As teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be small. You may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class.
Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream real?Follow Your Heart by Australian writer Andrew Matthews tells us that making our dreams real is life’s biggest challenge.
You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts stop you from getting your dream, the book says.
In fact, everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is.
Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come true faster because a big dream is, in fact, many small dreams.
You must also never give up your dream.
There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will lead to better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book. As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn more skills and find new interests.
1. Follow Your Heart is .
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A．the first thing you must do to make your dream real |
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B．the most important dream to have for teenagers |
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C．the name of a famous Australian writer |
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D．the name of a book by Andrew Matthews |
2.If you want to make your dream real, you should .
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A．remember what your dream is |
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B．keep telling yourself what you want |
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C．never be afraid of difficulties |
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D．try to start with all the things above |
3. From the text, we know the word“challenge”means“ ”.
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A．变化 |
B．挑战 |
C．决定 |
D．态度 |
4. What shouldn’t be done to make your dream come true?
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A．Always remember what your dream is. |
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B．Watch TV instead of studying. |
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C．Do what you should do step by step. |
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D．Save money to buy new books. |
5.What is the best title for the text?
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A．Make a Big Dream |
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B．How to Find Your Real Dream |
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C．Never Stop Dreaming of Success |
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D．Teenagers Have Many Dreams |
In ancient China, the State of Wu made an attack on the State of Yue. The king of Wu was badly hurt and soon died. His son Fu Chai became the new king. Fu was very sad and angry and he decided to fight back for his father’s death. He trained his army strictly until it was very strong. Three years later, he led his army against the State of Yue and caught its king Gou Jian, who was taken to the State of Wu.
Gou Jian was put into a small black stone house which was full of terrible smell and was made to raise(饲养) horses. Gou worked hard and tried to keep himself quiet, but he never forgot his pain. Many years later, he was set free. Gou secretly trained his army after he went back to his own state. In order to make himself strong-minded he slept on firewood and ate a gall bladder before having dinner and going to bed every night. After a few years, his country became strong once more. Then Gou took hold of a golden chance to fight against Wu and won the war in the end.
If one voluntarily(自愿) works very hard and voluntarily stands up to pains and difficulties in order to succeed, we might call him a“Gou Jian”, and his story, a“Gou Jian’s story”.
1. Three years later _______ was caught and taken to the state of Wu.
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A．Gou Jian |
B．Fu Chai |
C．Gou Jian’s father |
D．Fu Chai’s father |
2.Gou Jian ________ when he was in the state of Wu.
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A．ate gall bladders |
B．raised horses |
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C．trained his army |
D．forgot his pain |
3.Which of the following is TRUE ?
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A．The gall bladders tasted good. |
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B．Gou Jian loved horse-raising. |
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C．Finally Gou Jian was set free. |
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D．Finally Fu Chai was set free. |
4.The story mainly tells us that________
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A．a country without a strong army is easy to defeat |
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B．if someone attacks you , you should just fight back |
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C．if you fail in doing something, it’s better for you to forget the pain |
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D．if you face difficulties bravely without giving up , you’ll finally succeed |
Michael Jackson is one of the world’s best singers. Michael Jackson was born in the middle west of Gary, Indiana, in 1958. He began singing with his four brothers. They called the group “Jackson Five”. The group became very popular after appearing on a television progam. They started singing in 1965, became popular soon. In 1970 the group made their first record the name of “I Want You Back”. It was very popular. One of their hit records was “Never Say Goodbye”.
Michael was good at dancing as well as singing, for example, his dance moves and moon walking. He was asked to act in a film in 1978 for the first time, in the same year he made a record on his own, which sold eight million copies all over the world.
Michael nearly didn’t go out because he was too famous. Once his fans went off in a faint（晕倒） when they saw him at the concert. No one can do it by now. He lived in a large house and kept lots of animals. He never ate meat. He often raises money for charity. This made him win the Guinness World Records（吉尼斯世界纪录）in 2006. He died on June 25th, 2009, but he would live in our heart forever.
1.What’s the name of their first record?
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A．“Never Say Goodbye” |
B．“See You, See Me” |
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C．“I Want You Back” |
D．“On the World” |
2.Michael was good at __________ according to the passage.
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A．rock music |
B．street dance |
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C．playing the piano |
D．moon walking |
3.Why did Mochael have to stay at home most of the time?
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A．Because he was too famous |
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B．Because he often felt lonely. |
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C．Because he had no friends |
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D．Because his company asked him to do so |
If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others?
Don’t listen to people who say that young people today often think only of themselves. It’s not true at all. More and more young people in the USA volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don’t do it for money. Here are some of their stories.
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Alice Hamilton, 17 I’m going to help the Forest Center build new hiking paths(小道) in the mountains. It’s going to be terrific(棒极了). I will spend the whole summer living in a tent(帐篷) and breathing the fresh mountain air. I’m going to sleep under the stars. It will be a nice sport, and I will be able to do something good at the same time! |
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Jason Moore, 18 This summer, I’ll volunteer with Special House Program. They build good, low-cost houses and sell them to the poor. They’ll teach me what to do, so I am going to help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses. |
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Trish Anderson, 16 I’m going to teach children who have trouble in reading. I’ll work for a program called Reading For Life. Every day, I’m going to help children choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher, and I love children and reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me. |
1.What does Alice volunteer to do in summer?
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A．To sleep under the stars. |
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B．To spend the whole summer living in a tent |
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C．To help build new hiking paths in the mountains. |
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D．To be a teacher |
2.From the passage, we know that Jason Moore _____.
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A．likes reading |
B．is 18 years old |
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C．isn’t very rich |
D．likes children |
3.________ wants to be a teacher.
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A．Alice Hamilton |
B．Jason Moore |
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C．Trish Anderson |
D．The writer |
A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s disappointment,she said she would go. This 16 be the first time that his classmates and teacher 17 his mother and he felt ashamed of her 18 . Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a scar(疤痕)that 19 nearly the right side of her face. The boy never wanted to 20 why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were impressed by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother in spite of the scar, but the little boy was still 21 and hid himself from everyone, 22 a conversation between his mother and the teacher.
The teacher asked 23 ,“How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother answered,“When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was 24 afraid to go in because the fire was 25 ，so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked senseless but 26 , a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She touched（摸着） the 27 side of her face. “This scar will be 28 ,but to this day, I have never regretted what I did.”
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her mother in his arms and 29 a great sense of the sacrifice(牺牲)that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the 30 of the day.
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A．me to smoke, Not at all |
B．my smoking, Yes, please. |
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C．me to smoke, Yes, you’d better not |
D．if I smoke, No, of course not. |
