In 1945, China's well-known artist and poem Liao Bingxiong(廖冰兄) held a works(作品)display
in Chongqing. And many poems, artists, writers and other famous persons, 1 , were invited to attend
the first exhibition. During the evening, Guo asked Liao, "Why is your name so strange and why are you
called Xiong?"Hearing the question, Wang stopped Liao and said, "His sister's name is Bing, so his
parents gave him the name Bingxiong." 2  , Guo laughed and said, "Oh, I see, 3  , Shao Lizi's father must
be Shao Li" At that moment, 4  .  

A. everyone present couldn't help laughing too.  
B. including Guo Moruo,Song Yunbin(宋云彬)and Wang Qi(王琦)  
C. and Yu Da-fu's wife must be called Yu Da  
D. As soon as Wang finished talking

5. According to its content, this passage is a ______        

A. story    
B. play  
C. debate    
D. poem

     Hua Luogeng,the famous Chinese mathematician,was born in Jintan County(县),Jiangsu Province in
l910.When he was young,he showed great interest in mathematics.In 1931,Hua Luogeng became an
assistant in the Maths Department of Qinghua University, where he spent eve moment he could spare
studying,so he finished his maths course all by himself in only 13 months!
     In 1936,he went to Cambridge University in Great Britain forfurther study.In 1950 shortly after new
China was founded,he returned from USA.His words“I'm Chinese.I'll do my best for my motherland.”are
still remembered by the Chinese people.
     Hua Luogeng devoted(奉献) all his life to the maths study and won the great fame for our country.
     In 1985, he died of heart-attack while he was giving a speech in Japan.

1. When he was _____ years old, he began working in Qinghua University.   

A. a little boy
B. twenty-one
C. old enough
D. thirty-one

2. First he went to _____, then to _____.

A.the USA; Great Britain
B.Great Britain; Japan
C.Great Britain ;the USA
D.Japan ;the USA

3. He was interested and good at _____.

A.mathematics
B. politics
C. chemistry
D. Chinese

4. Why do the Chinese people still remember him and his words?

A.Because they love him, who loved his motherland so dearly.
B.Because they like his words, which were beautiful written.
C.Because they need him, who was well known in the USA.
D.Because his name and words are simple and they can be easily remembered.

5. After reading this passage we _____.

A.can be relaxed
B.will be very sad
C.may fet some information
D.shall laugh

　　Joanne Rowling was born in Bristol in England. Joanne always wanted to
write and she wrote her 1_____(第一个故事) when she was only five or six. At
school her favorite subject was English and she used to make up stories 2_____
(和她的朋友们). When she left school, she went to university and studied
French. While there she studied 3_____(在巴黎) for a year, and after leaving
university, she had many different jobs. However, most of all, she 4_____(想) to
write! One day, during a long train journey, she got the idea of writing about a
boy who is a wizard(男巫), but doesn't know it.
　　In 1992, she 5_____(离开) England to go to Portugal to teach English.
While she was there she got married to a Portuguese journalist and she had a
daughter, Jessica. The marriage ended in divorce and Joanne 6_____(回去) to
live in Edinburgh in Scotland. She had very little money and she lived 7_____
(在一个很小的房子里), which was often cold. She could not afford the heating
(供热). It was there that she 8_____(写完了)her first book about Harry Potter, a
young boy who is a wizard. At first, no one wanted to publish(出版) it. Then,
one day, in 1997, she found a publisher. She was very excited and happy!
　　Much to her surprise, her book was 9_____(一个巨大的成功)! It sold in
millions! It won many prizes! It made Joanne very rich and it made her very
famous. Everybody wanted to read about Harry Potter. Adults and children now
read her books. Her stories have been put into many languages, and they can now
be read 10_____(在全世界). Her first several novels have been made into films.
Joanne Rowling has written more books about Harry Potter and all of them have
sold millions of copies. Some of these later books are also being made into
films.

　　Victor's hobby was collecting stamps. He had stamps from many countries, like England, Canada and
China. On his birthday, can you guess what people gave him? That's right---stamps.
　　Victor's favourite stamps came from France. He had almost every stamp from 1954 to 2004. He
only needed one. That was a 1974 special edition. It was very hard to find.
　　He looked for it everywhere. He asked his friends and relatives to help him.But nobody could find the
stamp. It made Victor very sad.
　　"Don't worry. Never give up," his father said to him. "If you have enough patience, you'll find it one
day."
　　"I hope so," Victor said.
　　Victor also liked writing. He had a penfriend in France. They wrote to each other every month.
Victor's penfriend, Phillip, usually used new stamps to send letters. Sometimes, his mother gave him stamps
to use. Once Phillip's mother gave him a big, green stamp. It looked old. When Victor received the letter,
he
was very surprised. On the envelope, he looked carefully at the stamp. It was the 1974 special edition
stamp. Victor was so happy. He told his sister, his mother and his father. " You see," his father said. "You
did find your stamp. So, it's good to have two things in life."
　　"What are they?" Victor asked.
　　" Friends and patience." He answered.

1. It was very difficult for Victor to find a special French stamp of _____.

A. 1954      
B. 1974    
C. 1994            
D. 2004

2. What does the underlined word "patience" mean?

A. 勇气      
B. 知识        
C. 耐心            
D. 目标

3. Who owned the special edition stamp at the very beginning?

A. Phillip.    
B. Phillip's mother.    
C. Victor.  
D. Victor's father.

4. The passage mainly tells us that _____ is(are) important to people.

A. a happy family                      
B. a good hobby
C. relatives and friendship              
D. friends and patience

                                                       
     TEN-YEAR-OLD Barack Obama was one of the only three black students at his school in Hawaii, US.
He felt very different from most other students. White girls wanted to touch his hair. A white boy asked
him whether his father ate people.
     "I lied (说谎) to them thin my father was a Kenyan prince (王子). But I kept asking myself who I am,"
said Obama.
     However, 37 years later, the boy made history. Last Wednesday Obama became the first black president
in US history.
     Obama was born in 1961. to an African father and a white American woman from a small town in the
US. He grew up in Indonesia and Hawaii. This unusual background made him wonder who he was. He once
turned to wines to help forget this question.
     With the help of his friends, Obama finally turned his life around at college. His hard work made him a
star at Harvard. Later, he became only the third black senator (参议员) in US history. During his race to the
highest post in the US. Obama talked about his background. He called for a United States of America, rather
than a white America or a black America.
     "Obama's success has made Martin Luther King's dream come true. That is: A man should not be judged
(判断) by the color of his skin (皮肤), but by the content of his character," wrote ABC news.

1. Where can we find this passage?

A. In a newspaper.
B. In a novel.
C. In a history book.
D. In a poster.

2. Why did Obama feel different from most other students at school?

A. Because white girls always touched his hair.
B. Because his father looked terrible.
C. Because there were few black students like him in the school.
D. Because his parents were both Africans.

3. we can infer (推断) from the passage that _____.

A. Martin Luther King fought for his dream and he succeeded.
B. Obama has the same dream as Martin Luther King.
C. Obama was once bothered (困扰) by the question where he was born.
D. Obama became the president at the age of 37.

4. In Obama's opinion, what would "a United States of America" be like?

A. It would be a country made up of fifty states.
B. It would be ruled by the black people.
C. It would be ruled by the white people.
D. It would be a country of all Americans.

5. What is the best title of this passage?

A. A Man who Changed American History.
B. Kenyan Prince.
C. A Top Student of Harvard.
D. Who Am I?

    Zidane was born in Marseilles in the south of France in 1972. His parents were Algerian (阿尔及利亚人)
and had moved to France in the 1950s. In 1989 at the age of 17 he joined Cannes football club. After three
years he moved to Bordeaux in 1992 and was voted (被选为) "Young Player of the Year". In the same year
he played in his first international match for France against the Czech Republic (捷克共和国). ①He
rescued (解救) the French team from disaster by scoring two goals near the end of the match. The final
(决赛) score was 2: 2.
    In 1996 he moved to Italy to join Turin's team Juventus. He has played in three European Cup finals, twice
for Juventus and once for Bordeaux. However, ②he was not in any of the winning teams and did not play at
his best in the three finals. Reporters describe him as one of the best midfield players (中锋) in the world. He
can turn fast, he can run past the opposing team. ③He can kick a ball onto just the right place for a team
member to score. In his 33 games for France before the World Cup, he scored 10 goals.
    Zidane is the hero of North African people who are living in France. These people have not had an easy
life in the past. They are among the poorest of the country and find it hard to get jobs.
    But the French team has at last shown the public that French people come from all over the world. Out
of the 11 players, four were born outside mainland France. Six other were born in France to non-French
parents."France's win and ④Zidane's playing has brought all French people together," said one reporter.
    In the World Cup in 1998, Zidane played well against Saudi Arabia, but was sent off the pitch by the
referee (裁判). (He stood on a Saudi Arabian player who had fallen over.) In the semi-final against Croatia,
⑤he was still not at his best. When the day of the match came, France's fans were rewarded. Zidane
scored two out of France's three goals and was voted European Football of the Year. The President (总统)
of France said on TV, "We're happy and that's the least I can say. It's the best day of my life."

1. 根据文章内容，给下列段落大意排序(把序号写在下面的横线上)。
    A. What is he like as a person?
    B. His football history.
    C. The World Cup 1998.
    D. The French World Cup team.
    第一段(     ) 第二段(     ) 第三段(     ) 第四段(     )
2. 根据文章提供的信息完成下表。
     Name: ________________________________
     Age (now): ________________________________
     Born (place / date): _________________________________
     Parents (nationality): _________________________________
     Clubs (names and years): _________________________________
                                          _________________________________ 
                                          _________________________________
3. 为黑体字选出正确的释义。
    (     ) ①. He rescued the French team from disaster.
    (     ) ②. He was not in any of the winning teams.
    (     ) ③. He can kick a ball onto just the right place for a team member to score.
    (     ) ④. Zidane's playing has brought all French people together.
    (     ) ⑤. he was still not at his best. 
    A. He's good at helping his team-mates score.
    B. he was not playing as well as usual.
    C. The French team was saved from disaster by him.
    D. French people are now more friendly towards each other.
    E. His team didn't win the European Cup final.

    My name is Katrina. I live in a tall building in Beijing. It is in a busy street called Wangfujing Street. On the left of my house, there is a beautiful park. Many people like playing in the park. After dinner every day, I usually take a walk with my parents in the park. On the right of the building is an old but clean hotel. Many people like living there when they come to Beijing. Across from the hotel is a supermarket. We can buy almost anything in it. I like living here very much.

根据上面内容判断正误，正确的写T， 错误的写F。
(    ) 1. Katrina lives on Wangfujing Street.
(    ) 2. There is a beautiful new hotel near Katrina's house.
(    ) 3. Every day after lunch, Katrina takes a walk with her parents.
(    ) 4. Katrina's house is between a park and a hotel.
(    ) 5. Katrina can buy almost anything in the supermarket.