A British man has learned the skills needed to perform Beijing Opera， making the audience （观众） enjoy his lively performance of the Monkey King．
Ghaffar Pourazar， born in Iran， said he has been a big fan of Bruce Lee since he was a child and is full of interest about China． In 1993， he happened to watch Beijing Opera performed in London by professionals from Jingju Theatre Company of Beijing． Ghaffar said he fell in love with the beautiful voices， colorful costumes， excellent shows and so on． So after one year， he arrived in China alone and became a student of Beijing Opera at a Beijing school．
At the age of 32， he had to learn with teenage students every day， starting from the most basic training of the legs and waist． At the time， he was mostly troubled by the dialogue in Beijing Opera． To him， it was the biggest obstacle． But he never gave up．
Four years later， he began to learn to perform the Monkey King， a traditional character from the Chinese classic story Journey to the West． He said he arrived in the workroom an hour earlier than other performers and also bought books and CDs to better understand the character．
Ghaffar today is not only good a speaking Beijing dialect （方言） but has also built a fame for Beijing Opera． He once got a top international prize for performing the Monkey King．
To help more people enjoy Beijing Opera， Ghaffar often teaches the traditional art form in schools in the United States， Britain and other countries． When he found that the language was difficult to understand， he started to translate Beijing Opera song lyrics． Ghaffar led a group of actors to perform 66 times in a month and a half in the United States． He also led a 48﹣member team to perform in Malaysia． In the past 10 years， he has performed in more than 400 shows．
（1）In the year of 1994， Ghaffar began to ．
A． make friends with Bruce Lee
B． take an interest in China
C． learn Beijing Opera in Beijing
D． act the part of the Monkey King
（2）The underlined word "obstacle" in Paragraph 3 probably means " "．
A． chance
B． problem
C． topic
D． dream
（3）It can be inferred from the passage that Ghaffar ．
A． is successful in performing Beijing Opera
B． has written some books about Beijing Opera
C． got a prize for translating Journey to the West
D． doesn't need any more members in his team
（4）The passage is most probably from the part of in a newspaper．
A． sports
B． business
C． culture
D． education
Have you ever been ill? When you are ill, you must be unhappy because your body becomes hot, and there are pains all over your body. You don’t want to work, you stay in bed feeling very sad.
What makes us ill? It is germs (细菌). Germs are everywhere. They are very small and you can’t find them with your eyes, but you can see them with a microscope（显微镜）. They are very very small and there could be hundreds of them on a very small thing.
Germs are always found in dirty water. When we look at dirty water under the microscope, we shall see them in it. So your father and mother will not let you drink dirty water.
Germs aren’t found only in water. They are found in air and dust（灰尘）. If you cut your finger, if some of the dust from the floor goes into the cut , some of the germs would go into your finger. Your finger would become big and red, and you will have much pain in it. Sometimes the germs would go into all of your body, and you would have pain everywhere.Which of the following is true?
| A．If things are very very small, they are germs. |
| B．If things can’t be seen, they must be germs. |
| C．Germs are only in dirty water. |
| D．Germs are everywhere around us. |
What is a microscope used for?
| A．Making very very small things look much bigger. |
| B．Making very big things look much smaller. |
| C．Helping you read some newspapers. |
| D．Helping you if you can’t see things clearly. |
Why don’t your parents let you drink dirty water?
| A．You haven’t looked at it carefully. |
| B．Water can’t be drunk in this way. |
| C．There must be lots of germs in it. |
| D．Water will make you ill. |
Which of the following is not true?
| A．Germs can be found both in water and in the air. |
| B．Germs can go into your finger if it is cut. |
| C．If your temperature is not OK, there must be germs in your body. |
| D．If your finger isn’t cut, there aren’t any germs on it. |
What’s the main idea of the passage?
| A．Germs may make us ill. |
| B．Germs are in dirty water. |
| C．Don’t drink dirty water. |
| D．Take care of your fingers. |
Do you know what the White House is? Perhaps some of you do，while others don't.
The White House is a house in Washington. The president(总统) of the U.S.A. lives in it. It's really white. But do you know why the White House is white? The story happened in 1812. That year England was at war with America. The British army got to Washington and set the president's house on fire. In 1814，in order to hide the marks of the fire，the stone walls of the president's house were painted white and it has been the “White House”ever since.
41. White House is a house for ___________.
A. the American people.
B. the soldiers of U.S.A.
C. the presidents of U.S.A.
D. the patients of U.S.A.England fought with America in ____________.
| A．1810 | B．1812 |
| C．1814 | D．1916 |
The house is called “White House” because ____________.
| A．it's covered with snow |
| B．the house is very clean |
| C．the stone walls of the house were painted white |
| D．they like white color |
The White House was painted white because ____________.
| A．the house is old |
| B．the house is new |
| C．it was once on fire and was with marks |
| D．they have enough paint |
“ever since” means ___________.
| A．never | B．once |
| C．from then on | D．before |
Do you know Venus(金星)? Of the eight planets， Venus is the nearest one to us. Venus was the Roman goddess of love and beauty. In Greek her name was Aphrodite. Venus and the Earth are almost the same size， and you would weigh almost the same on both planets. If you were 70 pounds on Earth， you would be 63 pounds on Venus.
Venus is an “unfriendly” planet. Because of its thick cloud， you can’t see the surface(表面). In many ways Venus is like the Earth. It has active volcanoes(火山)， mountains and valleys， too. But Venus is too hot for life. It has the hottest temperature of the planets in our solar system， about 480℃.Besides， the Earth lets heat out through volcanoes， hot springs， but Venus lets heat out in a different way. Venus has no moons. Scientists call Venus the Earth’s sister planet because Venus and the Earth are almost the same size. For a long time most scientists thought that Venus probably had plants， animals and possibly even humans. However， because Venus is so hot， it is impossible for anything to live there.
| A．danger and thought | B．love and beauty |
| C．beauty and danger | D．love and thought |
| A．54kg | B．60kg | C．63kg | D．70kg |
| A．It’s the nearest planet to us. |
| B．It’s almost the same size as the Earth. |
| C．Anything can’t live there. |
| D．People can’t see it clearly from the outside. |
| A．The Earth and Venus are similar in size. |
| B．Venus has the same way to let heat out as the Earth. |
| C．The surface of Venus is much hotter than that of the Earth. |
| D．Both the Earth and Venus have active volcanoes. |
| A．Planets around Us |
| B．Life on Other Planets |
| C．The Story of Venus |
| D．The Introduction(介绍) to Venus |
阅读理解（共10题，每小题2分，共20分）
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Everyone knows that there's not enough land in Hong Kong. If you go there by air， you will land at Kai Tak Airport. It was built out into the sea. It is in the part of Hong Kong called Kowloon. Kowloon is one of the two big islands in Hong Kong.
The other island is Hong Kong itself. You can get there by ship or through a tunnel (隧道) under the sea.
The population of Hong Kong is more than six million. Chinese and English are spoken by many people there. Clothes， computers， radios， televisions are made in Hong Kong. It is a shopping center. You can buy all kinds of things there.
Hong Kong is also a beautiful city. It is a good place for traveling. People from all over the world visit Hong Kong every year. You can watch dog-racing and motor-racing there. When you are hot and tired， you may rest in the small cool gardens. There are also a lot of tall buildings with comfortable rooms to live in. If you enjoy eating out， you can easily find a good place for delicious food. Foods of different flavors (风味) are served in Hong Kong.Where was Kai Tak Airport built?
| A．It was built out into the sea. |
| B．It was built out into the lake. |
| C．It was built out into the river. |
| D．It was built out into the pool. |
What's the population of Hong Kong?
| A．Nearly 6 million. | B．Less than 6 million. |
| C．Over 6 million. | D．Only 6 million. |
How many products (产品) of Hong Kong are mentioned in this passage?
| A．7. | B．6. | C．5. | D．4. |
Which of the following sentences is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Kai Tak Airport is in Kowloon. |
| B．There're a lot of big islands in Hong Kong. |
| C．Many people in Hong Kong speak Chinese and English. |
| D．Hong Kong is a beautiful city for traveling. |
According to the passage， we know that __________.
| A．Hong Kong is a big city with a large population |
| B．there are almost no factories in Hong Kong |
| C．few people visit Hong Kong every year |
| D．visitors can’t enjoy the comfortable living rooms and delicious foods in Hong Kong |
In many English homes people eat four meals day: breakfast， lunch， tea and dinner.
People have breakfast at any time seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge， eggs or bread. English people drink tea or coffee at breakfast. Lunch comes at one o’clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon， and dinner is about half past seven. First they have soup， then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that they eat some other things， like bananas， apples or oranges. But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast， dinner， tea and supper and all these meals are very simple.How many meals a day do many English people have?
When do people have their breakfast?
What did they have for breakfast?
Is afternoon tea from four to five in the afternoon?
Do all English people eat dinner at about half past seven?