Yao Ming, the center of the Chinese National Men’s basketball team, served the Houston Rockets in the 2002 NBA. The 2.26m,120kg center becomes the first one to come from a foreign team.
Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September, 1980. His mother was a center and captain of the Chinese National Women’s Team. His father played basketball, too.
Yao Ming is widely known in China. He came to be a very important basketball player in China Basketball Association(联赛). It’s short for CBA. During the 2000-2001 season, he got 27.1 scores for the Shanghai Oriental(东方) Sharks in every match.
Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets in November, 2002. He said this was a new start in his basketball life. He would do his best to learn from the NBA and improve himself.
Sport analyst(分析家) Bill Walton said, “Yao Ming has the potential(潜力), the capability() of changing the future of basketball.”The Houston Rockets is the name of a ________ team.
| A．table tennis | B．volleyball |
| C．basketball | D．golf. |
Yao Ming _________ the Houston Rockets in November, 2002 .
| A．did his best to join | B．was well-known in |
| C．became a member of | D．took part in |
Sport analyst Bill Walton thought Yao Ming was able to __________.
A. learn from the NBA.
B. change the future of basketball
C. improve himself
D. became the captain of the Houston Rockets.
B
People usually talk about two groups of colors: warm colors and cool colors. Scientists think that there are also two kinds of people: people who prefer warm colors and people who prefer cool colors. The warm colors are red, orange and yellow. Where there are warm colors and a lot of lights people usually want to be active. People think that red, for example, is exciting. Sociable people, those who like to be with others, like red.
The cool colors are green, blue and violet. These colors, unlike warm colors, are relaxing. Where there are cool colors, people are usually quiet. People who like to spend time alone often prefer blue. Red may be exciting, but one scientist says that time seems to pass more slowly in a room with warm colors than in a room with cool colors. He says that a warm color, such as red or orange, is good color for a living room or restaurant. People who are resting or eating do not want time to pass quickly. Cool colors are better for offices or factories if the people who are working there want time to pass quickly.According to this passage, people who don't like to be with others _______.
| A．like orange color | B．like blue color |
| C．prefer warm color | D．are usually active |
Which of the following is true according to this passage?
| A．Scientists like warm colors better than cool colors. |
| B．Time seems to pass more quickly in a room with red than with violet. |
| C．Time passes more slowly where there are cool colors. |
| D．We'd better color a living room or restaurant in warm colors. |
Why are offices and factories often colored in cool colors according to the scientist?
| A．Because these colors can make time pass more quickly. |
| B．Because these colors can make people excited. |
| C．Because everybody likes white color. |
| D．Because working people can be more active. |
The best title of this passage should be _______.
| A．Warm Colors and Cool Colors | B．People and Colors |
| C．Sociable People Like Warm Colors | D．Places and Colors |
A
Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple, was not a good student when he was in school. At that time, he always got into trouble with his schoolmates. When he went to college, he didn’t change a lot. Then he dropped out（退学）. But he was full of new ideas.
After that, Steve Jobs worked as a video game designer in a company. He worked there only for a few months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and a new chance to change his life.
Steve Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India. In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the first Apple Computer with his friend in his garage. He chose the name “Apple”just because it reminded him of a happy summer he once spent in an apple orchard.
His first Apple Computer was a great success. Because of this, Steve Jobs soon became famous all over the world.Steven Jobs always got into trouble with _______ in school.
| A．his schoolmates | B．his parents | C．his teachers | D．his brothers |
Steven Jobs designed the first Apple Computer with his friend _______.
| A．in his school | B．in his company | C．in his garage | D．at home |
Which of the following is not true?
| A．Steve Jobs didn’t finish his college. |
| B．Steve Jobs worked as a video game designer in a company for a few months. |
| C．Steve Jobs soon became famous all over the world because of his first Apple computer. |
| D．Steve Jobs chose the name “Apple” just because he liked eating apples. |
C
It was at least tow months before Christmas, when nine-year-old Almie Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bike. Her Barbi bike was just too old, and it needed repairing as well.
As Christmas came nearer, her dream for a bike seemed to disappear, so we thought, for she didn’t mention it again. We were busy buying some beautiful storybooks, a doll house, a holiday dress and toys. Then much to our surprise, on December 24, she said she really wanted a bike more than anything else.
Now we didn’t know what to do. It was just toot late. We were busy with Christmas dinner and packing children’s presents, parents’ presents, a brother’s present and friends’ presents till midnight.So there was no time to take to buy the “right bike” for our little girl. Thinking that we were parents who would make their children unhappy, we felt guilty and sad.
Suddenly my husband came up with an idea. “What if I make a little bike out of clay(泥土) and write a note(便条) that she could trade in(交换) the model bike for a real one?” So he spent the next five hours carefully working with the clay to make a small bike.
On Christmas morning, we were so excited for Almie Rose to open the little box with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. She opened and read the note loudly.
She looked at me and Ron and said, ”So does this mean I can trade in this bike for a real one?” Smiling, I said, “Yes.”
Almie Rose had tears in her eyes when she replied, “I would never trade in this beautiful bike that Daddy made me. I prefer to keep it rather than get a real bike.” At that moment, we would have moved the God to buy her every bike on the Earth.Rose’s wish was to____ on Christmas Day.
| A．get a new bike | B．make a clay bike |
| C．receive a doll house | D．repair her old Barbi bike |
Rose’s parents didn’t buy her a bike because she____.
| A．didn’t want a bike any more |
| B．changed her idea to some story books |
| C．didn’t mention it in the last tow months |
| D．asked for it only on December 24 |
The word “guilty” in the third paragraph(段落) means____.
| A．unhappy | B．worried | C．happy | D．sorry |
Rose’s father got a good idea to____.
| A．spend five hours finishing making a small bike with clay |
| B．make a small bike red and white |
| C．make her old bike red and white |
| D．put the present in the box |
From Rose’s words in the last passage , we know that she____
| A．still wanted to get a real bike |
| B．didn’t know the meaning of the note |
| C．preferred a real bike to a model bike |
| D．was greatly moved by what her father had done |
Social customs and the ways of behaving change. Things that were considered impolite many years ago are acceptable . Just a few years ago, it was considered to be impolite behavior for a man to smoke on the street . No man who thought of himself as being a gentleman would make fool of himself by smoking when a lady was in the room.
Customs are also different from country to country. Does a man walk on the left or on the right of a woman in your country? Or doesn’t it matter? What about table manners?
The Americans and the British not only speak the same language but also share a large number of social customs. For example, in both America and England people shake hands when they meet each other for the first time. Also, most Englishmen will open a door for a wonman or offer their seat to a woman , and so will most Americans. Promptness is important both in England and in America. That is , if a dinner invitation is for 6 o'clock , the dinner guest either arrives close to that time or calls up to explain his delay.
The important thing to remember about social customs is not to do anything that might make other people feel uncomfortable especially if they are your guests. There is an old story about a man who gave a very formal dinner party. When the food was served, one of the guests started to eat his peas with a knife. The other guests were amused or greatly surprised , but the host calmly picked up his knife and began eating in the same way. I t would have been bad manners to make his guest feel foolish or uncomfortable.The underlined phrase” make fool of himself” in the first passage means____
| A．make himself strong | B．make himself rich |
| C．make himself comfortable | D．cause himself to seem like a fool |
According to the passage , the American and British _____
| A．don’t speak the same language |
| B．don’t have social custom in common |
| C．do share a lot of social customs |
| D．do have the exactly same social customs |
If a dinner invitation is for six o’clock , the guest is supposed to arrive at ____ six
| A．nearly a minute or two later than | B．a quarter to |
| C．a quarter to | D．much later than |
The last example in the passage shows____
| A．The correct way to use a knife at table |
| B．that it is good manners not to make your guests feel foolish or uncomfortable |
| C．that social customs and ways of behaving change too fast |
| D．promptness is important both in England and in America |
Which of the following do you think is the best title for this passage?
| A．Social Customs and Customs | B．Social Life |
| C．American and British Customs | D．Promptness is Important |
A
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