阅读理解。
     You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know about its writer? It was written
by an  American girl. And she became very rich after that.
      When she was a child, she was poor. Once, she was invited to her friend's birthday party. She was
pleased but sad because she didn't have enough money to buy a gift for her. "The party is coming soon,
but now I have little money." Tears ran down her face.
     Later that night she was in bed, thinking about the gift when the door opened and her grandma came in.
"What happened?" her grandma asked. Hearing the girl's story, she said, "Don't worry. I think I can help
you. How about singing a song!" They sang and sang. Suddenly she woke up. It was a dream! She decided
to write it down at once and sing it to her friends at the party.
     When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friends were very happy. "How wonderfully you
sing! We haven't heard such a beautiful song before. Thank you for giving me the special gift." Said her
friend. And they learnt to sing it together. Later, the girl became well-known in America.
1. The writer of the song Happy Birthday is _____.
[     ]
A. an American girl
B. an American girl's grandma
C. an American boy
D. an American girl's friend
2. The girl was sad because _____.
[     ]
A. she didn't want to go to the party
B. she wouldn't be busy that day
C. she didn't have enough money to buy a gift
D. her friends didn't invite her
3. What gift did she give her friend? 
[     ]
A. A flower
B. A toy
C. An interesting book.
D. A song. 
4. What did her friends think of the song? It was _____.
[     ]
A. boring
B. beautiful
C. exciting
D. interesting
5. Which of the following is TRUE?
[     ]
A. The girl was still poor after writing the song.
B. The girl sang the song with her grandma in her dream.
C. The girl's friends heard the song before.
D. The girl became famous because of the song.
阅读理解。
     Yao Ming, the center of the Chinese National Men's Basketball Team, served the Huston Rockets in the
2002 NBA. The 2.26 m, 120 kg center becomes the first one to come from a foreign team. Yao Ming was
born in Shanghai in September, 1980. His mother was a center and captain of the Chinese National Women's
Team. His father played basketball, too. Yao Ming is widely known in China. He came to be a very important
basketball player in China Basketball Association (联赛). It's short for CBA. During the 2000-2001 season,
he got 27. 1 scores 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 in his basketball life. He would do his best to learn
from the NBA and improve himself. Sport analyst (分析家) Bill Walton said, "Yao Ming has the potential
(潜力), the capability (能力) of changing the future of basketball."
1. The Houston Rockets is name for a _____ team.
[     ]
A. table tennis
B. volleyball
C. basketball
D. golf
2. Both Yao Ming's father and mother were _____.
[     ]
A. football players
B. basketball players
C. the centers of the Chinese National Team
D. the Captains of the Chinese National Team
3. Yao Ming _____ in CBA during the 2000-2001 season.
[     ]
A. does well
B. is good
C. was good
D. did well
4. Yao Ming _____ the Houston Rockets in November, 2002.
[     ]
A. did his best to join
B. was well-know in
C. became a member of
D. took part in
5. Sport analyst Bill Walton thought Yao Ming was able to _____.
[    ]
A. learn from the NBA
B. change the future of basketball
C. improve himself
D. become the captain of the Houston Rockets
[     ]
A. The children don't study hard, they fall behind others.
B The teachers often left the children behind.
C. The children always sit at the back of classroom.
D. The children's parents are working far away from them.
3. What did the premier do after he visited Yang Saike's home?
[     ]
A. He held Yang in his arms.
B. He asked the local governments to care for the "left-behind' children.
C. He praised Yang for his hard work.
D. He shed tears with sad families.
4. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
[     ]
A. Yang Saike's parents usually go home after working.
B. Premier Wen has encouraged the whole nation to fight against the disasters.
C. Grandpa Wen always thinks of the people first.
D. The governments would do something to protect and care for people
完形填空。
      Bessic Coleman was born in the USA. Her family was     1   . She was in college for only one year.
She had to    2    because she did not have enough money to finish her studies. But during that year, she
learned about     3   . She read about the first flight of the Wright Brothers and the first American woman
pilot, Harriet Quimby. Bessie often thought about what it would feel like to fly like a bird. 
         4    the age of 23, Bessic Coleman went to Chicago. There, she did some ordinary (普通的) jobs.
But she wanted to do something more important. She decided to learn    5    to fly planes. She soon found
    6    was almost impossible to get into a flight school. Which flight school would admit (接受) a    7    
woman?
       Bessic learned that she would have a better chance in Europe. So she began to study    8    at a
language school in Chicago.
       After World War I, Bessie Coleman went to France. She went to the famous    9    school in northern
France.She learned to fly in a plane there. She    10    seven months of flight training and in 1921 got her
international permit (许可证) to fly in France. She became the first black woman ever to have an
international pilot's license (执照).
(     )1. A.rich   
(     )2. A.leave  
(     )3. A.singing 
(     )4. A.With   
(     )5. A.where  
(     )6.A.that   
(     )7. A.beautiful
(     )8. A.English 
(     )9. A.art   
(     )10. A.finished
B.poor    
B.come   
B.jumping   
B.To     
B.when    
B.this    
B.smart  
B.French  
B.flight  
B.provided
C.big   
C.arrive 
C.flying 
C.For   
C.how   
C.it   
C.white  
C.Chinese 
C.language
C.missed 
D.small    
D.stay     
D.driving  
D.At        
D.why     
D.there   
D.black    
D.Japanese    
D.dance    
D.changed
完形填空。
     In 1608, an Englishman named Thomas traveled in Italy. He liked the country and    1    down everything
interesting. But he found one thing    2    interesting than the others. In his diary Thomas wrote: "   3     the
Italians eat meat, they use small forks. They do not eat with their hands because, as they say, people do not
always have    4    hands."
     Before he went back to England, Thomas bought a few     5   .
     At home Thomas had a dinner party to show the forks to his friends. When the steak (牛排) was brought
out, he took out a fork and wanted to    6    the steak as the Italians did in Italy. His friends were    7    when
they saw this. He told them what the fork was. They all said that Italians were very strange people because
the fork was not easy to use at all. Thomas tried to prove that his friends were     8   , so he began to show
that it was easy to use the fork. But the first    9    of meat he took with the fork fell to the floor. His friends
began to    10    at him and he had to take the fork away.
     People in England began to use forks only fifty years later.
(     )1. A. broke  
(     )2. A. less   
(     )3. A. Why    
(     )4. A. clean  
(     )5. A. knives 
(     )6. A. use    
(     )7. A. worried
(     )8. A. honest 
(     )9. A. piece  
(     )10. A. scream
B. wrote    
B. much  
B. When      
B. big     
B. dishes            
B. eat     
B. bored   
B. correct 
B. kilo    
B. look  
C. went 
C. even  
C. Which   
C. dirty  
C. forks 
C. make             
C. tired 
C. wrong
C. pound  
C. shout

D. put        
D. more      
D. Where         
D. safe       
D. plates    
D. cut          
D. surprised  
D. clever     
D. packet     
D. laugh   

完形填空。
     Many objects that people use each day started with a simple idea. These objects have often changed
the way we    1   . Some help us to do a job more     2   . Others fill a need or solve a problem.
     In 1858, Lipman had such an    3   . He took out a pencil, a piece of paper,    4    an eraser. Then he
began to write. Sometimes he needed to    5    a word. Each time he had to search under his books and
papers to    6    the eraser." I wish my eraser would stay in one    7   !" he said.
     Then Lipman had his simple idea. He    8    a groove (凹槽) in one end of the pencil. He glued (粘牢)
the eraser into the groove. Lipman had solved his problem. Later he thought that others might like to have
such a pencil. So he sold his     9   . Some pencils with erasers were     10   . His design earned $ 100000.

(     )1. A. study    
(     )2. A. easily   
(     )3. A . article 
(     )4. A. so               
(     )5. A. spell    
(     )6. A. look     
(     )7. A. place    
(     )8. A. marked   
(     )9. A. books    
(     )10. A. wonderful

B. live       
B. correctly  
B. aim      
B. and                        
B. read      
B. see        
B. desk     
B. prepared  
B. pencil      
B. expensive
C. sleep        
C. carefully 
C. idea     
C. but          
C. write                      
C. watch     
C. book        
C. cut         
C. design      
C. colourful
D. walk           
D. normally  
D. action     
D. as             
D. change              
D. find         
D. hand         
D. invented    
D. eraser         
D. common 
阅读理解。
     What will you be doing when you are 26 years o1d? Studying at university or working for a living? Take
a look at what Albert Einstein was doing at the age of 26.
    100 years ago, Einstein was working in Switzerland. His hobby was physics. Without much money or
help, he wrote five papers (论文) for a physics magazine. Three of these greatly changed the study of
physics and our understanding of space, time, light and matter (物质). His most famous work is on the
Theory of Relativity (相对论). Einstein was given the Nobel Prize (诺贝尔奖) for it is discoveries. Although
he did many other things later, 1905 has been called Einstein's "Year of Wonders (奇迹)". It has been 100
years since then. Because of this, the UN has named 2005 me World Year Of Physics.
     Fifty years after Einstein's death, a question is asked, "Will there ever be another Einstein?" It may take a
1ong time. After all, Einstein was born more than 200 years after Sir Isaac Newton, another great scientist.
Besides, physics is a different field (领域) now, and education is different, too. Even if you can't be the
next great scientist, it is still helpful to remember some of the things that made Einstein great. He thought
independently (独立地) and read widely. He left us with a formula (公式) for life: If A is a success in life,
men A=X+Y+Z.X is work; Y is play; and Z iskeeping your mouth shut.
1. What was the field of Einstein's study?
[     ]
A. Physics.
B. Wonders
C. Success in life.
D. Relativity.
2. The year 1905 is known as Einstein's "Year of Wonders'' because _____.
[     ]
A. Einstein was working in Switzerland in 1905
B. Einstein was 26 years old in l905
C. Einstein made some very important discoveries in 1905
D. Einstein studied physics in l 905
3. Why hasn't there been another scientist as great as Einstein?
[     ]
A. Because the study of physics is not enough.
B.  Because it is hard to make important discoveries as Einstein did.
C. Because people don't work hard any more.
D. Because physics is getting more and more difficult. 
4. The UN has named 2005 me World Year of Physics because _____. 
[     ]
A. Einstein is 100 years old this year
B. Einstein has been dead for 50 years
C. There have been other great discoveries after Einstein's death
D. 1905 has been called Einstein's "Year of Wonders"
5. What does Einstein's formula of success mean?
[     ]
A. Success means years of hard work.
B. Success means all study and no play.
C. Success means working hard,relaxing and not talking too much.
D. Success is a secret that nobody knows.
完形填空。

     In the Tang Dynasty (朝代), there was a famous poet    1    name was Li Bai. He was born in a poor
family. And he died     2   1762 AD. When he was young, he didn't like reading.
     Once, he saw an old woman    3    an iron pestle (杵) when he was    4    from the school. Li Bai was
very    5   . He asked    6    that for?
     The old woman said she would grind the iron pestle into a needle (针). Li Bai    7   , "The pestle is so
thick, and when can it be ground down to a needle?" The old woman smiled , "My boy, where there is will,
there is a way!" The pestle is thick, but if I grind it every day, it can be ground down into a needle    8    .
Am I right?"
     Li Bai thought to him self, "what she said is right. Nothing in the world is    9    if I set my mind in it.
It is all the same to the study. If I put my heart into it, can't I study well?"
     Li Bai understand the truth. After that, he studied diligently (勤奋). At last he became a famous poet,
and    10    a good name for more than a thousand years.

(     )1. A.who              
(     )2. A.in               
(     )3. A.grind            
(     )4. A.on his way home  
(     )5. A.surprise         
(     )6. A.what she was doing
(     )7. A.stopped          
(     )8. A.in the end       
(     )9. A.easy to          
(     )10. A.left            
B.whose            
B.on                  
B.ground             
B.on his way to home 
B.surprised         
B.why she was doing  
B.wondered           
B.at the end of     
B.hard to me         
B.gave             
C.that              
C.at                   
C.drinding         
C. in his way to home 
C.surprising        
C.what was she doing  
C.liked               
C.by the end          
C.easy for me         
C.showed            
D.which            
D.of               
D.grinds           
D.in his way home  
D.surprises          
D.why was she doing
D.played             
D.to the end       
D.hard for me      
D.put            
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