【题目】任务型阅读。
Mr. Black | I am a football fan. When I turn on(打开) the TV, I always like watching football matches. During the 2010 World Cup, I went to bed after all the games finished. Sometimes I felt very sad because my favourtie team failed(失败). I think football is the symbol(象征) of energy and teach people to learn how to work together. |
| I am a housewife. I have two favourite programmes. One is Health and Food. I can learn how to make delicious and healthy Chinese food and Italian noodles from it. Another is Korean TV series. When I watch the TV series, I can relax(放松) myself after a day’s housework. I can enjoy the good-looking actors(演员) in cool clothes and the beautiful sights in the drama. |
Mike | I’m a student in the ninth grade. I spend much time doing my homework and reviewing my lessons every day. So I don’t have enough time to watch TV. But I still watch Discovery every Tuesday. That’s my favourite programme. I can know lots of amazing things in the world that I have never know before. It can enlarge(扩大) my reviews and knowledge. |
根据短文内容,完成下面短文。
Mr. Black is a football fan. He likes watching football matches on 【1】 . He often feels unhappy when his favourite team fails. He thinks football can make people know how to work __【2】__ . Mrs. Black is a housewife. She likes watching Health and Food. She also thinks the __【3】 actors in the Korean Drama series make her feel relaxed. Mike is a Grade 9 student. It takes him much time to __【4】 his homework and review his lessons. But he stills watches Discovery _【5】 a week. It can enlarge his reviews and knowledge.
【题目】Charles M. Schulz was born in 1922 in Minneapolis, the only child of a housewife and a barber. His interest in comics was encouraged by his father, who loved the funny pages. Charles M. Schulz sold seventeen cartoons to the Saturday Evening Post from 1948 to 1950 and Li’l Folks to the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Peanuts debuted(首次露面) on October 2, 1950, and ran without interruption(中止) for the next fifty years. Charles M. Schulz died in 2000.
| It’s a Dog’s Life. Snoopy brings all your familiar friends together for great times and fun. |
| Charlie Brown faces some of life’s little challenges with the help of Snoopy, Lucy, Peppermint Patty, Linus, and the rest of the gang (一伙) in It’s a Big World, Charlie Brown. |
| The last one is the special edition Peanuts 2000, which includes all the last year’s Peanuts comic strip and Charles M. Schulz’s famous farewell strip. |
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【1】Why did young Charles become interested in comics?
A. He wanted to sell cartoons.
B. His mother encouraged him.
C. Cartoons brought him great times and fun.
D. His father’s love for the funny pages influenced him.
【2】When did Peanuts first appear in public?
A. In 1922. B. In 1948.
C. In 1950. D. In 2000.
【3】Who doesn’t belong to the Peanuts gang?
A. Snoopy. B. Lucy.
C. Charles M. Schulz. D. Peppermint Patty.
【4】Which of the following appeared last?
A. Peanuts 2000.
B. Li’l Folks.
C. It’s a Dog’s Life, Snoopy.
D. It’s a Big World, Charlie Brown.
【题目】Pakistani girl Malala Yousafzai is the youngest ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize. She has become the voice of girls throughout the world.
Born in Swat Valley in Pakistan in 1997, Malala lived a quiet life until 2009, when the Taliban(塔利班), an Islamic organization of violence(暴力)took control of her village. 【1】 they believe educating girls is against Islam. But Malala didn’t agree. She wouldn’t give up her education and kept going to school. 【2】“What is wrong with us girl students? We want all girls to get their schools back," she wrote. Her hard work encouraged many young girls in Swat Valley.
【3】On Oct 9, 2012, when Malala was taking a bus home, a Taliban man got on the bus with a gun in hand. A bullet immediately hit her in the face. Luckily, the shot didn’t kill her. She was taken to a hospital in the UK. The shot didn’t kill her courage, either. 【4】 Her courage made her famous.
She has spoken at the United Nations, met world leaders and written a book, I Am Malala.
On Oct 10, 2013, the EU awarded Malala their top human rights prize. They said, “She is an icon(符号)of courage for all teenagers who dare to follow their aspirations(愿望).”
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A. However, her actions also put her in danger. B. They stopped girls from getting an education. C. Now she is still calling for education rights for girls. D. And she started to write a blog against the Taliban. |
【5】What may be the best title for this passage?
A. Dreams of peace B. A gun shot in Pakistan
C. Voice of courage D. Education rights for girls