What’s Cool?
By Maria Lee
This week, I asked students about fashion(时尚).I showed each student six things and asked them about each one. Some of their answers were interesting. Here are their likes and dislikes.
Judy Smith likes the key ring(钥匙环).Her friend Jeff says he can’t stand the scarf(围巾).“It’s for moms!”he said. William Jones loves the wallet, and his classmate Gina Taylor loves the watch.(Her best friend Ann Rice doesn’t mind the watch, but she really likes the sunglasses!) Jerry Green also likes the sunglasses(太阳镜).
And the coolest(最酷的) thing was the belt. Everyone loved it!Judy Smith likes the key ring.
Gina Taylor doesn’t love the watch.
William Jones loves the wallet.
Ann Rice really likes the sunglasses.
The coolest thing was the scarf.
My name is Mimi. I’m black and white. I like sitting on the chair in the sun in winter. Do you know my favorite food? It is fish. I don’t like apples. I can climb trees. I can sing “ Miao, miao”. What am I? Can you guess？What color is Mimi?
| A．Black. | B．White. |
| C．Black and white. | D．Red |
What does Mimi like doing in winter?
| A．Sitting in the sun. | B．Running. |
| C．Dancing. | D．Singing |
What’s Mimi’s favorite food?
| A．Eggs. | B．Fish. | C．Rice. | D．Fruit |
What can Mimi do?
| A．Climb trees. | B．Play computer games. |
| C．Watch television. | D．Cook |
What is Mimi?
| A．A dog | B．A bird | C．A cat | D．A tiger |
What is your favourite cartoon? It may be difficult for you to decide. But for pianist Lang Lang, Tom and Jerry is the best one.
When Lang Lang was two years old, he saw Tom playing the piano. This was his first time to enjoy western music and this experience encouraged him to learn to play the piano.
His talent at the keyboard has taken him from Shenyang to the world.
Lang became a good piano student at three. Ever since, the boy has been doing better and better. In 1997, the 15-year-old boy studied at a famous American music college.
Lang’s performance are full of energy. He is well-known for making facial expressions and moving around while playing the piano.
The road to success has never been easy. Lang’s father stopped his job to look after him, while his mother stayed in Shenyang to make money. But Lang considers himself lucky and believes he should give something back. He has helped the children in poor areas a lot.
| Personal ____ |
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| About his personal life |
Name |
Lang Lang |
| Year of birth |
_____ |
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| _____ |
Keyboard |
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| Favourite ___ |
Tom and Jerry |
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| The reason for ___ |
He believes himself lucky and should give something back. |
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| About his musical life |
The __ |
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| Famous for his ___ |
“Fish stories” are stories of the greatest fish that a fisherman has almost caught, but for some reason, the fish always get away. Usually, these stories do not have much truth to them. One of the biggest fish stories in history was about a whale.
In 1891, a ship hunting for whales in the South Atlantic Ocean found a very large whale. While the hunters were trying to kill the whale, it sank two small boats. One man drowned, and another man, James Bartley, was lost in the ocean. However, after the hunters finally killed the whale, they cut open the whale’s stomach and found Mr Bartley inside. He was not dead!
Several weeks later, Mr Bartley seemed to have gotten over his terrible experience. The only thing he could remember was that while he was inside the whale, it was very hot. The liquid (液体) from the whale’s stomach had turned all of his skin snow white. Mr Bartley had to live with the effect from the whale for the rest of his life.
Today, many people have heard about the strange experience of Mr Bartley and do not buy it. Not one real fact has been found to prove that the events ever took place described by the sailors. No scientist or newspaper reporter was ever able to talk to Mr Bartley, and all of the stories told in magazines about Mr Bartley’s experience were explained by other sailors on the boat. Mr Bartley was probably not even a real person at all.
In 1928, after the captain (船长) of the whaling ship had died, one man asked the captain’s wife about Mr Bartley’s story. The wife said that no man who had sailed on her husband’s ship was ever swallowed by a whale.
However, this has not stopped James Bartley’s story from being repeated, and many people today still believe that it is true.What made Mr Bartley’s skin white?
| A．The ocean water. |
| B．The whale’s teeth. |
| C．The heat inside the whale. |
| D．The liquid in the whale’s stomach. |
Who may have talked to Mr Bartley?
| A．A scientist. | B．The captain’s wife. |
| C．The sailors on the ship. | D．A newspaper reporter. |
The captain’s wife said that .
| A．the story was not true |
| B．her husband told her the story |
| C．the whale was never found |
| D．Mr Bartley didn’t work for her husband |
Today, many people have heard about the strange experience of Mr Bartley and do not buy it. Here “buy” means .
| A．明白 | B．相信 |
| C．购买 | D．证明 |
In paragraph 4 and paragraph 5 we may know that Mr Bartley .
| A．became a writer later |
| B．died when he was young |
| C．told his story to a magazine reporter |
| D．was not even a real person at all |
London, May 5, 2003 Emma Richards of Britain has become the first woman and the youngest person to finish the Around Alone, which is a round-the-world sailing race. The journey started in New York last September and went east around South Africa to New Zealand. It crossed the Pacific Ocean and went around South America, ending up yesterday in Rhode Island, the smallest state in America. In the end, the trip covered over 46,000 kilometres. The same sea route was taken in the past by many famous travelers who wanted to learn about the world.
Emma, a 1996 graduate (毕业生) of the University of Glasgow, finished the race at the age of twenty-eight. The race requires competitors to sail alone. Emma said that actually it was very difficult to be all by herself for such a long time even though she’s really into sailing. Her worst moment was when she had to climb the high mast (船桅) in a bad storm to fix some broken parts. She sailed hundreds of kilometres away from land and the wind was blowing very hard. Only her strong willpower kept her going to make it all the way. These days, Emma is happy to be home with her parents and sleep in a bed that stays still.The first paragraph is mostly about .
| A．the Around Alone race |
| B．a terrible wind storm |
| C．the start of the journey |
| D．the smallest state in America |
Which one is NOT true?
| A．Emma sailed alone around the world. |
| B．Emma made a new route for the sea travel. |
| C．Emma is the youngest person to finish the race. |
| D．Emma is the first woman to finish Around Alone. |
The second paragraph mainly tells us about .
| A．Emma’s parents | B．how to repair a broken boat |
| C．the University of Glasgow | D．Emma’s sailing experience |
How long did the trip take?
| A．About four months. | B．About six months. |
| C．About eight months. | D．About twelve months. |
What is the best way to explain Emma’s success?
| A．The other racers had many problems. |
| B．Her parents encouraged her to keep on. |
| C．She had strong willpower to make it to the end. |
| D．She had received a good education in a university. |
| School Library To Joy Lee, Just to remind you that you have four overdue books. Title Writer ① The age of Innocence Edith Wharton due (到期) 22/Jan ② Mr Standfast John Buchan due 24/Jan ③ Imagine Alison Lester due 26/Jan ④ Selected Tales Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm due 26/Jan Please return these books tomorrow. Other people may be waiting to borrow them. Jane Johnes Librarian Date: 3/Feb/2013 Note: You may not borrow any new books until these books have been returned. |
This is .
| A．a report | B．an introduction |
| C．a reminder | D．an advertisement |
This note was written by .
| A．Jane Johnes | B．Joy Lee |
| C．Alison Lester | D．John Buchan |
John Buchan is .
| A．due on 24th January |
| B．a friend of Joy Lee’s |
| C．the writer of the note |
| D．the writer of Mr Standfast |
Joy Lee should return the book Imagine before .
| A．22ndJan | B．24thJan |
| C．26thJan | D．3rdFeb |
From this note we DON’T know that .
| A．Jane Johnes works in the library |
| B．Joy Lee may not borrow any new books now |
| C．Joy Lee has lent these four books to other students |
| D．Jane Johnes asks the note receiver to return the four books on Feb. 4th |
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