E

     Oprah is a black woman. She was born on January 29 ,1954. She was a clever girl and she always did w 3 in her studies. But from 6 to 14  years old,she had a hard life. Many bad things h 4 to her. When she was fourteen years old,she went to live with her father. Her father was very strict with her. He asked her to finish weekly book reports,and she went without dinner until she learned five new words each day. W 5 the help of her father,she learned a lot.

     While she was in college,Oprah knew what she would do. She wanted to be a hostess and her dream was to w 6 for television stations. First she did some part-time j 7 in a radio program. Then she hosted an evening news program at the a 8 of 19. In 1984,she became the hostess of a talk show c9 AM Chicago. The show was so successful that it had a new name,The Oprah Winfrey Show. Her show has been shown on TV for more than 20 years. She has w 10 many prizes for her great work in television and film.

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D

    Although Andrea is a foreigner,he cares much about the education in rural China. He loves what he is doing now. He believes this is “the big thing” he wants to do in his life. Since 2008,Andrea has tried to change the future of rural children with the program.

根据短文内容，简要回答下面的问题。

1. Where does Andrea come from?

2. What's TFC program?

3. What has Andrea tried to do since 2008?

4. How many students has TFC helped now?

5. What's TFC’s aim?

c

     Lee is the first and only Asian director who has won the best director Oscar twice. It is inseparable from his hard work.

     Before he started shooting Life of Pi,many famous directors said the film was too complex to shoot and thought it was impossible to finish it. However,Lee was not afraid of taking the challenge. He tried his best to make the film,and it took him four years before it hit the big screen.

     “I never make movies because I'm doing a job. I make them because I'm doing something I like ,” he said.“I read Life of Pi when it first came out and I was interested in it very much.”

     Because of his hard work and passion for filmmaking,Lee has become so successful!

() 1. Ang Lee won the Academy Awards for Best Director in 2013 for his .

   A. Life of Pi

   B. Brokeback Mountain

   C. Munich

   D. Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon

() 2. What's the meaning of the underlined word “inseparable” in Chinese?

   A. 专心致志的   B. 不可分割的

   C. 漫不经心的   D. 开心快乐的

() 3. Why can Ang Lee win best director Oscar twice?

a. Because he beat Spielberg.

b. Because he works very hard.

c. Because he has passion for film-making.

d. Because he is very successful.

   A. a;b   B. a;c   C. c;d   D. b; c

() 4. Which of the following is NOT true?

   A. Ang Lee is a Chinese-American filmmaker.

   B. Lee was not afraid of taking the challenge.

   C. Steven Spielberg won the Academy Awards in 2005.

   D. Life of Pi is very popular around the world.

() 5. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

   A. Ang Lee Won the Academy Awards

   B. Life of Pi

   C. A Famous Film

   D. How to Make Films

B

() 1. Where is Nie Haisheng from?

   A. Shandong. B. Liaoning. C. Beijing. D. Hubei.

() 2. Who is the commander of the Shenzhou 10 manned spacecraft mission?

   A. Yang Liwei. B. Nie Haisheng.

   C. Wang Yaping. D. Zhang Xiaoguang.

() 3. How long has Zhang Xiaoguang been an astronaut?

   A. For 16 years. B. For 20 years.

   C. For 26 years. D. For 30 years.

() 4. Who is the first Chinese astronaut that gave students lectures in space?

   A. Nie Haisheng. B. Zhang Xiaoguang.

   C. Wang Yaping. D. Yang Liwei.

() 5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   A. Wang Yaping is the youngest of the three astronauts.

   B. In January,1998,Zhang Xiaoguang was trained as one of China's second batch of astronauts.

   C. Wang Yaping joined the PLA in 1997 and became an astronaut in April,2013.

   D. Wang Yaping is China's first woman astronaut in history.

A

     Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2012. “He writes about the farmers,about life in the countryside? about people struggling to survive sometimes winning but most of the time losing” said Peter Englund,the secretary of the Swedish Academy. The 59-year-old is the first Chinese to win a Nobel Prize. Most of his works,mixing up folk tales,history and the realism,are set in his own hometown,Gaomi County,in

Shandong Province.

     Mo Yan was born in 1955. Before the age of 20 ,he'd never left his own county.

Because his family was too poor,Mo Yan had to leave school when he was 12 years old. To satisfy his thirst for reading,he read every single book he could get. In his early years,he experienced poverty and hunger.

     These things have influenced his later writings. When he was 20 ,he joined the army and got to see the outside world. Six years later in 1981,he started his writing career. In 1987,TTie Red Sorg. burst onto China's literary scene.

     Mo Yan's other major works include The Republic of Wine,Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out,Sandalwood Death and more. Before he won the Nobel Prize,Mo had won several top Chinese and international prizes including the Mao Dun Prize 2011 for Frog.

() 1. Before he was 20 years old,Mo Yan .

   A. had started his writing career

   B. had become a famous writer

   C. always stayed in his county

   D. went out to make money

() 2. Why did Mo Yan leave school?

   A. Because of his birthplace.

   B. Because he didn't like reading.

   C. Because he joined the army.

   D. Because of his poor family.

() 3. When did Mo Yan join the army?

   A. In 1967.   B. In 1975.   C. In 1981.   D. In 1987.

() 4. What's the meaning of the underlined word “poverty” in Chinese?

   A. 贫穷   B. 灾难

   C. 苦难   D. 悲伤

() 5. Mo Yan won the Mao Dun Prize 2011 because of his work.

   A. The Red Sorgum   B. The Republic of Wine

   C. Sandalwood Death   D. Frog

F

     Basketball is one of the most popular sports in the world. Basketball was 1 in 1891 by Jim Naismith.It 2 an Olympic sport in 1936. It is played with a ball and a hoop. Teams win 3 putting the ball through the hoop.

     Basketball has become more and more 4 . It is fun to play basketball. Basketball has a very fast and exciting 5 of play. It is easy to 6 . You can practice it often. The sport is also just as good to play

one-on-one 7 it is to play 5-on-5,so you don't need too many 8 to start a game.

     All you need to play basketball is a ball and a hoop. Many 9 throughout the world (especially in the US) have hoops. So it is easy to start a game with just a 10 .

     Some of the world's greatest athletes are basketball players. The game is 11 excitement. So it is fun to 12 it. Every country has lots of basketball fans. Basketball is an all-weather sport. Basketball is often played 13 ,like in parks or in streets,but it is also a winter sport that is played indoors. 14   you can play basketball all year round. Basketball has had a number of famous players. This has 15 to make basketball a popular sport. Perhaps the most famous and unforgettable basketball player of all time is Michael Jordan.

() 1. A. made   B. produced   C. discovered   D. invented

() 2. A. created   B. faced   C. became   D. organized

() 3. A. in   B. by   C. on   D. from

() 4. A. interesting   B. popular   C. delicious   D. difficult

() 5. A. idea   B. duty   C. way   D. thought

() 6. A. do   B. have   C. buy   D. learn

() 7. A. like   B. than C as   D. so

() 8. A. words   B. food   C. advantage   D. people

() 9. A. supermarkets   B. playgrounds   C. libraries   D. restaurants

() 10. A. table   B. bike   C. ball   D. cap

() 11. A. full of   B. afraid of   C. bad for   D. used for

() 12. A. eat   B. read   C. watch   D. hear

() 13. A. outdoors   B. indoors   C. inside   D. outside

() 14. A. So   B. But   C. And   D. Or

() 15. A. allowed   B. expected   C. helped   D. changed

E

     The Internet has changed our lives a lot. But how does the Internet do it?

     First,people don't go to the library to look for i 1 because they can get online to find what they need. Second,it also changes the way people s 2 . It makes shopping not only easy but also convenient b 3 people can get online in the day or at night. It's like a shopping center that never closes,so people don't have ^s 4 a lot of time in a department store any more. Last,it offers a new way to make f 5 . Today people don't have to sit at a desk face to face to know new friends. All they have to do is to get online. They can even know those from d 6 countries.

     The Internet sounds great,but there are still some p 7 about it. For example,be careful not to be cheated when you do the shopping online. And,it is also p 8 that a good guy you know online is a criminal in the real world. Maybe you will be cheated by him / her. In fact,all things could h 9 in the world of the Internet. Maybe the Internet is convenient,but it is dangerous,too. Be c 10 when you get on the Internet.

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     Today,roller skating is easy and fun. But,before 1750,the idea of skating didn’t exist. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlin's work was making musical instruments.

     One day Merlin received an invitation to attend a music party. He was very pleased and a little excited.

As the day of the party came near,Merlin began to think how to make a grand entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought he would get a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.

      Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally,he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates in the world. Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at the party on wheels while playing the violin.

根据短文内容，完成句子。

1. The idea of roller skating didn't exist .

2. The job of Joseph Merlin was .

3. Merlin had no way at the party.

4. Merlin stopped rolling when he .

5.The best title of the passage is .

C

     First,visit faceinspace. nasa. gov and upload your photo of your face? which will have a flight travel by space shuttle. Next,print and save the page with your flight information. Later,return to this site after printing your Flight Certificate,which was signed by the Mission Leader.

     You may want to know how they will get it into space. Well,later this year,during one of the two space shuttle missions,STS-133 or STS-134,your photo will go into the international space station while traveling in one of the two space shuttles. Well,when the mission is over,the person who has joined this activity can get a souvenir for the flight. If you are older than 15 ,you can join it freely. If you’re a teen under 14 ,you must ask your parents agreement. Do you want to take part in it right now?

() 1. NASA is an organization for .

   A. space research

   B. medical service

   C. skills training

   D. news report

() 2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   A. You can take STS-133 or STS^134 to space.

   B. Anyone can travel in one of the two space shuttles.

   C. Your photo can get into the space station early this year.

   D. You can get a souvenir for the flight if you join the activity.

() 3. A 13-year-old girl should first if she wants to take part in the activity.

   A. visit faceinspace. nasa. gov

   B. take some photos

   C. ask for her parents’ agreement

   D. pay for NASA

() 4. We can know from the passage.

   A. what is space shuttle missions

   B. how to fly our face in space

   C. where you should upload a photo

   D. how to be an astronaut

() 5. We can read the passage mostly in .

   A. a science magazine

   B. an entertainment site

   C. an advertisement

   D. a movie magazine

B

     The following is about two new inventions in 2010. Do you know about them?

     On a rainy day,it is easy for us to get wet when we use a common umbrella.

     Simon Warne,27. a student of Brunei University solved this problem. He invented an unbreakable umbrella. He said the umbrella could be upright in bad weather. Even on a windy day,the umbrella will not be out of shape.

     Simon Warne said he came up with the idea when he saw people trying their best to open their umbrellas on a rainy day. He thought there must be a better solution.

     Another invention comes from a 22-year-old girl,Natalie King. She invented a special flowerpot. It can tell people if there is something wrong with the plant.

There is a light under the flowerpot. The light of the pot will be green if all is well. And if the plant is too dry,hot or cold,the light will be red.

() 1. How many inventions are mentioned in this passage?

   A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.

() 2. The student invented the unbreakable umbrella to make people

   A. not get wet on a rainy day

   B. not go out on a windy day

   C. open their umbrellas on a rainy day

   D. not use any umbrellas

() 3. Natalie put a light according to the passage.

   A. over the flowerpot

   B. near the flower

   C. under the flowerpot

   D. in the flower

() 4. If all about the flowerpot is well,the light must be .

   A. red   B. green

   C. blue   D. yellow

() 5. We can learn from the passage that .

   A. the unbreakable umbrella is easy to break

   B. the flowerpot is only useful for old people

   C. both of the students are very rich

   D. both of the students are good at inventions