Doyouhavetocarryaheavybagtosch-优题课

Do you know the late leader of China, Deng Xiaoping? He was called the“chief architect of China’s reform and opening-up (中国改革开放的总设计师)”. August 22 is the 110 anniversary of his birth. President Xi Jinping held an important meeting for the event on August 20 , 2014 in Beijing. Senior leaders Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan and Zhang Gaoli also attended the event.
Deng was born on Aug, 22, 1904 in the southwest China’s Sichuan Province. He also had the name Deng Xiaosheng. His father , Deng Wenming , was a middle-level landowner（地主）. His mother died early in Deng’s life. He has three brothers and three sisters. Deng’s first wife , one of his schoolmates from Moscow , died when she was 24, a few days after giving birth to Deng’s first child, a baby girl, who also died. His second wife left him in 1933. His third wife, Zhuo Lin, was the daughter of an industrialist in Yunnan Province. She married him in 1939 in Yan’an. They had five children：three daughters and two sons.
Deng was sent to private primary school at the age of five. In the summer of 1919, Deng Xiaoping graduated from the Chongqing School. Then he went to study and work in France in the 1920s. His father strongly supported him, the night before going to France, Deng’s father took his son aside and asked him what he hoped to learn there. He repeated the words he had learned from his teachers：“To learn knowledge and truth from the West in order to save China.”He joined the Communist Party of China（中国共产党） in 1924. In late 1927 , Deng left Moscow to return to China. He joined the army to save China. He died on February 19 , 1997.
Deng Xiaoping’s birthday is ________.

A．August 20	B．February 19
C．August 22	D．September 18

There were _______ in his family.
A. three brothers and two sisters
B. two brothers and three sisters
B. two daughters and two sons
D. three daughters and two sons
Deng went to school ___________.

A．in 1909

B．in 1919

C．in 1911

D．in 1933

How old was Deng when he died?

A．Eighty-three years old	B．Ninety-three years old
C．Twenty-three years old	D．Thirty-five years old

According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．Deng’s first daughter was alive

B．Deng’s father was poor at that time

C．Zhuo Lin was Deng’s schoolmate

D．Deng left school in1919.

When we talk about village teachers, we often think of difficult conditions, heavy teaching tasks and little income. But there is a village teacher who makes his teaching jobso interesting. His name is Liu Yuesheng who is now called “the most beautiful teacher”, Liu comes from Liugang Village Middle School in Dagang, Tianjin. The school is a rural area middle school. It has only about more than 300 students and teachers. Though the school is small, it is only a village school that takes the municipal (市级的) scientific research projects in Tianjin. Since Liu started to work at Liugang Village Middle School in 1999, he has led his students completing the 300 designs and reportings of national patents (国家专利).
Liu spent three years writing a book called Practice and Invention. In this book, he mostly tells people his teaching experience. The inventions of his students won the silver medal in the national youth science and technology competition. The rural students improve their living skills while they are inventing. Many of the students start their own business after graduation（毕业后）.
Liu also guided his students to make a big 260 Model Airplane. He often takes his students to go to the wetlands (湿地) and take photos during holidays. In order to call on people to pay more attention to protecting environment, he further watches the number of the birds with his students. Today , the wetland aerial(航拍) of his school of has reached the UAV(无人机) level.
Liugang Village Middle School is very ________.

A．poor

B．rich

C．small

D．big

Liu yuesheng has been teaching Liugang Village Middle School for ______years.

A．20

B．18

C．15

D．12

In his book Practice and Invention , Liu mainly tells ___________.

A．his inventions	B．his teaching experience
C．his students	D．his teaching ways

Liu and his students tell people to protect environment by _______.

A．taking photos	B．inventing
C．making speeches	D．watching the number of the birds

From the passage , we know Liu Yuesheng is a __________.

A．creative and unusual	B．hard-working and serious
C．humorous and patient	D．strange and quiet

Last week I went to London for a holiday with Jenny.
We got there by plane on Monday morning and took a taxi to our hotel. In the afternoon we went for a walk in Hyde Park.
On Tuesday we saw Big Ben and Buckingham Palace.
The next day we visited the British Museum and had supper in a Chinese restaurant!
On Thursday morning we relaxed. Then we went to Tower Bridge by boat on the River Thames and looked at the city.
On the last day I did some shopping and Jenny listened to a concert in the park. After I went back to the hotel, I sent some emails to my friends.
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Last week I went to London with Marry.
We went for a walk in Hyde Park on Monday afternoon.
On Thursday we went to Tower Bridge by taxi.
On the last day I did some shopping.
Jenny sent some emails to her friends.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilson lived in a big city. They liked traveling. One summer they went to the countryside for their holiday. They enjoyed it very much, because it was a quiet and clean place.
One day they went out for a walk early in the morning and saw an old man. He lived on the farm, and he was sitting alone in the warm sun in front of the house. Mr. Wilson asked him, “Do you like living in the quiet place?”
The old man said, “Yes, I do.”
Mr. Wilson asked, “What are the good things about it?”
The old man answered. “Well, everybody knows everybody. People often come and see me, and I often go and see them. And there’re lots of children here.”
Mr. Wilson said, “That’s interesting. And what are the bad things?”
The old man thought for a minute and said, “Well, the same things.”
Where did Mr. and Mrs. Wilson live? _____________.

A．In a big city.	B．In the countryside.
C．On the farm.	D．In town.

Why did they like the countryside? Because ____________.

A．it was far

B．they had a farm in the countryside.

C．it was quiet and clean

D．they saw the old man

Was the old man their uncle? ____________.

A．Yes, he was.	B．No, he wasn’t.
C．I think so.	D．We don’t know.

What did the old man think were the good things about the countryside? ____________.

A．Everybody knew each other.

B．Everybody didn’t know each other.

C．It was clean and quiet.

D．He had a farm.

Did the old man think the good things were the same as the bad things? _____.

A．Yes, he did.	B．No, he didn’t.
C．I don’t know.	D．Yes, he do.

Jenny had a trip to Yunnan last week. The following is her schedule(行程表).

Date	Place	Activities
Monday, June 3	Kunming	◆Arrived at 12:20 by plane
◆Relaxed at the hotel
◆Went to Dali at 22:13 by train
Tuesday, June 4	Dali	◆Took a boat trip on Erhai Lake
◆Watched a dancing show
◆Visited Butterfly Spring Park
◆Went to Lijiang by bus
Wednesday, June 5	Lijiang	◆Climbed Yulong Snow Mountain
◆Traveled around the Old Town of Lijiang
◆Bought gifts
Thursday, June 6	◆Went back to Kunming by plane
Kunming	◆Visited the Stone Forest
Friday, June 7	Kunming	◆Visited the flower market
◆Went back at 15:30 by plane

How long was Jenny’s trip to Yunnan? ____________.

A．One week.	B．Three days.
C．Five days.	D．Ten days.

How did Jenny go to Dali? ____________.

A．By train.	B．By plane.
C．By boat.	D．By bus.

What did Jenny do in Lijiang? ______________.

A．She took a boat trip.

B．She relaxed at the hotel.

C．She visited a flower market.

D．She climbed the mountain.

Where was Jenny at 12:00 on June 7? ___________.

A．In Dali.	B．In Kunming.
C．In Lijiang.	D．At home.

What can we learn from the schedule? ____________.

A．Butterfly Spring Park is in Kunming.

B．Jenny didn’t visit the old Town of Lijiang.

C．Jenny visited the Stone Forest on Friday.

D．Jenny bought some presents in Li jiang.