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I am 15. Now I’m studying English in London. I want to invent a language machine that can help me understand as many languages as possible. Marie, France Aug. 15, 2009 |
I am 13. I dream of going to a top university after I finish middle school. I want to be a reporter in the future. Michiko, Japan Sep.21, 2009 |
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I am a 12-year-old girl. I like traveling very much. How I wish to visit Egypt some day! Masha, Russia Oct. 15, 2009 |
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I am a 16-year-old girl in Tibet. The Qinghai Tibet Railway has been built. I’ll be able to reach Shanghai by train in about 50 hours. My dream is to go to Shanghai to visit Expo 2010. Joma, China June 10, 2008 |
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I am 14 years old. I dream of inventing a machine that can send things or people from one place to another in a minute. Andrew, the USA Nov. 30, 2009 |
1. What is Michiko’s dream?
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A．Visiting Egypt. |
B．Going from one place to another in a minute. |
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C．Going to a top university |
D．Inventing a language machine. |
2.How old is Joma when Expo 2010 Shanghai are held?
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A．Fifteen. |
B．Sixteen |
C．Seventeen. |
D．Eighteen. |
3.The best title for this passage would be ____________.
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A．I Have a Dream |
B．Different Students From Different Countries |
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C．Five Middle School Students |
D．Our Inventions |
Steven Jobs, the designer of Apple Computer, was not clever when he was in school. At that time, he was not a good student and he always made troubles with his schoolmates. When he went into college, he didn’t change a lot. Then he dropped out（退学）. But he was full of new ideas.
After he left college, Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in life.
Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India.
In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the Apple Computer with his friend in his garage (汽车库). He chose the name “Apple” just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden.
His Apple Computer was such a great success that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world.
1. Steven Jobs was not a good student in school because he ___________.
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A．never did his lessons |
B．was full of new ideas |
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C．always made troubles with his schoolmates |
D．dropped out |
2. Steven Jobs designed his new computer _____________.
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A．in India |
B．with his friend |
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C．in an apple tree garden |
D．by himself |
3.Steven Jobs was famous for his ________ all over the world.
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A．new ideas |
B．apple |
C．Apple Computer |
D．video games |
4. From this passage we know ___________
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A．Steven Jobs liked travelling in India and California |
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B．Steven Jobs could only design video games |
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C．Steven Jobs didn’t finish his studies in the college because he hated his schoolmates |
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D．Steven Jobs liked trying new things and making his new ideas become true |
It was the last night of my summer camp. 16 I didn’t want to leave, I had to go back home the next day. I didn’t want to pack (收拾行装). I just wanted to make the night go 17 . How I wished that I could make time 18 at that moment! However, it seemed that time flew more quickly than before. I 19 on the bed, but I wasn’t 20 at all. I just closed my 21 , thinking of every minute I had 22 with my friends during the camp.
Just then, someone 23 the door. “Open the door, please.” said a soft 24 . I thought it was my friend, Elle. So I replied, “It’s open.” Then the door 25 . When I looked at the door, I was 26 . There stood all my friends, Elle, Lily, Sally and Allie. Together they walked over to my 27 and then each of them gave me a big hug (拥抱). We 28 our phone numbers and e-mail addresses to each other. We said that no matter how far we would be away from each other, we would 29 forget each other.
Just then, a tear slowly rolled down my face. As I looked up, I noticed all of my friends’ eyes were also 30 .
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—Sally, I’m so worried about tomorrow’s exam that I can’t fall asleep.
—_________. You’re sure to pass it.
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A．Believe in yourself |
B．It doesn’t matter |
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C．No problem |
D．It’s OK |
—Could you tell me _________?
—I’m planning to teach in the west of China.
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A．what’s your future plan |
B．what your future plan is |
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C．what was your future plan |
D．what your future plan was |
—I hear Millie is _________ in playing badminton than going roller skating.
—I don’t think so. She’s just come first in the school badminton competition.
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A．more interesting |
B．less interesting |
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C．more interested |
D．less interested |
