Young Jimmy, aged seven, spent all his free time with a pencil, drawing the world as he saw it.

  When his mother took him to a park, he did not want to play with the other children. All he wanted to do was drawing. His father was quite worried.

  “I don' t want Jimmy to spend his whole life drawing, ” he said .

  “Why not?” his mother argued (爭論) . “Some people do. Think about all the famous artists (畫家) . Rembrandt, Gaugin, Van Gogh. Their main (主要的) interest in life was their art.”

  “Huh!”Jimmy's father said. “They had talent (天才). Jimmy just draws. ”

  “He's young yet,” his mother argued. “He'll get better. Anyway (不管怎樣) , I think he' s already showing a lot of ability (能力).”

  “If he's so good, ”his father said, “maybe we' d better find him a teacher. Then he'll learn how to draw.”

  A week later, Jimmy had his first lesson with his art teacher.

  “Now Jimmy, ” the art teacher said, “I want you to draw a picture of someone important to you. ”

  Jimmy began to draw very carefully, making sure every line was exactly (恰好) where he wanted it.

  “What are you drawing a picture of?”the art teacher asked.

  “God, ” Jimmy said.

  “But no one knows what God looks like, ”the teacher said.

  “They will when I've finished, ” Jimmy answered.

1.Why was Jimmy's father worried?

[  ]

A.Jimmy did not like to play with others.
B.Jimmy was very small.
C.Jimmy spent all his time in the park.
D.All Jimmy did was drawing.

2.What did Jimmy' s mother think?

[  ]

A.She thought he was ill.

B.She thought one day he might be famous.

C.She thought he had no talent.

D.She thought he was as good as Rembrandt.

3.What did his parents do for Jimmy?

[  ]

A.They took him to a school.

B.They found him a good doctor.

C.They bought him some new pencils.

D.They found him an art teacher.

4.Who did Jimmy draw?

[  ]

A.A famous artist.
B.God.
C.His father.
D.His teacher.
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  HARD BUT HELPFUL As Chinese people's privacy(隱私)grows, census takers have difficulties in getting the information they need.“In front of our compound there was a lady in her 40s selling pickles.During the preliminary poll, she refused to tell us her phone number.” said Wang Xin, a census taker in Shenyang.

  (Xinhua reporter Wang Ying from Liaoning, Xiao Sisi from Guangdong, Yin Lijuan from Beijing, Ren Liying from Hebei and Liu Baosen from Shandong contributed to the report)

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How many times did China have census?

[  ]

A.

Four

B.

Five

C.

Six

D.

Seven

(2)

Ji Wei missed the poll before because he _________?

[  ]

A.

was busy with business

B.

live far away

C.

lost the questionnaire

D.

kept his privacy

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The underlined word “drowsy” means “_________”.

[  ]

A.

upset

B.

lucky

C.

tired

D.

surprised

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_________ are included in the census.

[  ]

A.

Migrant workers in other places

B.

people from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan

C.

foreigners in the Chinese mainland for long

D.

foreigners for short-term business

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The passage mainly tells us _________.

[  ]

A.

what’s the population of China

B.

foreigners in China

C.

something about Chinese population census

D.

a hard but helpful population census

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