The Smallest Giant
P.3 English Language / Grade
Name﹕______( ) Class﹕_____ Date ﹕______
Reading Task 1
Read the text and answer the following questions.
The smallest giant
Deng Yaping鄧亞萍is a 4-time Olympic gold medalist table tennis player. She was born in Zhengzhou鄭州.
The biggest obstacle in Deng Yaping's table tennis career was not her competitors, but her height. When she was 9 years old, she won a provincial junior championship but was refused a place on the provincial team because she was too short. In 1988, when she was 13 years old, Deng won the national championship, but was refused a place on the national team because she was too short. She never gave up. At last, she won the doubles title at the world championships when she was 16. In 1991, she was 149 cm tall. Deng won the singles world championship.
She attended the 1992 Barcelona Olympics巴塞隆納奧運會and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics 亞特蘭奧運會, and won four gold medals in table tennis. She was voted Chinese female athlete of the century in 2003.
Blacken the circle of the best answer.
1. Deng Yaping is ______.
/ A. a Japanese / / B. an American/ C. China / / D. a Chinese
2. According to the text, which of the following sentence is correct?
/ A. Deng Yaping was tall./ B. Deng Yaping was voted Chinese male athlete of the century.
/ C. Deng Yaping was good at playing ping-pong.
/ D. Deng Yaping only attended the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
3. In the sentence “Deng won the national championship”, means Deng won ______in the national competition.
/ A. the first prize / / B. the second prize/ C. the third prize / / D. the fourth prize
4. The biggest difficulty in Deng Yaping's table tennis career was ______.
/ A. her competitors / / B. her height/ C. her age / / D. her family
5. Do you like Deng Yaping? Why?
______
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Reading Task 2 (source: Territory-wide System Assessment 2006
Primary 3 English Language Reading and Writing Paper)
Mary is Reading her timetable. Read it.
Lesson / Day
Time / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
8:20am – 8:35am /
Assembly
1 / 8:35am – 9:10am / English / Chinese / Math / G.S. / English2 / 9:10am – 9:45am / English / Math / Chinese / Putonghua / Music
9:45am – 9:55am /
Recess
3 / 9:55am – 10:30am / G.S. / Art / Music / Chinese / Computer4 / 10:30am – 11:05am / G.S. / Art / G.S. / Chinese / Chinese
11:05am – 11:25am /
Recess
5 / 11:25am – 12:00am / P.E. / Library / English / Math / G.S.6 / 12:00noon – 12:35pm / Computer / Chinese / English / English / Math
12:35pm – 1:30pm /
Lunch
7 / 1:30pm – 2:05pm / Chinese / G.S. / Putonghua / English / Chinese8 / 2:05pm – 2:40pm / Math / English / Computer / Art / Activities
9 / 2:40pm – 3:15pm / Math / English / Library / P.E. / Activities
Blacken the ¨ of the best answer.
1. What is the third lesson on Monday?
A. G.S.
B. Math
C. Chinese
D. English
2. How many lessons are there after lunch every day?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 5
D. 6
3. On which day must Mary wear her sports uniform?
A. Tuesday
B. Wednesday
C. Thursday
D. Friday
4. Mary is hungry. She wants to buy something to eat. When can she go to buy some snacks?
A. 9:00am
B. 11:05am
C. 12:00noon
D. 2:05pm
5. Look at the books. Mary does not need one of them on Thursday.
Which one is it?
6. Mary goes to the ______in P.E. lessons.
A. playground
B. Computer Room
C. Music Room
D. Art Room
7. In ‘Activities’ lessons, Mary will not______.
A. make a model
B. watch cartoons
C. learn how to cook
D. do Math homework
Reading Task 3 (source: Territory-wide System Assessment 2006
Primary 3 English Language Reading and Writing Paper)
Peter and Mary are reading a story. Read it.
The Lost Purse
One day, Ann was crying in the street. She lost her purse. An old man walked by and helped her.The old man took out a purse with one hundred dollars inside.
“It’s not my purse,” She cried.
Next, the old man took out a purse with fifty dollars in inside.
“It’s not the right one. What can I do?” Ann cried and cried.
Then the old man took out a dirty purse with twenty dollars inside. Ann was surprised and said, “That’s it!” She thanked the old man.
“You’re a good girl. Let me give you all the purses,” said the old man
Blacken the ¨ of the best answer.
1. Why was Ann crying?
A. She saw an old man.
B. The old man did not help her.
C. She could not find her purse.
D. She lost her way.
2. Which one is Ann’s purse?
3. Read lines 10 –12. Ann saw the dirty purse. How did she feel?
4. Read line 13: You’re a good girl.
Why did the old man say this?
A. Ann did not cry.
B. Ann only took her lost purse.
C. Ann helped the old man find the purse.
D. Ann took out twenty dollars.
5. Read line 13. What did the old man give to Ann in the end?
6. What do you think of Ann?
Ann is ______.
A. hardworking
B. clever
C. honest
D. careful
Writing Task
Last week Jason got a letter from his cousin, Gigi. Read the letter.
Now help Jason write a reply letter ( 回信 ) to Gigi in about 30 words.
The following words may help you.
- picnic - flowers / trees - photos
- barbecue - chicken wings - cola
- happy / excited
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