I looked at my blank page. All I’d written was the title “What I Want to Be When I Grow Up”. The rest of the class were all busy writing.
“You have five minutes to finish.” Ms Clark announced.
“I want to be a teacher when I grow up because…” I just wrote a few lines when the bell went. My friend Lisa told me she wanted to be an astronaut. I laughed as I pictured Lisa floating in space. After school, I told my grandpa my real dream. “You promise not to laugh. I didn’t write it on the school paper.” I said, “I want to be an actor.” He didn’t laugh. Instead he asked, “Why?”
“I just do, that’s all, more than anything in the world. I’d be really good.”
“OK. Angela, I once dreamed to be a reporter. We’d better find out if you’ve got any talent then, hadn’t we?” He looked up a number in his phone. “You need drama lessons, and I know just the right person—Jane Rozzi, a friend of mine.” Fantastic! I couldn’t believe my luck. I gave him a big hug.
“I’d better check with your Mum and Dad first to make sure they don’t mind their daughter taking Jane Rozzi’s acting class.”
No problem there. Next evening, sitting in my grandpa’s car, my stomach felt tight and my mouth was dry. He was driving me to my first acting lesson. “She is kind and gentle. Don’t be nervous.”
He was right. I liked Jane immediately. She told me I was talented and my voice was good. Just needed to get louder. After that we did some breathing and voice exercises. I practised day after day…
“You have a natural talent and, with hard work and luck, you will make it.” I always bear Jane’s words in my mind. Now I am an actor on the stage.
Wow! How my life has changed since I first stared at that blank piece of paper!
(1). Which of the following is Angela’s dream job?
| A． |
Teacher. |
B． |
Astronaut. |
C． |
Reporter. |
D． |
Actor. |
(2). Why didn’t Angela write her real dream at school?
| A． |
Ms Clark didn’t like it. |
B． |
Her parents wouldn’t support it. |
| C． |
She was afraid of being laughed at. |
D． |
She couldn’t decide it when she was at school. |
(3). What does the underlined part in paragraph 7 probably mean?
| A． |
Angela felt sad. |
B． |
Angela felt nervous. |
C． |
Angela felt proud. |
D． |
Angela felt interested. |
(4). Which of the following could best describe Angela?
| A． |
Skillful and caring. |
B． |
Patient and helpful. |
| C． |
Talented and hard-working. |
D． |
Clever and beautiful. |
YES
Chen Qihang, 13, from Jiangsu:
I often use social media (社交媒介) like QQ. I think it is convenient (方便的) to use them, especially through smartphones. In the QQ study groups, I can communicate with my classmates and teachers when I have questions about study or homework..
Lu Jiayuan, 14, from Anhui:
My friends and I often communicate through Renren and Weibo during holidays. With social media, we can share our happy stories and exciting moments during holidays. And our friends can make comments (评论) and talk about the pictures we took. It feels great to have friends around through social media.
NO
Liu Xinghui, 14, from Shandong:
I hardly ever use social media. Phones should not be allowed (允许) in schools. And some people often use them to do bad things. So it is not safe to use them for us middle school students.
Zhang Xi, 15, from Zhejiang:
In the past, my friends and I often went out to play and talk with each other during weekends. But now, we only talk through QQ. And we don’t get together to talk face to face. I don’t like this feeling.
Wang Qingxi, 15, from Guangdong:
I don’t think it is safe for our privacy (隐私). If we put photos o r numbers on the social media, hackers (黑客) may steal (窃取) our information. I would rather make calls or just text my friends.What is QQ?
A. A game.
B. A study group.
C. A kind of Social media.How many students in the passage dislike social media?
A. Two. B. Three. C. FiveWhat is the advantage(优点) about social media according to the passage?
A. Some people often use them to do bad things.
B. We don’t get together to talk face to face.
C. We can have friends around during holidays through social media.What is the disadvantage(缺点) about social media according to the passage?
A. Hackers may steal our information.
B. we can share our happy stories and exciting moments during holidays.
C. We can communicate with classmates and teachers when we have questions about study.What would Wang Qingxi do?
A. He would talk through QQ.
B. He would make calls or just text his friends.
C. He would communicate through Renren.
There was a man who had worked all of his life and had saved all of his money. He loved money more than anything else.And just before he died, he said to his wife: “Now listen, when I die, I want you to take all my money and put it in the casket (棺材) with me. I want to take my money to the afterlife(来生).”Well, one day he died. When they finished the ceremony（仪式）, just before the undertakers (殡仪馆人员) closed the casket, the wife said: “Wait just a minute!”She came over with a box and put it in the casket. Then the undertakers locked it down.Her friend said: “I hope you weren’t crazy enough to put all that money in the casket.”She said: “Yes, I promised him that I was going to put that money in that casket with him.”“You mean that you put all his m oney in t he casket?”“I sure did,” said the wife, “I got it all together, put it into my account (账户) and I wrote him a check (支票).”What d id the man love best?
A. His work. B. His money. C. His wife.What did the man want his wife to do when he died?
A. He wanted his wife to spend all his money.
B. He wanted his wife to put his money in the bank.
C. He wanted his wife to take all his money and put it in the casket with him.Where did the wife put the box?
A. In the casket
B. In the bank.
C. At home.What was in the box?
A. A check.
B. All the money.
C. Nothing.What do you think of the wife?
A. Beautiful. B. Crazy. C. Smart
If someone says to you “give me five”, don’t give five yuan to him! It will make others laugh! The person is not ask for your money, but your fingers.
In the USA, “give me five” or “give me the high five” is a good gesture. You can often see it in films or on TV. It means the slapping(拍打) of each other’s right hands together. People do it when something happy happens. For example, if a student get an “A” in the exam or gets No.1 in the school sports meeting, he will give the high five to his friends to celebrate.
Who did this gesture first? Why did he do that? It may come from the old Roman gesture of putting up the right arm for the emperor(皇帝). This showed that the person putting up his arm had nothing in his hand and he couldn’t hurt the emperor.
Why not try to give the high five to your friends?When one of your friends asks you to give him five, you can .
A. give him five yuan
B. give him your hands
C. slap his right handWhat’s the Chinese meaning of the underl ined word “gesture” in the second paragraph?
A. 节奏 B. 场所 C. 手势Now you can do “give me five” to your friends because you will .
A celebrate your friends’ success
B. have the same idea with your friends
C. laugh at your friend’s bad mannersThe gesture started in .
A. Rome B. China C. AmericaThe Romans p ut up the right arms for the emperor to show that they.
A. liked him very much
B. were happy to see him
C. were safe for him
| Teresa, Madrid, Spain My twenty-first birthday was in April. I was really happy to go out with some friends. They pulled my ears 21 times, once for each year. It’s an old custom(习俗). |
| Francisco，Paris, France I’m going to be 30 next Friday. In France, when you celebrate a birthday, you often invite people out. I know that in some countries it’s the opposite – people take you out. |
| Lin Xiaohan, Taipei, China Yesterday was my 16th birthday. It was a special birthday, so we had a family dinner together. I was happy to get some money from my parents. My mother cooked noodles for me, because noodles are for a long life. |
What’s the o ld custom on people’s birthday in Spain?、、、
A. Pulling one’s ears.
B. Giving a birthday party.
C. Having a big dinner.When you have a birthday in, you often invite people out.
A. Spain B. France C. TaipeiLin Xiaohan had noodles on his 16th birthday because.
A. noodles are easy to cook
B. noodles are delicious
C. noodles are for a long life.
阅读下列图表， 从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中， 选出最佳选项回答问题或完成句子。
For most people, the blue robot cat Doraemon(哆啦A梦) will always get together with Nobita（大雄） and never leave. But now, in the new 3-D movie Stand By Me (《伴我同行》), Doraemon finally has to go back to where he is from – the future. The movie is now showing in Japan. Nobita and Doraemon’s separation (分离) really made lots of fans sad.
What is Stand By Me?
A. A blue robot cat.
B. A new 3-D movie.
C. A popular song.What happened in the end?
A. Doraemon died.
B. Nobita died.
C. Doraemon went back to where he was from.