阅读理解。 George Stephenson (乔治·史蒂芬孙) was born in 1781 in a poor family. He had
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when he was only eight. When George was fourteen, he became his father"s" helper. He spent a lot
of time learning about engines (发动机). And on holidays he often took one to pieces and studied each
piece carefully. Soon he became a very good worker though he could not read or write. He began to
learn the 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 in vented many things in his life. The train
was the greatest one among them. Today when we watch or take trains from one place to another,
we"ll think of this great man-George Stephenson.
B. In 1789.
C. In 1795.
D. In 1798.
B. by taking it to pieces and studying each piece carefully
C. at lessons from a young teacher
D. by asking a lot of questions
B. a good maker
C. a good worker
D. a good student
B. The telephone
C. The car
D. The computer
B. writers
C. learners
D. inventors
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and didn"t seem to be very bright. But by the time he was fourteen years old, he had taught himself
advanced math from textbooks. By then he knew what he wanted to be when he grew up. He wanted
to be a physicist in the future.
The Einstein didn"t have so much money to pay for the advanced education that young Albert needed. But the family tried their best to send him to a technical school and later to the university in Switzerland.
After graduation, he went to work, first a teacher, then in a government (敢府) office. With the pay that
he received he was able to go on with his schooling at the University of Zurich, where he received a
doctor"s degree in 1905. This was the first time when he first began the research and studies which led
to his famous Theory of Relativity.
As time went on, Einstein"s theory proved to be correct and by 1914 he had become one of the
most famous men in the world. His work was stopped by the First World War. The war made him quite
sad. He lost interest in much of his research. Only when the war was over in 1918 was he able to get
happily back to work. He won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1921.
In 1940, Einstein became an American citizen. He lived the rest of his life in the United States. Besides(陈……之外 ) his work in physics, he spent much time working for human rights (人权) and
progress. He died in the United States in 1955.
B. when he was fourteen
C. in 1889
D. in 1879
B. after he went to a technical school
C. after he graduated from the university in Switzerland
D. when he was twenty years old
B. at the University of Zurich
C. when he was l4 years old
D. after he won the Nobel Prize
B. Fifty-five.
C. Seventy-nine.
D. Seventy-six.
B. rich
C.not rich
D. very poor
worked. People elected him as the president in 1789, and he loved 3 work very much.
Washington did many things for the people of the United States. He said the country is 4 , so he should do
something for them. People loved 5 and called him the Father of the Country.
He died in 1799, sixty-seven years old. Up to now, a lot of Americans still remember what 6 did for the US.
1. ____ 2. ____ 3. ____ 4. ____ 5. ____ 6. ____
______________________________________
8. Why do people still remember George Washington?
______________________________________
the girl. She started the business two years ago. She has already _1_ several successful (成功的)
computer games. They are so _2_ that over half a million games are sold every year. Now all of her
family work in her business, and she is _3_ at school.
She gets up early in the morning, and then has a talk with her family about the _4_ over breakfast.
Every day during weekdays, she goes to school in her own car with a _5_, for she is not old enough.
She enjoys her school, but some of the work is too easy for her to feel _6_. She usually gets "A"
grades in all her _7_, so the other students often ask her for _8_.
She finishes her homework in half an hour after her driver takes her home. After dinner, she goes to
her office and _9_ working on her computer, writing games until 2 a.m.
. She does not usually need so much _10_ as other children.
| ( )1. A. worked ( )2. A. afraid ( )3. A. still ( )4. A. lessons ( )5. A. doctor ( )6. A. interested ( )7. A. games ( )8. A. money ( )9. A. goes on ( )10. A. food | B. played B. popular B. hardly B. friends B. teacher B. interesting B. businesses B. help B. finds out B. sleep | C. written C. expensive C. often C. exams C. driver C. uninterested C. friends C. grades C. stops C. fruit | D. bought D. surprised D. sometimes D. business D. visitor D. uninteresting D. subjects D. results D. hurries D. pleasure |
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The football player Rona ldinho from Brazil is a magician (魔术师) on the field. He looks one way whilepassing another. "God gives gifts to everyone," Ronaldinho, 26, once said. "Some can write, and some can dance. He gave me football skill." The Barcelona star became FIFA"s World Player of the Year for the second year in a row in Switzerland (瑞士) on December 19. At times Ron  aldinho seems to reinvent football."I"m ugly but I"ve got charm," he jokes. "My game is all about improvisation (即兴发挥). I"m always trying new dribbles (盘球). In training, I try new tricks. " Coach Frank Rijkaard has fun watching Ronaldinho train. "When you"re lucky enough to have a player like that you give him freedom to do what he wants." Rijkaard said. "It"s up to him whether he wants to go left, right or middle. He just amazes me game after game." Raised by his mother after his father died, Ronaldinho was the youngest of three children born in a working family. "I grew up in a happy, musical house. Music and football were my life." he said. "If I hadn"t been a footballer. I would have been a musician." Ronaldinho began to learn his skills at an early age. "I always loved dribbling in the living room, around the furniture or in the garden with my dog, " he once said. | |||
| 1. Which country is Ronaldinho from? ____________________________ | |||
| 2. What gifts does Ronaldinho believe that God gives him? ____________________________ | |||
| 3. What was Ronaldinho always doing in training? ____________________________ | |||
| 4. Was he the oldest of three children born in a working family? ____________________________ | |||
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| Five years ago, Rachel Lopez graduated from college with a degree (学位) in history. Today, she __21 for a large company. Now twenty-seven, Rachel takes classes twice a week 22 work. She is learning to use the computer program. "I enjoyed college, 23 my job doesn"t use information I learned when I was doing my degree," Rachel says. "This course is helping me to do my job better. In the future, I might go 24 to school and get an MBA. In the past, when students graduated from college and got a job, they usually 25 studying. Today, lifelong learning is becoming more 26 . In the United States, people can 27 to school in their late twenties, thirties or even older. They get a 28 degree. Like Rachel, many more are taking training courses to 29 their skills. With many classes now available (现成的) through the Internet, it is easier for people to get degrees or training by distance learning (远程学习). Mayumi Hosoya, who is forty, teaches Japanese at a college in New York. "Next semester, I"ll be teaching some of my 30 using the Internet. This is 31 for me," says Mayumi. "At the moment, I am taking a course to learn how to teach this way." At the same time, Mayumi"s seventy-year-old mother and father are taking a distance learning 32 in Art History. "We love the subject," says Mayumi"s father, "and now we can study with people from all over the world. I never thought learning could be this much fun!" | |||