"My dream has come trueI have always wanted to be a Grand Slam (大满贯) champion"These are the words of the Chinese tennis player Li Na after she became the first Asian woman to win the Australian Open final on Jan25th2014

???? "People were saying I'm getting oldSo this is a great success for such an old woman" the 32-year-old girl joked

???? Miss Li has a tattoo (文身).She has dyed her hair many different colorsAnd, at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she told her fans to "shut up" when they got too noisy in their support

????????????? Li Na was born in WuhanShe started to play tennis at the age of 6She once recalled: "As a childI suffered a lot because every day I had to wake up early to practiceAfter school I had to practice moreI didn't have time to play"

???? Luckily, the strong girl didn't give upthus making history for Chinese tennis time after timeNow the new champion is already thinking about winning another Grand Slam title"When you have one title, surely you will think about another," she saysnot hiding her ambition

???? "Chinese people are so lacking in confidence on the tennis courtIf there is a person like me who can prove we Chinese can do it, the other young players in China will feel the same," she said

1.Li Na began to learn playing tennis in the year of _____

A1988????? ????????????? B1982 ????????????? C1986 ????????????? D1990

2.We can learn from the passage that _____

ALi Na is always impatient with her fans

BLi Na is an old girl

CLi Na is a fashionable girl

DLi Na is a girl without ambition

3.When she began to play tennis, Li Na was _____

Ahappy ????????????? Bsad??? ????????????? Cexcited?? ????????????? Dbored

4.Which of the following is WRONG about Li Na?

ALi Na took part in the 2008 Beijing Olympics

BLi Na has already won a Grand Slam champion

CLi Na had to wake up early to practice playing tennis

DLi Na said she lacked confidence on the tennis court

5.The passage mainly tells us _____

Asomething about the tennis

Bsomething about how to play tennis

Cthe Chinese people and the tennis

Dthe Grand Slam champion—Li Na

 

Jimmy was a twenty-year-old man. His father was a teacher and taught physics in a middle school and his mother worked in a shop. They lived a happy life until his parents died one night when suddenly an earthquake broke out. Luckily his sister took him to see their aunt in the city and they did not stay at home. Everything was destroyed in the earthquake and the two children got into trouble. Thanks to their aunt who was not rich enough, they grew up but they lived a hard life. His sister was so sad that she became a nun(修女). After he finished middle school, he was introduced to and owner of a hotel and began to work there.

One day the young man fell to ground while he was cleaning a window on the second floor. One of his legs was broken and he had to be in hospital. He said to the nurse, “I’m a poor man, madam. Arrange a third-class ward(病房) for me, please.”

“Can’t anybody help you?”

“No, madam,” answered Jimmy. “I have only a sister. She’s a nun and she’s poor, too.”

“I don’t think so,” the nurse said angrily. “Nuns usually marry God. And God is the richest in the world, you know!”

“Well, then,” Jimmy said with a smile. “Please arrange a first-class ward for me and post the bill to my brother-in-law.”

1.  Jimmy’s parents died           .

A. in an accident   B. in a war   C. in an earthquake   D. from a disease

2.  Jimmy and his sister escaped from the earthquake because          .

A. they played outside        B. they were in a safe place

C. their parents saved them    D. the aunt saved them

3.  The sister and brother lived a hard life because         .

A. they lost all                    B. they were too young

C. they were hurt in the earthquake    D. they had to look after themselves

4.  Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The nurse would arrange a third-class ward for Jimmy.

B. Jimmy’s sister became a nun because of her illness.

C. The nurse would post Jimmy’s bill to God.

D. Jimmy had a rich brother-in-law.

 

When Omega was born in Uganda, she did two things: Smile and then sing. When Omega was 4 years old, her talent(天赋) for music was recognized, so she became one of the youngest members of the first African Children’s Choir(合唱团). She traveled the world with the choir, and it was from this experience that she grew into a singer today.

Although having a beautiful voice, she had to find other ways besides music to earn a living at first. When she was 16, her parents sent her to the USA to study. Like her mother, Omega wanted to become a doctor and do something meaningful in her country of Uganda.  

However, like many artists, music was so much a part of her that she had to choose. With encouragement from her family and friends, she opened her own production company(制作公司) after graduation. Since then, she has been working as an artist. Her songs make people feel good about life. Apart from that, she is also interested in health care and education. Omega is one of those Ugandan females who are showing the world their valuable talents.

1.Her experiences in the Choir helped Omega to ____.

   A. burst into song                      B. recognize her music talent

   C. travel the world                     D. become a singer

2. What is the meaning of the underlined sentence in paragraph three?

   A. music was very important to her  

B. music took her a lot of time

C. music cost her so much money

D. music was the last thing she would choose

3. We can learn from the passage that Omega is ____.

A. a good teacher                       B. a famous African artist

C. a kind politician                    D. a warm-hearted doctor

 

I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as Mother sat doing letters(学问). Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.

Years later, during her final illness, Mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk”, she said again, “is for Elizabeth.” I never saw her anger, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was too emotional. But she lived “on the surface”.

As years passed, I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive(原谅)me. I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came. My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace-it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written in, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.

Now the present of her desk told me, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside-a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times. Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you chose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.

1.The writer began to love her mother’s desk _______.

A.after Mother died.

B.before she became a writer.

C.when she was a child.

D.when Mother gave it to her.

2.The passage shows that _____.

A.Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter.

B.Mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done.

C.Mother cared much about her daughter in words.

D.Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words.

3.The word gulf in the paragraph 2 means ______.

A.deep understanding between the old and the young.

B.different ideas between the mother and the daughter.

C.free talks between mother and daughter.

D.part of the sea going far in land.

4.What did mother do with her daughter’s letter asking for forgiveness?

A.She had never received the letter.

B.For years, she often talked about the letter.

C.She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life.

D.She read the letter again and again till she died.

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A.My Letter to Mother.

B.Mother and Children.

C.My Mother’s Desk.

D.Talks between Mother and Me.

 

   Soong Mei-ling was one of the most well-known Chinese women of the twentieth century.

Mei-ling was born in Hainan in 1898, the youngest daughter of Charlie Soong. At the age of 8, she was sent to the United States to go to school, where she did well. She graduated from Wellesley College in Massachusetts in 1917 with a degree in English Literature. Because of her education Mei-ling spoke excellent English.

After graduation Mei-ling returned to China and she met Chiang Kai-shek(蒋介石) in 1920. She married him in 1927 after his divorce. During the war against Japan, Mei-ling acted as her husband’s interpreter and translator. She worked hard to promote the Chinese cause during the war, especially in the United States. In 1943 she became the first Chinese national and only the second woman to speak before the US Congress(国会).

After the defeat(溃败) of her husband’s government in 1949, Mei-ling moved to Taiwan. She lived there until her husband’s death in 1975. She then emigrated to the USA and lived on her family’s estate(别墅) in Lattington, Long Island, near New York. She spent much of time painting.

Mei-ling died peacefully at her apartment in New York on October 23, 2003 at the age of 105.

41.  Mei-ling was born in ______

A.  1920      B.  1927       C.  1917       D.  1898

42.  After graduation Mei-ling_______

A.  went back to China B.  studied English Literature

C..  lived in Massachusetts   D.  spoke little English

43.  During the war against Japan, Mei-ling________

A.  was her husband’s interperter and translator

B.  toured the United States

C.  spent her time in Long Island

D.  lived in Tai’wan

44.  Soong Mei-ling ______

A.  was the oldest Soong sister    B.  loved money

C.  died in the USA     D.  married Dr Sun Yat-sen(孙中山)

 

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