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阅读理解     About the year 1900, a small, dark-haired boy named Charlie Chaplin was often seen waiting outside the back
entrances of London theatres. He looked thin and hungry. He was hoping to get work in show business. He could
sing and dance,and above all,he knew how to make people laugh. But he couldn"t get work and therefore wandered
about the city streets. Sometimes he was sent away to homes for children who had no parents.
     But twenty years later this same Chaplin became the greatest, best-known, and best-loved comedian in the world.
Any regular visitor to the cinema must have seen some of Charlie Chaplin"s films. People everywhere have laughed
at them until tears have run down their faces. Even people who don"t understand English can enjoy Chaplin"s films
because they are mostly silent. It isn"t what he says that makes us laugh. It depends on little actions which mean the
same thing to people all over the world. Acting out, without words, the common human play an important part in the
dances and plays of many countries. It"s a kind of world language.
     Chaplin lived most of his life in America and died in Switzerland on Christmas Day in 1977 at the age of eighty-eight.
There was sadness all over the world at the news of his death.1. Why was young Chaplin waiting outside the back entrance of the theatre?A. Because he wanted to enjoy a play in the theatre.
B. Because he had no money to buy tickets.
C. Because he liked to act a part in a play and thus made a living.
D. Because he wanted to become a man of business.2. Chaplin"s comedies didn"t almost depend on         .A. actions
B. acting out
C. common human situations
D. words and languages3. People all over the world can enjoy Chaplin"s films because         .A. most of them have been translated into foreign languages
B. they can enjoy the films silently
C. they are best comedies
D. most of them are films without sound4. What is a kind of world language according to the passage?A. Comedy.
B. Acting out without words.
C. Silence.
D. Films.5. Chaplin is regarded as king of comedy mainly because        .A. he acted out the common human situations best in his comedy
B. his films are mostly silent
C. he knew how to make people laugh
D. any regular visitor has seen some of his films

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was young, she wanted to be a nurse. The family had lots of money, so they thought it would be better if she didn"t
work. Nurses were not very respected(尊重) at that time. But Nightingale went to Germany to learn to be a nurse.
     During a war in 1854, Nightingale and a team of 38 nurses from England took care of soldiers near Turkey (土耳其).
She was a very kind lady. The soldiers called her "The Lady with the Lamp". In 1860,Nightingale opened the first
nursing school. She died in 1910 in London, England. Nightingale"s birthday became Intemational Nurses Day in 1974.
Every year on her birthday,May 12, people celebrate Intemational Nurses Day to remember the love and help that she
gave to many people.棍据短文内容,判断句子正(T)误(F)(     )1. Nightingale was one of the world"s great doctors.
(     )2. Her family members wanted her to be a nurse.
(     )3. The first nursing school was opened by Nightingale.
(     )4. Nightingale lived for 90 years.
(     )5. Every year on May 12, people celebrate International Mother"s Day.

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阅读理解。　　Yao Ming,the center of the Chinese National Men"s Basketball Team,
served the Houston Rockets in the 2002 NBA. The 2.2 m,120 kg center becomes the first one to come from a foreign team.
　　Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September,1980. His mother was a center and captain of the Chinese National Women"s Team. His father played basketball, too.
　　Yao Ming is widely known in China. He came to be a very important basketball player in China Basketball Association(联赛).It"s short for CBA. During the 2000~ 2001 season,he got 27. 1 scores averagely(平均地) for the Shanghai Oriental(东方) Sharks in every match.
　　Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets in November,2002. He said this was a new start in his basketball life. He would do his best to learn from the NBA and improve himself.
　　Sport analyst (分析家) Bill Walton said, " Yao Ming has the potential(潜力) ,the capability(能力) of changing the future of basketball. "l.The Houston Rockets is the name of a _____ team.A. table tennis                      B. volleyball
    C. basketball                       D. golf 2. Both Yao Ming"s father and mother are _____.A. football players
B. basketball players
C. the centers of the Chinese National Team
D. the captains of the Chinese National Team3. Yao Ming _____ in CBA during the 2000 ~ 2001season.A. does well
B. is good
C. was good
D. did well4. Yao Ming _____ the Houston Rockets in November,2002.A. did his best to join
B. was well-known in
C. became a member of
D. took part in5. Sport analyst Bill Walton thought Yao Ming was able to _____.A.learn from the NBA
B.change the future of basketball.
C. improve himself
D. become the captain of the Houston Rockets

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he became a very good worker though he could not read or write. He began to learn English letters when
he was seventeen years old. Every day after he did twelve hours of hard work, he walked a long way to
have lessons from a young school teacher. On his eighteenth birthday,he wrote his own name for the first
time in his life. George invented (发明) many things in his life. The train was the greatest one among them.   Today when we take trains from one place to another, we"ll think of this great man—George Stephenson. 1. In which year did George Stephenson start to help his father?_____. A. In 1781
B. In 1789
C. In 1795
D. In 1798 2. He learned about the engine _____. A. through reading and writing
B. by making it to pieces and studying each piece carefully
C. at lessons from a young teacher
D. by asking a lot of questions 3. He spent a lot of time learning about engines and soon he became _____. A. a great man
B. a good maker
C. a good worker
D. a good student 4. George Stephenson invented the _____. A. the train
B. the telephone
C. the car
D. the computer 5. From the passage we know George Stephenson was one of the greatest _____ in the world. A. workers
B. writers
C. learners
D. inventors

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阅读短文回答问题。    James Cameron was born in a small town in Canada on August 16, 1954. One night at the age of
15, he found what he wanted to do with his life after he saw a movie. 2011:A Space Odyssey (《2011
太空漫游》). Cameron set his hopes high. He wanted to make movies. But he didn"t know anything
about cinema. He didn"t even know how to do a camera. What"s more, he lived far away from
Hollywood, the place for him to make his dreams come true.
     However, Cameron got lucky in 1971. His father told him they would move to California and live
only a few miles from Hollywood. At that time, he dreamed to go to a film school, but his family
couldn"t afford it. So he went to study physics at Fullerton College.
     Before long, Cameron stopped his college study and began making his living as a truck driver. But
he still didn"t give up his dream of becoming a movie maker, In 1984 , he wrote and directed The
Terminator(《终结者》). It was a huge success.
     Cameron now could do whatever he wanted. He had several projects in mind, including Titanic
which ended up earning almost $2 billion. Cameron started making Avatar(《阿凡达》)in 2005. It
took his team four years to finish making the movie, but the movie has become another huge success. 1. Was Cameron born in Canada?      __________________________________________________________2. What did Cameron want to do when he was 15 years old?     _________________________________________________________ 3. When did Cameron start making Avatar?       __________________________________________________________4. What does the passage mainly talk about?       __________________________________________________________

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完形填空     Zhou Yang was born on June 9th, 1991,    1    she was four years old, she got a serious illness.
Luckily, she got    2   soon, so her parents decided to    3   her play sports. They thought that playing
sports could keep her    4   good health.
     When she was eight years old, her father   5    her a pair of skates(滑冰鞋). She   6   skating
from then on. In the same year, Zhou Yang    7    part in her school"s running compet

ition. One teacher
found that she had a great potential (潜力) for   8 one of her teammates said,"Zhou Yang always
practices very   9   ." in 2010, she   10   a gold medal in the Olympic Winter Games. Chinese people
are all proud of her.(     )1. A. And
(     )2. A. good
(     )3. A. see
(     )4. A. in
(     )5. A. kept
(     )6. A. wanted
(     )7. A. brought
(     )8. A. arts
(     )9. A. easy
(     )10. A.saved B. When
B. well
B. hear
B. at
B. bought
B. forgot
B. gave
B. hobbies
B. easily
B. made    C. If
C. nice
C. let
C. on
C. went
C. finished
C. took
C. sports
C. hard
C. found   D. Because
D. beautiful
D. ask
D. with
D. held
D. started
D. rode
D. ideas
D. hardly
D. won

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