Football is，I believe，the most popular game in England：one has only to go to one of the important matches to see this.Rich and poor，young and old，one can see them all there，shouting for one side or the other.
To a stranger one of the most surprising things about football in England is the great knowledge of the game which even the smallest boy seems to have.He can tell you the names of the players in most of the important teams，and he has pictures of them and knows the results of a large number of matches.He will tell you who he expects will win such and such a match，and his opinion is usually as good as that of men three or four times his age.
Most schools in England take football seriously-much more seriously than nearly all European schools，where lessons are import ant，and games are left for the children themselves.In England it is believed that education is not only a matter of filling a boy's mind with facts in the classroom， education also means the training of character；one of the best ways of training character is by means of games，especially team games，instead of working for himself alone.The school therefore plans games and matches for its pupils.Football is a good team game.It is good both for the body and the mind.That is why it is every school's game in England.
（ C ）1._________ is the most popular game in England.
A.Baseball B.Basketball C.Football D.Tennis
( D) 2.In England,education means_______.
A.filling one’s mind with facts B.the training of character
C.playing team games D.both A and B
( C) 3.The best way of training character is ________.
A.playing with boys and girls B.learning lessons in the classroom
C.games especially team games D.working for oneself alone
（D）4.Soccer is popular in England because_______.
A.pupils like to play it after class
B.it is a good game to train one’body
C.it is the sucject in the classroom
D.it can help stdents worl with others
( B) 5.Which of the following sentences is TRUE?
A.Soccer is more important in Europe than in England.
B.Soccer needs teamwork.
C.Soccer can only train one’s work
D.Soccer makes people work for themselves alone
New-born babies are not beautiful. But to a parent, their baby is the most beautiful and perfect child in the world. When that proud father or mother asks you,” What do you think of my baby?”What are you going to say?
You must say,” Yes, she is really a beauty. She is going to be a movie star! She is as beautiful as a picture.”
In English, this white lie .The lies don’t hurt people. They are not cruel or angry words. People use them to make a different thing a little easier. When people don’t want to meet someone, or eat something new that they really don’t like at friend’s house, they tell a white lie .They are trying to be kind. They feel that being kind is sometimes more beautiful.
C 1. Parents are usually _______ when their new babies are born.
A. sad B. angry C. proud D. surprised
C 2. When a parent asks you the question,he/she wants you to_______.
A.tell the truth B.say what you like C.say good words D.tell lies
D 3.The underline word white in this passage means _____ in Chinese.
A.白色的 B.恶意的 C.苍白的 D.善意的
C 4．The writer wants to tell us that_______.
A.a new-born baby is the most beautiful one.
B.a parent is proud of his baby
C.people who tell white lies want to be kind
D.People who well white lies are not kind
C 5.Which of the following is a white lie
A.You tell a parent that the new-born baby isn’t beautiful
B.You broke the cup but you say you didn’t
C.You don’t think his first drawing is good but you say it is
D.You know Tom has stolen a bike you say you don’t know
I’m Steve. I was born and grew up in South Wales. My favorite place to play was out on the hills. There, my imagination had plenty of space to expand(拓展).
My family moved out of Wales when I was thirteen. I went to a new school. One of my subjects was French. Because I had never learned any French, my teacher told me to sit in the corner and write anything I was interested in. That’s the time I started writing, just for myself, and I’ve been writing ever since.
I have always loved BIG IDEAS, and so I enjoy writing fantastic stories. And I also write horror(恐怖的) stories. I think they are like the old fairytales(童话故事). And can teach you important things.
I’m in my forties on the outside, twelve on the inside. I like rock music, Indian and Chinese food, and I enjoy drinking. I live in a small village with my wife Mary, ducks, cats, goats, hens and lots of rabbits. If you’d like to find out more about me and hope to buy my books, go to www. ;sbowkett. Freeserve. co.uk
B．21. When he was 13, the writer _______.
A. wrote lots of poems B. moved out of Wales
C. sold many story books D. became a famous singer
A．22. He liked playing out on the hills because he could ________.
A. expand his imagination B. learn French
C. listen to music D. buy some books
D．23. Maybe the writer is ________ years old now.
A. 12 B. 22 C. 32 D. 42
B．24. According to the passage, the writer keeps __________.
A. cats, hens, and pigs B. ducks, goats and rabbits
C. hens, rabbits and dogs D. rabbits, pigs and cats
C．25. From the passage, we can learn that the writer __________.
A. lives in a big city with his son
B. likes eating Japanese and Indian food
C. lives in the countryside with his wife
D. introduces a nice book to us
hen the Americans were getting ready to send (送) their first men to the moon, an old Australian was watching TV in a restaurant (饭店). There was an Englishman in the restaurant, too, and he said to the Australian, “The Americans are clever, aren’t they? They are going to send some men to the moon. It is a very long way from our world (世界).”
“Oh, that’s nothing,” the Australian answered quickly. “Our country is going to send some people to the sun in a few months. That’s much farther away than the moon, you know.”
“Oh, yes, it is,” the Englishman said, “but the sun is too hot for people to go to.”
The Australian laughed and said, “We won’t go to the sun in the day, of course. We’ll go there at night.”
（A）1. Who were going to send their first men to the moon?
A. The Americans. B. The Australians.
C. The Englishmen. D. Nobody.
（C）2. Where were the Australian and Englishman watching TV?
A. In the cinema. B. Outside a shop.
C. In a restaurant. D. In an office.
（A）3. The Englishman thought______.
A. the Americans were clever
B. the Australians were clever
C. the Englishmen were clever
D. the white people were clever
（B）4. Both the Englishmen and the Australian knew that ______.
A. the moon was much farther away from our earth than the sun
B. the sun was much farther away from our earth than the moon
C. the sun was much hotter in the day than at night
D. the sun was much hotter at night than in the day
（D）5. The Australian thought that ______.
A. the sun was very hot at night
B. the sun was too cold for people to go to at night
C. the sun is farther away at night
D. people can land on the sun at night
