His parents won't allow him______ out late.

A．stay         B．to stay         C．staying            D．stayed

LiuXiang's performance ________ with the best players.

A．compare            B．compared            C．was compared           D．compares

The children _________ to swim last month.

A．a(chǎn)re taught           B．were taught          C．have taught          D．taught

A talk on science ________ in our school next week.

A．will given           B．will be given        C．has given                D．has been given

All the homework ______ already.

A．have finished          B．finished         C．has finishes            D．has been finished.

John sometimes drops _____ the library.

A．in, to               B．in, at              C．on ,in              D．in, on

The river smells terrible. We must ______ people from ______ dirty things into it.

A．stop, throw     B．stop ,throwing     C．to stop, to throw      D．stopping ,throwing

Have you ever visited any wonders of the world? We may know the pyramids in Egypt, but most of us don't know that the ancient native（土著的）people of Mexico also built pyramids. They did not build the pyramids for tombs（墳?zāi)梗? They used to build a pyramid and then build a temple on the top of it .The pyramids in Mexico are not as high as the pyramids in Egypt , but they are big .Each pyramid has a wide stairway that goes from the bottom to the top .There is nothing inside the pyramids, only earth and stones .The biggest pyramid in Mexico is the pyramid of Teotihuacan. It is about 2,000years old .Scientists think it took 10,000 men and more than ten years to build it .People call it the pyramid of the Sun .Near it is another huge pyramid of the Moon.

     How did the people in ancient times build the pyramids? How did they carry and lift up the huge stones? The stones fitted in each other so well and they didn't have our modern machines! Scientists have studied the pyramids, but nobody can say how they did it.

（   ）1．This passage is about

      A．Egypt                                                  B．Mexico       

C．the pyramids in Egypt                                 D．the pyramids in Mexico

（   ）2．The ancient people of Mexico used to build ____

      A．a(chǎn) temple on the top of pyramid                 B．a(chǎn) temple near the pyramid

C．a(chǎn) tomb in the pyramid                        D． a garden outside the pyramid

（   ）3．The pyramid of the Sun is ________ the pyramid of the Moon.

      A．smaller than         B．bigger than            C．a(chǎn)s big as             D．not so big as

（   ）4．The biggest pyramid in Mexico was built ____

A．200 years ago       B．a(chǎn)bout 2,000 years ago  C．last year           D．1,000 years ago

（   ）5．_____ knows how the ancient people built the pyramids.

      A．Everybody          B．The scientist         C．The teacher         D．Nobody

As we know, the great American writer Jack London was often in need of money when be began to write his books .tie worked very hard but it did not help him.

Once he promised a New York magazine to write a story ,but he was busy at that time and could not keep his promise .The boss of the magazine wrote letters to Jack London several times to ask him to send the story .At last he went to Jack London's room and left him a note.

      "Dear Jack London, if I don't get the story in twenty-four hours, I will come to your room and kick（踢）you downstairs, and I always keep my promise ."

    Jack London read the note and answered "Dear Dick , if I could do my work with my feet like you ,I could keep my promise ,too ."

（   ）1．Jack London _____ when he began to write his books.

      A．was not very busy                                      B．didn't have enough money

C．didn't work hard                                 D．didn't need any money

（   ）2．The boss of the magazine wrote letters to _____, Jack London."

      A．the boss                    B．the writer            C．his friend                   D．the officer

（   ）3．Jack London's answer meant he ______ do his work with his feet.

      A．had to               B．could                C．must               D．couldn't

Yao Ming was born in China in 1980. In his last season with the Shanghai Sharks, he scored 32.4 points per game. Now the big man from China is helping the Houston Rockets in the NBA．He is the son of two great basketball players and learnt how to play basketball when he was young. Now, as one of the stars in the NBA, he is working hard to make his dream come true and show the world that Chinese basketball players love this game too.

Pele was a football player that everyone knew. He was born in Brazil （巴西） in 1940. He started playing for Santos when he was only 16 and he didn't stop playing until 1977, He played for Brazil 111 times and he scored 97 international goals. Pele came from a poor family. He started  playing football in the street, like many people around the world do. He was soon picked to play  for Santos and quickly became an international figure.

（   ）1．Which of the following is RIGHT?

      A．Yao Ming is a table tennis player.

      B．Yao Ming is on the Houston Rockets now.

      C．Yao Ming's parents are not basketball players.

      D．Yao Ming is playing for the Chinese Football Team.

（   ）2．Which of the following is WRONG?

A．Pele was born in a poor family.        

B．Pele was a great football player.

      C．Pele played football in the street all his life.

      D．Pele became famous soon after he was picked to play for Santos.

（   ）3．From the passage, we know that______

      A．Steffi Graf was born in Wimbledon in 1985.

      B．Martina Navratilova was also a tennis player

      C．Steffi Graf won the tennis final when she was only 16

      D．Steffi Graf has won few of the main matches since 1985.