Born in Ghana，West Africa，in 1989，Freddy Adu ...

Born in Ghana，West Africa，in 1989，Freddy Adu has become one of the most promising young soccer players in the world.Soccer fans have been crazy about him since 2003，when he became the youngest player to join a professional sports team in the United States.The next year，he became the youngest athlete ever to play in an all­star game，a match in which the best players from many professional teams compete.

As a child，Adu did what many children in Ghana love to do—play soccer.His mother recognized her son's talent and encouraged it by providing soccer balls，which were expensive for them.Since he had soccer balls，other children always came looking for him and played together.

Education was very important to Adu's mother，and she wasn't sure that her son could receive a good education in Ghana.So she tried hard and moved to Maryland，U.S. in 1997，when he was eight years old.His new school friends soon noticed his talent for soccer，and the parents of one friend encouraged him to join a soccer club.This was his first time playing organized soccer，and he helped his team from the Potomac Soccer Association win a tournament in Italy in 2000.One professional Italian team was so impressed by Adu that they offered him $750，000 to play for them.Adu's mother refused the offer and thought that her eleven-­year-­old son needed to finish school first.

Adu did finish high school at the age of 14.Nowadays，he is playing professional soccer and living with his mother in a house he bought for her.His salary with the D．C. United team is $500，000 a year，and Adu is also paid to advertise products such as sports shoes and drinks.Adu is happy that his mother no longer has to work at two jobs，and his fans are happy that they can watch him play their favourite sport for many years to come.

1.Freddy Adu was ____ years old when he became the youngest ever all­star team player.

A．eight　 B．ten C．thirteen　 D．fifteen

2.Adu's mother helped him develop his talent by ____．

A．making him play soccer every day

B．finding him a soccer coach

C．offering him soccer balls

D．making him join the school team

3.Which is the correct order of the following events？____

a．Adu became the youngest professional soccer player in the USA.

b．Adu's family moved to the United States.

c．Adu's mother noticed his special ability to play soccer.

d．Adu is paid to advertise sports shoes and drinks.

A．b—c—d—a.　 B．a—c—b—d.

C．d—c—a—b.　 D．c—b—a—d.

4.What can we learn from the passage？____

A．As a child，Adu taught other children to play soccer in his hometown.

B．Adu moved to the USA because there were no soccer teams in Ghana.

C．Adu helped his team win a tournament and got $750，000 in Italy in 2000.

D．Adu gets more than $500，000 a year and lives happily with his mother now.

5.What is the secret of the success of Adu according to the passage?

A．His mother noticed his talent and encouraged him all the time.

B．He received a good education in the United States.

C．The parents of his friend encouraged him to join a soccer club.

D．All of the above

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Born in 1954 in Taiwan, Ang Lee（李安）has become one of today's greatest filmmakers. Ang graduated from the National Taiwan College of Arts in 1975. Later on, he went to the USA. for further study on art. And he got a Master Degree in Film Production at New York University.

During Ang’s film career, he has made a lot of successful films and honored himself with many international awards. Early in 1993, Ang’s film The Wedding Banquet (喜宴)won a Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, which drew the whole world’s attention to this Chinese director. In the following years, Ang’s talent got more brilliant. At the beginning of 2000, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon（Wo Hu Cang Long）, a kongfu film directed by Ang Lee, won Best Foreign Language Film at the 73rd Academy Awards(奥斯卡金像奖). This surprised the world. However. what really takes Ang to the peak of the film world is the film Brokeback Mountain (2005). For this film, Ang Lee won the Best Director Academy Award. And he is the first Chinese director who’s ever won the golden statuette(小金人).

In 2012, Ang made a huge success again. His first 3D film Life of Pi came out. It was a story about the adventure of a brave Indian boy. This film helped him beat out Michael Haneke of "Amour", Benh Zeitlin of "Beasts of the Southern Wild", Steven Spielberg of "Lincoln" and David O. Russell of "Silver Linings Playbook". For the second time, Ang was honored as the Best Director at the 85th Academy Awards in 2013.

Along Ang Lee’s film road, we can say that he is really born for films and he is worth all the praise from the world, especially all the Chinese.

1.How old was Ang Lee when he won the Best Director Academy Award for the second time?

A．59.              B．58               C．51               D．39

2.Of the following films, which one is NOT made by Ang Lee?

A．The Wedding Banquet.                   B．Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

C．Beasts of the Southern Wild.               D．Life of Pi.

3.According to the passage, what is the correct order of the following events?

①. Life of Pi came up on the screen.

②. Ang Lee went to America for further study.

③. Ang Lee won a Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.

④. Ang Lee won Best Foreign Language Film at the 73rd Academy Awards.

⑤. Ang graduated from the National Taiwan College of Arts.

A．②⑤①③④       B．②⑤④①③        C．⑤②③④①        D．⑤②④③①

4.What is the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “peak” in the second paragraph？

A．边缘             B．顶峰             C．荣誉             D．成就

5.According to the passage, which statement is RIGHT?

A. Ang Lee was born in the USA.

B. Ang Lee only won the Best Director Academy Award once.

C. Life of Pi is Ang Lee’s second 3D film.

D. Ang Lee has great talent in making films.

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Chi Li is one of the best known Chinese writers in the West. She was born in the west. She was born in the 1950s'. 46  19, Chi entered a medical college in 1976. After she graduated, she 47  as a doctor at a hospital in Wuhan. As she loved _ 48  much more, she went to Wuhan University to study Chinese language and literature in 1983. She chose49  as her profession(专业)。

During the 1980s, Chi wrote many works full of love. In the 1990s, her works, such as Apart From Love and The Sun Was Born, were 50lives of young people and everyday problems. Since 2003, Chi has 51   a higher level in her works. And many of her novels have received a   52  honor. Life Show is one of her representative (代表) works and 53  has been translated into many languages. The 54 shows the real life of a common woman in Wuhan.

Chi says, "Writers don't need to be anyone, 55they should be able to understand everyone." So she often travels alone to get a feel of how the world is and tries to understand people from all social strata (阶层).

1. A. At the age of         B. At the moment        C. In the beginning

2.A. became             B. worked           C. enjoyed

3. A. medicine          B. travelling           C. literature

4. A. teaching          B. writing          C. nursing

5. A. over              B. under                C. about

6. A. reached           B. arrived          C. went

7.A. great              B. nice                 C. bad

8.A. she                B. they                 C. it

9. A. picture               B. story                C. newspaper

10.A. or                B. till                 C. but

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Michael Jackson is one of the world’s best singers. Michael Jackson was born in the middle west of Gary, Indiana, in 1958. He began singing with his four brothers. They called the group “Jackson Five”. The group became very popular after appearing on a television progam. They started singing in 1965, became popular soon. In 1970 the group made their first record the name of “I Want You Back”. It was very popular. One of their hit records was “Never Say Goodbye”.

Michael was good at dancing as well as singing, for example, his dance moves and moon walking. He was asked to act in a film in 1978 for the first time, in the same year he made a record on his own, which sold eight million copies all over the world.

Michael nearly didn’t go out because he was too famous. Once his fans went off in a faint（晕倒） when they saw him at the concert. No one can do it by now. He lived in a large house and kept lots of animals. He never ate meat. He often raises money for charity. This made him win the Guinness World Records（吉尼斯世界纪录）in 2006. He died on June 25th, 2009, but he would live in our heart forever.

1.What’s the name of their first record?

2.Michael was good at __________ according to the passage.

3.Why did Mochael have to stay at home most of the time?

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Michael Jackson is one of the world’s best singers. Michael Jackson was born in the middle west of the city of Gary, Indiana, in 1958. He began singing with his four brothers. They called the group “The Jackson Five”. The group became very popular after appearing on a television program. They started singing in 1965, and became popular soon. In 1970 the group made their first record with the name of “I Want You Back”. It was very popular. One of their hit records was “Never Say Goodbye”.

Michael was good at dancing as well as singing, for example, his dance moves and moon walking. He was asked to act in a film in 1978 for the first time, and in the same year he made a record on his own, which sold eight million copies all over the world.

Michael nearly didn’t go out because he was too famous. Once his fans went off in a faint(晕倒) when they saw him at the concert. No one can do it by now. He lived in a large house and kept lots of animals. He never ate meat. He often raised money for Charity. This made him win the Guinness World Records（吉尼斯世界记录）in 2006. He died on June 25th, 2009, but he would live in our heart forever.

1. How many people are there in Michael’s group?

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2. What’s the name of their first record？

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3. The underlined word “copies” means ________ in Chinese.

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4. Michael was good at________ according to the passage.

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5.Why did Michael have to stay at home most of time?

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Music has become a bridge 　　　　 the East and the West.

A. in　　 B. at　　 C. among　　 D. between

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Music has become a bridge ________ the East and the West.(2017·江苏淮安)

A. in　　 B. among　　 C. between

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Napoga is a 12-year-old girl in Ghana, Africa. It is hard for her family to get clean water. Every morning, she leaves home at half past five to get clean water for her family in a village far away. It takes her six hours to get enough clean water for daily cooking and drinking. She has no time to go to school or to play with her friends. Millions of people in the world are like Napoga. They can’t get enough clean water to keep healthy.

Earth Day is April 22. But on all other days, we must also remember it. The water we use is the most important natural resource on the earth.

Water covers 70% of the earth’s surface. But most of that is sea water. We can’t use it for very many things. Fresh water covers only 1% of the earth’s surface. You probably feel lucky that your life isn’t as hard as Napoga’s. But that doesn’t mean you don’t have to worry about water. We all face serious water problems. One of them is water pollution. All kinds of things from cars, factories, farms and homes make our rivers, lakes, and oceans dirty. Polluted water is very bad for people to drink. And dirty water is bad for fish, too. Now, 34% of all kinds of fish are dying out. How do cars and factories make our water dirty? First, they pollute the air. Then, when it rains, the rain water comes down and makes our drinking water dirty. Dirty rain called acid rain(酸雨), is also bad for plants, animals and buildings. Something must be done to prevent water form be­ing polluted.

Scientists say that in 30 years, more than half of the people in the world won’t have enough clean water. We have to learn how to save more water for ourselves and our children. Here is some advice for saving water:

●Turn off the water while you brush your teeth. You can save as much as 450 liters(升) each month.

●Leaky taps(漏水的龙头) waste a lot of water. Fix them right away!

●You can easily cut your 10-minute showers in half—and you’ll be just as clean.

●When you wash dishes, don’t let the water run.

●Only wash clothes when you have a lot to wash. If your washing machine isn’t full, you’re wasting water!

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Obama has made history by becoming the first African-American in American history.

Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961. His parents didn’t live together when he was two years old and later divorced. Obama grew up with his mother in Hawaii, and for a few years in Indonesia. Later, he moved to New York, where he graduated from Columbia University in 1983. Obama met his wife, Robinson, in June, 1989 and married her on October 3^rd, 1992. The couple’s first daughter was born in 1998, followed by a second daughter in 2001.

Obama took office in January 20, 2009. However, just when he became the president, he had to face many serious challenges ---- two foreign wars, the climate change and what he had described as “the worst financial crisis (经济危机) in a century”. But Obama said that he himself had been ready to face these challenges.

Obama’s success is a true milestone. It speaks to the fact that in America you really do get a chance to do anything, if you have the talent and abilities and you work hard enough.

1.   How old was Obama when he became the American president?

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

A. Obama grew up with his father in Hawaii.

B. Obama has two sons with Robison.

C. Obama is the first black president in the USA.

D. Columbia University is in Washington.

3.Obama’s success tells us that __________.

4.   What does the underlined phrase “took office” in the third paragraph mean?

5.   According to the passage, Obama had to face the following challenges except for _____________.

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Dashan was born in Canada, but China has become his second_____.

A. family　 B. hometown　　　 C. house　　

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