ZINEDINE Zidane，who dreams of leading France to its second World Cup title in a row next month，has always preferred to express himself with a football rather

than with words．

    Last Wednesday Zidane scored the decisive goal when Real Madrid of Spain won the Champions League final against Germany's Leverkusen 2一1．

   He became one of the world’s most expensive players when he joined Real Madrid from Italy's Juventus for US $ 66 million．And he has been a national hero since he scored twice in the 3-O defeat of Brazil in the 1998 World Cup Final．

    But despite his success，Zidane has always kept his feet on the ground．He leads a quite family life. There is hardly any gossip about him and he avoids putting his wife and two children in the spotlight．

   “Just because I'm a public figure , it doesn't mean I have to express myself on everything．I don't like to discuss some personal matters publicly．”he said．

    Even as a child playing football in the slum area of Marseille，France，where he was raised by his Algerian parents，Zidane was shy．

    He loved football even as a little kid．“I realized football is a wonderful mixture of a sharp mind and hard training rather than just talking，”he said．

    Even when the match awards were just chocolate and bread，Zidane found that football made his poor childhood rich．

    Before he was 10 years old，it was obvious that he could become a great footballer．He was offered his first professional contract(合同)when he was just 20．Now，at the age of 29，he has already picked up two World Player of the year awards．

   This quiet striker has not yet spoken of his hopes for the coming World Cup．But his fans across the world will be eagerly watching him to see what he'll do this time．

1. What did Zidane learn from his childhood football experience? He learned that_____________.

A．he could become a great footballer

B．he could become rich if he became a footballer

C．football is a mixture of a sharp mind and hard training but not just talking

D．football is a favorite sport in the future

2. According to the article，what are Zidane’s main characteristics?

A．He is a shy but successful man．

B．H e loves his wife and children．

C．He doesn't like to speak in public．

D．He is a quiet，down—to earth person of few words．

3.  When the writer says “Zidane has always kept his feet on the ground”,he means_________.

A．Zidane spends more time standing than sitting most days

B．Zidane is a down-to earth person

C．Zidane has spent most of his time training on the pitch

D．Zidane likes standing when he succeeds

4. The sentence “Zidane found that football made his poor childhood rich”means___________．

A．football made Zidane's poor family wealthy when he was a child

B．Zidane knew that football could bring him fame and wealth even when he was a child

C．football brought happiness to Zidane when he was a child in a poor family

D．Zidane knew that if he wanted to be rich he must play football from childhood

    He used to study in most evenings．He's got through quite a bit of work．He did up his room quite nicely，with bookshelves and large posters．He'd ask Mr．Smith and me up for a drink and cheer us up with songs from his country．He's very good atお the guitar，you know．

    I don't want to appear as if I'm running after him but it's about time we made it up，I'm sure he's upset because I told him off．It might be a good idea to take him out for a meal，perhaps even with his friend．I don't know whether it will do any good but we can try．I'm glad I've had this little chat with you，Mrs．Evans，and I'll let you know how I get on．

1. David is________．

A．an American friend    B．Mrs．Smith's son

C．a visiting student    D．a singer

2．Mrs．Smith believes that David is not the cause of the quarrel but that the main cause is__________.

A．Mr．Smith　　　　  B．too much homework

C．David's friend　　 D．David's behavior

3.Mrs．Smith wants to make up the quarrel by__________.

  A．cooking a meal

  B．giving them drinks

  C. inviting David and his friend out

  D．running after David

4. David's present attitude to Mrs．Smith is___________．

  A．very attentive　　   B．unfriendly

  C．cheerful　　　　　　 D．incomprehensible

　　 Within hours, Chinese space officials announced that the country's space dreams will continue with a “Shenzhou 6”mission，most possibly within a year．They said China also had worked out plans to conduct space walking by its astronauts，and eventually build up a space station。However, Chinese scientists ruled out building a space shuttle，like the United States．

   Yang's flight came four decades after the former Soviet Union and the United States pioneered manned spaceflight．Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth in April 1961．One month later，the United States launched  Alan B．Shepard Jr．

1. What is true of the first Chinese astronaut Yang Liwei?

  A．He is now a flight pilot．

  B．He was helped to get out of the descent capsule．

  C．He spent nearly a day in space．

  D．He was called a“space hero”and a “national hero”by China's premier Wen Jiabao．

2. China will carry out the following space programs in the near future except_________.

A．space walking

B．setting up a space station

C．building up a space shuttle

D．sending up “Shenzhou 6”

3. The underlined word debut means_________.

A．first public appearance  B．space

C．carrying person　　　　  D．spaceship

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

  A．Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first man in the world to travel in space．

  B. The United States launched Alan B．Shepard Jr.  about 43 years ago．

  C．China is the third country in the world to carry out the manned space flight successfully．

  D．“Shenzhou 6”will carry more than one astronaut in the mission．

   The danger of being eaten in the sea is great. Those plants and animals that do survive usually reproduce very fast and in great numbers.

  Certain sea animals have defensive devices (装置) which help them to survive. The jelly fish have poisonous tentacles (触角) which are used for attack and defence.

    Another method of survival which sea plants and animals use is disguise (伪装). They usually have the same colour as their surroundings.

    In order to stay alive, animals need to have good senses. Fishes have sharp eyes. Almost all animals are sensitive to touch.. Fishes judge movements in the water by means of their lines. Fishes and other sea animals can hear well and many of them can make different types of warning sound.

1. What is the greatest problem that the living things face?

    A. They have to eat other things.

    B. They have to fight not to be eaten.

    C. They have to live on in its own way.

    D. They have to live in the sea.

 2. How many kinds of animals in the sea have more chances to survive?

A. One.　　　　　　　　　　  B. Two.

C. Three.　　    　　　　　　D. Four.

3. Jelly fish is an example of animals_________.

    A．who can reproduce very fast

    B．who can protect themselves from being attacked

    C．who can change their colours

    D．who have very good senses

4. The word“survive” in the second paragraph means___________.

A．remain alive

B．live

C．struggle for food

D．feed on something

5. Which of the following is not mentioned to help animals survive?

    A．Sensitive skin．  &n

bsp;    B．Sharp eyes．

    C．Fine smell．　　　　   D．Good hearing．

1. Since the big forest fire was put out，the firemen__________.

    A．have been busy with the accident

    B．have been more and more careful of forest fires

    C．have been solving the problems caused by fire

    D．have been trying to discover its cause

2.There was not any evidence(证据)to show the big fire was started by_________．

A．broken glass　　　　   B．a cigarette end

C．electricity　　　　    D．either A or B

3. It was________ that caused the fire．

    A．the bird　　　　　　   B．the snake

    C．the wires　　　　　　  D．the power lines

4. At last the fireman__________．

    A．noticed the remains of a snake

    B．found out the cause

    C．discovered a snake wound round the electric wires

    D．saw the snake sending sparks down to the ground

5.The cause of the fire was considered__________．

    A．simple　　　　    B．ordinary

    C．uncommon　　　　  D．obvious

    Despite this，Walter Reed, an American doctor sent to study yellow fever in Cuba，went to talk with Finlay．Reed，after reading a lot on the subject，had begun to think that Dr．Finlay might be right．Then Reed and his comrades set to work at once．Outside Havana，they set up a laboratory and began experiments to test the theory．The experiments were successful．Now we know：A period of about two weeks must pass before a mosquito，after feeding on a sick person，could infect(传染)another person; the sick person had to have yellow fever a certain number of days before the mosquito biting him was able to carry the disease．

1. Before 1900，many people didn't think yellow fever was spread___________.

A．by air

    B．by getting in touch with the patient

    C．by the bite of mosquitoes

D．by dirty water

2. What is true according to the passage?

A．Reed agreed with Finlay after his talk with him．

B. Reed proved the theory by reading a lot of articles．

C．Reed proved the theory in his American lab．

D．Reed scientifically proved the theory.

3. Who first realized the actual cause?

    A．The public．　　　　 B．Reed．

    C．Finlay．　　　　　　 D．Doctors．

4. A person comes down with yellow fever because he has been bitten_______．

   A．by a mosquito

   B．by a mosquito that has bitten the patient

   C．by an infected mosquito

   D. by a mosquito that has bitten the patient of some days

5. What is the possible title for the passage?

    A．Reed，an Outstanding Doctor

    B. Several Theories on Yellow Fever

    C．Fight Against Yellow Fever

    D．The Cause of Yellow Fever

An American group of hackers which calls itself Poison Box had begun ruining Chinese websites after the April 1 spy plane incident, top Chinese portal Sina.com. said.

The Chinese soon attacked back.

On April 29, Chinese hackers invaded two US Government websites over the weekend, forcing the Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services to shut down their sites for a short time.

The US Department of Labor went off line for a few hours after a page in its website was changed to show a picture of Wang Wei, the Chinese pilot who died in the collision.

The page was titled“China Hack!”and read, in English,“The whole country is sorry for losing the best son of China—Wang Wei forever, we will miss you until the end of the day.”

On May 1, hackers exchanged bad remarks in which the official White House website was destroyed by a huge amount of e-mail rubbish. On May 5,the White House website suffered because of a denial(拒绝) of service attack that blocked entrance to the site for more than two hours.

The Computer Network and Information Security Management Office told web operators an average of 100 sites a day had seen“some more form of attack.”

1. The best title of the passage is______.

A. Sino-US Plane Collision

B.Sino-US Hackers Fighting Cyberwar

C.100 Sites Beijing Attacked

D.Cyberwar Continuing

2. What is the correct order of the events?

A.Wang Wei’s picture appeared on a US website.

B.Poison Box destroyed some Chinese websites.

C.The access to White House website was blocked for over two hours.

d. Hackers exchanged bad remarks.

A.a,b,c,d　　　　　　　　　　  B.a,c,b,d　　　　　　　　　　  C.b,a,d,c　　　　　　　　　　  D.b,a,c,d

3. From the passage we can infer that______.

A.US President Bush defended Taiwan

B.all the Chinese people are sorry for losing the best son of China

C.websites in the US and China have been watchful for attacks

D.Chinese hackers began to play an important role in foreign affairs

At first before you’ve gone very far down, the colors will seem normal. But as you dive deeper, you begin to wonder where all the warm colors have gone. You try to catch sight of reds or yellows or oranges.

Then as you sink still farther, you will see only blues and purples(紫色).Soon these, too, begin to lose colors as you go down.

Now, far below the surface of the water, you will find yourself in a gray(灰色)，colorless place. The water above you is filtering out all of the sunlight’s rainbow(彩虹) of light.

If you continue to go down, you will soon be so far below the surface that no light can reach you. The blackness will become so complete that your eyes will ache to see something, then anything. Now you are ready to return to the surface, with its changing colors.

1. As a person dives deeper, he can see the colors______.

A. remain the same　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.disappear

C.change　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.become lighter and lighter

2. Which of the following is the color you will see later as you go deeper?

A. Normal color.　　　　  B.Red.　　 C.Orange.　　   D. Purple.

3. Why will your eyes ache when the blackness becomes complete?

A. The water is too cold.

B.Something is seriously wrong with your eyes.

C.Your eyes are looking for any sign of light.

D.You have stayed too long in the water.

4. How do you feel when you’ve dived deep enough and everything becomes dark?

A. You are eager to dive deeper.

B.You want to go on diving to the bottom of the ocean.

C.You are anxious to return to the surface.

D.You feel relaxed(放松)in the quiet darkness.

5. On your way back, you will see colors change______.

A. from red to black and orange　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.from purple to orange and red

C.from purple to grey and yellow　　　　　　　　　　   D.from yellow to orange and blue

She married Mr. Cook, a famous actor, when she was twenty-two. Her father gave her all and she did no housework at home. She often did everything she wanted and made all the family listen to her. She had a few servants(佣人),but none of them could wait on(伺候)her. Neither the servants nor her husband liked her.

Last week she employed a new servant called Betty. The girl had studied in a middle school before her father died in an accident. The girl was kind and clever. She had read a lot by then and now she knewmuch. She had been told about the woman before she came here. She was sure she could deal with(对付)the woman.

The woman liked the strong and tall girl as soon as she saw her. “Remember, Betty,”said she.“You must be honest and obedient. Do you understand me?”

“Yes, Mrs. Cook,”said the girl.“But what should I do if you let me tell the visitor that you aren’t in?”

1. The man tried his best to satisfy his daughter with everything because ______.

A. he was very rich

B.he liked her very much

C.she knew plenty of important persons

D.she wasn’t afraid of anybody

2. The girl married Mr. Cook because ______.

A. he was rich too　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B.he had a few servants

C.he always listened　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.he was a famous actor

3. None of the family liked the woman because ______.

A. she made them all obey her

B.It was difficult for the servants to wait on her

C.she always did everything she wants

D.she never did any housework at home

4.______, so Betty stopped to be a servant.

A. The rich woman would pay her much

B.The rich woman would be kind to her

C.She hated to go on studying at school

D.She had to earn(挣)some money for her family

5. Betty knew how to deal with the woman because ______.

A. she was a middle school student

B.she was very clever

C.she knew her well

D.she had read a lot by last week

The caverns have been known and used since the days of the Cherokee Indian nation. The cave expands (becoming large in size) into a series of huge rooms opening on the side of the mountain. One mile from the entrance, in a room called“The Council Room”,many Indian artifacts(手工艺品)have been found.

For many years it had been considered that there was a large underground lake somewhere in a cave, but it was not discovered until 1905. That year, a thirteen-year-old boy named Ben Sands crawled into a small opening three hundred feet underground. He found himself in a large cave half filled with water.

Today, tourists visit the Lost Sea and ride far out onto it in glass-bottomed boats. More than thirteen acres ( 英亩 ) of water have been mapped out so far and still no end of the lake has been found. Even though teams of divers have tried to explore the Lost Sea, the full extent (the size of a large area)of it is still unknown.

1. The Lost Sea is completely different from any others because it is______.

A. part of a historical cave system

B.the biggest underground lake in the world

C.listed in the Guinness Book of World Records

D.the largest body of water in Tennessee

2. The Graighead Caverns have been known______.

A.throughout history

B.since the time of the Indian nation

C.since 1905

D.since divers explored them

3. Who discovered the Lost Sea in recent times?

A. Ben Sands.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　      B. Boys.

C. The Cherokee Indians.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Scientists.

4.What was found in“The Council Room”?

A. A small natural opening.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. A large cave.

C. Another series of rooms.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.Manyold Indian objects.

5. It can be inferred from the passage that the Graighead Caverns presently serve as______.

A. an underground lab　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.an Indian meeting ground

C.a place of interest　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.a museum