It was December 25 , 1972. Marie Orr, a 13-year-old Australia girl, was happy. It was 1 and Marie’s mother made an unusual cake. She put four small coins into 2 . The four small coins were for good 3 . After dinner, Marie and her 4 ate the cake. When they 5 the cake, there were three coins on the table. One coin was 6 . Marie’s mother didn’t notice. After Christmas, Marie got 7 . She coughed and couldn’t speak. Six weeks later, she felt 8 , but she 9 couldn’t speak. So Marie went to hospital. Doctors at the hospital 10 Marie. They book an X-ray, Marie’s mother asked the doctors. “Why can’t Marie 11 ? The doctor said, “We don’t know. Maybe she will speak again, Maybe she won’t. We’re 12 , but we can’t help her. For twelve years Marie didn’t speak. She 13­­ and got a job. But she never spoke. One day when Marie was 25 years old, she got ill. She began to cough. She coughed up a lot of blood(血). She also coughed up 14 small and black from her throat. What was it? Marie didn’t know. She took it to the hospital. A doctor said, “ This is a coin. The doctor told Marie, “ I 15 you can speak again. Soon Marie began talking. ( ) 1. A. party B. Christmas C. holiday D. winter ( ) 2. A. the cake B. Her pocket C. Marie’s bag D. the box ( ) 3. A. Friends B. health C. luck D. life ( ) 4. A. teacher B. brother C. daughter D. family ( ) 5. A. began B. finished C. did D. made ( ) 6. A. paid B. found C. missing D. put away ( ) 7. A. tired B. home C. back D. ill ( ) 8. A. worse B. terrible C. better D. lonely ( ) 9. A. still B. also C. sometimes D. often ( ) 10. A. looked for B. looked at C. looked after D. looked up ( ) 11. A. talk B. listen C. tell D. hear ( ) 12. A. sure B. busy C. worried D. sorry ( ) 13.A. got up B. put up C. grew up D. sent up ( ) 14. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing ( ) 15. A. wish B. hope C. know D. think 查看更多

 

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    During his life Dr James Naismith worked as a doc-tor, taught P.E. and wrote several books. While he never thought it very important, Dr Naismith is today best known for one thing. He was the inventor of basketball.    
    Dr James Naismith was born in Canada in 1861 and his first job was at a special sports school in the USA.One day the school principal told James he was having a problem with the .students. Because of heavy snow, the students could not go outside. He told James that they needed a sport the boys could play indoors and gave the teacher two weeks to think of something.      
    It was on the very last day that James came up with  his idea. The" birth of basketball "is said to be on Decem- ber 21,1891,when two teams from the school played the first game. It was quite different from the basketball games of today. It had 9 players on each team and foot- balls were used instead of basketballs. Soon after, the game changed t0 5 players on each side, using special  " basketballs" through nets.     
   Although Dr Naismith did not live to see basketball become the worldwide game it is today, in 1936,just three years before his death, basketball became an Olym- pic sport. at the games in Berlin.  

1. Dr Naismith is ________ ________as the inventor of bas-ketball.
2. December 21,1891 was said co be the ________of bas-ketball.  
3. Today basketball has become the________ game.  
4. Dr Naismith died at the age of ________ .
5. Basketball became an________ sport at the games inBerlin in 1936.

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Do you know more and more Chinese artists have made regular donations to charity or put their efforts into charity work in China? Here let’s know some of them.

Faye Wong and her husband Li Yapeng started the Yan Ran Angel Foundation for harelipped(兔唇的) children three years ago. It was named after their daughter. Its purpose is to help children under 14 to cure their harelips. The couple donated one million yuan (about $ 133,000) to start the organization.
Cong Fei was born in a poor family. He became a successful singer in Shenzhen. He helped 178 poor students and disabled people for more than 10 years. Before he died of an illness at the age of 37 in 2006, he decided to donate his cornea(角膜) to people with eye diseases. He helped six people see the world.
Guan Mucun has donated money to Project Hope to help poor students finish primary education. Thirty of these poor students have already finished high school with her support. Guan has also helped with charity work for environment protection, HIV/AIDS prevention, blood donation and “Mother Water”.
Guan had an unlucky childhood: her mother died when she was only 10. years old. With the help of the government and her neighbors, she grew up and was successful as a famous singer.
Action star Jackie Chan is a wholehearted supporter of charities including UNICEF, Operation Smile and his own Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation. In 2007, he used much of his spare time to visit the farthest parts of China on his Dragon’s Heart Charity Missions.The Dragon’s Heart Foundation aims to meet the needs of poor children and the elderly in the hardest-to-reach areas of the country. Chan has made several trips to these poor villages, bringing warm clothing, wheelchairs and school supplies, and helping to build schools.
【小题1】Who can get help from the Yan Ran Angel Foundation?
A.Harelipped children under 14. B.All disabled children.
C.All disabled children under 14. D.All harelipped children.
【小题2】 What can we learn from the passage?
A.Faye Wong and Li Yapeng don’t like their daughter.
B.More than 7 people’s eyes were cured thanks to Cong Fei’s Cornea.
C.Guan Mucun was once helped by the government and her neighbors.
D.Jackie Chan didn’t have chance to visit the people he helped.
【小题3】 What is the passage mainly about?
A.Chinese charity work.
B.Charity work of some Chinese artists.
C.Some famous Chinese artists.
D.Organizations started by Chinese artists.

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One Sunday morning, Millie and Amy went to Sunshine Park. They love to chat there. As usual, they sat ___26____a big tree. Suddenly, they heard a whistle from the bushes behind the tree. They turned around but could not see anything unusual. They were ____27______.

“Is  28 there?” Millie asked. Nobody answered. They 29 very carefully and heard the strange noise again. The two girls were very afraid. They ran away quickly. On their way, they met Andy.

“What happened?” Andy asked. “There’s a ghost in the 30 . Please help us.” Millie said. “Really? Tell me more.” Andy said. Millie told Andy everything. Andy went to the park, 31 beside the tree and listened carefully. Then he heard 32 noise! He looked behind the tree and heard another whisper. He was now sure the sound 33 from the bushes. He searched carefully.

“Oh! Here it is.” Andy said to himself. He 34 a little cat in the bushes. It was very weak. When it miaowed,  35 made a sound like a whisper.

26. A. under     B. on        C. behind    D. in

27. A. excited     B. frightened  C. frightening  D. exciting

28. nobody      B. everybody  C. anybody   D. somebody

29. A. saw      B. looked     C. heard      D. listened

30. A. church    B. school     C. garden      D. park

31. rose        B. slept      C. stood      D. lay

32. A. a        B. the        C. an         D. other

33. A. came    B. learned     C. heard      D. fell

34. A. smelled  B. looked     C. searched    D. found

35. A. he      B. she        C. it         D. that

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Henry works in a factory. He comes from a poor family and was in school for only four years. He has to do the hard work, but he is paid less. He likes to watch football matches very much and spends much time on them.
One afternoon there was a big football match on the playground. He borrowed some money from his friend and hurried there. There were a lot of people there. And all the tickets were sold out. He was sorry for it. He saw a pole(杆子)outside the playground and climbed it quickly. A policeman came and said, “It is dangerous to stay on it! Come down!”
“Wait a minute, please!” Henry said and just at that moment the policeman heard cheers on the playground and asked in a hurry, “Which team has kicked a goal(进球)?” “Ours!” “Wonderful! You can stay there. But take care!” The policeman said happily and left. When the match would be soon over, he came back again and asked, “Who has won?” “Theirs, 3:2.” “Come down,” the policeman said angrily. “Such a match is not worth watching!”
Henry had to come down. But soon they heard cheers again. The policeman said in a hurry, “Climb up quickly and see who has kicked a goal.”
【小题1】From the passage we know that ____________.
A.Henry doesn’t like his workB.Henry comes from a rich family
C.Henry doesn’t like the policemanD.Henry is paid less
【小题2】Henry failed to get a ticket for the match that day because __________.
A.he had no money to buy a ticketB.he didn’t want to buy a ticket
C.he had no time to buy a ticketD.all the tickets were sold out
【小题3】The policeman asked Henry to come down the pole at first because __________.
A.it was dangerousB.Henry had no ticket
C.their team kicked a goalD.the other team kicked a goal
【小题4】 From the third paragraph(段落), we can guess that __________.
A.the policeman wanted to teach Henry a lesson
B.the policeman tried to please Henry
C.the policeman didn’t like Henry
D.the policeman was also a football fan
【小题5】The policeman asked Henry to climb up the pole __________.
A.to cheer for their teamB.to see the result of the match
C.to cheer for the other teamD.to say goodbye to their team

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Mr. Black loved his daughter Helen very much. Every day he spent all of his free time     36   with her. One night, when he     37   his house, Helen came running to him and was ready to play. But he had a lot of work to do,     38    couldn’t play with his daughter. In order to keep her     39   , he found a map of the world in a magazine and cut it into pieces. Mr. Black said he had     40    time to play right now. He told the girl to put the pieces of paper back together to make up a map of the world, and then they could both play.
About half an hour later, Helen came to her father and said, “Okay, it’s finished. Can we play now?” Mr. Black was surprised, he said, “That’s     41   . Let’s go and see.” And sure enough, there was the picture of the world; all put together, every    42     in its place. Mr. Black said, “That’s surprising!    43    did you do that?” Helen said, “It was    44   . On the back of the paper was a picture of a    45   .When I put the man together, the whole world fell into place.”

【小题1】
A.workingB.runningC.playingD.walking
【小题2】
A.got backB.got toC.got onD.got out
【小题3】
A.orB.andC.butD.then
【小题4】
A.sleepyB.warm C.freeD.busy
【小题5】
A.noB.enoughC.muchD.some
【小题6】
A.rightB.wrongC.possibleD.impossible
【小题7】
A.mapB.pictureC.pieceD.page
【小题8】
A.HowB.WhyC.WhenD.Where
【小题9】
A.hardB.simpleC.difficultD.different
【小题10】
A.boyB.girlC.manD.woman

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