阅读理解。
     Thomas Edison was a famous American scientist. He was born in 1847. When he was a child, he liked
  to find out how things worked. He was in school for only three months. He asked his teacher a lot of
  strange questions, Most of them had nothing to do with his lessons. The teacher thought the boy was
 not bright and was not worth (值) teaching. When he told this to Edison's mother, she took her son out of
  school. As she had been a teacher, she taught him herself. The boy read a lot. Soon he became very
  interested in science. At the age of ten, Edison had already built a chemistry lab (实验室) for himself.
 Ever since then, he never stopped searching (探索) for new and better ways to do things.
1. Edison was born in the _____  century ( 世纪).
    A. eighteenth    
    B. nineteenth  
    C. nineteen      
    D. eighteen      
2. While he was in school, Edison _____  .
    A. studied his lesson very hard  
    B. was often late for school
    C. liked to ask questions      
    D. was not bright and enough to study
3. Edison learned more from _____  .
    A. his mother    
    B. his teacher  
    C. other boys    
    D. his father
4. Young Edison was interested in _____  .
    A. sports    
    B. playing games  
    C. making trouble  
    D. science
5. He was always searching for new and better ways to do things after he _____  .
    A. read books                    
    B. finished school  
    C. built a lab                    
    D. was taken out of school
阅读理解。
     The 26-year-old, Sui Feifei, shines in basketball games. But it is her pretty face that catches her most
attention (注意). She is known as "beauty" on the basketball court (篮球场).
     Sui Feifei has been on China's women basketball team for many years, but now, she will have a new
life: Playing in the WNBA (美国女子职业篮球联赛) for Sacrammento Monarchs (萨克拉门托君主队) in the US.
     It's the first time for Sui to  work  and  live  abroad. She  said she is  ready  for the challenges (挑战)
ahead. She shows great confidence, and this comes mostly from her good spoken English!
     When she went to get her visa (签证), she talked happily with the officer there, and even gave the
officer a lesson in basketball in English!
     "My best point is that I enjoy speaking-I'm never afraid to open my mouth!" She said.
     Sui is outgoing. She likes speaking to any foreigner.
     Off the court, Sui is a good writer. Her love of writing comes from having read widely, even kungfu
stories!
     Sui  writes  for  many  newspapers, but  she also  enjoys  keeping  diaries.  She  feels free to put her
thoughts down on a piece of paper!
     Sui looks nice but she doesn't want to be like just for her beauty. "As for me, the courage (勇气)and
wisdom you see on court shows the real beauty, not a pretty face." She once said.
1. Sui Feifei is one of the best basketball players in______.
A. England  
B. China  
C. Sacramento Monarchs
2. Many people know Sui Feifei because she____.
A. is not only good at basketball but also beautiful
B. is the only Chinese girl playing in the WNBA in the USA
C. is the most beautiful girl in China
3. The underlined word "confidence" in the third paragraph means "____"in Chinese. 
A.智慧      
B.勇气        
C.自信        
4. Sui can speak English quite well because she____.
A. often goes aboard  
B. learned it hard at school
C. practices it very often
5. Which of the three is TRUE?
A. Sui wants people to notice her pretty face on the basketball court
B. In her spare time, Sui enjoys reading and writing.
C. When she is free, Sui likes to write what she thinks on paper
阅读理解。
       
     Yao Ming was born in China in 1980. In his last season with the Shanghai basketball team in CBA,
he scored (得分) 32.4 points every game. Now the big man from China is helping the Houston Rockets
in the NBA. He is the son of two great basketball players and learnt how to play basketball when he was
young. Now, as one of the stars in the NBA, he is working hard to make his dream come true and show
the world that Chinese basketball players love this game too!
     Pele was a football player that everyone knew. He was born in Brazil in 1940. He started playing for
Santos when he was only 16 and he didn't retire until 1977. He played for Brazil 111 times and scored
97 international goals. Pele came from a poor family. He started playing football in the street, like many
people around the world do. He was soon picked to play for Santos and quickly became an international
figure (人物).
     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 by the strength and power of her game. She soon became a famous tennis player
and she won most of the main matches a few times.
1. In the passage, ____ is the youngest player.
A. Pele    
B. Yao Ming    
C. Steffi Graf    
D. Martina Navratilova
2. ____ comes from South America.
A. Pele    
B. Yao Ming      
C. Steffi Graf    
D. No one
3. Which of the following is RIGHT?
A. Yao Ming is a table tennis player.  
B. Yao Ming is on the Houston Rockets now.
C. Yao Ming's parents are not basketball players.
D. Yao Ming is playing for the Chinese Football Team.
4. From the passage, we know that ____.
A. Steffi Graf was born in Wimbledon in 1985.
B. Martina Navratilova was also a tennis player.
C. Steffi Graf won the tennis final when she was only 16.
D. Steffi Graf won few of the main matches.
5. Which of the following is NOT RIGHT?
A. Pele was born in a poor family.
B. Pele was a great football player.
C. Pele played football in the street all his life.
D. Pele became famous soon after he was picked to play for Santos.
完形填空。
     There was a man.   His name was Ankit.   He loved to    1    pictures.   One day he drew a picture. It
was   2    beautiful  that  he  wished the picture to  come  alive.  Ankit was   3    .     He  had  few friends.
He was always lonely (孤独的),  but sometimes he wanted to   4    others.   One  morning, when he got
up, he   5    someone talk.  "Oh! It is talking!    My wish comes  true. "   He was  very  6    .   Then   he  
drew  a  man  and a violin    7    the  picture.    The  man could talk and play the    8   .    All the  people
in  the town  knew  the  magic  (有魔力的)  picture soon.   One  evening  a  thief  came  to steal  (偷窃)
the picture.    9   he came  near the picture ,  it cried,    "Help!   Help!" The  thief  ran  away.    After  that  
Ankit always  kept  the picture well in his    10   .  They   livedhappily. Ankit was not lonely any more.
(     )1.  A. draw    
(     )2.  A. very    
(     )3.  A. young    
(     )4.  A. add to  
(     )5.  A. heard    
(     )6.  A. sad      
(     )7.  A. to      
(     )8.  A. accordion
(     )9.  A. But      
(     )10. A. yard    
B. buy      
B. so      
B. kind    
B. turn on  
B. saw      
B. excited  
B. up      
B. violin  
B. Though  
B. country  
C. watch  
C. too    
C. outgoing
C. talk to
C. felt    
C. angry  
C. in      
C. guitar  
C. And    
C. house  
D. teach    
D. also    
D. quiet    
D. put on  
D. made    
D. worried  
D. on      
D. drum    
D. When    
D. school  
阅读理解。
     Xiao Shenyang was born in 1981 in Liaoning, China.  He became a student of Zhao Benshan,
a famous comedy actor, in 2006.  He became famous after taking part in the 2009 CCTV Spring
Festival Gala (盛会). He is good at Er Ren Zhuan,   a popular folk (民间的) dance in northeast
China. 
     Can you find a ring in an egg? Liu Qian, a famous magician (魔术师) from Taiwan, did this in
front of people at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.  Liu Qian was born in 1976.   At the age of 12,
he won Taiwan’s Youth Magic Competition.
     Jackie Chan was born in 1954. His parents called him "Chan Kongsang". It means "one who
is born in Hong Kong". In the early 1980s,   Chan went to Hollywood.   Today,  he is famous  all
over the world. Many people like his action movies very much.   
1. When he was _______ years old, Xiao Shenyang became a student of Zhao Benshan.
A. 23  
B. 24    
C. 25    
D. 26
2. Where was Liu Qian born?
A. In Liaoning.    
B. In Taiwan.
C. In Hong Kong.    
D. In Beijing.
3. When did Liu Qian win Taiwan’s Youth Magic Competition?
A. In 1976.    
B. In 1980.    
C. In 1988.  
D. In 2006.
4. Jackie Chan is a famous _______.
A. actor  
B. violinist  
C. dancer  
D. magician
5. Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. Zhao Benshan is a famous comedy actor.
B. Liu Qian can find a ring in an egg.
C. Xiao Shenyang is older than Liu Qian.
D. Jackie Chan was born in Hong Kong, China.
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