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O"Neal"s (沙奎尔·奥尼尔) wonderful play.
Shaquille O"Neal is in Miami Heat (迈阿密热队) now. He was born on March 6th, 1972. He is 2. 16
meters tall. When he was young, he was very 2 . His strong hands gave him a good start of life. Shaquille
liked playing 3 . But when he was a high school student in Grade Two, he wasn"t good at basketball yet. Just
at that time, he 4 his good coach (教练), Dale Brown. Then he began his hard practice. In 1992, he joined
NBA, 5 for Magic Team, then Lakers, and later Miami Heat in 2004. He had a great 6 . He has joined All-Star
Game ten times, won NBA Finals MVP (最有价值的球员) three times, 7 got the gold medals for the USA in
the Olympic Games. He was named one of the fifty 8 players in NBA history.
Shaquille O"Neal is strong and tall. People call him "Large Shark"(大鲨鱼). But he is good at 9 , too. He
has already had six CDs. It"s really one of the happiest things in the world to listen to his CDs while 10 him
play basketball.
| ( )1. A. remember ( )2. A. thin ( )3. A. basketball ( )4. A. missed ( )5. A. playing ( )6. A. idea ( )7. A. and ( )8. A. worst ( )9. A. music ( )10. A. making | B. forget B. sick B. soccer B. met B. singing B. success B. but B. slowest B. history B. helping | C. see C. strong C. volleyball C. left C. dancing C. party C. although C. greatest C. math C. watching |
| 1-5 BCABA 6-10 BACAC | ||
| 根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。 | ||
| Do you like football? Maybe you say "No". But if I ask, "Do you know David Beckham (大卫.贝克汉姆)?"I"m sure the (1)a______ will be"Yes".Beckham was (2)b______ in Leytonstone (雷顿斯通), east London, on 2 May, 1975. He is quite tall and (3)s______. He has brown hair, blue (4)e______, and charming (迷人的) smile. Beckham is good at (5)p______football. He is known as (以……而出名) the best football (6)p______in England. He is the kind of player that makes fans stand up.He has played (7)f______ Manchester United (曼联队) for 12 years. But now, he plays for Real Madrid (皇家马德里队), and he (8)w______ the number 23 shirt at Real Madrid. Victoria (维多利亚) Beckham, a (9)m______ of the Spice Girls (辣妹), is his wife. She likes (10)s______ best. She is a famous singer. | ||
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 Do you know Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng? Fei Junlong was born in 1965. He is a Chinese astronaut selected (选拔) as a member of the Shenzhou program. He was born in Jiangsu and joined the People"s Liberation Army Air Force (中国人民解放军空军) in 1982 at the age of 17. And since then he has only returned home six times. As a fighter pilot (战机飞行员), he was selected to an astronaut in 1998. He married Wang Jie in 1991 and has one son. Nie Haisheng was born in September 1964. He is also a Chinese astronaut selected for the Shenzhou program. He is from Hubei. After graduating from high school he joined the People"s Liberation Army Air Force, and became a fighter pilot. In 1998 he was selected for the astronaut program. He was one of the three astronauts who were in the final group to train for the Shenzhou 5 fight. Yang Liwei was also picked out for the flight, with Zhai Ahigang. On September 23, 2005 it was reported that Zhai and Nie would be one of the three pairs of astronauts who would be in the final training for Shenzhou 6. But in the end, Fei and Nie were chosen, and Zhai missed his chance to space again. Nie Haisheng got married to Nie Jielin and has an 11-year-old daughter. | ||
| 1. When did Nie join the army? | ||
| A. In 1982. B. In 1998. C. In 1991. D. After his graduation from high school. | ||
| 2. Who among the astronauts in this passage hasn"t been to saace? | ||
| A. Zhai Zhigang. B. Nie Haisheng. C. Yang Liwei. D. Fei Junlong. | ||
| 3. How many times has Fei Junlong returned home since he left at the age of 17? | ||
| A. Three times. B. Four times. C. Six times. D. Eight times. | ||
| 4. How many people did the writer mention in this passage? | ||
| A. 5. B. 6. C. 7. D. 8. | ||
| 5. Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage? | ||
| A. Yang Liwei was born in Jiangsu. B. Nie Haisheng has an elever-year-old daughter. C. Fei Junlong is one year older than Nie Haisheng. D. Zhai Zhigang got married to Nie Jielin and has a son. | ||
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| The song, Let"s Go Get Stoned, is an example of Ray Charles" own kind of music and is his own sound. He mixed black church music, blues and rock-and-roll and produced a very different sound. Ray Charles could play blues, rock and jazz, and liked other kinds of music, too. He recorded an album (专辑) of country-and-western music, which was an immediate success. The album was called Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music. Many of the songs became famous. One of the most popular was I Can"t Stop Loving You. Charles made himself a popular artist and an expert of soul music with the release (发行) of his most popular composition (乐曲作品) What I Say. During the 1960s Charles appeared in the 1962 film Swinging Along, and the 1966 British film Ballad in Blue. In 1980 he appeared in The Blues Brothers movie and became even more successful. Charles also played an important part in the recording for Africa"s song of We Are the World in 1985. Ray Charles often said that sound and music were his life"s blood. He said many times that he would not trade his musical ability for the ability to see again. He did not give his time and money to help the blind, but helped create and support the Robinson Foundation for Hearing Disorders, which helps people deal with the loss of their hearing. He once said, "Being blind is my handicap (生理缺陷), but my ears are my opportunity. Losing my hearing would have ended my life." | ||
| 1. According to the passage, what can we learn about Ray Charles? | ||
| A. He lost both his sight and his hearing. B. He lost his voice and could not sing. C. He lost his sight. D. He was disabled in both body and mind. | ||
| 2. Charles appeared in films and _____. | ||
| A. played an important role at the very beginning B. lost his interest in music in the 1960s C. achieved great success in The Blues Brothers D. failed to become successful in the end | ||
| 3. What can we learn from the passage? | ||
| A. Ray Charles didn"t want to see again. B. Let"s Go Get Stoned is Ray Charles" best song. C. Ray Charles couldn"t live without music and sound. D. Charles supported the foundation for the blind. | ||
| 4. What does the last paragraph tell us? | ||
| A. Ray Charles thought it was a big pity that he could not see. B. Ray Charles paid attention to nothing except sound and music. C. Ray Charles didn"t help the blind because he hated being blind. D. He considered his hearing as the most important thing in his life. | ||
| 根据短文内容，完成下列各题。 | ||
| People say that being good at Chinese helps foreigners in the job market. The Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is a good example. In China, Rudd is (A) famous for his Chinese name, Lu Kewen. He is the first Western leader who can (B) _____ Chinese. "China is becoming one of the world"s superpowers (超级大国). (C) I think few Australian politicians know more about China than me." Said Rudd during the Australian election. (D) 陆克文十岁时开始了解中国。In university, he chose Chinese history as his major and studied (E) almost everything about China. After graduation, he joined the Australian Foreign Office and worked in Beijing for two years. "I went to China with my wife and daughter. We have a special love for Beijing," Rudd once told the Chinese President Hu Jintao. (F) He impressed the president with his language skills when Hu paid a visit to Australia. The two became friends and Hu even asked Rudd and his family to be his guests at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Rudd said his (G) _____ members were also fans of China. "This year, my daughter married a Chinese Hong Konger. My oldest son is studying at Fudan University," said Rudd. "Our youngest son, who is in high school, is really naughty. He doesn"t like doing his homework. But he has begun to study Chinese, too." | ||
| 1. 分别写出划线部分（A）和（E）的同义词或近义词：___________；___________。 2. 在（B）和（G）的空白处分别填入适当的单词：____________；_____________。 3. 将划线部分（C）改写成：I think I know ____________ about China than ___________ Australian politicians. 4. 将划线部分（D）译成英语：____________________________________ 5. 划线部分（F）在文中指代的是：____________________________________ | ||
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| Walt Disney was born in 1901. The Mickey Mouse created (被创作) in 1927 made him very famous. He died in 1966, but his work and his dreams did not die. Now people all over the world enjoy his Mickey Mouse and other cartoons. Walt Disney was a man who did not give up easily. One summer, Walt Disney wanted a job in a post office, but they told him that he was too young. He went home, drew some lines on his face. And put on his father"s suit and hat. Then he went back to the same office and told them he was 18. He got the job finally. Later in his life, Mr. Disney had a dream, that is, to build a new kind of amusement park. It would be clean and beautiful. There would be rides for children and nice hotels for adults. It would be fun for people of all ages. Mr. Disney drew a plan for this park. It was called Disneyland. Engineers told him it was an impossible dream. His family and friends thought he was mad. But Mr. Disney did not give up his idea. In 1955, Disneyland opened to the public and became the most successful amusement park in the USA. Walt Disney"s dream comes true. | ||
| 1. When did Walt Disney create Mickey Mouse? _______________________________________________________ 2. What is Walt Disney"s dream? Did it come true? _______________________________________________________ 3. Was Walt Disney 18 years old when he got the job in the post office? _______________________________________________________ 4. Where is the first Disneyland? _______________________________________________________ 5. What"s the meaning of "give up"? (You can write it in Chinese.) _______________________________________________________ |