In ancient times, there was a painter. He was good at painting flowers and birds. But he never stopped practicing until he became very famous.
An emperor(皇帝）of China also loved paintings,especially roosters(公鸡）. So he asked the famous painter to paint a rooster for him. He wanted the rooster to be the best among all his collections.
The painter promised to do so. The emperor waited and waited for one year.,but he didn’t get the picture. He couldn’t waited to see the painter. He became angry and wanted to kill him. So the painter hurried into the palace with paper,paint and a brush. In five minutes, a perfect rooster was on the paper.
After seeing this,the emperor became much angrier. “Since you can paint a rooster in five minutes, why did you keep me waiting for over a year?”he asked.
“Your Majesty(陛下），”said the artist. “I will let you know why.But you’ll have to come with me. “ he invited the emperor to his house. There, there were piles and piles of paper. On every piece of paper was a painting of a rooster.
“Your Majesty(陛下），”said the painter. “It took me more than one year to improve my painting skill in order to paint a perfect rooster for you.
1.According to the writer, the emperor_____.
A. loved beautiful paintings B. did very well in painting
C. was good at painting roosters D. Was very kind to the painter.
2.The painter spent ______practicing painting roosters for the emperor.
A. only a few months B. only five minutes
C. more than a year D. five minutes every day
3.The emperor wanted to kill the painter because______.
A. the painter refused to draw rooster
B. the painter couldn’t draw rooster well
C. he couldn’t find the painter anywhere
D. he couldn’t wait to see his painting
4.In fact, during the whole year the painter______
A.escaped from the emperor to live quietly
B. worked hard at practice drawing roosters
C. was invited to other places to draw roosters
D. drew piles and piles of paper to make a living
5.From the passage we can learn that_______.
A. it’s hard for painter to success B. it’s easy to paint in a short time.
C. hard work causes perfect result D. emperor was hard to deal with
China’s Manned Space Program
Spaceship: Shenzhou V | Time: October 15th, 2003 Main events: Chinese spaceman Yang Liwei was sent up into space. He went around the earth 14 times in his one-day flight. China became the third country to succeed in manned space flight. |
Spaceship: Shenzhou Ⅵ | Time: October 12th, 2005 Main events: Chinese spacemen Fei Ju |
Spaceship: Shenzhou Ⅶ | Time: September 25th, 2008 Main events: Chinese spacemen Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng were sent up into space. Zhai Zhigang made our country's first spacewalk. This spacewalk took 20 minutes. |
Spaceship: Shenzhou Ⅹ | Time: June 11th, 2013 Main events: Chinese spacemen Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang and the second spacewoman Wang Yaping were sent up into space and connected with the space station Tiangong I. Wang Yaping gave a space lesson about micro-gravity (微重力) to all Chines |
1.According to the article, the Chinese spaceman traveling in space twice is ____________.
A. Yang LiweiB. Fei JunlongC. Nie HaishengD. Zhai Zhigang
2.Shenzhou V went around the earth in space _____________.
A. OnceB. 4 timesC. 5 timesD. 14 times
3.Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng stayed in space for _____________.
A. 1 dayB. 4 daysC. 5 daysD. 14 days
4.Zhai Zhigang made our country’s first spacewalk in _____________.
A. 2013B. 2008C. 2005D. 2003
5.The space lesson about micro-gravity to all Chinese teenagers lasted _____________.
A. one dayB. three daysC. 15 minutesD. 40 minutes
Happiness is for everyone, and you don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with and swimming pools or those who have nice cars a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those who have big houses may often lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads in their free time.
In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in at school, your friends will help you; when you study at your lessons, your parents are always good care of your life and your health; when you get , your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to it. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice those things, you can see that happiness is always you.
Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor you can also say you are very happy because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy because you have more chances to yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor or you have bad luck. As the saying goes: Life is like a revolving(转动的)door. When it , it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.
1.A. trees B. flowers C. gardens D. cars
2.A. and B. with C. but D. for
3.A. be B. feel C. seem D. live
4.A. wrong B. trouble C. problem D. danger
5.A. making B. talking C. feeling D. taking
6.A. regret B. trouble C. decision D. success
7.A. correct B. forget C. change D. know
8.A. before B. around C. follow D. for
9.A. develop B. progress C. challenge D. exercise
10.A. goes B. sleeps C. moves D. closes
Guo Degang is a famous crosstalk performer. He always makes people __________.
A. laughs B. laugh C. laughing D. to laugh
Although he failed this time, he didn’t give up and ＿＿＿＿＿＿studying hard..
A. stopped B. continued C. succeeded D. finished
– What about going shopping this weekend?
----Sorry. I prefer ___________ rather than ___________.
A. to go out, stay at homeB. to stay at home, go out
C. staying at home, to go outD. going out, stay at home
