My English teacher had a trip to the USA last summer.

   Which picture did she take there?

 

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take part in    look after    heard of    has been to    enjoy yourself

【小题1】Did you ________ ________ on the beach last week？
【小题2】We have never ________ ________ the matter before．
【小题3】Han Li ________ ________ ________ San Francisco in the USA.
【小题4】Sue was very happy to ________ ________ ________ the game.
【小题5】It’s difficult for her to ________ ________ the sick boy．

The famous Chinese mathematician(数学家) Hua Luogeng was born in Jintan County, Jiangsu province in 1910. When he was young, life was very difficult for his family. Still, the boy took great interest in math.
In the summer of 1931, he was fortunate(幸运的) enough to become an assistant in the Math Department(系) of Qinghua University, where he spent every moment he could find working and studying, and he finished his compulsory(必修的) math course all by himself in only 13 months!
Between the years of 1936 and 1938, he was further studying in Cambridge University in the U.K. In 1950, together with his family, he returned to China from the USA. He said, “I’m Chinese, and I’ll do my best for my motherland.”
So he did. He devoted(贡献) all his life to the math study and won the great fame(荣誉) for our country.
He died for heart trouble in 1985 while lecturing in Japan. People will always remember him as a great scientist.
【小题1】 Which of the following is not true?
Hua Luogeng is a famous Chinese mathematician.
Hua Luogeng died in China.
Hua Luogeng was born in Jingtan County.
Hua Luogeng comes from Jiangsu.
【小题2】 The word “assistant”in this passage means “____” in Chinese.
帮手    B.服务员    C.助教     D.教授
【小题3】Hua Luogeng was ____ in 1937. Which of the following cannot be chosen?

A．in China

B．abroad

C．in Cambridge

D．in England

【小题4】 From the story we can guess that Hua Luogeng was born in ____.

A．a rich family	B．a poor family
C．a mathematician family	D．a fortunate family

What would you do if you found a snake in your house? Many people might be afraid or try to kill it. However, if you live in North Carolina in the USA, one thing you can do is to call the Snake Catchers.

The Snake Catchers are four men who love snakes, even poisonous ones. Their newspaper advertisement says, “Snake Catchers： free snake removal(除去）一Please do not kill them — Call us. ”

The Snake Catchers, who started their service in 1998, don’t charge anything for helping people. “We do this as a hobby,” explained Fred Johnson, one of the Snake Catchers.

Because of their love of snakes, the Snake Catchers try to keep them alive. “One man asked us to kill a python(蟒蛇), so he could make a pair of boots from the skin. We refused, because we like snakes, and we don’t want to see them killed, ” said Fred.

Some of the snakes that they catch are kept as pets; some are given to the North Carolina State University. Most, including the poisonous snakes, are set free in the wild, usually in a national park.

Fred suggests that people should treat snakes with care. “Actually snakes are very shy and gentle creatures. They only attack if they are frightened. However, you have to know how to treat a snake properly!”

According to one happy family, the Snake Catchers are good. One day, the Greenwood family found a snake skin in the kitchen. They looked very carefully and saw a snake sleeping behind a cupboard. They thought about what to do. Then Steve Greenwood remembered the advertisement for the Snake Catchers. He called them.

“The Snake Catchers arrived within an hour and they finished the job quickly too,” said Steve Greenwood. “One of them went into the kitchen, found the snake and took it out alive. The Snake Catchers did a very good job.”

Last year, the Snake Catchers removed more than seventy snakes from houses in North Carolina.

1.The Snake Catchers catch snakes because ______.

A．they want to kill the snakes

B．they like trying to catch snakes

C．they don’t want people to hurt snakes

D．they like eating snakes

2.When a man asked them to kill a python, the Snake Catchers ______.

A．made some boots from the skin	B．were very happy
C．gave him some old boots	D．did not agree

3.The Snake Catchers set most of the snakes free ______.

A．in a national park	B．in a university
C．in a garden	D．in their own houses

4.According to Fred,  ______.

A．snakes are very dangerous

B．people should attack snakes

C．snakes are not usually dangerous

D．people should run away if they see a snake

 

Disneyland is the name of the theme parks around the world. There are Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, Disney Orlando in Florida, Disneyland Paris in France, Tokyo Disneyland in Japan, and Hong Kong Disneyland in Hong Kong. But do you know its history? OK! Let me tell you.

Walt Disney was born in 1901. The Mickey Mouse created in 1927 made him very famous. He died in 1966, but his work and his dreams did not die. Now people all over the world enjoy his Mickey Mouse and other cartoon characters.

Later in his life, Mr. Disney had a dream, that is, to build a new kind of amusement park. It would be clean and beautiful. There would be rides for children and nice hotels for adults. It would be fun for people of all ages. Mr. Disney drew a plan for this park. It was called Disneyland. The engineer told him it was an impossible dream. His family and friends thought he was mad. But Mr. Disney did not give up his idea. In 1955, (90)Disneyland opened to the public and became the most successful amusement park in the USA. Walt Disney’s dream came true.

The Walt Disney Company confirmed that Disney had been talking to the government in Shanghai about opening a park that would open by 2014.

任务一：根据短文内容回答下列问题。

1. When did Walt Disney create Mickey Mouse?

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2. What was Walt Disney’s dream?

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3. Whom would the amusement park be fun for?

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4. Where is the first Disneyland?

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任务二：将文中划线的句子翻译成汉语。

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