Li Ping is ________ a family of three people.

Three people of a Utah family，dad，son and granddaughter are celebrating（庆祝）one thing together—their high school graduation（毕业）．The granddaughter，Brittany Wright，is 17 years old．James，her father，a bus driver，is 36 years old．And 72-year-old Jim is her grandfather．They are all getting their high school diplomas this year．

There is a cat named Kate．She is a kind cat because she keeps three dogs．The mother of the three dogs died in a car accident．After that，the eat is looking after them．She feeds them with her milk and plays with them．Now，they are living together happily．

Many people think monkeys are clever．Now，some monkeys have worked as policemen in India．Bajrangi，8 years old，is one of these monkey policemen with a black face．Every day，it walks with a man along the New Delhi railway station．It can scare away smaller monkeys from the railway station．

Can a robot have a facial（面部的）expressions? Yes，it can．Japanese scientists have made a new robot，called Cathy，which can imitate（模仿）people facial expressions．When it hears some words，it can have happy，angry，surprised，and about over 30 other facial expressions．

1．In passage 1，the underlined word “diploma” means          in Chinese．

A．毕业证                B．执照                    C．公交                   D．奖状

2．Bajrangi is a         ．

A．truck driver                                                B．Japanese scientist

C．mother cat                                                        D．monkey working as a policeman

3．         can imitate people's facial expressions according to the passages above．

A．Cathy                  B．Kate                    C．Monkeys                D．Dogs

4．Kate is great because         ．

A．she is a robot which can smile or look angry

B．she helps policemen a lot at a railway station

C．she seems to be a very kind-hearted cat

D．she has finished her high school

5．You can probably read the above 4 passages in a                ．

A．story book                  B．newspaper                  C．notebook                D．dictionary

Li Ping is ________ a family of three people.

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A lot of teenagers are good at art at school, but how would you feel if people called you “the new Picasso(毕加索)” or if presidents and other famous people collected your paintings?
Alexandra Nechita was ten when her paintings became famous all over the world. She visited Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and her family’s native place (祖籍) Romania where 5,000 fans came to see her at the airport. Alexandra said, “When it all started, I was moved. It was very exciting and I loved the traveling, but I got very tired. And I missed home.”
Alexandra is a good student. Her studies always come first. She only starts painting after she’s done her homework. She works on two or three paintings at a time. The paintings sell for thousands and Alexandra’s parents have given up their jobs to work for their daughter. Life for the Nechita family is very different from what it was like a few years ago.
Alexandra’s father Niki left Romania for political reasons in 1985. At first he tried his best to learn English and had different kinds of low-paid jobs. In 1987, he brought his wife and Alexandra, who was then 18 months old, to America. The family was very poor. Alexandra began to draw at the age of three.
She was drawing for four or five hours a day. Soon people offered to buy her paintings and she had her first art show at the age of eight. Stories about this child appeared in the newspapers and television. They now live in a large house with a swimming pool. Her mother said, “We started without anything, but thanks to Alexandra, we have everything we ever dreamed of.”
【小题1】Alexandra became well-known all over the world for her paintings at the age of _______.

A．18months

B．three

C．eight

D．ten

【小题2】Which country does Alexandra live?

A．America.

B．Britain.

C．Romania.

D．France.

【小题3】 Alexandra’s painting _________.

A．took her a lot of time at school

B．made her drop out of school

C．didn’t influence her studies at school

D．made her fall behind others in studies at school

【小题4】 When her family arrived in America in 1987, _________.

A．their life was very hard

B．they lived by selling Alexandra’s paintings

C．Alexandra began to draw her painting

D．her parents left their jobs and worked for her

【小题5】 From the passage, we can learn ________.

A．Alexandra was not interested in travelling

B．Alexandra’s success changed her family’s life

C．Alexandra’s parents were good at English

D．Alexandra’s stories appeared often on the radio and TV

A small plane had some trouble with its engine while it was in the high sky．The pilot knew that there was nothing he could do to keep the plane long in the air，so he rushed back to where his three passengers sat and explained the dangerous situation．At last he said，“ I am a married man with three children．I am sorry to tell you that there are only three parachutes aboard．” With that he took up one and jumped out．
One of the passengers reacted quickly．“I am a great man，I am the smartest man and the world can not do without me．”With that he too jumped out．
The other two passengers，an old man and a young soldier，were quiet for a moment．At last the old man said，“Son，I’m old and have lived a full life．I am ready to meet my God．”
“You will have to give up that，”the young man said，smiling，“The world’s smartest man just jumped out with my backpack．”
【小题1】There was something wrong with the plane when _________．

A．it was at the airport	B．it was taking off
C．it was flying in the sky	D．it was landing

【小题2】How many people were there in the pilot family?

A．Four

B．Five

C．At least four

D．Three

【小题3】The word “pilot” in this passage means a man who ______．

A．repairs a plane	B．is on watch at the airport
C．travels on a plane	D．flies a plane．

【小题4】By saying I am ready to meet my God，“the old man” means _______．

A．he wanted the young man to use the last parachute．

B．he wanted to meet someone named God．

C．he wanted to kill himself

D．he wanted the young man to give him the parachute

【小题5】Who was sure to die?

A．The pilot	B．The old man
C．The world’s smartest man	D．The young man