Basketball is a young game.  In the year of 1891, a famous college was having some trouble with its
boy students.  The weather was bad. They couldn't play outside. So they were unhappy.  Sometimes
they even got into fights.
    Finally, some teachers asked Dr Naisimth to invent a game so that the students might have something
to play indoors.
    Dr Naisimth thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game.  It was a fast, exciting game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams.  In order to make a score, the
ball had to be thrown into a basket ten feet above the floor on the wall.
    At first, Dr Naisimth had planned to have the ball thrown into a box.  As' he couldn't find boxes of the
right size,  he had to use fruit basket instead.  That is how the game got its name basketball. The history
of this game is over 100 years.   

根據短文內容，選擇正確的答案。

1. Basketball is _____ game.

A. a difficult    
B. an easy    
C. a young

2. Who invented the basketball game?

A. Dr Brown.    
B. Dr Naisimth.    
C. Mr Black.

3. Basketball was invented for the students   ___ in bad weather.    

A. to play happily indoors
B. to play outside
C. to fight indoors

4. Basketball game was played        _.    

A. between two teams  
B. among three teams    
C. by a team

5. Basketball has its history of  __   years now.

A.10    
B. more than 100    
C. less than 100

     Dinner customs are different around the world. If you are a guest in Ghana (加納), this information
will help you a lot.
     In Ghana, dinner is usually from four in the afternoon to six in the evening. But there are no strict rules
about time. Whenever a guest arrives, a family offers food. When you go to a home, the person who
receives guests takes you to the living room first. At this time everyone welcomes you. Then you go to
the dinning room. There you wash your hands in a bowl of water. All the food is on the table.
     In Ghana you usually eat with your fingers. You eat from the same dish as everyone else. But you eat
from one side of the dish only. It is not polite to get food from the other side of the dish.  After dinner,  
you wash your hands again in a bowl of water.
    Most meals in Ghana have a dish called fufu. People in Ghana make fufu from the powder (粉末) of
some plants. Sometimes they cut the fufu with a saw (鋸子) because it is very hard.  You must chew
fufu well, or you may get sick. You eat fufu with the fingers of your right hand only.

根據短文內容,  判斷句子的正（T）誤（F） 。
(     )1. From the passage we know that in Ghana the rules for dinner time are not strict.
(     )2. If you are a dinner guest in Ghana, the host always takes you to the dining room first.
(     )3. People in Ghana usually eat with their fingers.
(     )4. In fact, most dishes in Ghana are not very hard.
(     )5. When you eat fufu, you'd better cut it with a saw and use your right hand and chew it well.

     People use money to buy food, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things which they need.  When
they work, they usually get paid in money.
     Most of the money used today is made of metal or paper. But in ancient times people used all kinds
of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells.
     In China, cloth and knives were used as money. Elephant tusks, monkey tails and salt were used in
some parts of Africa. Rice was also a kind of money used by the ancient in some islands.  Cows and
other animals were used as money, too.
     The first copper coins were made in china.  They were round and had a square hole in the center.
Different countries have used different metals (金屬 ) as their money. Later, some countries began to
make coins of gold (金) and silver (銀).
     But both gold and silver were heavy to carry when people needed a lot of coins to buy something
expensive. The Chinese were the first to use paper money. The first paper money looked more like a
note than the paper money used today.
Money has had an interesting history from the days of shell money till today.

1. People use money to buy______ .
A. food
B. bicycles
C. all the things they need
2. they usually get paid in money______ .
A. When people buy things
B. When people have holidays
C. When people work
3. In ancient times, people use as money______ .
A. cloth and knives
B. shells
C. all kinds of things
4. The first coins were made of______ .
A. gold
B. copper
C. paper
5. The first paper notes were used in ______ .
A. China
B. Africa
C. some islands

    Xi'an is famous  all  over  the  world  for  the  terracotta  warriors  and horses.   In  1974,  when  some 
farmers were digging a well, they found some brown pottery fragments(陶器碎片),  then we discovered
the greatterracotta warriors and horses.
    Some historical books wrote that Emperor Qin Shihuang built a big tomb for himself.  He also buried a
lot of terracotta warriors and horses. However, for technical reasons, the major part of the tomb couldn't
open today.  It is still standing 76 meters high against the Mt. I.ishan and facing the Huishui River.
     After 20 years of careful excavation<挖掘)three underground vaults opened to the public in 1979,
1989, and 1994, displaying thousands of terracotta warriors, horses and chariots,  all arrang ed in battle
formations.
    Vault l, built with earth and wood, is about 210 meters long, 60 meters wide and 4.6 to 6.5 meters
high.  In this area of 12,600 square meters,  six thousand life-sized warriors and horses of terracotta were
found in different lines.  The troops were of a fairly uniform height of l.8 meters.  They helmets and armor
and carry real bows and arrows.

1. The great terracotta warriors and horses were discovered by some_     ___.
2. The major part of the tomb couldn't open today___     _ technical reasons.
3. The___      _ excavation lasted for about 20 years.
4. The No.1 Vault was__     __ with earth and wood.
5. We can see about six        of warriors and horses of terracotta in lines.

                                                   The Development of China's Sports
    Sports have developed fast in our country these years.
    In 1974, our country first came to the Asian Games. In 1978, in the 8th Asian Games, our country
won the second place. Our country has won the largest number of gold medals in the past six Asian
Games since 1982.
    In 1984, China competed in the Olympic Games, and won the fourth place with 15 gold medals. In
1988, China won five gold medals in the 24th Olympic Games. In the 25th and 26th Olympic Games,
we both won 16 gold medals and ranked fourth. In 2000, for the first time, we ranked third with 28
gold medals. In 2004, we won 32 gold medals and ranked second in the Athens Olympic Games. We
felt very proud of our great country.
    At the same time, our country tries to improve the ability of hosting international games. In 1990, we
hosted the 11th Asian Games successfully. To our great pride, we held the 29th Beijing Olympic Games
successfully, and won the first place with 51 gold medals. The 16th Asian Games will be held in
Guangzhou in 2010. All these show that our success in sports is accepted by the world.
    Clearly, our country has become a powerful country in sports.

根據短文內容，完成下列短文，每空一詞

    Our country has won the largest number of    1    medals in Asian Games   2   1982. In 1984, our
country     3   part in the 23rd Olympic Games and won the    4    place.
    Beijing Olympic Games was very     5    and we won the     6   place in it. We'll hold the 16th    7    
Games in Guangzhou in one     8   . As we know China has     9    great progress in   10    so far.
1.______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.______
6.______ 7.______ 8.______ 9.______ 10.______

     The idea of what shaking the head means is not always the same in different countries.
Maybe some visitors would be surprised when they first came to India.When they talked to an Indian, he would often shake his head.The visitors might think.that the Indian did not like what they said.But, in fact,
they would be completely wrong.
     Indians always shake their heads when they talk to others.It does not have the same meaning as our "
No", if someone wants to visit India, he should know this, or it will give him some trouble.
One day, a foreign officer went to India on business.He hired (雇用) a car and an Indian to drive it. When he told his driver to send him to his office, the Indian shook his head at once.The officer said again, and
the driver shook his head again.At last, of course, the officer got angry.
     "What do you mean?" he shouted, "Drive me to my office at once!"
     The driver answered in quite a loud voice, too. "Yes,sirl" But to the officer's surprise, the driver shook
his head at the same time.
     The car started, and the foreign officer was now too surprised to say a word.He thought about it for a while,and then nodded with a smile,is s No' means 6Yes' here! "

根據短文內容，每空只填寫一個單詞。
      An Indian will 1.             his head when he agrees with others.  The foreign officer was 2.             that
the driver shook his head as he said "Yes".  When they see an Indian shaking his head, visitors may think
the Indian doesn't 3.           what they are saying.  From the first sentence of the passage we know shaking the head means "Yes" in 4.             countries.  We can see at the end of the passage that the officer was
not 5.            with the driver any more.