（1）Whatsinthispackage（包裹）？A．As-优题课

Once there was a piano player in a bar. People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.
"I don’t sing," said the man.
But the lady told the waiter, "I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!
The waiter shouted across the room, "Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!’
So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.
You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.
The lady asked the player to sing a song because _____.

A．she had paid him for this

B．she knew him very well

C．she wanted to have a change

D．she enjoyed his singing

Nat King Cole succeeded because _____.

A．the lady helped him a lot

B．he caught the chance

C．he continued to play in the bar

D．he stopped playing the piano

The words "sit on" in the passage probably mean"

A．参加

B．搁置

C．开发

D．展示

Which could be the best title for the passage?

A．Sing in the Bar

B．Achieve Success in Life

C．Never Lose Heart

D．Find Your Hidden Talent

Mr. Gregory Gale is one of the few people in England who are 100 years old. On the day of his birthday, he played a game of tennis and went for a long walk. A few days later a radio reporter came to his house and asked him if he had any “secrets of long life”. This is what Mr. Gale said, “No, I don’t know any secrets like that, but there are a few simple rules of good life. I’ve always kept them all my life. The first is this: Don’t listen to those fools who tell you to give up all the pleasures of life! The second is to enjoy all the pleasures of life in moderation(节制). For example, I’ve always smoked a few good cigars every day. Not many, mind you! Only two or three! I’ve always also drunk a little good wine with my meals, perhaps two or three glasses. The third rule is to take a little exercise every day. I’ve taken a little and on Saturdays I’ve played a little tennis or golf.”
Which of the following isn’t true?

A．Mr. Gale is still young.

B．Mr. Gale is 100 years old.

C．Mr. Gale is one of the oldest men in England.

D．Mr. Gale was interviewed by a radio reporter after his 100th birthday.

Which of the following doesn’t Mr. Gale do in his life?

A．Playing.

B．Drinking.

C．Eating a lot.

D．Smoking.

Why is Mr. Gale able to live such a long life?

A．Because he knows some “secrets of long life”.

B．Because he keeps a few simple rules of good life.

C．Because he gives up all the pleasures of life.

D．Because he enjoys all the pleasures of life without thinking of his health.

A new Long March（长征）
Twenty-one people from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland began a new Long March on October 15. They will walk about 8，000 kilometers from Ruijin， Jiangxi to Wuqi， Shanxi. They hope to get 20.2 million Yuan to build 101 schools and help poor children go back to school. They hope to finish the march by August 16, 2012.
The football team
The Chinese under-17 football team is No. 1 in Asia. They won the Asian U-17 Championship（亚洲U-17锦标赛）in Japan on Saturday. They beat the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea（朝鲜）by 1:0. After 85 minutes， Wang Weilong got the only goal. They took the cup for the first time in 12 years.
Liu leaves China
Chinese actor Liu Ye left for the US on Monday to make a film called Meteor（《流星》）。 He is going to act with the Hollywood film star Meryl Streep. His former classmate Zhang Ziyi sent Liu a message to encourage him. Liu was worried about his English， and worked hard on it before he left. People know him from films like last year’s “Mei Ren Cao”。
From the news，we know that the twenty-one people began a new Long March to ______.

A．travel around China

B．visit some schools

C．teach poor children

D．get some money and help poor children go back to school

The second piece of news tells us ______.

A．Korea held this contest

B．the Chinese football team is No. 1 in South-East Asia

C．the Chinese under-17 football team won the world championship

D．the Chinese under-17 football team won the championship for the first time in 12years

Which of the paragraphs is about sports？ ______

A．The 1st	B．The 2nd
C．The 3rd	D．The 3th and the 1st

阅读短文后回答问题
I have many pen pals in many countries.
Bill is my first pen pal .He is 13 years old. He is from Singapore. He lives with his grandparents .He has a big family.
Reiko is a little girl. She is Japanese .She is only 10 years old, but she can speak French and English.
Mike is from Australia .He often talks to me on the Internet(互联网) .He likes basketball very much. His favorite basketball star is Michael Jordan.
Sally lives in New York of the USA. She is my new pen pal. She is very kind .She has many pen pals in China. She likes writing to them.
Gao Yu is also my pen pal .But he is a Chinese boy .He is in Beijing and he often calls me on weekends. We talk about something interesting in school.
How old is Bill?
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What other languages can Reiko speak?
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Where does Sally live?
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Where is Gao Yu from?
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What’s Mike’s favorite sport?
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根据短文内容判断句子正（T）误(F)。
Welcome to our school. Our school is on Xianyang Street. It’s next to the Xinhua Library. There is a big garden across from our school. The payphone is between our school and the post office. There are three buildings in our school, the students’ building, the teachers’ building and a library. The teachers in our school are good. Our school yard is very beautiful. If you come to our school from the airport, take a taxi and go along the highway until you see a bridge. Go across the bridge and turn left. Then go straight along the Bridge Street. Our school is on the right.
Our school is between the post office and the garden.
The big garden is on Xiangyang Street.
The pay phone is next to the post office.
If you go straight along the highway, you can get to our school.
The market is across from our school.