What do you usually do after school? Playing football? Watching TV? Let's see how kids in foreign countries spend their free time?
Mess around(消遣逗乐) with Dress-up Do your parents have any old clothes? See if you can get an old box and start collecting hats, shoes and clothes now! Then, when your friends come over after school,you can play dress-up. See if you can make yourself into a doctor, or a cowboy, or even a spaceman! If you are really clever, you could even put on a show for your family! Let your imagination run wild!
Start a Club Want to learn new things after school? Want to make new friends who aren't in your class? You can get both of them in clubs. In other countries’ schools,there are usually all kinds of clubs for kids to join. There is a French club,a student government, a theatre,a choir(合唱队)and a photography club.
Take a photography club as an example. One may learn all the skills about taking photos. For example,you will learn how to choose a camera,how to use the light and how to develop pictures.
One can also make a lot of friends in clubs. It's always good to enjoy your free time with friends, isn't it?
【小题1】How do kids in foreign countries spend their free time?       .

A.Playing football
B.Playing dress-up
C.Watching TV
D.Having a party in clubs
【小题2】For foreign kids, what do they collect clothes and shoes for?       .
A.having them in future
B.changing with their friends
C.making themselves into other person
D.preparing for parties
【小题3】What do kids mainly want to do when they start a club?       .
A.Put on a showB.Learn new things
C.Talk with friendsD.Take photos
【小题4】In a photography club, kids can learn       .
A.how to use cameras
B.how to collect cameras
C.how to repair cameras
D.how to make a lot of friends
【小题5】What will you learn from the passage?       .
A.Foreign kids like to put on a show in their school
B.Foreign kids usually play dress-up in clubs
C.Foreign kids spend their free time taking photos
D.Foreign kids usually join all kinds of clubs

For the 17 years my life was very happy. Then the first sad thing happened. My mother became very ill. Just before she died, she asked Elizabeth and me to go to her room. She said, “Victor and Elizabeth, I’m very happy because you love each other, and because one day you’ll get married. Everyone in the family loves you, Elizabeth. Will you take my place in the family, my dear? I can die happy if you look after them when I have gone.”
My mother died and we were very sad, because we loved her so much. Elizabeth was brave and helped us; her sweet smile gave us some happiness in the unhappy days after my mother’s death. The time came for me to go to university(大学). I didn’t want to leave my sad family, but we all knew that I should go. It was hard to leave, too, because the parents of my good friend Henry would not let him go to university with me. So I had gone alone.
On my first day at university I met Professor Waldman. He gave a wonderful talk to all the students. He ended his talk by saying, “Some of you will become the greatest scientists of tomorrow. You must study hard and discover everything that you can.”
After the professor’s talk, I thought very carefully. I remembered the storm when I was 15; I remembered how the lightning had destroyed the tree. From then on, I wanted to use electricity to help people, and I wanted to discover the secrets of life. I decided to work on these two things.
I started to work the next day. I worked very hard and soon Professor Waldman and I realized that I could learn to be a very good scientist.
The professor and other important scientists helped me. I was interested in my work and I did not take one day’s holiday during the next two years. After two years, I had discovered many things and I built a scientific machine that was the best in the university. My machine would help me answer the most important question of all. How does life begin? Is it possible to put life into dead things? To answer these questions about life I had to learn first about death. I had to watch bodies from the moment when they died and the warm life left them. In the hospital and in the university, I watched the dying and the dead. Day after day, month after month, I followed death, so it was a dark and terrible time.
I built a tall mast(桅杆)about 150 metres high, which is higher than the tallest building in the city, to catch lightning and send the electricity down to my machine in the lab. I believed I could use that electricity to give life to things that were dead.
Then one day, the answer came to me. Suddenly I was sure that I knew the secret of life.
【小题1】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.Elizabeth married shortly after Victor’s mother died.
B.Elizabeth was a brave girl who loved Victor and gave him much help.
C.Victor’s mother was very angry when she knew he loved Elizabeth.
D.Victor did not want to leave his family because his mother died not long before.
【小题2】Victor did all the following during his research in the university EXCEPT that ______.
A.he discovered many things and built a scientific machine
B.he learnt much about death both in the hospital and in the university
C.he worked hard and took only one day’s holiday during the next two years
D.he built a tall mast to catch lightning and send the electricity down to the lab
【小题3】According to the writer, the secret of life is to _______.
A.give life to things that were dead
B.build the best machine to learn about death
C.use electricity to help others
D.become the greatest scientist of tomorrow
【小题4】Which is the correct order about the life of Victor?
① Victor’s mother passed away.
② Victor got help from the professor and other scientists.
③ Victor went to university and attended the professor’s talk.
④ Victor found the answer to giving life to things that were dead.
⑤ Victor experienced a storm, seeing the lightning destroying the tree.
A.①②③④⑤B.⑤①②④③
C.①③②⑤④D.⑤①③②④

Michael Jackson is one of the world’s best singers. Michael Jackson was born in the middle west of Gary, Indiana, in 1958. He began singing with his four brothers. They called the group “Jackson Five”. The group became very popular after appearing on a television progam. They started singing in 1965, became popular soon. In 1970 the group made their first record the name of “I Want You Back”. It was very popular. One of their hit records was “Never Say Goodbye”.
Michael was good at dancing as well as singing, for example, his dance moves and moon walking. He was asked to act in a film in 1978 for the first time, in the same year he made a record on his own, which sold eight million copies all over the world.
Michael nearly didn’t go out because he was too famous. Once his fans went off in a faint(晕倒) when they saw him at the concert. No one can do it by now. He lived in a large house and kept lots of animals. He never ate meat. He often raises money for charity. This made him win the Guinness World Records(吉尼斯世界纪录)in 2006. He died on June 25th, 2009, but he would live in our heart forever.
【小题1】What’s the name of their first record?

A.“Never Say Goodbye”B.“See You, See Me”
C.“I Want You Back”D.“On the World”
【小题2】Michael was good at __________ according to the passage.
A.rock musicB.street dance
C.playing the pianoD.moon walking
【小题3】Why did Mochael have to stay at home most of the time?
A.Because he was too famous
B.Because he often felt lonely.
C.Because he had no friends
D.Because his company asked him to do so

Peter's uncle lived in the country. Once Peter went to stay with him for a few weeks. When they went for a walk or for a drive in the car and they passed somebody ,his uncle waved. Peter was surprised and said, “Uncle George, you know everybody here. Where did you meet them all?”
“I don't know all these people,” said his uncle                
“Then why do you wave to them?” asked Peter.?                 
“Well, Peter,” answered his uncle, “when I wave to someone and he knows me, he is happy. He goes on his journey with a happier heart. But when I wave to some one and he doesn't know me, he is surprised and says to himself, ‘Who is that man? Why did he wave to me?’ So he has something to think about during the rest of his journey, and that makes his journey seem shorter. So I make everyone happy.
【小题1】Peter was surprised that his uncle _______

A.waved to everybody they passedB.knew everybody there?
C.said hello to everyoneD.didn't know all the people they passed
【小题2】“I don't know all these people” means ________.
A.I know none of these people?B.I know some of these people?
C.I don't know any of these people?D.I know most of these people
【小题3】When Uncle George waved to his friends, they became ________.
A.worriedB.happyC.sadD.surprised
【小题4】Some people didn't know Uncle George. When he waved to them, they ________.
A.became angry with him?B.thought that he must be a friend?
C.thought why he was waving to them?D.didn't look at him
【小题5】Uncle George waved to everyone so that ________.
A.he could make some more friends?B.he could surprise everyone?
C.everyone would remember him?D.he would make everyone happy

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