阅读理解
George Stephenson was born in 1781 in a poor family. He had to start work when he was only eight. When George was fourteen, he became his father’s helper. He spent a lot of time learning about engines. And on holidays he often took one to pieces and studied each piece carefully. Soon he became a very good worker though he could not read or write. He began to learn the English letters when he was seventeen years old. Every day after he did twelve hours of hard work, he walked a long way to have lessons from a young school teacher. On his eighteenth birthday, he wrote his own name for the first time in his life. George invented many things in his life. The train was the greatest one among them. Today when we watch or take trains from one place to another, we will think of this great man -- George Stephenson.
【小题1】 In which year did George Stephenson start to help his father?

A．In 1781.

B．In 1789.

C．In 1795.

D．In 1798.

【小题2】 He learned about the engine ______.

A．through reading and writing

B．by taking it to pieces and studying each piece carefully

C．at lessons from a young teacher

D．by asking a lot of questions

【小题3】 He spent a lot of time learning about engines and soon became ______.

A．a great man	B．a good maker
C．a good worker	D．a good student

【小题4】 George Stephenson ______ in his childhood.

A．didn’t go to school

B．had lessons from a very good teacher

C．lived an easy life

D．invented the train

【小题5】 The passage tells us ______.

A．everybody should work hard for a living

B．one can start studying at school at the age of 18

C．George Stephenson liked working very much

D．hard work leads to success

从方框中选择正确选项。完成短文．并将其字母序号写在短文后面的空格内。(方框中有两个选项是多余的)

A．later    B．nothing  C．terrible   D．neither  E．hope  F．something   G．fastest  H．broke   I．without   J．meet    K．either  L．winner

Sometimes, life isn't as perfect as we imagine. If so, what will you do?

 Liu Wei, the famous pianist  61   arms in China, is a good example. He lost his arms in a   62    accident when he was only 10 years old. However, he wanted to keep his dream. He learned to swim in a recovery( 康复) hospital when he was 12. Two years  63  , he won two gold medals in a National Swimming Championship for the disabled. After that, he began to learn how to type with his feet. He  64   the world record and became the person who could type  65   with his feet. In the following years, he started learning to play the piano.

      Last year, he became the  66  of China' s Got Talent Show( 中国达人秀). He always says, " There are two ways in my life. I will   67   live a wonderful life or die. " We can learn   68   from Liu Wei. No matter how hard the life is, keep smiling to ourselves.

      Martin Luther King has ever said, " We must accept( 接受) disappointment in our life, but we must never lose our  69    " What he said is quite true. When we   70   difficulties. Please face them bravely. Where there is a will, there is a way.

 

从方框中选择正确选项。完成短文．并将其字母序号写在短文后面的空格内。(方框中有两个选项是多余的)

A．later   B．nothing  C．terrible   D．neither  E．hope  F．something G．fastest  H．broke   I．without   J．meet   K．either  L．winner

Sometimes, life isn't as perfect as we imagine. If so, what will you do?
Liu Wei, the famous pianist  1  arms in China, is a good example. He lost his arms in a   2   accident when he was only 10 years old. However, he wanted to keep his dream. He learned to swim in a recovery( 康复) hospital when he was 12. Two years  3 , he won two gold medals in a National Swimming Championship for the disabled. After that, he began to learn how to type with his feet. He  4   the world record and became the person who could type  5  with his feet. In the following years, he started learning to play the piano.
Last year, he became the  6 of China' s Got Talent Show( 中国达人秀). He always says, " There are two ways in my life. I will   7  live a wonderful life or die. " We can learn   8  from Liu Wei. No matter how hard the life is, keep smiling to ourselves.
Martin Luther King has ever said, " We must accept( 接受) disappointment in our life, but we must never lose our  9   " What he said is quite true. When we   10  difficulties. Please face them bravely. Where there is a will, there is a way.

　　阅读理解

　　　　George Stephenson was born in 1781 in a poor family. He had to start work when he was only eight. When George was fourteen he became his father's helper. He spent a lot of time learning about the engine. And on holidays he often took it to pieces（把它拆开） and studied each piece carefully. Soon he became a very good worker though he could not read or write. He began to learn the English letters when he was seventeen years old. Every day after he did twelve hour's hard work, he walked a long way to have lessons from 　　a young school teacher. On his eighteenth birthday, he wrote his own name for the first time in his life.

　　　　George invented many things in his life. The train was the greatest one among them. Today when we watch or take trains from one place to another, we'll think of this great man---George Stephenson.

　　判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示。

　　1. George began to work at the age of fourteen. 

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　　2. It took George much time to learn about the engine. 

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　　3. He became a good worker, but could not read or write at 　　 first.

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　　4. Every day he worked hard for more than twelve hours. 

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　　5. The train was invented by George Stephenson. 

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