阅读理解。
         Jackie Chan was born on Apirl 7, 1954, in Hongkong,China. His parents left mainland China for Hong
Kong a short time before he was born. His parents named him "Chang Kongsang", which means "born in Hong
Kong". They wanted to celebrate a safe trip to HongKong.
         At first, Jackie's family lived in the French Embassy (大使馆). His father was a cook, and his mother a
housekeeper. When Jackie was seven years old, his family moved to Australia. His father got a job in the
American Embassy. Later, back in Hong Kong Jackie's father sent him to the China Drama Academy. Jackie
studied and worked 19 hours a day. The students practised KungFu and learned how to do many stunts (特技表
演) there.
         When Jackie was seventeen years old, he began to do dangerous stunts for films. In the early 1980s,
Jackie went to Hollywood, but he wasn't very successful. He went on to make films in HongKong and had
great success. Finally, in 1995, Jackie Chan has both Chinese and American fans ,and his films make millions
of dollars.
1.What is Jackie Chan?
[     ]
A.He is a cook
B.He is a singer
C.He is a film star
D.He is a housekeeper
2.When did Jackie Chan's parents move to HongKong?
[     ]
A. They moved to HongKong a short time after Jackie Chan was born
B. They moved to HongKong a short time before Jackie Chan was born
C. They moved to HongKong after they came back from America.
D. They moved to HongKong after Jackie Chan studied in the China Drama Academy.
3.What did Jackie Chan learn in the China Drama Academy.
[     ]
A.Singing
B.Dancing
C.KongFu and stunts
D.Dramas
4.Which is ture according to the passage?
[     ]
A.Jackie Chan is about forty years old.
B.He was born in America
C.He wasn't very successful when he first went to Hollywood
D.He became famous at the age of 17.
5.From the passage we know that __________________
[     ]
A. neither his American fans nor his Chinese fans like his films
B. only his Chinese fans like his films
C. everybody in the world likes his films very much
D. his films are popular not only in China but also in America
完形填空。
    Yang Liwei was born in an ordinary family in Liaoning Province in 1965. he became
a pilot (飞行员) of the Chinese Air Force in 1987. It   1   him five years to become
a spaceman. Yang Liwei was   2   into space by China's Shenzhou Ⅴ spacecraft at 9 a.m. 
  3   October 15th, 2003. It moved around the   4   fourteen times. He came back   5   
at 6:23 a.m. The next day, making China the   6   country to successfully send a person
into space after the former Soviet Union (前苏联)   7   the USA. Yang Liwei returned to
the earth after a   8   trip to space. In space, Yang not only recorded   9   he saw but
also showed China's national flag and the United Nation's flag to the people who watch on
TV at home.
    All of the Chinese people are   10   our first spaceman-Yang Liwei.
(     )1. A. paid      
(     )2. A. sent up   
(     )3. A. for       
(     )4. A. moon      
(     )5. A. careful   
(     )6. A. first     
(     )7. A. and       
(     )8. A. 21 hour   
(     )9. A. nobody    
(     )10. A. proud of  
B. spend     
B. send off  
B. in        
B. earth     
B. quick     
B. second    
B. or        
B. 21-hour   
B. somebody  
B. full of   
C. took           
C. sent away      
C. at             
C. star           
C. slowly         
C. third          
C. but            
C. nothing        
C. nothing        
C. speak highly of 
D. cost                  
D. sent for              
D. on                    
D. ocean                 
D. safely                
D. fourth                
D. then                  
D. everything            
D. everything            
D. lose ourselves in             
阅读理解。
    Michelle Kan is a famous American figure skater (花样滑冰运动员). Many young people
like her a lot. She is half-Chinese and was born on July 7, 1980. Her hometown is in
Guangdong, China. Her father went to America from China in the 1970s. Her mother is an
American. Michelle is the youngest of their three children. She has a brother and a sister.
They also like figure skating.
    Michelle has won seven National Championships (全国锦标赛) of America and has won eight
medals at the World Championships. She has also won two Olympic medals. She got the second
place in 1998 and the third in 2002. When she talks about' her success, she says, "My
parents taught me to work hard. If you do, your dreams may come true." She also says, "What
you give is what you get back." In the future, the popular skater wants to be the Michael
Jordan (the best basketball player of the world) of her sport.
1. There are _____ people In Kwan's family.
[     ]
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
2. She's a half-Chinese because _____.
[     ]
A. her mum is Chinese and her dad is American
B. her dad is Chinese and her mum is American
C. both of her parents are Chinese except her
D. her hometown is in China.
3. In the 2002 Olympic Games Michelle Kwan skated _____ than she did in the 1998 Olympics.
[     ]
A. worse
B. better
C. bad
D. good
4. The secret (秘密) of Kwan's success is _____.
[     ]
A. to work hard
B. to give less
C. to get more
D. to learn
5. The last sentence in the passage means Kwan wants to _____.
[     ]
A. play basketball instead of skating
B. learn basketball from Jordan
C. be the best figure skater
D. become the second Jordan
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.
用动词的适当形式填空。
     Today, roller-skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750, the idea
of   1    (skate) didn't exist. That changed because of a man   2    (name) Joseph Merlin.
     One day Merlin received an invitation   3   (attend) a fancy dress ball. He was very pleased and a little
excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how   4   (make) a grand entrance at the
party. He had an idea. He thought he   5   (get ) a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.
     Merlin    6    (try) different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each
shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at
the party on wheels while playing the violin.
     On the night of the party, Merlin rolled into the room    7   (play) the violin. Everyone was astonished to
see him. There    8   (be) just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on.
Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that    9   (hang) on the wall. Down fell the mirror, breaking to pieces.
Nobody   10   (forget) Merlin′s grand entrance for a long time.
1.________  2.________  3.________  4.________  5.________
6.________  7.________  8.________  9.________  10.________
阅读理解。
     JOLIN Tsai (蔡依林), a famous singer, has become an English teacher! But she is not staying in a
classroom to give you talks in English. Instead, she has published (出版) a new book, "Jolin's English
Diary Book". It came out in Taiwan in March. Jolin is helping you learn English in a light hearted way
and give you useful words for life outside your textbooks.  
  "I hope it's a happy English book," she said, "When you learn English in a fun way, you will keep on
doing it." This certainly doesn't mean just reciting (背诵) words. Jolin has a lot of clever ways of learning.
She likes to listen to English songs or find friends to talk to in English. She has been good at English
since Grade 3 in primary school (小学). Because of this, she hosted (主持) news programme on the
radio herself.  
  Jolin knows it's important to put English to good use. So, in her English diaries, she wrote something
about her everyday life, like study, fashion (时尚), travel and family. After each diary, she gives you
lots of notes. You can use them often, too! Jolin also asks you to keep diaries like hers.
1. When did Jolin Tsai publish "Jolin's English Diary Book"?
[     ]
A. In May   
B. hi April   
C. In March  
D. In June
2. She has been good at English _____.
[     ]
A. since she became a famous singer 
B. since she was in Grade 3
C. since she was in college (大学)  
D. since she was 3 years old
3. Jolin thinks that _____ is important for us to learn English.
[     ]

A. just reciting words        
B. hosting a programme on the radio
C. studying in the classroom     
D. putting English to good use

4. What's the meaning of "light-hearted" in the passage?
[     ]
A. 轻松愉快的  
B. 漫不经心的  
C. 迷迷糊糊的  
D. 乐于助人的 
5. From the passage we know that _____.
[     ]
A. she is not only a famous singer but also an English teacher in a primary school
B. you don't have to keep English diaries
C. she teaches us how to be a famous singer in "Jolin's English Diary Book"
D. Jolin Tsai shows us how to learn English in a fun way
任务型阅读。
     Qian Zhongshu was one of the most well-known Chinese    1    to the western world. Born on
November 21, 1910 in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, he grew up with his uncle, who didn't have a son.
     Qian liked reading books and had a    2    memory (记忆力). He only needed to read something
once before learning it by heart. 5 He showed his good memory (记忆力) at an early age. When he was
a small boy, his uncle often     3    him to tea houses. He liked reading story books in the tea houses.
When they returned home, he could repeat the stories to his cousins. Qian went to Tsinghua University
in 1929. Although he failed his math test, 6. he entered the university because he was so good at Chinese
and English
. In Tsinghua University he met his wife Yang Jiang, who is one year    4    than him and a
famous writer, too. They married in 1935. 7. 两年以后,他们的女儿钱媛出生了。 Qian died of illness
on December 19, 1998. He left many works to the world. His most famous novel, Fortress Besieged
(围城), came out in 1947. It has been translated into (已经被翻译成) more than six foreign languages.
任务一:
用下列方框中所给词的适当形式完成文中1 2 3 4 四空,使其语意正确,逻辑合理。
(每词限用一次, 每空限填一词)
young take write surprise
1.________   2.________   3.________   4.________
任务二:
将 5 处划线句子翻译成汉语。
5.___________________________________________________________________.
任务三:
将 6 处划线句子进行同义句转化。
6.he entered the university because he ______ so ______ ______ Chinese and English.
任务四:
将 7 译成英语。
7.____________________________________________________________________.
阅读理解。
     Helen Keller was a very clever and beautiful girl. At the age of six months she could already say a few
words. But before she was two years old, she was badly ill. She could not see or hear, and soon, she could
not even talk, then Helen had to fight for what she wanted.
     When she was six, her parents invited a teacher for her. With the help of the teacher, she began to see
and hear the world around her through her hands. She learned to read the books for the blind (盲人). The
teacher took Helen for long walks, and told her about all the beautiful sights. Helen touched flowers, climbed
trees, and smelled a storm before it came. She also learned how to swim and ride a horse.
     After she grew up, she became a famous writer in America. Her first and most famous book is The Story
of My life. Her story has brought new hope to many blind and deaf people . It gave light to those in Darkness
and encouraged them to live and work.
1. When could Helen Keller already say a few words?
[     ]
A. At the age of two.
B. At the age of a year and a half.
C. At the age of six months.
D. When she was six years old.
2. Why couldn't Helen see or hear later?
[     ]
A. Helen was badly ill.
B. She had a traffic accident.
C. Helen was very tired.
D. She became very lazy.
3. How could Helen begin to see and hear the world around her?
[     ]
A. With the help of her father.
B. She could see and hear the world around her through her feet.
C. With the help of her parents.
D. With the help of her teacher she could begin to see and hear through her hands.
4. After Helen grew up she became a famous _____.
[     ]
A. doctor
B. scientist
C. singer
D. writer
5. What gave light to those in darkness and encouraged them to live and work?
[     ]
A. The teacher's help.
B. The parents' help.
C. Helen's story.
D. Helen's songs.
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