Ed?s story began in a very small town in Brazil. His father and mother were very poor. Seven people lived in their tiny house. Ed?s father often played football. Little Ed wanted to play football too. So his father made a soft ball for him to kick. It was a sock filled with soft materials. The little boy kicked it every day
At last Ed learned to kick a real football. By the time he was 11, he played football very well.
One day Ed was playing with some men. A man passing by saw how fast the boy ran. He stopped to watch. How well Ed kicked the ball!
After the game, the man called Ed to him. “My name is Mr. Dee,” he said. “I used to play football for a living. Will you let me teach you what I know?”
“Oh, yes!” Ed answered.
In the next four years, Mr. Dee trained Ed to be a fine player. The boy worked hard. At last Mr. Dee talked to Ed?s father. “This boy is ready to play with the big teams,” he said. “Let me take him to a city that has a good team.”
Mr. Dee took Ed to Santos, Brazil. There, the boy joined the Santos Football Club. In his first big game, Ed helped his team win by seven points. He made four of the seven points!
Many people thought he was the best football player in the world. He was “The King of Football”.
( ) 1. What is said about Ed?s family when he was a little child?
A. There were seven people in his family. B. C.
His father made soft balls for a living. His parents liked playing football.
D. His parents bought him a football.
( ) 2. When he first saw Ed playing football, Mr. Dee was attracted by .
A. His young age B. His running speed
C. His love for football D. His playing with men ( ) 3. What can we know about Mr. Dee from the text .
A. He joined the Santos Football Club. B. C.
He and Ed used to live in the same town. He had been the best football player in Brazil.
D. He happened to find a very good football player.
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When you are little, the whole world feels like a big playground. I was living in Conyers, Georgia the summer it all happened. I was a second grader, but my best friend Stephanie was only in the first grade. Both of our parents were at work and most of the time they let us go our own way.
It was a hot afternoon and we decided to have an adventure in Stephanie?s basement. As I opened the basement door, before us lay the biggest room, full of amazing things like guns, dolls, and old clothes. I ran downstairs, and spotted a red steel can. It was paint. I looked beyond it and there lay even more paint in bright colors like purple, orange, blue and green.
“Stephanie, I just found us a project for the day. Get some paintbrushes. We are fixing to paint.” She screamed with excitement as I told her of my secret plans and immediately we got to work. We gathered all the brushers we could find and moved all of our materials to my yard. There on the road in front of my house, we painted bit stripes(条纹) of colors across the pavement(人行道). Stripe by stripe, our colors turned into a beautiful rainbow. It was fantastic!
The sun was starting to sink. I saw a car in the distance and jumped up as I recognized the car. It was my mother. I couldn?t wait to show her my masterpiece. The car pulled slowly into the driveway and from the look on my mother?s face, I could tell that I was in deep trouble.
My mother shut the car door and walked towards me. Her eyes glaring, she shouted, “What in the world were you thinking? I understood when you made castles out of leaves, and climbed the neighbors? tress, but this! Come inside right now!” I stood there glaring back at her for a
minute, angry because she had insulted(侮辱) my art.
“Now go to clean it up!” Mother and I began cleaning the road. Tears ran down my cheeks as I saw my beautiful rainbow turn into black cement.
Though years have now passed, I still wonder where my rainbow has gone. I wonder if, maybe when I get older, I can find my rainbow and never have to brush it away. I guess we all need sort of rainbow to brighten our lives from time to time and to keep our hopes and dreams colorful.
( ) 1. What did the writer want to do when his mother came home?
A. To introduce Stephanie to her. B. To prevent her from seeing his painting. C. To put the materials back in the yard. D. To show his artwork to her. ( ) 2. The underlined word “rainbow” in the last paragraph refers to .
A. the rainbow in the sky B. the stripes on the pavement
C. something imaginative and fun D. important lessons learned in childhood ( ) 3. It can be learned from the passage that parents should .
A. encourage children to paint B. value friendship among children C. discover the hidden talent in children D. protect rather than destroy children?s dreams
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The computer is a wonderful machine. It is the most important invention since the type of engine used in cars. Today it has the greatest effect on science, industry, and business, but it is being used more in education and medicine. It touches the lives of everyone, even people in distant villages.
The oldest kind of computer is the abacus, used in China many years ago. In the seventeenth century an adding machine was invented, but the first large and modern computer was invented in 1946. A few years later a computer could do 5.000 adding problems per second. Now the computations are so fast that they are measured in nanoseconds(纳秒).
Today most computers are stored-program computers, that is, have a memory. They are getting smaller and smaller, and computing faster and faster. Even in a large computer, the part that does the actual computing is about the size of the end of a finger. ( ) 1. The part of a computer that is the size of the end of fingers.
A. prints the information B. stores the information C. does the computing D. memorizes computing
( ) 2. The computations of the computer are measured in .
A.
seconds B. microseconds C. milliseconds D. nanoseconds
( ) 3. The computer affects .
A. people in large cities B. people in developed countries C. all humanity D. the western world
五、补全对话。根据中文提示，把对话中缺少的内容写在横线上。这些句子必须符合英语表达习惯。打句号的地方，用陈述句；打问号的地方，用疑问句。
(1)
提示：Tom 询问秘书Alice有无留言，秘书告诉他Mr. White希望将会面时间改在周五下午三点。不巧，Tom那时要去北京出差，但他周四下午有空。(Tom=T; Alice=A)
T: Good afternoon. Alice. 1 ? A: Yes. Mr. White called and he wanted to change 2 . T: Oh? When does he plan to come then? A: 3 . T: Well, I don?t think it?s a good time. I?ll 4 this Friday. A: Shall I call him back and fix a time again? T: Sure.
A: What time is good for you then?
T: Let me see. Thursday afternoon 5 . A: All right. I?ll call him right away. T: Thanks
(2)
提示：一个中国人正在和一个刚刚到达中国的美国人聊天，中国人询问他这次旅行的情况，如:到达的时间、怎么来的、旅行是否愉快、累不累、现住何处，并在分手时祝他睡个好觉。
Chinese: 1 ?
American: Yes, this morning. At about 9 o?clock. Chinese: 2 ?
American: By plane first and then by train. It took me more than 30 hours altogether. Chinese: 3 ?
American: Yes, very much. It?s pleasant, especially the part on the train. Chinese: 4 ?
American: Yes, a little, but not very much. And now I?m feeling better after a nap. Chinese: 5 ?
American: At the Grand Hotel, in the center of the city.
Chinese: Oh, that?s a nice hotel. Have a good sleep tonight. I?ll come and see you tomorrow.
(3)
提示：Tom和Lester两人正在聊天，彼此问对方上一个周末是怎样度过的。Tom说他上星期六晚上同Simon一道吃了饭，而Lester说他星期日去电影院看了一场电影。
Tom: 1 ?
Lester: Not bad. What about you?
Tom: Not bad, either. What did you do last weekend? Lester: Well, 2 . Tom: Oh, 3 ?
Lester: The Lion King. Tom: Oh, really? 4 ? Lester: Yes, it was good. 5 ? Tom: I went out to dinner with Simon.
Lester: Oh, you must have had a great time. By the way, how is Simon? Tom: He?s fine.
(4)
提示：爱丽丝的妈妈病了，爱丽丝想向老师格林先生请几天假。 Alice: Excuse me, Mr. Green. I?d like to take a few days off. Green: 1 ? Alice: My mother is ill. I have to take care of her. Green: Oh dear! I am sorry to hear that. 2 .
Alice: No, thank you. My mother has caught a bad cold. She has a high fever and coughs day and night. The doctor says my mother has to be in hospital for a few days. I would like to be with her.
Green: I understand. 3 ? Alice: I hope to be back next Wednesday. Green: That?s all right. 4 . Alice: Thank you, Mr. Green. That?s very kind of you. I will write it immediately. Green: 5 .