Olympic torch around the world
The Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay(火炬接力) traveled the longest distance,covered the greatest area and included the largest number of people.On March 25,Olympic Flame(火种) litted(点燃) in Greece.
Route Distance:137,000 km
Time:130 days
Route:March 31,Torch Relay started in Beijing→...London→Paris→San Francisco...→Hongkong...→Beijing.
Torch Length:72cm.
Torch Weight:985 grams
Design:It was based in the shape of a paper scroll(卷) with lucky clouds on it.It stayed lighted(点燃) in bad weather conditions.
阅读上文判断正误，正确写（T），错误（F） The Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay traveled a longer distance than before.
.It took more than five months to trvel around the world.
The Torch Relay started in the city of Beijing.
The torch is 985 cm Long and 72 grams heavy.
The torch looks like a paper scroll.Bad weather couldn't stop the torch from burning.
Mr Smith is a teacher. He is near-sighted(近视的). But he doesn’t wear glasses. One day, he is walking in a street. He is thinking something. Suddenly a strong wind blows his cap off his head. My Smith runs after it. He wants to catch it but he can’t. At this time, an old woman from a door of the house says to him.
“ Hi! What are you doing, sir?”
“Running after my cap.”
“Your cap? Aha……that’s my black cat. ”She says.
“Your cat? Sorry, but where is my cap?”What’s the meaning in Chinese for “a strong wind”?
| A．一阵狂风 | B．一场大雨 | C．一声雷响 | D．一声尖叫 |
Why does Mr Smith run after the cat?
| A．He likes his cap | B．He wants to get his cap back |
| C．He sees the cat and can’t catch it | D．He doesn’t find his cat |
What colour is Mr Smith’s cap?
| A．White | B．Yellow | C．Black | D．Blue |
Who has the cat?
| A．The old woman | B．Mr Smith | C．We don’t know | D．Nobody |
Which’s not true?
| A．He runs after the old woman’s cat. |
| B．He thinks that black cat is his black cap. |
| C．He is wearing a pair of glasses. |
| D．He is a teacher. |
We have twenty minutes’ rest between classes. Look! Most of us are playing during the break time. Some students are on the playground. They are playing basketball. Oh! A boy is running with the ball. And another is trying(尽力)to stop him. They look so cool. And there are some girls watching the game. Some students are in the classroom. They are talking. A few of them are reading and doing homework. Look! A girl is looking at the birds in the tree in front of the classroom. She must be thinking of something interesting because she is smiling(微笑).
What are the teachers doing? Some of them are working in the office. And some are talking with students. Everyone is doing his or her things, busy but happy!Where are the students playing basketball?
| A．In front of the tree | B．In front of the classroom |
| C．On the playground | D．In the tree |
A girl is looking at the birds. She is
| A．happy | B．cool | C．interesting | D．exciting |
What are the teachers doing?
| A．Working or talking with students | B．Having a basketball game |
| C．Playing with the students | D．Looking at the birds |
There are______ students in the classroom.
A no B some C few D many The passage is mainly(主要)about________________
A students B a basketball game C break time activities D teachers
Today is fine.The sky is blue.Now it’snine o’clock in the morning.There’s a sports meeting in the forest on the big mountain.
Look,a horse,a panda and a cat are running.Over there a dog and two tigers are jumping.Two monkeys are climbing the trees.Four birds are flying around and singing.
There’s some other animals there, too.The elephants are standing.A monkey in sitting on an old elephant.The monkey has a flay in his hand.polly is sitting in the tree.A fox, ababy panda and some small animals are sitting under the tree.They are all watching.What colour is the sky today?It’s _________.
| A．white | B．blue | C．Black | D．yellow |
How many animals are running and jumping?
| A．Fourteen | B．Six | C．Eleven | D．eighteen |
Which animal are climbing the trees?
| A．The monkeys | B．The panadasand the foxes |
| C．The elephants and the cats | D．The hens. |
There are _______ at the sports meeting.
| A．not any birds | B．a lot of animals | C．many people | D．Many kids. |
What’s the weather like today?
| A．rain | B．fine | C．windy | D．Cloudy |
An artist went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out with his paints and brushes and painted from morning to evening, and then when it got dark, he went back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.
At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said, “No, I don’t want money… but give me one of your pictures. What is money? In a week it will all be finished, but your painting will still be here.”
The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his pictures. The farmer smiled and answered, “It’s not that. I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. When he comes home next month, I’ll show him your picture, and he will not want to be an artist any more, I think. ”__________ people are mentioned (提到) in the article.
| A．Two | B．Three | C．One | D．Many |
The artist lived with the farmer __________.
| A．for about a month | B．for a year |
| C．for a holiday | D．for the farmer’s son |
The farmer asked the artist to give him a picture because __________.
| A．he liked his picture |
| B．he didn’t want his money |
| C．he wanted to sell his pictures for some money |
| D．he wanted to show it to his son |
The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer because __________.
| A．the farmer didn’t want him to pay him |
| B．the farmer decided to let his son learn from him |
| C．the farmer’s son would be an artist like him |
| D．he thought the farmer praised (表扬) him for his pictures |
It’s not easy to be an astronaut’s son．Everybody expects you to be special or perfect. I often wonder how my father ever had a son like me. I mean he’s so special and so good at everything he does. Even in middle school he was monitor and captain of the football team.
Well, to be honest, I often dream about being some kind of hero or doing something special—like saving a child from a burning building One morning my teacher said there would be a Father’s Day writing competition for the whole school．“I hope we have a winner right here in my class.”
When I got home，I started to think about what to write．My father is an astronaut. No, I wouldn’t start like that. That was the way others saw him．How did I see my father?
Hmm…I saw him sitting with me in the dark when I had a terrible dream．I remembered how he hugged me for hours when my dog Spotty was killed by a car. Yes, these were the things I was going to write. To me，he wasn’t just a famous astronaut. He was my dad．
My parents and l went to school Thursday night. There were so many people in the big hall! My dad looked at me, and I shrugged(耸肩).
The third prize was announced and it was not me．1 was relieved(释然)and disappointed(失望) at the same time. The second prize was announced. I t was me. I went up to the stage and read what I had written，“My father’s son”．When I finished，Dad put his hand on my shoulder．“Son，this is the proudest moment of my life.’’
It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I’ll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but it was enough just to be my father’s son. The writer felt it to be the son of a famous person．
| A．1ucky | B．natural | C．hard | D．pleasant |
In order to_the writer would like to save a child from a burning building．
| A．become astronaut | B．become a great hero |
| C．be made school team captain | D．be made monitor |
What did the boy probably write in his composition?
| A．A lot of special things he had done． |
| B．The story of his father as an astronaut． |
| C．The unforgettable time he spent with his father． |
| D．The experiences his father had in middle school． |
What is the best title for the passage?
| A．My daydream | B．My father’s son |
| C．My famous father | D．My happy family |