Michael Jackson is one of the world’s best singers. Michael Jackson was born in the middle west of Gary, in 1958. He began singing with his four brothers. They called the group“Jackson Five”. The group became very popular after appearing on a television program. They started singing in 1965. and became popular soon. In 1970,the group made their record the name of“I Want You Back”. It was very popular. One of their hit records was“Never Say Goodbye”.

Michael was good at dancing as well as singing. His moonwalk was liked by many people. He was asked to act in a film in 1978 for the first time. In the same year, he made a record on his own,which sold eight million copies all over the world.

Michael nearly didn’t go out because he was too famous. Once his fans went off in a faint (昏迷) when they saw him at the concert. No one can do it by now. He lived in a large house and kept lots of animals. He never ate meat. He often raises money for charity. This made him win the Guinness World Records in 2006. He died on June 25th,2009,but he would live in our heart forever.

1.What’s the name of their first record?

A. “Never Say Goodbye” B. “See You,See Me”

C. “I Want You Back” D. “On the World”

2.Michael was good at________according to the passage.

A. rock music B. street dance C. playing the piano D. moon walking

3.Why did Michael have to stay at home most of the time?

A. Because he was too famous. B. Because he often felt lonely.

C. Because he had no friends. D. Because his company asked him to do so.

The Nile is the longest river in the world. It flows across the all Egypt,from south to north.

Ancient Egyptians mainly lived by the Nile. Back in the old days,the river flooded once a year. After the flood,it left behind rich black soil. This black soil was good for growing plants,and ancient Egyptians knew it.

Ancient Egyptians grew many things,such as wheat,cucumbers,onions,lettuces,and beans.

Among all of those,wheat was one of the most important. Ancient Egyptians use them to make bread and beer. They ate bread and drank beer every day. Meat was very little then. Only rich people could afford it. Even so,they would only eat meat during festivals. On those special times,they would also drink wine made from grapes.

Ancient Egyptians ate a lot of fruits. They really liked dates and figs. They sometimes trainedbaboons to climb up trees and collect figs for them. They used dates and figs to make cakes and then sweetened them with honey. Ancient Egyptians did not know about sugar. They were the first people in the world to keep bees and collect honey.

1.How did the ancient Egyptians get the rich land?

A. The flood left the rich black soil to them.

B. They stopped the Nile from running and got the land.

C. The sea around them left soil.

D. They got soil from the mountains.

2.What are dates and figs?

A. They mean“calendar”. B. They are two kinds of vegetables.

C. They are two kinds of fruits. D. They are two names of animals.

3.How could ancient Egyptians get honey?

A. They grew it on land. B. They kept bees.

C. They bought it. D. They made it from sugar.

4.What do you think of ancient Egyptians?

A. They were clever and hard—working. B. They were lazy.

C. They were friendly. D. They were brave.

Today I went to Sam's school in the UK. It was really different from my school in China.

Girls wore grey skirts and white shirts, boys wore grey trousers, and everyone wore the school tie.

Some of Sam's lessons were a bit strange for me. We were reading Shakespeare in the English lesson, and there were quite some old words like "thou" and "thee" to mean "you". In history we studied 20th Century China. It was strange hearing a foreign side of history—and hearing English people trying to say all our Chinese names!

Classes were also a lot more relaxing than in China. Teachers were called "sir" or "miss", everyone shouted answers and raised their hands in classes. It was more like a debate than a class. A bell rang at the end of each lesson and everyone jumped up to go to the next class.

At break we bought potato chips and cookies in the dining room. Lunch was later than in China at 1 o'clock. We had big plates of pie with carrots. For dessert there was hot sweet rice called rice pudding.

It was good that I'd had an excellent lunch, because at Sam's school Monday afternoons are taken up with sports.

I played my first game of netball— a bit like basketball, but with some differences. Luckily I'd had a quick look in the rule book before I tried to join inthe game.

1.Paragraph 2 shows that _______.

A. They wear uniforms in Sam's school

B. lessons are different between schools in China and the UK

C. there is a break of 30 minutes every day in the school

D. sports take up much lime in Sam's school

2.What class do Sam have on Monday afternoon?

A. Maths. B. History. C. PE. D. Music.

3.What's the best title for the passage?

A. Relaxed classes in the UK.

B. Clothes, food and sports in a UK school.

C. Strange lessons in Sam's school.

D. A day in Sam's school.

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