like her a lot. She is half-Chinese and was born on July 7, 1980. Her hometown is in
Guangdong, China. Her father went to America from China in the 1970s. Her mother is an
American. Michelle is the youngest of their three children. She has a brother and a sister.
They also like figure skating.
Michelle has won seven National Championships (全国锦标赛) of America and has won eight
medals at the World Championships. She has also won two Olympic medals. She got the second
place in 1998 and the third in 2002. When she talks about" her success, she says, "My
parents taught me to work hard. If you do, your dreams may come true." She also says, "What
you give is what you get back." In the future, the popular skater wants to be the Michael
Jordan (the best basketball player of the world) of her sport.
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
B. her dad is Chinese and her mum is American
C. both of her parents are Chinese except her
D. her hometown is in China.
B. better
C. bad
D. good
B. to give less
C. to get more
D. to learn
B. learn basketball from Jordan
C. be the best figure skater
D. become the second Jordan
to have an egg. Then he took out an egg from the box. He wanted to boil (煮) the egg for three minutes. But he
was thinking about a problem (问题). So he put his watch into the hot water. He stood there and waited. When
the servant (佣人) came in , she saw Newton was boiling his watch, but the egg was in his hand.
B. No, he didn"t.
C. No, he did.
D. Yes, he didn"t.
A. He liked to eat eggs.
B. He was hungry.
C. The servant wanted to eat the egg.
D. He wanted to sell it.
B. From the desk.
C. From the room.
D. From the box.
B. 4 minutes.
C. 3 minutes.
D. 30 minutes
B. He was thinking about a problem.
C. He was thinking about the egg.
D. He was thinking about the servant.
"Einstein, you should buy a new coat. Look, your coat is very old."
But Einstein answers, "it doesn"t matter. Nobody knows me here."
After a few years, Einstein becomes a famous scientist (著名科学家). But he still wears the
old coat.
His friend meets him again and asks him to buy a new one.
But Einstein says, "I don"t need to buy a new one. Everyone knows me here."
B. China
C. America
D. Japan
B. asks him to buy a new one
C. help him buy a new one
D. help him mend the old one
B. he likes the old one
C. he has no money
D. he isn"t interested in his clothes
4. Some years later Einstein ______.
A. buys a new one
B. becomes a great scientist
C. still wears the old clothes
D. Both B and C
A. Einstein and His Friend
B. Einstein and His Old Coat
C. A Famous Scientist—Einstein
D. A Day of Einstein
Jack London was a famous American writer. He was born on January 12, 1876,in San Francisco,
California. His family was very poor, and Jack had to leave school to make money. He worked hard in
many different jobs.
Later, Jack returned to school, but he didn"t stay. He wrote, "Life and pocketbook (袖珍书) were both
too short."
In 1897, he went to Alaska to find gold. Instead, he found ideas there for his books and stories. He
returned home and started to write. His writing were successful (成功的), and he became rich and famous
in his twenties.
Jack London was not a happy man, however. In poor health, he took his own life in 1916. He was
only 40 years old.
B. a writer
C. a basketball player
D. a teacher
B. because his wife lived there
C. to find gold
D. to meet his parents
B. when he was over twenty
C. in his thirties
D. when he was a child
B. Jack was born in London.
C. Jack found gold in Alaska.
D. Jack was a successful writer, but he didn"t live happily.
B. Jack didn"t like to go to school.
C. Jack died in 1916.
D. Jack had only a little education (教育) when he was young.
attention (注意). she is known as "beauty" on the basketball court (篮球场).
Sui Feifei has been on China′s women basketball team for many years, but now, she will have a new
life: Playing in the WNBA (美国女子职业篮球联赛) for Sacrammento Monarchs (萨克拉门托君主队)
in the US.
It′s the first time for Sui to work and live abroad. she said she is ready for the challenges (挑战) ahead.
She shows great confidence, and this comes mostly from her good spoken English!
When she went to get her visa (签证), she talked happily with the officer there, and even gave the
officer a lesson in basketball in English!
"My best point is that I enjoy speaking---I′m never afraid to open my mouth!" she said.
Sui is outgoing. She likes speaking to any foreigner.
Off the court, Sui is a good writer. Her love of writing comes from having read widely, even kungfu
stories!
Sui writes for many newspapers, but she also enjoys keeping diaries. She feels free to put her thoughts
down on a piece of paper!
Sui looks nice but she doesn′t want to be like just for her beauty. "As for me, the courage (勇气) and
wisdom you see on court shows the real beauty, not a pretty face," she once said.
B. China
C. Sacramento Monarchs
B. is the only Chinese girl playing in the WNBA in the USA
C. is the most beautiful girl in China
B. 勇气
C. 自信
B. learned it hard at school
C. practices it very often
B. In her spare time, Sui enjoys reading and writing.
C. When she is free, Sui likes to write what she thinks on paper.
of 1 (skate) didn"t exist. That changed because of a man 2 (name) Joseph Merlin.
One day Merlin received an invitation 3 (attend) a fancy dress ball. He was very pleased and a little
excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how 4 (make) a grand entrance at the
party. He had an idea. He thought he 5 (get ) a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.
Merlin 6 (try) different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each
shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at
the party on wheels while playing the violin.
On the night of the party, Merlin rolled into the room 7 (play) the violin. Everyone was astonished to
see him. There 8 (be) just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on.
Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that 9 (hang) on the wall. Down fell the mirror, breaking to pieces.
Nobody 10 (forget) Merlin′s grand entrance for a long time.
1.________ 2.________ 3.________ 4.________ 5.________
6.________ 7.________ 8.________ 9.________ 10.________
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- 2We have some houses. But we need _____ . [ ]A. more many
- 3在极坐标系中,过点(-3, -)且平行于极轴的直线的极坐标方程是A.B.C.D.
- 4阅读理解(46分)①窗外正飘着绵绵细雨,我倦倦地缩在椅子上,心里烦透了:这道题算了这么多遍,怎么总是做不出来。我无奈地一
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- 7函数y=(2x+1)2在x=0处的导数是( )A.0B.1C.3D.4
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- 1已知,且,则的最小值是 .
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- 442-9x+ =(2x- )2
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