means 5. means 4. What doesmean?

A．Eleven．         B．Twelve．       C．Thirteen．         D．Fourteen．

    PEKING Opera used to sound strange to Dau Yi．The l4-year-old Beijinger said whenever she came across Peking Opera on TV，she changed the channel（頻道）．Like most of today’s teenagers，Dou loves pop music．

    But since Dou entered the Xuanwu branch school of Beijing No．15 Middle School．she has been studying Peking Opera in music class every week．

    Dou and her classmates listen to Peking Opera and learn the basics（基礎(chǔ)知識）from professional actors．They also sing along with the operas．

    “we laugh sometimes because the tunes（聲調(diào)）arc really hard to learn．”said Dou．But she said that now she would watch Peking Opera on TV．

    “After all．I am no longer a layman．”she said．

    Since 2008．schools around the country have been teaching students Peking Opera．It’s part of a plan to introduce young people to the country’s artistic traditions．Clearly，Dou’s school has been taking the job seriously．

    Yang Ning，14，is Dou’s classmate．She has been studying Peking Opera since she was 8．She is a member of the school’s Peking Opera club．

    Yang said she had learned a lot from Peking Opera．

    “I learn a lot of history from the operas．”she said，“I’ve also found out about many ancient poems，since there are so many of them in the operas．”

      Yang doesn’t think everyone can learn to sing Peking Opera well，but she does say that it’s helpful for all people to learn about it．

    “The more you learn about it．the more you understand it．If people do study it，this old art form won’t disappear．It would be a great pity if it did!”she said．

1．Dou Yi __________．

      A．was a l4-year-old boy                                B．was a middle school student

      C．1iked today’s teenagers                              D．first met the Beijinger at the TV station

2．From the passage we know __________．

      A．Dou Yi listened to pop songs every week

      B．the students could watch Peking Opera on TV in class

      C．even some professional actors came to the sch001 to study

      D．Peking Opera has become a studying subject in Dou Yi’s school

3．What does the underlined word “l(fā)ayman”mean in the passage?

      A．悠閑的人               B．外行的人                C．懶惰的人               D．初學(xué)的人

4．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

      A．Most of the teenagers prefer pop music to Peking Opera．

      B．Yang Ning started learning Peking Opera earlier than Dou Yi．

      C．Dan Yi is as old as rang Ning and she is rang Ning’s classmate．

      D．Both Dou Yi and Yang Ning are members of the school’s Peking Opera club．

5．Why have schools around the country taught students Peking Opera since 2008?

      A．To give the students more history knowledge．

      B．To help the students to learn the ancient poems．

      C．To introduce the young people to the traditional art

      D．To help the students to find a good job after graduation．

    BALTIMORE．MARYLAND—An old postcard changed the lives of an eleven-year-old boy and a very sick woman．The postcard had a picture of the steamship Titanic．The Titanic was the largest ocean ship in the world．It hit an iceberg（冰山） and sank on April 14．1912．More than 1．

500 of the 2,200 people on the ship were killed．

    The postcard was passed from one person to another for more than 80 years．Then it appeared at a card show for people who liked to collect postcards．An eleven．year．old boy，Joey Russell，came to the show with his grandfather．His grandfather knew everything about the Titanic and its trip from England to New York．“Let’s buy that postcard．”he told Joey．“It will be important someday．”

    Two years later，Joey’s grandfather took him on a special trip．They went on a trip to the North Atlantic ocean to watch as workers pulled the Titanic up from the bottom（底）of the ocean．Joey put his special postcard in his bag for the trip．On the ship，Joey met Edith Haisman．This woman was on the Titanic when it sank．She was one of the people who were rescued．Joey pulled the postcard out of his pocket．“Please sign this，Mrs. Haisman．”he said．She was happy to write her name on the back of the postcard．

    When Joey got home．he put the postcard away and forgot about it, Then Kate Shelley，one of Joey’s friends，told him that her mother was very sick．She needed all operation．but there was a problem．The operation was very expensive，and the family needed$80，000 to pay for it．Friends and relatives tried to help．But where could they get so much money?

    Then when Joey went to see the new movie“Titanic”．he had an idea．”Millions of people are seeing this movie and reading about the Titanic．”Joey thought．He remembered the old postcard with Edith Haisman’s signature on it．“Maybe I can sell it for some money．Then I can help Kate’s mom．”

    Joey told his mother and father about his idea to help Mrs. Shelley．His parents helped him try to sell the postcard to the person who would pay the most money for it．Joey’s story was on television and in newspapers．Joey and Kate even went to New York to be on a national TV show．After the show．many people called in to offer money for the Titanic card．Someone bought it for$60．000．

    Joey’s kind heart and the old Titanic postcard worked together to save a woman’s life．

1．Which of the following is NOT true about the old Dostcard?

    A．The Titanic was the largest steamship in the world in 1912．

    B．The steamship Titanic hit an iceberg and sank about a hundred years ago

    C．Over two thousand passengers were killed in the ocean accident．

    D．More than eighty years had passed before the postcard belonged to Joey．

2．Joey Russell _________．

    A．decided to buy the postcard at a shop

    B．showed great interest in collecting postcards

    C．took the postcard wit}l him to see Mrs. Shelley

    D．a(chǎn)sked Mrs. Haisman to sign her name on his postcard

3．What does the underlined word“rescued”mean in the sentence?

    A．Be made safe from danger．

    B．Be on an ocean trip．

    C．Be working on board．

    D．Be asked to seⅡthe postcard．

4．When did Joey Rus8eU have the idea of selling his old postcard for money?

    A．When Kate Shelley told him of her mother’s sickness．

    B．When he went to see the new movie“Titanic”．

    C．When he was reading the new book of Titanic．

    D．When he remembered Mrs. Haisman’s signature on his card．

5．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

    A．The Titanic arrived in New York at the end of April．1912．

    B．At the age of l3，Joey Russell got Mrs. Haisman’s signature．

    C．Joey Russell sold out his postcards on a national TV show．

    D．The Titanic card was sold to many people for$60, 000．

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      參考詞匯：1．rabbit n．兔子  2．balloon n．氣球

1．If you want to have a guitar lesson, you may ________ .

A．call Susan at 7328059                        B．surf the website:www.music.com.au

C．telephone Mr. White at 5132683             D．e-mail sdgt@yahoo.cn

2．Who is the owner of the lost dog?

   A．Mr. White                 B．Larry               C．Susan              D．David

3．If you want the job as a taxi driver, you should ________.

A．master at least three languages                      B．know the city very well

C．be an experienced driver                         D．both B and C

4．Which information about the apartment is not mentioned in the table?

A．It has a beautiful view.                          B．It has hot water in the daytime.

C．It has three floors.                                      D．It has a kitchen.

5．How can you contact the owner of the apartment for more information?

A．By sending an e-mail.                             B．By going to visit it.

C．By making a phone call.                         D．By sending a fax （傳真）

一Look at the four signs．Which sign tells us the way out of a building?

一It’s  _______ ．

Last year，some groups of students in their community（社區(qū)）made a survey about “How do people spend their free time?” The following diagrams show some results of it．

Diagram（1）：Hours for people of different ages who surf the Internet in week.

Diagram（2）：Different days people go to the library．（library attendance.）

Diagram（3）：Different programs people like．

根據(jù)上面三個圖表內(nèi)容，選擇正確答案。

1．People aged ______ spend the most time surfing the Internet every week．

A．7～16                  B．17—30                C．31—-55                  D．over 56

2．The word “attendance” in Diagram（2）means “ ______ in the library”。

    A．the hours people spend                                     B．the number of people

    C．the number of books                                  D．the days people spend

3．On weekends，______ people go to the library every week．

A．over sixty                                               B．less than sixty

C．a(chǎn)bout twenty                                             D．more than one hundred

4．Which of the following is true according to the diagrams?

A．The fewest people like watching music．

B．Sports are the most people’s favorite program．

C．People seldom go to the library on weekdays．

D．Half of the people like watching news or cartoons．

5．The three diagrams show us the results of a survey about ______.

A．what people do every day

B．how people spend their free time

C．people’s different lifestyles

D．people’s different habits

    There was a famous church in London．It was 110 meters high．The center of the church was like a bell．The ceiling of the church was painted by a famous artist. A platform（平臺）was built so that the artist could put up a ladder（梯子）on it and paint the ceiling．The platform was about 70 meters over the ground．

    One day the artist was working hard and had nearly finished one popular corner of the ceiling．Also on the platform was his assistant，who was mixing paints．The artist stepped back so that he could see how his work was progressing．To have a better look at his painting，he stepped back again．Suddenly，his assistant shouted，picked up a small bowl of paint and started to paint the artist’s work on the top．The artist was very angry and rushed forwards to stop him．

    “What do you think you are doing?” he shouted angrily．“Are you mad?” His assistant replied．“I saw you walking backwards to have a better look at your painting．But you didn’t notice that you had reached the very edge of the platform．You were in great danger．I wanted to make you move forwards．If I had not made you run forwards．you would have fallen backwards off the edge of the platform．”

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇正確答案。

1．The story happened in _______．

A．America                B．France                 C．Germany                D．England

2．Why did the artist step back again?

A．To see how his work was progressing．

B．To have a better look at his painting．

C．To paint a bowl in his painting．

D．To pour some paint on his painting．

3．What did the assistant do to stop the artist falling off the platform?

A．He painted a famous painting himself．

B．He ran forwards to stop him．

C．He shouted to the artist and painted his painting．

D．He stopped mixing the paints．

4．Which picture shows the same situation as the underlined sentences in Paragraph 2?

Note：a：artist；b：assistant；c：painting；4．←：the direction of the movement

5．After reading the passage，what do you think the artist would probably do?

A．He would be angry with what the assistant had done

B．He would punish（懲罰）the assistant for having destroyed his painting．

C．He would be thankful to the assistant for having saved his life．

D．He wouldn’t allow the assistant to work with him any more．

America’s First Black President

    Ten-year-old Barack Obama was one of the only three black students at his school in Hawaii．the US．He is different from most of the other students．White girls wanted to touch his hair．A white boy asked him whether his father was people．

    ”I lied to them that my father was a Kenyan prince（王子）．But I kept asking myself who I was，”said Obama．

37 years later，to everyone’s surprise，the boy became well-known．On November 4th，2008，Obama became the first black president in US history．

    Obama was born to an African father and a white American woman from a small town in the US in 1961．He grew up in Indonesia and Hawaii．This unusual background（背景） made him wonder who he was．He even wanted to forget this question．

    With the help of his friends．Obama finally turned his life around in the university．After leaving from Columbia University in l983，he had a great idea——working hard to bring change to the world．So he moved from New York to Chicago in 1985 and worked in a poor African—American area for three years．After that，he studied laws in Harvard University and graduated in l991．Later．he became the third black senator（參議員）in US history．

During his race to the highest post in the US，Obama talked about his background．He called for a United States of America，rather than a white America or a black America.

（4）奧巴馬的成功使馬丁·路德·金（Martin Luther King）的夢想變成了現(xiàn)實．That is：（5）A man should not be judged by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character．”He said at the speech in Chicago after he was elected．

根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容完成下列任務(wù)。

◇根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容補全下列句子。

1．When Obama was ten years old，the other students at his school were _______ to him．

2．Obama’s father wasn’t a Kenyan prince，was he? ________．

3．From the story we know that Columbia University is in the city of _______．

◇將文中畫線部分譯成英語。

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A／Hl Nl Flu Continues to Spread Worldwide

BEUING，May l0（Xinhua）一The A/H1 N1 continues to spread（傳播）around the world as the disease has been confirmed（證實） in more than 4．150 people in 45 countries．

    Canada and Costa Rica confirmed their first death case on Saturday，so there are altogether 4 countries which have reported confirmed human death cases．

    In Costa Rica, a 53-year-old man became the first death case of the A／Hl N1 flu．In the Canadian province of Alberta．local health government said the A／Hl N1 caused the death of a woman in her 30s who died late April．

    But health officials said that both patients and the two deaths in the U．S．were having other health problems when they infected（感染）the disease．

    In Tokyo，a high school teacher and two teenage students tested positive for the disease at the airport after returning from a school trip to Canada．

    Australia’s local health government said Saturday that an Australian woman arriving in Sydney from Los Angeles tested “weak positive”．becoming the country’s first case．

    Also on Saturday New Zealand．the first country in the Asia—Pacific area to confirm A／Hl N1 flu cases．reported two more on Saturday．

    Mexico on Saturday raised the confirmed death to 48．（75）Schools in the capital Mexico City will start classes again on Monday, while two states in which new deaths have just appeared will continue the closing of schools for another week．

    Are there ways to reduce（減少）the spread of the disease?  “Cover your noses and mouths  when you cough or sneeze．wash your hands often．Avoid（避免）getting in touch with infected people，”New York health officials said．

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◇根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答問題。

1．How many capital cities are mentioned（提到）in this passage? And what are they?

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2．In which four countries are death cases found?

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3．Why did a teacher and two students in Tokyo get infected?

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4．What else should we do to reduce the spread of the disease besides avoiding getting in touch with infected people?

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