Creighton Carvello was called the Memory Man. He could remember hundreds of playing cards and pages of the telephone numbers in only a few seconds.

Creighton was born in India in 1944. He was the middle child of five and his father worked on the railways. In 1949, the Carvello family returned to England and settled(定居) in Middlesbrough, where Creighton spent the rest of his life. His father first noticed his great talent when, aged 7, he started to memorize information from cigarette cards with pictures of planes and cars.

After leaving school, Creighton developed his talent by memorizing more and more information. He soon became popular as he performed in clubs to show his great memory. He remembered the telephone number of anyone called Smith who lived in the Middlesbrough area. He first got into the record books in his thirties. He travelled around the world, showed up on television and amazed the audience with his memory.

Creighton was a man of many talents, including writing songs, drawing and telling jokes.

In his last years, Creightton moved to care home. The old people there would test his memory with questions such as naming what day of the week they were born on. Only days before he died, one lady gave her date of birth, July 29, 1921 and Creighton immediately replied, “Friday”. He died on November 18, 2008.

1.What was Creighton most famous for?

a.      His songs  b. His jokes  c. His drawing  d. His memory

2.How many children were older than Creighton in his family?

a.      Two  b. Three  c. Four  d. One

3.What happened when Creighton was five?

a.      He left school.  b.He first got into the record books.

c.His family returned to England. d.His father first noticed his great talent.

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

a.      Creighton spent the rest of his life in India.

b.      Creighton was forced(强迫) to memorize things by his father.

c.      Creighton played the piano in clubs after leaving school.

d.      Creighton was a talented man.

5.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

a.      Creighton didn’t have a family.

b.      Creighton died young because he memorized too many things.

c.      Creighton died at the age of 60.

d.      Creighton still had a good memory several days before he died.

Look at the boy. His English name is Mike Smith. His Chinese name is Li Hai. He is from England. He’s twelve years old. My name is Hao Gang. Tom is my English name. I’m from Shanghai. I’m thirteen. Mike and I are good friends. We are in Grade Seven. I am in Class 3 and he is in Class 5. Today is Thursday. We want to swim after school.

1.How old is Li Hai?

2.Where is Tom from?

3.What class is Li Hai in?

4.What day is it tomorrow?

5.．Which of the following is right?

— ________

— It’s Friday.

A．How are you?                 B．What’s the date today?

C．What time is it?                   D．What day is it today?

What day is __61___ day of the week? We Chinese may say Monday, because Monday is the first working day in the week. But__62___people have different ideas. They say__ 63___ is the first day of the week. Also, they work only five days a week and have a long __64___: Saturday and Sunday. People are different __65___ many other ways, too. We Chinese put our last names first and our first name last .British and American people put them in the other way. Chinese people speak Chinese, but British and American people speak English. Chinese eat a lot of__ 66___ . British and American people have a lot of bread and potatoes. Most Chinese ride bicycles, but most British and American people drive __67___. People write __68___ in different ways, too. We Chinese write “November 10, 2005” as “05 / 11 / 10”, in big -to - small order. But British put it as “___6 9__”, in small - to - big order, and the Americans even write it as “10/ 11 / 05”. What a difference!
Do you know any other __70___ between us Chinese speaking people and English speaking people.