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Sound of genius(天才)
Sophia Chan (Chen Qingli) is a pretty girl with a sweet smile. She is【小题1】_____ 12, but many people are【小题2】   calling her a “young violin genius”.
Chan began to play the violin __【小题3】the age of 4. She gave her【小题4】 show when she was 5. In 2006, CCTV-【小题5】 her a “ young star of the future”. In 2007, Sophia【小题6】   the Gold Award (金奖) at the Youth Art festival in Germany. Also, her first violin album(专辑)【小题7】 out in May this year.
【小题8】 kids need their parents to push them to work hard. Chan, however, actively plays the violin on her own. “ Playing the violin is what I really like,” she says. “ It is my interest that pushes me to play【小题7】.”
Chan balances her violin playing with her school work. She plays her violin after school. It is usually late at night when she begins to do her homework. “I am used to it,” Chan says. “ The more you play, the more you get.”

Hello! My name is Becky Sharp. I’m 11 years old. I have one brother. His name is Jason and he’s 14. I don’t have any sisters.

We live with our mum, dad and grandma in a small house in Chesterfield, in the north of England. There are lots of things to do here. My friends and I sometimes go to the cinema on Saturdays.

Do you like sports? I like football. My favourite team is Manchester United. I sometimes play football with my brother. I am good at it but my brother isn’t.

I have lots of pets---one tortoise (乌龟) and six goldfish (金鱼). I want a dog or a cat, but my mother doesn’t like them.

1.There are ________ people in Becky’s family.

2. Becky and her family live in________.

3.Does Becky play football well?________

4. Becky’s mother doesn’t like________.

5.What does “pet” mean in Chinese?

Liu Yun, 13, pretty and smart. She is a good student. But many students try to stay from her because Liu Yun’s mum has AIDS(爱滋病) and her father has died of AIDS. Luckily, Liu Yun didn’t get it.
AIDS means fear for most people. Nobody wants to play games with her. Even a teacher who used to like her turns his back on her now. The biggest problem is how other people look at her. She sometimes wants todrop out of schoolbecause she can no longer face others’ indifference(冷漠)。
It is said if a person has AIDS, it’s still safe to eat and play with him. So I think Liu Yun’s classmates and teachers are afraid of AIDS because they don’t know much about AIDS. And Liu Yun needs their love and understanding. Even a friendly smile means a lot to her.

1. 1.

   Why isn’t Liu Yun popular with the students and the teachers?

   1. A.
      She has AIDS.                 
   2. B.
      Her mother has AIDS.
   3. C.
      Her father has died of AIDS.      
   4. D.
      Both B and C.
2. 2.

   What will you do when you best friend has AIDS?

   1. A.
      I’ll stay away from him.
   2. B.
      I won’t have meals with him.
   3. C.
      I won’t talk with him.
   4. D.
      I should be more friendly to him than before.
3. 3.

   What’s the meaning of the underlined words “drop out of school”?

   1. A.
      逃学
   2. B.
      辍学
   3. C.
      请病假
   4. D.
      回家
4. 4.

   Can we have meals with the people that have AIDS?

   1. A.
      Yes, we can.
   2. B.
      No, we can’t.
   3. C.
      No, we shouldn’t.
   4. D.
      We don’t know.
5. 5.

   Which of the following is TURE?

   1. A.
      Though Liu Yun’s mother has AIDS, every teacher still love her.
   2. B.
      None of teachers love her after her mother has AIDS .
   3. C.
      Most of teachers love her after her mother has AIDS.
   4. D.
      Only a few teacher love her when her mother has AIDS.

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It's March, 2050.

Frank and Mary Smith wake up in their comfortable house in the morning and switch on the bedroom computer to get the latest news. They used to read the Times, but changed to electronic newspapers many years ago.                                                

There is the usual news about space: another space flight has returned from Mars and scientists have discovered a new planet. Then they turn to business news: the US dollar has risen greatly in Shanghai, one of the world's leading business centers. Mary tells the computer to buy 5,000 dollars, and there is a quick response that it has been done.

As they watch the screen, Mary orders one of the household robots to make coffee for them. Frank disappears into the study to join a video conference with his partners around the world. He is a computer engineer, working for several companies. This is his third job: he used to be in marketing and then television.

Mary has a quick look at the shopping channels - the usual selection of electric cars, household robots and cheap travel offers - before picking up the video phone to talk to her assistant. She also has a job and she is doing medical research. Both she and Frank used to have an office desk in London, but in 2014 they decided to move to the seaside and work from home.

Frank and Mary have one daughter, Louise, who also has her own workstation at home. She goes to school only one day a week, mainly to play with other students. Classrooms disappeared in 2030 because there was no longer any need for them: communications systems have made it much easier to learn at home.

Louise, now thirteen, is studying Chinese at present, which has become a world language as

important as English. Louise has many Chinese friends. They communicate by computer.

According to the family doctor, Louise will live to at least 130. Her wish is to work for a

few decades (十年) and then spend her time on music and painting.

1.Do Frank and Mary get the latest news on the computer in the morning?

2.Who makes coffee for Mary and Frank?

3.What does Frank do?

4.What are the two world languages in 2050?

5.What do you think of Louise's life in 2050? Why?