Jackie Chan was born on April 7, 1954, in Hong Kong, China. His parents left mainland China for Hong Kong a short time before he was born. His parents named him “Chan Kong-sang”, which means “born in Hong Kong”. They wanted to celebrate a safe trip to Hong Kong.
At first, Jackie’s family lived in the French Embassy(大使馆).His father was a cook, and his mother was a housekeeper. When Jackie was seven years old, his family moved to Australia. His father got a job in the American Embassy. Later, back in Hong Kong, Jackie’s father sent him to the China Drama Academy. Jackie studied and worked 19 hours a day. The students practiced Kong Fu and learned how to do many stunts(特技表演)there.
When Jackie was 17, he began to do dangerous stunts for films. In the early 1980s, Jackie went to Hollywood, but he wasn’t very successful. He went on to make films in Hong Kong and had great success. Finally, in 1995,Jackie Chan became famous in the United States. Today, Jackie Chan has both Chinese and American fans and his films make millions of dollars. When did Jackie Chan’s parents move to Hong Kong?
A. They moved to Hong Kong a short time after Jackie Chan was born.
B. They moved to Hong Kong a short time before Jackie Chan was born.
C. They moved to Hong Kong after they came back from America.What did Jackie Chan learn in the China Drama Academy?
A. Dramas B. Dancing C. Kong Fu and stuntsWhich is true according to the passage?
A. Jackie Chan is about forty years old.
B. He wasn’t very successful when he first went to Hollywood.
C. He became famous at the age of 17.From the passage we know that_________.
A. neither his American fans nor his Chinese fans like his films.
B. everybody in the world likes his films very much
C. his films are popular not only in China but also in AmericaWe can learn from the article that _____.
A. Jackie Chan’s mother was also born in Hong Kong .
B. At first, Jackie’s family lived in France.
C. the time when his family moved to Australia was around 1961.
I like playing football, but I am not very good at it. I do not usually play on my school football team. I am a reserve player. This means that I play only if another player on the team can’t play or is hurt during a game. I have only played in one of the games this year. That was the game we played yesterday. In the middle of the game, one of the players hurt his knee. “Take his place,” the coach said. I ran onto the field. Soon a player on the other team ran towards me with the ball. We were both near my team’s goal. I ran towards him. I got the ball away from him. “ I can’t kick hard, “ I thought. “ I’ll kick the ball to my goal-keeper. He can pick it up and kick it to the other end of the field. “ I did this, but I kicked the ball too hard. The goal-keeper couldn’t get it. The ball went into the goal. I had scored on our own goal! I don’t think the coach will ask me to play for the team again.Why won’t they ask him to play on the team again?
A.He doesn’t know the rules. | B.He got hurt. |
C.He made a big mistake. | D.He plays too well. |
How often did he play on the team before this game this year?
A.Never. | B.A few times. |
C.Quite often. | D. All the time. |
How did he probably feel after he scored the goal?
A.worried | B.Excited. |
C.Sad | D.Very happy |
What’s the meaning of the underlined word “reseave”?
A.业余的 | B.专业的 | C.替补的 | D.优秀的 |
One day Einstein(爱因斯坦)is walking in the street in New York. His friend meets him and says to him, “Einstein, you should buy a new coat. Look, how old your coat is !”
But Einstein answers, “It doesn’t matter. Nobody knows me here.”
After a few years Einstein becomes a famous scientist. But he still wears the old coat.
His friend meets him again and asks him to buy a new one.
But Einstein says, “I needn’tbuy a new one. Everyone knows me here”Einstein isscientist.
A.an English | B.a Chinese |
C.an American | D.a Japanese |
Einstein’s coat is very old. His friend.
A.gives him a new one |
B.asks him to buy a new one |
C.helps him buy a new one |
D.helps him mend the old coat |
Einstein doesn’t want to buy a new one because.
A.nobody knows him | B.he likes the old one |
C.he has no money | D.he doesn’t mind it |
A few years later Einstein.
A.buys a new one | B.becomes a great scientist |
C.wears a new coat | D.nobody knows him |
The title of this passage should be(短文的题目应是).
A.Einstein and His Friend | B.Einstein and His New Coat |
C.Einstein’s Coat | D.Einstein |
Every country has its favorite food. Italians like to eat pizza. Indians like to eat hot food. Japanese like to eat fish. Often they don’t cook it.
In England, one of the most popular kinds of food is fish and chips. People usually buy it in a fish and chip shop. They put it in paper bags, and take it home, or to their workplace. Sometimes they eat it in the park or on the road. The world’s favorite food is American fast food. If you go to some important cities in the world, you can find people eating hamburgers and chips.
Fish and chips, and Chinese take-away food are very popular in England. But they are less popular in the USA, they eat take-away food, too, like chicken. But the most popular kind of take-away food is the hamburger. It looks like bread with meat in it. Ham (火腿) is a kind of pork, but the hamburger does not have any pork in it. The beef is inside a kind of cake hamburgers are delicious. They are also popular in England and Australia. Italians like to eat __________.
A.dumplings | B.pizza | C.hot food | D.fish |
Fish and chips are very popular in _____.
A.England | B.Australia | C.the USA | D.Canada |
In different countries people eat ______ food.
A.different | B.the same |
C.the different | D.same |
The hamburger does not have any _____ in it.
A.beef | B.pork | C.fish | D.chips |
Hamburger is a kind of ______.
A.meat | B.drink | C.food | D.vegetable |
Mr. Jackson is a worker in a computer factory. Every day it takes him 45 minutes to go to work by bike. It’s Monday today, but his bike is broken(坏了), so he has to go to work by bus. But there isn’t a bus stop near his home. He has to ask a policeman,He tells him that there is a bus stop in front of a bookshop about 500 meters . Then Mr. Jackson begins to walk there and finds the bus stop. Oh, good! A bus is coming! He gets on the bus(上车). It takes him 10 minutes to go to his factory. He isn’t late for work! How happy he is!Mr. Jackson often goes to work by bike.
Mr. Jackson takes a bus because he likes buses.
He finds a bus stop near his home.
His factory is far from his home.
Mr. Jackson is late for work today.
Jim, with his father, goes to see his grandfather. In the train Jim often puts his headout of the window. His father says,“Jim! Don’t put your head out of the window!”But Jim goes on putting his head out of the window.
Here his father takes Jim’s cap quietly, hides(藏)it behind his back and says,“You see your cap is gone.”Jim is afraid.His father says,“Well, whistle(吹口哨)once. Perhaps your cap will come back.”Jim whistles. His father puts quickly the cap on Jim’s head.Oh! It’s wonderful! Jim laughs. He quickly takes his father’s cap and throws it out of the window. “Now it’s your turn to whistle, Dad!”He says happily.
Write T or F.Jim and his father go to see his grandfather by bus.
Jim’s father tells Jim not to put his head out of the window.
Jim’s father takes Jim’s cap and hides it behind his back.
Jim doesn’t want to have his cap back.
Jim takes his father’s cap and throws it out of the window.