Hemingway was one of the famous writers. He was born in America in 1889. His father was a doctor and loved sports very much, and his mother taught music .Among the six children in the family, Hemingway was the second oldest.
Hemingway had written many books in his life. The old man and the sea is one of the most famous and also my favourite . It came out in 1952 .The main c haracter in the book is a fisherman. He is an old man and fishes alone. People think he is a man with bad luck , becau se he does not get a fish in eighty-four days .Every evening ,he comes home with his empty boat .But the old man believes himself . Then on the eighty-fifth day the man takes a big fish. Although he meets a lot of trouble, the old man never gives up.
选择正确答案，
1.Hemingway’s father was a fan of __________.
A.books B. sports C. music D. art
2.The old man and the sea was published in __________.
A. 1852 B.1899 C. 1952 D. 1989
3.The old man does not get a fish until the _______day.
A. fifteenth B. eightieth
C. eighty-fourth D. eighty—fifth
4.What does the old man do when he can not get a fish?
A. He has to look for food somewhere.
B. He does not give up fishing.
C. He does not fish any more.
D. He has nothing to do .
5.What can we learn from the old man ?
A. When we in trouble , we should not give up.
B. When we want to fish , we can get a big fish .
C. We can do everything well because we are young .
D. We can live a better life if we like fishing .
There are many unusual hotels around the world .In Greenland ,there is a hotel made out of ice ,open between December and April every year .In Turkey ,there is a cave hotel with a television ,furniture ,and a bathroom in each room .And in Bolivia ,there is the Salt Palace Hotel .
Thousands of years ago ,the area has the Salt Palace Hotel was a large lake . But over time ,all the water disappeared . Today ,the area has only two small lakes and two salt deserts .
The larger of the two deserts the Uyuni salt desert ,is 12000 square kilometers .During the day ,the desert is bright white because of the salt .There are no roads across the Uyuni desert ,so local people must show guests the way to the hotel .
In the early 1900s ,a man named Juan Quesada built the hotel .He cut big blocks of salt from the desert and used the blocks to build it. Everything in the hotel is made out of salt ;the walls , the roof , the chairs , the tables ,the beds ,and the hotels bar .
The Sun heats the walls and the roof during the day . At night is very cold , but the rooms stay warm . The hotel has twelve rooms . A single room costs 40 dollars a night .and a double room costs 60 dollars .
A sign on the hotels wall tells guests ,Please do not lick ��the walls.
1.What is unique about the Salt palace hotel ?
A. Its long history
B. The price of the rooms.
C. The guests that stay there
D. What it is made of
2.Which sentences about the area around the Salt palace hotel is NOT true?
A. It was a lake many years ago .
B. It is white during the day .
C. There are several roads to the hotel.
D. It is more than 10,000 square kilome ters.
3.Who is Juan Quesada?
A. A hotel guest B. A guide
C. The hotels owner D. An expert .
4.who keeps the rooms warm at night ?
A. Heat from the walls. B. The desert air ,
C. The sun. D. The furniture .
Although I am not in my childhood. I still prefer reading fairy tales. They often make me think of some special experiences and feelings. This summer I have received this kind of tales ,The Little Prince .It was
Published in 1940 .It is the world-famous fairy tale by the Frenc h author Antoine.
I ,the narrator (讲述者) of the story ,is a pilot . His plane has something wrong and lands in the Sahara . The little prince lives on a small planet ,and he grows a flower called ROSE there . One day they have a quarrel (争吵) ，so the little prince runs away . On his all alone journey, he meets different kinds of people . From these people he gets a conclusion (结论) that grow-ups are strange . And with the help of the man he meets , he descends in the Sahara .
The book moved me a lot . It is not only a fairy tale for children and teenagers, but also for grow-ups .
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1.The author loves fairy tales , because _________.
A. they are very interesting
B. they are not about real life
C. they make him or her think of special feelings
D. They often have a happy ending
2. The writer of The Little Pri nce is from __________.
A. France B. China C. Canada D. America
3.The little prince runs away , because _______.
A. he does not love his hometown
B. he is a naughty boy and loves adventures
C. he has made mistakes
D. he has quarreled with ROSE
4.The underlined word descend means ______in this passage .
A. end B. die C. land D. fly
5.The best title for this article is __________.
A. A fair tale
B. My favourite fairy tale ---The Little Prince
C. How to choose the story
D. How I spent my childhood
----Why do you look so tired ?
----_______I am writing a report for the newspaper.
A. When B. Because C. Until D.Although
Do you like NBA ?
Yes, I do. I saw NBA ______several times last seasons.
A. to play B. played C. play D. plays
Did they _________the final game ?
Sorry , I have no idea .
A. beat B. defeat C. win D. book
