The world's shortest man, He Pingping, who was just 74.6cm tall, died in Rome on March 13, 2010 at the age of 21, where he was to take part in a TV show.
      He was born in 1988 in Wulanchabu, China and was officially(官方地)
recognized as the world's shortest man in 2008.
      Guinness World Records said he had made a "huge impact around the
world".
      Mr He was in the Italian capital to take part in the filming of a television programme  called   77ze   Record Show. According to the TV production
company, he had already filmed two episodes(插曲)  of the programme when he began to feel unwell.
      " He started to feel ill and we decided to take him to hospital.  He entered hospital two weeks ago and had all kinds of tests. Being a very special person he had to go through all sorts of tests.  He went into intensive (加强) care
three days after he was admitted. "
      He said that Mr He died on Saturday aftemoon, and at the request of his
family,his body would l)e returned to China to be bunied.
                          

1.  He Pingping died at the age of ____________ .

A. twentv      
B. twenty-one    
C. twenty-two    
D. twenty-three

2. The meaning of the underlined word "impact" is -___________  .

A.影响        
B.反应        
C.事件          
D. 力量

3. He Pingping died in __________________on March 13, 2010.

A. a TV show    
B. Rome        
C. an accident    
D. a chest complaint

4. He Pingping took part in the filming of a television programme called_____________

A. The Record Show                    
B. Guin,ness World Records
C. The World's Shortest Man,            
D. The China's Shortest Man,

5. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A.  He Pingping died in China on March 13, 2010 at the age of 21.
B. He Pingping was recorded in Guinness World Records.
C. When He finished filming the programme, he began to feel unwell.
D. He Pingping's family requested his body be returned to Rome to be buried.

1.  How many degrees of water is best for our body?       

A. 40.              
B. 45.          
C. 80.        
D. 50. 

2.____invented the bottle.     

A. A 15-year-old boy        
B. Xiang Zeyu        
C. Xiang Zeyu and her classmate        
D. Xiang Zeyu's classmate  

3. Why did Xiang zeyu invent the bottle?       

A. She was hurt by boiled water.       
B. Her classmate was hurt by boiled water.        
C. Her younger sister complained.the boiled water.        
D. Her younger sister was hurt by the boiled water. 

4. How much did Xiang and her classmate spend on the invention7      

A.  ￥40.          
B.  ￥50.        
C.  ￥30.      
D.  ￥90. 

5. What things did they use to make the bottle?        

A.  A temperature detector,a music chip,a can with electric wires,a switch,a bottle and two AAA
      batteries.        
B.  A temperature detector,  a music chip,  a can with electric wires, and two AAA batteries.        
C.  A temperature detector,a can with electric wires,  a bottle and two AAA batteries.        
D.  A temperature detector,  a music chip,  a can, and two AAA batteries.

     Yao Ming, the center of the Chinese National Men's Basketball Team, plays for the Houston Rockets
in the NBA.  The 2. 26m,  120kg center is the first person to come from a foreign team.
     Yao Ming was bom in Shanghai on September 21, 1980.  His mother was the center and captain of
the Chinese National Women's Team. His father played basketball, too.
     Yao Ming is well known in China. He has become a very important basketball player in the China
Basketball Association(联赛). It's short for CBA. During the 2000 t0 2001 season, he got about 27
points for the Shanghai Oriental(东方) Sharks in every match.
     Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets in November, 2002.  He said this was a new start for his
basketball career(事业). He would do his best to leam from theNBA to improve himself.
     Sports analyst(分析家) Bill Walton said, " Yao Ming has potential(潜力) and the capability(能力)
of changing the f,uture of basketball. "

1. The Houston Rockets is a______________ team.
2. Both Yao Ming's father and mother were ______________.
3. Yao Ming did wellin CBA during______________. 
4. Yao Ming tried his best to______________ the Houston Rockets in November, 2002.
5. Sports analyst Bill Walton thought Yao Ming was able to ______________ the future of basketball.

     Florence Nightingale was born in a rich family in England. When she was young, she took lessons in
music and drawing, and read many great books. She also traveled a lot with her parents.    
     As a child she felt that visiting sick people was both a duty and a pleasure. She enjoyed helping
them.    
     At last she decided that she was going to be a nurse.  But her father said, "Nursing isn' t the right job for a lady. "    
     "Then I will make it so," she smiled.    
     And she went to learn nursing in Germany and France. When she returned to England, Florence started a nursing home for women.    
     In the Crimean War in 1854, she went with a group of thirty-eight nurses to the front hospitals. What
they saw there was terrible.    
     Florence used her own money and some from her friends to buy clothes, beds, medicines and food for the men. Her only pay was the smiles of' the wounded (受伤的) soldiers.  But they were more than
enough for this kind woman.    
     Florence died at ninety. She tried to serve others through her work as a nurse all her life. Thanks to her contributions to medicine, we realize nurses do an important and necessary job.

根据短文内容，回答下列问题 。

1. Where was Florence born?

_________________________________

2. When she was a child, what did Florence love to do?

_________________________________

3. What does the underlined word "they"nean?

_________________________________

4. How old was Florence when she died?

_________________________________

    
    This is Barack Obama．He is the president(总统)of the United States．His wife(妻子)is Michecle
Obama．They have two daughters．Malia Obama is eleven years old．Sasha Obama is eight years
old．They have a happy family．

(     )1．Barack Obama is Chinese．
(     )2．Malia's mother is Michelle．
(     )3．Barack Obama has a son and a daughter．
(     )4．Michelle Obama has two daughters．
(     )5．Sasha Obama is only 9 years old．

     When Dean Amold got his first job, he was miserable (痛苦的). Each time he went to work, he
coughed and he couldn't breathe. Working in a bakery (面包房)  when you are allergic to
(对……过敏) flour can be painful.
     But Arnold stayed with the National Biscuit Company for ten years. He was a businessman and he
helped them improve production. At last his health problems became too serious. He left and formed
his own company.
     With his wife and mother, he founded Arnold Bakery. They tried new recipes (配方), changing the
kind and amount of flour used. This enabled Arnold to work there without too much pain. The bread,  
made with unbleached flour (标准粉), was baked in a brick oven  (烘炉).
     They began by baking two dozen loaves. The bread was sold door to door for fifteen cents a loaf.
Winning customers to his unusual, old-fashioned bread took time. But Arnold, struggling against his
allergy, built his bakery into one of the largest in the United States.
1. A good title for this passage would be                      .
A. A Sick Baker                        
B. A Brick-oven Bread Baker
C. An Old-fashioned Baker                
D. How to Overcome Allergy
2. Dean left the National Biscuit Company because he                       .
A. suffered from allergy to flour          
B. didn't like the job
C. warried to make more money          
D. wanted to form his own company
3. During his stay in the National Biscuit Company,                        .
A. he founded Arnold Bakery
B. he tried a new method of baking
C. he helped the company improve their production
D. he became successful in his business
4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Arnold's bread was baked in a brick oven.
B. Arnold's bread was made with unbleached flour.
C. Arnold's bread was sold at a low price.
D. Arnold's bread was of poor quality.
5. From the passage we can conclude that Arnold was ___________.
A. determined    
B. brave    
C. unusual    
D. unhealthy