We all have dreams. Do you still remember your dream when you were still a middle school student. As teenagers, you may have many dreams. Maybe you wanted to be a scientist, a teacher or a doctor. These dreams can be very big, such as winning a Nobel Prize, or very small. You may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class.
If you have a dream, what do you do with it? Do you try to make your dream come true? Andrew Matthews wrote a book called Follow Your Heart. It tells us it’s the biggest challenge(挑战) to make our dreams come true.
There will be many difficulties on the road to your dreams. But you must never give up your dream. Because the biggest difficulty comes from you yourself.
Everyone can make his/her dream come true. The first thing to do is to remember your dream. Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want and keep working hard. Do this step by step and your dream will come true one day.
1.Follow Your Heart is the name of .
A. Andrew Matthews B. a book about hearts
C. a book by Andrew Matthews D. a dream
2.Which of the following may be a small dream for teenagers?
A. To be a man like Nobel.
B. To win a Nobel Prize.
C. To be the best student in the class.
D. To be a scientist.
3.If you want to make your dream come true, the biggest difficulty is from .
A. the book B. your school C. your dream D. you yourself
4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Different people have the same dream.
B. If you keep on, you can make your dream come true.
C. There are few difficulties on the road to everyone's dream.
D. When you give up your dream, it will come true soon.
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Raymond is a little koala living in Australia. His mom left him when he was only 1 month old. But luckily, a kind woman called Julie took him home and looked after him. Raymond spends his days sitting at Julie’s desk. |
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Meet Zeus, the tallest dog in the world. The 3-year-old dog is 168cm tall from foot to shoulder. When standing on his hind legs (后腿), Zeus reaches 226cm. Zeus lives in the US. He eats a 14-kg bag of food. |
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Scotland chose two Shetland ponies(矮种马), Fivla and Vitamin, as “ambassadors(大使)” to bring in visitors. Fivla is 17 and Vitamin is 18. They wear clothes made from wool. Scotland uses pictures of them to show the country’s beauty. |
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You can’t find a better sheepdog than Jess the springer spaniel (激飞长毛猎犬) in the UK. Every day, the dog goes out to feed lambs from a milk bottle she carries in her mouth. She does it rain or shine, three times a day. |
1._______ left Raymond when he was only one month old.
A. Julie B. Fivla C. Vitamin D. His mother
2. is the tallest dog in the world.
A. Raymond B. Zeus C. Jess D. Fivla and Vitamin
3.Fivla and Vitamin are Shetland ponies from_______.
A. Australia B. The US C. The UK D. Scotland
4.How often does Jess feed lambs from a milk bottle in her mouth?
A. Every two weeks. B. Three times a week.
C. Once a day. D. Three times a day.
A woman went into a shop one evening to buy a new blouse. A strange man followed her into the shop and stood about while she was at the counter. Suddenly she screamed and the man turned and ran out of the shop, right into the arms of a passing policeman. Then he was caught by the policeman because he was a wanted robber.
“Mrs Jones, if you hadn’t screamed, I would certainly have been robbed,” said the shopkeeper, “I didn’t know it,” answered Mrs Jones. “I screamed when you told me how expensive the blouse was.”
1.The woman was ___________________.
A. a policewoman B. Mrs Jones C. a robber D. the shopkeeper
2.What did the strange man go into the shop for?
A. He tried to rob the shop.
B. He wanted to do some shopping.
C. He had something to tell the shopkeeper.
D. He was the shopkeeper's brother and just wanted to drop by.
3.From the passage we know that .
A. the shopkeeper caught the robber
B. the woman was a shopkeeper too
C. the man ran away after he robbed the shopkeeper
D. the woman didn't know the man was a robber at all
Is money everything? At present some people think that is everything. Some of them even their lives for it. Money has its most useful on the poor, but once a person has a rich life, a lot more money doesn't mean more .
If money was , all millionaires would have true love, true friendship, good health and a long life. , this is not always true.
Nothing else is more than the three words “I love you”. But can be bought？I’m afraid not. Love means to give, not to take. To every person, health and long life are the most valuable things. Well, can health and a long life be bought with money? The answer is “No”.
Of all the longest living people in the world, of them are millionaires. True friendship can't be bought . Many other things be bought with money: knowledge, life and happiness and so on. Just think, if a person these things at all, is the money still useful? No matter how much money you have, it is still not enough you a happy person if you have no one to laugh , no one to cry for. Now, do you think money is everything?
1.A. time B. health C. friend D. money
2.A. lose B. like C. save D. affect
3.A. affect B. effect C. effort D. influence
4.A. stress B. sadness C. happiness D. problems
5.A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
6.A. If B. But C. While D. However
7.A. polite B. generous C. pleasant D. boring
8.A. life B. love C. health D. friends
9.A. probably B. perhaps C. maybe D. impossible
10.A. all B. few C. each D. none
11.A. also B. too C. yet D. either
12.A. cannot B. mustn’t C. needn’t D. shouldn’t
13.A. has B. doesn’t have C. will have D. won’t have
14.A. make B. makes C. to make D. making
15.A. at B. to C. for D. with
—Shall we see a film to relax ourselves after the exam? —_________.
A. That’s all right B. Good luck
C. That’s a good idea D. Have a great time
— The light is still on in his room. Do you know _________?
— In order to practise for the English singing party.
A. if he works hard B. who he is studying with
C. why he is so busy D. when he will stop working
