Do you know about Liu Xiang? He is one of the most popular   1  stars in China.
Liu Xiang was born on July 13, 1983 in Shanghai. Like many other Olympic sports stars, he started training when he was very   2 . In Grade Four, he went to the Junior Sports School of Putuo District of Shanghai.   3 , he was trained as a high jumper. Then, in 1998, his coach noticed his skill in hurdling(跨栏).
Liu Xiang put his whole heart into his training.   4  the age of 18, Liu Xiang set a record. In 2002 he won his first international   5  hurdles in Switzerland, and in the same year, he   6   a gold medal at the Asian Games in Korea. In 2004, Liu Xiang won the   7  Olympic gold medal in Athens, Greece. In 2006, he set a new world record with a time of 12.88 seconds in the men’s 110m hurdles in Lausanne.
  8  a sporting hero, Liu Xiang is invited to competitions around the world. And he also appears(出现) in advertisements and films. So what’s next for Liu Xiang? Will he   9  more time away from sports? No, Liu Xiang will go for more medals for China   10   he’s a symbol of China’s international sporting success.
【小题1】A. movie           B. sports         C. music
【小题2】A. old             B. short           C. young
【小题3】A. At first        B. At last          C. Next
【小题4】A. On             B. In              C. At
【小题5】A. 100m            B. 110m             C. 120m
【小题6】A. won             B. made             C. kept
【小题7】A. third           B. first            C. second
【小题8】A. Like          B. For             C. As
【小题9】A. pay             B. spend            C. need
【小题10】A. because        B. but              C. although

–-Do you know about Han Han? 

   --Yes, he ______ a playful student when he was in secondary school, but now he is one of the most popular writers in China.

    A. was used to be  B. used to be     C. was used to being  D. was used for

–-Do you know about Han Han? 

   --Yes, he ______ a playful student when he was in secondary school, but now he is one of the most popular writers in China.

    A. was used to be  B. used to be     C. was used to being  D. was used for

William Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth. He wrote thirty-seven plays in all. They are still popular today.

He was born in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582,he married a farmer’s daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter. Later they had twins.In 1585,Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind. No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592.

At twenty-eight, he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599.He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays. He made almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. With the money he bought a large house in his hometown.

At the age of forty-nine, Shakespeare retired（退休）and went to live in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died at the age of fifty-two in 1616. He left his money to his family. He left the genius（天才）to the world. You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world.

1.Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except        .

A. Hamlet   B. Macbeth  C. Romeo and Juliet           D. Man and Superman

2.Shakespeare decided to be an actor in        .

A.1578                                  B.1582                                  C.1599                         D.1616

3. In 1585,Shakespeare left his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon        .

A. with his wife     B. with his daughter  C. with his wife and children   D. alone

4.Shakespeare got much money from        .

A. writing                              B. plays                                 C. acting                                D. retirement

5.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Shakespeare had two children.

B. Shakespeare wrote both plays and poems.

C. Shakespeare left his money to the Globe Theatre.

D. Shakespeare wrote plays in English and some other languages.

阅读短文，将其中划线部分的句子译成中文。

Yo-Yo Ma was born in Paris in 1955.He is Chinese but has never lived in China .He began to learn to play the cello (大提琴),when he was four years old .He became a cellist when he was 21 years old .He won 15 Grammy Awards altogether .He is one of the most famous cellists in the world now .54.In New York ,people named a street after him .

In 1998 ,he started the “Silk Road Progect ”55.He wanted to take a trip along the old road and make new music.

1.___________________________________________.

2.____________________________________________.