I _________ $300 for the bike.

A. took             B. spent        C. cost             D. paid

—Who is the little girl in the picture?

—It's me. The picture __________10 years ago.

A. took    B. is taken    C. has taken    D. was taken

Edison often said, “1 will discover what the world needs, then I will try to invent it.”  It is true that he did more than any other man of his time in inventing things. He made more than one thousand inventions in his life and all these have changed our way of living. Edison was one of the greatest inventors in the world. When Edison died in 1931, someone said people should turn off all the lights in their homes, streets and factories for several minutes in honour of this great man. Of course it was impossible to do so. And this shows what Edison's inventions mean to people's life.

1.All the things Edision invented were _________ people needed at that time.

A. what    B. that      C. then       D. which

2.Edison _________in inventing new things.

A. took all his time         B. paid all his money

C. spent his most time       D. spent his most money

3.Edison had _________ inventions in all his life.

A. thousands of               B. over one thousand

C. only one thousand           D. less than a thousand

4. Edison was dead for nearly _______ years.

A. fifty           B. severity-six     C. sixty     D. eighty

5.It was __________ to turn off all the lights in honour of the greatest inventor.

 A. possible    B. not true     C. nice     D. important

---Who is the girl in the picture ?

---Haha! It’s me! The picture ________ ten years ago.

A. took ????????????? ?????? B. is taken ????????????? ??? C. was taken????????????? ????????????? D. has taken

Lao She was one of the greatest Chinese writers of the 20th century. He was not only an excellent writer,???? also a great modern novelist小说家 and dramatist剧作家.

Lao She was born into a???? family in Beijing and his real name was Shu? Qingchun. His family was poor after his father died. His mother had a very???? time. Lao She worked his way through college. After graduating he started to work as a???? in primary and middle schools. He liked???? since he was a child. He didn’t write his first novel until 1???? He was famous???? his novel Camel Xiangzi and the play Teahouse. Teahouse shows the???? of the Chinese people between 1898 and 1945. Most people like to see it.

Like???? famous intellectuals 知识分子 in China, he experienced lots of bad things in the middle 1960s.???? , he killed himself in a lake in 1966.

He was married to Hu Jieqing and they????? four children, one son and three daughters.

1.A. and??????? B. but????????? C. or??????????? D. so

2.A. poor?????? B. mistakes???? C. rich????????? D. plans

3.A. happy???? B. good???????? C. mad????????? D. hard

4.A. guide????? B. doctor?????? C. teacher????? D. waiter

5.A. writing???? B. singing????? C. listening????? D. reading

6.A. as???????? B. for?????????? C. to??????????? D. with

7.A. idea?????? B. family??????? C. life?????????? D. interest

8.A. other????? B. others??????? C. another?????? D. else

9.A. Luckily??? B. Unluckily???? C. Quickly ????? D. Certainly

10.A. took????? B. played???????? C. spent???????? D. had