Kobe Bryant was born with basketball already in his blood. His dad was a former NBA star. When Kobe was six years old, his dad started playing basketball in Europe, so his family moved to Italy. The family stayed there for seven years. While living in Italy, Kobe learned to speak good Italian and started playing basketball.
The family moved back to the United States when Kobe was 13 and he started playing high school basketball. Kobe figured he was already good enough to play in the NBA, so he skipped college and was chosen right after high school by the Charlotte Hornets in the first round of the 1996 NBA Draft. In a trade the Hornets are still crying about, they sent Kobe to the LA Lakers. Although he did not go to college, Kobe was a quick learner on the courts of the NBA. He played in the NBA All-Star Game for the first time in 1998 and by 2000, Kobe had developed into one of basketball's best players. Kobe and Shaquille O'Neal teamed up to lead the LA Lakers to three straight NBA Championship Titles from 2000 to 2002. In 2003, Kobe was caught by the police.
In 2004, the case against Kobe was dropped, but Kobe still had to live with a damaged reputation(受损的名誉). In 2004, Kobe tried to show that he could lead the LA Lakers without Shaq. After Kobe told the Lakers he wouldn't be wearing the purple and gold if Shaq was in the team, O'Neal was traded to the Miami Heat before the 2004-2005 season. The trade was good news for the Heat, who won the NBA championship冠军with O'Neal. In the next few years, Kobe grew disappointed as his team repeatedly suffered first round exits（退出）. The 2007-2008 season is when the LA Lakers finally got over the hump. They went on to have the best record of any team.
1. By the first sentence, the writer means________.| A．Kobe's blood was special when he was born |
| B．all of Kobe's family members are basketball players |
| C．Kobe liked to play with a basketball as a baby |
| D．Kobe was born to be a basketball player. |
| A．the Charlotte Hornets regretted trading Kobe |
| B．in 1998, Kobe became one of basketball's best players |
| C．the LA Lakers have won three NBA Championship Titles till now |
| D．Kobe was confident about his playing before high school |
a. Shaq was traded to the Heat.
b. Kobe was caught by the police.
c. Kobe's family moved to Italy.
d. Kobe played in the NBA All-Star Game for the first time.
| A．cbad | B．cdba | C．cabd | D．dcab |
| A．gained the advantage | B．lost the game |
| C．went through the hard times | D．traded a better player |
| A．give us an introduction of Kobe |
| B．tell us how to become a basketball star |
| C．give us some news about the NBA All-Star Game |
| D．introduce the LA Lakers |
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【推荐1】What will man be like in the future-in 5000 or even 50,000 years from now? We can only make guesses, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today, for man is slowly changing all the time.
Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorten than he is today. Now, on average, men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is relatively short period of time, so we may think that man will continue to grow taller. Again, in the modern world we use our brain a great deal. Even so, we will make use of only about 20% of the brain’s capacity. As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more, and finally we shall need large ones! This is likely to bring about a physical change to the head, especially the forehead, will grow larger.
Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over very long period of time it is likely that man’s eyes will grow stronger.
On the other hand, we tend to (倾向于) make less use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life.
But what about hair? This will probably disappear from the body totally as time goes by because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future, then, both sexes are likely to be bald(秃顶的).
Perhaps all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at! This may well be true. All the same. Although all these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with us. He will still be a human being, with thoughts and emotions similar to our own.
1. The passage mainly tells us that ________.| A．man’s life will be different from in the future |
| B．future man will look quite different from us |
| C．man is growing taller and uglier as time passes |
| D．the functions of man’s organs(器官) will function as well as today |
| A．Man’s hair is getting thinner and thinner. |
| B．Man has got stronger eyes now than he ever had. |
| C．Man has been growing taller over the past 500 years. |
| D．Man’s arms and legs have become lighter and weaker. |
| A．he makes use of only 20% of the brain’s capacity. |
| B．the other 80% of his brain will grow in due(预定的) time. |
| C．his brain has grown larger over the past centuries. |
| D．he will use his brain more and more as time goes on. |
| A．He thinks and feels in different way. |
| B．He has smaller eyes and wears better glasses. |
| C．He is hairless because hair is no longer useful. |
| D．His fingers grow weaker because he doesn’t use them. |
| A．future life is always predictable(可预测的) |
| B．human beings hope for a change in the future life |
| C．human beings will became less attractive in the future |
| D．less use of a bodily organ may lead to its degeneration(衰退) |
【推荐2】Have you ever seen a streak (条纹) of light flash across the night sky? You might call it a shooting star. Scientists call it a meteor. A meteor is something that falls through the earth’s atmosphere (the air around the earth) and has a burning long tail. Usually, meteors are rocks that burn (燃烧) up as they fall. As they burn, the rocks shine brightly.
Most meteors burn up quickly in the atmosphere and never hit the ground. But if a meteor does fall down to the ground it is called a meteorite, this doesn’t happen very often but can one day bring the end of world. The rocks that we see as meteors come from different places of space. Scientists call these rocks meteoroids. Like planets, meteoroids travel in space, but they are much smaller than planets. Most meteoroids travel very far from the earth and we don’t see them.
However, some meteoroids can travel very close to us and get in the way of the earth. Gravity (重心) then pulls them through the earth’s atmosphere, turning them into the meteors that you see in the night sky. The largest meteorite ever found in the United States is the Willamette Meteorite. This rock got here thousands of years ago. Today, you can see the 15, 000-kilogram meteorite at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. It has been on show there since 1906.
1. According to the passage, a meteor is a kind of ________.| A．burning tail | B．bright fire | C．burning rock | D．traveling planet |
| A．fastest | B．biggest | C．heaviest | D．oldest |
| A．All the meteors never hit the ground. |
| B．A meteorite can’t kill the world. |
| C．Meteoroids are much smaller than planets. |
| D．We can see the meteoroids in the sky. |
| A．history book | B．space fiction | C．traveling guide | D．science magazine |
| A．encourage more people to study about the planets |
| B．introduce some flying objects falling from space |
| C．tell people the danger of light streaking in the sky |
| D．show something about the American Museum of Natural History |
【推荐3】Knowing how to stay safe is just as important as knowing the family rules.Again, this is something you need to talk over with your mom, dad, or both of them.Go over safety rules for the kitchen if you'll be doing any cooking while you're home alone.It's a good idea to practice what you would do in a real emergency, just in case anything ever happens.
Kids who are home alone might worry that someone could break into the house and hurt them.The good news is that this is very unlikely.But keeping the doors and windows locked will help you to stay safe.
Decide with your mom or dad what to do if the phone rings or someone knocks at the door.It's never a good idea to tell someone that you're home by yourself.And when you get home and find the door is open or a window is broken, don't even go inside.Instead, go to a neighbor you trust and ask for help.
Other kinds of emergencies could come up, too, like a fire, or you or a brother might get sick or hurt.Just in case, you'll want to know：
◆how to dial (拨打) 911
◆your address and phone number
◆the name, place, and phone number where your mom or dad works
◆the name, phone number, and address of a trusted neighbor
1. Knowing how to stay safe is important.You need talk over with ________ .| A．your parents | B．your teachers |
| C．your friends | D．your classmates |
| A．急救 | B．紧急事件 | C．导火索 | D．情况 |
| A．Tell him that you're home alone. | B．Open the door for him at once. |
| C．Decide with your parents what to do. | D．Dial 911 right away. |
| A．Staying safe is as important as the family rules. |
| B．It's necessary for you to know safety rules for the kitchen. |
| C．It's a good idea to practice what to do in an emergency. |
| D．It isn't important to know your parents' telephone number. |
| A．How to stay safe | B．How to cook in the kitchen |
| C．How to ask for help | D．How to remember phone number |
| A Happy Rain on a Spring Night | |
| Good rain knows its time right; It will fall when comes spring. With wind it steals in night: Mute, it moistens each thing.  | O’er wild lanes dark cloud spreads; In boat a lantern looms. Dawn sees saturated reds. The town’s heavy with blooms. —Translated by Xu Yuanchong |
This famous poem, with four couplets (对句), was written by Du Fu (712—770), Tang Dynasty.when he was living and farming in Chengdu. His farming experience taught him to be thankful for nature.
The very first word, “Good”, shows the poet’s joy and love for the spring rain. The rain is good because it “knows” the proper time to come. Here the poet uses personification (拟人化), as if the rain were smart enough to come in time for the farmer’s busy season.
When the rain comes, it appears during the night without making any noise. Unlike the summer storms, the spring rain finishes is task without being known.
In the third couplet, the poet describes a peaceful scene to us. In the night sky, the clouds look dark and heavy. It’s a sign that there will be enough rain during the night. The light from the riverboat makes the dark scene a bit livelier.
Lastly, the poet starts to imagine. Tomorrow morning, he thinks, the city of Chengdu will become beautiful when all of the flowers bloom (盛开) after the rain.
1. The Chinese title of the poem is “Ye Yu. Ji Bei”.2. The rhyme (韵律) for thus poem is ab—ab—cd—cd.
3. The word “quiet” can be used to describe the rain in thus poem.
4. Xu Yuanchong wanted to show that he’s thankful for nature in this poem.
1. The monkey’s paw can bring happiness to people.
2. The old soldier is happy to give the monkey’s paw to Mr. White.
3. Mr. White’s first wish is to have thirty thousand pounds.
4. Herbert comes back home in the end.
Mei Lanfang began his stage life at the age of 8. His teacher said he showed little hope because of his boring eyes. To improve this，he exercised them day after day. He would fly kites and look at them moving slowly in a blue sky. He also kept pigeons in order to look at them flying higher and higher until they disappeared into the clouds. Thanks to his efforts，he managed to change his dull eyes into a pair of bright and expressive eyes and win national fame before the age of 20.
In over 50 years on the stage，Mei Lanfang played no less than 100 different characters in the traditional Peking Opera performance(表演).He completely changed both stage make-up and costurnes，and made characters' performance richer. He also wrote many new plays，designing the dances himself. They are part of the great legacy(遗赠)that he left to Peking Opera.
In 1930，Mei Lanfang started on a successful US tour. There his great performances fascinated the audience，making them realize that Peking Opera was a most valuable form of art.
1. What does the first sentence of the passage mean in Paragraph 1?
| A．Peking Opera would not be well-known without Mei Lanfang. |
| B．Mei Lanfang made Peking Opera a complete art form. |
| C．Mei Lanfang won international fame in the world. |
| D．Mei Lanfang plays an important role in Peking Opera. |
| A．About 8 years. | B．About 10 years. |
| C．About 12 years. | D．About 14 years. |
| A．The history of Peking Opera. |
| B．Mei Lanfang's early stage life. |
| C．Mei Lanfang's great contributions to Peking Opera. |
| D．The creations of Peking Opera by Mei Lanfang. |
【推荐1】Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is the color of most growing plants,too.
Sometimes, the word green means young,fresh and growing. Sometimes,it describes something that is not yet finished or plants that are not ripe.
For example,a greenhorn is someone who has no experience,who is new to a situation. In the fifteenth century,a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed. A century or so later,a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in war（战争）.By the eighteenth century,a greenhorn had the meaning it has today——a person who is new in a job.
About one hundred years ago,greenhorn was a popular expression in the American west Old—timers used it to describe a man who had just arrived from one of the big cities in the east. The greenhorn didn't have the skills that he would need to live in the hard,rough country.
Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. The expression comes from the early nineteen hundred.
A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.
The Green Revolution（革命）is the name which was given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural（农业的）scientists who had green thumbs.
1. According to the passage,a greenhorn means now.| A．a person who is new in a job |
| B．a soldier who has not had any experience in war |
| C．a young cow or ox whose horns have not yet developed |
| D．a man who doesn't have the skills to live in the country |
| A．未完成的 | B．成热的 | C．青涩的 | D．老练的 |
| A．If there weren’t the Green Revolution, we would have no rice to eat. |
| B．The expression "the Green Revolution" appeared several years ago. |
| C．Because of the Green Revolution, we have more kinds of rice and other grains. |
| D．Agricultural scientists with green thumbs started the Green Revolution. |
| A．all growing plants is green |
| B．green is the most important color in nature |
| C．a person with a green thumb can make plants grow well |
| D．the expression "a green thumb" has a history of two hundred years |
| A．a greenhorn | B．a green thumb |
| C．the Green Revolution | D．the word "green" and its story |
【推荐2】One day, there was a blind man sitting on the steps of a building with a sign and a hat by his feet. It read, "I'm blind, please help.”
Then a creative artist was walking close to the bind man, he showed interest to the blind man. So he stopped in front of him. And then he found that there were only a few coins in the man's hat. He quickly put a few of this own coins in the hat. It was very kind of him. But he didn’t just go away. Stopping to ask forpermission, turned it around, and wrote a new message. He then placed the sign by the feet of the blind man, and left.
Later that afternoon, the artist came back to the blind man and notice that his was almost full of bills (纸币）and coins.
The blind man heard the artist's sound of walking .He asked if it was he who changed his sign. After knowing the answer, he asked the man that he wrote on it.
The artist told him, "It's the season that flowers come out now, but I can't see them".
1. What does the underlined word "permission" mean in Chinese ?| A．建议 | B．合作 | C．行动 | D．许可 |
| A．In spring | B．In summer | C．In autumn | D．In winter |
①creative②successful③kind④clever
| A．①②③ | B．①③④ | C．①②④ | D．②③④ |
| A．the artist gave his coins to the blind man for the second time |
| B．the artist asked the blind man to change his words |
| C．the blind man got angry with the artist |
| D．the blind man got more money after the sign was changed |
| A．How important to be a kind man | B．We should give money to others in need |
| C．The power（力量）of language is great | D．Everyone needs to learn words well |
【推荐3】It is reported that Stephen Hawking, the most famous physicist of his time, has died at the age of 76. A family member said Hawking, who was British, died peacefully on early Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at his home in Cambridge, England. Hawking was known worldwide for working to explain something about the universe and black holes.
Hawking suffered from a disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS（肌肉萎缩性侧面硬化病） in 1963. At the time, doctors thought he would only live about two years. But he lived more than 50 years and continued his scientific work. Because of it, Hawking had to stay in a wheelchair and lost his ability to speak. Hawking had to communicate with others by using a voice synthesizer（合成器）.
In his 2013 book My Brief History, Hawking told his readers about his illness. “I felt it was very unfair—why should this happen to me?” He added, “At the time, I thought my life was over.” “But now, 50 years later, I can be quite satisfied with my life,” he wrote. His goal was that he could understand the universe completely. He was also a big supporter of human space travel to the Moon and Mars. “We are running out of space and the only places to go to are other worlds. It is time to explore other solar systems（太阳系）,” he said last year.
Hawking was an outstanding scientist and a fighter who struggled against the disease and contributed greatly to mankind’s understanding of science. He and his contribution will be remembered forever.
1. When did Stephen Hawking get the terrible disease?| A．At the age of 18. | B．At the age of 21. |
| C．At the age of 36. | D．At the age of 63. |
| A．Getting the terrible disease. | B．Achieving his goal. |
| C．His book My Brief History. | D．His studies about the universe. |
| A．Hawking is a famous physicist from Harvard, the USA. |
| B．Hawking wrote a book called My Brief History in 2003. |
| C．Hawking didn’t think that people should explore other solar systems. |
| D．Hawking spent his life studying the universe and black holes. |
| A．Stephen Hawking and his well-known books. |
| B．Stephen Hawking was a brave man who never gave up his life. |
| C．A great physicist who made a big difference to the world passed away. |
| D．Stephen Hawking was so unlucky that he got a terrible disease. |
【推荐1】Some teenagers think that newspapers are boring and only for adults. But that’s not true. There are many interesting stories in the paper. You just need to make clear what you are looking at. “I spend about half an hour reading newspapers every day,” said 15-year-old Gao Ming from Beijing. “I’m interested in things happening at school.” School news is just one kind of news story in newspapers. There’s also world news from international problems to pop stars. Read the newspaper carefully, we’ll find different types of articles on the pages.
News stories — these stories are about events. Reporters try to show all points of a story to help readers understand what happened. Reporters try to speak to as many people as possible. They also use pictures and numbers to show the readers that the stories are true. The newspaper has lots of news stories on the news page and front page. When we read them, we learn more about the facts, not the writers’ ideas.
Opinion writing — opinion writing is usually about something happening right now. But it isn’t just facts. Here writers add their own opinions to the news. Writers pick only the facts that help back up their ideas. They make readers believe that they are telling the truth. This is usually the kind of story that gets people thinking. Go to “Speak Out” on Page Two for an example of opinion writing in Teenagers.
Advertisement — Don’t get happy too early when you read them. Those sweet words and lovely pictures are just ways to get us interested in their products! People have to pay to put advertisements in newspapers!
1. The underlined sentence in the first paragraph means that the readers ______.| A．should understand interesting news stories | B．should know which kind of things to read |
| C．need to look at the school news first | D．must know the contents of all the news |
| A．to understand | B．to remember | C．to agree with | D．to speak out |
| A．in advertisements | B．in the school news | C．in opinion writing | D．on the front page |
| A．interested in | B．against | C．worried about | D．careful of |
| A．reporters write different kinds of news | B．teenagers get interested in newspapers |
| C．readers can read newspapers in better ways | D．readers can deal with different kinds of news in newspapers |
【推荐2】A young man is getting ready to finish his college study. He loves a beautiful sports car very much, so he tells his father that car is all he wants in his life.
One morning, his father calls him into his study. He tells his son how happy he is to have such a good son, and tells him how much he loves him. Then he gives his son a book. Successful stories, with the young man’s name on the first page on the book. The young man gets very angry and runs out of the house without reading any page, leaving the book on the desk.
Many years later, the young man becomes very successful in business. He has a beautiful house and a wonderful family. One day, he suddenly thinks of his father and plans to go back home to see him. He hasn’t seen him since（自从）that morning. Unlucky for him, someone tells him that his father died a month ago. When he comes into his father’s study, he begins to tidy up his father’s papers and cleans the desk. Suddenly, he finds the book, just the one he left years ago. With tears, he opens it and turns the papers. Surprisingly, a car key comes out from the last page of the book. That is the key to the sports car he wanted so much at that time.
1. What does the young man want his father to buy him when he finishes his college?| A．A book | B．A beautiful house | C．A sports car. | D．A gift box |
| A．Because his father doesn’t love him |
| B．Because his father gives him nothing |
| C．Because his father does something wrong to him |
| D．Because he thinks his father only gives him a book |
| A．学习 | B．研究 | C．书房 | D．学问 |
| A．On the last page of the book | B．In the drawer（抽屉）of the desk |
| C．On the young man’s bed | D．In the box next to the book |
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 Peter SnyderSo I have a story to tell. Please don't laugh! Last night, my son asked me. "Daddy, why do you have so much gray hair?" I told him. "Well, every time you do something naughty, one of my hair turns grey." My son thought for a moment and said. "Oh, that makes sense. Now I know why grandpa's hair is all gray! " 1 hour ago
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By Frida, Sarah, Lee, Amy, Leo, Dan1. What does Peter share on his Wechat?
| A．A set of pictures of his soil | B．A conversation between his son and him. |
| C．A new story from his kids. | D．Memory about grandfather and his son. |
| A．It means that he understood something. |
| B．It means he thought what Dad said was wrong. |
| C．It means that he didn't agree with his father. |
| D．It means Dad was making a joke. |
| A．Peter is now very angry at his son. | B．Peter used to make his mom crazy. |
| C．Frida has the sense of humor. | D．Sarah doesn't know Peter's mother. |
