Name Personal informationLudwig Von BeethovenBorn in 1770, in Germany. A musician, Died in 1827Flor——青夏教育精英家教网——

Name	Personal information
Ludwig Von Beethoven	Born in 1770, in Germany. A musician, Died in 1827
Florence Nightingale	Born in Italy on May 12th, 1820 An English nurse Died in 1910
Bill Gates	Born in 1955 in the USA Wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought Own Microsoft
Thomas Edison	Born in 1847 in the USA Made over 6000 inventions Died in 1931

小题1:Thomas Edison is from.

小题2:The ______was born in 1770.

C．businessman

小题3:Business @ the Speed of Thought is the name of a ______.

When Kyle walked into Paul’s Pet World, he looked very anxious. He walked quickly to the store owner, Paul. Paul jumped out of his seat to greet Kyle. He was the store’s first customer of the day.
“Good morning, sir!” Paul said. “What can I help you with?”
“Well, I…,” Kyle started to say.
“Wait, don’t tell me,” Paul stopped him. “You are looking for a…a new dog… for your daughter’s birthday. Right?”
“Not really, I just…”
Paul didn’t let him finish. “Ah, I’ve got it. You just opened a new business, and you want some fish for your office. I have some very nice goldfish over here.”
“Actually, I…” Kyle was starting to look very anxious. His face had a strange look on it.
“No fish? Ah, a cat! You look like a cat person. At Paul’s Pet World, we have the best cats. Take a look at this cat---- long, white hair. She is looking at you. She is thinking, “Take me home. Take me home.” Would you like some cat food and toys as well?”
“No, thank you,” Kyle said. By this time, he had a pained look on his face. “Really, I’m no interested in cats or fish or dogs.”
“What do you want, then?” Paul asked.
Kyle looked like he was going to cry. “I just want to know if I can use your restroom!” he finally said.

小题1:Paul didn’t advise Kyle to buy ____________.

小题2:The word “pained” means ____________.

小题3:Actually, Kyle went into the pet store to ___________.

A．buy some pets

B．chat with Paul

C．use the restroom

D．see a friend

小题4:The writer wants to tell us ___________.

A．a funny story

B．a wonderful pet

C．a strange pet shop

D．a good pet seller

An artist went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out with his paints and brushes and painted from morning to evening, and then when it got dark, he went back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.
At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said, “No, I don’t want money… but give me one of your pictures. What is money? In a week it will all be finished, but your painting will still be here.”
The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his pictures. The farmer smiled and answered, “It’s not that. I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. When he comes home next month, I’ll show him your picture, and he will not want to be an artist any more, I think. ”
小题1:__________ people are mentioned (提到) in the article.

小题2:The artist lived with the farmer __________.

A．for about a month	B．for a year
C．for a holiday	D．for the farmer’s son

小题3:The farmer asked the artist to give him a picture because __________.

A．he liked his picture

B．he didn’t want his money

C．he wanted to sell his pictures for some money

D．he wanted to show it to his son

小题4:The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer because __________.

A．the farmer didn’t want him to pay him

B．the farmer decided to let his son learn from him

C．the farmer’s son would be an artist like him

D．he thought the farmer praised (表扬) him for his pictures

Today is fine.The sky is blue.Now it’snine o’clock in the morning.There’s a sports meeting in the forest on the big mountain.
Look,a horse,a panda and a cat are running.Over there a dog and two tigers are jumping.Two monkeys are climbing the trees.Four birds are flying around and singing.
There’s some other animals there, too.The elephants are standing.A monkey in sitting on an old elephant.The monkey has a flay in his hand.polly is sitting in the tree.A fox, ababy panda and some small animals are sitting under the tree.They are all watching.
小题1:What colour is the sky today?It’s _________.

小题2:How many animals are running and jumping?

小题3:Which animal are climbing the trees?

A．The monkeys	B．The panadasand the foxes
C．The elephants and the cats	D．The hens.

小题4:There are _______ at the sports meeting.

A．not any birds

B．a lot of animals

C．many people

小题5:What’s the weather like today?

Mr Smith is a teacher. He is near-sighted(近视的). But he doesn’t wear glasses. One day, he is walking in a street. He is thinking something. Suddenly a strong wind blows his cap off his head. My Smith runs after it. He wants to catch it but he can’t. At this time, an old woman from a door of the house says to him.
“ Hi! What are you doing, sir?”
“Running after my cap.”
“Your cap? Aha……that’s my black cat. ”She says.
“Your cat? Sorry, but where is my cap?”
小题1:What’s the meaning in Chinese for “a strong wind”?

A．一阵狂风

B．一场大雨

C．一声雷响

D．一声尖叫

小题2:Why does Mr Smith run after the cat?

A．He likes his cap	B．He wants to get his cap back
C．He sees the cat and can’t catch it	D．He doesn’t find his cat

小题3:What colour is Mr Smith’s cap?

小题4:Who has the cat?

A．The old woman

C．We don’t know

小题5:Which’s not true?

A．He runs after the old woman’s cat.

B．He thinks that black cat is his black cap.

C．He is wearing a pair of glasses.

D．He is a teacher.

（By CCTV correspondent Vanessa Duffy 04/28/2013 08:36）
It’s been eight days since a 7.0-magnitude strong earthquake hit China’s Lushan Ya’an Sichuan Province.How the earthquake has affected one of Sichuan Province’s special residents（居民）—pandas.How are the animals living? And do they have enough food to eat?
There are more than 80 pandas living here at the Chengdu Panda Breeding Base（繁育基地）.The quake was felt strongly in Chengdu.Fortunately，all of the pandas here were out on the grounds when the earthquake hit，so they were very safe.
Several days have passed and the earthquake seems to have made no negative（不利的） impact on the pandas.These two baby pandas Chengshuang and Chengdui are playfighting with each other and climbing trees.When they climbed too high，the breeders have to rescue them from the trees.
The quake zone is not only the home of these pandas，it’s also the source of their food.Fortunately，enough bamboo(竹子) has been stored away in five bamboo storehouses for the pandas，so there are no worries about food supplies.
Wu Kongju，Breeder，Chengdu Panda Breeding Base，said，“When the Wenchuan earthquake happened on May 12，2008，we were unprepared and had a shortage of bamboo.But we’ve been able to handle this earthquake event more smoothly.There are no problems with the food supply.”
小题1:When did the 7.0-magnitude earthquake happen in Lushan Sichuan Province?

A．On April 28，2013

B．On May 12，2008

C．On April 20，2013

D．On May 20，2013

小题2:The underlined word “ rescue” in this passage means ______ in Chinese.

小题3:How did the Panda Breeding Base deal with the food supply after the earthquake in Wenchan in 2008?

A．They built 5 bamboo storehouses to store food for pandas.

B．They were unprepared and had a shortage of bamboo.

C．They handled this earthquake more smoothly.

D．They let pandas out on the grounds.

Miss Brown would never forget the night when she met a robber(抢劫者) many years ago.
That evening, she went to a birthday party which   1 until two o’clock in the morning. Miss Brown walked in the 2  street alone. Suddenly from the back of the dark building a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out at her. “Good morning，lady.” the man said in a low voice, “I don’t think you wish to 3 here!” “What do you want?” “Your earrings. Take them 4 !”
Miss Brown suddenly had a   5 idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar(衣领)of her overcoat while she used the other hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly   6 them on the ground.
“Take them and let me go,” she said. The robber thought that the girl didn’t like the earrings at all, only trying to   7 the necklace. The earrings would cost   8 , so he said, “Give me your necklace.”
“Oh, sir. It doesn’t cost much. Please let me wear it.”
“I am not that   9 . Quick!”
With shaking   10 , Miss Brown took off her necklace. As soon as the robber left, she picket up her earrings and ran as fast as she could to one of her friends.
The earrings cost 2000 pounds and the necklace which the robber had taken away cost only six pounds.

A young woman   1  alone through the country. It was getting dark and raining. Suddenly she saw an old woman by the side of the road ,holding her hand out as if she needed a lift .
“I can’t leave her out in this weather”, the woman said to herself, so she stopped the car and opened the 2 .
“Do you want a lift?” she asked, the old woman nodded (点头) and   3  the car. After a while she said to the old woman, “Have you   4 for a long time?” The old woman shook her head. “Strange,” thought the young woman. She tried again, “Bad weather for the time   5  year.” She said. The old woman nodded. Although the driver tried some more, the lady said   6  except for a nod of the head or something else.
Then the young woman saw the lady’s hands, they were very large and with thick hair. Suddenly she knew the lady was a   7 ! She stopped the car. “I can’t see that mirror   8 ,” she said, “Would you mind cleaning it for me?” The lady nodded and opened the door.
As soon as the lady was out of the car, the young woman drove off quickly.
When she got to the next village she 9 . She found that the old lady had left a 10 behind. She picked it up and opened it. She gave out a deep breath(呼吸). Inside the bag was a gun!

C．was driving

In the summer of 1980 a Spanish tourist, Gaspar Carner, went to Great Britain on holiday. When he was travelling in Scotland, he decided to visit Loch Ness, the famous lake where people say there is a monster. But while he was going across the lake in a boat, his bag fell into the water. In the bag were his passport, car keys, pen, and all his money. Loch Ness is 150 meters deep, so he didn’t expect to see the bag again!
Fourteen years later, in 1994, some scientists decided to explore the lake. They looked for the Loch Ness monster. Suddenly one of them saw something black in the water. They carefully went nearer. They thought the black thing was the monster. They went nearer and nearer. It was a bag. They took the bag out of the lake. They found that the photo on the passport was still clear. One of the scientists knew Gaspar Carner. So the bag was returned to him.
小题1:Carner visited Loch Ness _____.

A．on business

C．for exploring

小题2:Why is the lake famous? Because _____

A．it’s very deep.	B．there’s a bag in it.
C．there may be a monster	D．it’s in Scotland

小题3:What’s in Carner’s bag? _____.

B．Something black

D．Many useful things

小题4:How did the explorers know the bag was Carner’s? _____.

A．One of the explorers knew Carner

B．Carner recognized (认出) the bag

C．Carner was very famous

D．They expected it was the monster

小题5:Why didn’t Carner expect to see the bag again?

A．There was nothing important in his bag.

B．He didn’t like his bag.

C．The monster ate his bag.

D．He thought Loch Ness was so deep that his bag couldn’t be found.

In the middle of a dark forest, there lives an owl(猫头鹰). All the animals know that he is the wisest(聪明的) among all of them. So they often go to him and tell him their troubles. Then the owl always teaches them what they should do.
One day, a little bird goes up to the owl. She is crying. “what’s wrong with you?” asks the owl.
“I’m not happy at all. I don’t want to be a bird,” the bird says.
“Why don’t you want to be a bird?” asks the owl.
“I am so small, weak and useless,” she cries. “I want to be big and strong like the lion. He is very important, but I am not”
Then the owl whispers(耳语) something in her ear. At once the bird dries her tears and goes away. One week later, the bird came back. “Oh, thank you very much. You are a very wise owl,” she says to the owl. “I am very happy now. Every day, I sit on top of the tallest tree and watch for(监视) lions and tigers. When they come near, I shout at the top of my voice. Then my friend all run and hide. They are very thankful to me. I am useful and important now”
The wise owl smiles and says, “No one in this world is useless.”
小题1:The animals in the forest visit the owl because_____________

A．they are all afraid of him

B．the owl can help them when they don’t feel well

C．the owl can tell them what they should do when they have some problems.

D．they are wiser than the owl.

小题2:The little bird is not happy because______________

A．the lion often beats her

B．she thinks she is too small, weak and useless

C．she wants to kill the lion

D．she is very important.

小题3:The owl tells the bird_______________

A．that she is stronger than the lions and the tigers

B．that she must be happy

C．that she must run and hide

D．to sit on top of the tallest tree and watch for lions and tigers

小题4:The underlined word “tears” means “_______” in Chinese.

小题5:From the story we know ______________.

A．the bird’s friends are very thankful to her because she drives the tigers and lions away(赶走)

B．the lions and tigers run away when they hear the bird’s voice

C．the bird thinks that she is useful and important now

D．the owl is useless.

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