People need to relax and enjoy themse1ves．One way they can have a good time is to watch a baseball game or another sports event．Even thousands of years ago，groups of people gathered to watch skilled athletes（运动员）．
Over 2000 years ago in Greece，certain days in the year were festival days．These were holidays when people stopped work and enjoyed themselves．They liked to watch athletes take part in races and other games of skill．
The most important festival was held every four years at the town of Olympia．It was held in honor of the Greek God Zeus（Zus）．For five days，athletes from all parts of the Greek world took part in the Olympic Games．At the Olympic Games，people could watch them box(拳击)，run，jump and so on．There was a relay race between two teams of men in which a lighted torch（火矩）was passed from runner to runner．The Olympic Games were thought to be so important that cities which were at war with one another had to stop fighting．Just then people were allowed to travel to the games safely．Thousands of people came to Olympia from cities in Greece and from her colonies（殖民地）in Africa，Asia and Italy．They met as friends to cheer their favorite athletes and to enjoy themselves．
1.What happened in Greece over 2000 years ago？
A．People needn’t to work．
B．There were often against one another in cities．
C．People watched baseball games．
D．People didn’t go to any games at all．
2.What were those countries in Africa？
A．Friends． B．Enemies． C．Colonies． D．Relatives．
3.What did people do at the games？
A．They fought． B．They just talked to friends．
C．They cheered for their favorite athletes． D．They tried to find friends．
4.Greek cities then were fighting so they_____．
A．were weak B．were safe
C．couldn’t go to other cities freely D．could see each other
5.The best title for the story is“_____”．
A．Greece at War B．To gather for the Games
C．Stop Fighting D．Sport
Henry Ford was the first person to build cars which were cheap，strong and fast．He was able to se11 millions of cars because he could produce them in large numbers at a time；that is，he made many cars of the same kind．Ford’s father hoped that his son would become a farmer，but the young man did not like the idea and he went to Detroit（底特律）where he worked as a mechanic（机械师）．By the age of 29，in 1892，he had built his first car．However，the car made in this way，the famous “ Model T ” did not appear until 1908. Five years ago, Ford started his great motor car factory．This kind of car showed to be well-known that it remained unchanged for twenty year．Since Ford’s time，this way of producing cars in large numbers has become common in industry and has reduced the price of many goods which would be very expensive．
1.Henry Ford was the man to built _____ cars．
A．cheap and strong B．cheap and long
C．fast and expensive D．strong and slow
2.Ford was able to sell millions of cars，because_____．
A．he made many cars B．his cars are many
C．he made lots of cars of the same kind D．both A and B
3.The young man became a mechanic，_______．
A．which was his father’s will B．which was against his own will
C．which was against his father’s will D．which was his teacher’s will
4.The “ Model T ” was very famous_____．
A．before 1908 B．between 1982 and 1908
C．before 1892 D．after 1908
5.Ford built his own car factory_____．
A．in 1903 B．in 1908 C．in 1913 D．in 1897
It was always thought that Treasure Island(金银岛) was the product（产物） of Robert Stevenson’s imagination（想像）. 36 ，recent research has found the true story of this exciting work .
Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived 37 for many years .In 1881 he returned to Scotland to spend 38 .With him were his American wife Fanny and his son 39 .
Each morning they would go out for a 40 over the hills .They had been 41 this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors by the heavy rain, Lloyd, Stevenson’s son, felt the days 42 .To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some 43 .
One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert 44 that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of 45 . “What’s that?” he asked “That’s the 46 treasure”, said the boy. Robert suddenly 47 something of an adventure(冒险) story in the boy’s 48 .While the rain was pouring ,Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the 49 a twelve-year-old boy just like Lloyd .But who would be molded(塑造) into the hero — a pirate(海盗)?
Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked with the 50 of a wooden leg , Robert had always wanted to 51 such a man in a story. 52 Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was 53 .
So thanks to a 54 September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of the greatest 55 stories in the English language.
1.A．However B．Therefore C．Besides D．Finally
2.A．alone B．next door C．at home D．abroad
3.A．meeting B．story C．holiday D．job
4.A．Lloyd B．Robert C．Henley D．John
5.A．talk B．rest C．walk D．game
6.A．attempting B．missing C．planning D．enjoying
7.A．warm B．dull C．busy D．cold
8.A．cleaning B．writing C．drawing D．exercising
9.A．doubted B．noticed C．decided D．recognized
10.A．the sea B．the house C．Scotland D．the island
11.A．lost B．buried C．discovered D．invented
12.A．saw B．drew C．made D．looked
13.A．book B．reply C．map D．letter
14.A．singer B．hero C．writer D．child
15.A．help B．problem C．use D．up
16.A．praise B．produce C．mold D．accept
17.A．Yet B．Also C．But D．So
18.A．read B．born C．hired D．written
19.A．rainy B．sunny C．cool D．windy
20.A．news B．love C．travel D．adventure
At the meeting, the old man ______ some good advice about bringing down the market price of housing.
A. came about B. came along C. came up with D. came out
It is nice to hear from a close friend. ______, we last met more than thirty years ago.
A. What’s more B. That is to say
C. In other words D. Believe it or not
It is his horse , according to the old man , _______ saved him from the trap.
A. who B. that C. which D. what
