Thomas Edison  1  the first job.For the next five years he went around the country  2   job.At last Edison went to New York.He had  3  money.He could not buy enough food to eat.He has no place to sleep .
     For many days Edison  4   work.He was hungry.At last he found work fixing machines.He could mend
the old machines.He also  5   new ones.The head man liked Edison"s new machines.He was going to give
Edison $40,000 for them.Edison would now have money to do  6   he wanted.
     Thomas Edison was then 23.He used the money to build a shop in New Jersey.He had many people
  7   him.But he worked more than   8  of them.He rested very little.Soon he was making more than 40 new things  9  .
     In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone.But it could carry voices only a little way.Edison
wanted to make  10  telephone.He soon made one.It could carry voices a long way.

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William Shakespeare,the great English writer of drama (戏剧),was born in 1564 in  Stratford-on-Avon.We do not know e verything about Shakespeare"s early life.But we know that he is useful at the Grammar School in Stratford,and that he became interested in the theatre when he was still a boy. In l586, Shakespeare went to London,where he worked in a theatre for some years before he beganto write his own plays.Shakespeare soon became well known in London.Every play he wrote was very glad and new to the people of the capital.Queen Elizabeth liked Shakespeare"s plays. By the end of the l6th century, Shakespeare and his friends had enough money to build their own theatre. But we must think that Shakespeare had no difficulties in his life.Some writers were against him because their plays were worse than his.
1. Shakespeare is _______ in England.
A. a scientist         B. an inventor       C. a play writer       D. a story writer
2. The writer thinks ____________.
A. we don"t know Shakespeare"s boyhood at all B. we know Shakespeare"s childhood a little C. we know Shakespeare"s boyhood a lot D. we should know Shakespeare about his early life well
3. Shakespeare worked in the theatre ________.
A. when he started to write his plays     B. after he left the Grammar School C. when he was twenty-two years old     D. after he liked the theatre very much
4. Some writers were against Shakespeare because _____.
A. they hated him                   B. their plays were less famous than his C. they wrote fewer plays than he     D. their money was less than his
5. Which of the following sentences is right?
A. Each play Shakespeare wrote was liked by Queen Elizabeth. B. Shakespeare and his friends built a theatre with their money at the age of thirty. C. Shakespeare had a happy time and no difficulties in his life. D. Shakespeare was very popular with the people in London.
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"Chage and Aska" is one of Japan"s most successful singing groups. Chage and Aska began making music together in 1979. Now, more than 20 years and 200 songs later, they are still popular in Japan and around the world.      Chage (real name: Shuji Shibata) and Aska (real name: Shigeaki Miyazaki) first met in high school. In 1979, they entered the Yamaha Popular Song Contest. They won the grand prize (大奖). That year, their group "Chage and Aska" was born.      Their most successful year was 1991. Their album Tree sold 2. 5 million copies in Japan. The single from that album, Say Yes, sold three million copies. That year, they won six Japan Golden Disc awards, including the best album.     The band is also popular outside Japan. The tickets to their concerts in other Asian countries usually sell out. In 1996, they became the first Asian group to give a live concert on MTV "Unplugged". Many Asian singers, like Sally Yeh (叶倩文)and Andy Lau (刘德华), like to perform Chage and Aska"s songs. For the group"s 15th anniversary (周年纪念), a group of American singers released an album of Chage and Aska"s songs.      Besides singing with the group, Aska has his own career (事业). And Chage has his own band, Multi Max. Chage and Aska also write songs for American movies. Truly, the world is saying yes to Chage and Aska.
1. Chage and Aska met ______ for the first time.
A. at a show for a contest   B. at a concert   C. in a Yamaha store   D. in high school
2. What was special about 1991 for Chage and Aska?
A. It was their most successful year.   B. They broke up. C. They earned three million dollars.   D. They changed their names.
3. What did Sally Yeh do?
A. She gave a concert for MTV.   B. She wrote a song for Chage and Aska. C. She sang Chage and Aska"s songs. D. She worked with Andy Lau on his 15th anniversary.
4. Multi Max is ______.
A. Aska"s new name   B. Chage"s band     C. a Chage and Aska"s album     D. a music award
5. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Chage and Aska are not popular in America. B. The group won many awards. C. One of their albums sold 2. 5 million copies. D. Many people like to go to Chage and Aska"s concerts
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Yao Ming, the center of the Chinese National Men"s basketball team, joined (加入) the Houston Rockets in the 2002 NBA. The 2.26m, 120kg center becomes the first one to come from a foreign (外国的) team.      Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September, 1980. His mother is a center and captain of the Chinese National Women"s Team. His father plays basketball, too.      Yao Ming is widely known (出名的) in China. He comes to be a very important basketball player in China Basketball Association (联赛). It"s short for CBA. During the 2000-2001 season, he gets 27.1 scores for the Shanghai Oriental (东方) Sharks in every match.      Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets in November, 2002. He says this is a new start in his basketball life. He would do his best to learn from the NBA and improve (提高) himself.      Sport analyst (分析家) Bill Walton says, "Yao Ming has the potential (潜力), the capability (能力) of changing the future (未来) of basketball."
1. 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 were ______.
[     ]
A. football players B. basketball players C. the centers of Chinese National Team D. the captains of the Chinese National Team
3. Yao Ming ______ in CBA during the 2000-2001 season.
[     ]
A. does badly B. wasn"t good C. was good D. does well
4. Yao Ming ______ the Houston Rockets in November, 2002.
[     ]
A. does his best to join B. is well-known in C. becomes a member of D. leaves
5. Sport analyst Bill Walton thinks Yao Ming is able to ______.
[     ]
A. learn from the NBA B. change the future of basketball C. improve himself  D. becomes the captain of the Houston Rockets
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Do you know S.H.E? It"s a singing group. There are three lovely girls in it. They are Selina, Hebe and Ella. They are very popular.      Lots of young people like Selina because she is very beautiful. She has long curly hair. She is of medium height and she is very thin. Ella is really cool! She looks like a boy . She is of medium height but a little bit heavy. She has short straight hair and always wears a jacket and  pants. Many fans (歌迷) think she sings very well. Hebe is a nice girl. She isn"t tall and she is of medium build. She has long straight hair. Sometimes she wears a cute hat.
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2.26-meter-tall Yao Ming (1)_______ (make) his NBA debut (初次登台) on October 23, 2002 and (2)_______ (get) 6 points for the Houston Rockets in the game. The next day, he got 13 points (得分) in another game.     Most people think that Yao Ming is a born basketball player. But Yao said, "When you watch it on TV, it looks very easy. But when you (3)_______ (play) in the NBA, it is really not so easy." He said that (4)_______ (join) the Houston Rockets was a new start and a new challenge (挑战). "I hope that through (通过) very hard work I can (5)_______ (make) everyone happy and help the Rockets (6) _______ (win) more games," he said.      Yao Ming speaks some English. Both he and his teammates can (7)_______ (understand) each other. They don"t think there is a language problem. While Yao Ming faces this new challenge, the people of Houston have shown great (8)_______ (interesting) in him and they hope Yao Ming faces this new challenge, the people of Houston have shown great interest in him and they hope Yao Ming will bring new energy (活力) to the Rockets. The team has started (9)_______ (have) lessons to learn more about China, and many people who work for the Rockets have learned (10)_______ (speak) some Chinese.