Future Plan

Thomas I’m not very sure what I will be doing in ten years from now. Maybe a cook or a film director? But I can tell you what I’ll be doing next week – having a birthday party with friends.

Emma There is one thing I really want to do and that is to travel around the world. Hopefully I will be living somewhere different in ten years, like Australia, or even Japan – who knows? I’d like to be a teacher and I’ll probably be teaching English.

Ken When I was little I always said I wanted to be a doctor and that hasn’t changed. I will study medicine after I finish school. It will be a lot of hard work, but it’s my dream. So in ten years I hope I will either be working in a hospital or as a doctor with my own surgery.

Mary I’m not really sure about the future. I’m interested in the environment, so maybe I’ll probably be working as a scientist and help develop energy or something like that.

【小題1】Who will have a birthday party with friends next week?

A．Emma.

B．Ken.

C．Thomas.

D．Mary.

【小題2】What would Emma like to be in the future?

A．A teacher.

B．A cook.

C．A doctor.

D．A scientist.

【小題3】What’s Ken’s dream?

A．To live somewhere different.	B．To travel around the world.
C．To help develop energy.	D．To study medicine in the future.

Future Plan

Thomas I’m not very sure what I will be doing in ten years from now. Maybe a cook or a film director? But I can tell you what I’ll be doing next week – having a birthday party with friends.

Emma There is one thing I really want to do and that is to travel around the world. Hopefully I will be living somewhere different in ten years, like Australia, or even Japan – who knows? I’d like to be a teacher and I’ll probably be teaching English.

Ken When I was little I always said I wanted to be a doctor and that hasn’t changed. I will study medicine after I finish school. It will be a lot of hard work, but it’s my dream. So in ten years I hope I will either be working in a hospital or as a doctor with my own surgery.

Mary I’m not really sure about the future. I’m interested in the environment, so maybe I’ll probably be working as a scientist and help develop energy or something like that.

【小題1】Who will have a birthday party with friends next week?

A．Emma.

B．Ken.

C．Thomas.

D．Mary.

【小題2】What would Emma like to be in the future?

A．A teacher.

B．A cook.

C．A doctor.

D．A scientist.

【小題3】What’s Ken’s dream?

A．To live somewhere different.	B．To travel around the world.
C．To help develop energy.	D．To study medicine in the future.

Who wants to carry a bulky bag to school? No children. Nobody wants one shoulder to be lower than the other, and paining（疼痛）too. In India, most of us would look at the reduction（減少）of textbooks as a way out. But in a country like America, there are always more choices. A company called goReader has created a "school bag" which is the size of a laptop computer（筆記本電腦）, weighing about 2.5 kg. The goReader has a color screen and can "hold" all the textbooks that a student may need, says a report in ’The Asian Age’ newspaper.
The company plans to work closely with the publishers（出版商） of textbooks so that these books can be supplied on the Internet. All the students will have to do is to download（下載） their textbooks. Making notes and marking important parts of a lesson can be done just as lots of students have done on their textbooks before.
At present, the plan is being tested out in a university. Richard Katzmann, the owner of the company is having his creation tested at Chicago’s DePaul University, where he studied. Does that mean it is goodbye to the new paper, and the smell of the black ink?
【小題1】What does the underlined word “bulky” in the first line mean?

A．light

B．small

C．big and heavy

D．old

【小題2】What would Indians do to solve（解決）the problem?

A．They would reduce the textbooks.	B．They would tell the parents to help students.
C．They would tell the teachers to help students.	D．They would take students to school by bus.

【小題3】 The writer may think that Americans have a ________ way to solve the problem.

A．more stupid

B．worse

C．better

D．quicker

【小題4】The goReader may be a machine ________.

A．that can work as a teacher	B．that can be used as textbooks
C．that can cheat students	D．that can hurt students

【小題5】When the new machine is used, it is possible that ________.

A．students might study harder

B．students might study at home

C．students might not need teachers

D．students might study without paper textbooks

Who wants to carry a bulky bag to school? No children. Nobody wants one shoulder to be lower than the other, and paining（疼痛）too. In India, most of us would look at the reduction（減少）of textbooks as a way out. But in a country like America, there are always more choices. A company called goReader has created a "school bag" which is the size of a laptop computer（筆記本電腦）, weighing about 2.5 kg. The goReader has a color screen and can "hold" all the textbooks that a student may need, says a report in 'The Asian Age' newspaper.

The company plans to work closely with the publishers（出版商） of textbooks so that these books can be supplied on the Internet. All the students will have to do is to download（下載） their textbooks. Making notes and marking important parts of a lesson can be done just as lots of students have done on their textbooks before.
At present, the plan is being tested out in a university. Richard Katzmann, the owner of the company is having his creation tested at Chicago's DePaul University, where he studied. Does that mean it is goodbye to the new paper, and the smell of the black ink?
【小題1】What does the underlined word “bulky” in the first line mean?

A．light

B．small

C．big and heavy

D．old

【小題2】What would Indians do to solve（解決）the problem?

A．They would reduce the textbooks.	B．They would tell the parents to help students.
C．They would tell the teachers to help students.	D．They would take students to school by bus.

【小題3】 The writer may think that Americans have a ________ way to solve the problem.

A．more stupid

B．worse

C．better

D．quicker

【小題4】The goReader may be a machine ________.

A．that can work as a teacher	B．that can be used as textbooks
C．that can cheat students	D．that can hurt students

【小題5】When the new machine is used, it is possible that ________.

A．students might study harder

B．students might study at home

C．students might not need teachers

D．students might study without paper textbooks

I remember my maths teacher Mr Young very well. He stood out because the kids made fun of him. He was missing one of his fingers. In school Maths was my worst subject. I don’t think there was ever a day I went to school that I was not afraid.
One day, I was told that if I got one more E on my report card, my parents would be called to school.
I tried really hard for weeks to learn Maths. I just couldn’t understand how to make different parts of numbers into whole things; my brain just couldn’t do it, no matter how hard I tried.
The day before report cards were to come out, I knew that Mr Young would give me an E, just like he always did.
After class ended, I went to Mr Young and told him what would happen if I got another E. He told me there was nothing he could do; it would be unfair to the other kids if he gave me a better grade than I had actually earned.
I looked at the teacher and said, “Mr Young, you know how all the kids make fun of you because you’re missing your finger?”
He looked at me, and said nothing.
“They shouldn’t do that to you because you can’t help not having a finger, Mr Young. Just like I can’t help not being able to learn numbers and matters like that,” I said.
Again, he said nothing as he looked down at his desk, and began grading papers.
The next day, when I got my report card, I looked at my grades: Geography: B- , English: D-  , History: C- , Gym: B+ , Art: C, Maths: D- .
That Math grade was the most favorite one I ever received in my whole life. I knew that someone in the world finally understood what it was like for me to be missing a finger inside my head.
【小題1】Where was Mr Young different from others?

A．He had only nine fingers in all.

B．He played jokes with students.

C．He usually gave higher mark to students.

D．He taught Maths in an interesting way.

【小題2】What would happen to the writer if he got another E?

A．He would be asked to leave school.

B．He might be punished by his parents.

C．He would not be allowed to play any more.

D．He would be laughed at by other students.

【小題3】The writer got a Math D- at last because            .

A．he achieved a higher level after working hard

B．Mr Young was afraid of being made fun of again

C．Mr Young knew the trouble of being poor in mind

D．Mr Young thanked him for telling him the opinions of students

【小題4】The story tells us that              .

A．students should respect(尊敬) the disabled teachers

B．teachers should treat all the students fairly

C．students need to be cared for in their study,

D．teachers should have an understanding of the students