Peter's uncle lived in the country. Once Peter went to stay with him for a few weeks. When they went for a walk or for a drive in the car and they passed somebody ,his uncle waved. Peter was surprised and said, “Uncle George, you know everybody here. Where did you meet them all?”
“I don't know all these people,” said his uncle                
“Then why do you wave to them?” asked Peter.?                 
“Well, Peter,” answered his uncle, “when I wave to someone and he knows me, he is happy. He goes on his journey with a happier heart. But when I wave to some one and he doesn't know me, he is surprised and says to himself, ‘Who is that man? Why did he wave to me?’ So he has something to think about during the rest of his journey, and that makes his journey seem shorter. So I make everyone happy.
【小题1】Peter was surprised that his uncle _______

Think rock. paper, scissors is a children's game? Think again.

    Top players from  around the world came together in Toronto to compete for a ten-thousand-Canadian dollar prize and the title (头衔) of world champion.

     More than 500 players, including national from Australia, Norway and New Zealand, attended.

     The simple game is often used to make decisions and solve some simple problems.

     Players hold their fists (拳头~) closed and count to three before making one of three hand signals: a fist 0ock),flat hand (paper) or two fingers (scissors). Paper covers rock, scissors cut paper and rock breaks scissors.

   Players  have different ideas about the history of the game, but it is believed to have been played for centuries in Japan

  The Paper Scissors Stone Club was found in  England in 1842 and provided an environment where  players could play together.

    In 1918, the name was changed to World RPS  Club and its headquarters (总部)moved from London to Toronto. In 1925 its members were over 10,000.

    The world championships have been held since 2O02, which are held once every year

1.The winner could get______

         A. $1,000       B.$10,000      C. C$1,00O     D.C$10,000

2.According to the passage the game “Paper Scissors Stone" originated(起源于)in ________

           A. Japan       B Australia    :  C. America        D. Norway

3.Where did the  Paper Stone Club’s headquarters move to Toronto?

           A In 1842    B   In  1898    C  In   1918    D In  1925

4. How many world championships had been held by 2009?

           A. Two.         B. Eight       C. Seventy.       D. Eighty

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
Passage 5
A beautiful smile
-- Zhang Bei
When I was 13 years old, a boy gave me an important gift. it was a smile.
It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone,                       
Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break.I couldn't talk to anyone about my problem, and I didn't want my parents to worry about me.
Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. I didn't know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me and, without a word, smiled.
Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy,
lively and warm.
That smile changed my life. I started to talk with the other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.
One day, I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn't remember smiling at me! It doesn't matter because all the dark days have gone. Now I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think you are lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.
【小题1】What was the important gift ?
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【小题2】Where did the story take place?
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【小题3】How did the writer feel when the boy smiled at her?
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【小题4】How did the smile chang her life?
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【小题5】Why is it called A beautiful smile?
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Ever thought of moving to a new country? How about starting a new country? Patri Friedman is planning to do just that. He left Google years ago to set up the Seasteading Institute. And his dream is to build seasteads-----floating micro-nations in the middle of the ocean.
So, what will life on a seastead be like? Probably a bit like life on a cruise liner (游轮), but much larger, with shops, gyms, swimming pools, schools and other areas. In fact, the early seasteads may actually be specially-rebuilt cruise liners. But as science advances, Friedman believes they’ll become more like floating cities, with several hundred people.
Seasteading raises a lot of questions. First of all, how will the new countries make money? The Seasteading Institute has suggested several money-making ideas, including ocean-based theme parks, casinos (赌场) and fish farming. There’s also the questions of safety. With storms, typhoons and pirates (海盗) , the high seas are a dangerous place. However, the Institute says that it can stand bad weather and prevent crimes with its well-designed systems.
So, is this just a day dream? Well, maybe not. One of the people behind the project is Peter Thiel. He founded PayPal and was one of the first investors (投资者) in Facebook. So far, he’s donated $ 500,000 to the project.
And Friedman isn’t wasting any time. He recently announced the creation of the Poseidon Award. This will be given to the first seastead with fifty people. Friedman is hoping to hand out the award in 2015.
【小题1】Where did Friedman use to work?

在下面的空白处填入适当的话语（话语可以是句子、短语或词）

A:  Hi, Bill! You’re reading the novel again.

B:  Yes, Tom. I’ll never be tired of it.

A:  _____________1._____________________??

B: Three times. Every time I read it, I can always learn something new.

A: Really?  _________________2._______________________??

B: Charles Dickens. I think he is a great English writer. What about you?

A: ___3.__. He is also my favorite foreign writer. Please let me have a look at it.?

B: OK, here you are! What do you think of this novel?

A: ____4.______. I haven’t seen such a novel for long. Where did you buy it?

B: In the Rose Bookshop.

A: I don’t know where it is.  ___5._________?

B: No. Only 10 minutes' walk from here, next to the People’s Cinema.

A: Oh, I see. I’m going there to get one, too. Thank you!

B: You’re welcome!