Do 1 know George Washington? He is the first President of the United States. 2 was a busy man and always
worked. People elected him as the president in 1789, and he loved 3 work very much.
     Washington did many things for the people of the United States. He said the country is 4 , so he should do
something for them. People loved 5 and called him the Father of the Country.
     He died in 1799, sixty-seven years old. Up to now, a lot of Americans still remember what 6 did for the US.    

根據(jù)上下文, 用適當(dāng)?shù)拇�詞填空完成短文。
1. ____ 2. ____ 3. ____ 4. ____ 5. ____ 6. ____

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容, 回答問題。

7. How old was George Washington when he became the US president?
     ______________________________________
8. Why do people still remember George Washington?
______________________________________

     The football player Ronaldinho from Brazil is a magician (魔術(shù)師) on the field. He looks one way while
  passing another.
     "God gives gifts to everyone," Ronaldinho, 26, once said. "Some can write, and some can dance. He
 gave me football skill." The Barcelona star became FIFA's World Player of the Year for the second year
  in a row in Switzerland (瑞士) on December 19.
     At times Ronaldinho seems to reinvent football.
     "I'm ugly but I've got charm," he jokes. "My game is all about improvisation (即興發(fā)揮). I'm always
 trying new dribbles (盤球). In training, I try new tricks. "
     Coach Frank Rijkaard has fun watching Ronaldinho train. "When you're lucky enough to have a player
 like that you give him freedom to do what he wants." Rijkaard said. "It's up to him whether he wants to go
  left, right or middle. He just amazes me game after game."
     Raised by his mother after his father died, Ronaldinho was the youngest of three children born in a
  working family.
     "I grew up in a happy, musical house. Music and football were my life." he said. "If I hadn't been a
  footballer. I would have been a musician."
     Ronaldinho began to learn his skills at an early age. "I always loved dribbling in the living room, around
 the furniture or in the garden with my dog, " he once said.

1. Which country is Ronaldinho from?    
     ____________________________

2. What gifts does Ronaldinho believe that God gives him?
    ____________________________

3. What was Ronaldinho always doing in training?
    ____________________________

4. Was he the oldest of three children born in a working family?
    ____________________________

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳選項(xiàng)。

1. When did Xiao Bao begin to show his interest in music?       

A. When he was born.            
B. When he was one year old.      
C. When he was two years old.    
D. When he was four years old. 

2. Where does Xiao Bao come from? 

A. Shanghai.      
B. Beijing.        
C. Hebei.        
D. Tianjin.

3. What does the underlined word "quit" mean in English?  

A. looked for      
B. depended on    
C. picked up    
D. gave up

4. Xiao Bao's mom is sending him to a kindergarten to _____.     

A. learn street dance            
B. show off his shows to other kids
C. make him have a normal life as a child
D. stop him from communicating with adults  

5. What can we learn from this passage? 

A. Xiao Bao has a great interest in dancing.      
B. Xiao Bao's mom will stop his dancing courses.
C. Xiao Bao started to learn dancing at the age of one.      
D. Xiao Bao became famous after performing on Asia Uncut.

     She is a beautiful actress. Her name is Lin Yichen and her English name is Ariel Lin, She was born in Taiwan on
October 29, 1982. She is 160cm tall. And her favorite colors are black and white.
     As an actress, Ariel Lin is very successful. At the age of 27, she won the Best Female (女性的) Lead Actor
award (獎(jiǎng)) at the Taiwan Golden Bell Awards. Now Lin takes on a new challenge - she becomes a singer. In 2009,
Lin came to Beijing to promote (宣傳) her first album called Meeting with Happiness. It came out in July.
     For her first album, Lin was in a recording studio (錄音棚) for a month. She worked seven to eight hours a day.
That was really a hard time.
     "I had to eat a lot so that I could keep going," said Lin.
     Lin hopes she will sing better and better as time goes on.
     "People say singers should sing with both emotion (感情) and skills," she said.
     "It's an amazing thing to express yourself just with your voice and it's also wonderful when you make it," she
added.
     With her strong will (意志), she must become better and better in the future. Good luck to this young girl!

1. What does the underlined word "strong" mean in Chinese?

A. 開放的    
B. 保守的
C. 薄弱的  
D. 堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的

2. When did Ariel Lin win the Best Female Lead Actor award at the Taiwan Golden Bell Awards?

A. In 2010.      
B. In 2009.  
C. In 2007.  
D. In 1982.

3. How long was Ariel Lin in the recording studio for her first album?

A. For seven hours.  
B. For eight hours.
C. For eight days.   
D. For around 30 days.

4. Which is NOT true about Ariel Lin?

A. She likes red best.            
B. She was born in Taiwan.  
C. She is not only an actress.
D. She is medium height.

5. What can we learn about Ariel Lin from this passage?

A. She is a great musician.            
B. She prefers singing to acting.
C. She is a hard-working girl.    
D. She comes from a rich family.

     Have you ever dreamed of entering a magic world (魔法世界)  through a cartoon? Cartoonist
(漫畫家) Wu Miao, has done this in his book series, Tales of Tarsylia (《塔希里亞故事集》).
     Tales of Tarsylia tells us how four different wizards (法師) grow up in a kingdom of magic. They do
different magic tricks and go on all kinds of adventures.
     Wu became interested in Japanese cartoons when he was in junior high school. Before that, he loved
reading science novels. He decided to put the two together in his drawings.
     But his tastes changed as he grew older. "As I read more, I became unhappy with Japanese cartoons.
They are just about characters fighting with each other," said Wu. "I want more."
     "The most important thing for a cartoonist is to be patient," said Wu. "You have to put up with (忍受)
the loneliness and get ready for a hard life if necessary. It's not the well-paid work that some people
imagine. "

1. Tales of Tarsylia was written by a cartoonist named _____.
2. Tales of Tarsylia tells us the story of _____ different wizards who go on all kinds of adventures.
3. Before Wu became interested in Japanese cartoons, he loved reading _____.
4. Wu thinks Japanese cartoons are filled with characters who _____.
5. Wu thinks being a cartoonist may not be a job that you can get a lot of _____ from.