Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503. He was working on an important painting for a church at the time, but the church painting was not going well. An Italian businessman asked da Vinci to paint a picture of the businessman’s second wife. This is the woman who can be seen in the Mona Lisa.
All in all, the Mona Lisa is a very good example of da Vinci’s work. Da Vinci uses darkness and light in a clever way in the painting.
Da Vinci loved science and math. Right away a person can see that there is a lot of geometry (幾何) in the Mona Lisa. The face of Mona Lisa is made of many circles and round shapes like balls. Even her smile can be seen as a small part of a large circle.
The woman in the painting is sitting on a balcony, and mountains can be seen behind her. Da Vinci loved to study rocks and mountains, so these can be seen over and over again in his other paintings.
The woman is sitting with her knees to the side. Her head is turned to look out of the painting. Her hands are held together in front of her. This way of sitting is now used by many artists when they are painting a picture of a man or woman today.
【小題1】Who painted the Mona Lisa?

A．A businessman.

B．The second wife.

C．A man in the church.

D．Da Vinci.

【小題2】The woman in the painting is           .

A．standing in a garden	B．sitting on a balcony
C．standing in front of her house	D．a(chǎn)t the foot of a mountain

【小題3】Da Vinci loved to study all of the following things except            .

A．the way people sit

B．science and math

C．mountains

D．rocks

On June 6^th, 2012 Tiangong-1 welcomed its first guests, the Shenzhou Ⅸ manned spacecraft(載人飛船). The Shenzhou Ⅸ has two male astronauts and one female astronaut. At that time, Liu Yang, a thirty-three year-old woman, became the first Chinese woman in space.
Joining the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force in 1997, Liu Yang became an experienced pilot after flying safely for 1,680 hours. In 2010, she became an astronaut because of her good job.
“When I was a pilot, I flew in the sky. Now that I am an astronaut, I will fly in space. This will be a much higher and farther flight. I always couldn’t help wondering: What would the Earth look like from outer space?” Liu said.
In June 2012, Liu took Shenzhou Ⅸ to the space as China’s first female astronaut. “I have full confidence,” Liu said before the task. “There are many foreign female astronauts that have been into space. Men and women have their own advantages in carrying out space tasks. They can encourage each other and better complete their task.
However, the difficulty of her training has not affected her life’s pleasure. “I love children and I love life. I love reading, especially novels and history books. I am also a great cook. To be with my family is one kind of happiness, but to fly is another kind that people can’t experience.”
“I am grateful to the motherland and the people. I feel honoured to fly into space on behalf of(代表) millions of female Chinese citizens. ” Liu said after coming back to the Earth safely.
【小題1】Liu Yang worked as an astronaut when she was ________ years old.

A．18

B．33

C．31

D．25

【小題2】From the passage, we know Liu Yang is very________.

A．quiet

B．confident

C．beautiful

D．safe

【小題3】The main idea of the fifth paragraph________.

A．Liu Yang is a good wife and mother	B．Liu Yang enjoy reading novels and history books
C．Liu Yang loves her job as well as her family	D．Liu Yang has to work hard every day

【小題4】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．There were three astronauts in the Shenzhou Ⅸ manned spacecraft

B．Liu Yang had been a pilot before becoming an astronaut.

C．Liu Yang was the first Chinese woman astronaut who had been into space.

D．Liu Yang thinks she can do better than the male astronauts in the space.

【小題5】The best title of the passage is _______.

A．The Shenzhou Ⅸ Manned Spacecraft	B．The First Chinese Female Astronaut
C．Love Work and Family	D．How to Achieve Your Dream?

Mr. Smith is an Englishman. He teaches English well. His English classes are very interesting. He likes us and we like him, too.
Mr. Smith has two children---Tom and Lucy. Tom is seven and his sister Lucy is four. Tom goes to school but Lucy doesn’t. Mr. Smith likes to wear a T-shirt and Jeans. Football is his favorite sport. After school, we often have a basketball game. Sometimes Mr. Smith watches and joins us. He plays basketball just for fun.
【小題1】Mr. Smith is ________.

A．a(chǎn) Chinese teacher	B．a(chǎn)n English driver
C．a(chǎn) Japanese teacher	D．a(chǎn)n English teacher

【小題2】How many sons does Mr. Smith have?

A．Only one

B．Two

C．Three

D．Not any

【小題3】Lucy doesn’t go to school because_______.

A．she looks beautiful	B．she is seven
C．she is only four	D．she doesn’t like school

【小題4】_______is Mr. Smith’s favorite sport.

A．Basketball

B．Football

C．Running

D．Volleyball

【小題5】The story is about______.

A．Mr. Smith’s son

B．Mr. Smith

C．Tom and Lucy

D．A basketball game

Jeremy Shu-How Lin
Date of birth	August 23, 1988
Place of birth	Los Angeles, California
Nationality	American
Height	1.91 m
Weight	91 kg
College	Harvard University(2006—2010)

 

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【小題1】Jeremy Lin is _______ years old.

A．22

B．24

C．26

D．28

【小題2】Jeremy ________ between 2008 and 2009.

A．played basketball in the NBA	B．lived in Taiwan
C．studied in a high school	D．studied in Harvard

【小題3】There are _______ people in Jeremy’s family.

A．three

B．four

C．five

D．six

【小題4】______ taught Jeremy to play basketball when he was young.

A．His father	B．His elder brother
C．His younger brother	D．His mother

【小題5】______ is TRUE according to the passage.

A．Jeremy grew up in China.

B．As a basketball player, Jeremy is too tall.

C．His family moved to the USA in 1980.

D．Jeremy is so popular and he is a hard-working player.

Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.
　　One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison (毒藥) and some nice food in the house. You must take good care of them. ” With these words, he went out.
　　But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished（懲罰）, so he drank the poison to kill himself.
【小題1】In the story, _______ liked wine and good food very much.

A．the rich man

B．the servant

C．both A and B

D．neither A and B

【小題2】The rich man knew that it was _______ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food.

A．the cat

B．himself

C．nobody

D．the servant

【小題3】The rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because ________.

A．there was in fact poison in the bottles

B．he did not want the servant to drink his wine

C．he wanted to kill the cat

D．he wanted to kill the servant

【小題4】In fact, _______ ate all the nice food and drank the wine.

A．the servant

B．cat

C．the rich man

D．nobody

【小題5】From the story, we know that the servant is very _______.

A．lazy

B．bad

C．clever

D．kind

Steven Jobs, the designer of Apple Computer, was not clever when he was in school. At that time, he was not a good student and he always made troubles with his schoolmates. When he went into college, he didn't change a lot. Then he dropped out. But he was full of new ideas.
After he left college, Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in life.
Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India.
In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the Apple Computer with his friend in his garage. He chose the name “Apple” just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden.
His Apple Computer was such a great success that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world.
【小題1】Steven Jobs was not a good student in school because he ________.

A．never did his lessons	B．a(chǎn)lways made troubles with his schoolmates
C．was full of new ideas	D．dropped out

【小題2】Did Steven Jobs finish college?

A．No, he didn't.	B．No,he didn't go into college.
C．Yes, he did.	D．We don't know.

【小題3】Steven Jobs designed his new computer ______.

A．in India	B．with his friend
C．in a pear tree garden	D．by himself

【小題4】Steven Jobs is famous for his ________ all over the world.

A．new ideas

B．a(chǎn)pple

C．video games

D．Apple Computer

【小題5】From this passage we know ________.

A．Steven Jobs didn't finish his studies in the college because he hated his schoolmates

B．Steven Jobs liked traveling in India and California

C．Steven Jobs liked trying new things and making new ideas become true

D．Steven Jobs could only design video games

I am Steve. I was born and grew up in South Wales. My favorite place to play was out on the hills where my imagination had plenty of space to expand (拓展).
My family moved out of Wales when I was thirteen. I went to a new school. One of my subjects was French. Because I had never learned any French, my teacher told me to sit in the corner and write anything I was interested in. That’s the time I started writing, just for myself, and I’ve been writing ever since.
I have always loved BIG IDEAS, and so I enjoy writing fantastic stories. And I also write horror (恐怖) I think they are like the old fairytales (童話故事) ，and can teach you important things.
I am in my forties on the outside, twelve on the inside. I like rock music, Indian and Chinese food, and I enjoy drinking. I live in a small village with my wife Mary, ducks, cats, goats, hens and lots of rabbits. If you’d like to find out more about me and hope to buy any books, go to www. showkett. freeserve. co. uk
【小題1】When he was 13, the writer ________.

A．wrote lots of poems	B．moved out of Wales
C．sold many story books	D．became a famous singer

【小題2】He liked playing out on the hills because he could ________.

A．expand his imagination	B．learn French
C．listen to stories	D．buy some books

【小題3】Maybe the writer is ________ years old now.

A．12

B．22

C．32

D．42

【小題4】According to the passage, the write keeps _______

A．cats, hens and pigs	B．ducks, goats and rabbits
C．hens, rabbits and dogs	D．rabbits, pigs and cats

【小題5】From the passage, we can learn that the writer ________.

A．lives in a big city with his son	B．likes eating Japanese and Indian food
C．lives in the countryside with his wife	D．introduces a nice book to us

In the middle of a dark forest, there lives an owl(貓頭鷹). All the animals know that he is the wisest(聰明的) among all of them. So they often go to him and tell him their troubles. Then the owl always teaches them what they should do.
One day, a little bird goes up to the owl. She is crying. “what’s wrong with you?” asks the owl.
“I’m not happy at all. I don’t want to be a bird,” the bird says.
“Why don’t you want to be a bird?” asks the owl.
“I am so small, weak and useless,” she cries. “I want to be big and strong like the lion. He is very important, but I am not”
Then the owl whispers(耳語(yǔ)) something in her ear. At once the bird dries her tears and goes away. One week later, the bird came back. “Oh, thank you very much. You are a very wise owl,” she says to the owl. “I am very happy now. Every day, I sit on top of the tallest tree and watch for(監(jiān)視) lions and tigers. When they come near, I shout at the top of my voice. Then my friend all run and hide. They are very thankful to me. I am useful and important now”
The wise owl smiles and says, “No one in this world is useless.”
【小題1】The animals in the forest visit the owl because_____________

A．they are all afraid of him

B．the owl can help them when they don’t feel well

C．the owl can tell them what they should do when they have some problems.

D．they are wiser than the owl.

【小題2】The little bird is not happy because______________

A．the lion often beats her

B．she thinks she is too small, weak and useless

C．she wants to kill the lion

D．she is very important.

【小題3】The owl tells the bird_______________

A．that she is stronger than the lions and the tigers

B．that she must be happy

C．that she must run and hide

D．to sit on top of the tallest tree and watch for lions and tigers

【小題4】The underlined word “tears” means “_______” in Chinese.

A．眼珠

B．汗水

C．眼淚

D．雨水

【小題5】From the story we know ______________.

A．the bird’s friends are very thankful to her because she drives the tigers and lions away(趕走)

B．the lions and tigers run away when they hear the bird’s voice

C．the bird thinks that she is useful and important now

D．the owl is useless.

In the summer of 1980 a Spanish tourist, Gaspar Carner, went to Great Britain on holiday. When he was travelling in Scotland, he decided to visit Loch Ness, the famous lake where people say there is a monster. But while he was going across the lake in a boat, his bag fell into the water. In the bag were his passport, car keys, pen, and all his money. Loch Ness is 150 meters deep, so he didn’t expect to see the bag again!
Fourteen years later, in 1994, some scientists decided to explore the lake. They looked for the Loch Ness monster. Suddenly one of them saw something black in the water. They carefully went nearer. They thought the black thing was the monster. They went nearer and nearer. It was a bag. They took the bag out of the lake. They found that the photo on the passport was still clear. One of the scientists knew Gaspar Carner. So the bag was returned to him.
【小題1】Carner visited Loch Ness _____.

A．on business

B．on holiday

C．for exploring

D．for money

【小題2】Why is the lake famous? Because _____

A．it’s very deep.	B．there’s a bag in it.
C．there may be a monster	D．it’s in Scotland

【小題3】What’s in Carner’s bag? _____.

A．A monster

B．Something black

C．Photo

D．Many useful things

【小題4】How did the explorers know the bag was Carner’s? _____.

A．One of the explorers knew Carner

B．Carner recognized (認(rèn)出) the bag

C．Carner was very famous

D．They expected it was the monster

【小題5】Why didn’t Carner expect to see the bag again?

A．There was nothing important in his bag.

B．He didn’t like his bag.

C．The monster ate his bag.

D．He thought Loch Ness was so deep that his bag couldn’t be found.

（By CCTV correspondent Vanessa Duffy 04/28/2013 08:36）
It’s been eight days since a 7.0-magnitude strong earthquake hit China’s Lushan Ya’an Sichuan Province.How the earthquake has affected one of Sichuan Province’s special residents（居民）—pandas.How are the animals living? And do they have enough food to eat?
There are more than 80 pandas living here at the Chengdu Panda Breeding Base（繁育基地）.The quake was felt strongly in Chengdu.Fortunately，all of the pandas here were out on the grounds when the earthquake hit，so they were very safe.
Several days have passed and the earthquake seems to have made no negative（不利的） impact on the pandas.These two baby pandas Chengshuang and Chengdui are playfighting with each other and climbing trees.When they climbed too high，the breeders have to rescue  them from the trees.
The quake zone is not only the home of these pandas，it’s also the source of their food.Fortunately，enough bamboo(竹子) has been stored away in five bamboo storehouses for the pandas，so there are no worries about food supplies.
Wu Kongju，Breeder，Chengdu Panda Breeding Base，said，“When the Wenchuan earthquake happened on May 12，2008，we were unprepared and had a shortage of bamboo.But we’ve been able to handle this earthquake event more smoothly.There are no problems with the food supply.”
【小題1】When did the 7.0-magnitude earthquake happen in Lushan Sichuan Province?

A．On April 28，2013

B．On May 12，2008

C．On April 20，2013

D．On May 20，2013

【小題2】The underlined word “ rescue” in this passage means ______ in Chinese.

A．保存

B．阻止

C．放任

D．營(yíng)救

【小題3】How did the Panda Breeding Base deal with the food supply after the earthquake in Wenchan in 2008?

A．They built 5 bamboo storehouses to store food for pandas.

B．They were unprepared and had a shortage of bamboo.

C．They handled this earthquake more smoothly.

D．They let pandas out on the grounds.