Yao Ming was born in China in 1980. Now the big name from China is playing for the Houston Rockets in the NBA. He is the son of two basketball players and he learned how to play basketball when he was young. Now, as one of the stars in the NBA, he is working hard to show the world that Chinese basketball players can do well in this game, too!
Pele was a famous football player. He was born in Brazil in 1940. He started playing for Santos when he was only 16 and he didn’t retire（退役） until 1977. He played for Brazil 111 times and he scored 97 international goals. Pele came from a poor family. He started playing football in the streets. He played for Santos and quickly became an international star.
Steffi Graf was born in Germany in 1969. She won the tennis semi-final（半决赛） at Wimbledon in 1985 when she was only 16, but she lost the final to another great tennis player, Martina Navratilova. People were ’surprised at the strength and power of her game. She soon became a famous tennis player and won most of the main matches.
【小题1】Who is the youngest player in the passage?

Yao Ming was born in China in 1980. Now the big name from China is playing for the Houston Rockets in the NBA. He is the son of two basketball players and he learned how to play basketball when he was young. Now, as one of the stars in the NBA, he is working hard to show the world that Chinese basketball players can do well in this game, too!

Pele was a famous football player. He was born in Brazil in 1940. He started playing for Santos when he was only 16 and he didn't retire（退役） until 1977. He played for Brazil 111 times and he scored 97 international goals. Pele came from a poor family. He started playing football in the streets. He played for Santos and quickly became an international star.

Steffi Graf was born in Germany in 1969. She won the tennis semi-final（半决赛） at Wimbledon in 1985 when she was only 16, but she lost the final to another great tennis player, Martina Navratilova. People were 'surprised at the strength and power of her game. She soon became a famous tennis player and won most of the main matches.

1.Who is the youngest player in the passage?

    A. Pele.          B. Yao Ming.       C. Steffi Graft.        D. No one.

2. __________ comes from South America.

    A. Pele          B. Yao Ming        C. Steffi Graft        D. No one

3.Yao Ming began to learn to play basketball __________.

    A. when he was 15                   B. when he was young

    C. when he was tall enough            D. when he was strong enough

4.From the passage, we learn __________.

    A. Steffi Graf was born in 1985 in Wimbledon

B. Martina Navratilova was also a tennis player

C. Steffi Graf won few of the main matches

D. Steffi Graf won the tennis final when she was 16

— He is working hard now.
— He tries ___ English. So he practices ___ English every day.

句型转换。（本大题共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）

1. The boy had bread for his breakfast.(改为否定句)

   The boy ___________  ______________ bread for breakfast.

2. People speak French in France.(改为被动语态)

   French _________  ___________ in France.

3. “Mum, are you free now?” Kate said to her mother.(改为间接引语)

   Kate asked her mother _________ she was free _________.

4. He is working hard at his lessons so that he can catch up with his classmates.(保持句意基本不变)

   He is working hard at his lessons ____________ __________ to catch up with his classmates.

5. They had a very enjoyable trip.(改为感叹句)

   _____________  _____________ enjoyable trip they had!

词汇运用 (共10题，每小题l分，计10分)    (每空一词)

1.The _________(每周的) newspaper is sent to you every Sunday.x

2.Cheng Long is _________(认为) as a Kungfu superstar.

3.The work is ________(超出) my ability. I’m afraid I can’t finish it by myself.

4.After a short ________ (沉默) he went on speaking. 

5.Please write down these               (获胜者) names on this piece of paper.

6.When he caught up with the bus, he breathed ________(heavy).

7.The man’s _________(die) was a great loss of his family.

8.He is working hard to earn enough money to go abroad for              (far) study

9.In 1989, Audrey made her final ____________(appear) in films.

10.While______(dance)on the stage, Amy felt very happy..