(Zhou Cheng goes to work and meets Mr Wang and his family in the lift．)

　　The Wang Family

　　Date：January 13

　　Flight No.CA 386

　　Leave Xi'an：10：15

　　Arrive in Beijing: 11：45

　　Z：Good morning，Mr Wang．(1)_____?

　　W：We're going to Beijing this morning．

　　Z：To Beijing? (2)_____?

　　W：To see my parents．They live there and we'll spend Spring Festival with them．

　　Z：(3)_____?

　　W：By plane．There're a lot of people in the trains now．And we have never taken a plane before．

　　z：You're right．(4)_____?

　　W：Our plane's number is CA 386．

　　Z：(5)_____?

　　W：At a quarter past ten．

　　Z：(6)_____?

　　W：In about one and a half hours．

　　Z：How fast the plane will fly! Oh，it's ten to eight．Have a good journey!

　　W：Thank you．

2.26-meter-tall Yao Ming made his NBA debut（初次登台）on October 23, 2002 and got 6 points for the Houston Rockets in the game. The next day, he got 13 points（得分）in another game.

   Yao Ming , 22, has been a star in China for some time, but it is still under question as to whether he can play well in the NBA. Yao Ming said, “When you watch it on TV, it looks very easy. But when you are playing in the NBA, it is really tough.” He said that joining the Houston Rockets was a new start and a new challenge. “I hope that through very hard work I can make everyone happy and help the Rockets win more games,” he said

   Yao Ming speaks some English. Both he and his teammates can understand each other. They don't think there is a language problem.

While Yao Ming faces this new challenge,  the people of Houston have shown great interest in him and they hope Yao Ming will bring new energy （活力） to the Rockets. The team has started having lessons to learn more about China, and many people who work for the Rockets have learned to speak some Chinese.

1.On October 23, 2002, Yao Ming played his______ game in the NBA

A. first    B. second    C. third    D fourth

2.Yao Ming got __________ points in the two games for the Houston Rockets in October ,2002.

　　A. 6　　　 　B.13　　　　C.19　　　D.23

3.Yao Ming thinks that _____.

    A. it is boring to play basketball                 

B. playing in the NBA is not easy

    C. it is difficult to watch NBA games on TV       

D. he is an NBA star

4.From the passage we can learn that ________.

A. Yao Ming will work hard for his team

B. Yao Ming often watches TV

　　C. Yao Ming is the best player in the team

D. The Rockets has lost several games

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　　根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。(共10分，每小题1分)
　　Mr. Green works in an office in Chicago 21 Saturday, he went to the office to some work. When he got on the elevator, it stopped between the 22 .Mr. Green could not get out of the elevator. He started to 23 , but no one 24 him. Then Mr. Green remembered that it was a holiday in America. No one was going to come to work 25 Tuesday.
　　There was 26 for him to do. He had to wait. With nothing to eat 27 drink, Mr. Green slept for most of the time. Early Tuesday morning, his 28 came to work and found the elevator was not working. When the elevator was 29 , Mr. Green came out. He was cold, weak cold, weak, and tired. He had been in the elevator for about sixty-four 30 ! Now Mr. Green says, “I will only use elevators if they have a telephone in them.”