Everything has a name．All people，places，and things have names．For example，Jenny is the name of a student from England．England is the name of a country．Cities and towns have names，too．Schools and office buildings also have names．For example，tomato，potato and bean are names of vegetables．Apple，orange，and banana are names of fruit．Names are important．We use names every day．When we meet a new person，we usually ask，“What’s your name?”It’s important to learn a person’s name．Most people have two names．Some people have more names．Names are different all over the world．In Jenny’s class．Jenny must learn the names of the students from all over the world．This is very difficult because the names are very different．

In the United States，most people have a first name，a middle name and a last name．Parents choose the first and middle names for their babies．There are names for boys and names for girls．The last name is the family name．Usually it is the father’s family name．In a family，the mother, the father, and the children usually have the same last name．

Sometimes a person has a nickname，too．A nickname is a special（特有的）name．It’s not a person’s real name．Abraham Lincoln’s nickname was“Honest Abe”．An honest person（一个诚实的人）always tells the truth，and Abe is short for Abraham．Because he was an honest person．his nickname was Honest Abe．Pele（贝利）is a nickname，too．The football player’s real name is Edison Aeraesde Nascimento，but everyone calls him Pele．Do you have a nickname?

Names are different all over the world．They can be long or short．but they are always very important

1.What is Jenny?

A．A student         B．A teacher          C．An American       D．A nickname

2.What does the underlined(划线的) word “nickname” mean in Chinese?

A．乳名             B．真名             C．绰号             D．别名

3.What is Pele’s real name?

A．Honest Abe．

B．Abraham Lincoln．

C．Edison Aeraesde Nascimento．

D．We don’t know．

4.Usually the last name is________ family name．

A．the father’s                          B．the mother’s

C．the grandmother’s                     D．The teacher’s

5.Why is it difficult to learn names all over the world?

A．Some people have nicknames．

B．There are many names all over the world．

C．Some names are very long，and some are very short．

D．The names in different countries are different．

Edison often said, “1 will discover what the world needs, then I will try to invent it.” It is true that he did more than any other man of his time in inventing things. He made more than one thousand inventions in his life and all these have changed our way of living. Edison was one of the greatest inventors in the world. When Edison died in 1931, someone said people should turn off all the lights in their homes, streets and factories for several minutes in honour of this great man. Of course it was impossible to do so. And this shows what Edison's inventions mean to people's life.
【小题1】All the things Edision invented were _________ people needed at that time.

A．fifty

B．severity-six

C．sixty

D．eighty

1._______ is from Canada.

2.My Heart Will Go On is the name of a _________.

3.Dr. Bethune worked in China for about _____years.

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

Many people go to school for education. School education is very important and useful, but no one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows, can't teach his student everything. His work is to show his students how to learn .He teaches them how to read and how to think. So much more is to be learned outside school by students themselves.

It’s always more important to know how to learn by oneself than to learn some facts or formulas(公式) by heart. It’s quite easy to learn some facts in history or a formula in maths, but it’s very difficult to use them. Edison and Einstein didn’t get everything from school, but they were all successful. They invented so many things. The reason for their success is that they knew how to study. They read many books outside school. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. The most important thing is that they know how to use their brains（大脑）.

1.Students can’t learn everything in school because _____________.

A. the teacher doesn’t know much

B. the teacher can only teach them how to read and write

C. the teacher would not like to teach

D. there are still many things for the students to learn outside

2.A teacher’s work is _________________

A. to teach all subjects?????????????????????? B. to teach everything

C. to teach the students how to read and think???? D. to work hard

3.To know how to____is much more important than facts or formulas by heart.

A. work out maths problems????????? B. remember all the facts

C. study science??????????????????? D. study

4.Why did the famous scientists become successful ? Because__________

A. they knew how to study

B. they remembered all the formulas

C. they didn’t get everything from school

D. they didn’t know how to use their brains

5.Which is WRONG according? to the passage?

A. Outside school study is as important as school study

B. It’s more important to know how to learn than only remember some facts and formulas.

C. It’s very easy to use a formula in working out a maths problem.

D. It’s helpful to read more books outside school