One day in 1999, a Chinese man was having lunch in a US restaurant. Suddenly, the word “Alibaba” came into his mind. He asked a waitress: “What do you know about Alibaba?” The woman answered: “Alibaba and the 40 thieves.” “Yes, this is the name!” the man replied.The man was Jack Ma (Ma Yun). Later that year, he founded Alibaba, which would become China’s largest e-commerce (电子商业) company. After 15 years, Alibaba went public – selling shares (股份) of a private company to new investors (投资者) – on Sept 19. The 50-year-old became Chinese mainland’s richest man with a fortune of 150 billion yuan.

Few Chinese people saw the Internet business’ potential (潜力) when Ma started Alibaba.? He got the nickname “Crazy Jack Ma”.However, the man believed that everyone should live their dream. “The most important thing is that we believed in our dream from day one, to today and tomorrow. Of course we made many mistakes, but we never gave up hope,” Ma said.

Ma’s business is not only focused on e-commerce. Alibaba has a large stake (股份) in Sina Weibo and Youku Tudou. He’s also on the board of China’s most successful soccer club, Guangzhou Evergrande.

Now, Ma is dreaming even bigger. “We have a dream. We hope in the next 15 years that the world changes because of us,” he said.

1.What did the waitress know about Alibaba?

A. She know it was a e-commerce company.

B. She Knew nothing about it.

C.She knew it was a clever man of a story Alibaba and the 40 thieves

2.When was Ma Yun born?

A. In 1999 B. In 2014 C. In 1964

3.What does the underlined word “fortune” mean?

A.命运 B.财富 C. 成功

4. What is the most important to success according to Ma Yun?

A. Believing in his dream.

B. Making some mistakes.

C. Being crazy.

5.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Alibaba has a large stake in Sina Weibo ,Youku, Tudou,Leshi.

B.Guangzhou Evergrande is a soccer team founded by Alibaba.

C. Alibaba hope that the world changes because of them in the next 15 years .

Managing(管理) money is an important skill for adults. But a group of middle school students in the US have had some early lessons.On Sept 23, eighth-graders from Honey Creek Middle School in Michigan, US, had an eye opening experience called Let’s Get Real. The event aimed to help students use money properly.

“I didn’t know it costs so much money just in a month,” said Douglas Dillon, one of the students. Like other students, Dillon acted as a 28-year-old adult with a job and family. He chose to be an engineer. He could earn $5,000 (30,600 yuan) per month. But after he spent his income on essentials (必需品), including housing, taxes (税), transportation, childcare and entertainment (娱乐活动), he only had $347 left. “I really should spend it carefully and not waste it,” said Dillon.

Meanwhile,Braxton Scamihorn,another student from Honey Creek learned a greater appreciation (感激) for his parents and what it takes to pay the bills. The 14-year-old found that “kids cost a lot of money” when he learned that childcare for three children would cost $900 a month.

“It is just a necessary lesson on problems that the teens are going to face when they are about 28 years old,” said Peggy Murdoch, one of the organizers. They hoped the students learned about real life budget (预算) decisions and had more respect for their parents.

1. The aim of “Let’s Get Real” is to .

A. Help students have a real experience.

B. Help students enjoy the fun of managing money.

C. Help students learn to use money properly.

2. Which of the following statements is TRUE about Douglas Dillon?

A. He is an engineer at the age of 28.

B. He acted as an adult who could earn ￥5000 per month.

C. From the experience he knew he should spend money carefully and not waste it.

3.What items do essentials include according to the 2nd paragraph except ?

A. housing and taxes

B. transportation and entertainment

C. childcare and travel

4.Who is the organizer of the lesson?

A. Douglas Dillon

B. Peggy Murdoch

C. Braxton Scamihorn

5.What can we learn from the passage?

A. The students learned nothing about real life budget decisions.

B. Many 28-year-olds will face some problems on managing money.

C. Honey Creek Middle School is in the U.K.

1. These activities will stop on ________.

A. September 31

B. October 1

C. October 7

2. In the Computer Area, you can ________.

A. learn to send emails

B. learn to design a web page

C. play computer games

3. Mr Chen is a kind-hearted man. If he wants to help poor children, where should he go?

A. The Classroom Area.

B. The Lecture Area.

C. The Charity Area.

1. What festival is mentioned in the passage?

A.Christmas Day

B. Mid-Autumn Day

C.Halloween

2.What is that thing at the top of the picture?

A.An apple B. A pumpkin C.An orange

阅读下面的材料，然后根据材料内容回答问题。

After spelling out rare (罕见的) Chinese characters like “影戤 (ying gai, meaning to make fake goods)” correctly, Chen Keyu, 13, from Jiangsu, became the winner of CCTV’s 2014 Dictation Assembly of Chinese Characters (汉字听写大会) on Oct 3.

How could someone at such a young age memorize (记忆) so many uncommon Chinese characters? Chen surely has his secret ways.

First you have to love reading. Chen has a shelf (书架) filled with books on Chinese culture, science and inspirational (励志的) stories. After entering middle school, he added philosophy (哲学) and history to his book list. Guess what his favorite is recently? It’s Zhuangzi!

Second, you need to have your own way of memorizing. Chen used to be a big dinosaur fan when he was younger. But the boy soon found it was hard to remember the difficult names of dinosaurs. He then thought out a way. He first checked a dictionary to get the correct meaning of the new character. Then he used the character to create an idiom (短语) or sentence to help him memorize. During the dictation competition, Chen created over 200 idioms with uncommon characters to help his teammates memorize them. Although he reads a lot, Chen is not a bookworm (书呆子). In his teachers’ eyes, he is a smart boy, who never did extra work but was always top on grades.

“I think the key is he likes thinking,” said Xu Yiwen, a teacher of Chen.

Chen’s dream is to become a philosopher because he thinks philosophy can explain everything. His ultimate (终极的) task, he said, is to answer the questions like “who am I” and “Why do I live”. What an ambition (雄心)!

1.Who is the winner of CCTV’s 2014 Dictation Assembly of Chinese Characters?

2.Does Chen love Zhuangzi?

3.How many idioms did Chen create with uncommon characters to help his teammates?

4.What does the teacher think of Chen?

5.Why does Chen dream of becoming a philosopher?

阅读下面的短文，然后将划线部分的句子译成汉语或英语。

There are many different ideas about when and where the first toothbrush was invented.有人说它是11世纪在中国发明的。Others say the Romans invented it around the time of Caesar. Nobody knows the exact history of teeth cleaning.

Before the first toothbrushes, sharp (尖的) objects（物体）were used to clean teeth.

It’s believed that bribes in Africa and Australia invented the idea of cleaning their teeth. The modern toothbrush with bristles(毛) was invented in China much later in the 16th or 17th century. Toothbrushes moved to Europe in the mid 1600s .And then they became widely used in the area. Animal hair was the first type of bristle to be used.他们认为动物毛足够柔软。

Today, toothbrushes have nylon（尼龙） bristles and normally have a plastic handle. Animal hair was replaced by nylon in 1938. Electric(电动的)toothbrushes were invented and marketed in 1880 by “Dr. Scott”. But the electric toothbrush did not become popular until after World WarⅡ. When the cordless model was invented in 1960, its popularity increased a lot.

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请根据实际情况回答下列问题。

1.Do you want to see your headteacher dancing “Little Apple”?

2.Which festival do you like better, the Mid-Autumn Day or the Spring Festival?

3.What do you think of your deskmate?

4.What will you do if you see a thief stealing something?

5.How often do you see a movie?

情景作文（10分）

在日常生活中，很多东西对你都很重要，例如茶杯，钢笔，手表，笔记本，书包，手机，闹钟等等，那么你认为哪一样东西最重要呢？请围绕该主题写一篇英语作文。

要求：（1）内容包括：1. 描述这样东西。（大小，颜色，形状，质地，产地, 用途...)

2. 你为什么觉得它是最重要的(最少2点理由)。

（2）字数：60-80词

（3）短文中不得出现你的真实姓名、学校名和地名。

注意：请保持卷面整洁，书写工整。

— _______ expensive mobile phone it is！

—Yes, but I think _______ style is quite fashionable.

A. What a ；a B. How； the

C. What an; the D. How an; the

I haven’t had enough _______recently, so I’m always _______all day.

A．sleep, sleeping B．asleep, sleepy

C．sleepy, sleep D．sleep, sleepy