetopofhiscareer（事

业）.

OnedayHitlerwenttoanexhibitionwheretheworksofschoolchildrenwereon

show.Heseemedtohavegreatinterestintheexhibitsinventionsaswellas

carvings（雕刻），drawings.Afterhavingwalkedaroundthehallandexamined

everythinghesaidhewasreadytomeettheyoungartists.Andsoonagroupof

childrencameintotheroomtosalute（向...致敬）him.

“Well,well.Youdidverygoodwork."noddedHitlerinsatisfaction（满意）.“I

promiseonmyhonorI'dsatisfyyouwithwhateveryouwant.What'dyouwishtobe

ifIwereyourfather?^^

“Asailor（水手）sailingthesea"oneoftheboysanswered.

“Good.I'llhaveyoujoinmynavy（海军）andsomedayyouwillruletheoceans.^^

“Askforanything?WhafdyouwishtobeifIwereyourfather?^^heaskeda

secondboy.

“ApainterasgreatasRembuandt.^^

“Good.YouaretobesenttotheFineArtSchoolandsurelyyouwillmakean

evengreaterpainter^^

WhenHitlercaughtsightofasad-lookingboyhefrowned（皱眉），thenquickly

forcedasmile,''Theremyboy,inspiteofmypointofviewtowardstheJews（犹太人）,

I'ddoyouafavorAndyoudreamwillcometrue.What'dyouwishtobeifIwere

yourfather?^^

Theboylookedstraightattheman.

“Anorphan（孤儿）Jhemurmured.

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1.Whatisthepointofthepassage?

A.TheJewishboyshowedhishatredforHitlerinanindirectway.

B.TheJewishboydidn'twanttobeanythingbutanorphan.

C.Hitlerwasamanwholovedchildren.

D.Hitlerwasinterestedinpaintings.

2.Inthispassagentheyoungartists"referstotheschoolchildren.TF

3.Hitlerpromisedtosatisfythechildrenwithwhatevertheywant

becausehewantedtomakeagoodexpressiononthechildrenTF

4.Hitlerfrownedwhenhesawthesad-lookingboybecausetheboy

didn'tcometothefronttosalutehimTF

5.Fromwhattheboysaidwecanseetheboy'sparentshaddied.TF

6.Hitlerwantedtobethefatherofthechildren.TF

7.Theboywasbothcleverandcourageous（有勇气的）.TF

8.Whatdoesthewordmurmuredinthelastsentence?

A.saidinaloudvoiceB.criedintears

C.saidinalowvoiceD.criedoutinsurprise

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Passage2

SesameStreet

“SesameStreet“hasbeencalled“thelongeststreetintheworld”.Thisisbecause

thetelevisionprogrambythatnamecannowbeseeninsomanypartsoftheworld.

Theprogram,whichwentontheairinNewYorkin1969,usessongs,jokes,and

picturestogivechildrenabasic（基本的）understandingofnumbers,lettersand

humanrelationships（关系）.Morethan6millionchildrenintheUnitedStateswatch

itregularly.Theviewersincludemorethanhalfthenation'schildrenbeforeschool

age.

Manyteachersconsider（认为）theprogramagreathelp,thoughsometeachers

findthatproblemshappenwhenthefirstyearpupilswhohavelearnedfrom"Sesame

Street"areinthesameclasswiththosewhohavenotwatchedtheprogram.Testshave

shownthatchildrenwhowatchitfivetimesaweeklearnmorethanthosewhoseldom

（彳艮少）watchit.IntheUnitedStatestheprogramisshownatdifferenthoursduring

theweekinordertoincreasethenumberofchildrenwhocanwatchitregularly.

Whyhas"SesameStreet"beensomuchmoresuccessfulthanotherchildren's

shows?Manyreasonshavebeensuggested.Perhapsonereasonisthatmotherswatch

"SesameStreet**alongwiththeirchildren.Butthebestreasonforthesuccessofthe

programmaybethatitmakeseverychildwatchingitfeelabletolearn.Thechild

findshimselflearning,andhewantstoleammore.

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Answerthefollowingquestionswithoutreferringtothereading:

l.Thepassagemainlytellsusabout_.

A.thelongeststreetintheworld

B.oneofthemostpopularprogramsintheUnitedStates

C.thedifferencesbetweenchildreninlearning

D.howoftenis“SesameStreet“isshownonTV

2.Peoplecall"SesameStreet"thelongeststreetintheworldbecauseTF

itisshownalmostthroughouttheworld

3."SesameStreet"isaTVprogramproducedmainlyforteachersandpupils.TF

4."SesameStreet"issosuccessfulmainlybecausechildrenarewilling

andabletolearnwhenwatchingit

5.Whenthefirst-yearpupilswhohavewatchedtheprogramareinthesame

classwiththosewhohaven*ttheydon'twanttolearnanythingmoreTF

6.Manychildrenbeforeschoolagewatchtheprogramregularly.TF

7.Theprogramisshownatleastfivetimesaweek.TF

8.Whatdoesthewordincreasemeaninthesecondparagraph?

A.tomakelargerinnumberB.tobecomesmallerinnumber

C.totakecareofD.tomakesomebodyinterested

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Passage3

Goalkeeper'sTears

Aten-year-oldboy,Peter,wasverygoodatfootball,sohewasinhisschoolteam.

Healwaysplayedverywellandbravelyinpracticegamesandinmatches,andhe

scoredplentyofgoals.

Peter'sgrandparentsusuallycametoseehimwhentherewasamatch,andthey

werealwayshappywhenotherpeoplesaid,"Yourgrandsonplaysverywell,doesn't

he?”

OnedayPetertoldhisgrandmother,“Ourschoofsgoingtoplayagainstthe

GardenSchoolnextFriday.Theyhavethebestteaminourcity.Canyoucomeand

seethematch?”

“Oh,yes,"hisgrandmotheranswered,“yourgrandfatherandIwillbe

there——andI'mcertainthatyou'llbeattheGardenSchool.^^

“Ihopeso."Petersaid.

Thematchwasinthepark,anditbeganathalfpasttwoonFriday.

Inthefirsttwominutesofthematch,theGardenSchoolboyscameverycloseto

theCitySchool'sgoal,butthenthegoal-keeperkickedtheballtoPeterinthemiddle

ofthefield,andPeterranwithitandkicked（踢）itstraightintothegoal.AlltheCity

Schoolboysaswellastheirfamilieswereveryhappytoseeit.

Afterhehadscoredonce,Peterscoredtwiceagainbeforehalftime.Theninthe

secondhalfofthematchhenearlyscoredanothergoal,buthehardly（几乎不）

touchedtheballwithhisfoot,andthegoalkeepercaughtiteasilyandthrewitout

again.

Afterthematch,Peter'sgrandfathersaidtohim,Uyoumissedagoodchance（机

会）toscoreafourthgoalthen,Peter,Ifyou'dkickedtheballhard,you'dhavegota

goaleasily.Whydidyoukickitweakly?”

"Becausethereweretearsinthegoalkeeper'seyes/9Peteranswered.

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Answerthefollowingquestionswithoutreferringtothereading:

1.Whichofthefollowingisthebesttitleforthepassage?

A.WhyPeterDidn'tKickHard

B.AGoodChanceWasLost

C.TheGoalkeeperWasCrying

D.TheLastKick

2.Peterwasgoodatplayingfootball.TF

3.Peter'sgrandmotherhopedPeter'steamwouldwinthegame.TF

4.TheGardenSchoolscoredagoalinthefirsttwominutes.TF

5.Peterscoredfourgoalsinthefirsthalfofthematch.TF

6.Petermissedachancetoscoreafourthgoal,justbecausehewas

tiredandweek.TF

7.Thewordgoalinthefirstparagraphmeansandintheseventh

paragraphmeansinChinese.

A.得分；球门B.球门；得分C.足球；得分D.得分；足球

8.Bysaying“Ihopeso."Petermeantthat.

A.hehopedhisteamwouldwin

B.hehopedhewouldscorealotofgoals

C.hehopedhisteamwouldbecomethebestinthecity

D.hehopedhisgrandparentswouldcometoseehimplay

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Passage4

SummerHolidaysinEngland

WithJulycomeexaminations.Whentheseexamsfinish,thesummerholidays

begin.Boysandgirlswillhavetwomonthstorest.

Thesummerholidaysarethebestpartoftheyearformostchildren.Theweather

isusuallygood,sothattheycanspendmostoftheirtimeinswimming,camping（野

营）ortravelingwiththeirparents.

Ofcourse,themostenjoyableplaceistheseaside.Somechildrenarelucky

enoughtolivenearthesea.Theyenjoyexceptional（得天独厚的）adoantages.Asfor

thosewholivefarfromthesea,theirparentswillalsotakethemtotheseasideforthe

holidays,fortheyknowthataweekortwoataseasidetownduringsummerholidays

istheirchildren'seager（渴望的）hope.InEnglandnotonlytherich,butalsofactory

workersorbusdriverscantaketheirchildrentoseasidefortheirholidays.Infact

duringtheAugustHolidaysmosttownsarealmostempty.

Whydochildrenlikespendingtheirsummerholidaysattheseaside?Itisbecause

theylikethesand,thesun,thecoolwindandthesaltywatertheremorethananything

else.Ofcoursetherearemanynewthingstosee,nicethingstoeat,andexciting

thingstodo,butitisthefeelingofsandunderone'sfeet,ofcoolwindandsaltwater

onone'sskin,andofthewarmsunonone'sbackthatmaketheseasidewhatitis.

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Answerthefollowingquestionswithoutreferringtothereading:

Fromthispassagewecanseethat.

A.peopleinEnglandliketogototheseasidefortheirsummerholidays

B.peoplelivingnearthesealiketoswimintheirholidays

C.peoplelivingintowndon9tliketogototheseaside

D.onlypeoplewithalotofmoneycanspendtheirholidaysontheseaside

Duringthesummerholidayschildrenusuallygoclimbingmountains

withtheirparents.TF

DuringAugustHolidaysmosttownsarealmostemptybecausemany

peoplegoawaytospendtheirholidays.TF

4.TheschoolsummerholidayslasttwomonthsinEngland.TF

5.Mostchildrenhopetogototheseasideforthesummerholidays.TF

6.TheschoolchildrenhavetheirexaminationsinJuly.TF

7.ChildreninEnglandlikesandmorethananythingelseintheworld.TF

8.Inthispassagethewordadvantagemeans.

A.便利B.条件C.障碍D则富

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Passage5

ModernFarmsintheU.S.

Let'stakealookatafarm,whichisownedbyDonandBettyOweninWisconsin

（威斯康星州）.LifeontheOwens'farmisverydifferentfromfarmlifeasmanycity

peoplemightimagineit.Goodroadsandacarmeanthattheycangettotown,do

theirshoppingandbebackhomeinashorttime.Theykeepintouchwiththenewsby

radio,newspaperandtelevision.Withthetelephonetheycantalktotheirneighbors

andfriendswhenevertheylike.

TheOwens,dairyfarm（乳牛场）isoneofthefinesttobefoundanywhere.Don

milksaboutfiftycowswithonlypart-timehelptogetthemilkingmachinesonand

offthecowsandtocareforthemilklater.Thecowsarekeptinalargeplacewhere

thereisanautomaticfeeder,whichsavesDonseveralhoursaday.

Theirkitchenisasmodernasthoseinthecitysothattheworkcanbedoneinless

time.

Withallthehelpfrommachines,farmingstillrequireshardworkandlonghours.

BettyandDonareupat5:30eachmorningandseldom（彳艮少）stopworkingbefore

lateintheevening.ButtheOwensliketheirlifeonthefarm.

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Answerthefollowingquestionswithoutreferringtothereading:

1.Thewritermainlytellsusabout.

A.theOwens9lifeonthemodemfarm

B.thehardlifeoftheOwensonthefarm

C.themachinesthatareusedonthefarm

D.howpeoplekeepintouchwithothersonthefarm

2.ThelivingconditionsontheOwens'farmareveryclosetothoseinacity.TF

3.MostoftheworkontheOwens'farmisdonebymachine.TF

4.Whenthecowsaremilked,Dondoesnothing.TF

5.TheOwens'kitchenisasmodernasthoseintownbecausetheywant

tosavetimefbrotherwork.TF

6.Machineshavedonealltheworkonthefarm.TF

7.TheOwensworklonghourseveryday.TF

8.WhatdoesthewordsanautomaticfeederinChinese?

A.自动屠宰机B.自动进料槽C.自动挤奶机D.自动割草机

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Passage6

NationalDayCelebration

ChinawillholdgrandNationalDaycelebrations（庆祝）thismorninginBeijing,

markingthe50thanniversary（周年）ofthefoundingofthePeople'sRepublicof

China.

Thecelebrationsincludearally（集会），andamilitaryandcivilianparade（I阅兵游

fi*）,whichwillbeginatabout10a.m,atTan'anmenSquare,atraditionalvenuefor

thecountry'smostimportantpoliticalevents.

TopChineseleaders,foreignguestsandrepresentatives（代表）ofoverseas

Chineseandcompatriots（爱国人士）fromHongKong,MacaoandTaiwanwillattend

thecelebrations,togetherwithsome500,000soldiersandciviliansfromallwalksof

lifeacrossthecountry.

Peoplewillhaveachancetoseethecountry'sstateoftheartweapon'sshownin

themilitaryparade.

Thecelebrationsareexpectedtolastabouttwohours.

China'sfirstmilitaryandcivilianparadewasheldonOctober1,1949,whenthe

lateChairmanMaoZedongdeclaredthefoundingofthepeople'sRepublicofChina

ontheTan9anmenRostrum.

ThecelebrationsaretobetelevisedandbroadcastlivebyChinaCentral

Television（CCTV）andChinaRadioInternational（CRI）

Agrandflag-hoistingceremonywillalsobeheldatTian'anmenSquareatabout

10a.m.thismorning.Chineseleaders,representativesofpeoplefromallwalksoflife

ontheTiananmenRostrum,andtensofthousandsofpeopleatthesquarewillwatch

theceremony.

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Answerthefollowingquestionswithoutreferringtothereading:

l.Themainideaofthenewsreportistotellthereaders.

A.whentheNationalDayCelebrationwillbeheld

B.somedetails（详情）aboutthecomingNationalDaycelebration

C.howmanypeoplewilltakepartintheNationalDaycelebration

D.wheretheNationalDaycelebrationwillbeheld

2.ThepropertimeofthenewsreportisontheearlymorningofOct.1.TF

3.Thecelebrationswillbeginatabout10p.m.TF

FiftyNationalDaymilitaryparadeshavebeenheldsincethefounding

ofthePRC.TF

5.Peopplewillseetheflag-hoistingceremonyattheTian'anmenSquare.TF

6.CCTVandCRIwillliveteleviseandbroadcastthecelebrations.TF

7.Thecelebrationswilllastawholeday.TF

8.Theworddeclaredinthispassagemeans.

A.setupB.madeknownclearly

C.foughtforD.workedfor

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Passage7

TheHistoryofTabletennis

Youoftenplayping-pongbutperhapsyoudonotknowwhoinventedit.The

storyisthatitstartedwhentwostudentsatCambridgeUniversity（佥ll桥大学）began

knockingacork（软木塞）toeachotheracrossatable,usingoldcigar-boxes.

Inabouttheyear1800anAmericanmanufacturer（制造商）ofsportsgoods

producedagamethathecalledIndoorTennis.TheAmericanwerenotvery

enthusiastic（热情的）atfirstbutheexportedittohisLondonagents（代理商）andit

becameverypopularinBritain.Thegamewasthenplayedacrossdining-roomtables,

oronthefloorwiththenetstringbetweenchairs.Theplayersusedaballmadeof

corkorrubber.

Afewyearslaterahollow（空的）ballliketheoneweusetodaywasinvented.

Thegamethenquicklyspreadallovertheworld.AgentlemancalledMr.Wood,of

London,hadtheideaofcoveringthebatswithrubbertogivegreatcontrol（控制）

overtheball.TheLondonagentswhofirstsoldthegameinEnglandnowcalledit

“Ping-pong"."Ping"meantthesoundofthebathittingtheball,and“pong"wasthe

soundoftheballhittingthetable.

Thegamewasplayedeverywhere,butnoteverybodylikedit.Somethoughtit

wasasillygame.ThefamousEnglishPunchhadtheselines:

IknowImustbewrong,butIcannotloveping-pong.

Icannotsinginpraiseofping.Ihavenosongforpong.

Manypeople,however,begantoplaythegameseriously（严肃地）.Itsofficial

namewaschangedtoTabletennis,becausethename“Ping-pong"belongedto（属于）

theLondonagentswhofirstsoldthegame.

In1926theInternationalTable-tennisFederation（联合会）wassetup.Thatsame

yearaEuropeanChampionships（冠军杯）wasplayedinLondon.Thewinning

countrywasHungary（匈牙利）wheretodaythegameisplayedalmostasmuchasin

China.

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Answerthefollowingquestionswithoutreferringtothereading:

l.Thepassagemainlytellsusabout.

A.theinventionandthedevelopmentoftabletennis

B.themanwhoinventedthetabletennis

C.whytabletennisispopularinEngland

D.whogavethesportthenametabletennis

2.Ping-pongwasfirstplayedinEngland.TF

3.Atonetimeitwasplayedonthefloor.TF

4.Ahollowballwasinventedbeforetheyear1800.TF

5.Allofthepeoplelikedthegameatthattime.TF

6.TheEuropeanchampionshipswasplayedin1926.TF

7.Thewordexportedinthesecondparagraphmeans_.

A.sentsomethingoutofacountryforsale

B.broughtinsomethingfromothercountries

C.askedotherstomake

D.gavesomethingtootherswithoutgettinganymoney

8.ThewordPunchinthefourthparagraphmaybe_.

A.thenameofanofficialinthegovernment

B.anfamousEnglishfilm

C.thenameofanEnglishmagazine

D.amanwhodidnotliketabletennis

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Passage8

TheyBurnedBlubber

DoyouwonderhowtheEskimoswereabletoliveintheArctic?Theyneeded

specialwaysofgettingtheirfood,clothing,andhousing.Theyneededspecialwaysto

travel.

VeryfewplantsgrowintheArctic.Togetfood,theEskimoshuntedandfished.

Theyhuntedpolarbears（北极熊）,seals,andwhales.Duringcertainseasons,they

huntedreindeerandseabirds,andtheyfishedforsalmon（大马哈鱼）.Inthewinter,

someEskimosbuiltigloosmadeofsnowblocks.Thesesnowhousesprotectedthem

fromthewind.

Tokeepanigloowarm,theyusedastonelamp.Theyburnedblubber（海兽脂），

thefatofseaanimals,forfuel.Inthesummer,theEskimoslivedintentsmadefrom

animalskins.

TheEskimosneededclothesthatwerewarmandkeptoutwindandwater.They

madetheirclothesfromanimalskins.Theirhighbootskeptoutthesnow,andmittens

（连指手套）protectedtheirhands.Bothmenandwomenworepants（裤子）and

afurcoatwithahood（头罩）.AnEskimowomanhadanextra-largecoatsoshe

couldcarryherbabyonherbackbeneathit.

TheEskimoshadtomoveabouttohuntandfishandgetthethingstheyneeded.

Inthewinter,theytraveledonasledpulledbyateamofdogs.Inthesummer,they

traveledinaskin-coveredcanoe.

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Answerthefollowingquestionswithoutreferringtothereading:

1.FromthispassagewecanthattheEskimos9wayoflife.

A.wasquitedifferentfromours

B.wasbetterthananyotherpeople's

C.wasinterestingandcomfortable

D.wasthesameasours

2.TheEskimosmadealivingbyhunting.TF

3.Inordertokeepwarm,theEskimosburnedthefatofanimals.TF

4.TheEskimosusedwoodenboattotravelinsummerTF

5.TheclothestheEskimoswearlookedverynice.TF

6.TheEskimosdependedonwheatandcornforfood.TF

7.FromthispassagewecanseethatdogswereimportanttotheEskimos.TF

8.Thewordigloointhispassagemeans___.

A.akindofhousemadeofwood

B.akindofhousewithroundroofmadeofsnow

C.astonehouse

D.atrapusedtocatchanimals

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Passage9

ANewPark

TheUnitedStateshasanewnationalparkcalledGreatBasin.Itisthefirst

nationalparkinthewesternstateofNevada.Thenewparkisintheeasternpartof

Nevada,neartheborderwithUtah.Itisfarfromanycity.

Intheearly1800s,anAmericanexplorer（探险者）traveledthroughthearea.He

foundthelandshapedlikeabowl.SohenamedittheGreatBasin.Itisalandof

unusualbeautyandsharpdifferences.

Forexample,youcanclimbamountaincoveredwithgreenforest,thencool

yourselfinafieldofsnowwhenyouarriveatthetop.Hereandthere,sharprocks

pushoutthroughthesnow.Amongtherocksyoumightseenest（巢）ofthegolden

eagle,abirdthatwasonceindangerofdyingout.

YoucanclimbinacampgroundontheedgeofLehmanCaves.Thecavesarea

groupoflargeundergroundroomsmadeoflimestone（石灰石）.Youcanwalkthrough

themforaboutakilometer.

ThestateofNevadahaswantedanationalparkformorethansixtyyears.There

hasalwaysbeenopposition（反对）frompeoplewhobelievethataparkwouldharm

miningandagriculturalinterests.

Thebillthatsetupthepark,however,guaranteesthatmineswillremainopen,

andthatsheepandcowswillcontinuetofeedonthemountainsides.

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Answerthefollowingquestionswithoutreferringtothereading:

1.Thebesttitleforthispassageshouldbe_.

A.HowtheGreatBasinWasNamed

B.HowtheGreatBasinwasfound

C.ANationalParkComingintoBeing

D.GreatBasinNationalPark

2.NonationalparkwasbuiltintheGreatBasinforalongtime

becausesomeconsidereditharmfulinsomeways.TF

3.Wecanconcludefromthepassagethatthehighestmountainsare

inthemiddleofthepark.TF

4.Theparkisaboutonesquarekilometer.TF

5.Themountainstherearequitehighabovesealevelthere.TF

6.TheLehmanCavesareconnectedwitheachother.TF

7.Itisthoughtaparkwouldharmagriculturalinterests.TF

8.ThewordguaranteesinthelastparagraphmeansinChinese.

A.禁止B.允许C.商量D.保证

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Passage10

ASatellite

In1965,twoAmericanastronauts（宇航员）landedintheAtlanticOcean.Forthe

firsttime,peopleathomeinAmericaandEuropecouldwatchontelevisionas

astronautswerepickedup.AsatellitecalledEarlyBirdmadethisprogrampossible.

Radiowavesgooutfromthesendingstationinastraightline.Layers（层）inthe

atmosphere（大气层）actlikeamirrorforsomeofthesewaves.Theybounce（弹起）

downfromthelayersandcomebacktoearth.

Televisionprogramsarecarriedonadifferentkindofradiowave.Thesewaves

donotbounceofthe“mirror."Theygostraightthroughthelayersintospace.Tosend

televisionprogramsaroundtheworld,theymustbepickedupbyasatellitehighin

spaceandsentback.

EarlyBirdisinanorbit22,300mileshigh.Becauseittravelswiththeearth,it

seemstobestandingstill.ItisalwaysoverthesameplaceintheAtlanticOcean.

TelevisionprogramsaresentuptoEarlyBird.Itsendsthemintoone-thirdofthe

earth.

TwoothersatelliteslikeEarlyBirdarenowinorbit.Thethreesatellitescansend

televisionprogramsaroundtheworld.