Monday…oh, I don’t like Monday because I’ll have to go back to school again after the weekend. Tuesday is not so bad. I usually play tennis with my friends after school. On Wednesday evening I don’t go out. I stay at home and do my homework. I like Thursday because the next day is Friday. I always go out on Friday—maybe to the cinema. I love the weekend. On Saturdays I get up late, and I sometimes go to the shops in the afternoon. In the evening we go to a club. Then on Sundays I go to my friend’s house or she comes to mine. I usually visit my grandmother for an hour in the afternoon. Then the weekend is over and it’s Monday…and I feel bad again!

1.I don’t like Monday because           .

2.Tuesday is not so bad because           .

3.I can go to the cinema on           .

4.Which one is true?

5.From the text, we know that the writer           .

Monday…oh, I don’t like Monday because I’ll have to go back to school again after the weekend. Tuesday is not so bad. I usually play tennis with my friends after school. On Wednesday evening I don’t go out. I stay at home and do my homework. I like Thursday because the next day is Friday. I always go out on Friday—maybe to the cinema. I love the weekend. On Saturdays I get up late, and I sometimes go to the shops in the afternoon. In the evening we go to a club. Then on Sundays I go to my friend’s house or she comes to mine. I usually visit my grandmother for an hour in the afternoon. Then the weekend is over and it’s Monday…and I feel bad again!
【小题1】I don’t like Monday because           .

　　Confucius（孔子）was a clever teacher. One day someone asked him,"What does a country n______ ?" Confucius answered, "E______ food, a good army, and a good leader （领袖）." The person then asked, "Which one is the m______ important?" Confucius answered, "An army is not very important because man must die. N______ is food. But if the leader of the country is not good, then everything will be b______ ."

Finally, one of the teachers, J. E. Naismith, was asked to invent a new game for the students. It was not an easy joB. He thought for a few days and invented, a kind of ballgame. It was a fast, excitng game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two games. To make a score the ball had to be thrown into a basket ten feet high above the floor on the wall. At each end of the court, there was such a basket. At first, Naismith had planned to have the ball thrown into the box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use the fruit baskets. That is how the game got its name.

1 Basketball is________some of the other ball games.(　)

A. as old as　　　　　　　　　　    B. not as old as

C. older than　　　　　　　　　　    D. the oldest in

2 Basketball has a history of________.(　)

A. less than two hundreds　　　　　　　　　　    B. more than a century

C. about one hundred　　　　　　　　　　    D. more than two hundreds

3 What was used after Naismith used a box in the game?(　)

A. The wall.　　　　　　　　　　    B. A kind of bag.

C. A fruit basket.　　　　　　　　　　    D. The basketball team.

4 Which one is right?(　)

A. The name of basketball got its name from a wall.

B. The name of basketball got its name from a fruit basket.

C. The name of basketball got its name from a man.

D. The name of basketball got its name from a student.

5 The best title for the passage is________.(　)

A. How to play basketball?　　　　　　　　　　    B. When basketball was invented?

C. How basketball was invented?　　　　　　　　　　    D. Naismith invented the basketball.