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A: How was your weekend, Jack?
B: Pretty good. I went to watch 2012 Xiamen International
Marathon.
A: Really? What was the result?
B: A runner from Kenya named Peter Kamais 1.________
the first prize of men’s race in 2:07:37, he also broke the
record. The women’s title was claimed by Ethiopian
（埃塞俄比亚）, Ashu Kasim, who finished in 2:23:09.
A: He was great. How was the 2. ___________?
B: It was rainy and cold, the temperature was only 11-16 C. But over 70, 000 marathon runners took part in it.
A: Did you 3. __________ any foreigners? What do they think of Xiamen?
B: They said Xiamen is clean and 4 ___________. And people are really friendly, they get much
5 ___________ when they meet trouble.
A: I am so proud on hearing this. I should 6. ____________ every day and make myself stronger.
B: A good idea. Then you can be a Marathon runner next year.
Scientists believe in the near future a new kind of car that can not only drive on the road, but also fly in the sky will serve the people, it is called “flying-driving vehicle”.
Since the turn of the 20th century, there have been many hundreds of designs for flying-driving vehicles. And some of them have actually been built and flown. But “Transition” is the closest to people.
Transition was designed in 2006, and the first road and flight tests took place in 2009. Transition is designed to really be a general airplane, which can fold up（折叠）fully its wings, drive down the road and park in a single-car garage（车库）.
Transition can climb to more than 3000 meters high. It can carry two people at speeds over 160 kilometers an hour in the air. And on the ground it can drive at highway speeds, about 113 kilometers an hour.
Scientists expect Transition to reach market at the end of 2012, at a price of around 25, 0000 dollars. Mr. Carl Dietrich says nearly 100 people have already signed up as buyers. He hopes to sell as many as 1000 a year in the near future.
1.We learn from the passage that Transition is ________.
A. a flying car B. a helicopter C. a high-speed plane
2.________ shows us the way of Transition driving down the road.
A. B. C.
3.According to the passage, Transition ________.
A. takes up small room
B. can park over the water
C. flies in the sky only
4.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to this passage?
A. Transition can carry 2 people at speeds over 113 km/h in the air.
B. Mr. Carl Dietrich has sold as many as 1000 Transition so far.
C. Scientists expect Transition to serve the people at the end of 2012
5.The fourth paragraph(段落) mainly tells us about the __________ of Transition.
A. price B. speed C. Design
On a recent day, “Linsanity” is popular all over the world. It’s the combination of “Lin” & “insanity”, referring to the person who made surprising success.
“Lin” refers to Jeremy Lin, an American professional basketball player, with the Chinese name Shu How Lin. He is the first American player with Chinese descent（血统）.
Jeremy Lin was born on August 23, 1988. At the age of 5, He started playing basketball at the kindergarten. He went to Harvard University after playing at Palo Alto High School in California. He graduated in 2010 and joined the Golden State Warriors, an NBA team in California. In late 2011, Lin moved to another team - the New York Knicks at the very end of the year. The Knicks added him to their starting lineup（阵容）that month. He began averaging more than 20 points a game and leading the team to a series of wins.
Here is his career statistics（统计表）.
NBA Regular Season Accurate as of February 20, 2012
|
Year |
Team |
GP |
GS |
MPG |
FG% |
3P% |
FT% |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
BPG |
PPG |
|
2010–2011 |
Golden State |
29 |
0 |
9.8 |
0.389 |
0.200 |
0.760 |
1.2 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
0.3 |
2.6 |
|
2011–2012 |
New York |
19 |
9 |
23.1 |
0.487 |
0.343 |
0.742 |
2.7 |
5.7 |
1.4 |
0.2 |
14.6 |
GP: Games played GS: Games started MPG: Minutes per game
FG%: Field-goal 3P%: 3-point field-goal FT%: Free-throw
RPG: Rebounds per game APG: Assists per game SPG: Steals per game
BPG: Blocks per game PPG: Points per game
1.“Linsanity” is an expression referring to the person who ______.
A. made surprising success
B. played basketball young
C. was very popular
2.Jeremy Lin is the first American player with _______ descent.
A. French B. Chinese C. English
3.According to the passage, Jeremy Lin started playing basketball at ________.
A. kindergarten B. high school C. university
4.Jeremy Lin is playing for ________ team in NBA now.
A. the Golden State Warriors
B. the Los Angeles Lakers
C. the New York Knicks
5.Jeremy Lin got 14.6 _________ in Regular Season 2011-2012.
A. PPG B. SPG C. MPG
The world’s population has reached 7 billion（十亿）according to the United Nations（联合国）by 2011. It comes just 12 years since the total reached 6 billion - with official estimates saying the population will top 8 billion in 2025 and 10 billion before the end of the century.
And it is most likely that the 10-billionth baby will be born in the Asia-Pacific region - where the population growth rate is higher than anywhere else in the world.
Of the 2.3 billion people, the United Nations believes will be added by 2050, more than 1 billion will live in sub-Saharan Africa. The Indian subcontinent（次大陆）will add some 630 million people.
With more people to feed, more houses & medical care to provide, experts say the world’s resources（资源）will face more strain than before.
1.According to the picture, the population of the world reached 6 billion in ________.
A. 1987 B. 1999 C. 2011
2.We know that more than 1 billion will live in _______ by 2050.
A. sub-Saharan Africa
B. Indian subcontinent
C. the United States
3.According to the picture, _______ will have the largest population in 2050.
A. China B. India C. Nigeria
4.The underlined word “strain” in the last paragraph（段落）means “_________”.
A. 破坏 B. 关闭 C. 压力
5.The population of the world grows ________ according to the picture.
A. slower and slower
B. faster and faster
C. smaller and smaller
An armless pianist who plays with his toes has won the first series of China’s version of the internationally popular TV talent show, “China’s Got Talent.”
Liu Wei, a 23-year-old Beijing-born pianist, who lost both his arms at the aged of 10 when he was electrocuted（触电）during a game of hide-and-seek. Liu Wei stayed in rehabilitation（康复）centre for 2 years. When he got out, he was introduced to Beijing’s disabled swimming team, and he managed to take 2 gold medals in the National Disabled Swimming Championship at the aged of 14. But soon he was told not to do too much sport by the doctor.
Liu Wei was very sad. Luckily, the door was shut on sports, but it opened in music. At the age of 18, he started to learn the piano. He could not find a teacher to lead him to play with his toes, so he began teaching himself. Liu said, “I knew if I tried, I might get a chance at success. If I didn’t try, I would lose my future.”
He carried on a daily 7-hour practice, his improvement gave him hope. He kept practicing and made progress gradually. In early 2011, he gave a memorable performance in Vienna’s Golden Concert Hall. In 2012, he received the award “Top Ten People Who Moved China”.
1.Liu Wei lost both his arms when he was______ years old.
A. 10 B. 14 C. 23
2.Besides playing the piano, Liu Wei is also good at _______.
A. playing games
B. learning from others
C. armless swimming
3.Liu Wei was taught by ________ to play the piano with toes.
A. his teacher B. his mother C. himself
4.The sentence “The door was shut on sports, but it opened in music” means that Liu Wei ______.
A. lost the future of music
B. got other chances at success
C. couldn’t do sports
5.The best title of this passage is “_________”
A. One is never too old to learn
B. Time and tide wait for no man
C. Where there’s a will, there’s a way
Mr. Jones works in a factory far away from his home. One day he wanted to send a letter to his wife, but he could neither read nor write, and he had to work all day, so he could only look for somebody to write his letter late at night. At last he found the house of a letter-writer whose name was Nasreddin.
Nasreddin was already in bed. “It is late,” he said. “What do you want?” “I want you to write a letter to my wife,” said Mr. Jones. Nasreddin was not pleased. He thought for a few seconds and then asked, “Has the letter got to go far?”
“What does that matter?” answered Mr. Jones.
“Well, my writing is so strange that only I can read it, and if I have to travel a long way to read your letter to your wife, it will cost you a lot of money. ”Mr. Jones went away with no words.
1.Mr. Jones is a ________.
A. letter-writer B. postman C. worker
2.Mr. Jones looked for somebody to write a letter for him ______.
A. late at night
B. in the morning
C. in the afternoon
3.Nasreddin was not pleased because he wanted to ______.
A. write the letter B. make money C. remain in bed
4.We know from the story that Nasreddin is a _______ man.
A. kind B. funny C. strict
5.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Mr. Jones paid no money to Nasreddin.
B. Mr. Jones was happy when he heard the words.
C. Nasreddin wrote the letter for Mr. Jones.
