ZhangJiacheng，aged14，isaone﹣ar-优题课

Zhang Jiacheng， aged 14， is a one﹣armed boy who recently became an online star because of a short video of him playing basketball． Now， news on the boy has reached NBA player Stephen Curry．

"Who is this kid？ Help me find him! He is so cute ，" posted Curry on Weibo． Later that day， Zhang replied to Curry， "Hello， Curry! I am a big fan of yours． I love you so much because you achieved a lot although you are not one of the big guys in the NBA．

Zhang also talked about his favorite CBA players Yi Jianlian of Guangdong and Guo Ailun of Liaoning．In fact， Yi had already noticed Zhang． Having shared his video， Yi posted on Weibo， "Your heart is always the strongest part of your body．" Yi's former national teammate Zhu Fangyu also reposted the video， commenting （评论）， "I have never seen any kid play basketball better than him． We want to invite him to visit our team．" Former CBA player Wang Jing spoke highly of his performance， "Your right hand has been taken away， but you have the most powerful left hand．"

His perfect moves make it even harder to believe that this kid learned these skills in less than two years． Be it rainy or windy， Zhang never stops playing basketball． He has posted 13 videos of him developing basketball skills and earned almost one million likes． "Giveit a try， or give it up，" Zhang believed． Zhang said his dream is to become a professional basketball player in the future． By the way he plays， you know he is serious．

（1）Who didn't comment on Zhang？　　

A．	Guo Ailun．
B．	Yi Jianlian．
C．	Stephen Curry．
D．	Zhu Fangyu．

（2）Which comment can describe Zhang best？　　

A．	Help me find him! He is so cute．
B．	We want to invite him to visit our team．
C．	Your heart is always the strongest part of your body．
D．	Your right hand has been taken away， but you have the most powerful left hand．

（3）What does the underlined sentence probably mean in the last paragraph？　　

A．	He takes Zhu Fangyu's words seriously．
B．	He hurts himself seriously in playing basketball．
C．	He finds it hard to be a professional basketball player．
D．	He really wants to be a professional basketball player．

（4）Why is Zhang highly praised？　　

A．	Many stars like him．
B．	He has millions of fans．
C．	He is one﹣armed but he learned to play basketball．
D．	He has strong will and wonderful basketball skills．

（5）What can we learn from Zhang？　　

A．	It's never too old to learn．
B．	Never give up your dream．
C．	A good beginning is half done．
D．	Failure is the mother of success．

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Children's Training Center （Telephone： 2641729）
Subject	Time	Day	Place	Teacher	Telephone
English	9：00 am﹣11：00 am	Monday Thursday Friday	Room 201	Miss Liu	13869743432
Drawing	3：00 pm﹣5：00 pm	Tuesday Thursday Sunday	Room 307	Mr． Ben	13977381342
Swimming	9：00 am﹣11：00 am 3：00 pm﹣5：00 pm	Wednesday Saturday Sunday	The swimming pool	Mr． Zhang	13205308207

根据表格信息，选择最佳选项．

（1）You can learn English on 　　in Children's Training Center．

A．	Monday
B．	Tuesday
C．	Wednesday
D．	Saturday

（2）If you learn drawing， you may go to 　　．

A．	Room 201
B．	Room 307
C．	the swimming pool
D．	Mr． Ben's office

（3）Mr． Zhang teaches 　　in the center．

A． English

A．	drawing
B．	dancing
C．	swimming

（4）If you have any questions about training， you can call 　　．

A．	2641729
B．	13977381342
C．	13869743432
D．	13205308207

（5）You can learn 　　at 3：00 pm﹣ 5：00 pm on Saturday．

A．	English
B．	drawing
C．	dancing
D．	swimming

My name is Daming． I'm twelve years old and I'm from Beijing． Beijing is the capital of China． My mother is a nurse， and my father is an actor．We are Chinese． This is Tony Smith． Tony is his first name and Smith is his last name． He's my friend but he is not in my class． He is from Cambridge． It's small city in England．He's thirteen years old． His mother is an English teacher． His father is a doctor． They are English．

根据短文内容，判断句子的正误，正确的在答题卡上涂T，错误的涂F．

（1）Daming is twelve years old．　　

（2）Daming is not from Beijing．　　

（3）Tony is not in Daming class．　　

（4）Cambridge is small city in England．　　

（5）Tony's mother is a doctor．　　

Starting high school is a great experience for any teenager．Whether you are coming from a middle school（grades six through eight） or a junior high school（grades seven through nine），there are many things about high that are different from your old school environment．（61）　　

You will face being in a new school，making new friends in an unfamiliar class and getting to know new teachers．These new teachers will usually have higher academic（学术的） level than your middle and junior﹣high school teachers．（62）　　In return，they expect you to work hard and develop your skills．

On top of all this，peer pressure（同伴压力） to drink and smoke often increases in high school．（63）　　

Although there is a lot of pressure，it is nothing you can not deal with．If you are feeling pressure to do something that you feel is wrong，talk to a friend，parent or counselor to find a solution（解决）．（64）　　If you are not succeeding academically，find someone to help you．If you feel lonely，try to join a school club or group to make new friends．

（65）　　With time，you will come to be thankful for everything about your experience．On the point of starting you high school，are you ready？

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺、内容完整．

A．	You will experience many changes．
B．	They want to help you get into college．
C．	High school may seem discouraging at first．
D．	They are there to help you get into this great new time in your life．
E．	Besides，the pressure could also come from grades，loneliness and so on．

The idea that red means stop and green means go has influenced our lives in more ways than just traffic signals（信号）．We have been taught from a young age that the color red means danger and green means it's okay to move forward．But why were those colors chosen for traffic lights in the first place？For something we have to look at every day，why couldn't they have been prettier colors？

Well，it's important to know that before traffic lights for cars，there were traffic signals for trains．At first，railway companies used red to mean stop，white to mean go，and green to mean warn．As you could imagine，trains ran into a few problems with white meaning go．For example，one train mistook a bright star for a white light and something unexpected happened．Because of that，railway companies finally moved green meaning go and used yellow to mean warn．And it's been that way ever since．

Red has always been a color that mean danger，long before cars were even around．This most likely started because it's the color with the longest wavelength（波长） so it can be seen somewhere farther than

other colors．

But，believe it or not，yellow was once used to mean stop．Back in the 1900s，some stop signs were yellow because it was too hard to see a red sign in a poorly lit area．Finally，highly reflective materials（高反射材料） were developed and red stop signs were born．Since yellow can be seen well at all times of the day，school zones，some traffic signs，and school buses continue to be printed yellow．

So next time you are impatiently waiting at a traffic light，don't get so mad at them，they've certainly come a long way．

根据材料内容选择最佳答案．

56．What were traffic signals for before traffic lights for cars？　　

A．	Trains
B．	Boats．
C．	Planes
D．	Bicycles

57．Which of the following colors meant go at first？　　

A．	Red．
B．	Yellow．
C．	White．
D．	Green．

58．Why does red mean danger？　　

A．	Because it's the brightest color．
B．	Because it can be seen far away．
C．	Because railway companies say so．
D．	Because it has the shortest wavelength．

59．Why are school buses painted yellow？　　

A．	Because yellow is a prettier color．
B．	Because yellow once meat danger．
C．	Because yellow can be seen well in daytime．
D．	Because yellow means it's OK to go forward．

60．What does the text mainly tell us？　　

A．	How important traffic lights are．
B．	Which color has the longest wavelength．
C．	What red，yellow and green can be used for．
D．	Why traffic lights are red，yellow and green．

Not only kids of Tiger Moms go to Harvard．

Dawn Loggins of Lawndale，N．C．is on her way to Harvard，one of the eight world﹣famous universities in the eastern US．Nobody encouraged her to study or paid for her special classes．This girl created her own future．

The teen was abandonedby her family last summer，when her parents and two sisters moved to Tennessee．She found herself homeless and had to spend the night on friends'sofas．

The school bus driver learned about Dawn's situation and invited Dawn to move in with her family．Soon，Dawn had a job at Burns High School．She worked from 6 a．m．to 7：40 a．m．before the first school bell rang．She swept floors and picked up trash again in the afternoons，before diving（跳水）into her studies in the evenings．

Dawn's hard work paid off．She finished school with a 3.9 GPA and scored 2，110 on the SAT．

"There were times when I felt like it would be easiest if I gave up，"the 18﹣year﹣old said．"But it was never in me to give up，because I realized that I was never going to be successful unless I got an education．"

Even before Dawn's family left her，she led a difficult life．Her family was poor and cups of noodles were often the only food．Dawn"studied by candlelight"because her parents couldn't afford to pay the electricity bill（电费）．

Dawn has now reconnected with her family．They are proud of her accomplishments（成就） and are attending her high school graduation．

根据材料内容选择最佳答案．

（1）Why didn't Dawn give up her studies？　　

A．	To reconnect with her family．
B．	To thank those who had helped her．
C．	To get an education to be successful．
D．	To realize her dream of going to Harvard．

（2）Who helped Dawn when she found herself homeless？　　

A．	Her teachers．
B．	Her neighbors．
C．	A Tiger Mom．
D．	A school bus driver．

（3）What does the underlined word"abandoned"mean in Chinese？　　

A．	宠爱
B．	抛弃
C．	鼓励
D．	虐待

（4）Which of the following words describes Dawn？　　

A．	Open﹣minded．
B．	Good﹣natured．
C．	Strong﹣willed．
D．	Warm﹣hearted

（5）What is the best title for the text？　　

A．	Another Harvard girl．
B．	A girl in candlelight．
C．	From homeless to Harvard．
D．	The role of Tiger Moms．