There are hundreds of marathons (马拉松) held around the world each year, from the North Pole to the Sahara Desert. Here are some of the biggest and the best.

London Marathon

The London Marathon was first run on March 29, 1981 and has been held in spring of every year since then. The most recent event was the 2016 London Marathon on April 24, 2016. The London Marathon is best at raising money. Since it started, it has raised over £770 million.

New York City

Marathon

The New York City Marathon has grown from a race with 55 finishers to the world’s biggest and most popular marathon. 51,394 runners finished the event in 2016. The race has been organized every year since 1970. It was not held only in 2012.

Boston

Marathon

This is the oldest marathon held every year in the world. It was started in 1897. The idea of creating the event came from the marathon held at theSummer Olympics in Greece the year before. The Boston Marathon is held in Greater Boston in the state of Massachusetts in America.

North Pole

Marathon

For anyone who doesn’t mind freezing conditions, the North Pole Marathon — known as the world’s coolest marathon — takes place on the top of the world, around the North Pole. The first official race was held on April 17, 2003.

1.According to the passage, the London Marathon is ______.

A.the earliest B.the coolest C.held in winter D.the best at raising money

2.How many people finished the first New York City Marathon?

A.About 5,000. B.Over 50,000. C.Nearly 10,000. D.55.

3.The idea of the Boston Marathon was born thanks to the marathon held in _______.

A.1896 B.1897 C.1898 D.1900

4.How long is the history of the world’s coolest marathon?

A.16 years. B.17 years. C.35 years. D.46 years.

The Tiger Mother, Amy Chua and her book named Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother are famous all over the world, especially in America and China.

Amy Chua is a Chinese American, born in the USA to middle-class Chinese parents who moved to the US from China. She was born in the year of the tiger, so she called herself Tiger Mother. Amy Chua is very famous because of her parenting styles (养育方式) . She has two daughters, Sophia and Louisa. She is very strict with them.

From the moment her daughters were born, she had set targets for them. She decided that the two girls would play instruments, Sophia the piano and Louisa the violin, and what is more, they would be the best at it. At the same time, they had to be the first in study.

The two girls always get an A in each lesson. Sophia could read books and began to play the piano when she was 3 years old. Once, Louisa got the second place in a maths test when she was in Grade 5. After that, Amy Chua made Louisa do 20 pieces of paper and there were 100 maths problems on each paper. A week later, Louisa got the first place and she is the first all the time from then on.

1.Why does Amy Chua have the name Tiger Mother?

A.Because she wrote the book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.

B.Because she was born in the year of the tiger.

C.Because she likes tigers very much.

D.Because she is a tiger's mother.

2.What is Amy Chua famous for?

A.Her name B.Her book C.Her parenting styles. D.Her job

3.The underlined word “target”means______.

A.目标 B.模版 C.规则 D.竞赛

4.Sophia could read books and began to play the piano when she was______.

A.two years old B.three years old C.four years old D.five years old

5.How many exercises did Louisa do after she got the second place in a math test?

A.20 maths problems B.80 maths problems C.100 maths problems D.2,000 maths problems

6.What can we learn about Amy Chua?

A.She learnt parenting skills from her mother. B.She was born in China.

C.She doesn't love her children. D.She is a strict mother.

Most of us think the telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.1.In fact,an Italian named Antonio Meucci was officially recognized(认定)as the inventor a few years ago. Who is Meucci and why wasn’t he known for his invention at the time?

Antonio Meucci was bom in Italy in 1808. He studies, Meucci started to experiment with electricity.2.When two places were connected with wire, people in those places could hear each other talk.

In 1850, Meucci and his wife, Ester, moved to New York. Meucci was worried about his wife ,because she had become very ill.3.To solve this problem, he connected metal cables between his home and his workshop. This way, they could talk to each other conveniently.

Meucci invited a group of people to see his new invention.They listened in amazement as the voice of a singer was heard through the wires.4.Even worse, Meucci never applied for a patent(专利) on his invention. Meanwhile, Alexander graham Bell was working on the same idea and in 1876 the patent for the telephone was given to him.

In 2002, more than a century after Meucci's death, his work was finally recognized by the government.5.

根据短文内容,从方框中选出五个句子填入文中空缺处,使短文内容通顺完整。

A. He discovered that sound could travel through metal cables.

B. However, he wasn't the first person to think of the idea.

C.Unfortunately,only a few people attended this talk.

D. He will now be known all over the world as the telephone’s invent.

E. He needed to keep in touch with her at all times.

F. Luckily, many people thought it was such a great idea.

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