Yao Ming was born in China in 1980. Now the big name from China is playing for the Houston Rockets in the NBA. He is the son of two basketball players and he learned how to play basketball when he was young. Now, as one of the stars in the NBA, he is working hard to show the world that Chinese basketball players can do well in this game, too!
Pele was a famous football player. He was born in Brazil in 1940. He started playing for Santos when he was only 16 and he didn't retire(退役) until 1977. He played for Brazil 111 times and he scored 97 international goals. Pele came from a poor family. He started playing football in the streets. He played for Santos and quickly became an international star.
Steffi Graf was born in Germany in 1969. She won the tennis semi-final(半决赛) at Wimbledon in 1985 when she was only 16, but she lost the final to another great tennis player, Martina Navratilova. People were 'surprised at the strength and power of her game. She soon became a famous tennis player and won most of the main matches.
【小题1】Who is the youngest player in the passage?
A.Pele.B.Yao Ming.C.Steffi Graft.D.No one.
【小题2】 __________ comes from South America.
A.PeleB.Yao MingC.Steffi GraftD.No one
【小题3】Yao Ming began to learn to play basketball __________.
A.when he was 15B.when he was young
C.when he was tall enoughD.when he was strong enough
【小题4】From the passage, we learn __________.
A.Steffi Graf was born in 1985 in Wimbledon
B.Martina Navratilova was also a tennis player
C.Steffi Graf won few of the main matches
D.Steffi Graf won the tennis final when she was 16

 
George Washington Carver was born in 1864. He was born a slave(奴隶). When he was still a baby, his mother was stolen. He was kept by his master.
All his life George loved  31 . When he was only seven years old, he already knew so  32  about plants that people in his hometown called him “the plant doctor”.
George wanted to learn as much as he could, but there was no   33  for black children where he lived. When he was ten, he left home to find a town that would allow   34  children to attend school. He studied in Missouri and Kansas   35  he finished high school. All this time he had to work to   36  his own expense(费用). He worked as a cook and opened his own laundry.
In 1890, George began college. At first he studied art, but he still had a   37  of plants. He began to study agriculture(农业). After he graduated, the famous inventor Thomas Edison asked him to work in his lab but George   38  . He had other   39  . He started an agricultural organization for black students in Alabama.
In those days, many   40  in the south grew only cotton. This was   41  to the soil(土壤). After a while the   42   would not grow as well. George Washington Carver wanted to help farmers in the south to grow plants like peanuts and sweet potatoes. These plants helped the 43  . Over the years he invented hundreds of ways to use these two plants.
George Washington Carver invented so many things that he was   44  “The Wizard(能手) of  Tuskegee”. He died in 1943 at the   45  of 79.
【小题1】
A.animalsB.plantsC.buildingsD.photos
【小题2】
A.muchB.manyC.littleD.few
【小题3】
A.houseB.farmC.hospitalD.school
【小题4】
A.brownB.yellowC.blackD.white
【小题5】
A.whenB.untilC.forD.since
【小题6】
A.costB.spendC.payD.take
【小题7】
A.loveB.hateC.questionD.surprise
【小题8】
A.acceptedB.refusedC.understoodD.cared
【小题9】
A.situationsB.suggestionsC.playsD.plans
【小题10】
A.farmersB.scientistsC.doctorsD.inventors
【小题11】
A.helpfulB.harmfulC.carefulD.wonderful
【小题12】
A.pumpkinB.peanutC.cottonD.potato
【小题13】
A.soilB.waterC.airD.weather
【小题14】
A.seenB.lookC.foundD.called
【小题15】
A.timeB.yearC.ageD.season

Minoru Yamasaki was a well-known American architect (建筑师). He was born in 1912 in Seattle, Washington. Minoru went to college to study architecture. Every summer he worked in a fish factory to help pay for college. He slept in a room with 100 other men.

Yamasaki sometimes dreamed about his work. Once he woke up at three o’clock in the morning. He remembered a building that was in his dream. He got up and started to draw.  

Yamasaki was different from other architects. His buildings give people a feeling of peace and happiness. Many of his designs have pools of water, flowers, and windows on the roof to let in light. He wanted to give them a place away from the busy ways of modern life.

Yamasaki worked for several companies. But his success began when he started his own company. In 1956, he won the Architect’s First Honor Award for his design of an airport in St. Louis, Missouri. He won two more awards over the next five years. In 1962, he designed the World Trade Center in New York. In 1993, a bomb exploded (炸弹爆炸) in it. But the buildings did not fall down because they had a good design.

Yamasaki had strong opinions about his buildings. They had to be built his way. He refused to change the design of his buildings, even if he lost a job.

Minoru Yamasaki died on Jun,2 1986. He designed more than 300 buildings. People will enjoy the design and beauty of his buildings for a very long time.

The title            A     1.  American architect

Be born              In   2. in Seattle, Washington

In college           Studied  architecture  in college

                  Worked in a fish factory to 3. for college

                    4. a room with 100 other men

His design of buildings Made people feel   5.and happy

                  Had   6. opinions about his buildings

                  The World Trade Center didn’t fall down after a bomb explosion

Successful  career    Was not the   7. as other architects

                  Didn’t begin his successful career    8. he started his own company

                  Won    9. Awards for his famous design before 1962 and designed over 300 buildings in his life

Date of  10.          Died on Jun,2  1986

 

 

When Daniel woke up yesterday morning, he found he was a bit late for school, so he started running to catch the bus. Moments later, he saw a dog, but not its lead. He tripped over the lead and fell down. He jumped up quickly, went on running and got on the bus. After a while an old coach broke down in the middle of the road, and the driver couldn’t move it. It was eight o’clock, the middle of the rush hour, so it soon created a terrible traffic jam. The bus driver tried to go round the coach. Unfortunately a taxi was coming in the opposite direction. The driver tried to stop the taxi, but he couldn’t prevent the accident— the taxi crashed into the front of the bus! Luckily nobody was hurt.

When Daniel finally got to school out of breath, the Science lesson had been on for five minutes. Daniel said sorry to the teacher and sat at his desk. He reached out for his school bag— no, it was nowhere to be found.

“Where is my school bag?” Daniel was puzzled. Suddenly he realized that he had left it on the bus. Bad luck!

1.What does the underlined word “tripped” mean?

A. 扔掉              B. 拣起            C. 绊,绊倒                D. 跨越

2.What is the order of the accident?

①A taxi was coming in the opposite direction

②The bus driver went round the coach.

③An old coach broke down.

④The taxi crashed into the bus.

A. ①→④→②→③                    B.  ②→③→①→④ 

C. ③→②→④→①                    D. ③→②→①→④

3.What is the best title for this passage?

A. An unlucky day                  B. A happy day out

C. A traffic accident              D. A strict teacher

 

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