Tony Wheeler was born to travel. His father worked for an airline. For the first 16 years of his life，Wheeler and his family lived in many different countries.

In the early 1970s，Wheeler met a young woman named Maureen. They soon married. Before getting jobs， Tony and Maureen wanted to travel. They took a year-long trip from London，through Asia，to Australia. On the trip，they visited places like India， Iran， and Afghanistan.

When Tony and Maureen arrived in Australia，people asked many questions about their trip. To answer these questions，Wheeler wrote a guidebook called Across Asia on the Cheap . The book told people about different countries' weather，customs(风俗），and places to see. But unlike travel guides in the 1970s，Wheeler’s book also talked about places most tourists did not go. He also wrote about unusual things to see and do. The book was very popular．

Wheeler and Maureen started a company called Lonely Planet. They continued travelling. They wrote guidebooks for each place they visited. Today，400 people work for Lonely Planet. The company has over 650 guidebooks. Wheeler still writes about travel “hot spots” (for example，Cambodia in Asia and Croatia in Europe). For more information，read the books!

1.Which trip was Tony Wheeler’s first guidebook about?

A.The United Kingdom.

B.From Asia to England.

C.From Australia to Afghanistan.

D.From England to Australia.

2.Why did Tony Wheeler write his first guidebook?

A.He needed the money.

B.His wife asked him to do it.

C.Many people asked questions about his travels.

D.He liked writing books.

3.How was Across Asia on the Cheap different from other travel guides?

A.It talked about places most tourists did not go .

B. It was longer and more expensive.

C.It told people about a country’s weather，customs，and places to see.

D . It was the first guidebook about Asia .

4.Which sentence below is true?

A.Tony Wheeler still travels and writes guidebooks.

B.Tony Wheeler’s first guidebook was not popular.

C.After their first trip，Maureen did not travel with Tony .

D.Today，Lonely Planet is still a small company.

Bruno was a boy of eight. His father worked in a cinema and his mother worked in a shop. He lived not far from his school. He always walked there and walked home. On his way to school, he had to pass a playground. It was very wet after it rained. One day,when he got home,his clothes were all wet. His mother became angry and said,” don’t play in the water on your way home from school!”

On the next day Bruno came back wet and dirty（脏的）clothes. His mother became even angrier.” I’ll tell your father you come back wet again.” said his mother,” He’ll punish you,you know.”

The third day the little boy was dry when he came home.

“you’re a good boy today,” his mother said happily,”you didn’t play in the water.”

“No,” the boy said unhappily.” There were too many older boys in the water when I got there this afternoon. There wasn’t any room（空地方） for me at all.”

1.Bruno went to school _____every day.

A.by bike     B.by bus    C.by car     D.on foot

2.The playground was between _____.

A.two classrooms

B.the cinema and shop

C. Bruno’s house and school

D.the shop and Bruno’s school

3.The little boy liked to play on the playground______.

A.when it snowed 

B.when there was some water there

C.when the children played football there

D.when his father was busy with his work

4. Bruno was afraid of _____ most.

A.his father   B.his mother   C.his teacher    D.the other boys

5. That afternoon, the boy’s clothes were dry because ____.

A.nobody made room（地方）for him in the water.

B.there was no water on the playground

C.he took off his clothes before he played there.

D.he played in the water carefully.

Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. was the first African-American player to take part in the international sport of tennis at the highest level of the game. He was born on July 10, 1943.
When Arthur was 6, his mother died. Arthur, with his father and his brother, lived near a large park in Richmond, Virginia. His father was the manager of the park. He took care of the park and made sure everything was right. 
Arthur was allowed to play in the park when he was seven years old. He was quite energetic. A swimming pool, tennis courts, and baseball diamonds (棒球场) were in the park. Arthur spent a lot of time playing there. He did well in sports, but he had never tried to play tennis.
He often watched the tennis players. Sometimes there were tennis lessons, and Arthur would watch even more carefully. The young man teaching the lessons noticed Arthur. His name was Ronald Charity.
Mr. Charity asked Arthur if he wanted to learn to play tennis. Arthur was excited and agreed. Arthur learned very quickly. Mr. Charity found Arthur would grow up to be a good tennis player. By the time he was ten, Arthur won a tournament (联赛). Many older and bigger players came to the park trying to win the prize, but Arthur beat them. He became known as “the kid who could play tennis”.
Arthur grew up to be one of the first successful African-American tennis players. He played and won all over the world.
【小题1】Which question is answered in Paragraph 2?

The bell rang loudly.Everybody packed their school bags and got ready 1 home.When the teacher dismissed the children，they lined up in two rows and walked 2 to the school gate.
Usually，George’s 3  would fetch him home from school.But today she was not there.George waited for fifteen minutes 4 he walked home.
When he reached home，he knocked at the door as he did not bring his keys.Surprisingly，no one opened the door.George 5  his mother was in the toilet，so he waited for his mother.After a few minutes there was 6  no answer.Just as he was about to go to the nearby coffee shop where his father worked to 7  the keys，he heard the friendly voice of his neighbor，John.
George told John that no one was at home and John?s mother suggested that George could stay in their house till his mother came back.George and John played happily till evening when George’s mother came back.George 8 John and his family before he went back into his house.His mother told him that she had a backache and she had to see a doctor. 9 this experience，George learnt an important 10，“Neighbors are people who help each other.”

The bell rang loudly.Everybody packed their school bags and got ready 1 home.When the teacher dismissed the children，they lined up in two rows and walked 2 to the school gate.

Usually，George’s 3  would fetch him home from school.But today she was not there.George waited for fifteen minutes 4 he walked home.

When he reached home，he knocked at the door as he did not bring his keys.Surprisingly，no one opened the door.George 5  his mother was in the toilet，so he waited for his mother.After a few minutes there was 6  no answer.Just as he was about to go to the nearby coffee shop where his father worked to 7  the keys，he heard the friendly voice of his neighbor，John.

George told John that no one was at home and John?s mother suggested that George could stay in their house till his mother came back.George and John played happily till evening when George’s mother came back.George 8 John and his family before he went back into his house.His mother told him that she had a backache and she had to see a doctor. 9 this experience，George learnt an important 10，“Neighbors are people who help each other.”

1.                A．to go           B．go             C．to go to   D．goes to

2.                A．ordering        B．orderly         C．order    D．orders

3.                A．father          B．neighbor        C．mother   D．doctor

4.                A．before         B．after           C．when D．while

5.                A．hoped         B．thought         C．said  D．preferred

6.                A．almost         B．already         C．always    D．still

7.                A．get            B．make           C．find  D．buy

8.                A．called          B．loved           C．thanked  D．visited

9.                A．From          B．About          C．To   D．Of

10.               A．word          B．saying          C．sentence  D．lesson