初一英语春季班第三讲

第三讲：Module 4

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A

Arnold Wu is a proud man. “I’m sure my family is one of ___1___ families in the country,” he often told other people. “It has a long history.”

One day, he went to see Mrs. Li who knew ___2___ about family history.

“I want you to ___3___ everything about my family,” he said. “Who was the first Wu? ___4___ did we come from? Were there any famous people in the family? Do I have any rich relatives?”

“OK,” Mrs. Li said. “But it will ___5___ you $2000.”

Arnold thought about this. Two thousand dollars was a lot of money to him.

At last he said, “All right. But for $2000 I want a complete history. I want to know everything ___6___ the family.”

Mrs. Li agreed. “Come back ___7___ three months.”

Three months later Arnold visited Mrs. Li again.

“Well, have you found out everything about my family?” he asked.

“Yes, it is a very interesting family. However my ___8___ is now $5000.”

“What?” Arnold became very ___9___ and shouted. “But you told me the cost was only $2000.”

“I know. It was $2000 to find out about your family,” she said. “It is another $3000 to keep ___10___ what I found out!”

1. A. oldest B. the oldest C. the older D. the old

2. A. a lot B. a lot of C. a little D. lots of

3. A. search B. look for C. know D. find out

4. A. What B. Where C. When D. Why

5. A. spend B. pay C. cost D. take

6. A. in B. for C. about D. to

7. A. behind B. in C. at D. during

8. A. age B. price C. number D. problem

9. A. angry B. excited C. sorry D. glad

10. A. knowledge B. health C. history D. secret

B

Pablo Picasso was born in Spain in 1881. His father was a painter and art teacher who gave his son the first lesson in drawing. He won a prize --- “Science and Charity” for his first important painting when he was only fifteen. He studied in several cities in Spain. But there was no one to teach him all that he wanted to know. When he was nineteen, he visited Paris.

Paris was then the center of the world for artists. Everything that was new and exciting in the world of paintings seemed to happen there. When he was twenty-three, Picasso moved there to live and lived in France for the rest of his life.

When he was over ninety, this great painter still lived his life like a young man. He was still

looking for new ideas and new ways to use his artistic materials.

When he died in 1973, he was ninety-one years old.

1.Pablo Picasso’s father was ________.

A. a teacher

B. a painter

C. an artist

D. a painter and art teacher

2.What prize did Picasso win when he was fifteen?

A.Science and Painting. C. Science and Art.

B.Science and Charity. D. Painting and Charity.

3.Where did Picasso visit when he was nineteen?

A.Spain.

B. Paris.

C. London.

D. New York.

4.Picasso moved to Paris when he was ________ years old.

A.15

B. 19

C. 23

D. 91

5.What can we learn from the story?

A.Picasso drew for charity when he was young.

B.No one wanted to teach what Picasso wanted.

C.Picasso went back to Spain when he was old.

D.Picasso was a man who loved art all his life.

C

What will life in 2050 be like? Will life in the future be better, worse or the same as now? ___1___ do you hope about the future?

People ___2___ that life will probably be very different in 2050. First of all, ___3___ seems that there won’t be TV channels. In 2050, people will pick up a ___4___ from a “menu” and a computer will send the program to the TV set at once. By 2050, music, films, programs, newspapers ___5___ books will come to us by computers.

In 2050, water will become one of our ___6___ problems. In many places, farmers are in great need of ___7___ to grow fruit and vegetables.

For transportatio n, cars will run on new, clean fuels and they will go faster. There won’t be any accidents ___8___ robots, and we will see robots everywhere. And space planes will take people around the world ___9___ two hours.

By 2050, we will be able to help blind and deaf people ___10___ again and hear again. At that time, people’s life will become better and better.

1. A. Which B. How C. Why D. What

2. A. predict B. believe C. plan D. say

3. A. this B. here C. it D. there

4. A. sound B. program C. shape D. picture

5. A. or B. and C. then D. but

6. A. tiring B. simple C. serious D. possible

7. A. houses B. clothes C. food D. water

8. A. such as B. thanks for C. instead of D. because of

9. A. in B. after C. for D. since

10. A. walk B. see C. sleep D. eat

D

Li Yugang dresses like a wom an and sings like a bird. He won the third prize in CCTV’s Star