Zhou Youguang, who created(创造) Chinese Pinyin, died on January 14th 2017, just one day after his 112nd birthday.

It took Mr. Zhou and his team three years to create Pinyin in the 1950s. It changed the way we learned Chinese. Before Pinyin was created, 85% of Chinese people could not read, but now almost all can. “Pinyin is a bridge between China and the other countries,” said Zhou.

When Zhou was young, he studied in Japan. Later, he worked in a bank in New York. At that time, he made friends with Albert Einstein. He returned to China in 1949 and taught economics(经济学) at a university in Shanghai. A few years later, he helped create Chinese Pinyin. He never stopped writing books, even when he was more than 100 years old. In his life, he published(出版) over 30 books.

1.Zhou Youguang and his team created Chinese Pinyin ________.

A.in the 1930s B.in the 1940s

C.in the 1950s D.in the 1960s

2.Zhou Youguang was famous as ________.

A.a Chinese writer B.the Father of Pinyin

C.a university teacher D.Albert Einstein's friend

3.According to the passage, Zhou Youguang once went to ________.

A.England and Russia B.India and England

C.Germany and Australia D.Japan and America

4.What can we infer(推断) from the last two sentences(句子)?

A.Zhou Youguang liked teaching. B.Zhou Youguang was strict with others.

C.Zhou Youguang worked very hard. D.Zhou Youguang was good at speaking English.

5.What can we learn about Zhou Youguang from the passage?

A.He died before his 112nd birthday. B.He didn't know Albert Einstein at all.

C.He once worked as a teacher at a university. D.He enjoyed writing plays and poems in his life.

Linda Evans was my best friend. We did everything together, piano lessons, movies, swimming, and horseback riding.

When I was 13, my family moved away. Linda and I kept in touch through letters, and we saw each other on special time—like my wedding and Linda’s. Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often. One day a card that I sent came back, stamped “Address Unknown”. I had no idea how to find Linda.

Over the years, I missed Linda very much, I wanted to share stories of my children and then grandchildren. And I needed to share my sadness when my brother and then mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill.

One day I was reading a newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked a lot like Linda and whose last name was Wagman—Linda’s married name. “There must be thousands of Wagmans,” I thought, but I still wrote to her.

She called as soon as she got my letter. “Mrs. Tobin!” she said excitedly, “Linda Evans Wagman is my mother.”

Minutes later I heard a voice that I knew very much, even after 40 years, laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s lives. Now the empty place in my heart is filled,and there’s one thing that Linda and I know for sure: we won’t lose each other again!

1.The writer went to piano lessons with Linda Evans _________.

A.at the age of 13 B.before she got married

C.after they moved to new homes D.before the writer’s family moved away

2.They didn’t often write to each other because they _________.

A.got married B.didn’t like writing letters

C.had little time to do so D.could see each other on special time

3.There was an empty place in the writer’s heart because she _________.

A.didn’t have a friend like Linda to share her happiness or sadness

B.received the card that she sent

C.didn’t know Linda’s address

D.was in trouble

4.The writer was happy when she _________.

A.read the newspaper

B.heard Linda’s voice on the phone

C.met a young woman who looked a lot like Linda

D.wrote to the woman whose last name was Wagman

5.They hadn’t kept in touch _________.

A.for about 27 years B.for about 40 years

C.since they got married D.Since the writer’s family moved away

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