Kitesurfing as a water sport began in the 1980s, but didn't get popular until the end of last century. It is also known as kiteboarding, and in some European countries as flysurfing. Kitesurfing works through wind power(动力) by using a large kite to pull a rider on the water at high speed.
At first, kitesurfing was a difficult and dangerous sport. Now it is becoming easier and safer because of the safer kite design. For an able and strong person, kitesurfing can be a very fun, extremely exciting sport, just like skating on the water with a feeling of flying. It has become more and more popular.
Compared with other water sports, kitesurfing is easier to learn. A beginner can understand how to operate the kite with 5--10 hours of training. And anybody aged from 13 to 65 can learn. It is not expensive to get the equipment for kitesurfing, which costs $1,000 to 82,500. Training lessons range from $200 to $500 for two or three hours. With the development of its equipment progress, kitesurfing is becoming even safer. After some training, you can enjoy its excitement and challenging feeling.
With the rising popularity of kitesurfing, most major seaside cities have kitesurfing clubs. In China, Xiamen is the only place that has the kitesurfing club, which provides professional kitesurfing training and equipments.
【小题1】Kitesurfing has a history of about________years.

Kite surfing as a water sport began in the 1980s, but didn’t get popular until the end of last century. It is also known as kite boarding, and in some European countries as fly surfing. Kite surfing works through wind power (动力) by using a large kite to pull a rider on the water at high speed.
At first, kite surfing was a difficult and dangerous sport. Now it is becoming easier and safer because of the safer kite design. For an able and strong person, kite surfing can be a very fun, extremely exciting sport, just like skating on the water with a feeling of flying. It has become more and more popular.
Compared with other water sports, kite surfing is easier to learn. A beginner can understand how to operate the kite with 5--10 hours of training. And anybody aged from 13 to 65 can learn. It is not expensive to get the equipment for kite surfing, which costs $1,000 to 82,500. Training lessons range from $200 to $500 for two or three hours. With the development of its equipment progress, kite surfing is becoming even safer. After some training, you can enjoy its excitement and challenging feeling.
With the rising popularity of kite surfing, most major seaside cities have kite surfing clubs. In China, Xiamen is the only place that has the kite surfing club, which provides professional kite surfing training and equipments.
【小题1】Kite surfing has a history of about ___________ years.

Kitesurfing as a water sport began in the 1980s, but didn't get popular until the end of last century. It is also known as kiteboarding, and in some European countries as flysurfing. Kitesurfing works through wind power(动力) by using a large kite to pull a rider on the water at high speed.

At first, kitesurfing was a difficult and dangerous sport. Now it is becoming easier and safer because of the safer kite design. For an able and strong person, kitesurfing can be a very fun, extremely exciting sport, just like skating on the water with a feeling of flying. It has become more and more popular.

Compared with other water sports, kitesurfing is easier to learn. A beginner can understand how to operate the kite with 5--10 hours of training. And anybody aged from 13 to 65 can learn. It is not expensive to get the equipment for kitesurfing, which costs $1,000 to 82,500. Training lessons range from $200 to $500 for two or three hours. With the development of its equipment progress, kitesurfing is becoming even safer. After some training, you can enjoy its excitement and challenging feeling.

With the rising popularity of kitesurfing, most major seaside cities have kitesurfing clubs. In China, Xiamen is the only place that has the kitesurfing club, which provides professional kitesurfing training and equipments.

1.Kitesurfing has a history of about________years.

A．30               B．50               C．100              D．130

2.________is mentioned in the passage as the power of kitesurfing.

A．Water            B．Wind             C．The sun           D．The kite

3.The underlined word“range”in the passage means “________”in Chinese.

A．在……范围                           B．按……顺序排列

C．向……方向延伸                        D．根据……归类

4.The most important reason for the popularity of kitesurfing is that _______.

A．its price is getting lower and lower

B．more and more people are enjoying its excitement

C．its equipment progress makes it easier and safer

D．all people can learn and take part in it

5.The main idea of this passage is about _______.

A．the way of operating kitesurfing            B．the progress of kitesurfing equipment

C．the history of kitesurfing in China           D．the development of kitesurfing

Name                      Personal Information

Norman Bethune       ·Born in 1890 in Canada

·A doctor

·Came to China in 1938

·Died in 1939 in China

Celine

Dion ·Born in Montreal, Canada

·A singing star

·In 1997, sang My Heart Will Go On for the film Titanic

Thomas Edison  ·Born in 1847, Kentucky, the USA

·Made over 1,000 inventions

·Died in 1931

Bill

Gates         ·Born in 1955 in the USA

·Wrote Business at the Speed of Thought

·Owned Microsoft Company

Mark

Twain         ·Born in 1835 in the USA

·A writer

·Died in 1910

·Wrote Tom Sawyer

1.根据表格第三行描述,可知席琳迪翁出生在加拿大的蒙特利尔,故选D.

2.根据表格最后一行描述,可知马克吐温是个作家,他出生在1835年.故选B.

3.根据表格第三行描述,可知我心永恒是首歌曲的名字,故选C.

4.根据表格第二行描述,可知白求恩在1938年来到中国,在1939年去世,故他在中国生活了两年.选A.

5.根据表格第四行描述,可知爱迪生的发明超过一千多项.故选C.

6._______ is from Canada.

A. Bill Gates      B. Mark Twain             C. Thomas Edison                D. Celine Dion

7.The _____ was born in 1835.

A. inventor                 B. writer                      C. doctor                              D. singer

8.My Heart Will Go On is the name of a ______.

A. book                        B. film                                    C. song                                           D. story

9.Dr Bethune worked in China for about ______years.

A. 2                              B. 4                                        C. 6                                                 D. 8

10.Which of the following is true?

A. Mark Twain wrote Business at the Speed of Thought.

B. Bill Gates started working for Microsoft Company in 1995.

C. Thomas Edison made over 1,000 inventions.

D. Celine Dion stopped singing 1997.