Li Shizhen was born in 1518. His father was a poor doctor. Li Shizhen often saw that people fell ill. He decided to study medicine so that he could be able to help people.

Li Shizhen read many books about medicine. He found many of the old medical books to be full of mistakes. So his wish was to write a new one.

He did his best to study medical science. He studied not only the herbs（草药）in his own garden, but also the wild ones. He set out many times on long journeys to collect herbs and talk with old peasants. He learned a lot from the working people.

After many years of hard work and study, Li Shizhen finished his great work “Ben Cao Gang Mu”（本草纲目）. At that time he was sixty. His book is now one of the greatest contributions（贡献）of the Chinese people to the medical science of the world.

1.Li Shizhen’s father was _________ 

A．a soldier          B．a doctor           C．a teacher          D．a peasant

2.Li Shizhen decided to study medicine because he wanted to _________ 

A．making a living      B．become famous     C．help the people who fell ill D．get more money

3.Li Shizhen wanted to write a new medical book because _________ 

A．he was a doctor                        B．he liked writing books

C．many medical books were full of mistakes.    D．he was a writer

4.“Ben Cao Gang Mu” is

A．a medical book     B．a medical worker    C．a herb            D．a dictionary

5.Li Shizhen collected a lot of       on his long journeys.

A．flowers           B．living things        C．plants            D．herbs

Li Shizhen was born in 1518. His father was a poor doctor. Li Shizhen often saw that people fell ill. He decided to study medicine so that he could be able to help people. Li Shizhen read many books about medicine. He found many of the old medical books to be full of mistakes. So his wish was to write a new one.

He did his best to study medical science. He studied not only the herbs（草药）in his own garden, but also the wild ones. He set out many times on long journeys to collect herbs and talk with old farmers. He learned a lot from the working people.

After many years of hard work and study, Li Shizhen finished his great work “Ben Cao Gang Mu”（本草纲目）. At that time he was sixty. His book is now one of the greatest contributions（贡献）of the Chinese people to the medical science of the world.

1.Li Shizhen’s father was      .

2.Li Shizhen decided to study medicine because he wanted to       .

3. Li Shizhen wanted to write a new medical book because      .

4.“Ben Cao Gang Mu” is      .

5.Li Shizhen collected a lot of         on his long journeys.

Reading is an activity people enjoy a lot in their free time. Some like reading newspapers, and others enjoy novels or comic books. I like reading about the lives of great poeple. This always gives me a lot of ideas on how to make my own life better.
Great people are remembered not because they were handsome or beautiful, but because they did not give up when their lives were difficult. They used every opportunity to change their lives and make the world better.
One good example is Orville and Wilbur Wright, the two brothers who invented the airplane. The plane has made the world into a small village. Hard work, not good luck, is the reason why the Wright Brothers could invent this convenient machine and become remarkable people. Today we wtil remember them when we see planes in the sky.
When I feel sad, stories of great people always help me feel better. This is why I enjoy reading about great people’s lives.
【小题1】What does“This”mean in the first paragraph?

My name is Bill. I 31___an English boy. I am eleven. This is my school. It is No.4 Middle School. I am 32____Class Two, Grade Seven. Jim is my good 33____ .He is an English 34____. My father  and mother ___35__ teachers. They __36__ in Beijing now. They __37__ English in our school. They love _38___ work. I have a sister.Her __39__ is Nancy. She is only eight. We all like ___40__.

Americans think much about time. Form childhood they learn to value (珍视)

time. They are taught to be on time to go to school, to work and to do everything. When they are having a good time,  they say that time goes easily. When a person is dying,   they say he is living on a borrowed time.

Time is money.  Time is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working American has to work hard for eight hours a day or forty hours a week.  This is the working time. In his free time, he also works hard for more money.  Even on Saturday and Sunday he also works hard as usual.   In the street you can hardly see a man walking slowly.  They walk very fast. In fact, they are running.

They love time because time can bring them money and lots of things. But sometimes they also hate time,  because they feel they have become servants (仆人)of the clock.

 1. What do the Americans mean by "Time is money"?

    A. It is not easy to make money.

    B. It takes quite a lot of time to make money.

C. Working hard can bring people health.

  D. ff someone has time and works hard, he can make much money.

2. Americans think it wrong _____________.

   A. to work late                 B. to get up early

   C. to be late for school

   D. to be on time to do everything

3. This passage says that a dying person___________.

A. is having a good time

B. is living on a borrowed time

C. thinks time goes easily

D. is saving time

4. From this passage we can be sure that

   A. Americans live a hard life

   B. Americans always walk fast

   C. Americans live in a quick rhythm (节奏)

   D. Americans are good at saving time

5. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

  A. Americans' ideas about time

  B. Never waste time

  C. Time is money

  D. Learn to be on time