The famous Chinese mathematician(数学家) Hua Luogeng was born in Jintan County, Jiangsu province in 1910. When he was young, life was very difficult for his family. Still, the boy took great interest in math.

         In the summer of 1931, he was fortunate(幸运的) enough to become an assistant in the Math Department(系) of Qinghua University, where he spent every moment he could find working and studying, and he finished his compulsory(必修的) math course all by himself in only 13 months!

         Between the years of 1936 and 1938, he was further studying in Cambridge University in the U.K. In 1950, together with his family, he returned to China from the USA. He said, “I’m Chinese, and I’ll do my best for my motherland.”

         So he did. He devoted(贡献) all his life to the math study and won the great fame(荣誉) for our country.

         He died for heart trouble in 1985 while lecturing in Japan. People will always remember him as a great scientist.

1. Which of the following is not true?

A.      Hua Luogeng is a famous Chinese mathematician.

B.      Hua Luogeng died in China.

C.      Hua Luogeng was born in Jingtan County.

D.      Hua Luogeng comes from Jiangsu.

2. The word “assistant”in this passage means “____” in Chinese.

A.      帮手           B.服务员          C.助教            D.教授

3.Hua Luogeng was ____ in 1937. Which of the following cannot be chosen?

         A. in China    B. abroad    C. in Cambridge    D. in England

4. From the story we can guess that Hua Luogeng was born in ____.

         A. a rich family                                  B. a poor family

         C. a mathematician family                D. a fortunate family

One morning it was shining brightly when I woke up. I looked at the alarm clock. It said 3:45! It had stopped! What time was it? I climbed out of bed and went downstairs to the kitchen. The kitchen clock said 8:30—I was late! My parents were away. My aunt had gone to work without checking if I was up. The school bus went at 8:00. I had missed it. I rang my friend Tony on his mobile phone.

“Tell the teacher I’ll be in as soon as I can!” I said.

“Come on your rollerblades,” Tony said. “It will be faster than the bus.”

I washed and dressed in a hurry. I grabbed an apple to eat on the way. That was my breakfast! Then I put on my rollerblades and set off for school. It took half an hour to get to the school. I took all the shortcuts I knew. I went across the park — even through some backyards! When I got to school, I was very hot and my legs ached. I had missed math, our first lesson of the morning. But I made it just in time for history, our second lesson. I was very happy because history is my favorite subject.

1.The boy woke up at __________ that morning.

   A. 3:45             B. 7:30            C. 8:00             D. 8:30

2.The boy got up late mainly because __________.

   A. his alarm clock had stopped

B. his parents were away

   C. his aunt had gone to work

D. he had missed the school bus

3.The boy got to school __________ that morning.

   A. by bus               B. by skating       C. by running           D. by bike  

4.The boy took all the shortcuts in order to __________.

   A. have breakfast on the way

B. meet his friend 

C. get to school as soon as he could

D. have his favorite lesson

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

   A. The boy’s bedroom is upstairs and the kitchen is downstairs.

   B. Tony told the boy to go to school on his rollerblades.

   C. The boy had nothing for breakfast that morning.

   D. The boy didn’t miss his favorite lesson.

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　　1. A little boy loved to play around the tree.

Time went by. The boy grew up. One day, he came back to the tree and said, “2.” “You can pick my apples and sell them,” the tree said. Then the boy took all the apples, but he disappeared for a long time.

3. “Come and play with me,” the tree said. “I don’t have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house,” the boy replied. “You can cut my branches(树枝) to build a house,” said the tree. So the boy cut all the branches off and left happily. But the tree didn’t hear from the boy for a long time.

4.The tree said, “Sorry, I don’t have anything for you now.” “I am tired. I just need a place to rest,” the boy replied. “Good! Old tree roots(根) are the best place to rest,” said the tree. The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears.

In fact, the tree stands for our parents. 5.

A. Finally, the boy returned after many years.

B. A long time ago, there was an apple tree.

C. As the apple tree, they give us everything we need.

D. One day, the boy returned and the tree was very excited.

E. I want to play with toys, but I need money to buy them.

         The famous Chinese mathematician(数学家) Hua Luogeng was born in Jintan County, Jiangsu province in 1910. When he was young, life was very difficult for his family. Still, the boy took great interest in math.

         In the summer of 1931, he was fortunate(幸运的) enough to become an assistant in the Math Department(系) of Qinghua University, where he spent every moment he could find working and studying, and he finished his compulsory(必修的) math course all by himself in only 13 months!

         Between the years of 1936 and 1938, he was further studying in Cambridge University in the U.K. In 1950, together with his family, he returned to China from the USA. He said, “I’m Chinese, and I’ll do my best for my motherland.”

         So he did. He devoted(贡献) all his life to the math study and won the great fame(荣誉) for our country.

         He died for heart trouble in 1985 while lecturing in Japan. People will always remember him as a great scientist.

1. Which of the following is not true?

A.      Hua Luogeng is a famous Chinese mathematician.

B.      Hua Luogeng died in China.

C.      Hua Luogeng was born in Jingtan County.

D.      Hua Luogeng comes from Jiangsu.

2. The word “assistant”in this passage means “____” in Chinese.

A.      帮手           B.服务员          C.助教            D.教授

3.Hua Luogeng was ____ in 1937. Which of the following cannot be chosen?

         A. in China    B. abroad    C. in Cambridge    D. in England

4. From the story we can guess that Hua Luogeng was born in ____.

         A. a rich family                                  B. a poor family

         C. a mathematician family                D. a fortunate family