| Name |
Personal Information |
Name |
Personal Information |
Mo Yan |
Born in 1955. Worked hard and became the first Chinese national writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature(诺贝尔文学奖). His novel: Red Sorghum(红高粱) |
 Yao Ming |
Born in 1980 in Shanghai. The son of two great basketball players. Joined the Houston Rockets in June, 2002. |
Liu Yang |
Born in 1978 in Henan Prov- ince, China. The first Chinese woman astronaut. Traveled in Shenzhou Ⅸ in outer space with Jing Haipeng and Liu Wang from June 16th, 2012 to June 29th, 2012. |
Jay Chou |
Born in 1979 in Taiwan, China. A popular singer Favorite music: Hip-Hop |
| A．Germany | B．Canada |
| C．America | D．England |
| A．sport | B．song |
| C．magazine | D．novel |
| A．11 | B．12 | C．14 | D．15 |
| A．writer | B．astronaut |
| C．basketball player | D．singer |
| A．Liu Yang is the first Chinese woman astronaut from Henan, China. |
| B．Jay Chou is from Taiwan, China. |
| C．Mo Yan is the second writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. |
| D．Yao Ming’s parents are both basketball players. |
Suzy won an award in the USA for her popular talk show on TV. Her show is very popular so even people all over the world know it. Why is her show so popular? Because she cares about people and the world. She usually invites important people to her show to talk about some important issues that everyone cares about. And she is not afraid to fight with the bad things. One of her famous stories is about the "mad cow disease(疯牛病)". When Suzy learned that some businessmen(商人) sold bad beef and lied to people that the cows were without "mad cow disease", she got angry and worried. She didn’t want people to get sick, so she told everyone in her show that she decided not to eat beef any more. She knew that people would follow her and the businessmen would be angry, but she was not afraid. She knew what was the right thing to do.Why is Suzy’s show popular?
| A．Because people all over the world know her. |
| B．Because only important people go to her show. |
| C．Because she cares about the world. |
| D．Because her show is easy to watch. |
What does the underlined word "issues" mean?
| A．Shows. | B．Cows. | C．People. | D．Problems. |
Which is Right about Suzy?
| A．She likes to fight. |
| B．She is brave. |
| C．She never eats beef. |
| D．She hates businessmen. |
This passage mainly(主要地)talks about ______ .
| A．a woman host | B．a talk show |
| C．some businessmen | D．mad cow disease |
|
| A．$15. | B．$30. | C．$35. | D．$50. |
You have ______ ways to know Darling Hotel better according to the passage.
| A．two | B．three | C．four |
D．five |
Where may Darling Hotel be?
| A．In the hills. | B．Near the sea. |
| C．At the train station. | D．In a theatre. |
This passage may be from a magazine about
______.
| A．information | B．history | C．travelling | D．painting |
When you look at the sky at night, the moon looks bigger than the stars. Actually, the moon is much smaller than the stars and the sun. It’s much smaller than the earth. But the moon is much closer to us than any star. That is why it looks so big. If you hold a coin close to your eye, it looks big. If you look at it across the moon, it looks small.
The moon moves around the earth. It makes one trip in about four weeks. The moon looks flat to us. But it is a round ball, like the earth.
People once thought the moon had fire on it. They thought the fire made it bright. Now we know the moon is like a mirror. It gets its light from the sun.
Our sunlight comes from the sun, too. What is the sun? The sun is a star. The stars we can see have their own light. There are many big stars we cannot see. Their light had burned out. Others are still bright, but they are so far away that we cannot see them. The sun looks bigger and much brighter than other stars because it is the nearest of all stars. The sun and the other stars we see are very hot, but the air around us saves us from the heat of the sun.
The sun gives us light and warmth. It makes plants grow and turns leaves green. It makes life possible on our earth. It is a life giving star. It takes _______ for the moon to go around the earth.
| A．more than a week | B．nearly a month | C．half a year | D．more than a year |
The moon is bright because _______.
| A．there is some fire on it | B．it is near the sun, too |
| C．there is a big mirror on it | D．it can get light from the sun |
The passage tells us _______.
| A．the sun is not the biggest star | B．the sun is bigger than any other star |
| C．only the sun can shine | D．the sun is one of the farthest stars to us |
Why do we call the sun "a life giving star"?
| A．Because it gives us warmth. |
| B．Because there are some living things on it. |
| C．Because plants and animals can’t live without it. |
| D．Because people have to live in the dark without it. |
Joan worked in a hospital as a nurse. One evening there was a big dance at the hospital. Most of the doctors and nurses would be there, but of course somebody had to be left to look after the sick children, and Joan was not of the lucky ones. She liked dancing very much, so when she had to start work that evening while her friends were getting ready to go to the dance, she felt very sorry for herself
She went to each sick child one after another and said good-night, until she came to we little boy, Dicky. He was eleven years old, but he was already able to talk like an adult(成年人). Poor Dicky had a very serious(严重的) illness, and now he was hardly (几乎不) able to move any part of his body except his hands. Joan knew he would never get any better, but he was always happy and always thinking about other people instead of about himself.
Dicky knew that Joan loved dancing, so now when she came to say good-night to him, he greeted(问候) her with the words, "I’m very sorry that you have to miss the dance because of us. But we are going to have a party for you. If you look in my drawer, you will find a piece of cake. I saved(省下) it from my supper today, so it is quite fresh. And there is also a dollar there. You can buy something to drink with that. And I’d get up and dance with you myself if I was able to," he added(补充说) .
Suddenly the hospital dance seemed very far away and not at all important to Joan.Dicky was lovely because _______.
| A．he was a nice, kind boy of eleven |
| B．he was always thinking about others more than himself |
| C．he saved a piece of cake for his nurse |
| D．he could foresee(预知) that he would never get any better |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Dicky knew why Joan was unhappy. | B．Dicky heard about the dance. |
| C．Dicky showed sympathy(同情) for Joan. | D．Dicky got up to greet Joan when she came. |
At that party arranged(安排) for Joan, Dicky probably _______.
| A．got up and danced with her |
| B．gave Joan a piece of cake he had saved |
| C．brought her something to drink |
| D．lost the dollar which he was going to give Joan |
What does little birdie say,
In her nest at peep（初现）of day?
Let me fly, says little birdie,
Mother, let me fly away,
Birdie, rest a little longer,
Till the little wings are stronger.
So she rests a little longer,
Then she flies away.
What does little baby say,
In her bed at peep of day?
Baby says, like little birdie,
Let me rise and fly away.
Baby, sleep a little longer,
Till the little limbs(四肢) are stronger.
If she sleeps a little longer,
Baby too shall fly away. In the poem, which words rhyme with "say"?
| A．longer, stronger | B．say, day |
| C．day, away | D．A, B and C |
In the poem, where does the bird rest?
| A．In her bed. | B．In her nest |
| C．At peep of the day. | D．In the sky. |
How do you understand the last sentence If she sleeps a little longer, Baby too shall fly away?
| A．If the baby sleeps for a long time, she can fly. |
| B．The baby is too lazy, so she wants to sleep longer. |
| C．The baby has a special ability to fly like a bird after she sleeps longer. |
| D．You should get enough power and abilities before you do something. |