1. Yao Ming played basketball in     _  after 2002.

A. GermanyB. Canada

C. AmericaD. England

2.Red Sorghum is the name of a      __  .

A. sport  B. song

C. magazineD. novel

3. Liu Yang, Jing Haipeng and Liu Wang traveled in outer space for        days.

A. 11    B. 12C. 14D. 15

4. According to the passage, the        was born in 1979.

A. writer            B. astronaut

C. basketball player D. singer

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Liu Yang is the first Chinese woman astronaut from Henan, China.

B. Jay Chou is from Taiwan, China.

C. Mo Yan is the second writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

D. Yao Ming’s parents are both basketball players.

An artist went to a beautiful place of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out and painted from morning to evening. When it got dark, he came back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.

At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said, “No, I don’t want money but give me one of your pictures. What is money? In a week it will all be finished, but your painting will be here.”

The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind words. The farmer smiled and said, “I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. When he comes here next month, I will show him your picture, and then he will not want to be an artist any more, I believe.”

1. The artist liked to ___________ near a nice place.

A. sing songs     B. dance

C. paint pictures    D. write something

2. He liked painting ____________.

A. in a house

B. in the open air

C. because he would do well in painting

D. with the most important artist

3. The farmer thought that the artist ____________.

A. was not good at painting

B. was really a great man

C. did well in painting

D. was the most important artist

4.The farmer’s son wanted to __________ some day.

A. be an artist                B. become a popular singer

C. write twenty novels       D. dance around the world

5. The farmer ____________.

A. was a foolish man

B. didn’t want his son to be a painter

C. liked the artist’s picture very much

D. couldn’t pay for his son about his paintings

—Could you tell me __________？

—Sorry, I don’t know.

A. how can I get to the Water Sports Center

B. when will Mr. Black come back

C. why is Tom late for class

D. where Mr. Green has gone

I don’t know if it ________ tomorrow. If it _________ , we won’t go hiking.

A. rains; rains     B. will rain; rains

C. rains; will rain D. will rain; will rain

－I hear you ________ the USA. When ________ you go there?

－Last summer holiday.

A. have been to; did

B. have gone to; will

C. have been to; do

D. have gone; did

－Would you mind my listening to the music?

－____________. The boy is sleeping.

A. Not at all    B. Never mind

C. Better not D. Of course not

— Mr. Smith, would you please speak a little more __________?

— Sorry! I thought you would follow me.

A. slowly          B. politely

C. seriously      D. Clearly

I will tell my daughter as soon as she _________ back from work.

A. will come    B. would come

C. comes     D. Came

___________ the car’s old, it still runs well.

A. Because      B. So

C. Although     D. But

--- I couldn’t get any tickets for the basketball game.

--- ________________

A. Good idea!     B. What a pity!

C. All right.     D. That’s all right.