阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them, especially the younger one, Ben,        he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class made jokes about him because he seemed so       .The mother      that she herself would have to get her sons to do better in school. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a      a week and do a report about it for her. One day, in Ben’s      , the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him     . “Why did Ben put up his hand?” his classmates wondered. He       said anything. What would he possibly want to say?Ben not only        the rock, but also said a lot about the rock. He named many other rocks in the same group and even knew        the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were     . Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book     .Later Ben went on to the        of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University (耶鲁大学)and at last became one of the best doctors in the USA. After Ben grew up, he        something about his mother that he did not know as a      . She, herself, had never learned how to      .

1.A. because  B. so                      C. but                          D. though 

2.A. clever                B. hard                       C. slow              D. quick

3.A. asked                 B. decided                C. forgot                    D. heard

4.A. notice                B. message                C. book             D. question 

5.A. class                   B. room            C. office                     D. lab

6.A. think                  B. leave            C. stand up          D. sit down

7.A. always      B. even             C. quickly             D. never 

8.A. found                 B. played                   C. knew            D. threw 

9.A. whether  B. when                     C. where                   D. why 

10.A. afraid     B. surprised              C. worried           D. unhappy

11.A. pictures          B. exercises              C. shops                     D. reports 

12.A. top                   B. end                        C. back             D. side

13.A. learnt     B. remembered       C. forgot                    D. guessed

14.A. doctor    B. child             C. children           D. teacher  

15.A. read                 B. work             C. teach                     D. show

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1.Mr Smith is an American teacher who works in Peking University. How could he get the book Ｔｈｅ Ｓｉｌｋ Ｒｏａｄ?

A. By telephoning the travel agency.                B. He could shop online.

C. He could go to the post office to buy it.            D. He has to buy it in Xinjiang.

2.Which of the following is NOT included in Ｔｈｅ Ｓｉｌｋ Ｒｏａｄ?

A. An area map.               

 B. Hotel service.

C. Introduction of major cities along the silk road.

D. Introduction of sports along the silk road.

3.What does the underlined word “profile” mean?

A. Description.     B. Maps.       C. Service.      D. Price of the tickets.

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the reading?

A. Not all the books are in English.    

B. Ｔｈｅ Ｓｉｇｈｔｓ ｏｆ Ｂｅｉｊｉｎｇ is the most expensive.

C. Ｔａｌｋｉｎｇ ａｂｏｕｔ Ｃｈｉｎａ is about a Canadian’s experience in Canada.

D. There’re pictures in all the books.

5.If you want to get more information, what can you do?

A. Surf the Internet.           B. Write a letter to the writer.

C. Ask the Canadian.              D. Buy the books in Canada.

James Naismith was a Canadian. He invented basketball in 1891. At that time. He was a P.E. teacher a Springfield College,. In the USA.. He invented an indoor game for his students so that they could play it even in bad weather.

Do you know how to score points in the game? Well, just put the ball into the other side’s basket. You can throw the ball into the basket from any part if the court. And you can throw it with one hand or both hands. But you must follow the rules.

Now, over a century later,. More and more people play basketball ..In the USA. ,the NBA is very popular. People from all over the world like to watch and play basketball. They love this game.

根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。（10分）

1. James Naismith came from_____

A．America          B．China             C．Canada           D．Canadian

2. In 1891, James Naismith invented_____

A．baseball          B．basketball         C．football           D．volleyball

3. What did James Naismith do?

A．a doctor          B．a student          C．a worker          D．a teacher

4. Which of the following sentences is not right?

A．You must put the ball into the other side’s basket to score.

B．You must follow the rules.

C．You can only throw it with both hands

D．You can throw the ball into the basket from any part of the court.

5.When was basketball invented?

A．Over 100 years ago                      B．100 years later

C．50 years ago                           D．50 years later.

The Beatles began to be popular           in the USA.

A. in the 1960s     B. in the year1960  C. in 1960’s   D. in 1960

1.Ahmed was famous for __________.

A. windsurfing          B. weightlifting         C. flying             D. playing tennis

2.Patty was a champion in_________.

      A. the USA                      B. Turkey           C. China            D. Egypt

3.Both Lai-Shan and Naim succeed at the Olympics _________.

   A. In 1988                     B. In 1992                  C. In 1996                  D. In 2000