My favorite physicist (物理学家) is Qian Xuesen. He was born in Shanghai on December 11, 1911. He was a little fat and of medium height. And his eyes were wise. He liked music, art and science (科学).

He studied the important implementation (实施) plan for the Chinese rocket (火箭) and the missile (导弹). He worked very hard for our country. I liked him very much.

Qian Xuesen had famous words: I am very tiny (微小的). It is the Chinese people that are truly great!

Qian Xuesen died on October 31, 2009. I’m very sad to hear the news, and Chinese people are the same as me. He is our hero. We should learn from him and I think I won’t forget the great scientist for ever.

1.Qian Xuesen died at the age of _______.

   A. 68      B. 78     C. 88     D. 98

2.According to the passage, what’s Qian Xuesen’s hobby?

   A. He liked playing the piano.     B. He liked piano and science.

   C. He like maths, art and science.   D. He liked music, art and science.

3.Which of the following sentence is NOT true?

   A. Qian Xuesen was born in Beijing.

   B. Qian Xuesen died on October 31, 2009.

   C. Chinese people are sad about Qian Xuesen’s death (死).

   D. Qian Xuesen was too fat.

4.What did Qian Xuesan work as?

   A. A Scientist.   B. A teacher.    C. A farmer.   D. An artist (艺术家).

One day a man saw an old lady standing by her expensive car, clearly in need of help. So he stopped his old truck and got out. Although he was smiling, the old lady was worried. Was he gong to hurt her? He didn’t look safe.
The man could see that she was frightened, so in his friendliest voice he said, “I’m here to help you, madam. Why don’t you wait in the car where it’s warm? By the way, my name is Bryan Anderson.” Bryan quickly fixed the car and the lady thanked him. Then she asked how much she should pay him.
But Bryan wanted no money. He was just giving a hand to someone in trouble. This was normal for him. He said, “If you really want to repay me, next time you see someone in need, help them and think of me.”
After saying goodbye, the lady continued down the road until she reached a small café where she decided to stop for something to eat. As the pretty waitress took her order, the lady noticed she was nearly eight months pregnant(怀孕). Although the waitress looked tired she was very kind. As the lady was going to pay the $10 bill she remembered Bryan’s words.
She paid with a hundred-dollar bill. But when the waitress returned with the change the lady was gone. On the table she saw a small note. There ware tears in her eyes when she read it: “Somebody once helped me the way I’m helping you. If you want to pay me back, continue being kind to others.” Under the note were nine more $100 bills.
Was the old lady an angel? The waitress was so excited that she called her husband to tell him the news. “Bryan Anderson my dear…you’re not going to believe what just happened…”
【小题1】When the lady saw Bryan, she was worried because she thought_____ .

配对阅读: 左栏是对五个人的描述，右栏是七个节目介绍。请将这五个人与适合他们的节目配对。

American boys and girls like watching TV. Some children spend six hours a day at school and four to six hours a day in front of the TV sets. Some children even watch TV for eight hours or more on Saturday.

Television（电视）is like books and films . A child can learn good things and bad things from it. Some TV programs help children to understand the news, the people and places from other countries. With TV, children do not have to go out to see films, they can hear interesting music or watch a game at home. But some programs are bad for children, so parents sometimes help them to find other interesting and useful things to do.

1.In America, some children spend eight hours or more _____ on Saturday .

A. studying                B. playing games   

C. watching TV            D. helping their parents

2. With TV, children can ________ at home.

A. play football             B. hold a sports meeting  

C. see some films            D. have a swim

3. What does the underlined word “programs” mean?

A. 频道 　　　  B. 节目 　　　  C. 新闻　　　   D. 小品

I am _________ at the __________ news.

A．surprise; surprising                      B．surprised; surprising

C．surprising; surprising                     D．surprised; surprised