——A latest English newspaper, please!

——Only one copy left．Would you like to have            , sir?

A．it                   B．one                 C．this              D．that

Liu Xiang,21, is an Olympic winner in the             hurdles(跨欄賽), we’re proud of him．

A．110 meter                                   B．110—meters

C．110 meter                                  D．110—meters’

——This is             film I’ve told you about several times．

——It is great．I’ve never seen             more moving one．

A．a(chǎn); a                B．the; the              C．the; a            D．a(chǎn); the

Hangzhou is famous             producing silk in China．

A．from               B．a(chǎn)t                   C．in               D．for

——When did you come back from Beijing?

——             the morning of April 18^th．

A．For               B．On                  C．To                D．At

——Mum, I’m hungry．

——What about going to Mc Donald’s             fried chicken?

A．eat                B．to eat             C．eating           D．a(chǎn)nd eat

——I hear your father             to Japan once．

——Yes．He             there last year．

A．went; has been                           B．has been; went

C．goes; went                             D．has been; has been

For me, Christmas always began in the middle of the cold, windy month of November．My sister Alice and I sat down in front of the fire and wrote a  1  to Father Christmas, telling him about all the presents we  2 ．We carefully posted the letter to “Father Christmas, the North Pole”…

     Christmas Eve came．The whole family helped to  3  the house, put up the Christmas tree and blow up the balloons．Then, in the afternoon．When Aunt Kate and my two cousins arrived．4  was ready．Before we went to bed, we left some wine and meat for Father Christmas and then put our  5  at the end of our beds．We tried to keep  6  as long as possible to see Father Christmas, but the next thing we knew it was  7  —Christmas morning!

     We couldn’t wait to  8  the stocking．It was now full of all kinds of small presents and sweets．Christmas morning was bright and sunny．After going to church, my cousin David and I went out into the garden to  9  our new presents．Lunch was always late, but what a lunch! Delicious turkey with all the vegetables followed by fruit and ice creams．

       10  lunch, Father, Mother and Aunt rested on the sofas in front of the Queen’s speech on TV．We took out the toys, put on the funny paper hats, laughed at the jokes and played 11 ．Then came the afternoon tea and a large  12  cake covered with snowmen．It didn’t seem possible, 13  we still went on eating．By bedtime all of us children were very_14__．As soon as Mom  15  the light, we all tell into a deep sleep．

1．A．card                  B．letter                C．diary            D．composition

2．A．wanted         B．carried           C．sold            D．borrowed

3．A．repair          B．build            C．choose          D．decorate

4．A．something      B．nothing              C．everything       D．a(chǎn)nything

5．A．shoes                 B．trousers             C．jackets           D．stockings

6．A．a(chǎn)wake         B．a(chǎn)sleep               C．a(chǎn)lone               D．a(chǎn)way

7．A．morning        B．a(chǎn)fternoon        C．evening            D．night

8．A．wash          B．change              C．open                D．hang

9．A．hand in          B．play with            C．throw away         D．pass on

10．A．Before        B．After           C．During             D．At

11．A．happily       B．carefully         C．silently            D．slowly

12．A．birthday       B．New Year        C．Christmas           D．Thanksgiving

13．A．but           B．so                  C．or                D．a(chǎn)nd

14．A．hungry             B．tired                 C．excited              D．surprised

15．A．turned on           B．turned back          C．turned up           D．turned off

Zhao Rurui, at 1.97 meters was the tallest player in the Women’s Volleyball World Cup．Thanks to her baby face, she was also the most beautiful player．

     But, more importantly, she was also the Cup’s best player! She attacked quickly, scored lots of points, and was a great striker(扣球手)．

     “She is young but she’s already an excellent attacker,” says Chen Zhonghe, the team’s head coach．

     Being tall sometimes makes Zhao’s life difficult．The 22—year—old girl finds it hard to buy trousers long enough．And sometimes people think she’s a boy．

     Still, she would never want to be short．“It’s a pity I can’t grow any taller,” she says, “I hope to be even taller, so I would be a better player．”

     Zhao works very hard to be good at volleyball．But when she’s not training, she likes to listen to pop songs and she likes drawing．

     She was very pleased to win the Cup．Now she wants to win the 2004 Athens Olympics．

     “I want to be the bet volleyball player in the world,” she says．“I still have a long way to go．”

1．Zhao Ruirui is a              player,

      A．volleyball        B．basketball            C．football                     D．baseball

2．Sometimes             brings Zhao Ruirui some trouble in her daily life．

A．her baby face                                  B．her being tall

C．her age                                       D．her being good at volleyball

3．Zhao Ruirui doesn’t wish to             ．

      A．be shorter                                    B．win the Athens Games this year

      C．be taller                                D．be a girl

4．The last sentence “I still have a long way to go．”Means

      A．It is a long way from China to Athens．

      B．I have to go a long way to buy a pair of new trousers．

      C．I have to work harder to become the best player in the world．

      D．If I want to become the best player, I have to live longer．

5．Which of the following statements is TRUE?

      A．Zhao feels sorry for being tall．

      B．Zhao is the best volleyball player in the world．

      C．Zhao enjoys nothing but playing volleyball．

      D．Zhao was the best volleyball player in the Women’s Volleyball World Cup．

1．Charlie Chaplin was born in          ．

A．England        B．America             C．France                 D．Japan

2．Charlie Chaplin’s parents          ．

A．made a lot of money by giving performance

B．were not very rich

C．had a traveling theatre company

D．were born in London

3．Charlie began to make money when he was           years old．

A．15                    B．21                 C．5                     D．18

4．Charlie became a film actor in          ．

A．1894          B．1904                C．1910                   D．1914

5．Which of the four is NOT TURE?

A．Charlie was only 15 when he came to the US．

B．Charlie worked as an actor and a film director for more than 50 years．

C．Charlie worked in Hollywood．

D．When Charlie died．Nobody was sad．