1.Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng traveled in outer space for ____ days.

A. two????????????? ?????? B. six????????????? ??? C. seven????????????? ???? D. nine

2.Yao Ming was a basketball player in ____ years ago.

A. Germany????????????? B. Canada????????????? C. America????????????? ? D. England

3.The ____ was born in 1833.

A. player????????????? ? B. singer????????????? ??? C. astronaut????????????? ?? D. scientist

4.The Story of My life is the name of a ____.

A. sport????????????? ? B. song????????????? ?? C. prize????????????? ????? D. book

5.Which of the following is true?

A. Yao Ming’s parents were players.

B. Jay Chou is from Shanghai, China.

C. Alfred Nobel was a French.

D. Helen Keller couldn’t see, but could hear.

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      One evening, Mrs. White said to her husband in surprise, “You look like the football player in the game on TV!” Mr. White watched that man carefully and then said, “Yeah. He is really like me.”

      A week later, Mr. White heard that the football player would come to their city. He was very happy. He bought an expensive ticket and went to watch the football game. He wanted to have a look at the player face to face. However, a short time later, Mr. White ran back home. To Mrs. White’s surprise, her husband was black and blue all over his face. “Oh, dear! What happened to you?” , Mrs. White cried（大喊）. Her husband answered angrily, “How terrible it was! Many people in our city wanted to hit that player. When I got there, someone began to hit met. Later, more and more people came to hit me. I turned and ran home at once. Luckily, I could run fast, or I’ll never return home.”

  根据文章的内容选择最佳答案。

1.Mr. White felt __________ when he knew the player would come to their city.

       A. sad             B. angry             C. happy

2.Mr. White bought an expensive football ticket because __________.

A. Mrs. White asked him to buy it

B. he wanted to see the player

C. he really wanted to watch the game

3.The underlined words “black and blue” mean “__________” in Chinese.

      A. 黑与蓝           B. 精神焕发         C. 青一块紫一块

4.Mr. White ran back home a short time later because __________.

      A. the player didn’t like him

      B. the game was very boring

      C. many people came to hit him

5. Which is the best title for the passage?

      A. A Bad Player   B. A Football Fan    C. A Football Game

Reading is the key to school success and, like any skill, it takes practice. A child learns to walk by practicing until he no longer has to think about how to put one foot in front of the other. An excellent sportsman practices until he can play quickly, correctly and without thinking. Educators call it “automaticity (自动性)”.

A child learns to read by sounding out the letters and finding the meaning of the words. With practice, he stumbles less and less, reading by the phrase (短语). With automaticity, he doesn’t have to think about the meaning of words, so he can give all his attention to the meaning of the text.

It can begin as early as first grade. In a recent study of children in Illinois schools, Alan Rossman of Northwestern University found that automatic readers in the first grade not only read almost three times as fast as the others, but also got better results in exams.

According to Rossman, the key to automaticity is the amount (数量) of time a child spends reading, not his IQ. Any child who spends at least 3.5 to 4 hours a week reading books, magazines or newspapers will probably reach automaticity. It can happen if a child turns off TV just one night for reading at home.

You can test yourself by reading something new which is suitable (适合) for your level. If you read aloud with expression, with a sense of the meaning of the sentences, you probably are an automatic reader. If you read brokenly, one word at a time, without expression or meaning, you need more practice.

1.“Reading is the key to school success” means that reading            .

A. helps school develop faster

B. is a key to a successful school

C. helps students go to a key school

D. can improve students’ learning results

2.Children with “automaticity” can read faster because they            .

A. know how to read the words

B. do not have to think while reading

C. read by themselves without any help

D. pay attention to the meaning of the text

3.Rossman tells that any child who             will possibly be an automatic reader.

A. turns off TV one night 4 weeks

   B. reads books by the word quickly

   C. spends an hour reading every day

   D. gets the same grades as others in exams

4.The underlined word “stumble” in the passage means “           ” in Chinese.

   A. 结结巴巴地读                       B. 全神贯注地读

   C. 心不在焉地读                       D. 声情并茂地读

5.The best title for the passage is “           ”.

   A. IQ Is the Key to the Automaticity

   B. TV Is Bad for Children’s Reading

   C. Automaticity Depends on Practice

   D. Automatic Reads Will Be Successful

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