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.
1.The underlined work “odd” may mean in Chinese.
A.固定的 B.奇怪的 C.临时的 D.优惠的
2.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.
3.An’s book will be written in languages.
A.one B.two C.three D.four
4.In which column （专栏）can An Dun’s The Chinese Dream be found?
A.Business. B.Arts.
C.Society. D.Movies.
FUN TIME
Are you tired of the puzzles you usually do? Sudoku is a new choice. Sudoku consists of (由…组成)the Japanese characters Su ( meaning“number”）and Doku ( meaning“single”）, but it was not invented in Japan. It was created by Howard Games in 1979. The puzzle was first introduced into Japan by Nikoli Puzzle Company in 1984. In 1986, Kaji Maki, the president of Nikoli made the rules strict and clear. Soon in the same year Sudoku became popular in Japan. In November 2004，The Times' a British newspaper, first printed it in the newspaper. It became an international hit in 2005. Now Sudoku becomes very popular all over the world. The rule of the puzzle is to fill in the grids (格子）so that every row, every 3×3 box has the numbers 1 to 9. Here is a Sudoku. Please relax and enjoy. It’s fun.
1.Who created Sudoku?
A. Howard Games. B. Sudoku.
C. Kaji Maki. D. Nikoli.
2.Which is true about Kaji Maki according to the reading material?
A. He was the boss of Nissan Company.
B. He helped to make Sudoku popular in Japan.
C. He was the president of The Times.
D. He is an American.
3.What should “Z" be in the puzzle?
A. 8. B. 5. C. 2. D. 4
完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以 填入空白处的最佳选项。（本大题共10分，每小题1分）
“I can’t believe what I’m hearing!”I thought to myself. Jeff was the last candidate候选人for president of the Students’ Union. My best friend Tony came to me and said. “I’m sorry, Mike. I really thought you should be ____. ”
Later that day, I happened to pass Jeff in the dining room. I offered him a ___ “Congratulations” and walked to my usual table. To my surprise，Jeff put his plate beside mine.
“I’m er—I’m just wondering if you would…come to work on my team，” he said in a ___ voice. “You are really smart，and you would be a great manager. ”
“I don’t think so,” I replied，feeling unsure.
“Well, if you change your mind, we are meeting tomorrow,” he said before moving to another table.
All that night, I thought about the offer from Jeff. Maybe being a part of the election process 选举过程would give ___ a chance to make important changes at our school. I decided to join them.
My first goal目标was to ___ an attractive有吸引力的advertisement. Within a few days, we designed a poster with Jeff’s pictures showing him in a number of activities. No one could walk through any hallway 门厅 ___ passing Jeff’s smiling face.
My next step was to__ which new activities students would like to have at our school. Many of them wanted a chess club and a volleyball team.
With the information I had collected, Jeff met with the headmaster. The headmaster ___ to add these activities to our school program.
An eighth grader said, “It’ll be like attending a new school with Jeff as president. ”
Hearing these words made me feel ___. I had wanted to become president of the Students’ Union to make a difference. I achieved that and more by working as a member of Jeff’s team. He became the most popular candidate and I was large part of his ___. The fact that has made a difference in other people lives is the real prize. What a great feeling!
1.A. heard B. chosen C. invited D. followed
2.A. polite B. loud C. warm D. cheerful
3.A. proud B. quick C. nervous D. regretful
4.A. them B. him C. me D. us
5.A. print B. invent C. create D. send
6.A. for B. from C. with D. without
7.A. carry out B. try out C. work out D. find out
8.A. agreed B. wanted C. expected D. asked
9.A. proud B. surprised C. patient D. hopeful
10.A. luck B. spirit C. life D. success
--What about going boating this afternoon?
--It sounds great. ________.
A. Either take the lead or fall behind.
B. I can’t agree with you more.
C. You can’t be too careful.
D. It’s better to be safe than sorry.
一Do you know the new player of our school team?
一Of course! I have never seen _______.
A. a best one B. a taller one
C. the tall one D. the good one
Did your father tell you _______?
A. when he travelled to Hong Kong
B. how he goes to Shanghai
C. where he has spent his holidays
D. why did he visit Hangzhou
