In 1942, Stephen William Hawking was born in Oxford, England. His parents’ house wasn’t in Oxford. It was in the north of London. But at that time, people thought Oxford was a safer place to have babies because of the Second World War (第二次世界大战). Stephen’s father was a good doctor. His mother didn’t work. In 1950, when Hawking was eight years old, his family moved to St. Albans, a town about 20 miles north of London. At eleven, Stephen went to St. Albans School, and then went to Oxford University in 1959. There he wanted to study maths, but maths was not available (可得到的) at University. So he studied physics(物理). In 1988, Stephen’s greatest work (著作) A Brief history of Time was published (出版). And the people all over the world began to know the greatest physics —Stephen William Hawking.
1.Stephen William Hawking was born in ____in 1942.
A. New York B. London C. St. Albans D. Oxford, England
2.Stephen’s father was ____ but his mother didn’t have a job.
A. a good teacher B. not a doctor C. not a teacher D. a good doctor
3.Stephen’s family moved to ____ and he went to school when he was ____.
A. St. Albans, eight years old B. St. Blbans, ten years old
C. Oxford, eight years old D. Oxford, ten years old
4.Stephen went to St. Albans School when he was ____ years old.
A. ten B. eleven C. nine D. welve
5.Stephen became a famous person for his book A Brief history of Time______.
A. in 1942 B. in 1950 C. in 1959 D. in 1988
J.K. Rowling is the writer of Harry Potter. It is one of the best-sellers (畅销书) all over the world. She was born in Bristol on July 31st, 1965. She has one sister. She is two years older than her sister. They loved listening to their father’s bedtime stories. They loved the stories about magical (魔幻的) world best. Rowling wrote her first story when she was six years old.
In 1992, Rowling began to write the first book about Harry Potter. In 1997, she finished the book. It was a great success. And film came out in November, 2001. Now Harry Potter series (系列) are popular. In this series. Harry is only an ordinary (普通) boy: polite, friendly, brave(勇敢) and clever. So when children read about Harry, they also want to be like him. That’s why Harry Potter series are so popular.
J.K. Rowling is very happy with the success. She says she will go on writing children’s books.
1.J.K. Rowling is the ____ of Harry Potter.
A. reporter B. student C. singer D. writer
2.She was born in Bristol on ____ 31st, ____.
A. June, 1965 B. July, 1992 C. July, 1965 D. June, 1997
3.Rowling wrote her first story at the age of ____.
A. 12 B. 9 C. 11 D. 6
4.In 1997, Rowling ____.
A. began to write the first book Harry Potter
B. finished the book Harry Potter
C. began writing the first story
D. began to write children’s books
5.Rowling’s sister is ____ than her.
A. younger B. older C. three years older D. two years older
Last Saturday evening, Li Lin 's family went to see her grandparents. They had dumplings for supper that evening. There was meat and vegetables inside the dumplings. The dumplings were delicious. But Li Ming didn't have and because he didn't like eating dumplings. He had some noodles with chicken. He liked chicken very much, but he didn't like meat at all. That evening they had a nice meal. After supper they had some fruit. Grandfather and Grandmother had bananas. Father and Mother had oranges. The children had pears. What a good time they had!
1.How many people are there in the family? There are ______.
A. two B. three C. four D. six
2.We can say that Li Ming is Li Lin 's ______.
A. brother B. friend C. sister D. mother
3.Li Ming had ______ for supper.
A. pears B. noodles C. meat D. dumplings
4.What kind of fruit did the children have after supper? ______.
A. Pears B. Bananas C. Oranges D. Apples
5.Father and Mother had ______ for supper.
A. oranges B. meat C. dumplings D. noodles
Tom did not like doing his homework，because he liked to do some___ things after school．And his teacher always____a lot of mistakes in his homework．
Then one day，his maths teacher___ at Tom’s homework and saw that he got all his answers right．He was very____and surprised（惊奇）．The next morning before class，he called Tom____his desk and____to him，“You got all your homework right this time．Did your father help you？”Sometimes Tom’s father helped him with his homework，___ this time he didn’t help Tom because he ___at home．So Tom answered，“No，Sir．He was busy last night，so I____to do it ___．”
1.A. others B. another C. the other D. other
2.A. made B. found C. looked at D. looked
3.A. laughed B. knocked C. looked D. saw
4.A. please B. pleased C. pleasure D. sad
5.A. to B. for C. in D. at
6.A. talked B. asked C. told D. said
7.A. and B. but C. so D. or
8.A. isn’t B. won’t be C. wasn’t D. can’t be
9.A. wanted B. mustn’t C. liked D. had
10.A. itself B. of them C. myself D. himself
She decided ____ an English teacher when she finished school.
A. being B. becoming C. be D. to be
We can see his books ____ English and ____ many other languages.
A. in, in B. with, with C. in, with D. with, in
