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1. Where is Meimei from? She is from ___________.
2. What class is Meimei in ? She is in___________.
3. What is King's telephone number ?.It's___________.
4. What grade is Alice in ? She is in___________.
5. How old is Alice? She is___________.

1. How old is Ivan now? 

A. He is 11.      
B. He is 12.        
C. He is 13.          
D. He is 14.

2. What are Ivan's hobbies? 

A. Basketball and swimming.            
B. Football and basketball.  
C. Football and swimming.              
D. Reading and swimming.

3. How often does Ivan write to me?  

A. Twice a month.  
B. Twice a week.    
C. Every day.    
D. Every week.

4. Ivan studies in ________ now.  

A. America        
B. China            
C. France        
D. Japan

5. Which is the best title(标题)for the passage?  

A. How To Make Penfriends              
B. Something About Ivan
C. What Is Ivan's Home Like              
D. Ivan's School Life

     Beethoven (贝多芬) was born in a small city near the Rhine in Germany. His father always drank and
his mother was a maid (女仆). They lived a poor life.
     Beethoven was a talented (有天赋的) child in music. People at that time thought he was as clever as
Mozart. His father wanted to make money from his talent, so he told him to practice and play all the time.
If he didn't do that, his father would be angry with him and beat him.
     Beethoven was very short and ugly. He couldn't hear well from the age of 22 and later he heard nothing,
but all these unhappy things didn't make him dislike music. He began to write sonatas (奏鸣曲) at 12, and
later he became a great musician.
     His life was so short that he didn't leave many works. But people think he was one of the best musicians
in the world.

1. Beethoven was from a in a small city near the Rhine in Germany.

A. educational family
B. teacher's family
C. rich family
D. poor family

2. Beethoven's father told him to practice and play all the time because his father wanted to make _____.

A. him be a great musician
B. him not drink too much like him
C. himself rich
D. him beat Mozart in music

3. What did people think of Beethoven at that time?

A. He wasn't a rich boy.
B. He did as well as Mozart in music.
C. He didn't love his parents.
D. He would be a great singer.

4. He was ugly and deaf, _____.

A. that often made him dislike music
B. but all these things didn't make him dislike music
C. that made him stressed out
D. but he didn't regard all these things as challenges

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. His father would be angry with him and beat him unless he practiced and played all the time.
B. His father never stopped drinking wine.
C. He left so many works that people think he was one of the best musicians in the world.
D. After writing sonatas at 12, he became a great musician.

     Jack Johnson is one of the most popular singer-song writers in the world.
     Jack was born on May 18. 1975 in Hawaii Being the song of a famous surfer. Jack usually has an interest
in surfing. Most of his life lessons were learned in the water. At the age of 17, Jack entered the finals of the
Pineline Masters-the worlde's most famous surfing competition. Everyone thought Jack would become a
professional surfer like his father. Unluckily. One month later, he had a deadly accident while surfing and was
seriously hurt.
     Life is like a reaching door.When it closes, it also opens. Jack started to practise playing the guitar and
write songs when he was staying in hospital. At first, his father thought Jack only did it for fun.but soon he
was suiprised at the great progress his song had made.
     When studying in the university. Jack didn't stop practising his guitar skills. He played the guitar for school
partses. He wrote songs and sang for his teachers and friends.They liked his songs.His first music albam
Brushfire Fairytaies came out in 2001. It was a great success.His second album, On and On, was much like
his first. They were filled with sweet,easy-going songs that everybody liked listening to later. Jack had lots of
concerts in and out of America. He became popular all over the world.
     Jack had five albums by 2010 and more than 15 million copics of them were sold. His music doesn't fit into
any of the popular music styles like pop, rocks R and B or hip-hop.It is more like folk music, played with a
guitar and beautiful voice. When listening to his songs, you feel like lying on the beach enjoying the warm
sunfine.
     Jack is a talent, though he himself says he is only a surfer who loves music. In his songs we can find his
secret of success. Whatever happens in our lives, we have to accept it and do the best we can.

1. At the age of 17, Jack _____.

A. had his first music album
B. took part in a surfing compentition
C. had his first concert
D. became popular all over the world

2. Jack started to write songs _____.

A. while he was staying in hospital
B. when he had concerts out of America
C. after his seccond album came out
D. after he played the guitar at the school party

3. What is the seccet or Jack's success?

A. He was born in Hawaii
B. His father was very famous
C. He wrote many songs for his teachers and friends
D. He always faced difficulties bravely and tried his best.

4. What's the best title of the passage?

A. A Famous Writer
B. Surfing in the Sea
C. A Guitar Player
D. Surfing in the Music

     26-meter-tall Yao Ming made his NBA debut (初次登台) on October 23, 2002 and got 6 points
for the Houston Rockets in the game. The next day, he got 13 points (得分)in another game.
     Most people think that Yao Ming is a born basketball player. But Yao said, "When you watch it on
TV, it looks very easy. But when you are playing in the NBA, it is really not so easy." He said that joining
the Houston Rockets was a new start and a new challenge. "I hope that through very hard work I can
make everyone happy and help the Rockets win more games," he said.
     Yao Ming speaks some English. Both he and his teammates can undersand each other. They don't
think there is a language problem. While Yao Ming faces this new challenge, the people of Houston have
shown great interest in him and they hope Yan Ming faces this new challenge, the people of Houston
have shown great interest in him and they hope Yan Ming will bring new energy (活力) to the Rockets.
The team has started having lessons to learn more about China, and many people who work for the
Rockets have learned to speak some Chinese.
1. Yao Ming got 13 points on October _____, 2002.
A .22  
B. 23  
C. 24  
D. 26
2. Yao Ming said that _____.
A. playing in the NBA was difficult
B. it was hard to watch NBA games on TV
C. he was an NBA star      
D. it was boring to play basketball
3. The people of Houston hope Yao Ming will _____.
A. speak excellent English    
B. bring new energy
C. make NBA games easy    
D. face new challenge
4. From the passage we can know that Yao Ming _____.
A. will work hard for his team
B. made the highest score in his first NBA game
C. can't understand his teammates
D. teaches the Rockets workers Chinese himself
5. The passage is probably _____.
A. an advertisement      
B. a notice
C. a news report        
D . an instruction

     Many people think that twins are the  s  1    but they are not ! Ali and Ahmet are t  2    brothers.
They  look the same in some w   3   . But in other ways they are very d   4    .    Ali and Ahmet  are
athletic.Ali and Ahmet b   5   like soccer.    but Ali  plays  every  day and  Ahmet  plays   o  6    on
weekends.Ahmet likes w  7     soccer games on TV but Ali likes to play soccer,  not to  watch only.
Ali Ahmet are both f   8   and funny, but Ahmet is a little m  9     outgoing than Ali.    Ahmet is  also
a little more serious about his homework,Ali and Ahmet are very p  10    at school.   And they  both
have a lot of friends.

1._____2._____ 3._____ 4._____5._____ 6._____ 7._____ 8._____9._____10._____

      Sandwich is an Englishman. He lives in the 18th century. Sandwich is rich, but he likes to played
cards for money. He often play for 24 hours, and doesn't even stop to have his meals. He orders
his servants to bring him some meat and bread. He puts the meat between the two pieces of bread
and holds the food in his left hand while he play cards with his right hand. People like Sandwich'd
idea, and from then on they eat bread and meat as Sandwich does.
      From the name of the man, Sandwich, we have the word of the food"sandwich"today.

1．Which country does Sandwich live in?
   __________________________________________________________________________
2．What does Sandwich like to do?
   __________________________________________________________________________
3．Why does Sandwich let others bring him something to eat?
   __________________________________________________________________________
4．How does Sandwich eat bread and meat when he plays cards?
   __________________________________________________________________________
5．Can you say something about the food "sandwich"?
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      She has never learned any new words by heart but has a vocabulary of more than 10,000 words.
She(1)         (begin)to learn English when she was five and a half. And the most surprising thing is that
she(2)       (pass)CET-4(英语四级考试)before she graduated from her primary school. Her name is
Liu Yinong, a 13-year-old Junior One student in the High School Affiliated to Rennin University of
China(人大附中).
     Liu(3)      (ask) to learn English by her mother at the very beginning. Her big success results from
her good learning habits. Since long ago, Liu(4)    (have)the habit of practicing her English listening in
the morning and evening. She usually(5)     (listen) to VAO, BBC, and New Concept English(新概
念英语). As for her spoken English, she keeps on(6)      (practice)it every Friday at the English
Corner. Liu said, "It's important(7)       (carry)on practicing while learning a foreign language." Now
you can understand why she is so good at English.
     Now, little Yinong(8)       (get)ready for entering Harvard University(哈佛大学). She plans to
learn French and German during her middle school. Then she(9)      (choose) to study another l
anguage(10)       (speak)by smaller group of people. She decides to master(掌握)five languages
before studying in Harvard University.
     "My final goal is to be the Secretary-General of the UN(联合国秘书长). I will make a good
preparation for entering the UN,"she said.