Michael Jackson is one of the world’s best singers. Michael Jackson was born in the middle west of Gary, Indiana, 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 progam. They started singing in 1965, became popular soon. In 1970 the group made their first 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, for example, his dance moves and moon walking. 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（晕倒） 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（吉尼斯世界纪录）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?

2.Michael was good at __________ according to the passage.

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

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Vienna is a beautiful old city and it is also the 1.. c___________ of European classical music. Johann Strauss the 2..e________ and the Johann Strauss the younger were two famous composers, and they were father and son. The father3..w________ and played lots of waltzes, and they 4..m_______ him famous all over Europe. The son was 5..e ________ more successful and popular than his father. His6.. m _________ famous waltz was The Blue Danube. Mozart was another important composer at that time. He was7..b_______ in 1756 in Austria. He could play different kinds of instruments when he was young. His family took him 8..a________ Europe and he gave concerts in many cities. He wrote his first opera when he was 12 and he composed 9..h_______ of beautiful pieces of music. He died at the 10..a______ of 35.

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Thursday, April 24th

We got to the clean, lovely city of Yangzhou early in the morning. This is our first trip to China. All the different smells attract our attention to the local food. We are going to try something special for dinner tonight. The hotel we are staying in is not expensive but very clean. We plan to stay here for a few days, visit some places in the city, and then travel to the Great Wall in the north.  

Sunday, April 27th

We visited the famous Slender West Lake (瘦西湖) which was crowded with visitors from all over the world, and bought a lot of toys for our friends outside the gate of the park. Everything is so colourful, and we have taken hundreds of photos already! Later today we will do the famous foot massage (按摩) and then leave for the Great Wall. We will take the night train north, stay in Beijing for two days, and then catch a bus to the Great Wall.

Wednesday, April 30th

Our trip to the Great Wall was long and boring. We visited a small village in the mountains. People in the village love the quiet life. They are the kindest people I had ever met. They always smile and say “Hello”. Ralph and I can speak only a few words in Chinese, so smiling is the best way to show our kindness.

1.From the passage we can see that the writer had a ____ stay in Yangzhou.

2.The writer didn’t ____ in Yangzhou.

3.The writer left Beijing for the Great Wall _______.

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

5.What is the best title for the passage?

Not many years ago， a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived a__1___ in a village in the south of England. He had m___2___a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When he was seventy-five， he gave ￡ 12，000 to the village s____3___ to buy land and equipment for a children’s playground。

As a result of his kindness， many people came to visit him. A__4_____them was a newspaperman. During their talk， Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and expected to live to be a h___5___. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy—five. Johnson had a sense of h__6___.  He liked whisky and drank some each day. “I have an injection （注射） in my neck e___7__ evening.”he told the newspaperman， thinking of his evening glass of whisky.

The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson m__8___. In his newspaper he r____9___that Johnson was seventy-five and had a daily injection in his neck. Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain， asking him for the s__10___ of his daily injection.

Have you ever heard of a famous charity called Operation Smile? We hope we can help you understand how we are trying to help children all over the world.

Operation Smile was started by a doctor and his wife. In 1982, together with some volunteers, they went to Philippines to help children who had holes in their lips or inside their mouths. It was very difficult for them to eat and drink. These volunteers worked very hard. But they worried that they could not carry on with the work because they were short of money. Then they decided to start a charity so that they could help these needy children. They called it Operation Smile.

    Operation Smile works in more than twenty developing countries and has cured over 10,000 children who have problems with their mouths. Operation Smile has won many prizes for its work and in 1999 they even started a special event called“The World Journey of Hope”. 5,000 children in 18 countries are cured during the event.

    On the other hand, Operation Smile trains local doctors and nurses in developing countries so that they can continue to help children when Operation Smile has left. As to the children with much more serious problems, they will send them to America for further treatment.

    So show your kindness and generosity to the needy children now. You can send your donation to Operation Smile at local banks. Many thanks from the children who can smile now will come to you.

1.Operation Smile is a famous _____, which was started by a doctor and his wife.

A. school               B. charity          C. building             D. person

2.Operation Smile helps the children by _____.

A. curing the children who have problems with their mouths      

B. helping poor children go back to school

C. helping blind children to see again     

D. offering houses to homeless children

3. Five thousand children from _____ countries are cured during the event “The World Journey of Hope”.

A. ten                  B sixteen           C. eighteen             D. twenty

4.Why did they worry that they could not carry on with the work?

Because  _____.

A.there were no more volunteers

B.they went to America for further study

C.they didn’t have enough money           

D.the doctors were too busy            

5.What does the writer ask us to do to show our kindness and generosity to the needy children?

A. To donate money at local banks.

B. To be a volunteer in Philippines.

C. To send cards to the needy children.

D. To be a doctor of Operation Smile.