Teens reading and comprehension competition

                                      By  Mr Xu

一、Read the following sentences and turn the underlined words into Chinese; If you make a sentences with the words or phrases you will get one more score.(50 points)

1. At the game he got along very well with the NBA basketball players.   

                                                                                                

2.It’s been my dream to play since I was young.

                                                                                         

3.We decorated our windows with papercutting art during the Spring Festival.                       .                                                                          

4.To my surprise, my mom took my advice and planned a wonderful picnic to Dashushan.                                                                            

5.Egypt influences the world with its great culture and history.  

                                                                                     

6.Can Judy and Nick work out the problem?  

                                                                                            

7.She has a great interest in writing even when she was in elementary school. 

                                                                                           

8.She is Hermione in the Harry Potter series. She also speaks up about rights of women. She calls for men not to treat women differently.                                                                              

9. Luckily, she found ways to get over this problem, She brings a notebook with her everywhere.

                                                                                             

10.Once you know what you are allergic to, the best thing to do is try to stay away from them.

                                                                                             

11.Unlike planes, Airlander 10 takes off like a balloon and doesn’t need a long runway.

                                                                                             

12.She always looks after the three animals, so she knows them well.

                                                                                            

13.You can learn life in space from US astronaut Scott Kelly.

                                                                                            

14.A few months ago, pictures of a male kangaroo taking care of its dying mate became popular in Australia.

                                                                                              

15.They stayed up late to come up with questions. They waited for hours to see deputies and members.

                                                                                               

16.Al is a kind of computer, and it can do very smart things. For example, it can think or act like a human.                                                                      

17.When someone is looking at you, the best way to answer is to look right back. But remember not to fix your eyes on just one person.                                                                                    

18.Dollmenna just drops some water on desks and takes pictures of them under natural lights.

                                                                                                

19.Visiting tombs during Qing Ming Festival is to show respect to their dead family members.

                                                                                                 

20.So Batman starts to make hi-tech weapons in order to beat Superman.

                                                                                          

21.Do you like playing jokes on people? Well, you can do it on April Fool’s Day.

                                                                                           

22.Kobe Bryant may have some time to rest. But no matter what he does next, he said his love for basketball will never change.                                                                                          

23. But why on earth are they so angry?That’s the story The Angry Birds Movie wants to tell.

                                                                                                

24.If you have a turnip, a lot of toothpicks and one hour to build a tower with them, how can you make it?                                                                      

25.Even if there’s something you don’t like about yourself, you can always find something good too.

                                                                                           

二、Read following sentences and say TRUE or FALSE; If you correct it and you’ll get two more scores.(at least 20)

1.Lala Hsu is a singer-songwriter from Taiwan who won a Taiwan singing competition in 2007 and became a singer.

2. Leo!On February 26, US actor Leonardo DiCaprio, 42, finally got his Oscar.

3.Michelle Obama is an elegant First Lady, who always wears nice and expensive things.

4.The Imperial Doctress tells us the story of a real person Tan Yunxian from Qing Dynasty.

5.Look at this picture!This is one of the 36 sunrises I can see in one day in space!

6.Irish people are also famous for their red hair. In fact, 20 percent of people in Ireland have red hair.

7.The United Nations made RED, a bird from the mobile game Happy Birds the ambassador for the International Day of Happiness.

8.NBA player Steven Curry, 28, plays basketball very well. He also changes many young men’s ideas about basketball.

9.The Grass House,Red Tiles and Black Tiles, Bronze and Sunflower , Harry Potter are written by Cao Wenxuan.

10.The Xinhua Dictionary is called the “National Dictionary” of China. In 1952, the first Xin Hua Dictionary came out.

三、Translate the following passage into Chinese.(From English to Chinese) (20points)

1.I often saw many birds directly fly into the clean windows and get hurt.

                                                                                        

2.Tu Youyou is the first Chinese scientist to win the Nobel Prize. She studies traditional Chinese medicine.                                                                             

3. It will come out at the end of July, so be sure to pick up this must-read.

                                                                                      

4. So far he’s only played on February 26 and February 28.

                                                                                      

5.Although we love kangaroos, Australians eat their meat.                                        

6.Food in space is usually frozen. I need to heat it up before eating.

                                                                                       

7.They are going to have to remember many things in life. They are training their brains to remember things.                                                                    

8.Ryan is taking steps to let more people know about these problems. He gave a small lecture and told classmates about the balloons’ bad effects.                                                                            

9. Greg faces some new problems without a cell phone and computer.                               

10.She has been in tens of popular TV series and movies so far.                                  

四、Reading and answering the following questions;.（Read No.35  P4and 5）

1.What flower is the best flower in Japan?                                  

2.What custom is in mid March in Japan?                                          

3.Which place is the earliest place to see the flower in Japan?                                    

4.What did Japanese put in the cherry trees at night when they enjoy it?                           

5.What color is the main color in Japan?                                              

五、Read and write the main idea of the passage. Read Page5:Top-selling dictionary:

Write down the main sentence in the passage?