A blind schoolgirl has become the youngest interpreter (口译员) when she is only ten years.
Alexia Sloane is from Cambridge. She was told by the doctor she had a brain tumor (脑癌) when she was on holiday "with her parents in France. After that the two-year-old girl became blind.
Though the little girl can't see anything, she has great talent for languages and at the age of 10 she is already fluent (流利的) in English, French, Spanish and Chinese-and is learning German.
Now her dream of working as an interpreter has come true. East of England MEP (欧盟议员) Robert Sturdy invited her to the European Parliament (议会). "Usually a person who enters the European Parliament should be 14 at least. So it was amazing for Alexia to work there at the age of 10. " said Alexia's mother Isabelle. Alexia can speak three languages since birth. As her mum is hah" French and half Spanish and her dad Richard is English. " She has always been very good at languages and shown an interest from a very young age. " added Isabelle, who also has a four-year-old daughter Melissa.
Alexia has dreamed of becoming an interpreter since she was six and chose to go to the European Parliament as her prize when she won the Young Achiever Community Award of the Year (年度青年成就奖). She asked if she could learn from the interpreters and HEP Robert Sturdy agreed to take her along as his guest. " It was fantastic and I decided to become an interpreter, "said Alexia. "Nothing can stop me. "How old is the youngest interpreter according to the passage?
| A．4. | B．6. | C．10. | D．14. |
When did Alexia Sloane become blind?
| A．When she was born. |
| B．After she had a brain tumor. |
| C．After she became an interpreter. |
| D．When she was on holiday with her parents. |
Who offered Alexia the chance of working as an interpreter?
| A．Richard. | B．Isabelle. | C．Melissa. | D．Robert Sturdy. |
What is right about Alexia Sloane?
| A．She can speak five language fluently. |
| B．She is a talented language learner. |
| C．She is the only child in the family. |
| D．She went to France on holiday after she won the award. |
What do you think is the meaning of the sentence "Nothing can stop me. "?
| A．Never give up. |
| B．Believe in yourself. |
| C．Nothing is impossible. |
| D．Failure is the mother of success. |
Toby and his friends are talking about what they want to do in the future. Toby wants to be an engineer. He wants to build roads, bridges and houses. David is interested in math and science, but he is going to study medicine. He wants to be a doctor.
Laura is good at music. She wants to be an artist. She is going to sing and dance for people. Lisa wants to be a reporter. She says, “I am going to talk with many famous people and I can learn a lot from them.” “What do you want to be?” Lisa asks Tina. Tina says, “Oh, I want to be an interpreter. So I must study hard at my foreign languages. Then I can help people communicate with foreigners.” What are you going to do when you grow up?How many students are talking about their future work?
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
Who wants to be an artist?
| A．Toby. | B．Laura. | C．Tina. | D．David |
What does David wants to be?
| A．A doctor. | B．An engineer. | C．An artist. | D．A teacher. |
What does the underlined word “ interpreter” means in Chinese ?
| A．助理 | B．经理 | C．口译工作者 | D．导游 |
What is the main idea of the passage?
| A．Why should we study hard? |
| B．How to study well? |
| C．What are they going to do? |
| D．How to be a famous person? |
Being outgoing is good for your life. Those who are more outgoing like to meet lots of people and have more fun in life. In fact, being outgoing is not so hard as you think. Even(甚至) shy people can be outgoing.
You can start becoming outgoing with your best friend or a group of friends. But the real challenge(挑战)comes when you meet strange people or new friends. Smile more, and usually they will return your smile. In this way, you may have some talks.
Start a talk. Just a simple “Hello” or “How is it going” is a good start. If you want to make interesting talks, you should read news in newspapers and prepare(准备)your views, or surf the Internet for new information and then keep that in mind.
The easiest way to become more outgoing is to go out. This is also the most important step (步).Go to a park, beach, club, party or any other place that you think can be fun, and you may make new friends there.You should start to be outgoing with _____.
| A．your parents | B．your teachers |
| C．your best friend | D．your new friends |
When you start a talk with a stranger, you’d better say “______”.
| A．What’s the matter? | B．What’s your name? |
| C．How is it going? | D．Are you healthy? |
Which is NOT the writer’s view?
| A．Being outgoing is really difficult. |
| B．Being outgoing is good for our lives. |
| C．Being outgoing helps people have more fun. |
| D．Being outgoing with strangers is not easy. |
Here are the comparisons(对比)of four big supermarkets in London.
| Supermarkets |
Ocado |
Morrisons |
Asda |
Aldi |
| Business Hours (营业时间) |
6:00a.m～ 10:30p.m. |
6:00a.m～ 10:00p.m. |
5:30a.m.～ 10:30p.m. |
6:30a.m.～ 9:30p.m |
| Eggs (1 kilo) |
￡0.75 |
￡0.76 |
￡0.72 |
￡0.79 |
| Apples (1 kilo) |
￡0.68 |
￡0.69 |
￡0.63 |
￡0.67 |
| Pork (1 kilo) |
￡1.3 |
￡1.2 |
￡1.4 |
￡1.3 |
| Service |
Good |
Good |
Just so-so |
Bad |
From above, we know the business hours of ______ is the longest.
| A．Ocado | B．Morrisons | C．Asda | D．Aldi |
People would not like to buy things in ________ because of the bad service.
| A．Ocado | B．Morrisons | C．Asda | D．Aldi |
Here are notices (启事) in the Lost & Found case.
| A．three | B．four | C．five | D．six |
You lost your keys. You may (可以) call .
| A．487-2349 | B．498-2456 |
| C．476-5939 | D．412-9856 |
You found a school ID card. Maybe (可能) it belongs to (属于).
| A．Mike | B．Jenny | C．Tony | D．Tom |
Jenny found.
| A．a blue and white cat |
| B．a black and white case |
| C．a blue and white case |
| D．a black and white cat |
found the book.
| A．Mike | B．Mary | C．Tony | D．Jane |
My name is David. I am an English boy. My families are in Beijing. My father and mother work there. I have a sister, but no brothers. My sister and I are students of a middle school in Beijing. We love China. We have a nice house in Beijing. My room is big. There is a bed, a desk and a computer in it. My books are on my desk and next to（附近）my computer. There are some pop singers’（流行歌手）pictures on the wall. I like them.There are _______people（人）in David’s family.
| A．four | B．five | C．three | D．six |
David has _________.
| A．a brother | B．a sister |
| C．brothers | D．sisters |
Where is the computer?
| A．It’s is on the bed. |
| B．It’s is in the desk. |
| C．It is on the wall. |
| D．It is next to the books. |
What is on the wall?
| A．A family photo |
| B．His friends’ picture. |
| C．David’s photo. |
| D．Some pictures of pop singers |
My room is________.
| A．small | B．bright | C．big | D．nice |