Dear Addie,
Greetings from New Jersey, how is New Zealand? I’m very excited to have you as my pen pal. I guess it’s my turn to tell you about myself.
First off, I live with my parents, two sisters, and our pet dog Brighty. Our town is called Whippangong. It is only about a half-hour away from New York City. My oldest sister, Ingrid, just turned 17, that means she now has a drive’s license. She drives us to the mall. Do you have a mall near you in Te Awamutu? My other sister is 11 and her name is Lucy. I guess I would say that she is my best friend. We still fight, though. She rides horses and takes lessons every Saturday morning. I have to go with her sometimes, and that is truly the most boring thing in the world. Do you like horses?
I take tap dancing classes. I like to practice in the food store. The sound of my feet stepping on the hard floors echoes(发出回声). I play scores in the fall; I’m on the swim team during the summer. I like swim, but I am really looking forward to diving this year. Next year I will start music lessons in school. I think I am going to play the piano.
Our house has eight rooms and a small backyard where every year we try to grow vegetables. We mostly get zucchini because the rabbits eat everything else. I guess rabbits don’t like zucchini. I have a bike and mum allows me to ride up and down our street, but nowhere else. I hope that I will get to ride it to school someday. Right now I ride the crowed and yucky bus.
Well, that is enough about me for now. I look forward to hearing from you again soon. I hope your surfing lessons went well. And I hope your mum does let you learn to play the drums.
Write soon
Love,
Jessica
【小题1】 In this letter, Jessica doesn’t talk about     .

Dear Addie,

Greetings from New Jersey, how is New Zealand? I’m very excited to have you as my pen pal. I guess it’s my turn to tell you about myself.

First off, I live with my parents, two sisters, and our pet dog Brighty. Our town is called Whippangong. It is only about a half-hour away from New York City. My oldest sister, Ingrid, just turned 17, that means she now has a drive’s license. She drives us to the mall. Do you have a mall near you in Te Awamutu? My other sister is 11 and her name is Lucy. I guess I would say that she is my best friend. We still fight, though. She rides horses and takes lessons every Saturday morning. I have to go with her sometimes, and that is truly the most boring thing in the world. Do you like horses?

I take tap dancing classes. I like to practice in the food store. The sound of my feet stepping on the hard floors echoes(发出回声). I play scores in the fall; I’m on the swim team during the summer. I like swim, but I am really looking forward to diving this year. Next year I will start music lessons in school. I think I am going to play the piano.

Our house has eight rooms and a small backyard where every year we try to grow vegetables. We mostly get zucchini because the rabbits eat everything else. I guess rabbits don’t like zucchini. I have a bike and mum allows me to ride up and down our street, but nowhere else. I hope that I will get to ride it to school someday. Right now I ride the crowed and yucky bus.

Well, that is enough about me for now. I look forward to hearing from you again soon. I hope your surfing lessons went well. And I hope your mum does let you learn to play the drums.

Write soon

Love,

Jessica

1. In this letter, Jessica doesn’t talk about .

A. her family numbers B.her spare time

C. her house D.her ambition

2. what does the underlined word “fall” mean here? .

A. 跌倒 B.降落 C.秋天 D.瀑布

3.JessicA、thinks riding horses is very .

A. different B. fool

C.exciting D.frightening

4. Zucchini is likely to be a kind of .

A. animals B.vegetable

C.flower D.fruit

5. Which of the following is TURE? .

A. Jessica likes Lucy very much but they don’t always get along.

B. People below 18 can’t get driving licenses in New Jersey

C. Jessica usually goes to school by bike, but sometimes by bus.

D. Ingrid gets to take riding lessons and JessicA、wishes she could, too.

6. What might be Addie’s problem?

A. She can’t take surfing lessons.

B. She wants to play the drums.

C. There are no malls near her house.

D. She has no family.

Teens Talk

Lisa Black

Age 13

Mexico City, Mexico         “My favorite kind of music is salsa, and my favorite singer is Mare Anthony. Salsa is a kind of Latin music. Why do I like salsa? Well, it’s exciting. There’s always salsa music at our home. That’s because my parents love it— and because we live next to a salsa music store!”

Tom White

Age 14

New York City, USA             “What’s my favorite kind of music? I like all kinds of music, but my favorite is techno. It’s too cool! My brother hates techno— he thinks it’s terrible! He doesn’t understand it. But I understand his music either—he thinks country music is great!”

Linda Green

Age 13

Paris, France                     “My favorite kind of music is classical. My friends think I’m boring. but I think classical music is really cool. My mom and dad like classical too, and my dad has a great collation of classical CDs.”

1.Lisa Black likes salsa and she thinks it is ________.

A. exciting                B. terrible       C. boring

2.Tom White comes from_________.

A. Mexico City, Mexico     B. New York City, USA    C. Paris, France

3.Linda and her parents like music, and _________ has a great collation of classical CDs.

A. her brother             B. her mother             C. her father

4.Lisa Black is the same age as _________.

A. Linda Green           B. Tom White            C. Tom’s brother

5.The topic of today’s talk is about teen’s __________.

A. favorite collation       B. favorite music          C. favorite singer