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    The Nobel (诺贝尔) Peace Prize for 2008 was
given to Martti Ahtisaari. He was the president of
Finland from 1994 t0 2000. He won the prize for
his work in solving (解决) international conflicts
(冲突) for more than 30 years.
                                                 
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阅读理解。
     Science fiction is a popular kind of writing, and many people think of Jules Verne as the father of science
fiction. He was born in France in 1828. His father wanted him to become a lawyer, but from his early 20s
Verne decided to become a writer. At first he wrote plays for the theater. Then, in 1863, he wrote a story
called Five Weeks in a Balloon. The success of this book encouraged him to write more stories such as A
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) and From the Earth to the Moon (1865).
     In the 19th century, many people were interested in science and inventions. Jules Verne wrote about
scientific subjects in his stories and, as a result, they were very popular. Verne"s writing included many
predictions (预言) for the 20th century and many of them came true. He described space flight, movies,
and air conditioning, a long time before they appeared. These books were very successful and they made
Verne rich. Jules Verne"s books have been the subjects for many movies. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was
a successful movie for Walt Disney. It was the first Disney movie to use real actors instead of cartoon
drawings. Around the World in Eighty Days is another famous movie based on one of Verne"s books. The
main character is an Englishman called Phileas Fogg. For him, the most important thing is to be always
on time!
1. What does the phrase"the father of science fiction" mean?
A. The father who has several children.
B. The man who loves science and inventions.
C. The writer whose father wrote science fiction.
D. The man who first started writing science fiction successfully.
2. What encouraged Jules Veme to write more stories? 
A. The plays he wrote for the theater.
B. The encouragement from his father.
C. The success of Five Weeks in a Balloon.
D. The scientific subjects in his stories.
3. Why were Jule8 Verne"s books very popular in the 19th century?
A. Because his books made him rich and famous.
B. Because he wrote many plays for the theater at that time.
C. Because his books have been the subjects for many movies.
D. Because many people were interested in science and inventions.
4. Which of the following has the main character called Phileas Fogg?
A. Five Weeks in a Balloon.
B. Around the World in Eighty Days.
C. A Journey to the Center of the Earth.
D. From the Earth to the Moon.
5. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. Jules Verne only wrote plays in the 19th century.
B. Many of the predictions in Verne"s stories came true.
C. The main characters in Verne"s books are always on time.
D. The space flight Verne described was different from others.
完形填空。
     Who designed (设计) the first helicopter (直升飞机)? Who  1  of the most famous pictures in the world?
Who knew more about the human body than most  2 ? There is an answer  3  all. these questions -Leonardo
de Vinci (达·芬奇).
     Leonardo may have been the greatest genius (天才)  4  have ever known. He lived in Italy around the year
1500, but many of his inventions seem modern to us today. For example, one of his notebooks has drawings
of a helicopter. Of course, he couldn"t  5  a helicopter with the things he had.
     But scientists say his idea would have worked. But Leonardo  6  an inventor. He was one of the greatest
artists of his day. By the time he was twenty years old, he was called a master (大师) painter, and as he got
older he became  7  more famous. Sometimes he drew a hand ten different ways  8  he was ready to paint.
     Many of Leonardo"s wonderful paintings are still with  9  today. You may know one of his most famous
works the  10  woman known as the Mona Lisa.
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阅读理解。
     Barack Hussein Obama has made history by becoming the first African-American president in American
history.
     Barack Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4,1961. His parents separated (分开) when he was two
years old and later divorced (离婚). Obama grew up with his mother in Hawaii,and for a few years in
Indonesia. Later, he moved to New York,where he graduated from Columbia University in 1983. Obama met
his wife, Michelle Robinson,in June 1989 and married her on October 3, 1992. The couple"s first daughter,
Malia Ann, was bom in 1998, followed by a second daughter, Natasha ("Sasha"), in 2001.
     Obama"s success is a true milestone (里程碑) . It speaks to the fact that in America you really do get a
chance to do anything, if you have the talent and ability and you work hard enough.
     Obama will not take office until 20 January, 2009. However, when he does become president, he will
face many serious challenges, including two foreign wars,climate change and what he has described as "the
worst financial crisis (经济危机) in a century". But Obama himself is ready to face these challenges.
1. How old is Barack Obama when he becomes American president?
A. 48.
B. 40.
C. 37.
D. 31.
2. Obama"s success tells us that ______.
A. any black people can become president
B. you can succeed if you are talented enough
C. everyone can succeed if he is lucky enough
D. a talented person can succeed if he works hard enough
3. What does the underlined phrase "take office " in the last paragraph mean?
A. 生效
B. 就任
C. 离职
D. 竞选
4. According to the passage, Obama will face the following challenges except ______.
A. climate change
B. financial crisis
C. population problem
D. foreign wars
5. The whole passage is mainly about Obama"s ______.
A. childhood
B. family
C. education
D. experience
阅读下面的短文,判断文后的句子是否符合短文内容。符合的写“T”,不符合的写“F”。
                                                           
     Howard Carter was a famous explorer (探险家). He loved to visit new places. During his life, he discovered
many important and exciting things.
     Howard Carter did not go to school. But he was smart and wanted to learn the world outside his hometown.
In 1891, at the age of 17, he went to Egypt (埃及) by ship. By the 1920s, he had become an explorer, looking
for the tombs (坟墓) of the Egyptian kings.
     He found several important ones. Inside the tombs, he found jewels, gold and 10 bodies of dead kings. These
bodies are known as mummies (木乃伊). In 1922, Howard Carter made his most important discovery of all.
When Carter"s team was working at a place near a city called Luxor, they found the tomb of King Tutankhamun.
     Not long after the tomb was opened, people in Carter"s team began to get ill and die strangely. Within seven
years, 21 people who had something to do with the opening of the tomb died However, Howard Carter lived on
and died at the age of 65.
(     )1. Howard Carter liked to visit new places.
(     )2. Howard Carter was born in 1877.
(     )3. Carter"s team found the tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922.
(     )4. The passage tells us Carter"s school life.
阅读理解。
1. Xiang Jingyu was born in _____.
A. Xupu county
B. Huitong county
C. Chenxi county
2. Which of the following is True?
A. September 14 is Xiang Jingyu"s Birthday.
B. Xiang Jingyu joined CPC in 1922.
C. She was killed at the age of thirty.