A. He was born in a peasant family. B. He felt desperate to lose his fingers.

C. He ever dreamed to work on the farm.

D. He was afraid to get along with other boys

5.How did Mordecai initially(最初地) react to the manager's order?

A. He agreed with it. B. He refused it.

C. He felt grateful about it. D. He showed confidence in it.

6.In 1908,the performance of the chosen Cubs' starter______

A. was much worse than before B. put the Cubs at a disadvantage

C. affected Mordecai's perfermance D. contributed to the success of the match

7.What is the best title for the text？

A. Born to Play B. Fighting for Fame

C. A Three-fingered Star D. The Most Pitiful Baseball Pitcher

　　C

　　NASA's Opportunity rover（漫游者）has reached the end of its life.Initially designed to last 90 days, and to, travel only 1, 000 meters.Opportunity in fact spent almost 15 years exploring the surface of Mars.During that time, it traveled more than 45 kilometers than expected.

　　The last signal from Opportunity was on June 10th, 2018, when a severe global dust storm enveloped Mars.Since then, NASA has spent eight months trying to regain communication with the rover, but had no result.On Tuesday February 12th, 2019, NASA made one final attempt to wake Opportunity up, but it was unsuccessful.

　　Before Opportunity was sent into space, the Mars Global Surveyor spotted what looked like sedimentary rocks（沉积岩）from orbit in 2000. An Opportunity team member said, "On the earth, sedimentary rocks preserve the history of the surface of our planet, and within that history, the fossil record of life exists.It is reasonable to look for evidence of past life on Mars"

　　While the rover didn't find any actual fossils, Opportunity did provide evidence that the environment on Mars was once much better and warmer.This answered what was the major goal of the Opportunity rover. Opportunity identified sedimentary rocks which basically meant the presence of water.But not everything went smoothly for Opportunity to achieve the goal of exploration.At one point in 2005, all its six wheels were stuck in soft sand, and it took five weeks of hard work to get the rover out.

Opportunity was one of the most successful rovers ever and made great