A short Chinese man is one of the biggest man in the world right now. He is Ma Yun, the Chairman of Alibaba Group. On Sept,19,2014 Alibaba went public(上市) and raised 25 billion dollars. Ma, a former English teacher, has become the richest man in China.
Bora in 1964 in Hangzhou, Zhejian, Ma grew up as a happy kid. When he was a teenager, he wanted to learn English. Every morning, he got up at 5 a.m rode his bike for 40 minutes to a hotel near the West Lake and talked with foreigner tourists in English. He did it for nine years, rain or shine.
The experience made him an excellent English speaker and also opened his eyes to the outside world. In 1994, Ma heard about Internet for the first time. And on a trip in 1995 to the US, Ma was shown in Internet for the first time. He searched the word “beer” on Yahoo, and found that there was nothing there about China. Seeing the chance, Ma returned to China and set up a website called China Pages without even knowing much about computers.
Four years later, Ma, his wife and his friends set up Alibaba in Hangzhou. He believed in the Internet business potential(潜力) when few other Chinese did. 15 years later, developed into the world’s largest e-commerce company(电子商务公司)，owning popular shopping websites like Taobao and Tmall.
Title | Ma Yun, the 1._______ man in China |
Journey to success | In order to 2._____English, he got up at 5 a.m After he come back from the US, he set up a website called 3._____ Alibaba has owned popular shopping websites like4.___ and Tmall. |
Conclusion | 5.______ favors(青睐)only the prepared mind. Or no pain, no gain.
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The Silk Road wasn’t actually a road. It was not even a single route(路线)。
The Silk Road was a name given to any route that led across China to Rome. Nobody knows when the Silk Road first connected China to the west for sure. But we think and learn that it was made about during the Han dynasty (BC206-AD220). The Silk Road covered the distance of about 7,000 kilometers. The Silk Road wasn’t actually one road. It was actually many roads that ran through different countries. The roads linked(连接) China to Rome. They ran through high mountains and the harsh(严酷的) deserts.
How many different towns, cities or countries do you think there were along the Silk Road? Nobody knows exactly how many towns, cities or countries there were. But some of the countries were China, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Syria. There were three main routes, and they were very dangerous. The northern route was from China to the Black Sea. The central route was from China to Persia, the Mediterranean Sea(地中海) and Rome. The last route, the southern route, was from China to Iran and India. It was very necessary for merchants(商人) to trade their goods from China to the west.
1.What does the Silk Road mean in Chinese?
2.How long was the Silk Road?
3.Does the article tell us the exact number of towns, cities…. Along the Silk Road?
4.How many main routes were there?
5.Who used the Silk Road most often and what did they use it for?
完形填空（共10分，每小题1分）
根据短文内容，用方框中所给词的正确形式填空，使短文完整、正确。（每个词只能用一次）
In September, 2014, Asia's biggest tennis star, retired (退役) from tennis. She made the decision because of the pain in her right knee, 1. she said she had no regrets. "I'm very 2. with my tennis career. I don't feel sorry or have any regrets about retiring.
Li Na was born on February 26, 1982 in Wuhan, Hu bei province. She 3. to play tennis at the age of six. The 32-year-old is one of the 4. sports stars in China. She won the 2011 French Open, becoming the 5. player from China to win a Grand Slam singles title (大满贯单打头衔) , and clinched the Australian Open title in January, 2014.
Li has tens of thousands of 6. in China. They call her "Big Sister Na" and "Colden Flower". After 7. the news, many people said they respected her decision and wished
8. the best. "We thank Li Na. She has brought many proud and shining moments to Chinese tennis. "
After the retirement, Li 9. to start a family. She also wants to open a tennis college to help build up the base 10. Chinese tennis.
根据所给中文完成句子翻译。（共14分，每小题2分）
1.我没有去过长城 I have never _____ _____ the Great Wall
2.我不喜欢和别人做比较 I don’t like ______ myself _____ others
3.我们总是把老师比作蜡烛 The teachers are always _____ _____ candles
4.如果你努力学习，就会成功 If you work hard, you _____ _____
5.他过去经常晚饭后散步 _______________________________
在下面对话的空白处填入适当的话语（话语可以是句子、短语或词） 使对话完整。
（共10分，每小题2分）
A: Hi! You look unhappy. 1.___________________ ?
B: I got very bad news from the News Report. It happened in Jiangsu Province.
A: What was it?
B:A crazy man entered a kindergarten and wounded(杀伤) 31 persons, including kids and teachers.
A: 2.___________ . Something must be done to keep schools safer.
B: Right. 3.______________ when I grow up. Police can protect them from being hurt.
A: I think that’s a good choice. 4.____________________ if you want to be a policeman?
B: I am going to study harder and exercise every day to be stronger.
A: Oh, cool enough! I wish your dream come true.
B: 5._______
从所给的句子中选择恰当的句子完成下面对话（共5分，每小题1分）
S → Song Qiang L → Liu Dandan
S: Hi, Liu Dandan.
L: Hi, Song Qiang. Nice day, isn’t it?
S: Yes. __1._What are you going to do?
L: I don’t know. _2.__
S: Let’s do something interesting with our classmates.
L: Great! __3._We can have a picnic there.
S: Sounds good.
L: What shall we take?
S: Food and drinks. _4._We can put rubbish in them.
L: OK, I will. __5.__
S: We can meet at the bus stop near Hope Store at 8:00 tomorrow morning.
L: All right. I’ll tell our classmates.
S: OK. See you tomorrow.
