For many kids in Africa， the colorful PlayPump(踏水车）is the first playground thing they have ever seen. When the children give it a push and jump in for their first ride， smiles of wonder appears on their faces.
The fun of going round and round in a circle is just part of the wonder. The wonderful invention doesn’t only change the kids’ play time， but also makes a big difference to the people’s lives.
As the merry-go-round starts， it pumps(泵送）clean water up from deep underground and keeps it in a huge tank(桶）. People are welcomed to come and help themselves to get the water for free. They are very happy these days.
In the countryside of Africa， very few people could drink clean water. They don’t have machines that can get water in their homes. Instead， they often walk a long way to carry water back.
Patricia Molope， a fifteen-year-old girl， explains that before her village in South Africa got a PlayPump， people would pay a taxi driver to take them to a well far from their homes. “ Sometimes the taxi drivers were so busy that we would have to stop taking showers in order to save water. It was so far to walk there， but at present we have our own clean water in the village， and the life is better， too.”
The hard job of carrying water usually is done by women and girls. Carrying water for miles and hours each day is such a heavy job that it sometimes prevents girls from being able to go to school.
Thanks to the PlayPump， getting water is quicker and easier-----and even boys join in. The pumps have become a new activity. Kids and adults seem to love playing with them while collecting water.
A boy named Khumalo， twelve years old， says， “ I have seen many kinds of water pumps， but have never seen one that can keep water. When I grow up， I want to be an inventor so I can also invent clever things like the PlayPump that will help my country.”
So far， more than 800 PlayPumps are being operated in schools and neighborhoods in four African countries， providing water for almost two million people.
1.To get water from a PlayPump， people need to ______________.
A. walk for a long way B. push it first
C. make it in a circle D. use a big tank
2.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refers to____________
A. pump B. merry-go-round
C. PlayPump D. underground
3.For Patricia Molope， getting water used to be hard because____________
A. She didn’t know how to use a PlayPump.
B. She had no money to pay a taxi driver.
C. The only place to get water was far away from home.
D. There was not enough water in the well.
4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE about PlayPump?
A. People need to pay for the clean water from PlayPump.
B. Both children and parents enjoy the ride on PlayPump.
C. PlayPump makes the life of the Africans much easier.
D. About two million Africans are using the water from PlayPump.
5.What is the main idea of the story?
A. PlayPump can bring people together.
B. PlayPump helps turn work into play.
C. Every country in the world is thirsty.
D. PlayPump is a great invention in the world.
No one knows exactly when Jazz was invented， or by whom. But it is said that it began in the early 19th. Jazz was a new kind of music， for America and the world， and New Orleans was its birthplace.
Who were the jazz pioneers? Most were blacks. This music was not written down， and at first just blacks played it. It was difficult for white musicians to learn the new style. But soon they， too， were playing jazz.
The popularity of this music spread. From New Orleans， it traveled up the Mississippi to Chicago， then to Kansas City and New York. By the 1920s， there were many jazz musicians， both black and white. Many of them were famous. One man was better than the rest. His name was Louis Armstrong.
Louis Armstrong was a born musician. He was not only talented but also hard-working. He also had a good sense of humor and a big， warm smile. These personal qualities were valuable in his rise to fame. After he became well-known， he went around the world. It seemed that everyone wanted to hear Louis play. But life was not always easy， especially at the beginning.
Louis Armstrong was born in 1900 in New Orleans. His father never went to school and his mother could hardly read. When Louis was still a little kid， his parents separated， and Louis lived with his mother. How hard their life was can be imagined. And yet Louis smiled through everything. He later wrote， “My whole life has been happiness. Life was there for me and I accepted it. Whatever happened has been beautiful to me. I love everybody.”
1.What can we know exactly from the first paragraph?
A. Who invented jazz.
B. When jazz was invented.
C. Where jazz was invented
D. Why jazz was invented
2.The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 2 refers to(是指）_________.
A. New styles B. Jazz pioneers
C. Black musicians D. White musicians
3.What made Louis Armstrong become the best jazz musician?
A. His family background.
B. His talent and hard work.
C. His good sense of humor.
D. His big， warm smiles.
4.Which of the following expresses Louis Armstrong’s attitude to life best?
A. He laughs best who laughs last.
B. Failure is the mother of success.
C. When you smile， the world smiles back.
D. Without music， life is a journey through a desert.
5.What is the passage mainly about?
A. The development of jazz.
B. The influence of jazz on Americans.
C. The achievements of Louis Armstrong
D. The development of jazz and its best musician.
One midnight， a little girl woke up to go to the bathroom. She got up and down her bed， walked to the bedroom door and opened it. She looked outside and walked back， because it was so dark that she was scared.
Her mother said， “Don’t be afraid， honey. Take courage!”
“What’s courage?” she asked， running to her mother’s bed.
“Courage is the brave breath，” her mother answered.
“Mum， do you have courage?”
“Certainly!”
The girl held out her hands， saying， “Mum， please blow some of your courage breath to me.”
After her mother blew out two mouthfuls of breath into her little cold hands， the little girl held her hands nervously ， afraid that the “breath of courage” would run away. Then， she walked out of her bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.
Her mother said to herself， “ It will be nice if someone can blow some kind of “breath” to me. Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel afraid or lost.”
In fact， mostly， what we are afraid of is nothing but the fear in our mind. Who we should beat against is nobody but ourselves.
1. The girl woke up in the midnight to_____________.
A. watch TV B. go to the bathroom
C. have some food D. drink water
2.The girl walked back because____________.
A. the bathroom was far away
B. her mother wouldn’t go with her
C. she was too afraid of the dark
D. the bedroom door was locked
3.What did the girl ask her mother to do?
A. To blow some courage breath.
B. To go to the bathroom with her.
C. To cook some food for her.
D. To tell her some funny stories.
4.To keep “mother’s breath” from running away， the girl __________.
A. held her own breath
B. talked to her mother
C. held her little hands
D. ran to her bedroom quickly
5.The writer mainly wants to tell us that______________
A. adults are always brave enough
B. children learn to be brave quickly
C. the fear in mind is the real problem
D. mothers can deal with anything with breath
补全对话 阅读对话，从每题A， B， C， D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案完成对话。
Tom: Nice to meet you.
Mike: Nice to meet you.
Tom: _________
Mike: I stayed at home， watched TV all day and visited my friends and relatives.
I was so bored.
Tom: I went to Beijing for my vacation.
Mike: What about the weather there?
Tom: ________But we had a wonderful time.
Mike: _______
Tom: Many places of interest， such as Bird’s Nest， Water Cube and Beijing Hutong.
Mike: Were there many foreigners there? Did you speak to them?
Tom: Yeah.
Mike: Could I have a look at your photos?
Tom: Sure， I’ll send them to you by e-mail.
Mike: Thanks a lot.
Tom: You are welcome.
1.
A. How did you spend your summer vacation?
B. Why did you spend your summer vacation?
C. How long did you spend your summer vacation?
D. Who did you spend your summer vacation with?
2.
A. How are you? B. What about you?
C. Where are you? D. When did you go?
3.
A. It rained heavily and a little cold.
B. It was quite interesting.
C. I had a cold.
D. We went there by train.
4.
A. When did you visit them?
B. Who did you visit them with?
C. Which places did you visit?
D. How did you visit them?
5.
A. I also had dinner with them.
B. I also took photos with them.
C. They gave me a gift
D. We played together.
完形填空 阅读短文，从每题A， B， C， D四个选项中，选出一个能填入文章中相应空白处的最佳答案。
Peter came from a poor family. His father died when he was six. His mother had no money to send him to school. His mother’s best friend， Mrs. Smith， felt that the boy was _________， and decided to give him some money so he_________ go to school. When the boy finished high school， he found a job in the city.
_________soon Mrs. Smith had a serious illness. As she was dying， she asked Peter to take care of her daughter. A few years later， Peter married the girl. He loved her so much that he tried to make her _________ every day. He cooked lots of delicious food and bought all kinds of beautiful clothes for her. So she became very fat and found it _________ to walk.
One day， she felt uncomfortable. She went to the hospital. The doctor _________ and told her not to eat meat， sugar， chocolate and things like that. She was afraid she might ____________the doctor’s words， so she wrote all the names of the foods on a piece of paper. When she got home， she put the _________ on the table and went out. When she returned home， she found all kinds of meat， sugar， chocolate in the kitchen. Peter was busy _________ . As soon as he saw her， he said _________ ， “I’ve bought all the foods you wanted， dear!”
1.A. lazy B. clever C. funny D. boring
2.A. would B. must C. had to D. could
3.A. Though B. So C. But D. Or
4.A. outgoing B. lovely C. active D. happy
5.A. hard B. easy C. happy D. comfortable
6.A.looked her up B. looked her over C. looked for her D. looked at her
7.A. forget B. catch C. remember D. follow
8.A. notice B. name C. words D. list
9.A. eating B. drinking C. cooking D. having
10.A. sadly B. excitedly C. angrily D. politely
－Did you have a great time in Tibet?
－Come and have a look. My photos will show you__________.
A. how was the trip B. why we go there
C. how did we go there D. what the trip was like
