A boy called Mario had many friends, and he was proud of it. Whoever he met, he would like to show off(炫耀) how popular he was at school.
One day, his grandpa said to him, “Mario, I know that you don’t have as many friends as you think. Many of them are not true to you.”
Mario thought maybe his grandpa was right. However, he wasn’t sure how he could test whether his schoolmates were real friends or not, so he asked his grandpa. The old man answered, “I have just exactly what you need. It’s in my room. Wait a minute.” The old man left, soon returning as if(好像) carrying something in his hand, but Mario could see nothing there.
“Take it. It’s a very special chair. Because it’s invisible, it will be hard for you to sit on it. However, if you manage to sit on it, you can use the chair’s magic power（力量） to tell who your real friends are.”
Mario took the strange invisible chair to school. At break time he asked everyone to form a circle, and he put himself in the middle, with his chair.
“Nobody move. You’re about to see something amazing，” said Mario. Then he tried sitting on the chair. Having difficulty seeing it, he missed and fell to the ground. Everyone had a pretty good laugh. “Wait, wait,” said Mario, making another try. But again he missed the seat.
Mario didn’t give up. He kept trying to sit on the magic chair. Finally, he did it. This time he felt himself in mid-air.
Then he experienced the magic that his grandpa had been talking about. Looking around, Mario saw George, Lucas and Diana holding him up, so he wouldn’t fall. But some schoolmates whom he had regarded as friends had done nothing but made fun of him. Mario was quite thankful to his grandpa, who helped him test who his true friends were.
【小题1】Mario’s grandpa gave him a special chair to _____.

　　Long ago, there lived a learned man in Greece（希腊）. He was well-known for his wide knowledge. And lots of people from all over the country came to learn things from him. The great man taught his students with all his heart and answered their questions with great patience.

　　One day a student asked him,“My dear teacher, didn't you say you have many more questions than we do? But we think our students have a lot more than you. ”With a smile, the teacher drew two circles（圆圈）----one is as large as a big plate, and the other smaller.

　　“Of course, I've learned much more. But don't think I know all you know. Now, look at these two circles: inside the big one is my knowledge of things, and inside the smaller one are yours. Out of the circles is what we don't know. My circle is larger, so its line is longer. That means I have more opportunities（机会）to meet with what we don't know. And that's why I have more questions than you do. The more you learn, the more questions you'll have. You will never learn enough, you know.”

(1）The man was famous for ________.

(2）One of his students didn't agree that ________.

A．the teacher liked to answer so many questions

B．the teacher should have so many questions

C．the teacher had as many questions as the students

D．the students had more questions than the teacher

(3）Which of the following pictures best shows what the teacher said?

(4）The teacher drew two circles to show ________.

A．why he had more questions than his students

B．how he could get more knowledge

C．that he knew a lot and was good at drawing

D．that the students should learn to draw circles

(5）Which of the following is true?

A．Many people from Greece came to learn from the famous man.

B．Many people from the country came to enjoy his drawing.

C．The great man taught his students with no patience.

D．The great man could only draw two circles.

　　Rita and Maria Rivera are sisters. They used to live in Cuba. They left Cuba on a crowded boat to come to the United States. Tom Nguyen also left his country, Vietnam, to come to the United States. Rita, Maria, and Tom are American immigrants(移民).They have made new homes in their new land. More than 400000 immigrants enter the U. S. in a year. Most come to find more freedom and a better life for the future(未来).

　　Where do most of the immigrants come from? Look at the pie (饼) graph below. Notice which parts of the world are the bigger pieces of the pie. Cuba is in Latin America. Vietnam is in Asia.

　　You can divide a pie into pieces. That's also the idea of a pie graph, or circle graph. A pie graph shows how the whole amount of something is divided into parts.

　　The pie graph at the left has a number in each part. These numbers are percentages, or parts of 100 percent. All the numbers add up to 100%－all the immigrants who come to the U. S. Use the graph to answer the questions below.

1．The graph shows that most immigrants to the U. S. come from ________ .

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2．Africa has only a small part of the circle because ________ .

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A．none of the immigrants come from there

B．few of the immigrants come from there

C．many of the immigrants come from there

D．all of the immigrants come from there

3．More immigrants come to the U. S. from Europe than from ________ .

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4．About the same number of immigrants come from ________ .

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A．Europe and North America

B．Europe and Asia

C．Africa and North America

D．North America and Latin America

5．What percent of all immigrants are from Latin America and Asia?

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In 1896, the first modern Olympic Games(现代奥运会) were on in Athens, Greece(希腊). After it, many countries successfully had the Olympics, like England, France, Germany, Canada, the USA, Spain and Australia. After more than one hundred years, the Games got back to their home---Athens, in the year of 2004.

When people have the Olympic Games, they always make an emblem (会徽). The emblem of the Athens Olympic Games last year is a white circle of Oliver branches (橄榄枝) in the sky. It means "Peace"(和平).

    This year, the Olympic Games will be on in China. And China had already made a red seal (印章) as the emblem of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. It means "Chinese Seal Dancing Beijing (中国印，舞动的北京)". It is also like a runner or a dancer. Below it, there are the words" Beijing 2008". The running emblem shows the spirit of the Olympic--faster, higher and stronger.

1. Which country had the 1st modern Olympic Games?

     A. Greece        B. China           C. Australia                D. France

2. What do people always make when they have the Olympic Games?

     A. A picture       B. An emblem      C. A seal                  D. A map

3. What did the Athens Olympic Games want to give the world?    

A. Luck          B. Illness        C. Safety                 D. Peace

4. How long did it take Athens to wait for the Olympic Games for the second time ?

     A.100 years.       B.108 years.       C.116 years               D.98 years.

5. The spirit of the Olympic Games is     

     A. history and problems                  B. faster, higher and stronger

C. running and dancing                   D. peace and friendship