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Thegreatestintheworld

EdsonArantesdoNascimentowasborninBrazilin1940.Atschoolhewascalled"Pele".Hesayshedoesnotknowwhy,orevenwhatthenamemeans.ButthenamePelesoonbecameworldfamous.ManypeoplebelievethatPelewasthegreatestfootballerofalltime.

Hestartedplayingforthelocalclubwhenhewasonly10yearsold.Aged15,hemovedtoSantos,abigcityclub.At16,hewasplayingforhiscountry.In1958,stillonly17,hewasinthewinningWorldCupteam（theyoungesteverWorldCupplayer）.In1970,hewasintheteamthatwontheWorldCupforBrazilagain.Hefinallystoppedplayingin1977.In1994,hewasmadeBrazilianMinisterforSport.

Pelewascertainlyanexcellentplayer.Hehadwonderfulcontrolovertheball.Brave,clever,andabletorunveryquickly,hecouldkickwiththesameamountofskillwitheitherfoot.Notonlythat,whenyouwatchedhimplay,youcouldalwaysseehowmuchheenjoyedplaying.

Pelebecameveryrichbythetimehewas22,buthewasshyandmodest.Hewasalwayspolite,andhewaslovedbybothhisteammatesandtheplayersinotherteams.Heworkedhardtodevelopthegameandtoencourageyoungandoftenpoorboystoworkhardanddowell.Thereisnobetterexampleforsportsmenandwomentodaytocopy.

1Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrue（T）orfalse（F）.

1EdsonArantesdoNascimentoknewwhyhewascalled"Pele"atschool.

2PelewastheyoungestWorldCupwinnerin1958.

3WhenPelebegantoplayfootball,hewasthememberofabigcityclub.

4PelewasmadeBrazilianMinisterforSportassoonashestoppedplaying.

5Asanexcellentplayer,Pelewasabletousehisrightfoottokicktheballonly.

6Pelewasagoodexampleforpeoplewhodosports.

2Answerthefollowingquestionsaccordingtothepassage.

1Whatdoesparagraph2mainlytellusabout?

2HowmanyyearsdidPeleplayfootball?

3WholovedPele?

Why?

4DidPeleoftenencouragepoorboystoworkhard?

Eurostar

OneofthefastestandmostmodernpassengertrainsintheworldistheEurostar,whichcoversthedistancebetweenLondonandParisinjustovertwoandahalfhours-ajourneywhichusedtotakefiveorsixhoursandalwaysinvolvedaslowboatcrossing.IfyoutaketheEurostar,youcanleaveLondonWaterlooat4o'clockonaFridayafternoonandbeinthecentreofParisat635,intimefordinner.Thetrainalsogoestootherplaces,suchasCalais,Lille,DisneyworldParis,andBrussels.

OneofthemostexcitingthingsabouttheEurostaristhatitgoesthroughatunnelunderthesea.ThisiscalledtheChannelTunnel,andgoesbetweenFolkestoneinEnglandandSangatteinFrance.Thetunnelis31mileslong,andcost$21billiontobuild.Thispartofthejourneytakesabout20minutesandyoudon'treallynoticewhatishappening,butsomepeoplechoosenottotravelbytheEurostarbecausetheideaofitworriesthem.Thetunnelhasbeenmadeassafeaspossible,however,andtherearetwoothertunnelsthatpeoplecangetoutofquicklyifthereisafireoranaccident.

Itisalsopossibletodrivethroughthetunnel,butthistakesmuchlongerthanthehigh-speedtrain.Thetrainshaveatopspeedof180mph,andrunonspecialtracks.Thesetracksallowthetraintogomuchfaster.

Thetrainsareverycomfortableandthereisplentyoffoodanddrinkintherestaurantcar.Thereisjustonethingthatsomepeoplemightbealittleunhappyaboutthough-thetraintravelssofast,especiallyontheFrenchsidewhereitspeedsupquitealot,thatyoucan'treallyseeanythingoutofthewindow.

Choosethebestansweraccordingtothepassage.

1Ittakesexactly____________totravelfromLondontoParisbyEurostar.

Atwoandahalfhours

Btwohoursandthirty-fiveminutes

Cfourhours

Dsixhoursandthirty-fiveminutes

2ItisanexcitingthingtotravelbyEurostar,because____________.

Aitgoesthrough3ChannelTunnels

BitgoesthroughtheChannelTunnel

Cpeoplecanseeniceviewsonit

DpeoplecanvisitFolkestoneduringthejourney

3IttakesEurostar___________totravelunderthesea.

AtwohoursandahalfBfourhours

CtwentyminutesDhalfanhour

4Ifthereisanemergencyinthetunnel,people_________.

Awillhavenowaytorunout

Bcanleavethetunnelquicklythroughothertwotunnels

Chadbetternotkeepcalm

Doughttojumpoutofwindows

5Somepassengerswillfeelalittleunhappybecause____________.

Athespeedistooslow

Bthereisnotenoughfoodonthetrain

Ctheycannotseeanythingoutofthewindow

Dthetrainistoocrowded

6__________peoplereallyliketravellingontheEurostar.

AAlltheBNoneoftheCMostoftheDSomeofthe

SalisburyPlain

Britainisalandofunexplainedmysteries.Everywhereyougoyouhearstoriesofstrangehappeningsinunusualplaces.TakeWiltshire,forexample,anareainsouthernEngland,whereStonehengeisfound.StonehengeisahugecircleofstonesthousandsofyearsoldinthemiddleofalargeflatareaoflandcalledSalisburyPlain.ThestonecircleisolderthantheEgyptianpyramids,butnooneknowshoworwhythestonesgotthere.

SalisburyPlainisalsofamousforhundredsofstrangecropcircles.Cropcirclesareverylargecircleswhichappearinthemiddleoffieldsduringthenight.TherearesimilarcirclesinthenearbycountyofHampshire,aswellasinNorthandSouthAmericaandAustralia.Someexpertsbelievethatpeoplemakecropcirclesforajoke,butnooneisquitesure.

However,whathappenedonecloudyOctobermorningin1987overSalisburyPlainwasfarfromajoke.AfighterplanewasflyingovertheplainnearBoscombeDown,animportantairfieldusedbythearmy.Thepilotoftheplanewasinradiocommunicationwiththeairfield.Suddenly,'whilethepilotwasgivinginformationabouthisheightandspeed,theairfieldlostallcommunicationwiththeplane.

Theairfieldsentanotherplanetolookforit,whiletheytriedtogetbackintoradiocommunicationwiththefighterplane.Whenthesecondplanefoundthefirstone,itwasflyingovertheAtlanticOcean.Butwhenthepilotgotclosertoithehadaterribleshock.Therewasnobodyintheplane-itwasflyingbyitself.

AfewdayslatertheyfoundthebodyofthepilotatWinterbourneStokeonSalisburyPlaininafieldfullofcropcircles,notfarfromwheretheylastspoketohimbyradiocommunication.

Nooneknowswhathappenedtothepilot,andhowhedied.ThisisjustoneofmanystrangestoriesaboutSalisburyPlainthatcannotbeexplained.

1Matchthewordswiththeirmeanings.

1famous

agiveareasonforsomething

2mystery

btakeplace

3similar

cknownbymanypeople

4happen

dthesameinsomewaysbutnotcompletelythesame

5communication

esomethingstrangeyoucannotunderstand

6explain

ftalkingorwritingtosomebody

2Answerthefollowingquestionsaccordingtothepassage.

1Whatismeantby"strangehappenings"?

2WhereisStonehenge?

3Wherewastheplanewhenitlostradiocommunicationwiththeairfield?

4Whywasthesecondpilotshocked?

5PeoplecanhardlyexplainthisstrangestoryaboutSalisburyPlain,canthey?

6Whatdoexpertsthinkpeoplemakecropcirclesfor?

Gentlegiants

Everythingabouttheelephantisbig,fromitssize-anAfricanbullelephantweighsuptoseventons（7,000kg）-tohowlongittakesforababyelephanttobeborn-21months.Theyhavethelargestbrainofanylandanimalandcantalktoeachotherusinglanguageashumanscan.Theyhaveaverygoodmemorytoo.Theycan

（1）_______hundredsofotherelephantsthattheyhaveknownandhavefriendsandfamilythesamewayhumansdo.Theygetverysad

（2）________onediesandtheyhelpfamilymemberswhentheyaresickorhurt.

InIndiaandAfricatheyare（3）________fortransportandtocarrytouristsaroundanimalparks.Elephantsare（4）_______frommanyotheranimalsbecausetheyareverykindandcareabouthumans.Theyaregentleandkindanddon'thurtanyone.Theywillonly（5）_________toprotectthemselves.ThereisastoryofanIndiankingwhodiedandforover30yearshisfavouriteelephantwasverysadandwouldnotdoanything.

Andhowdowehumanstreatelephants?

Forthousandsofyearselephantshavebeentreatedverybadlyandkilledbyhumans.Eventhoughthereisaninternational（6）_______tostopivory（象牙）beingsold,peoplestillshootandkillelephantstogettheirtusks.Thehuman（7）________isgettingmuchlargertoo,andsofarmorelandisneededforfarms.Sosoonelephantswillhave（8）_______togo.Infact,in20yearstheremightnotbeanyelephantleftonEarth.

Choosethebestanswertocompletethepassage.

1A.forgetB.rememberC.memoriseD.forgot

2A.whereB.whatC.whenD.how

3A.usedB.madeC.takenD.had

4A.similarB.difficultC.differentD.same

5A.attentionB.attractC.attackD.fighting

6A.agreementB.fileC.paperD.book

7A.popB.popularC.populationD.people

8A.nowhereB.everywhereC.somewhereD.places

Basketballstar

YaoMingwasbornon12thSeptember,1980,inShanghai,China.Heistheonlychildofthefamily.Hisparentsbothstoodwelloversixfeetandhadenjoyedexcellentbasketballcareers.YaoMinghadthegeneticsnecessaryforplayingbasketball.

Thoughhisparentstriedtogethim

（1）i________inbasketball,YaoMingdidn'tgivethesportasecondlook

（2）u________hewasnine.Thoughhewasmuch（3）t________thanotherkidsofhisage,YaoMingwasverythin.Hisparentsencouragedhimtoplayinhisfirstorganizedbasketballgameafterhistenthbirthday.Byhistwelfthbirthday,YaoMinghadbecomeseriousaboutbasketball.Hisparents（4）s________himtoShanghaiYouthBasketballTeam,wherehe