2.26-meter-tall Yao Ming (1)_______ (make) his NBA debut (初次登台) on October 23, 2002
and (2)_______ (get) 6 points for the Houston Rockets in the game. The next day, he got 13 points
(得分) in another game.
    Most people think that Yao Ming is a born basketball player. But Yao said, "When you watch it on
TV, it looks very easy. But when you (3)_______ (play) in the NBA, it is really not so easy." He said
that (4)_______ (join) the Houston Rockets was a new start and a new challenge (挑战). "I hope that
through (通过) very hard work I can (5)_______ (make) everyone happy and help the Rockets
(6) _______ (win) more games," he said.
     Yao Ming speaks some English. Both he and his teammates can (7)_______ (understand) each other.
They don't think there is a language problem. While Yao Ming faces this new challenge, the people of
Houston have shown great (8)_______ (interesting) in him and they hope Yao Ming faces this new
challenge, the people of Houston have shown great interest in him and they hope Yao Ming will bring
new energy (活力) to the Rockets. The team has started (9)_______ (have) lessons to learn more about
China, and many people who work for the Rockets have learned (10)_______ (speak) some Chinese.

     Roberto Clemente was a great basketball player, in fact, he was a star. He could jump to catch a
ball. He could run fast . And he could hit a ball hard.
    Roberto Clemente loved children. He wanted to build a park for the children of Puerto Rico.
     In 1972, Roberto was killed in an airplane, but people did not forget him. They sent money for
the park.
     In 1975, the park was opened. Roberto Clemente's dream had come true.
     Notes:
     1. baseball  棒球  2. dream 梦想
     3. come true 实现

1. Roberto Clemente was killed in ______.

A. a car  
B. a baseball game
C. an airplane

2. This story tells about ______.

A. a kind baseball star
B. Roberto Clemente's team
C. poor children

3. In the first part of the story, what does the word "great" mean?

A. huge
B. old
C. very, very good

4. Roberto Clemente wanted to build a park because he ______.

A. wanted to play baseball
B. loved children
C. was killed

5. You can guess from the story that people ______ Roberto Clemente's dream.

A. fought
B. believed in
C. didn't like

A.  John is a boy. He is of medium height with short curly hair. He is wearing a green T-shirt,dark green
pants and blue shoes. 
B. Sarah is my aunt. She is fifty-five. She is heavy with glasses. She has short black hair. She is wearing
an orange dress.  
C. Nancy is good-looking.  She  has  short curly black hair. She is wearing a beautiful yellow dress and
orange shoes.  
D. Bruce is a doctor. He is of medium build. He has short hair and he wears small glasses. He's wearing a brown and white sweater and blue pants.  
E. Jim is my friend. He's tall and thin with straight brownhair. He is wearing a white shirt, black pants and
blue  shoes.

           
1 ._____                  2 ._____                3 ._____        4 ._____                     5. _____

     Roberto Clemente was a great basketball player, in fact, he was a star. He could jump to catch a
ball. He could run fast . And he could hit a ball hard.
    Roberto Clemente loved children. He wanted to build a park for the children of Puerto Rico.
     In 1972, Roberto was killed in an airplane, but people did not forget him. They sent money for
the park.
     In 1975, the park was opened. Roberto Clemente's dream had come true.
     Notes:
     1. baseball  棒球  2. dream 梦想
     3. come true 实现

1. Roberto Clemente was killed in ______.

A. a car  
B. a baseball game
C. an airplane

2. This story tells about ______.

A. a kind baseball star
B. Roberto Clemente's team
C. poor children

3. In the first part of the story, what does the word "great" mean?

A. huge
B. old
C. very, very good

4. Roberto Clemente wanted to build a park because he ______.

A. wanted to play baseball
B. loved children
C. was killed

5. You can guess from the story that people ______ Roberto Clemente's dream.

A. fought
B. believed in
C. didn't like

     Karl Marx was born on May 5th, 1818 in Germany. He went to high school and then continued
his studies at a university. He received his doctor's degree in April 1841.
     In 1842 Marx began writing articles for a newspaper. He wrote articles on many subjects. For
example, he wrote about housing problems of the poor people and the hard life of the peasants. He
started a new programme called "communism".This new kind of political idea was supported by the
working people, but hated by many governments. He and his wife had to move from one country to
another.
     During the 1840s, Marx met Engels, another revolutionary writer, and they became close friends.
Together they wrote The Communist Manifesto. It closed with words that quickly became famous:
"Working people of all countries, unite!"

    Name:                        Karl Marx
1. Born:                         __________
2. Lived in:                     __________
3. Moved to London in: __________
4. Wrote (books):          __________
5. Wrote articles about:  __________
6. Political idea:              __________

     George Stephenson was born in 1781 in a poor family. He had to start work when he was only
eight. When George was fourteen, he became his father's helper. He spent a lot of time learning about
engineers (发动机). And on holidays he often made one engine to pieces and studies each piece
carefully. Soon he became a very good worker though he could not read or write. He began to learn
English letters when he was seventeen years old. Every day after he did twelve hours of hard work, he
walked a long way to have lessons from a young school teacher. On his eighteenth birthday, he wrote
his own name for the first time in his life. George invented (发明) many things in his life. The train was
the greatest one among them. Today when we take trains (火车) from one place to another, we'll think
of this great man ---George Stephenson.

1. He learned about the engine ______.

A. through reading and writing    
B. by making it to pieces and studying each piece carefully  
C. at lessons from a young teacher
D. by asking a lot of questions.

2. He spent a lot of time learning about engines and soon he became ______.

A. a great man    
B. a good maker      
C. a good worker  
D. a good student

3. George Stephenson invented ______.

A. the train    
B. the telephone    
C. the car      
D. the computer

4. From the passage we know George Stephenson was one of the greatest ______ in the world.

A. workers      
B. learners      
C. writers      
D. invertors (发明家)

5. Which is the best title (题目) for the passage?
A. The train
B. The Great Inventor
C. The story of George Stephenson's life
D. Engineer

     Kong Linghui is a great Chinese ping-pong player. He comes from Harbin. He was born on
October 18, 1975. He is 1.74 meters tall. He started 1____ (play) table tennis at the age of six.
He 2____ (join) the Chinese Youth Team in 1988. He joined the Hei Longjiang Table Tennis Team
in 1986. He joined the Chinese Table Tennis Team in 1991. He 3____ (win) the first prize in the
27th Olympic Games in 2000.

     Steven Jobs, the designer (设计者) of Apple Computer, was not clever when he was in school.
At that time, he was not a good student and he always made troubles with his schoolmates. When he
went into college, he didn't change a lot. Then he dropped out (退学).But he was full of new ideas.
After he left college, Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several
months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him
a change in life.   Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India. In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the Apple Computer with his friend in his garage (汽车库). He chose the name "Apple" just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he
once spent in an apple tree garden. His Apple Computer was such a great success that Steven Jobs
soon became famous all over the world.

1. Steven Jobs was not a good school because he _____.

A. never did his lessons
B. was full of new ideas
C. always made troubles with
D. dropped out