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Several years ago，a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America. One was a very rich banker，another owned one of the largest companies in the world，and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.
The reporter was talking to them about being important. “How do we know if someone is really important？” the reporter asked the banker.
The banker thought for a few moments and then said， “I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States is really important. ”
The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that？” she asked.
The man shook his head， “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You‘d only be important if while you were visiting the President， there was a telephone call from the president of another country，and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it. ”
The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so？”
“No， I don‘t，” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important. ”
“Then what would make the visitor important？” the reporter and the other two men asked.
“Oh， I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang， and the President picked up the receiver， listened and then said， ‘It’s for you. ‘ ”This story happened in _______.
| A．England | B．America | C．Japan | D．Australia |
There are _______ in this passage.
| A．three men and one woman | B．two men and two women |
| C．three women and one man | D．four women |
The following is true EXCEPT_________.
| A．The banker thought any visitor to the White House was really important. |
| B．The owner of the very large company thought the visitor would be important if while he was visiting the President, the President would not answer any telephone call |
| C．The owner of many buildings thoughtthe visitor was really important if he was talking to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitor. |
| D．the reporter knew the way to find out who was the most important. |
House For Sale
Red Rose Garden, Pudong
3-story home, 509 sqm total (总的) land area, 428.8 sqm built-in, 312.2 sqm garden. Asking
RMB 13 million (USD 1.57 million).
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Cherry, 24, a shining girl, good at oral English and Putonghua. Now I am working at an international trade (国际贸易) company in Guangzhou. I am kind-hearted, hard-working and healthy, and would like part-time weekend work offering Putonghua lessons to foreign friends. If you are interested, please email me at cherrylf@hotmail.com.
Beijing Snow World Ski Park
Price: 18 yuan (ticket), 50 yuan / hour on weekdays and 70 yuan / hour on weekends, 120 yuan/four hours on weekdays and 190 yuan/four hours on weekends.
Tel:010-69191617If an Australian student wants to learn Chinese, he or she can ______.
| A．call 021-58609228 |
| B．fax 021-58609728 |
| C．email cherrylf@hotmail.com |
| D．telephone 010-69191617 |
How many square meters is the garden of the house for sale?
| A．509 sqm. | B．428.8 sqm. |
| C．312.2 sqm. | D．80.2 sqm |
Where is Cherry working now?
| A．Shanghai. | B．Guangzhou. |
| C．Beijing. | D．Pudong |
If he goes skiing on ______ in Beijing Snow World Ski Park, Nick has to pay more money than on Tuesday.
| A．Sunday | B．Friday |
| C．Wednesday | D．Monday |
If you want to ski for four hours on weekdays, how much money will you pay at least?
| A．138 yuan. | B．200 yuan. |
| C．208 yuan. | D．280 yuan |
May 10th is Meg’s birthday. She gets a gift. It is a new coat from her sister. The coat is very beautiful and she feels very happy.
One day, Meg finds that a button(纽扣) of her coat is lost. She looks for the button everywhere, but she can’t find it. The next day, she doesn’t wear that coat to school and feels sad all day. After school, she goes to the clothes shops and wants to buy that kind of clothes. But she feels disappointed.
Meg tells her sister about that, her sister says, “We can change all the buttons. Then the buttons will be the same.” The coat is beautiful again and Meg feels happy again.Meg’s sister buys ____ for her on her birthday.
| A．some buttons | B．a new coat |
| C．a new bike | D．some flowers |
How does Meg feel when she doesn’t wear that coat?
| A．She feels happy. | B．She feels sad. |
| C．She feels excited. | D．She feels bored. |
What does Meg’s sister do at the end of the story?
| A．She changes all the buttons of the coat. |
| B．She buys another coat again. |
| C．She buys a button in the clothes store. |
| D．She goes to the clothes store and changes the coat. |
Where does the underline word “disappointed’ mean in Chinese?
| A．兴奋的 | B．失望的 |
| C．难过的 | D．高兴的 |
What’s the best title for the passage?
| A．A lost button | B．A lost coat |
| C．A kind sister | D．A clothes store |
Hello, everyone!
My name is Winnie. I’m a 15-year-old girl. I live in the beautiful city of Rizhao.
I’m an active(活泼), lovely and clever girl. In the school my favourite subject is Math. Maybe someone thinks it’s difficult to study well. But I like it. I believe(相信) that if you try your best, everything can be done well.
I also like sports very much, such as running, volleyball and so on.
I’m kind. If you need help, please come to me.
I hope we can be good friends!
OK. This is me, a sunny girl!Which subject is Winnie’s favourite?
| A．Chinese | B．Math | C．English | D．History |
Which one is NOT right?
| A．Winnie is at 15. |
| B．Winnie is an active, lovely and clever girl. |
| C．Winnie likes sports very much, such as running, volleyball and so on. |
| D．Winnie doesn’t like to help others. |
Why does Winnie like the difficult subject?
| A．Because she believes that if one tries his best, everything can be done well. |
| B．Because someone thinks it’s difficult to study well. |
| C．Because her favourite subject is Math. |
| D．Because she is an active, lovely and clever girl. |
What’s Winnie like?
| A．Kind. | B．Lovely. |
| C．Sunny. | D．All the above(以上所有都是). |
How can we know Winnie is kind?
| A．She says, “If you need help, please come to me.” |
| B．She hopes we can be good friends. |
| C．She is active, lovely and clever. |
| D．She is a sunny girl. |
You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABCs? Do you know there is such a thing as “a banana person”? How strange! ABC means American-born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside. So, when a person is a “banana”, he or she is white inside—thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside—looking like a Chinese.
Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are overseas（海外的）Chinese. These people may be citizens（公民）of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair.
But they are not Chinese citizens. They are people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C. N. Yang（杨振宁）. He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.
| A．three English letters |
| B．a kind of banana |
| C．Chinese born in America |
| D．Americans born in China |
| A．their bodies are white inside but yellow outside |
| B．they think like Westerners but look like Chinese |
| C．they were born in China but go to study in America |
| D．they like to eat bananas |
| A．洪水 | B．祖先 | C．血统 | D．身份 |
| A．They are Chinese citizens. |
| B．They are overseas Chinese. |
| C．They may speak little Chinese. |
| D．ABCs may know little about China. |
A. different kinds of bananas
B. overseas Chinese
C. the Nobel Prize
D. the story of C.N. Yang
The children in the village wear dirty, cheap clothes. They sleep beside cows and sheep in small houses. They have no school. But they can write 26 English letters, and some know a few English words.
How did it happen? It was because a U.S. group called One Computer Every Child offered them 20 computers. Can children teach themselves to read when they have no schools or teachers but have the help of today’s new technology(技术)? The goal(目的) of the group is to find out the answer. And the results are exciting. “The children are learning more than they would in one year of school,” said Matt Keller, who organized the programme.
The fastest learner was an eight-year-old boy called Kelbesa Negusse. He said that he himself was like a lion. Keller said, “Seven months ago he didn’t know any English. But now he has known many words. I think if you give them food and water they will never leave the computer room. They will spend day and night there.”
Kelbesa said, “I like the computer because I can learn things with it.” He added, “I know many English words, like dog, monkey, horse, sheep, cow, pig and cat.”
Keller said that One Computer Every Child was planning a programme for children who couldn’t go to school.
| A．easy | B．poor | C．rich | D．bored |
| A．They go to school every day. |
| B．They have good teachers. |
| C．One Computer Every Child gave them computers. |
| D．They can learn from books. |
| A．To teach children how to use today’s new technology. |
| B．To help children to spend their free time. |
| C．To help children out of their hard life. |
| D．To help children teach themselves to read through new technology. |
| A．Kelbesa is in Grade 2 now. |
| B．Keller is the teacher of those children. |
| C．The computers help the children a lot. |
| D．Kelbesa doesn’t like the computer. |
| A．How to learn by yourself |
| B．The development of One Computer Every Child |
| C．Computers are better than teachers |
| D．Learning with the help of computers |