Jackie Chan was born on April 7, 1954, in Hong Kong, China. His parents left mainland China for Hong Kong a short time before he was born. His parents named him “Chan Kong-sang”, which means “born in Hong Kong”. They wanted to celebrate a safe trip to Hong Kong.

At first, Jackie’s family lived in the French Embassy(大使馆).His father was a cook, and his mother was 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 practiced Kong Fu and learned how to do many stunts(特技表演)there.

When Jackie was 17, 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 Hong Kong and had great success. Finally, in 1995,Jackie Chan became famous in the United States. Today, Jackie Chan has both Chinese and American fans and his films make millions of dollars. 

1.When did Jackie Chan’s parents move to Hong Kong?

A. They moved to Hong Kong a short time after Jackie Chan was born.

B. They moved to Hong Kong a short time before Jackie Chan was born.

C. They moved to Hong Kong after they came back from America.

2.What did Jackie Chan learn in the China Drama Academy?

A. Dramas        B. Dancing        C. Kong Fu and stunts

3.Which is true according to the passage?

A. Jackie Chan is about forty years old.

B. He wasn’t very successful when he first went to Hollywood.

C. He became famous at the age of 17.

4.From the passage we know that_________.

A. neither his American fans nor his Chinese fans like his films.

B. everybody in the world likes his films very much

C. his films are popular not only in China but also in America

5.We can learn from the article that _____.

A. Jackie Chan’s mother was also born in Hong Kong .

B. At first, Jackie’s family lived in France.

C. the time when his family moved to Australia was around 1961.

Korean culture is really exciting right now. The Korean Wave is sweeping Asian countries including China. Young people are going crazy about Korean TV dramas, Korean pop songs, taekwondo and the Korean language.
The Korean Wave started a few years ago with the TV series “Winter Sonata”. This love story is still popular. People, especially girls, like the beautiful story and handsome actors like Bae Yong Jun (裴勇俊).
In the music world, Korean girls are making themselves heard in China. You can often find big Korean names like Baby Vox, S. E. S and Finkle at the top of the Chinese music charts (排行榜).
The Korean Wave has also made young people want to try the clothes and hairstyles of pop stars, too. Not only that. Now some girls in China are having plastic surgery (整容) to change the way they look. People say some beautiful Korean stars have had plastic surgery. These stars don’t make plastic surgery look shameful (丢面子的).
Are all the faces of beautiful Korean girls not real? Find out for yourself when you next visit South Korea.
【小题1】 What does the Korea Wave refer to? It refers to ____..

Howard Carter was a famous explorer(探险家).He loved to visit new places. During his life, he discovered many important and exciting things.

  Howard Carter did not go to school. But he was smart and wanted to learn the world outside his hometown. In 1891,at the age of 17,he went to Egypt(埃及) by ship. By the 1920s,he had become an explorer, looking for the tombs(坟墓) of the Egyptian kings.

  He found several important ones. Inside the tombs, he found jewels, gold and 10 bodies of dead kings. These bodies are known as mummies(木乃伊).In 1922,Howard Carter made his most important discovery of all. When Carter’s team was working at a place near a city called Luxor, they found the tomb of King Tutankhamun.

  Not long after the tomb was opened, people in Carter’s team began to get ill and die strangely.

Within seven years,21 people who had something to do with the opening of the tomb died However, Howard Carter lived on and died at the age of 65.

1. Howard Carter liked to visit new places.

2.Howard Carter was born in 1877.

3.Carter’s team found the tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922.

4.The passage tells us Carter’s school life.

On Thanksgiving Day, a teacher asked her class of firstgraders to draw a picture of something they were thankful for. She thought that these children from poor families actually had little to be thankful for. And she found most of them drawing pictures of flowers or tables with food. The teacher was very surprised to see the picture Douglas handed in. It's a hand,a simple hand. 

But whose hand? The class were very interested in the strange picture. "I think it must be the hand of God that brings us food," said one child, "A farmer’s," said another, "Because he grows beautiful flowers. " Finally when the others were at work ，the teacher went over to Douglas' desk and asked whose hand it was. "It's your hand, Teacher," he said quietly and shyly. 

She remembered that she had often taken Douglas, a dirty lonely child, by the hand while having a class break. She often did that with the children. But it meant so much to Douglas. Perhaps this is everyone's thanksgiving，not for the material things we get，but for the chance，in whatever small way, to give to others.

1.When did the story happen? 

A．On Christmas Day.   B．On Teachers' Day.   C．On Mother's Day.    D．On Thanksgiving Day.

2.why did Douglas draw a simple hand?

A．He was good at drawing it.

B．His teacher asked him to draw it.

C．He wanted to show his thanks to his teacher

D．He hoped to get his teacher’s praise.

3.What do you learn about Douglas from the passage? 

A．He liked drawing hands

B．He was very active in class.

C．He always kept his hand clean

D．His family was not rich.

4.According to the passage, which of the following is an opinion,but not a fact?

A．The teacher went over to Douglas' desk and talked to him.

B．Different people show their thanksgiving in different ways.

C．The teacher often took Douglas by the hand after class while having a class break.

D．Most of the students were drawing the pictures of flowers or tables with food.

5.We can infer from the passage that Douglas is a ____boy.

A．shy              B．foolish            C．clever            D．kind-hearted