2.26-meter-tall Yao Ming made his NBA debut（初次登台）on October 23, 2002 and got 6 points for the Houston Rockets in the game. The next day, he got 13 points（得分）in another game.
Yao Ming , 22, has been a star in China for some time, but it is still under question as to whether he can play well in the NBA. Yao Ming said, “When you watch it on TV, it looks very easy. But when you are playing in the NBA, it is really tough.” He said that joining the Houston Rockets was a new start and a new challenge. “I hope that through very hard work I can make everyone happy and help the Rockets win more games,” he said
Yao Ming speaks some English. Both he and his teammates can understand each other. They don't think there is a language problem.
While Yao Ming faces this new challenge, the people of Houston have shown great interest in him and they hope Yao Ming will bring new energy （活力） to the Rockets. The team has started having lessons to learn more about China, and many people who work for the Rockets have learned to speak some Chinese.On October 23, 2002, Yao Ming played his______ game in the NBA
A. first B. second C. third D fourthYao Ming got __________ points in the two games for the Houston Rockets in October ,2002.
| A．6 | B．13 | C．19 | D．23 |
Yao Ming thinks that _____.
| A．it is boring to play basketball |
| B．playing in the NBA is not easy |
| C．it is difficult to watch NBA games on TV |
| D．he is an NBA star |
From the passage we can learn that ________.
| A．Yao Ming will work hard for his team |
| B．Yao Ming often watches TV |
| C．Yao Ming is the best player in the team |
| D．The Rockets has lost several games |
| Accident Report Form |
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| Accident |
A car hit a tree. Four people were in the car. |
| Weather condition |
There was a heavy rain. |
| Cause |
The driver named Li Jun drank too much. |
| Date of call |
March 20th, 2008. |
| Time of call |
8:30 p.m. |
| Name of caller |
A man called Zhang Wei. (He was taking a walk there at that time.) |
| Place |
Zhongshan Road, Nanjing. |
| Conditions of victims |
Mr. Green hurt his head. Mrs. Green hurt her left leg. Their daughter felt frightened. Their dog died. |
| Action |
Policemen arrived at 8:40 p.m. and sent the victims to Gulou Hospital at 8:45 p.m. |
What time did Zhang Wei call the police?
| A．At 8:30 a.m. | B．At 8:30 p.m. |
| C．At 8:40 p.m. | D．At 8:45 p.m. |
How many people were there in the cars?
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
Whose left leg was hurt?
| A．Mrs. Green’s. | B．Their daughter’s. |
| C．Mr. Green’s. | D．Their dog’s. |
What was the weather like that day?
| A．It was sunny. | B．It was snowy. |
| C．It was cloudy. | D．It was rainy. |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The car hit a wall. |
| B．The accident happened on Zhongshan Road in Beijing. |
| C．The driver drank too much. |
| D．The policemen arrived half an hour later and sent the victims to the hospital. |
Young people can have problems with their minds. Some students become worried because they have to study very hard. Others have trouble getting on well with people like their parents and classmates.
Liu Wei, a junior 2 student from Hefei, could not understand his teacher and was doing badly in his lessons. He became so worried about it that he started to cut his finger with a knife.
Another student, 14-year-old Yang Fang from Guangzhou, was afraid of exams. She got very worried in the exam, and when she looked at the exam paper, she couldn’t think of anything to write.
A recent report from Jiefang Daily says about 18% of Shanghai teenagers have mental problems. Their troubles include being worried and very unhappy, and having problems in learning and getting on with people. Many students who have problems won’t go for advice or help. Some think they will look stupid if they go to see a doctor. Others don’t want to talk about their secrets.
Liang Yuezhu, an expert on teenagers from Beijing Hospital has the following advice for teenagers:
Talk to your parents or teachers often.
Take part in group activities and play sports.
Go to see a doctor if you feel unhappy or unwell.The students who often become worried or have trouble getting on with others may
have .
| A．mental problems | B．a headache |
| C．a knife with them | D．no parents |
Liu Wei cut his finger with a knife because .
| A．he was afraid of his teacher |
| B．he wanted to frighten his parents |
| C．he was so worried about his studies |
| D．his finger was badly hurt |
Yang Fang’s problem happened when .
| A．she studied very hard |
| B．she had exams |
| C．she talked with her parents |
| D．she thought of something |
Students who have problems won’t ask others for help because .
| A．they won’t let others think they are stupid |
| B．they don’t think doctors can help them |
| C．they think the problems are not serious |
| D．they have no secrets about others |
Liang Yuezhu’s advice tells us that .
| A．it’s unnecessary for them to be with others |
| B．only group activities and sports can help them |
| C．teachers and parents can’t do anything about mental problems |
| D．it’s better for the students who have mental problems to join others. |
Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft and one of the richest people in the world, is now making efforts to reinvent （以新形式出现）the toilet. Gates has donated a big part of his wealth to charity. Now his charitable organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is looking for future toilets that can improve the living conditions of millions of people.
The flush toilet （抽水马桶）we use today was invented in 1775. While it works well in getting rid of our waste, it also uses a lot of water and needs a costly sewage system（下水道排污系统）. Besides, it’s not necessarily practical for the developing world. In some developing countries, lack of toilets leads to poor hygiene（卫生），and that could kill people. According to the World Health Organization, 1.5 million children under the age of five die each year because of hygiene problems.
Last year, the Gates Foundation gave money to eight universities around the world and asked them to start inventing the toilet of tomorrow: a toilet that uses little or no water is cheap and easy to fix, and is safe and hygienic.
At the “ Reinvent the Toilet Fair（展销会）” competition recently held in Seattle, twenty-eight designs were displayed. The winners, from the California Institute of Technology（加州理工学院）, were awarded a $ 100,000 prize by the Gates Foundation.
“We couldn’t be happier with the response that we’ve gotten,” Bill Gates said at the event. Many of the new designs would not only greatly improve hygiene in the developing world, but also help change the dependence on traditional flush toilets in developed nations, he said.What are disadvantages of the flush toilet we use today?
| A．Wasting a lot of water and energy. |
| B．Washing a lot of water and needing a costly sewage system. |
| C．Spending too much time and energy. |
| D．Improving hygiene and environment. |
How many designs were displayed at the “Reinvent the Toilet Fair”?
| A．Eight. | B．Eighty. |
| C．Eighteen. | D．Twenty-eight. |
What does the underlined word “that” refer to?
| A．The flush toilet we use today. |
| B．The old toilet we used long ago. |
| C．Lack of toilets in some developing countries. |
| D．Lack of toilets leads to poor hygiene in some developing countries. |
Which would be the best title for the passage?
| A．Bill Gates of Microsoft | B．Revolution （革命） of the toilet |
| C．Fair of the toilet | D．Type of the toilet |
Have you ever watched movies in a 4D cinema? It is going to be the next wave in movie theatre experience, and it will take your experience to the next level.
The 4D cinema experience has actual smells, mists and vibrations (震动）. While you’re watching a movie about water fighting, tiny nozzles (喷嘴）in the seats might let out a mist of water. What about watching a movie about street racing or war? The nozzles can give out the smell of burning rubber or gunpowder (火药）. Those all-important little nozzles have about 1,000 options for you, everything from mists to smells.
Seats in the theatre are movable as well. When a car crash happens on the screen, it can also feel like it’s happening in your chair. Large fans set around the theatre can make you feel like you’re caught in a windstorm, and a lot of lights set around the cinema can be used to create huge flashes like you might see in a lightning storm.
Watching movies in a 4D cinema can offer you an amazing and unusual experience. You can not only see the movie, but also feel and smell it.The nozzles in a 4D cinema can let out ____________.
| A．street racing or war | B．a mist of gunpowder |
| C．the smell of water | D．everything from mists to smells. |
The second and third paragraph mainly tells us ____________.
| A．the4D cinema will be in the field |
| B．great changes about the 4D cinema |
| C．seats in the theatre are movable as well |
| D．large fans make you feel like at home |
The underlined word “tiny” in the second paragraph means ________.
| A．small | B．Huge | C．unusual | D．movable |
| News One Recently a cloned dog named Ruppy became the world’s first transgenic(转基因的）dog . She and four other dogs all gave off red light under certain conditions. A team led by Byeong-Chun Lee in korea created the dogs. Lee and researcher Woo Suk Hwang were also part of the team that created the first cloned dog, Snuppy, in 2005. “This new experiment should open the door for transgenic dogs to be models of human illness,” said one of the team members, Che Myong Ko. “The next step for us is to make a true illness model.” |
| News Two A company in Japan has said they will soon sell a new kind of T-shirt. The T-shirt can protect people from knives. It is more than three times stronger than cotton because it is made of a special kind of material. This material is thick enough to protect you, but it is not too heavy to make you look like you are wearing protective clothing. This material is like the one that is used in body armor, but it is lighter and can be washed by a washing machine. These T-shirts are created because of the increased knife accidents that happen to children. |
From News One we can learn that ________.
| A．Ruppy can give off red light all the time |
| B．Snuppy is the world’s first transgenic dog |
| C．Byeong-Chun Lee created Snuppy |
| D．Ruppy will be used to study people’s illness |
What does the underlined phrase “body armor” in News Two mean in Chinese?
| A．警服. | B．保暖衣. |
| C．消防服. | D．防弹衣. |
News Two shows that ________.
| A．the special T-shirt is made of a special kind of cotton which is thick enough to protect you |
| B．you might break the T-shirt if you put it in a washing machine |
| C．the number of knife accidents is increasing in Japan |
| D．the special T-shirt makes you look like you are wearing protective clothing |