Name????????????? Personal information

Ludwig Von Beethoven????????????? Born in 1770, in Germany. A musician, Died in 1827

Florence Nightingale????????????? Born in Italy on May 12th, 1820?? An English nurse??? Died in 1910

Bill Gates????????????? Born in 1955 in the USA?? Wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought? Own Microsoft

Thomas Edison????????????? Born in 1847 in the USA? Made over 6000 inventions??? Died in 1931

Lin Shuhao????????????? Born on August 23rd, 1988 in California, USA?? A basketball player?? Playing in the Houston Rockets, USA

1.Thomas Edison is from_________ .

A. Canada??????? B. Italy???????? C. America???????? D. Australia

2.The?????? _ was born in 1770.

A. musician? ????????????? ? B. nurse?? ????????????? ???? C. businessman? ????????????? D. scientist

3.Business @ the Speed of Thought is the name of a ????? .

A. song????????? B. book???????? C. school????????? D. movie

4.Florence Nightingale died in????? .

A. 1931????????? B. 1827???????? C. 1847?????????? D. 1910

5.Which of the following is true?

A. Lin Shuhao is playing basketball in America.

B. Beethoven made over 1000 inventions.

C. Edison was born in 1820 .???

D. Bill Gates worked in Microsoft in 1955

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Water, it’s a problem for the whole world. A bottle (瓶) of water may not seem like much to us,  1  it can help the people who live in drought-hit (遭受旱灾的) areas in China.

　　In the past few months, many places in southwest China have 2     a serious drought. There has been very little  3 since last autumn. More than 20 million people are 4   trouble finding safe drinking water.

　　After learning about the drought, many people around the country helped by  5   away water, money and other resources (资源) to the people there.

　　Last week, the Young Pioneers and the Communist Youth League in China called on (号召) each student to give one bottle of water to the drought-hit area. In Xi’an, 900 students bought over 1000 bottles of water 6     their pocket money. They also wrote their  7   on the bottles. “I hope you get more rain there. I hope you are happy.”

　　A bottle of water isn’t much, but thousands of bottles will be very  8  . The serious drought has also made students  9  the importance of saving water. One student said, “I have decided to take a shower twice a week  10   every day to save water.”

1.                A．unless          B．and            C．but  D．because

2.                A．bought         B．experienced     C．studied   D．missed

3.                A．rain            B．wind           C．snow D．sunshine

4.                A．causing         B．making         C．having    D．bringing

5.                A．drinking        B．giving          C．getting   D．collecting

6.                A．By             B．in             C．for  D．With

7.                A．plans          B．notes          C．wishes    D．dates

8.                A．relaxing        B．beautiful        C．boring    D．helpful

9.                A．think           B．realize          C．miss D．regard

10.               A．instead         B．instead of       C．except    D．because of

From the world’s heaviest apple, the oldest lady to the world’s smallest dog, these are all parts of a group of the world’s strangest people and things. And they are all in the Guinness Book of Records(《吉尼斯记录》).
The book is going to celebrate its birthday this August. It began exactly half a century ago. And it’s always one of the best selling books in the world.
People now can break over 1000 records every week! Why do so many people want to break the records? Do they want their names in the book or meet more people around the world? “It gives people a chance to show they’re the best in the world.” said one of the record keepers Stewart Newport.
The book was started by Hugh Beaver from Britain. In 1951, he went shooting birds and talked with his friends about the fastest bird in Europe. Three years later, they were still talking about it. So Beaver believed that people must have different ideas. So, he decided to start a book to record the world’s truly greatest people and things in it!
The newest book came out last Tuesday. This book has a lot of interesting records. Here are two:
☆ A British dog, Whitney, is the world’s smallest dog. It’s only 76mm tall.
☆ An American woman Lee Redmond has the longest fingernails(指甲).They grew as long as 600 mm! She made the record in 1971.
【小题1】We can see everything in the Guinness Book of Records except         .

完形填空（10分）阅读下列短文，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Water, it’s a problem for the whole world. A bottle (瓶) of water may not seem like much to us,  1  it can help the people who live in drought-hit (遭受旱灾的) areas in China.
　　In the past few months, many places in southwest China have 2     a serious drought. There has been very little  3 since last autumn. More than 20 million people are 4   trouble finding safe drinking water.
　　After learning about the drought, many people around the country helped by  5   away water, money and other resources (资源) to the people there.
　　Last week, the Young Pioneers and the Communist Youth League in China called on (号召) each student to give one bottle of water to the drought-hit area. In Xi’an, 900 students bought over 1000 bottles of water 6     their pocket money. They also wrote their  7   on the bottles. “I hope you get more rain there. I hope you are happy.”
　　A bottle of water isn’t much, but thousands of bottles will be very  8  . The serious drought has also made students  9  the importance of saving water. One student said, “I have decided to take a shower twice a week  10   every day to save water.”