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My teachers thought I was the worst student. My family also had the   【小题1】    thought as my teachers.
When I was going to   【小题2】  my studying, a new teacher, Miss White came to our school. She was young, beautiful and knowledgeable.
One day, I was sitting alone in my classroom. Miss White came up to me and talked to me happily. Soon her smile took away my unhappiness.
“Do you think I can go to college?” I didn’t know why I asked such a question. I thought she must say “no”, because everyone else said so. But she said, “Dear, you can do anything you want. Just try and you will   【小题3】  success. I believe you are the best!”
I was moved deeply by the words. I   【小题4】  to study hard. From then on, we became good friends. She often helped me with my study in her free time.
 【小题5】 , I did well in my studies and went to a good college. Miss White is an angel. Her words have kept me going forward. She helped me to see that I am special and can be successful in life.

Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. was the first African-American player to take part in the international sport of tennis at the highest level of the game. He was born on July 10, 1943.
When Arthur was 6, his mother died. Arthur, with his father and his brother, lived near a large park in Richmond, Virginia. His father was the manager of the park. He took care of the park and made sure everything was right. 
Arthur was allowed to play in the park when he was seven years old. He was quite energetic. A swimming pool, tennis courts, and baseball diamonds (棒球场) were in the park. Arthur spent a lot of time playing there. He did well in sports, but he had never tried to play tennis.
He often watched the tennis players. Sometimes there were tennis lessons, and Arthur would watch even more carefully. The young man teaching the lessons noticed Arthur. His name was Ronald Charity.
Mr. Charity asked Arthur if he wanted to learn to play tennis. Arthur was excited and agreed. Arthur learned very quickly. Mr. Charity found Arthur would grow up to be a good tennis player. By the time he was ten, Arthur won a tournament (联赛). Many older and bigger players came to the park trying to win the prize, but Arthur beat them. He became known as “the kid who could play tennis”.
Arthur grew up to be one of the first successful African-American tennis players. He played and won all over the world.
【小题1】Which question is answered in Paragraph 2?

A．Where did Arthur grow up?

B．Why did Arthur like tennis best?

C．When was Arthur born?

D．What did Arthur like to do at school?

【小题2】The park offered people all of these EXCEPT ____.

A．tennis

B．football

C．baseball

D．swimming

【小题3】 How did Arthur meet Mr. Charity?

A．Arthur’s father asked Mr. Charity to give Arthur tennis lessons.

B．While swimming at the pool, Mr. Charity met Arthur.

C．While teaching tennis, Mr. Charity saw young Arthur.

D．Mr. Charity noticed young Arthur was playing tennis well.

【小题4】What did Arthur do for the first time at the age of ten?

A．He entered the park where his father worked.

B．He copied tennis movements without holding a racket.

C．He pretended to hit a tennis ball back and forth over a net.

D．He played tennis better than players who were older than he was.

【小题5】This article is a(n) ____.

A．biography (传记)	B．diary
C．advertisement	D．piece of news

He is quiet and shy. He likes to hide his eyes behind his hair. He doesn't smile very often. However, if you talk to him about music, he'll have a lot to say.

    This is Jay Chou, the 24-year-old Taiwanese pop king. His fans are so excited because he will sing songs in Beijing on September 12. Those songs are from his album(唱片), "Ye Huimei", and the album was released(发行) in July and was named after his mother.

    Chou grew up just with his mother. He did not talk much and did badly in many

school subjects.

    His mother noticed the boy's special interest in music and sent him to learn piano when he was only three years old. He loved it and kept on practicing.

    Chou is not very handsome. He does not speak clearly when he sings or talks. But the singer has huge crowds of fans. "He is really good at music, it makes him attractive(有魅力的) to me." said Liu Jiajun, a Junior 2 student in No. 101 Middle School in Beijing.

    "He is true to himself. He never follows others." said Zhang Yujie, a Junior 1 girl at Huaibei Middle School in Sihong, Jiangsu Province.

6. From this passage, we know that Jay Chou       .

A. is very handsome            B. has a bright smile

C. often makes too much noise       D. is a pop music star

7. His fans are so excited because       .

A. he released a new album in July 

B. he will sing new songs in Beijing

C. he can play the piano very well

D. his new album was named after his mother

8. When he was a little child, he       .

A. talked a lot every day            B. did well in his study at school

C. started to like music             D. had huge crowds of fans

9. According to one of his fans, Jay         .

A. is a good student               B. has long and beautiful hair

C. is a well-known pianist          D. is very attractive to them

0. The sentence "He never follows others" in the last paragraph means       .

A. he always has his own style

B. he likes to walk alone

C. he doesn't like other people's songs at all

D. no one can catch up with him

 

When I was 14, I left school with learning disabilities and decided to surf the biggest waves in the world, first in California and then in Hawaii. One morning, I met an old man, a bum（流浪汉）, on the street comer. He asked me if I was running away from home. I told him, “Not exactly, sir. ”
After talking a while, he told me that he had something to show me and share with me. We walked several blocks until we came upon the downtown Public Library.
The bum asked me to sit down and wait a moment. Later he returned with some books, and then said, “I want to teach you two things. Number one is never to judge a book by its cover, for a cover fools you. I’ll bet you think I’m a bum, don’t you?”
I said, “I guess so, sir.”
“Well, young man, I've got a little surprise for you. I am one of the wealthiest（富有的）men in the world. But a year ago, when my wife passed away, I realized there were certain things I had not yet experienced in life, one of which was what it would be like to live like a bum on the streets. For the past year I have been going from city to city doing just that. Number two is to learn how to read, for there is only one thing that people can’t take away from you, and that is your wisdom（智慧）. ”At that moment, he gave me the books he’d pulled from the shelves. His parting request（请求）was for me to never forget what he taught me. I have remembered until today.
【小题1】The boy    when he was 14.

A．liked running	B．left school
C．did well in study	D．traveled around the world

【小题2】Which of the following is true?

A．The old man took the boy home.

B．The old man was homeless and poor.

C．The old man was friendly to the boy.

D．The old man and his wife went from city to city.

【小题3】The old man taught the boy how to          .

A．love people	B．become wise
C．choose friends	D．experience the bum’s life