The famous Chinese mathematician(數(shù)學(xué)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(幸運(yùn)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(貢獻(xiàn)) all his life to the math study and won the great fame(榮譽(yù)) for our country.
He died for heart trouble in 1985 while lecturing in Japan. People will always remember him as a great scientist.
【小題1】 Which of the following is not true?
Hua Luogeng is a famous Chinese mathematician.
Hua Luogeng died in China.
Hua Luogeng was born in Jingtan County.
Hua Luogeng comes from Jiangsu.
【小題2】 The word “assistant”in this passage means “____” in Chinese.
幫手    B.服務(wù)員    C.助教     D.教授
【小題3】Hua Luogeng was ____ in 1937. Which of the following cannot be chosen?

A．in China

B．a(chǎn)broad

C．in Cambridge

D．in England

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

A．a(chǎn) rich family	B．a(chǎn) poor family
C．a(chǎn) mathematician family	D．a(chǎn) fortunate family

Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant(仆人） loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.

One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison (毒藥) and some nice food in the house. You must take good care of them.” With these words, he went out.

But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished, so he drank the poison to kill himself.

1.In the story, _______ liked wine and good food very much.

A．the rich man                           B．the servant 　

C．both A and B                           D．neither A and B

2.The rich man knew that it was _______ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food.

A．the cat           B．himself           C．nobody           D．the servant

3.The rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because ________.

A．there was in fact poison in the bottles

B．did not want the servant to drink his wine

C．he wanted to kill the cat

D．he wanted to kill the servant

4.In fact, _______ ate all the nice food and drank the wine.

A．the servant        B．cat               C．the rich man       D．nobody

5.From the story, we know that the servant is very _______.

A．lazy              B．bad              C．clever            D．kind

 

One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, "Look! There's a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag." Thomas said, 'It isn't worth the trouble." His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they lad a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries.

    The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn't a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost some time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.

    And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, "My dear son, if you had bent down earlier to pick up that horseshoe. it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.

1.Who picked up the horseshoe at last?

     A. Thomas.                            B. The old father.

     C. Both the father and the son.             D. Neither the father nor the son.

2.The farmer bought _______ with the money after lie sold the horseshoe.

     A. some food        B. some water       C. some cherries   D. some pennies

3.When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father _______.

     A. felt very happy  B. didn't say anything    C. beat the son   D. became a little angry

4.The father dropped the cherries one by one, because _______.

     A. he wanted his son to eat them all         B. he wanted his son to do more exercise

     C. lie wanted to teach his son a lesson       D. he wanted his son to pick them up

5. From the story, we can learn that _______.

     A. cherries are so delicious that most of is like to eat-them

     B. a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money

     C. if the boy wants to eat cherries, he must pick up the horseshoe

     D. if we want to do some great things, we should start with some small ones

 

One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! There’s a horseshoe, pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isn’t worth the trouble.” His father said nothing but he picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries(櫻桃).
The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn’t a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost no time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, “My dear son, if you had bent(彎腰) down early to pick up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that he who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.”
【小題1】Who picked up the horseshoe at last?

A．The son.

B．The father.

C．Both the father and the son.

D．Neither the father nor the son.

【小題2】The farmer bought ______ with the money after he sold the horseshoe.

A．some bread	B．some water
C．some cherries	D．some pennies

【小題3】The father dropped the cherries one by one, because ______.

A．he wanted to teach his son a lesson

B．he wanted his son to do more exercise

C．he wanted his son to eat them all

D．he wanted to laugh at his son

【小題4】From the story, we can learn that ______.

A．cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat them

B．a(chǎn) horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money

C．if we want to eat cherries, we must pick up a horseshoe

D．if we don’t worry about the little things we cannot do the great things

There was a pilot(飛行員) and four people in a small plane.Suddenly there was something wrong with the machine(機(jī)器) while it was flying in the air. The smoke was everywhere in the plane.The pilot told the people there were only four parachutes(降落傘).They all became worried and started to make excuses(借口).
“I must go and mend the machine,”said the pilot , taking one of the parachutes.There was nothing he could do so he jumped out.
The first person stood up.  “I’m a doctor,”he said.  “I help people live longer and I save lives”He also took a parachute and jumped out.
The next person said , “I must have a parachute.I’m a very clever person.I have to attend (參加)an important sports match.I know I’ll win the game because I’ll be the cleverest person there.”He picked up a pack and jumped out.
Two men were left--- an old businessman and a young mountain climber(登山者).By this time the plane was going down fast.The businessman said, “Young man,I’m old but you’re still young ,You take the last parachute.”The yougng mountain climber smiled , “Don’t worry.”he said, “We can both jump to safety because there are still two parachutes.Just now the clever person jumped out with my backpack.”
【小題1】All the people became worried because________.

A．they couldn’t find the parachutes.

B．they were afraid the plane would be broken and knew there were not enough parachutes for each person.

C．there was too much smoke and they couldn’t jump out from the plane.

D．they saw the pilot jump out first.

【小題2】.The clever man jumped out with_______.

A．a(chǎn) parachute	B．nothing
C．the pack of the climber’s	D．the businessman

【小題3】All the people thought of themselves only except(除了)______。

A．the clever man	B．the businessman
C．the doctor	D．the young man

【小題4】From the story we know that _____ would be dead（會(huì)死）.

A．the clever man	B．the businessman
C．the doctor	D．the young man