Many parents want their children to be famous one day. But do children have the same    1  ?

A new   2  —Hi, Ke'ai is on at Beijing Children's Art Theatre. It tells the story of a boy called Ke'ai. His parents would like him to become a painter or a   3  one day. They teach him to   4  and to play the violin, but Ke'ai doesn't enjoy these activities. Then one day Ke'ai's parents see Liu Xiang win a gold   5  at the Athens Olympic Games, and they want him to be a sportsman.

"   6  do they want me to be someone else?" Ke'ai asks and says, "I only want to be   7  . "

The play shows us that it is good for parents to learn to   8  their children. It helps parents to think about what kids want to do.

Young audiences(觀眾)enjoy the story, and also the   9  in the play. There are two songs in the play. One of them, "Ke'ai's Song" is very  10  to learn, so the audiences can sing the song on their way home after the play!

1.                A．jobs           B．dreams         C．habits    D．hobbies

2.                A．song           B．film            C．play D．opera

3.                A．writer          B．teacher         C．sportsman D．musician

4.                A．paint           B．write           C．run  D．drive

5.                A．match          B．ring            C．medal    D．race

6.                A．How           B．Why           C．When    D．Where

7.                A．myself         B．different        C．a(chǎn)lone D．great

8.                A．encourage      B．understand      C．criticize   D．inspire

9.                A．light           B．clothes         C．skill  D．music

10.               A．easy           B．difficult         C．important  D．necessary

A: Hi, Han Mei! What are you doing now?
B: I’m studying for tomorrow’s test. What about you?     
A: I’m learning English by l  81   to the tapes. Can you tell me how you learn English?
B: I learn by practicing conversations with my partner.
A: That’s a good idea. I think it can i  82   your speaking skills. Who’s your partner？
B: Liu Ying, one of your classmates at primary school.
A: Oh, wow! It’s her! I remember she u  83  to be short and be very quiet.
B: But now she’s much 84 than before and very outgoing.
A: By the way, do you have lots of rules at school?
B: Yes, we do. For example, we must w  84  uniform at school.
A: Should students be allowed to have part-time job?
B: No. But I think it is necessary for students to have s  85  rules at school.
A: That’s right.

Hi Brad,

It’s good to hear from you again. I find that I’m not good at writing compositions. It’s hard for me to prepare the form of a composition and organize sentences. ①Could you tell me how to deal with this problem? I would really appreciate if you offer me some good methods.

Best wishes,

                                                                      Cindy

Hi Cindy,

A composition is really a story and any story is told to an audience. There is a form for this and it is in three parts. First, tell them(the audience) what you are going to tell them. Then tell them, and finally tell them what you told them. Parts one and three are short and most of the information is in part two. It works like this.

Let’s say you are asked to write a 200-word composition about your visit to the Great Wall. You would begin with an opening sentence or two saying something like “The Great Wall of China is a national ②landmark that is famous around the world. I visited it last summer and I want to tell you about it.” That uses about 25 words to tell them what you are going to tell them.

The second part would be about 150 words and would contain information about the Great Wall such as how long it is, when it was built, who built it and why, the fact that it is one of the seven wonders of the world and you would talk about how you felt and what you thought when you visited this national treasure. This is telling them.

Finally, you would use about another 25 words to say something like “That was my first visit to the Great Wall and it was a very emotional experience to actually touch something so old and famous. ③每個中國人至少參觀長城一次.I plan to go back whenever I can.” Here, you are telling them what you told them in the story and wrapping it all up into a neat package. This formula(慣例)works for both compositions and speeches and I think you will find it helps to organize your thoughts. I hope it’s helpful.

Best wishes,

                                                                 Brad Franklin

1.將文中①處的畫線部分翻譯成漢語：                                             .

2.(A) 試寫出文中②處畫線部分landmark的漢語意思：            .

(B)下面有四個在文中出現(xiàn)的單詞，請找出畫線部分發(fā)音哪個與眾不同?                .

A. work            B. word            C. information            D. world

3.將文中③處的漢語翻譯成英語：                                                 .

4.從文中找出適當(dāng)?shù)脑~組填空：How I wish to get a letter from you soon!

How I wish to _________  _________ you soon!

5.用英語回答問題：What’s the main idea of the passage?                                .

A: Hi , Kate ! How was your summer holiday?
B: 1______________.
A: Where did you go?
B: I went to Beihai with my parents.
A: 2____________.
B: It’s one of the most beautiful cities in Guangxi.. I like it very much.
A: How long did you stay there ?
B: We stayed there for five days. 3_____________.
A: Which is your favorite places?
B: 4_____________ When I was there , I lost myself in the beautiful scenery..
A: What interesting things did you do there ?
B: Lots of things , such as swimming, boating, fishing and riding camels, 5__________.
A: Oh, really? I can’t wait to go there.