Eric Liddell was known as the flying Scotsman（苏格兰人）because he ran so fast. But he is most remembered as a man of honor and bravery.
He was born in 1902 in Tianjin, north China. In Chinese, he was known as Li Airui. Eric lived in China until the age of five. After that his parents sent him to school in England. In 1920, Eric went to the University of Edinburgh to study science.
Sports played a large part in his life and he became the fastest runner in Scotland. He was chosen to be part of Britain’s 1924 Olympic team. The games were in Paris. The 100-meter race was his best event, but it was to be held on a Sunday. Eric, a strong Christian（基督徒），refused to run on Sundays because he believed that it should be a day of rest as the Bible（圣经）teaches.
Although many people told him to run the race, he refused. Instead he started to train for other distances. At the Olympics he won a bronze medal in the 200-meter race and then a gold medal in the 400-meter race, setting a world record.
Though then famous in Scotland, Eric still loved and remembered China. He wanted to go back to the country where he was born. In 1925, he went to China and worked as a middle school teacher in Tianjin. Then he went to Hebei Province to help the poor people there.
After the Japanese invaded（入侵）China, Eric chose to stay. He wanted to help the sick and give hope to the Chinese people. In 1943, the Japanese sent him to a prison camp（集中营）in Weifang. Even in the camp, he continued to help the old people. He also arranged games for the children, and taught them science.
In 1945, Eric was very ill. He was given a chance to leave the camp but he refused. Instead he gave this chance to a pregnant woman. This inspiring man died six months before the end of the war. Many people still remember his service to the Chinese people of that area.
Eric went back to England to .
A. go to school
B. held the Scottish people
C. take part in the Olympic Games
Eric set a world record in the race.
A. 100-race B. 200-race C. 400-race
Eric returned to China in .
A. 1925 B. 1943 C. 1945
Eric lived in China for years all together.
A. 5 B. 20 C. 25.
People remember Eric mainly because of his .
A. running B. giving C. teaching
My name is Lucy. I have two good friends, Mary and June. June and I are twelve years old. Mary is thirteen years old. My birthday is November 11th．June’s birthday is September 11th ．And Mary’s birthday is January 18th. I like red, but they like green. Mary and June are in the same school. They have an Art Festival and a school trip every year, but I only have a Music Festival at my school.
1. Lucy was born in ________.
A. October B. November C. September D. January
2. What does Lucy have at her school every year?
A. An Art Festival B. A school trip
C. A Music Festival D. An Art Festival and a school trip
What is the sky(天空)? Where is it? How high is it? What lies above it? These questions are hard to answer, aren’t they?
Is the sky blue? The sky has no color. We know that there is air around the world. When planes fly, they need air to lift their wings(翼) . Planes cannot fly very high because when they go high, the air gets thinner. If we go up about 1,200 kilometers from the earth, we find there is no air.
Perhaps(也许) we can answer some of our questions now. The sky is space(空间). In this space there is only the sun, the moon and all the stars.
6.What is the sky?
A. It’s the clouds B. It’s space. C It’s air D It’s nothing
7. The sky _____
A. is blue B. is white C. is black D. has no color
8. Planes cannot fly very high because _________.
A. the air becomes thinner B. the flying machine is not good
C. people will be afraid if the planes fly too high D. it is not necessary for planes to fly so high
9 If we go up about 1,200 kilometers from the earth, we find ___________.
A. there is more air B. there is less air C .there is nothing but air D there is no air
10. In space there is _________.
A. nothing B. air everywhere C. everything D. only the sun , the moon and all the stars
One day an old man is selling a big elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly. The old man goes up to him and says in his ear, “ Don’t say anything about the elephant before I sell it. Then I will give you twenty dollars.” “All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars and says, “ Now, can you tell me how you found the elephant’s bad ears?” “ I didn’t find the bad ears,” says the young man. “ Then why are you looking at the elephant slowly?” asks the old man. The young man answers, “Because I have never seen an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”
( )1. ______ the elephant.
A. The young man sells B. The old man sells
C. The two men sell D. The old man buys
( )2. The young man is looking at the elephant slowly. He wants to find out _______.
A. which foot of the elephant is bad B. how heavy it is
C. which ear of the elephant is bad D. what it looks like
( )3. The young man _______.
A. knows the elephant has bad ears B. wants to buy the elephant
C. looks after the elephantD. gets some money from the old man
( )4. The young man _______.
A. is not interested in elephants
B. knows what an elephant looks like
C. has seen some elephants before
D. has never seen an elephant before
( )5. Hearing what the young man said, the old man will probably(可能) be ______
A. angry B. happy C. dangerous D. hungry
We call the Chinese New Year the Spring Festival（春节）. There is a name for each Chinese year. We may call it the year of the sheep , the year of the monkey or the year of the dog. And this year is the year of the horse.
Before New Year’s Day, people are busy shopping and cleaning their houses. On New Year’s Eve, there is a big family dinner. After dinner, all the family stay up late to welcome the New Year. On the first day of the New Year, people put on their new clothes and go to visit their friends and relatives（亲戚）. They say “good luck” and some other greetings to each other. People usually have a very good time during the festival. How many Chinese festivals are talked about (谈论）in this passage ?
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
We can find every Chinese year is given ___________ name.
| A．an animal | B．a plant | C．a family | D．a full |
How do Chinese people usually spend New Year’s Eve ?
| A．They put on new clothes and go to the park . |
| B．They visit their friends and relatives |
| C．They are busy shopping and cleaning their houses |
| D．They have a big dinner and stay up late to welcome the New Year. |
On New Year’s Day, people say “___________” to each other when they meet
| A．Merry Christmas | B．Good luck |
| C．Happy New Year | D．Both B and C |
The best title for this passage (本文的最佳题目)is ____________
| A．Good Time | B．The Spring Festival |
| C．Big Dinner | D．The Year of the Horse |
This is Mike’s bedroom. You can see a desk and a bed in the room. On the desk, there is a backpack and three books. One is a Chinese book, the other two are English books. There is a clock on the desk, too. You can see a baseball under the desk. On the bed there is a box. Can you guess what’s in the box? Ah, it’s a new computer game. It’s the present(礼物) for Mike’s seventh birthday.Whose room is this?
| A．May’s. | B．Mike’s. | C．Simon’s | D．Mark’s |
How many Chinese books are there on the desk?
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
What’s that under the desk?
| A．A clock. | B．A bed. | C．A baseball. | D．A notebook. |
What can’t you see on the desk?
| A．A book. | B．A backpack. | C．A computer. | D．A clock. |
How old is Mike?
| A．4. | B．5. | C．6. | D．7. |