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What is your favourite cartoon? It may be difficult for you to decide. But for pianist Lang Lang, Tom and Jerry is the best one.
When Lang Lang was two years old, he saw Tom playing the piano. This was his first time to enjoy western music and this experience encouraged him to learn to play the piano.
His talent at the keyboard has taken him from Shenyang to the world.
Lang became a good piano student at three. Ever since, the boy has been doing better and better. In 1997, the 15-year-old boy studied at a famous American music college.
Lang’s performance are full of energy. He is well-known for making facial expressions and moving around while playing the piano.
The road to success has never been easy. Lang’s father stopped his job to look after him, while his mother stayed in Shenyang to make money. But Lang considers himself lucky and believes he should give something back. He has helped the children in poor areas a lot.

Personal __________ Card
About his personal life	Name	Lang Lang
Year of birth	__________
_________	Keyboard
Favourite _________	Tom and Jerry
The reason for _______ poor children	He believes himself lucky and should give something back.
About his musical life	The _________ for western music in his childhood encouraged him to learn piano ________ .With the help of his parents and teachers , he was able to ______ at a famous American music college, where his success began.
Famous for his ________ performances and _________ facial expressions and moving around while playing the piano.

“Fish stories” are stories of the greatest fish that a fisherman has almost caught, but for some reason, the fish always get away. Usually, these stories do not have much truth to them. One of the biggest fish stories in history was about a whale.
In 1891, a ship hunting for whales in the South Atlantic Ocean found a very large whale. While the hunters were trying to kill the whale, it sank two small boats. One man drowned, and another man, James Bartley, was lost in the ocean. However, after the hunters finally killed the whale, they cut open the whale’s stomach and found Mr Bartley inside. He was not dead!
Several weeks later, Mr Bartley seemed to have gotten over his terrible experience. The only thing he could remember was that while he was inside the whale, it was very hot. The liquid (液体) from the whale’s stomach had turned all of his skin snow white. Mr Bartley had to live with the effect from the whale for the rest of his life.
Today, many people have heard about the strange experience of Mr Bartley and do not buy it. Not one real fact has been found to prove that the events ever took place described by the sailors. No scientist or newspaper reporter was ever able to talk to Mr Bartley, and all of the stories told in magazines about Mr Bartley’s experience were explained by other sailors on the boat. Mr Bartley was probably not even a real person at all.
In 1928, after the captain (船长) of the whaling ship had died, one man asked the captain’s wife about Mr Bartley’s story. The wife said that no man who had sailed on her husband’s ship was ever swallowed by a whale.
However, this has not stopped James Bartley’s story from being repeated, and many people today still believe that it is true.
What made Mr Bartley’s skin white?

A．The ocean water.

B．The whale’s teeth.

C．The heat inside the whale.

D．The liquid in the whale’s stomach.

Who may have talked to Mr Bartley?

A．A scientist.	B．The captain’s wife.
C．The sailors on the ship.	D．A newspaper reporter.

The captain’s wife said that .

A．the story was not true

B．her husband told her the story

C．the whale was never found

D．Mr Bartley didn’t work for her husband

Today, many people have heard about the strange experience of Mr Bartley and do not buy it. Here “buy” means .

A．明白	B．相信
C．购买	D．证明

In paragraph 4 and paragraph 5 we may know that Mr Bartley .

A．became a writer later

B．died when he was young

C．told his story to a magazine reporter

D．was not even a real person at all

London, May 5, 2003 Emma Richards of Britain has become the first woman and the youngest person to finish the Around Alone, which is a round-the-world sailing race. The journey started in New York last September and went east around South Africa to New Zealand. It crossed the Pacific Ocean and went around South America, ending up yesterday in Rhode Island, the smallest state in America. In the end, the trip covered over 46,000 kilometres. The same sea route was taken in the past by many famous travelers who wanted to learn about the world.
Emma, a 1996 graduate (毕业生) of the University of Glasgow, finished the race at the age of twenty-eight. The race requires competitors to sail alone. Emma said that actually it was very difficult to be all by herself for such a long time even though she’s really into sailing. Her worst moment was when she had to climb the high mast (船桅) in a bad storm to fix some broken parts. She sailed hundreds of kilometres away from land and the wind was blowing very hard. Only her strong willpower kept her going to make it all the way. These days, Emma is happy to be home with her parents and sleep in a bed that stays still.
The first paragraph is mostly about .

A．the Around Alone race

B．a terrible wind storm

C．the start of the journey

D．the smallest state in America

Which one is NOT true?

A．Emma sailed alone around the world.

B．Emma made a new route for the sea travel.

C．Emma is the youngest person to finish the race.

D．Emma is the first woman to finish Around Alone.

The second paragraph mainly tells us about .

A．Emma’s parents	B．how to repair a broken boat
C．the University of Glasgow	D．Emma’s sailing experience

How long did the trip take?

A．About four months.	B．About six months.
C．About eight months.	D．About twelve months.

What is the best way to explain Emma’s success?

A．The other racers had many problems.

B．Her parents encouraged her to keep on.

C．She had strong willpower to make it to the end.

D．She had received a good education in a university.

School Library
To Joy Lee,
Just to remind you that you have four overdue books.
Title Writer
① The age of Innocence Edith Wharton due (到期) 22/Jan
② Mr Standfast John Buchan due 24/Jan
③ Imagine Alison Lester due 26/Jan
④ Selected Tales Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm due 26/Jan
Please return these books tomorrow. Other people may be waiting to borrow them.
Jane Johnes
Librarian
Date: 3/Feb/2013
Note: You may not borrow any new books until these books have been returned.

This is .

A．a report	B．an introduction
C．a reminder	D．an advertisement

This note was written by .

A．Jane Johnes	B．Joy Lee
C．Alison Lester	D．John Buchan

John Buchan is .

A．due on 24th January

B．a friend of Joy Lee’s

C．the writer of the note

D．the writer of Mr Standfast

Joy Lee should return the book Imagine before .

A．22ndJan	B．24thJan
C．26thJan	D．3rdFeb

From this note we DON’T know that .

A．Jane Johnes works in the library

B．Joy Lee may not borrow any new books now

C．Joy Lee has lent these four books to other students

D．Jane Johnes asks the note receiver to return the four books on Feb. 4^th

Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best-loved and most successful children's book writers in the world. His books are very popular with young readers. They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants.
In 1954, life magazine published(刊登) a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children's books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish. He did not receive training in art. Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books.
In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is called Green Eggs and Ham.
In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize (普利策奖). He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents.
He died at the age of 87, but his influence remains. Millions of his books have been sold worldwide. People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read. Yet, his books are loved by people of all ages. Doctor Seuss once said, "I do not write for children. I write for people.

Doctor Seuss learned from the magazine that _______.

A．some school children could not read

B．many children's books were interesting

C．children wanted to learn to read

D．a writer for children was wanted

People like his books because the books ______.

A．are cheap and easy to get

B．were written in different languages

C．are easy and interesting to read

D．were written with invented words

He wrote the book The Cat in the Hat at the age of _____.

A．50

B．53

C．56

D．87

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Doctor Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham with over 230 words.

B．Doctor Seuss wrote books only for children in the United States.

C．The Cat in the Hat was written only for six-year-old children.

D．His books provided education and enjoyment for Americans.

From the text we know that Doctor Seuss __________.

A．won a Pulitzer Prize soon after his death

B．sold millions of his books himself worldwide

C．changed American children's way of reading

D．wrote the largest number of books in the world

A．Jim	B．Jim’s parents
C．Janel	D．Jim’s father

A．be a person with good manners	B．say hello
C．speak with another people	D．answer the phone

A．A Christmas Present	B．Jim’s iPhone Contract
C．How to use an iPhone	D．Enjoy Your New iPhone