Mr. Smith is an American man. He teaches us English. He is a very good teacher and we all like him. He
likes us, too.
      Mr. Smith has two children — Tom and Mary. Tom is seven and his sister, Mary, is four. Tom goes to
school, but Mary doesn't. Mr. Smith likes wearing (穿) a T-shirt and jeans (牛仔褲). Soccer is his favorite
sport. After school we often have a baseball match. Sometimes Mr. Smith watches and joins us. He plays
baseball just for fun.

1. We like Mr. Smith because (因?yàn)? _______.

A. he is an American man
B. he teaches English
C. he is a good English teacher

2. How many sons does Mr. Smith have?

A. Only one.
B. Two.
C. Three.

3. Mary doesn't go to school because ______.

A. she is Tom's sister
B. she is only four.
C. she doesn't like school.

4. ______ is Mr. Smith's favorite sport.

A. Baseball
B. Soccer
C. Volleyball

5. The story (故事) is about ______.

A. Mr. Smith
B. Mr Smith's children
C. Mr Smith's sports

    Yao Ming is a very good basketball player in the world. He is 25 years old. He was born in Shanghai, but
he lives in the USA with his parents now. Yao Ming is quite tall. But he isn't so strong. He was in the Rockets
Team after he left (離開(kāi)) China. He plays very well in the NBA. Many people come to his match (比賽) in
America. Lots of Chinese young men watch the matches on TV. Yao Ming wants to be a superstar one day.

1. Yao Ming's from           .

A. the USA
B. Japan
C. Beijing
D. Shanghai

2. Yao Ming is           .

A. short
B. slim
C. tall
D. strong

3.            people like to watch his matches.

A. Chinese
B. American
C. Japanese
D. Chinese and American

4. Yao Ming wants to be            one day.

A. a football star
B. a doctor
C. a worker
D. a basketball star

      Kyra Komac, 28 years old, now has 25 furniture stores all over the country. The new store, in London's
Camden High Street, takes her back to where it all started. She tells us about how the business began.
      When I was little, my mother began selling flowers in Camden Market. She couldn't leave me at home on
my own, so I had to go to the market with her.
      To begin with, I didn't have to do anything. I just sat there, and my mum told me jokes and stories so I
didn't get bored. When I got older, I gave my mum a hand and I really enjoyed it.
      Then, one year, my grandma gave me a book for Christmas. It was all about making candles and I loved it.
I was 14, and I didn't have to go to the market any more because mum could leave me at home on my own. I
spent my free time making candles of all shapes and sizes. I made hundreds of them. 
      One day, my mother was ill so I had to go to the market on my own. I decided to take some candles with
me and see if I could sell them. They were sold out in twenty minutes! The next week, my mum gave me some
money to buy some wax (蠟) to make more candles. They sold out really quickly, too. 
      Nine months later, we decided to stop selling flowers: My mum and I couldn't make enough candles during
the week, so some of my school friends started to help us. I paid them one pound for every candle, and we used
to sell them for three or four times that. It was fun and my friends worked with me in the market. 
      At the age of 22, my uncle lent me some money and I opened my first shop in Portobello Road. Since then,
I've never looked back, even in difficulties. In the first store, we only sold candles, but now we sell everything
from designer furniture to paintings. Oh, and candles, of course. 
1. Where did Kyra's mother sell flowers?
                                                                                         
2. What did Kyra do in her free time when she was fourteen?
                                                                                         
3. Did the candles sell well on the first day in the market?
                                                                                         
4. Who helped Kyra and her mum when they couldn't make enough candles during the week?
                                                                                         
5. How did Kyra's uncle help her to open her first shop?
                                                                                         

    What would you do if you had $76 billion? Bill Gates was happy to give a third of it away to charity. He
spends at least $1.2 billion every year helping the poor.
    Bill is the richest, and also the most generous man in the world. He was born on October 28, 1955. (A)
When he was 20, he left university. Two years later he started Microsoft. For 11 years, Bill has been the
world's richest man.
    This year, he again came top with $76 billion. But he is giving away $28 billion to help others. "I'll give
my money back to the world," said the rich man. "Many people still need medicine and care to become
healthier."
    Bill loves helping others just as he loves computers. He always says "super" when he talks about making
people's health better. "(B)The world's health is a lot like solving computer problems. You get smart people
together. You take it on because there has never been an answer before," he said. If you ask him why he
likes giving away his money, he would turn his head and say,"It's because of my mum. She asked me to
do (C)it years ago when I was just a small boss."

1. 將(A)處的句子改為同義句(每空一詞)：______ ______ ______ ______ 20, he left university.
2. 將(B)處的句子譯成漢語(yǔ)：_________________________________________
3. (C)處的it指的是(用英文回答，不超過(guò)5個(gè)詞)
                                                                                                
4. 回答問(wèn)題：
    When did Bill Gates start Microsoft?
                                                                                                
5. 單項(xiàng)選擇。
The writer of the passage wants to ______.
A. introduce Microsoft company to us
B. let us know something about charity
C. tell us who is the richest person in the world
D. praise Bill for his help to the poor people

    Mattie Stepanek was born on July 17, 1990 in Maryland, the U.S. The young poet only lived for about
thirteen years, but he lived every moment of his life to the fullest. 1          At the age of three, the disease
killed his brothers. From then on, he began writing poetry (詩(shī)) about love, peace and value of life. 2          
    In 2001, Mattie's first book of poetry Heartsongs was published. 3           In the next few years he wrote
four other books of poetry Journey Through Heartsongs, Hope Through Heartsongs, Celebrate Through
Heartsongs and Loving Through Heartsongs. And more than one million copies were sold. Mattie became
famous but he was still very sick. He had to spend a lot of time in hospital and use a wheelchair to get around. 4           "We must remember to play after every storm…We must always listen to the song in our heart,
and share that song with others," he wrote. 
    Mattie passed away on the morning of June 22, 2004. His story has touched millions of lives. 5           

A. Soon the book become a national best-seller.
B. Although he lived a short life, his poems will continue to reach people of all ages around the world.
C. And soon he became very popular.
D. Mattie and his brothers all had a terrible muscle-weakening (肌肉萎縮的) disease.
E. However, he never seemed sad and angry.
F. He felt worried and sad.
G. To him, poetry is "a way that you can inspire (激勵(lì)) others while you're expressing your true feelings."

    Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best-loved and most
successful children's book writers in the world. His books are very popular with young readers. They enjoy
the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants.
    In 1954, life magazine published (刊登) a report about school children who could not read. The report
said many children's books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided
to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like fish
and wish. He did not receive training in art. Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books.
    In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a
six-year-old should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents
loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made him
want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is
called Green Eggs and Ham.
    In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize (普利策獎(jiǎng)). He was honored for the education and enjoyment
his books provided American children and their parents.
    He died at the age of 87, but his influence remains. Millions of his books have been sold worldwide. People
say his books helped change the way American children learned to read. Yet, his books are loved by people
of all ages. Doctor Seuss once said, "I do not write for children. I write for people.

1. Doctor Seuss learned from the magazine that ______.

A. some school children could not read
B. many children's books were interesting
C. children wanted to learn to read
D. a writer for children was wanted

2. People like his books because the books ______.

A. are cheap and easy to get
B. were written in different languages
C. are easy and interesting to read
D. were written with invented words

3. He wrote the book The Cat in the Hat at the age of            .

A. 50
B. 53
C. 56
D. 87

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

A. Doctor Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham with over 230 words.
B. Doctor Seuss wrote books only for children in the United States.
C. The Cat in the Hat was written only for six-year-old children.
D. His books provided education and enjoyment for Americans.

5. From the text we know that Doctor Seuss ______.

A. won a Pulitzer Prize soon after his death
B. sold millions of his books himself worldwide
C. changed American children's way of reading
D. wrote the largest number of books in the world