An Dun is a daily newspaper reporter in Beijing. And she has a great “Chinese dream”.
Everything about Cao Yulan’s life changed when her mother died during a heavy storm. “I felt like I’d grown up overnight,” she told author An Dun. At the age of 16, Cao left for Beijing. She has worked as a tea salesgirl and a babysitter, among other odd job, over the past 11 years. Her last job before giving birth to her daughter was managing a breakfast stand. What she wanted was to help her little brother and sister grow up to live a better life.
Cao is one of the main characters in An Dun5 s latest book. An Dun shared Cao’s story with the readers at the book launch in late June. The book, written in both Chinese and English, Is the third volume (卷) of The Chinese Dream series. The project will tell the true stories of 100 Chinese people from all kinds of life in 10 volumes, with An as the interviewer.
An Dun enjoys talking to people and she keeps on writing the true stories of “small potatoes”. Her first volumes of The Chinese Dream series have：already been published. Now An is working on the series’ fourth volume.The underlined work “odd” may mean in Chinese.
| A．固定的 | B．奇怪的 | C．临时的 | D．优惠的 |
Which of the following is true?
| A．The death of Cao’s mother influenced Cao a lot. |
| B．Cao’s sister lives in the poor countryside now. |
| C．The Chinese Dream series will be written in English. |
| D．An dislkes to be a reporter and interview people. |
An’s book will be written in languages.
| A．one | B．two | C．three | D．four |
In which column （专栏）can An Dun’s The Chinese Dream be found?
| A．Business. | B．Arts. |
| C．Society. | D．Movies. |
Mark Twain，the famous American writer, liked to play jokes on others. But once a joke was played on him.
One day Mark Twain was invited（被邀请）to give a talk in a small town. At lunch he met a young man,one of his friends.The young man said that he has an uncle with him. He told Twain that his uncle never laughed or smiled，and that nobody and nothing was able to make his uncle smile or laugh.“You bring your uncle to my talk tonight，”said Mark Twain.“I’m sure I can make him laugh”That evening the young man and his uncle sat in the front. Mark Twain began to speak. He told several funny stories. This made everyone in the room laugh.But the man never even smiled. Mark Twain told more funny stories，but the old man still kept quiet. Mark Twain told his funny stories. Finally he stopped. He was tired and quite disappointed（失望的）． Some days later, Mark Twain told another friend of his about what had happened. “Oh，”said his friend.“I know that old man. He’s been deaf（聋）for years.”Mark Twain liked to play jokes on______
| A．himself | B．others | C．old men | D．Americans |
One day Mark Twain met______at lunch.
| A．a friend | B．a young man’s uncle | C．a young girl | D．a deaf |
The young man told Mark Twain that his uncle never_______
| A．spoke | B．talked | C．laughed | D．ate |
The young man and his uncle sat ______that evening.
| A．at home | B．near the door | C．at the back | D．in the front |
Mark Twain stopped telling stories at last because he was_______
| A．thirsty | B．tired | C．angry | D．Sleepy |
Do you know Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng? Fei Junlong was born in 1965. He is a Chinese astronaut selected（选拔）as a member of the Shenzhou program. He was born in Jiangsu and joined the People’s Liberation Army Air Force（中国人民解放军空军）in 1982 at the age of 17. And since then he has only returned home six times. As a fighter pilot（战机飞行员）, he was selected to an astronaut in 1998. He married Wang Jie in 1991 and has one son. Nie Haisheng was born in September 1964. He is also a Chinese astronaut selected for the Shenzhou program. He is from Hubei. After graduating from high school he joined the People’s Liberation Army Air Force, and became a fighter pilot. In 1998 he was selected for the astronaut program. He was one of the three astronauts who were in the final group to train for the Shenzhou 5 fight. Yang Liwei was also picked out for the flight, with Zhai zhigang. On September 23,2005 it was reported that Zhai and Nie would be one of the three pairs of astronauts who would be in the final training for Shenzhou 6. But in the end, Fei and Nie were chosen, and Zhai missed his chance to space again. Nie Haisheng got married to Nie Jielin and has an 11-year-old daughter. When did Nie join the army?
| A．In 1982. |
| B．In 1998. |
| C．In 1991. |
| D．After his graduation from high school. |
Who among the astronauts in this passage hasn’t been to space?
| A．Zhai Zhigang. | B．Nie Haisheng. |
| C．Yang Liwei. | D．Fei Junlong. |
How many times has Fei Junlong returned home since he left at the age of 17?
| A．Three times. | B．Four times. |
| C．Six times. | D．Eight times. |
How many people did the writer mention in this passage?
| A．5. | B．6. | C．7. | D．8. |
Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?
| A． Yang Liwei was born in Jiangsu. |
| B． Nie Haisheng has an elever-year-old daughter. |
| C． Fei Junlong is one year older than Nie Haisheng. |
| D． Zhai Zhigang got married to Nie Jielin and has a son. |
My name is Christine and I’d like to tell you how I learned English.
Here in Brazil we started to have English classes in high school. When I finished school, I wasn’t good at English. But later, I found it interesting to listen to English songs and watch English films. So I decided to study English at Fisk School when I was thirty-five years old. I had class with sixty teenagers in a big classroom at that time. Because I had to look after my son, I stopped studying at the school after seven months. But I kept studying by myself. I learned by listening to English songs and watching films. When I had problems, I tried to find answers on the Inernet. During that time, my friends helped me a lot.
Now, I have no problem in speaking or reading. Most people are surprised when I speak in English.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。Where is Christine from?
| A．America. | B．China | C．Brazil | D．Japan. |
When did Christine start studying at Fisk School?
| A．When she finished school |
| B．When she was thirty-five years old. |
| C．When she was in high-school |
| D．When she had her son. |
How long did Christine study English at Fisk School?
| A．For seven weeks. |
| B．For six weeks. |
| C．For seven months |
| D．For seven years. |
What does the underlined word “problems” mean in Chinese?
| A．问题 | B．成绩 | C．结果 | D．考试 |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Christine was good at English when she was had to work. |
| B．Christine stopped studying at the school because she had to work. |
| C．Christine can read English, but can’t speak English well now. |
| D．English songs and films made Christine interested in English |
When ten-year-old James Ale and his friends went out to play，they had nowhere to go but the streets. The streets were filled with traffic，but the children had no choice. There was no park or playground nearby. One day，a little girl was badly injured by a passing car. James Ale thought the neighborhood needed a park.
For more than a year，James Ale worked for his park. He knocked on doors asking adults to help. He went to City Hall and discussed his idea with the mayor（市长）.At first people did not want to listen to a ten-year-old，but James did not give up. In the end，he won.“Getting the park took a lot of work，”James said.“It was worth it，though，because we needed it.”The best title is .
| A．City Streets | B．A Park of James Ale | C．Speeding Drivers | D．Playing in the Streets |
When James decided that a park was needed，he was .
| A．a grown-up | B．eleven years old | C．ten years old | D．the mayor |
We can learn from the text that .
| A．no one would help James | B．people laugh at James |
| C．the mayor liked James | D．the park was built at last |
The underlined word “discussed” means .
| A．finished | B．talked over | C．changed | D．waited for |
The underlined words” give up: means___________.
| A．give away | B．get up | C．stop trying | D．put up |
One day a mother camel and her son walked through a desert. They were looking for water and grass.
The son asked, “What do water and grass look like, Mum?”His mother answered, “Water looks like the sky, blue and clear.While grass is green, fresh and nice.”
After they walked for a day and a night, the son suddenly cried, “Look!Mum,there is water and grass over there!”
“What a foolish talk,my boy!”
The water and grass were on the left,while the desert was on the right.But because the mother camel was blind(瞎的)in her left eye,she could only see a sea of yellow sand with her right eye.So she didn’t believe what the young camel said.
The next day they went on walking ,the young camel found a secondoasis,but his mother still did not believe him. She said angrily, “No,that’s not an oasis,but a desert. I have more knowledge and experience than you. You are wrong again. You should listen to me.”
This time the young camel was angry with his mother,too. So when he saw an oasis for the third time, he left his mother without telling her.He ran to the grass and ate his fill. But his poor mother was still walking on and she was still hungry and thirsty.At first the young camel didn’t know.
| A．how to go through the desert |
| B．what they wanted to do |
| C．where they wanted to go |
| D．what water and grass looked like |
How many times did the young camel find the oasis in total(总共)?
| A．Once | B．Twice | C．Three times | D．Four times |
What’s the Chinese meaning of the word “oasis”?
A.大海B绿洲C．陆地D草地Who couldn’t eat grass all the time?
| A．The mother camel | B．The young camel | C．The writer | D．Nobody |
What can you learn from the passage?
| A．We should believe the mother camel. |
| B． We should always believe the one with more experience |
| C．We should believe others when they are right |
| D．We don’t need to be polite to our mothers. |