| Chinese writer Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012. Mo, who was born in 1955 into a farmer’s family in Gaomi County in Shandong Province, is the first Chinese national to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. In his early years, life was not easy. These things have influenced Mo Yan’s later writing. |
| 60-year-old Park Geun-hye (朴槿惠)was elected（选举）the new President of South Korea in December, 2012. She becomes the country’s first woman head of state and her term (任期) will last five years from 2013. “I will become a president who puts people’s living before anything else,” she told the cheering People in central Seoul as she accepted her win. |
| Barack Obama (born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1961), who was elected the 44th President of the United States in 2008, has been elected again to a second term, fighting against Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Obama finished his study from Columbia University and Harvard Law School. His father was from Kenya, Africa while his mother was born in Kansas, America. |
1.When Mo Yan was young, his family might be .
A. big B. small C. rich D. poor
2.Which of the following is NOT true about the passages?
A. The writer Mo Yan might live in a small place before he got the prize.
B. Park Geun-hye will lead South Korea till the year 2018.
C. Obama’s parents came from the same country before they married.
D. Among the three persons, Park Geun-hye is the oldest.
3.The three passages may be from .
A. an email B. a letter C. news D. an advertisement
When I entered the classroom, our teacher announced we were going to have a math test. I looked at the paper full of what looked like hieroglyphs (象形文字) to me and began to . I did my best that I could, and then left my to put my paper in a pile (摞) on the front desk with a sigh (叹息).
I returned and then an idea came to my mind. I checked where the teacher was I made my move. She was walking in the of the room with hands behind her back. I went back to the pile of test papers that already handed in and when I picked up my paper I also got the paper below it. When I looked at the paper I had taken, I discovered it was the work of the girl in our class, I copied her answers to my paper.
The next day when I got back my paper, I was to see an “F” on it. After class I went to the girl and said to her, “That math test was difficult and I it. I guess we need to study more.” Her reply was, “Not me, I got every question right and got an ‘A’ ”.
The teacher knew about it. She didn’t blame me in front of the class and me to keep my dignity (尊严). I made a to myself never to cheat (作弊) again. I would remember to always be honest in the things I do.
1.A. thinkB. cryC. worryD. sleep
2.A. partnerB. seatC. classroomD. teacher
3.A. afterB. sinceC. untilD. before
4.A. frontB. middleC. backD. bottom
5.A. extraB. newC. cleanD. difficult
6.A. tallestB. oldestC. prettiestD. smartest
7.A. shockedB. angryC. happyD. excited
8.A. knewB. madeC. failedD. lost
9.A. toldB. remindedC. allowedD. advised
10.A. speechB. promiseC. wishD. joke
—Excuse me, could you tell me ?
—Two. David will go with me.
A. who you will go with
B. how many tickets you have booked
C. how many tickets did you book
D. when you are leaving for Hangzhou
The cost of renting a house in central Jurong is more than in any other area of the city.
A. that B. this C. it D. one
—What do you usually do at the weekend?
—I the TV program “Who’s Still Standing? (一站到底)” with my family.
A. used to watchB. am used to watch
C. was used to watchingD. get used to watching
—Excuse me, Mum. When can we have dinner?
—Not until it in half an hour.
A. is prepared B. has been prepared
C. will be prepared D. was prepared
