Johnny Kelley is 86 years old. He has just run the last eleven kilometers of the Boston Marathon. It took him one hour and fifteen minutes to run the eleven kilometers. After his running, he went to the hospital center. The nurse was surprised and pleased to see that his blood pressure was 139 over 84. She told him that his blood pressure was very good. Then she said, "I wish mine was good like yours . "
    Johnny Kelley is known as the great-grandfather of the Boston Marathon. He ran all the 42 kilometers of the Marathon 61 times. This year was the second time that he has cut back and run only part of it. Kelley holds the record for running more Boston Marathons than anyone else.
    Thousands of people cry "come on" to him as he runs. Kelley smiles and thanks people as he runs. "It's wonderful," he says." People come out to shake my hand. I am welcomed by thousands of people. I think a lot of them thought I ran the whole race. And maybe they congratulate because they know me after all these years and they don't know the other runners. "

1. Johnny Kelley is known as the great-grandfather of the Boston Marathon because ______.

A. he is eighty-six years old
B. he ran all the 42 kilometers of the Boston Marathon that day
C. he was old and ran all the 42 kilometers of the Boston Marathon 61 times
D. his grandson is the best runner of the Boston Marathon

2. When Johnny Kelley said it was wonderful, he meant that ______. 

A. he was welcomed by thousands of people
B. his blood pressure was so good
C. he was able to run the whole Marathon race
D. he got to the hospital center safely

3. Johnny Kelley keeps the record _______ 

A. for living to a great age
B. for running the fastest
C. for taking one hour and 15 minutes to run the 11 kilometers
D. for running the most Boston Marathons

4. Johnny Kelley went to the hospital center after the race ______ 

A. to tell the nurse the good news
B. to have a good rest
C. to thank people who cried '6come on" to him
D. to see if his blood pressure was good

     Bill Clinton took office on January 20,1993 and became the 42nd U.S president. He is the first U.S
president who was born after World War II. He is also one of the youngest of all U.S presidents. Clinton
was born in a poor family in 1946. Three months before he was born, his father, William Blats, died. When
he was small, his mother remarried Norger Clinton, so the boy's family name was changed. In the summer
of 1963, Clinton was asked to visit the city of Washington. During his visit, he met President Kennedy in the
White House. At that time, he wanted to become a president, and later, he was!

1. When Clinton became the 42nd U.S president he was __________.

A. thirty
B. about forty
C. about forty-seven
D. about fifty-five

2. Clinton's father died __________.

A. after 1946
B. before Clinton was born
C. when Clinton was young
D. before World War II

3. Why was the boy's name changed?

A. Because he became a president.
B. Because his family was very poor.
C. Because his mother remarried Norger Clinton.
D. Because his father was dead.

4. In 1963, Clinton came to the city of Washington __________.

A. for his holidays
B. for a visit
C. to have a meeting with Kennedy
D. to live in White House

5.Which one of the following is right?

A. Everybody can visit the president in the White House.
B. All the U.S presidents work in the White House.
C. Clinton wanted to become a president after he saw President Kennedy
D. Clinton didn't want to change his family name.

     Do you know the song Super Star? Do you know the    1    SHE? "S" is    2    Selina, "H" is for Hebe and "E" is for
Ella. The singers are    3    Taiwan. Their Chinese names are Ren Jiaxuan (Selina), Tian Fuzhen (Hebe) and Chen Jiahua
(Ella). Their songs are    4    by boys and girls. When you walk in the street, you can hear someone    5    their songs.
Selina likes rabbits, but    6    big dogs. Hebe likes dogs and elephants    7    doesn't like cats. Ella likes cat's and dogs,
but hates geckos(壁虎).The three girls are working    8   .They want to sing the    9    song for their fans. Here let's    10   
them good luck.

1. _____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____ 5. _____ 6. _____ 7. _____ 8. _____ 9. _____ 10. _____

1. Xiang Jingyu was born in _____.

A. Xupu county
B. Huitong county
C. Chenxi county

2. Which of the following is True?

A. September 14 is Xiang Jingyu's Birthday.
B. Xiang Jingyu joined CPC in 1922.
C. She was killed at the age of thirty.

     Yao Ming, the center of the Chinese National Men's basketball team, joined (加入) the Houston Rockets
in the 2002 NBA. The 2.26m, 120kg center becomes the first one to come from a foreign (外国的) team.
     Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September, 1980. His mother is a center and captain of the Chinese
National Women's Team. His father plays basketball, too.
     Yao Ming is widely known (出名的) in China. He comes to be a very important basketball player in China
Basketball Association (联赛). It's short for CBA. During the 2000-2001 season, he gets 27.1 scores for the
Shanghai Oriental (东方) Sharks in every match.
     Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets in November, 2002. He says this is a new start in his basketball life.
He would do his best to learn from the NBA and improve (提高) himself.
     Sport analyst (分析家) Bill Walton says, "Yao Ming has the potential (潜力), the capability (能力) of
changing the future (未来) of basketball."

1. The Houston Rockets is the name of a ______ team.

[     ]

A. table tennis
B. volleyball
C. basketball
D. golf

2. Both Yao Ming's father and mother were ______.

[     ]

A. football players
B. basketball players
C. the centers of Chinese National Team
D. the captains of the Chinese National Team

3. Yao Ming ______ in CBA during the 2000-2001 season.

[     ]

A. does badly
B. wasn't good
C. was good
D. does well

4. Yao Ming ______ the Houston Rockets in November, 2002.

[     ]

A. does his best to join
B. is well-known in
C. becomes a member of
D. leaves

5. Sport analyst Bill Walton thinks Yao Ming is able to ______.

[     ]

A. learn from the NBA
B. change the future of basketball
C. improve himself 
D. becomes the captain of the Houston Rockets

         Li Yuchun-everyone in China knows her name. She is famous as the winner of the 2005 Super
Girl. After the contest, Li became a full-time singer.    
         Last Saturday, the 25-year-old girl had her fourth Why Me concert in Guangzhou.      
         Dancing was the highlight (糈彩部分) of the  show. Li said she spent lots of time practicing.
Each day she worked for more than 10 hours. She worked so hard that her waist(腰部)began to hurt. 
         Li was on the cover of the Time Magazine Asia special issue of October 2005. She was named
one of "Asia's Heroes".        
         Li is an image ambassador (形象大使) for the Chinese Red Cross. Li and her fans have raised
over 5 million yuan to help children with leukemia(白血病).

1. Li Yuchun is famous as the winner of the         Super Girl.                    

A. 2006         
B. 2007           
C. 2005                 
D. 2008  

2. She had her fourth Why Me concert in _         .           

A. Shanghai     
B. Guangzhou      
C.Beijing       
D.Chengdu

3. Every day she worked for more than          hours.                   

A. 8                  
B. 10             
C. 12                    
D. 9

4. She was named one of "Asia's            . ”             

A. Heroes      
B. Singers     
C. Stars                
D.Women 

5. Li Yuchun and her fans have raised over        yuan to help children with leukemia.                 

A. 500,00              
B. 50,000,000          
C. 5 ,000 ,000      
D. 50,000