The children often play soccer in the garden（花园）．Sometimes they break （打破）Mrs. Smith’s windows．
One afternoon , Mrs. Smith is reading a newspaper at home．After a short time, she closes her eyes and goes to sleep．At that time a little boy knocks（敲） at the door．Mrs. Smith opens the door and asks, “Do you break my windows again（又一次）?” “Oh, no”, says the boy．“ Your windows are open this time and our soccer is in your room．Can I get it back, please?”
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。The underlined（划线） word “sleep” means _____in Chinese．
| A．故事 | B．睡觉 | C．睡椅 | D．思想 |
The children often break Mrs. Smith’s ____ when they play soccer．
| A．doors | B．gardens |
| C．newspapers | D．windows |
One afternoon, Mrs. Smith is _____ at home．
| A．seeing a movie | B．cleaning windows |
| C．watching TV | D．reading a newspaper |
The little boy _____ Mrs. Smith ‘s door．
| A．knocks at | B．opens |
| C．breaks | D．closes |
The children’s soccer is _____．
| A．in the garden | B．in the window |
| C．in Mrs. Smith’s room | D．Mrs. Smith |
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There are _________________ rooms in the Blue Sky Hotel.
The restaurants are open for _____________________.
The Blue Sky Hotel is at __________________________.
If you want to book a room, you can call ____________________.
You can __________________________ to relax in the Blue Sky Hotel.
Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best-loved and most successful children’s book writers in the world. His books are very popular with young readers. They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants.
In 1954, life magazine published a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children’s books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish. He did not receive training in art. Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books.
In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is called Green Eggs and Ham.
In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize (普利策奖). He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents. He died at the age of 87, but his influence remains. Millions of his books have been sold worldwide. People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read. Yet, his books are loved by people of all ages. Doctor Seuss once said, "I do not write for children. I write for people.
–Doctor Seuss learned from the magazine that _______.
| A．children wanted to learn to write |
| B．a report for children was wanted |
| C．many children’s books were interesting |
| D．some school children were not interested in reading. |
People like his books because the books ______.
| A．are cheap and easy to get | B．were written in different languages |
| C．are easy and interesting to read | D．were written with invented words |
He wrote the book The Cat in the Hat at the age of _____.
| A．50 | B．53 | C．56 | D．87 |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Doctor Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham with over 230 words. |
| B．Doctor Seuss wrote books only for children in the United States. |
| C．The Cat in the Hat was written only for six-year-old children. |
| D．His books provided education and enjoyment for Americans. |
From the text we know that Doctor Seuss __________.
| A．won a Pulitzer Prize soon after his death |
| B．sold millions of his books himself worldwide |
| C．changed American children’s way of reading |
| D．wrote the largest number of books in the world |
Once there was a piano player in a bar. People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.
"I don’t sing," said the man.
But the lady told the waiter, "I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!
The waiter shouted across the room, "Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!’
So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.
You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.The lady asked the player to sing a song because _____.
| A．she had paid him for this |
| B．she knew him very well |
| C．she wanted to have a change |
| D．she enjoyed his singing |
Nat King Cole succeeded because _____.
| A．the lady helped him a lot |
| B．he caught the chance |
| C．he continued to play in the bar |
| D．he stopped playing the piano |
The words "sit on" in the passage probably mean"
| A．参加 | B．搁置 | C．开发 | D．展示 |
Which could be the best title for the passage?
| A．Sing in the Bar |
| B．Achieve Success in Life |
| C．Never Lose Heart |
| D．Find Your Hidden Talent |
Mr. Gregory Gale is one of the few people in England who are 100 years old. On the day of his birthday, he played a game of tennis and went for a long walk. A few days later a radio reporter came to his house and asked him if he had any “secrets of long life”. This is what Mr. Gale said, “No, I don’t know any secrets like that, but there are a few simple rules of good life. I’ve always kept them all my life. The first is this: Don’t listen to those fools who tell you to give up all the pleasures of life! The second is to enjoy all the pleasures of life in moderation(节制). For example, I’ve always smoked a few good cigars every day. Not many, mind you! Only two or three! I’ve always also drunk a little good wine with my meals, perhaps two or three glasses. The third rule is to take a little exercise every day. I’ve taken a little and on Saturdays I’ve played a little tennis or golf.”Which of the following isn’t true?
| A．Mr. Gale is still young. |
| B．Mr. Gale is 100 years old. |
| C．Mr. Gale is one of the oldest men in England. |
| D．Mr. Gale was interviewed by a radio reporter after his 100th birthday. |
Which of the following doesn’t Mr. Gale do in his life?
| A．Playing. | B．Drinking. | C．Eating a lot. | D．Smoking. |
Why is Mr. Gale able to live such a long life?
| A．Because he knows some “secrets of long life”. |
| B．Because he keeps a few simple rules of good life. |
| C．Because he gives up all the pleasures of life. |
| D．Because he enjoys all the pleasures of life without thinking of his health. |
A new Long March（长征）
Twenty-one people from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland began a new Long March on October 15. They will walk about 8，000 kilometers from Ruijin， Jiangxi to Wuqi， Shanxi. They hope to get 20.2 million Yuan to build 101 schools and help poor children go back to school. They hope to finish the march by August 16, 2012.
The football team
The Chinese under-17 football team is No. 1 in Asia. They won the Asian U-17 Championship（亚洲U-17锦标赛）in Japan on Saturday. They beat the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea（朝鲜）by 1:0. After 85 minutes， Wang Weilong got the only goal. They took the cup for the first time in 12 years.
Liu leaves China
Chinese actor Liu Ye left for the US on Monday to make a film called Meteor（《流星》）。 He is going to act with the Hollywood film star Meryl Streep. His former classmate Zhang Ziyi sent Liu a message to encourage him. Liu was worried about his English， and worked hard on it before he left. People know him from films like last year’s “Mei Ren Cao”。From the news，we know that the twenty-one people began a new Long March to ______.
| A．travel around China |
| B．visit some schools |
| C．teach poor children |
| D．get some money and help poor children go back to school |
The second piece of news tells us ______.
| A．Korea held this contest |
| B．the Chinese football team is No. 1 in South-East Asia |
| C．the Chinese under-17 football team won the world championship |
| D．the Chinese under-17 football team won the championship for the first time in 12years |
Which of the paragraphs is about sports？ ______
| A．The 1st | B．The 2nd |
| C．The 3rd | D．The 3th and the 1st |
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