China's Winter Olympians have been welcomed home as national heroes from Vancouver, Canada. The
country enjoyed its best Winter Games results, collecting 11 medals in Vancouver-including (包括) 5 gold
medals.
      With flowers and national flags in hands, many people waited at Beijing Airport for hours. Every member
was received by a crowd of family members and friends. Hundreds of workers and fans welcomed the athletes
and coaches back with color balloons and ribbons.
      Wang Meng who won three gold medals in Vancouver Winter Olympics said, "We have shown the
Olympic spirit and our Chinese sports spirit at the Vancouver Olympics. We Chinese athletes didn't fear to meet
the strong opponents (對手) and had good team work."

1. The Winter Olympic Games was held in ________.

A. Japan
B. Canada
C. America
D. Russia

2. China's Winter Olympic delegation (代表團(tuán)) won _______ medals in Vancouver.

A. eleven
B. sixteen
C. five
D. six

3. How did China's Winter Olympians come back?

A. By train.
B. By ship.
C. By bus.
D. By plane.

4. How many gold medals did Wang Meng win in Vancouver?

A. One.
B. Two.
C. Three.
D. Four.

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. It was the best Olympics for China's Winter Olympic delegation.
B. The athletes' family members welcomed them at the airport.
C. Vancouver is a country in South America.
D. The Chinese athletes had good team work in Vancourver.

       Tom and Fred are talking about the year 2020.
       "What will our l   1    be like in the year 2020?" asked Tom. "I don't know," says Fred. "What do you
think?"   
       "Well, no one k   2   , but it's interesting to guess."
       "In the year 2020 everyone will carry a pocket computer. The computer will give people the a   3     to all
their questions. We shall all have t   4    in our pockets, too, and we'll be able to talk to our friends all over the
world through them. Perhaps we'll be able to s   5    them at the same time." 
       "A lot of people will live and work u   6    the sea. Perhaps there will be big towns, factories, and farms
under the sea, too."
       "Machines will do most of the work, and so people will have more free t   7   . Perhaps they'll work only
two or three days a week. They'll be able to go to the m  8    by spaceship and spend their holidays there," 
       "I'm looking forward to the year 2020. I hope to f   9    to the moon."
       "And I hope I'll be able to live under the sea," says Fred. "Won't that be very interesting? Just like a f  10  !"
1. ________  2. ________  3. ________  4. ________  5. ________
6. ________  7. ________  8. ________  9. ________  10. ________

     Americans love sports—they love to play them, to watch them on television, and to talk about
them. But this hobby sometimes has serious results-at least to the players. For example, when people
play tennis, sometimes they hurt their elbows (肘部) and in this way they develop "tennis elbows". Also
it is easy to hurt a knee in a football game. These injuries (損傷) happen while the player is having fun,
but they still hurt. A few months ago, Kathleen Simmons, who loves playing volleyball, hurt her knee in
a volleyball game. Her doctor told her that she needed a very difficult operation (手術(shù)) or she might not be
able to play again. She felt very sad and didn't know what to do.
     Then Simmons learned about "video operation". With the help of this new science in medicine, doctors
can now repair many injuries and get people back on the playing field and back to their jobs much faster.
Simmons found a hospital that was using this new science and went to see the doctor there. The doctors
told her the operation could help. For this operation, her doctor didn't have to open her knee. Instead he put
a very small camera lens (鏡頭) inside her knee. The lens sent back pictures, which appeared on a television
screen. As he worked, he could see the inside of her knee on the TV. With the help of the large pictures on
the screen, the doctor knew exactly what to do when he was making the repairs. 
     Simmons started walking five days after her operation. "My knee hurt a lot during the first few days,"
she said. "But I felt better very quickly. " Now, six months after her operation, Simmons can do everything
she did before her injury. "It feels like a new knee,"  she said. "I can even play volleyball again.''

1. Do Americans love sports?
    __________________________________________
2. What sport is Simmons interested in?
    __________________________________________
3. What did the doctor put inside Simmons' knee?
    __________________________________________
4. What problem may people have when they play sports?
    __________________________________________ 
5. What's the advantage (優(yōu)點(diǎn)) of the new science?
    __________________________________________

     In the early days of the American West, life was difficult. People lived on farms away from other families.
 1. They went to town once a week or once a month. Then they saw their friends and neighbors. 2. On the
farms everyone had lots of work to do. And there was a big problem. One family couldn't build a house alone.
     Then, what did families do to build houses? 3. They asked their friends and neighbors for help. They
invited them to work in a group for a few days. The women cooked together. The men worked on the buildings. 4. For the children, it was like a holiday. There were many other children to play with. Together these people
built a house. They enjoyed working together. At another time the family with the new house would help their
neighbors.  
     Why don't we work with others? 5. It can be fun and life can become easier, too.
1.__________________________________________________________
2.__________________________________________________________
3.__________________________________________________________
4.__________________________________________________________
5.__________________________________________________________

     Each team has three players. The basketball players (運(yùn)動員) are running and jumping in the hot sun.
Music is all around. In just twelve minutes, the game is over. But a new one starts right away (立刻). How
exciting!
     This is streetball. It's much like basketball. But it's faster. People play it outside and it's interesting.
Usually, children play street ball on an open (露天的) court. They use only half of the court. What they
need is a basketball goal (球框). Children love lots of things about the game."It's very nice to be outside in
the sun. And the music is great", said Bai Xue, fourteen, a girl in Shenyang.
    Some say street ball was from Europe (歐洲), others say it came from America. But now, boys and
girls in many countries like to play it. Street ball is a game for all.

1. How many players are there in each streetball team?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

2. Streetball is much like _________.

A. basketball
B. tennis
C. football
D. badminton

3. Which one is NOT right?

A. The game is over in twelve minutes.
B. People usually play a streetball outside.
C. Only girls like to play the game.
D. They use only half of the court.

4. Where was the game from?

A. Europe.
B. America.
C. China.
D. A or B.

5. What's the best title (題目) of this passage?

A. Different Ball Games
B. Streetball: An Exciting Game
C. How to Play Streetball
D. Streetball And Basketball

     My cat's name is Lucy. She is a very pretty cat. Her hair is black and yellow. She has four children. She
is very happy with her young babies.
     The four children are not all like Lucy very much. The biggest (最大的) child is quite black. It is black
with white feet (腳) and white ears. Two children are like their mother. They are black. My daughter says,
"Aren't they pretty (可愛的)? Can't I have the black and white one? Isn't he a tomcat(雄貓)?"
     I say, "I don't know, but I know the yellow and black ones are female (雌性的)." "Are they? How do you
know?" "For (因?yàn)? they are yellow and black. Tomcats never (從不) have that colour. I'll tell you something
about that. Listen…"

1. Lucy is a _______.

A. cat
B. student
C. boy
D. girl

2. The writer (作者) has _______ cats: _______ baby cats and _______ mother cat.

A. four, five, one
B. five, four, one
C. one, three, a
D. two, a, four

3. 文中畫線單詞“black and yellow” 的意思是_______.

A. 又黑又黃
B. 不黑不黃
C. 黑黃不分
D. 黑黃相間

4. The biggest baby is _______ with _______ feet and _______ ears.

A. black, white, yellow
B. black, yellow, white
C. black, black and yellow, red
D. black, white, white

5. The story tells us the female cat's hair is _______.

A. yellow and black
B. white and yellow
C. black and white
D. yellow with one white ear