Welcome to the 2012 London Olympic Games!

Archery	Archery has a 10,000-year history, when bows and arrows were first used for hunting and war. Archery first appeared at the Paris Olympics of 1900. It was removed after 1908 and only returned to the Olympics at Munich in 1972.
	Did you know? In the 14th century, archery was so important that an English law required every man, aged seven to 60, to practice it.
Badminton	This sport was invented by British soldiers in India who called it Poono, the same name as the town in which they lived. It was first played at the Olympics in 1992 at Barcelona. Although the rules of the modern sport were developed in England, Asian countries are now the best.
	Did you know? The best balls are said to be made from the feathers of the left wing of a goose.
Football	There are two medal competitions for Olympic football, one for men’s teams and one for women’s. Football was first played at the 1908 Olympic Games and it has been played at every Olympic Games every since, except for Los Angeles 1932.
	Did you know? Hungary has won three football gold medals——more than any other country.
Taekwondo	This Korean sport’s name means “the way of the hand and foot”,  The players get points by hitting each other with these two parts of the body only. The players mustn’t lie on the floor and no equipment can be used. Taekwondo first appeared at the 2000 Sydney Games.
	Did you know? Over 60 million people for 190 countries around the world regularly take part in this sport.

【小题1】Who invented the sport of badminton?

A．Indians

B．British

C．Chinese

D．Koreans

【小题2】Which of these sports appeared earliest at the Olympics?

A．Archery

B．Badminton

C． Taekwondo

D．Football

【小题3】Which sport was first named after a town?

A．Badminton

B．football.

C． Taekwondo

D．Archery

【小题4】Where can you most probably find this web page?

A．sydney2000.com	B．beijing2008.com
C．guangzhou2010.com	D．london2012.com

阅读下面短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

I used to live in my own room alone. But one day it all changed when my brother Mike asked to share my     . At first, my parents said “no” to him, but at last my mother agreed. I cried and asked my parents not to do this,     it didn’t work.

As soon as Mike entered my room, it began to become    . To my anger, he often left his unwashed clothes and toys everywhere!

One evening, I was doing some      on my computer while Mike was listening to music.        , I left my seat to get some water. A big surprise was waiting for me whenI    . He was using my computer to play game. I had forgotten to save the homework. Sadly, he had closed my program     saving it all I had done had disappeared! I     him. He cried a lot as my mother came and beat him. My mother also asked him to leave my room at once.

Then I did my homework    . At 10: 00 pm. I finished it. When I was going to turn off the   , I saw the photo of my     that he had put on my table. I looked at his lovely face and remembered how     he was when my mom beat him. I really felt       . I went to see what he was doing. I found he was    in my parents’ bed. I kissed his face. He woke up, got up and said. “I’m sorry. I won’t bring you any more trouble.”

I was as moved and said. “From now on, my room is not only mine. It is     !” That very night, Mike and I shared not only the room, but the bed.

1.A. clothes      B. food    C. room           D. toys

2.A. because    B. but      C. or        D. so

3.A. dirty        B. empty          C. quiet  D. tidy

4.A. business           B. homework            C. reading        D. shopping

5.A. Later       B. Instead        C. However   D. Sometimes

6.A. danced     B. fell       C. returned   D. slept

7.A. after               B. by         C. for          D. without

8.A. agreed with       B. heard from C. looked after          D. shouted at

9.A. as well       B. for ever        C. in the end    D. once again

10.A. computer        B. fan        C. radio    D. TV

11.A. brother   B. cousin C. father D. grandfather

12.A. clever     B. happy C. sad       D. silly

13.A. bored      B. excited         C. proud D. sorry

14.A. jumping B. sleeping        C. sitting   D. singing

15.A. his B. hers     C. ours     D. theirs

 

Long long ago a man went to India and he had never been there before. When he got there, he saw a lot of fruit, but much of it was expensive because they couldn’t grow much because there was little water. Finally he saw a big basket of some very red and long fruit. And it was the cheapest in the shop.

So he went up and asked, “How much each kilo?”and the shop keeper said, “Two rupees(卢比). ”Two rupees in India was nothing. So he bought a whole kilogram of the fruit and started eating it. But after he ate some of it:oh, my god!His eyes watered, his mouth watered and burnt, and his face became red. He jumped up and down, saying, “Ah!Ah!Ah!”

But he still continued to eat the fruit!Some people who were looking at him shook their heads and said, “You’re crazy, man. Those are chilies(辣椒)!You can’t eat so many!People use them as a condiment, but only a little bit to put into food for taste. You can’t just eat them like that. ”But the silly man said, “No, I can’t stop!I paid money for them, and now I’ll eat them up. It’s my money!”

And you think that man was silly, right?We sometimes do a lot of things like that. We spend money, time or effort doing something. And even though it’s been a long time, hard experience tells us it won’t work, and we know there’s no more hope, we still continue just because we’ve put money, time, effort and love in to it. Just like the man who ate the chilies and felt so bad but couldn’t stop because he didn’t want to waste the money he’d paid.

So even if you’ve lost something, let it go and move on. That’s better than continuing to lose.

1.The man chose to buy the red and long fruit only because  .

A．he hadn’t eaten it before                B．he was hungry

C．it was cheap                           D．he hadn’t seen it before

2.The underlined  word“condiment”in Paragraph3 probably means_______.

A．零食             B．水果             C．调料             D．蔬菜

3.Which of the following sentence is TRUE?

A．The man went to India to buy fruit.

B．The man didn’t want to waste money.

C．The man bought the fruit because it was expensive.

D．India can grow a lot of fruit.

4.From the passage, we can learn that_________.

A．we shouldn’t waste money

B．we shouldn’t eat chilies

C．we shouldn’t buy something cheap

D．letting something go is better than keeping on losing

 

Mrs Green had a young dog which was very clever. It often helped her buy a newspaper. One winter evening, the dog went out to play. It was snowing heavily. Soon the ground became white.
“ The dog never loses his way. Where is he now?” Mrs Green thought. She shouted his name.
But still the dog didn’t come back. So she telephoned the police and told them a lot about her dog.
“ My dog is very clever. He always goes out and comes back soon. Sometimes he plays with his friend, Mickey. He can buy a newspaper. He almost talks.”
The policeman was tired and said, “ I think you’d better put your telephone down. Maybe he is trying to telephone you now.”
【小题1】The story happened ______

A．in summer

B．in winter

C．in autumn

D．in spring

【小题2】The  ground became white because ___________.

A．some painted white	B．There are some paper on it
C．It snowed heavily.	D．It is really very clean.

【小题3】The dog didn’t come back because _______.

A．he lost his way.	B．someone bought it.
C．it was too clever.	D．it went to the police.

【小题4】When Mrs Green telephoned the police, “He almost talks” She meant that ________

A．his dog was silly.	B．The dog is good at talking.
C．The dog is as clever as a man.	D．The dog sometimes talks.

【小题5】From what the policeman said“I think you’d better put your telephone down. Maybe he is trying to telephone you now.” Who do you think “he” means?

A．Mr Green’s husband.	B．The thief who took the dog away.
C．The lost dog.	D．the policeman.

请阅读下面关于宠物的材料，给A—E选择恰当的标题。

A. Many people like animals and take them as their pets. Pet hospitals are very busy. Kind persons who love animals are needed to work in busy animal hospitals. They will teach you the job.

B. Scientists think that pets will probably be much smaller, because people in the future will be living in much smaller spaces. Scientists are already working on making very small farm animals. The same things might be done to make smaller cats and dogs.

C. It's said that some day you might own a panther (豹) as a pet. Some scientists believe that they might have to start turning wild animals into pets, since this might be the only way to save them from dying out.

D. What about a robot（机器人）for a pet? This may sound silly, but it could become true. Robot dogs have been made to get things, to bark like real dogs. These “pets” might become more and more popular in the future. After all, robots don’t lose hair or eat things the way real pets do.

E. Lots of people miss their pets while they are on holiday. One hotel in Minnesota has solved this problem. They lend cats to their guests. Many experts（专家）believe this idea will become more and more popular. It is very possible that in the future you will be able to have a pet while in a hotel.

1.Pet Hotels.

2.Smaller Pets.

3.Robots for Pets.

4.A Panther for Pet.

5.People Needed in Pet Hospital.