2.26-meter-tall Yao Ming made his NBA debut（初次登台）on October 23, 2002 and got 6 points for the Houston Rockets in the game. The next day, he got 13 points（得分）in another game.

   Yao Ming , 22, has been a star in China for some time, but it is still under question as to whether he can play well in the NBA. Yao Ming said, “When you watch it on TV, it looks very easy. But when you are playing in the NBA, it is really tough.” He said that joining the Houston Rockets was a new start and a new challenge. “I hope that through very hard work I can make everyone happy and help the Rockets win more games,” he said

   Yao Ming speaks some English. Both he and his teammates can understand each other. They don't think there is a language problem.

While Yao Ming faces this new challenge,  the people of Houston have shown great interest in him and they hope Yao Ming will bring new energy （活力） to the Rockets. The team has started having lessons to learn more about China, and many people who work for the Rockets have learned to speak some Chinese.

1.On October 23, 2002, Yao Ming played his______ game in the NBA

A. first    B. second    C. third    D fourth

2.Yao Ming got __________ points in the two games for the Houston Rockets in October ,2002.

　　A. 6　　　 　B.13　　　　C.19　　　D.23

3.Yao Ming thinks that _____.

    A. it is boring to play basketball                 

B. playing in the NBA is not easy

    C. it is difficult to watch NBA games on TV       

D. he is an NBA star

4.From the passage we can learn that ________.

A. Yao Ming will work hard for his team

B. Yao Ming often watches TV

　　C. Yao Ming is the best player in the team

D. The Rockets has lost several games

 

 

TV　 PROGRAMMES
Channel 1	Channel 2
18:00　 Around China 　　18:30　 Children’s programme 　　19:00　 News 　　19:30　 Weather report 　　19:40　 Around the world 　　20:10　 TV play: Sisters 　　21:00　 English for today 　　21:15　 Popular music 　　21:55　 Talk show	17:45　 Computers today 　　18:10　 Foreign arts 　　18:30 　“Modern English” 　　19:00　 Animal world 　　19:25　 In Asia 　　20:20　 Sports 　　21:00　 Sports player: Yao Ming 　　21:45　 English news 　　22:05　 On TV next week

1.If you want to watch a football game, the best programme for you would be ______.

　　  

A．TV play

B．Sports

C．TV play: Yao Ming

D．Talk show

2.The programme of ___ will let you know much about western countries.

　   

A．Sisters

B．Around China

C．Around the world

D．In Asia

3. If you want to know something about tigers, elephants and monkeys, the best programme for you is ____.

A．at 19:40 on Channel 1

B．at 19:00 on Channel 2

C．at 18:30 on Channel 2

D．at 21:15 on Channel 1

4.“Modern English”is a programme that ____.

A．lets you know something about classroom

B．tells you something about students

C．lets you know something about school life

D．teacher you English

5.The programme at the end of Channel 2 means ____ on TV next week.

A．news

B．programmes

C．people

D．places

 

　　Mr John Heppell

　　House of Commons

　　London

　　SWIAOAA

　　Monday 12th March 2007-11-12

　　Dear Mr Heppell,

　　I am Sabrina Akhtar studying in a high school and I've noticed that forests are disappearing(消失).

　　You know, forests are disappearing around the world each year. This is because of many different reasons including farming, tourisms pollution(污染), etc. If we stop doing these things, there will be a good future for people of tomorrow.

　　Now I'm writing to ask you to help stop forests from disappearing. You can help by getting shops to stop selling paper made from trees and changing to tree-free paper(paper not made from trees). This will help forests so much. There are many, many things we can do to help forests. If you would like to know more, please visit http://www.Rainforestweb.org/. By changing the little things, we can make a big difference.

　　If you would like to contact me, please see the above address or e-mail me at shazadinol@hotmail.co.uk.  Thank you for taking your time in reading this letter.

　　Yours sincerely,

　　Sabrina Akhtar

　　(56) The writer of this letter is ______________.

　　A. a student        B. a teacher        C. an officer       D. a driver

　　(57) ________ is one of the reasons why the forests are disappearing.

　　A. Rain       B. Tourism        C. Planting       D. Breathing

　　(58) The writer advises Mr Heppell to ___________.

　　A. stop shops from using paper any more

　　B. use paper which is made from trees

　　C. stop shops selling paper made from trees

　　D. plant more and more trees in the future

　　(59) How can Mr Heppell contact the writer?___________.

　　A. By calling her              B. By interviewing her

　　C. By visiting her              D. By e-mailing her

　　(60) What's the purpose of this letter?_____________.

　　A. To know more about Mr Heppell

　　B. To make friends with Mr Heppell

　　C. To ask Mr Heppell to teach in the school

　　D. To ask Mr Heppell to help protect forests

　

Several years ago,a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America. One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies(公司) in the world, and the third one had many buildings in the center of New York.

The reporter was talking to them about being important.

“How do we know if someone is really important？” the reporter asked the banker. 　

The banker thought for a few moments and then said,“I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President（总统） of the United States is really important.”　

　  The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that？” she asked.

The man shook his head,“No,I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You’d only be important if when you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it.”　　

The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so？”　

　  “No，I don’t.” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important.”　

“Then what would make the visitor important？” the reporter and the other two men asked. 　　

"Oh,I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang，and the President picked up the receiver,listened and then said,“It’s for you.”　　

66. This story happened in _______. 　　

A. England            B. America　　 C. Japan              D. Australia

67. There are _______ in this passage. 　　

A. two men and two women　  　 B. three men and one woman　　

C. three women and one man　　  D. four women　　

68. The banker thought _______. 　　

A. he was really important because he was a rich banker　　

B. the visitor to the White House was really important　　

C. the visitor who met the President of the United States in the White House was really important.　

D. the reporter was really important.　

69. The owner of the very large company thought _______. 　　

A. she was really important because he had one of the largest companies in the world.　

B. the banker was really important.　　

C. the owner of many buildings in the center of New York was really important　　

D. the visitor would be really important if while he was visiting the President，the President would not answer any phone call

70. The owner of many buildings thought _______. 　　

A. he was really important because he had many buildings in the center of New York　　

B. the owner of the very large company was really important　　

C. the visitor was really important if he talked to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitor　　

D. the person who worked in the White House was really important