Dou Kou, a Chinese boy, is called "the youngest writer in the world" .He has written 3 books now.

    Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu Province in 1994. When he was 7 months old, his parents started working in over 30 different cities, such as Xi'an and Shenzhen .This kind of life gave him things to think

and write about.

    When Dou Kou was 9 months old, he could speak and at the age of one he could say five to six hundred words. At 3, he could look up words in the dictionary. At 4, his father taught him to learn something. His parents like reading very much. So does he. At the age of 5, he began writing fairy tales

(童话).

    His fairy tales are all from his life. One day ,he found many mice in the house. They not only ate their food but also hurt his mother's hand. So he thought, "lf we give mice the stomachs (胃)of cows, they'll eat grass and it'll be helpful to people. " This was his first fairy tale Change, Stomach for Mice.

     At 6, he wrote a novel about his own life in different cities with his parents.

     Now, he studies well in a middle school. He has written his third book, the novel- called Eyes of Childhood .He says ,"l am not different from other  children .I just wrote several books. "

1.How many books has Dou Kou written?

A. Three.     B. Four.     C. Five.  D. Six

2.Because of _____ Dou Kou could write his books.  

A. his mother     B. his father

C. school life     D. life in different cities

3.Dou Kou began to use a dictionary _____  

A. when he wrote fairy tales

B. before his father taught him to study

C. after he went to school

D. after his mother taught him how to learn something

4.The underlined (画线的) sentences at the end of the passage show us that _____ .   

A. Dou Kou is different from other children

B. Dou Kou doesn't tell the truth

C. Dou Kou is the same as other children

D. Dou Kou likes his books

5.Which is the best title (标题) of this passage? 

A. Three Books by a Child

B. How to Write Fairy Tales

C. How Clever the Boy is

D. Dou Kou, the Youngest Writer

 

On my eighth birthday, Dad bought me an accordion(手风琴） and said excitedly, "Once you learn to play, it'll stay with you for life." But I didn't want to play it. I just wanted to play games, But Dad asked me to take accordion lessons.
One day, I found a box in a corner. When I opened it, I saw a beautiful violin. "It was your father's," Mum said. "His parents bought it for him. I guess he got too busy on the farm to learn to play it."
I had to practice half an hour every day, and every day I tried to get out of it. But Dad didn't allow. I asked why. He answered, "Because you can bring people joy. You can touch their hearts." He added softly, "Someday you'll have the chance I never had: you'll play beautiful music for your family. And you'll understand why you've worked so hard." I was speechless.
The lessons stopped after I finished high school. When I grew up, I got married and moved into a new house. I put the accordion in the attic（阁楼）.
One afternoon, my two children found the accordion by accident (偶然). They got very excited. "Play it. Play it," they laughed and said. I started to play some simple songs. I was surprised I could still remember them. Soon the kids were dancing. Even my wife was laughing and clapping to the beat.
At that moment, my father's words came back to me, "Someday you'll have the chance I never had. And you'll understand." I finally knew why Dad had asked me to practice hard. Dad never learnt to play his violin. But I told my family, "This is my father's music."
【小题1】My father didn't learn to play his violin when he was young because _______.

A．he didn't like to play the violin

B．he had to support his family

C．he wanted to play games

D．he didn't keep on practicing

【小题2】How might the writer feel when he had to practice playing the accordion?

A．Delighted.

B．Excited.

C．Bored.

D．Relaxed.

【小题3】"Dad didn't allow" means "_______".

A．Dad didn't agree with me.

B．Dad didn’t keep me doing it.

C．Dad didn't help me do it.

D．Dad didn't see me do it.

【小题4】What were the writer’s children doing when he started to play simple songs?

A．Singing

B．Dancing

C．Clapping to the beat

D．Screaming

【小题5】Dad asked me to learn to play the accordion so that _______.

A．I could go to a better school

B．I could give myself much joy

C．I could be a useful man

D．I could make people happy

补全对话

根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意义连贯、完整。

Jerry：Morning, Sue. Did you enjoy your holiday in the country?

Sue：Yes, 1　　　　. And some friends went with us.

Jerry：2　　　　? In a hotel?

Sue：No. We camped(野营) in the mountains, near Snowdow. We cooked all our meals over an open fire.

Jerry：Sounds wonderful. 3　　　　?

Sue：The sun shone nearly every day and it didn't rain at all.

Jerry：4　　　　?

Sue：Yes, they were great. We met some farmers and had tea in their houses.

Jerry：5　　　　? Last night?

Sue：No. This morning. We got up at 4:30, left at 5 and arrived here at 9. I'm so tired. What about you?

Did you have a good weekend?

Jerry：Yes, but I didn't do much. I just stayed at home. The weather was terrible.

With a determined(坚定的) look on his face, Chicago’s Michael McCarthy held on to the banister(扶手) and climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago. The Tower stands 1,451 feet(442 meters) tall, the＿21＿ building in the US.
As he got to the last step, McCarthy ＿22＿ fell down, but that didn’t stop him. The 14-year-old boy finally finished climbing the 2,109 steps and arrived at the top, where he ＿23＿cheers from many people.
“I just want to show people that ＿24＿ a kid with no legs can do it, anyone can do it,” McCarthy said.
McCarthy, who was born without legs, has to wear prosthetic legs(假肢) and use a stick to walk. But McCarthy has a strong 25 . He believes having a disability(残疾) shouldn’t stop anyone  26  achieving his or her success.
He has been in a special school  27  he was four. When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his teacher, Jeff Kohn, was   28  by his determination(决心) and offered to help train him. They   29  more than ten hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance with the prosthetics and sticks on the steps every day. “  30  seems that he never knows how difficult it is.  31  I was so tired that I asked him to rest for a day,”said Kohn. “But he said he was still full of energy and wanted more  32 .”
Kohn always walked with McCarthy for the climb. “I   33   the last 10 floors, he went faster,” said Kohn. “He’s the most craven sportsman I’ve ever trained.”
McCarthy said he was   34  of himself and that the tower now holds special meaning. “When I’m older, I’ll   35  to the building and say ‘Look at this building I climbed’,” he said.

【小题1】

A．largest B．highest C．earliest D．latest

【小题2】

A．seldom B．hardly C．always D．almost

【小题3】

A．enjoyed B．needed C．made D．kept

【小题4】

A．while B．after C．if D．though

【小题5】

A．heart B．hope C．body D．love

【小题6】

A．by B．for C．in D．from

【小题7】

A．as B．since C．until D．before

【小题8】

A．pleased B．beaten C．moved D．asked

【小题9】

A．used B．spent C．took D．wasted

【小题10】

A．Here B．There C．He D．It

【小题11】

A．However B．Sometimes C．Again D．Then

【小题12】

A．friends B．helpers C．time D．exercise

【小题13】

A．tried B．saw C．did D．met

【小题14】

A．thinking B．talking C．worried D．proud

【小题15】

A．point B．go C．turn D．hurry