Do you know Jay Chou? He is a very famous popular singer from Tainwan. When he was young,
he was shy. He didn't study well at school, and his mother often worried about his future. From then 
on he was interested in music .He developed a love of musical instrument when he was three years old.
In 2ooo he became a singer
      Many fans like Jay and his special style of R&B. They love his music and his talents. He has released
three ablums. YeHuimei is the new one. All the music in his ablum  is made by himself. Some of the
lyrics are written by him, too.                                                                                                                   

(     )1. Jay was born in Hong Kong.          
(     )2. His special style is R& B.          
(     )3. He liked studying when he was young.
(     )4. His new album is YeHumei.          
(     )5. He can't write lyrics             

     Jack London was a famous American writer. He was born on January 12, 1876 in America. His
family was very poor, and Jack had to leave school to make a living when he was 12. He worked very
hard.
     Later Jack returned to school. He was strict (严格的) with himself and worked hard at every subject, and his literature (文学) was very good.
     In 1897, he went to Alaska (阿拉斯加) to look for gold. Instead of getting gold, he found material
(材料) for his books and stories. He returned and started to write. His writings were so successful that
he became rich and famous in his twenties.
     But Jack London was not a happy may. He took his own life in 1916 when he was only 40 years old.

1. Jack London was from _______.

A. the USA      
B. London    
C. France      
D. Alaska

2. Jack London was a famous _______.

A. worker        
B. teacher      
C. writer      
D. doctor

3. In Alaska, Jack London _______.

A. found a lot of gold    
B. bought many books
C. became very rich    
D. learned a lot

4. He became famous for his _______.

A. gold    
B. books    
C. life    
D. stories

5. He began to work in _______ and died in _______. 

A.1897, 1916    
B.1888, 1916  
C.1900, 1956    
D.1876, 1900

          Mr Brown works in a hospital.  He is a good doctor.  Mr Brown is shortsighted(近视), but he doesn't like wearing glasses(眼镜) when he has his meals.
         Mr Brown is very strict with his son,  Peter.  Peter is a good student.  He likes talking with others very much.  He often talks about his teachers and his classmates at the table.  Mr Brown says,  “Don't talk when you have meals.  It's dangerous and not good for your health. ”
        One day,  when they're having dinner,  Peter sees a fly (苍蝇) in his father's bowl(碗).  He wants to tell his father about it.  His father looks at him and says, “ Don't talk! ”
        After dinner his father asks him, “ What do you want to say? ” “There is a fly in your bowl! ”

1. What does Mr Brown do?

A. He works in a hospital.  
B. He is a doctor.
C. He is shortsighted.
D. He has a son.

2. Mr Brown is a ________ father.

A. good
B. bad
C. dirty
D. strict

3. Peter likes ________.

A. talking in class
B. talking about flies
C. having dinner with a fly
D. talking with others

4. Why doesn't Mr Brown let Peter talk at table?

A. Because he is very strict.
B. Because he doesn't like Peter.
C. Because he thinks it's dangerous and not good for health.
D. Because he is a doctor.

5. Which is NOT true?

A. Mr Brown doesn't have glasses.
B. Mr Brown is a good doctor.
C. Peter knows a lot about his teachers and classmates.
D. Perhaps(或许),  Peter had the fly that day.

       Mabel is a cashier (收银员) in a big shop in New York. People can buy medicine, watches, sweets, and many other things. They pay Mabel for the things they buy.
      At the shop people can also buy lottery tickets (彩票) . They pay one dollar for a lottery ticket. There are pictures on the ticket. Some pictures are winning pictures, and some pictures are losing pictures. Most people win nothing. Some people win two dollars. A few lucky people win thousands of dollars.
      One day Mabel was working at the shop. She sold three lottery tickets to a woman. The woman
looked at the pictures on the tickets. Then she threw the tickets on the counter (柜台) and walked away.  
“These are losing tickets,” she thought.
      Mabel picked up the tickets and looked at them. She was surprised. Then she was excited (兴奋的). One ticket was a winning ticket!
     “Excuse me!” Mabel called to the woman. “You won $ 50,000!”
         The woman came back to the counter. She took the winning ticket and looked at it “You're right,”
she said. “I won $50,000.”
        The woman walked away slowly, looking at the ticket again and again. Then she turned around.
“Thank you! Thank you very much!” she said to Mabel.
        Why did Mabel give the woman the ticket? Why didn't she keep the ticket? Didn't she want the
$50,000?
      “Of course I wanted the money,” Mabel said. “But it was her ticket. It wasn't my ticket.”
      "Well, I'm sorry that you aren't rich,” her mother said. “But I'm happy that you're honest (诚实)."

1. Mabel _______ at the big shop.      

A. receives and pays out money
B. puts things on the shelve
C. helps people choose things
D. carries things for old people

2. One lottery ticket costs _______ .

A. nothing      
B. three dollars    
C. two dollars    
D. one dollar

3. The woman was lucky because _______ .   

A. all her three tickets were winning tickets
B. all her three tickets were losing tickets
C. Mabel found the winning ticket and gave it back to her
D. she found the winning ticket herself

4. Mabel didn't keep the winning ticket because _______ .   

A. she won $50,000 , too
B. her mother told her not to do so 
C. she didn't want to have anything that was not hers
D. her mother was very rich

5. Which sentence is true?

A. Mabel is so foolish.
B. Mabel's mother was angry.
C. The women got the money at last.
D. The woman was sad .

     Mr Black worked in a factory of a small town. He had been there for about twenty years before one
day he was sent to the capital for important business. He was very happy because he had never been there before. When he started, he asked his wife and daughters if they wanted him to buy something for them in London. Mrs Black began to think it over and then she said she wished her husband would be able to buy a nice umbrella(伞) for her, and so did their three daughters. As he was afraid he would forget it, he drew an umbrella on his hand. When he reached the station, he found his hands were dirty. He washed them and the drawing was gone.
     On the train Mr Black sat opposite to an old woman. The woman's umbrella was so nice that he carefully looked at it and said to himself not to forget to buy a few umbrellas like it. When the train arrived at the
station in London, he said goodbye to the old woman, took his bag and her umbrella and was going to get off.
    “Wait a minute, sir,” shouted the old woman. “That's my umbrella!”
     Mr Black stopped to look at his hands and his face turned red at once. He said in a hurry, “Oh, I'm
very sorry, madam! I didn't mean it!”
     Seven days later Mr Black left the capital. It surprised the old woman that he sat opposite to her again. Looking at the four umbrellas, the old woman was satisfied with(对……满意) herself. She thought, “I'm
sure I was luckier than the other four women!”

1. Mr Black was _____________.

A. an American
B. an Englishman
C. an Australian
D. a Frenchman

2. Mr Black was happy because _____________.

A. he could buy four umbrellas for his wife and daughters
B. he was sent to do important business
C. he would have a good rest during the seven days
D. he would go to London for the first time

3. Mr Black drew an umbrella on his hand because _____________.

A. he was studying to draw it
B. he was told to buy for them like that
C. he was afraid to forget to buy them
D. his family needed the same colour as it

4. On the train to London Mr Black wanted _____________.

A. to buy four umbrellas like the old woman's
B. to get the old woman's umbrella
C. the old woman to help him choose four umbrellas
D. the old woman to teach him how to choose umbrellas

5. When he had found he had taken the old woman's umbrella by mistake(由于差错),Mr Black felt_____________.

A. sorry
B. unhappy        
C. sad  
D. embarrassed (尴尬)

     Once there were two brothers who were twins. They looked exactly alike. They both had the same
dark brown hair, blue eyes and beautiful teeth. They were both 5'10" tall and both weighed 150 pounds.    
     They not only looked alike but also sounded alike on the telephone.  Not even their family could tell the difference. They dressed alike, listened to the same music, and read the same books. They even laughed at the same jokes.    
     When they were twenty-three ,they both got married and a year later both had sons. The years went by and as they began to grow old, they both wore glasses and finally they both became bald (秃头的). Then one day, one of the brothers got sick  and died. A few days later a man stopped the other twin on the
street.    
    “Excuse me for asking,” he said, “but was it you or your brother who died?” 

 l. It was not easy to tell the two men from each other because _________.   

A. they were brothers
B. they were handsome    
C. they were at the same age
D. they were twins  

2. The twin brothers ______.    

A. looked very much alike
B. had different colored hair    
C. looked like movie stars
D. wore different clothes  

3. They both became bald means ___.   

A. they became old
B. they had sons    
C. they had little hair
D. they got sick   

4.The only difference between the twins was ________.  

A. one was shorter than the other
B. one got sick and died    
C. one got married and had a son
D. one was bald and the other wasn't      

5. The man stopped the other twin on the street because______. 

A. he wanted to talk with him
B. he didn't know which of them died    
C. he wanted to make friends with him
D. he was surprised to see him on the street

       The famous Chinese mathematician(数学家) Hua Luogeng was born in Jintan County, Jiangsu
province in 1910. When he was young, life was very difficult for his family. Still, the boy took great
interest in maths. In the summer of 1931, he was fortunate(幸运的) enough to become an assistant
in the Math Department(系)  of  Qinghua University,  where he spent every moment he could find
working and studying,  and he finished his compulsory(必修的) math course all by himself in only
13 months! Between the years of 1936 and 1938, he was further studying in Cambridge University
in the U.K. In 1950, together with his family, he returned to China from the USA. He said,  "I'm
Chinese, and I'll do my best for my motherland." So he did. He devoted(贡献) all his life to the
math study and won the great fame(荣誉) for our country. He died for heart trouble in 1985 while
lecturing in Japan. People will always remember him as a great scientist.

1. Which of the following is not true?

A. Hua Luogeng is a famous Chinese mathematician.
B. Hua Luogeng died in China.
C. Hua Luogeng was born in Jingtan County.
D. Hua Luogeng comes from Jiangsu.

2. The word "assistant"in this passage means "____" in Chinese.

A. 帮手
B. 服务员
C. 助教
D. 教授

3. Hua Luogeng was ____ in 1937. Which of the following cannot be chosen?

A. in China
B. abroad
C. in Cambridge
D. in England

4. From the story we can guess that Hua Luogeng was born in ____.

A. a rich family  
B. a poor family
C. a mathematician family
D. a fortunate family

5. Hua Luogeng died for _____ in 1985.

A. cancer
B. heart trouble
C. accident
D. oldness

         John Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington, and he inherited(继承)＄1,000,000 when he was 23. He didn't feel happy at all. His college friends were looking for their first jobs, but he didn't have to. John decided to keep living a simple life like everyone else. He didn't tell any of his friends and gave＄100,000 of his money to a charity(慈善团体) that helped poor children to live better lives. Today he is 36. He still wears cheap shoes and clothes and owns a small car only, but he is much happier.
         Up to now John has helped 15 children from poor countries all over the world, ＄200 a month for each. The child does not receive the money in cash(现金). The money pays for the child's school expenses, food, medical care and clothing. John receives a report each year on the child's progress. They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English. 
        When John first heard about these children, he wanted to help them.“It was not anything special,”he said, “Until I had the chance to go to these countries and meet the children I was helping, I did not know any thing about the type of life they had.”
         Once John went to meet a little girl in Africa. He said that the meeting was very exciting.
       “When I met her, I felt very very happy,” he said,“ I saw that the money was used for a very good plan. It brought me closer to the child in a way that giving money alone cannot.” “I want to do everything I can. I will go on helping those children in need.” he added.

根据短文内容回答下列问题。

1 What kind of life is John living?

    He is living a_____________________________________________________

2 Did John want to look for a job or stay at home after he got the money?

    ________________________________________________________________

3 Does John only help the poor children in Africa?

    ________________________________________________________________

4 The child receives the money in cash, doesn't he?

   ________________________________________________________________

5 Why did John say that the meeting with the little girl was very exciting?

    Because he saw his money was well used and this made him_____________.

6 How do you like John Brown?

   He is___________________________________________________________.