We were all happy that we ___________the football match yesterday.

A.joined B.missed C.lost D.won

The little girl promised ___________late for school again.

A.not to be B.to not be C.not being D.being not

I often challenged him ___________badminton.

A.with B.for C.in D.to

A quarter to eleven is___________.

A.11：15 B.10：45 C.10：15 D.11：45

Twelve ___________twenty-two equals thirty-four.

A.plus B.minus C.multiplied by D.divided by

Everyone should ___________that it`s our duty to protect the Earth.

A.wish B.hope C.wonder D.realize

Millie didn't drive her car to work this morning. ___________, she took a bus there.

A.Instead B.Besides C.Then D.Therefore

A long time________, there was a king in India. The king's favourite game was chess.

One day, a wise old man came to the palace and the king________him to a________. The king________the old man, "You can have________prize if you win the game."

The old man said, "If I win the game, I'd like one________for the first square of the chessboard, two________the second, four for the________, and then double the________for each of the________of the squares."

"Is that all?” asked the king. "Wouldn't you like gold or silver________?”

"No, just rice, " replied the old man.

The king and the old man played the game for a long time, finally, the old man won, so the king ordered his men to collect a bag of rice. He________one grain on the first square, two on the second, and so on. The king quickly ________the problem________with all the rice in the country, he would still not have________to put on all the squares!

1.A.before B.ago C.since D.in

2.A.asked B.wanted C.challenged D.changed

3.A.match B.chess C.play D.game

4.A.promised B.promised to C.promises D.promising

5.A.some B.any C.other D.another

6.A.grain of rice B.rice of grain C.grain a D.rice

7.A.in B.for C.to D.of

8.A.three B.four C.third D.forth

9.A.number B.size C.rice D.amount

10.A.rest B.others C.number D.other

11.A.inside B.replace C.instead D.instead of

12.A.puted B.puts C.putting D.put

13.A.realized B.remembered C.completed D.surprised

14.A.if B.even C.though D.after

15.A.rice enough B.rice of enough C.enough rice D.enough of rice

Da Vinci, Leonardo

Leonardo da Vinci（1452-1519）was an Italian painter, inventor, musician, engineer and scientist.

Da Vinci was born in the countryside. From an early age, he showed great intelligence and artistic ability. As he grew older, he learnt to do many different things. His paintings are very famous, and one, the Mona Lisa, is perhaps the most famous painting in the world. He also had many inventions. For example, his notebooks include some interesting drawings of flying machines.

1.Leonardo da Vinci died when he was _________.

A.65 B.67 C.56 D.76

2.Da Vinci was NOT a _________.

A.painter B.musician C.engineer D.teacher

3.What did he showed when he was young?

A.great interest and artistic ability

B.artistic ability and great intelligence

C.great ability and artistic interest

D.artistic interest and great hobby

4._________ is one of his famous paintings.

A.Sunflowers B.Sunrise C.The Mops Lisa D.Shrimps

5.What's inside Da Vinci's notebook?

A.some drawings of flying machines

B.some flying machines

C.some photo of flying machines

D.some descriptions of flying machines

FUN TIME

Are you tired of the puzzles you usually do? Sudoku is a new choice. Sudoku consists of the Japanese characters Su (meaning “number”) and Doku (meaning “single”), but it was not invented in Japan. It was created by Howard Garnes in 1979. The puzzle was first introduced into Japan by Nikoli Puzzle Company in 1984. In 1986, Kaji Maki, the president of Nikoli made the rules strict and clear. Soon in the same year Sudoku became popular in Japan. In November 2004, The Times, a British newspaper, first printed it in the newspaper. It became an international hit in 2005. Now Sudoku becomes very popular all over the world.

The rule of the puzzle is to fill in the grids (格子) so that every row, every line and every 3×3 box has the numbers 1 to 9. Here is a Sudoku. Please relax and enjoy. It’s fun!

根據(jù)以上雜志專欄內(nèi)容，回答下列問(wèn)題。

1.Who created Sudoku?

A.Howard Garnes. B.Sudoku. C.Kaji Maki. D.Nikoli.

2.Which is true about Kaji Maki according to the reading material?

A.He was the boss of Nissan Company.

B.He helped to make Sudoku popular in Japan.

C.He was the president of The Times.

D.He is an American.

3.Which is NOT true about Sudoku?

A.Sudoku wasn’t invented in Japan.

B.It was The Times that first printed Sudoku in the newspaper.

C.Each grid has more than one number.

D.It became popular around the world in 2005.

4.In the puzzle above, what should “X” be?

A.5. B.4. C.3. D.1.

5.What should “Z” be in the puzzle?

A.8. B.5. C.2. D.4.