Yao Ming was born in China in 1980. Now the big name from China is playing for the Houston Rockets in the NBA. He is the son of two basketball players and he learned how to play basketball when he was young. Now, as one of the stars in the NBA, he is working hard to show the world that Chinese basketball players can do well in this game, too!

Pele was a famous football player. He was born in Brazil in 1940. He started playing for Santos when he was only 16 and he didn't retire（退役） until 1977. He played for Brazil 111 times and he scored 97 international goals. Pele came from a poor family. He started playing football in the streets. He played for Santos and quickly became an international star.

Steffi Graf was born in Germany in 1969. She won the tennis semi-final（半决赛） at Wimbledon in 1985 when she was only 16, but she lost the final to another great tennis player, Martina Navratilova. People were 'surprised at the strength and power of her game. She soon became a famous tennis player and won most of the main matches.

1.Who is the youngest player in the passage?

    A. Pele.          B. Yao Ming.       C. Steffi Graft.        D. No one.

2. __________ comes from South America.

    A. Pele          B. Yao Ming        C. Steffi Graft        D. No one

3.Yao Ming began to learn to play basketball __________.

    A. when he was 15                   B. when he was young

    C. when he was tall enough            D. when he was strong enough

4.From the passage, we learn __________.

    A. Steffi Graf was born in 1985 in Wimbledon

B. Martina Navratilova was also a tennis player

C. Steffi Graf won few of the main matches

D. Steffi Graf won the tennis final when she was 16

一、听句子，选择正确的答语。(每个句子读一遍)

1．

[　　]

A．OK. See you then.

B．The same to you.

C．It doesn't matter.

2．

[　　]

A．It's about 8:60.

B．It's a nice day.

C．It's windy.

3．

[　　]

A．See you later.

B．A cup of tea.

C．Hurry up, please.

4．

[　　]

A．I'm from Japan.

B．I'm reading in the room.

C．I'm at school.

5．

[　　]

A．Well, thank you.

B．Certainly, one moment, please.

C．Right, see you.

二、听对话及对话后的问题，选择正确答案。(每段对话和问题读两遍)

6．

[　　]

A．Jim has a cold.

B．Jim has a cough.

C．Jim has a headache.

7．

[　　]

A．At 5:00.

B．At 5:03.

C．At 5:15.

8．

[　　]

A．She'd like to come along.

B．She knows her way to the river.

C．It's hot.

9．

[　　]

A．He was doing his homework.

B．He was playing computer games.

C．He was doing some reading.

10．

[　　]

A．To the post office.

B．To the cinema.

C．To the park.

三、根据所听句子，从A、B、C三个选项中选出一个意思与其相同或相近的句子。(每个句子读一遍)

11．

[　　]

A．He is more than thirty years old.

B．He is less than thirty years old.

C．He looks older than he really is.

12．

[　　]

A．The headmaster asked the boy to go to school.

B．The headmaster asked the boy not to come to school again.

C．The headmaster sent the boy a gift.

13．

[　　]

A．This month is August.

B．Next month is October.

C．This month is June.

14．

[　　]

A．Mr. Black has been in the army for many years.

B．Mr. Black wants to join the army.

C．Mr. Black doesn't like the army.

15．

[　　]

A．He started playing football at nine o'clock.

B．He learned to play football when he was a child.

C．He wants to play football.

四、听短文及短文后的问题，选择正确答案。(短文和问题读两遍)

16．

[　　]

A．Because he could neither read nor write.

B．Because it was not easy for him to go home.

C．Because he had to work in the daytime.

17．

[　　]

A．He was Ali's friend.

B．He was a farmer.

C．He was a letter-writer.

18．

[　　]

A．He was in bed.

B．He was at Ali's home.

C．He was at work.

19．

[　　]

A．He was surprised.

B．He was interested.

C．He was polite.

20．

[　　]

A．He wanted to get a lot of money.

B．He wanted to let Ali go away quickly.

C．He wanted to read the letter to Ali's wife.