Mrs. Black was a famous musician several years ago．She  1  music at a school and her students did well in their lessons．

They liked her very much．Now the old woman stays at home with her husband．The old man looks after his wife well and she is  2  worried about anything．And she is very  3 ．Just like some old people, Mrs. Black finds that her  4  is falling．Sometimes she forgets what she did or will do．It often gets her in trouble．Her  5  noticed it and asked her see a famous doctor who lives in the capital．He bought two tickets  6  London and told her to put  7  into her handbag while she was playing the piano．The next morning, when they got to the  8  just on time to catch the plane, Mrs. Black said, "I wish we'd brought the  9  with us．"

"Don't be a fool, dear!" said Mr. Black．"We're not going to hold a concert, but to see a  10．"

"I know," she said, "but I've left the tickets on it!"

1．A．loved                B．taught               C．enjoy                D．studied

2．A．a(chǎn)lways               B．often                C．never               D．sometimes

3．A．sorry                B．worded              C．sad                D．happy

4．A．sight                B．hearing              C．interest              D．memory

5．A．husband             B．daughter             C．son                D．student

6．A．for                  B．in                  C．from               D．of

7．A．it                    B．them                C．this                  D．that

8．A．a(chǎn)irport               B．bus stop                    C．station              D．harbor (海港)

9．A．money               B．music              C．tickets              D．piano

10．A．doctor             B．film                 C．play                 D．house

 

Name            Personal Information

Norman  Bethune   Born in 1890 in Canada.

A doctor

Came to China in 1938

Died in 1939 in China

Celine Dion        Born in Montreal, Canada

A singing star

In 1997, sang My Heart Will Go On for the film Titanic

Thomas Edison     Born in 1847, Kentucky, USA

Made over 1,000 inventions

Died in 1931

Bill

Gates            Born in 1955 in the USA

Wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought

Owns Microsoft Company

Mark   Twain       Born in 1835 in the USA

A writer

Wrote The Adventures of Tome Sawyer

Died in 1910

1.________  is  from  Canada.

A．Bill Gates          B．Mark Twain        C．Thomas Edison      D．Celine Dion

2.The _______ was born in 1835.

A．inventor          B．singer            C．doctor            D．writer

3.My Heart Will Go On is the name of a ______.

A．book             B．film              C．song             D．story

4.Dr. Bethune worked in China for about _______ years.  

A．4                B．8                C．2                D．6

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Mark Twain wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought.

B．Bill Gates started working for Microsoft Company in 1955.

C．Thomas Edison made over 1,000 inventions.

D．Celine Dion stopped singing in 1997

 

Name	Personal  information
Norman  Bethune	Born in 1980,a doctor in Canada, came to China in 1938 , died in 1939 in China
Mark  Twain	Born in 1835 in the USA, a writer ,died in 1910,wrote The Adventure of Tom Sawyer
Thomas  Edison	Born in 1847, Kentucky, the USA, made over 1,000 inventions, died in 1931
Celine  Dion	Born in Montreal, Canada, a singing star, in 1997 sang My Heart Will Go On for the film Titanic
Bill  Gates	Born in 1955 in the USA, wrote Business@the speed of Thought , owns Microsoft Corpaoration

1．The _____was born in 1835.

   A．doctor                      B．singer              C．manager           D．writer

2．Doctor Bethune worked in China for about ___years.

   A．2                          B．3                 C．4                D．5

3．How many people are from Canada?

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

4．How old was Thomas Edison?

   A．47                          B．3l                  C．84              D．74

5．Which of the following is true?

   A．Mark Twain wrote Business@ the speed of Thought.

   B．Bill Gates started working for Microsoft Company in 1955.

   C．Thomas Edison made over 1,000 inventions.

   D．Celine Dion stopped singing in 1997.

Mr Bean, who is silly, awkward (笨拙的)    1   always funny and enjoyable, is a world-famous comedy character on TV and in movies. He makes people    2 through a series of simple and funny acts   3  body languages. Rowan Atkinson is the   4  who plays Mr Bean. Mr Atkinson is quite   5   for playing Mr Bean. 

Rowan was born on January 6, 1955, and   6  his early years on the family farm with his mother, three older brothers and his strict father, who did not believe   7  the value of television. For a time, he attended the same school as Tony Blair, who was two years older than him. At the age of 13, he   8   at Newcastle University where he had the highest marks in his year. At Oxford he got his Master’s degree (碩士學(xué)位) in electrical engineering. He was particularly  9  fast cars, of which he has a large collection.

Rowan’s career change from an electrical engineer to a famous comedian was partly   10  some speaking problems he had in his childhood.

While he was still at primary school, Rowan had already shown great talent in    11  . Although his teachers predicted (預(yù)言) a career in acting, Rowan was not confident   12   he met a group of talented people at university, and he realized this could be a career for him. Another important event    13  . One day in 1976, he was playing around and making faces  14 . He realized something. “I discovered my face,” he said later. John Lloyd, who worked for the BBC, says, “When I watched Mr Atkinson act for the first time, I was   15  that he would be more famous than Chaplin.”

1.                A．a(chǎn)nd            B．or             C．but  D．while

 

2.                A．laugh          B．sing            C．cry  D．dance

 

3.                A．use            B．using           C．to use    D．to using

 

4.                A．doctor         B．writer          C．a(chǎn)ctor     D．farmer

 

5.                A．honest         B．friendly `        C．helpful   D．famous

 

6.                A．cost           B．took           C．paid D．spent

 

7.                A．in             B．on             C．a(chǎn)t   D．/

 

8.                A．worked         B．studied         C．played   D．helped

 

9.                A．good at         B．a(chǎn)mazed at       C．interested in   D．worried about

 

10.               A．because        B．because of      C．so    D．since

 

11.               A．swimming       B．driving         C．a(chǎn)cting D．singing

 

12.               A．until           B．but            C．a(chǎn)fter  D．before

 

13.               A．caused         B．missed         C．caught    D．occurred

 

14.               A．in the mirror    B．in class         C．on the wall D．in the playground

 

15.               A．a(chǎn)fraid          B．sure           C．worried   D．surprised

 

 

完型填空

從A,B,C,D四個選項中選擇能填入空白處的正確答案，并將其字母代號填入答題卷相應(yīng)空格內(nèi)。

Many parents want their children to be famous one day. But do children have the same  1  ?

A new   2  —Hi, Ke'ai is on at Beijing Children's Art Theatre. It tells the story of a boy called Ke'ai. His parents would like him to become a painter or a   3  one day. They teach him to   4  and to play the violin, but Ke'ai doesn't enjoy these activities. Then one day Ke'ai's parents see Liu Xiang win a gold   5  at the Athens Olympic Games, and they want him to be a sportsman.

"   6  do they want me to be someone else?" Ke'ai asks and says, "I only want to be

   7  ."

The play shows us that it is good for parents to learn to   8  their children. It helps parents to think about what kids want to do.

Young audiences(觀眾)enjoy the story, and also the   9  in the play. There are two songs in the play. One of them, "Ke'ai's Song" is very   10  to learn, so the audiences can sing the song on their way home after the play!

1.                A．jobs           B．dreams         C．habits    D．hobbies

 

2.                A．song           B．film            C．play D．opera

 

3.                A．writer          B．teacher         C．sportsman D．musician

 

4.                A．paint           B．write           C．run  D．drive

 

5.                A．match          B．ring            C．medal    D．race

 

6.                A．How           B．Why           C．When    D．Where

 

7.                A．myself         B．different        C．a(chǎn)lone D．great

 

8.                A．encourage      B．understand      C．criticize   D．inspire

 

9.                A．light           B．clothes         C．skill  D．music

 

10.               A．easy           B．difficult         C．important  D．necessary