(1）Who stayed at Mike's home for their holidays?

(2）Their holidays lasted for ________.

(3）In which year will Ann and Tom be in Grade Three?

(4）Who went to Quiet island?

(5）Why didn't Michael go to Quiet Island? Because ________.

A．it was very hot

B．he was busy

C．he had no time

D．something was wrong with his foot

  Do  you know who shaped President Obama? It was his unconventional（非凡的）mother——Ann Soetoro. She was charming（有魅力的）and liked to laugh. She was a tireless and hardworking woman. When Obama was young, his mother said, “He can do anything he wants in the world, even be president of the USA.” And she was right.

  When Obama was a little boy, his mother paid much attention to manners（礼仪）. So Obama was very polite. He got up to study at 5 a．m. every morning. His mother typed and corrected his homework for him. Besides, his mother let him know the sense of duty to the world, the importance of hard work and the need to give back. Just as Obama said, “Like most of my values(价值观)，I learned about empathy(同情) from my mother.” When he was nine, his mother sent him to Hawaii, where she soon joined him. In 1975, his mother left him to grandparents, so as to return to Indonesia(印度尼西亚) to begin her PH．D. field work(为博士学位做实地考察)。

  Obama’s mother was optimistic and easygoing. This great mother produced an excellent son.

 47. What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Great Mother Made Obama Succeed

B. Hardworking Obama.

C. Ann Soetoro Got Ph．D。

D. Obama’s Mother Was Easygoing.

 48. Which of the following is true?

A. When he was nine, his mother and he went to Hawaii together.

B. Obama didn’t study hard when he was  young.

C. In 1975, Obama’s mother returned to Indonesia to begin her Ph．D. field work.

D. His mother didn’t want him to become President of the USA.

 49. According to the passage, we know that his mother       .

A. was a great mother and she knew how to educate her children.

B. didn’t like to study herself.

C. was so busy that she had no time to look after her children.

D. wasn’t hopeful about the future.

 50. The underlined word “optimistic” means       .

A. 消极的       B. 乐观的       C. 自私的      D. 善良的

 51. When Obama was young, his mother let him know         .

A. the sense of duty to the world

B. the importance of hard work

C. the need to give back

D. A, B and C

Mr. Henry lived in a small village with high mountains all around it．All day he worked on his farm and never went to the city．Sometimes he went to the town which is not far away to buy something，but he always walked there and never took a bus or a train．His wife died after his only daughter was born．When the girl，Ann，grew up，she left her father and went to college．Four years later Ann passed all her examinations and found work in a hospital in the capital．As she was busy，she had no time to go back to see her father．But she missed her father very much．Do she wrote to his father and asked him to come to the capital．

When Mr. Henry heard from his daughter，he was quite happy and was soon ready to set off．The next day，as soon as he got to the station，he rang Ann up and told her the train he would take．At eight in the morning the train arrived at the Capital Station．Mr. Henry had spent about sixteen hours on the train．As soon as he got off，he saw his daughter standing there to meet him．Ann ran up to him and found that her father looked pale．

"What's the matter with you，Dad?" Ann asked in surprise．"Do you feel unwell?"

"Nothing，" answered Mr. Henry．"I'm just not used to sitting backwards （背朝前） in the train．""Oh，dear，" laughed the girl．"Why didn't you exchange seats with the man opposite to you? " "How can I do that'?" answered Mr. Henry．"No man sat opposite to me!"

1．Mr. Henry was_________

A．a worker           B．a driver             C．a farmer

2．Ann's mother died_________

A．before she was born       B．after she was born C．when she grew up

3．Mr. Henry always went to the town on foot because_________

A．the town was near to his village

B．he had no money to take a bus

C．he was afraid to take a bus

4．Ann didn't go back home because_________

A．she didn't want to

B．sire was too busy to go home

C．she didn't miss her father

5．Mr. Henry didn't exchange seats because_________

A．there was no man opposite to him

B．he had fallen asleep on the train

C．he hadn't known he had been able to do so

Chinatown is the name given to an area in the middle of London. It is just between Leicester Square and Shaftsbury Avenue. Gerrard Street is at the center and is the most important street in the area. There is a large Chinese community (社区) with a lot of Chinese restaurants, Chinese supermarkets and shops in this street.
In the 1950s, it was a poor area and everything was very cheap. At the same time, the world rice market changed and thousands of farm workers in Hong Kong lost their jobs. They began arriving in London to look for work. They found jobs in the restaurants in this area. Many British (英国的) people like Chinese food, and the restaurants were popular.
These restaurant workers often worked 17 hours a day and had no time to learn English. As more Chinese arrived, more shops and businesses grew up. Wives came and joined their husbands, and children came and joined their fathers. The community grew, and Chinatown was born.
In the 1970s and 1980s, British-born Chinese started to have a better education and this brought economic (经济的) success to the area. Many families moved out of Chinatown, and there was more space for businesses. Gerrard Street became a street only for visitors and was soon a popular place for tourists.
Now everyone knows about London’s Chinatown. During the Chinese New Year, the streets are seen with national flags and thousands of Chinese go into the streets. For most of the year, though, Londoners and tourists go there mainly for the food in the Chinese restaurants. The best restaurants are the ones where the Chinese eat.
【小题1】Is this Chinatown in the middle of London?
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【小题2】How was the area in the 1950s?
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【小题3】Why did the restaurant workers have no time to learn English?
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【小题4】When did British-born Chinese start to have a better education?
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【小题5】What is the topic of this article?
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