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2 . Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in 1980. At 229 centimeters, he was the third tallest player in NBA history. Yao made his first appearance in the NBA during the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He surprised many critics with his first games, and was fast becoming an international fan favorite, as he broke Michael Jordan’s record for votes (投票) received. In July 2011 Yao announced his retirement from the NBA due to frequent problems in his left foot.
He continuously works to raise awareness of endangered species and even went as far as to stop using shark fin soup at his wedding in 2007. Yao has been saying no to shark fin soup since 2006 when he was appointed Goodwill Ambassador (亲善大使) for wildlife protection. “Shark’s are friends of human beings. They are not our food.” Since his retirement he has become a surprise international force in the field of wildlife protection, and he is using his fame to tell us the difficulties faced by sharks.
Most recently he went to Houston Zoo, as part of his continuing effort to educate young people about the importance of wildlife protection. He is part of a large campaign (运动) by the wildlife protection charity WildAid, and has traveled through Africa to see and document the difficulties facing elephants and rhinos in the wild. With elephant and rhinoceros poaching (偷猎) on the rise, Yao also said, “When the buying stops, the killing can too. Get rid of the demand for rhino horn and ivory right at the source. That’s what I want to do.”
Although Yao is not the first Chinese player in the NBA, it could be argued that he is the most important one, not just for his taking part in charity and wildlife protection work. He built a bridge between two completely different worlds and introduced millions to the Chinese way of life, and the American lifestyle separately.
1. The first paragraph mainly tells us ____________.| A．the history of MBA | B．how high Yao Ming is |
| C．the life of Michael Jordan | D．Yao Ming’s basketball life |
| A．Because shark fin soup is not food. |
| B．Because he wants to set a good example. |
| C．Because sharks are not endangered species |
| D．Because shark fin soup is too expensive for him. |
| A．The demand for wildlife leads to killing. |
| B．He wants to appeal to others to stop illegal selling. |
| C．WildAid plays an important role in wildlife protection. |
| D．Young people make a difference in wildlife protection. |
| A．The first Chinese player in the NBA |
| B．A super basketball star -- Yao Ming |
| C．Yao Ming and his wildlife protection |
| D．When the buying stops, the killing can too |
3 . Here’s the list of skiers, who have won four consecutive (连续的) world championships: Nobody.
Well, nobody besides Mikaela Shiffrin, who did it last Saturday in Are, Sweden. The Colorado skier, still just 23, is the best story, really, of this sports winter in the slalom (障碍滑雪).
She pulled it off, despite an illness that challenged her breathing. Shiffrin told NBC after her win that her mother, Eileen, advised her before her second run: You don’t have to do this. But Shiffrin told herself what she had told herself many times before: “I just need 60 seconds.” So she did it, and she got it. Shiffrin is closing in on her third World Cup overall title. She’s ranked No. 1 on the planet in slalom.
In women’s skiing, the mountain is now Shiffrin’s. She’s earned it. Those two (and soon three) World Cup overalls; 56 World Cup individual victories; and, oh yeah, right, three Olympic medals, two of them gold. Shiffrin is already considered a serious threat to Ingemar Stenmark’s record of 86 World Cup victories, and Lindsey Vonn’s 82, though the 34-year-old surely would have collected more had she not suffered repeated injuries during her career. Of course, Shiffrin may wind up chasing someone else’s mark—Austria’s brilliant Marcel Hirscher, 29, now has 68 World Cup wins.
At the same time, Shiffrin loathes all the talk about the numbers and records. “People see the records and statistics. They are asking for more, more, more…it looks easy, but it isn’t. Nowhere close,” Shiffrin wrote. “What I see is training, sleepless nights, pain, doubt, delayed lights, canceled flights, lost luggage, expense, adventure, and some races mixed in there.”
That’s what happens when you’re as good as she is. But nobody’s been as good as she is. In a sense, Shiffrin is just getting started. It’s very possible she will be at her peak powers when the Winter Olympics arrive in Beijing in 2022.
1. What do we know about Mikaela Shiffrin in her recent slalom race?| A．She was not in her best physical condition. |
| B．She pulled out of the race in the second run. |
| C．She followed her mother’s advice and succeeded. |
| D．She told herself a one-minute story before the race. |
| A．Eileen Shiffrin’s. | B．Ingemar Stenmark’s. |
| C．Lindsey Vonn’s. | D．Marcel Hirscher’s. |
| A．Summarizes. | B．Gives away. | C．Dislikes. | D．Focuses on. |
| A．Shiffrin Is Moving Mountains | B．Shiffrin Is At Her Peak |
| C．The Rise And Fall Of A Colorado Skier | D．The Most Popular Winter Sports |
4 . Yang Wenqing is the only teacher of this small school, more precisely a teaching center,
The tiny school was
The 53-year-old teacher volunteered to come to Dengyunzhai a decade ago when Luxi County
“I
At 4:00 p. m. every school day, Yang walks out of the classroom and
Yang’s work has
| A．interested | B．located | C．set | D．rooted |
| A．specially | B．poorly | C．terribly | D．hurriedly |
| A．village | B．area | C．population | D．square |
| A．graders | B．villagers | C．students | D．teachers |
| A．worn-out | B．lay-off | C．left-over | D．left-behind |
| A．jumped | B．flooded | C．flown | D．grown |
| A．set out | B．set off | C．set down | D．set up |
| A．amazing | B．fortunate | C．possible | D．attractive |
| A．separated | B．differed | C．told | D．judged |
| A．considerate | B．available | C．responsible | D．respectable |
| A．held | B．made | C．combined | D．attended |
| A．Because | B．Whether | C．Although | D．If |
| A．rings | B．observes | C．presses | D．knocks |
| A．stand up | B．line up | C．speak up | D．take up |
| A．windows | B．floors | C．blackboards | D．classrooms |
| A．future | B．character | C．dream | D．expectation |
| A．pave | B．base | C．lay | D．settle |
| A．turned down | B．turned up | C．paid for | D．paid off |
| A．diligently | B．successfully | C．frequently | D．wisely |
| A．explore | B．manage | C．adore | D．seek |
5 . Taylor Alison Swift is an American country pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress.
Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in Reading, Pennsylvania, and raised in Wyomissing. Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Andrea Gardner, a housewife who previously worked in finance, and Scott Kingsley Swift, a stockbroker. Her grandmother, Marjorie Finlay, was an opera singer. Swift has a younger brother, Austin. She grew up on a Christmas-tree farm.
When Swift was in fourth grade, she won a national poetry contest with a three-page poem, “Monster in My Closet”. At the age of ten, a computer repairman showed her how to play three chords (和弦) on a guitar, arousing her interest in learning the instrument. Afterwards, Swift wrote her first song, “Lucky You”. When Swift was 12, she devoted an entire summer to writing a 350-page novel, which remains unpublished. She began writing songs regularly and used it as a way to help her with her pain from not fitting in at school. Swift was a victim of bullying (欺凌), and spent her time writing songs to express her emotions. She also started performing at local karaoke contests, festivals, and fair.
Swift began to regularly visit Nashville, Tennessee, and work with local songwriters. When she was 14, her family moved to Nashville. Her first major show was a well-received performance at the Bloomsburg Fair. In Tennessee, Swift attended Hendersonville High School, but was then homeschooled for her junior and senior years. In 2008, she earned her high school diploma.
Swift’s greatest musical influence is Shania Twain. Her other influences include Leann Rimes, Tina Turner, Dolly Parton, and Swifts grandmother. Although her grandmother was a professional opera singer, Swifts tastes always leaned more toward country music. In her younger years, she developed a love for Patsy Cline and Dolly Parton. She also credits her love for music in her teens to the influence of the Dixie Chicks.
1. What can we know about Swift from the passage?| A．Her first novel came out in 2001. |
| B．She showed her music talent in her teens. |
| C．Her first major show was in Hendersonville High School. |
| D．Her mother influenced her a lot in her later music career. |
| A．Colorful. | B．Busy. |
| C．Successful. | D．Unhappy. |
| A．film star | B．novelist |
| C．opera singer | D．country music star |
| A．family life | B．achievements |
| C．early life | D．contributions |
6 . Leonardo da Vinci did practically everything, and he did it all amazingly well. He was a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and musician. Born in the town of Vinci, Italy, he was given the last name da Vinci, which means “from Vinci”.
Leonardo loved to draw. He apprenticed (师从) with a famous painter and sculptor in Florence. He would mix colors, clean brushes, and ready the walls or wood for painting. Young Leonardo was so talented that one day he painted a very realistic-looking angel. His teacher threw down his paintbrush in jealousy, declaring he would never paint again. Royalty, wealthy patrons, and even the Pope asked Leonardo to paint for them. He took on a lot of work, but he was easily distracted. He often didn’t finish what he promised.
Leonardo had a never-ending thirst for knowledge. At night he would secretly cut apart dead bodies that he got from hospitals or prisons to learn humananatomy, which helped him learn how the body and its organs fit together and made his paintings look more realistic. Leonardo did not outline his people. His study of nature made him realize that people and animals don’t have outlines. He used a technique called sfumato, which comes from the Latin word that means “smoky.” With sfumato, one color is blended into another in a soft, hazy way.
TheMona Lisais the most famous painting of Leonardo, and her smile is the most famous smile. Who was she? She was the wife of a wealthy man from Florence who hired Leonardo to paint her portrait. She had to sit completely still for many hours, day after day, Leonardo brought in clowns and musicians to entertain her. This painting is so famous that it was stolen right off the wall of the Louvre in 1911. After a lot of detective work, theMona Lisawas discovered in Italy two years later, and the art thief was arrested.
1. We can learn from the passage that ________.| A．Leonardo was keen on nature |
| B．Leonardo was no more than a painter |
| C．Leonardo was named after his hometown |
| D．Leonardo was completely a self-taught famous painter |
| A．an artistic method for a realistic drawing |
| B．a group of essential organs of the human body |
| C．an attractive technique to draw the human bodies |
| D．a scientific study of the structure of human bodies |
| A．gifted & considerate | B．practical & cautious |
| C．enthusiastic & optimistic | D．successful & reliable |
| A．the early life of Leonardo da Vinci |
| B．a famous painting of Leonardo da Vinci |
| C．a general introduction to Leonardo da Vinci |
| D．a demonstration of the painting style of Leonardo da Vinci |
