Today, roller skating is easy and fun. But many years ago, it wasn’t easy at all. Before 1750, people never tried skating on wheels. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlin’s work was making instruments. In his free time he liked to play the violin. Merlin was a man with many ideas and many dreams. People called him a dreamer.
One day Merlin received an invitation to go to an important party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think. He wanted to find a way to make a wonderful entrance at the party. Merlin had an idea. He thought that he would attract a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.
Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skate shoes. Merlin was very proud of them. He dreamed of arriving at the party and skating into the room while playing the violin. He was sure that everyone would be very surprised.
On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room, playing his violin. Everyone was really surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skating. He rolled on, playing the violin. Then, with all eyes on him, Merlin hit into a huge mirror on the wall. The mirror broke into many pieces with a very loud noise.
Nobody forgot Merlin’s wonderful entrance after that.
1.The story tell us that people began to enjoy roller-skating ______.
A．before the year 1750
B．before the invitation
C．because of Joseph Merlin
D．because it was dangerous
2.People called Merlin a dreamer because ___________.
A．he slept and dreamed a lot
B．he was full of different ideas
C．he invented the first roller skates
D．he always made people’s dreams come true
3.___________ made Merlin think of skating on wheels.
A．Merlin’s work B．Merlin’s violin
C．A huge mirror D．An important party
4.What was Merlin’s problem after he rolled into the room?
A．He couldn’t stop his roller-skating.
B．He couldn’t attract a lot of attention.
C．Everyone was surprised at him.
D．He couldn’t play the violin while rolling.
5.What’s the best title for the passage?
A．Joseph Merlin’s Story
B．How Roller Skating Was Invented
C．A Surprising Entrance to the Party
D．Roller Skating
To master a language one must be able to speak and understand the spoken language as well as to read and write．Lenin and his wife translated a long English book into Russian but when they went to England in 1902, English people couldn't understand a word Lenin and his wife said, and Lenin and his wife couldn't understand what was said to them．This shows the importance of spoken language．
Speaking, of course can't go without listening．If you want to pronounce a word correctly, first you must hear it correctly．The sounds of Chinese and English languages are not exactly the same．If you don't listen carefully, you'll find it difficult or even impossible to understand the native speakers．
Well, what about writing﹖ Like speaking, it's to exchange ideas．People usually use shorter words and shorter sentences in their writing．
The important thing is to make your idea clear in your mind and then to write it in a clear lively language．
Chinese students read too slowly．If you read fast, you understand better．If you read too slowly by the time you have reached to the end of a page you have forgotten what the beginning is about．When you meet with new words don't look them up in the dictionary．Guess the meaning to form the context. You may not guess quite correctly the first time but as new words appear again and again in different context their meaning will become clearer and clearer. If you look up every word you'll never finish a book．
Students of a foreign language need a particular knowledge, the knowledge of the life, history and geography of the people whose language they're studying. They should study those subjects in the foreign language not only in translation．In this way one can kill two birds with one stone: learn a foreign language and get some knowledge of the foreign country at the same time．
1.In England Lenin ．
A．could be understood by Englishmen
B．could understand Englishmen
C．and Englishmen couldn't understand each other
D．and Englishmen could understand each other
2.In the first paragraph the writer told us ．
A．how to speak English
B．how to read and write
C．why English people couldn't understand the Lenins
D．spoken English is important
3.In the fifth paragraph the writer advised us on ．
A．how to guess the meaning of the words
B．how to read fast
C．how to look up new words in the dictionary
D．how to read carefully
4.“Kill two birds with one stone” means ．
A．to get some particular knowledge
B．to get more than what one pays
C．the stone is very useful
D．the birds are blind enough
5.In the last paragraph the writer advised us ．
A．to kill two birds with one stone
B．to learn two languages at the same time
C．to study all the subjects in a foreign language
D．to get some knowledge of the foreign country whose language we are studying
Internet has become part of young people’s life. You can do lots of things on line such as chatting, sending messages and emails, getting useful knowledge and information, buying things without going to the shops, visiting cool websites, and so on. But it’s also easy to be cheated online. Here’s a story about a girl named Mary.
Mary is an 18-year-old girl who lives in New York. The people in Mary’s family are so busy that they hardly have time to be with her. In fact, Mary is quite lonely. So she spends a lot of time on QQ.
Last year Mary made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and he lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Mary had a common interest in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot the time. David sent Mary a picture of “himself”: he was a tall, good-looking young man with a big, happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other.
Before David’s birthday, Mary wanted to give him a surprise. She flew to San Francisco. But when Mary knocked on David’s door, she found that the special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim!
So when you make friends on the Internet, please be careful. Here are some rules to make sure you are safe and have fun on the Internet.
u Don’t give your password to anyone else, and never let out the following information: your real name, home address, age, school, phone number or other personal information.
u Never agree to meet someone you met on the Internet without your parents’ permission. Never meet anyone you met online alone.
u Always remember that people online may not be who they say they are. Treat everyone online as if they were strangers.
u Remember — not everything you read on the Internet is true.
1.Why does Mary spend a lot of her time on QQ?
A．Because she feels lonely.
B．Because she doesn’t like learning.
C．Because she wants to make a boyfriend.
D．Because she likes computer games.
2.Mary thought David was special because __________.
A．he was tall and good-looking B．he sent her a picture of himself
C．he was from San Francisco D．he made her quite happy on QQ.
3.It’s good for children to _________ on the Internet.
A．give password to others
B．get useful knowledge and information
C．give phone number to others
D．believe everything they read
4.What shouldn’t be done when you are online according to the passage?
A．Sending messages and emails.
B．Visiting cool websites.
C．Giving your real name to others.
D．Treating everyone online as strangers.
5.What’s the main idea of this passage?
A．Things might not be real on the Internet.
B．It’s not good to chat on QQ.
C．Don’t meet some one you get to know on QQ.
D．Don’t buy anything on line.
A German who has been a volunteer teacher in the Guangxi countryside for ten years is a celebrity ( 名人)in China these days .
42-year-old Echart Lowwe was born in Hamburg , Germany . He graduated form the Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts. In the early 1990, Echart Lowwe traveled to China and became greatly interested in the country . In 1999 , he started working as a high school teacher in the city of Hechi , Guangxi , Later he went to a primary school in the remote Banlie Village to work as a volunteer teacher . He is still teaching there now .
His teaching methods are different from Chinese teachers . He never uses textbooks in class or sets exams .He seldom tells students how to do things , but instead encourages his pupils to be independent . He teaches music , nature and painting . To teach his students the spirit of teamwork , he asked them to paint a picture together .
Lowwe loves being with children . Kids love him back . He is often seen surrounded by groups of kids. “I feel he is our loved one .He is close to us ,”one of his students says.
Lowwe said “ I have always had the desire to teach in the countryside. I am doing what I want to do now . If I had to die right now , I would die happily ,” he said .
根据短文内容，判断以下句子的（ T ）误（ F ）。
1.Echart Lowwe is a volunteer teacher from Germany .
2.He used to work as a painter in Hechi .
3.He has his own ways of teaching .
4.Kids love him because he helps them do exams better .
5.Echart Lowwe doesn’t regret what he is doing .
Mark Twain was asked one day if he could remember the first money he got. He thought for a long time before answering and then said, "Yes, it was at school. I can remember 1 about it. Schoolboys in those days never 2 teachers and never took care of thing of the school. They often damaged their desks. There was a(n) __3 in our school that anybody who damaged his desk with a pencil or knife would be beaten before the 4 school or have to pay five dollars."
"One day, I damaged my desk in some 5 . I had to tell my father I had broken the rule, and had to pay five dollars or be beaten before the whole school. My father said it __6 be too bad to have our face lost in front of the whole school. He 7 to give five dollars to hand over to the teacher. But before giving me the money he took me upstairs and give me a beating."
"But as I had had one beating and wasn't afraid of it any 8 , I decided I would take __9 beating at school and 10 the dollars. So that was what I did. That was the first money I ever got."
1. A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
2. A．loved B．trusted C．hated D．respected
3. A．punishment B．bet C．issue D．rule
4. A．whole B．total C．complete D．all
5. A．way B．method C．manner D．means
6. A．could B．would C．should D．ought to
7. A．agreed B．permitted C．accepted D．screamed
8. A．time B．longer C．more D．way
9. A．another B．more C．a D．some
10. A．earn B．keep C．make D．obtain
Practice Chinese Gongfu can not only _________ one’s strength, but also develop one’s character.
A．bring up B．take up C．pull up D．build up
