Can you really travel around the world for free? Li Jun．a 17-year-old girl from Shenzhen Foreign Language School，still can't believe her 10-day free training camp in the Alps in Switzerland last month was true!

    But how did she achieve this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?

    Last October, a piece of short world news in a newspaper--“Have a chance to see the world，for free”，caught her eyes．When she asked her friends if rite story was real， they laughed at her, for they thought she was day-dreaming．However, Li decided to apply（申请）online the following weekend．

“Opportunity is everywhere．I'd like to keep my eyes open and catch the chance.” she told herself．what happened next was tests on health，hobbies and awareness（意识） of environmental protection．She passed all of them very easily．

    On December 14，Li Jan surprised her friends with an invitation letter from the program，the Pangaea Young Explorer Selection Camp set up by South African explorer Mike Horn．

    On January 11，Li left for Switzerland，with several newly bought ski-suits in her suitcase．Over the next week，she and 15 other teenagers from around the world took part in exciting training and lessons．They took day-trips up the Alps to an altitude（纬度）of 3,200 meters，went sledging（滑雪橇）at night using modern equipment．They were also encouraged to complete difficult journeys up mountains，down hills，and through forests．Because of her performance during the training，Li was chosen as one of the eight young explorers to join Mike Horn in the South Island of New Zealand in May．She will write for the newspaper and share her fun experiences there with readers．

1．How did Li Jun's friends feel when Li told them the news?

A．They were surprised．

B．They didn’t think it was true.

C．They all wanted to get the chance．

D．They had no idea of the news．

2．Why did Li decide to apply on the Internet?

    A．She didn't want to lose the chance．

    B．Her friends encouraged her to do that．

    C．She received an invitation letter from the program．

    D．She wanted to tell her classmates that they were wrong．

3．What is the correct order of the story?

    a．Li got an invitation letter from the program and was trained．

    b．Li read news about seeing the world for free．

    c．Li became one explorer in Mike Horn's team．

    d．Li applied and passed the tests．

A．b—c—a—d                                            B．b—a—d—c   

C．c—d—a—b                                            D．b—d—a—c

4．What kind of girl is Li Jun?

A．She is a girl who likes talking to her friends about everything．

    B．She is a girl who doesn't believe her friends．

    C．She is a girl who likes to seize chances and take adventure．

    D．She is a girl who likes day-dreaming．

Denny Crook was a famous photographer. He traveled all over the world, taking pictures for magazines and newspapers, and won many prizes.
“I’ll do anything to get a good photo,” he often said. “I’ll go anywhere at any time, even if it is
  1 .”
And he told the   2  . He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires, floods and even wars. If something interesting happened, Denny went to photo it.
He was a married man and his wife often asked him to take her with him, but he always    3 . “I’ll travel for my work, not for   4 ,” he told her . “You won’t enjoy yourself, and I won’t have
  5   to look after you. Sometimes there’s not even anywhere to   6 , and I have to sleep outside. I often don’t have a good    7  or a bath for days. You won’t like it.”
“Denny, I’m not a child,” his wife didn’t   8 . “I can look after myself. Please take me with you the next time you go overseas.”
Denny did not say anything, but he  9  about it, and when he was asked to go to Africa he said to his wife, “You can come to Africa with me if you want to. I’ve got to take photos of wild
   10  there. It should be interesting and not too uncomfortable.”
His wife was very    11 , and at first she had a very enjoyable time.
Then Denny went off to  12  some lions to photo. His wife went with him, but before long they became separated. She walked down one path while he walked down the other.
Suddenly, Denny heard her   13 . He ran back and saw her running toward him. A huge lion was chasing her.
Quickly Denny took his camera out of its case and   14  it at his wife and the lion.
Then he shouted, “  15 , woman! I can’t get you both in the picture!”

A blind schoolgirl has become the youngest interpreter (口译员) when she is only ten years
Alexia Sloane is from Cambridge. She was told by the doctor she had a brain tumour (脑癌) when she was on holiday "with her parents in France. After that the two-year-old girl became blind.
Though the little girl can't see anything, she has great talent for languages and at the age of 10 she is already fluent (流利的) in English, French, Spanish and Chinese-and is learning German.
Now her dream of working as an interpreter has come true. East of England MEP (欧盟议员) Robert Sturdy invited her to the European Parliament (议会). "Usually a person who enters the European Parliament should be 14 at least. So it was amazing for Alexia to work there at the age of 10. " said Alexia's mother Isabelle. Alexia can speak three languages since birth. As her mum is hah" French and half Spanish and her dad Richard is English. " She has always been very good at languages and shown an interest from a very young age. " added Isabelle, who also has a four-year-old daughter Melissa.
Alexia has dreamed of becoming an interpreter since she was six and chose to go to the European Parliament as her prize when she won the Young Achiever Community Award of the Year (年度青年成就奖). She asked if she could learn from the interpreters and HEP Robert Sturdy agreed to take her along as his guest. " It was fantastic and I decided to become an interpreter, "said Alexia. "Nothing can stop me. "
【小题1】How old is the youngest interpreter according to the passage?

A blind schoolgirl has become the youngest interpreter (口译员) when she is only ten years.
Alexia Sloane is from Cambridge. She was told by the doctor she had a brain tumor (脑癌) when she was on holiday "with her parents in France. After that the two-year-old girl became blind.
Though the little girl can't see anything, she has great talent for languages and at the age of 10 she is already fluent (流利的) in English, French, Spanish and Chinese-and is learning German.
Now her dream of working as an interpreter has come true. East of England MEP (欧盟议员) Robert Sturdy invited her to the European Parliament (议会). "Usually a person who enters the European Parliament should be 14 at least. So it was amazing for Alexia to work there at the age of 10. " said Alexia's mother Isabelle. Alexia can speak three languages since birth. As her mum is hah" French and half Spanish and her dad Richard is English. " She has always been very good at languages and shown an interest from a very young age. " added Isabelle, who also has a four-year-old daughter Melissa.
Alexia has dreamed of becoming an interpreter since she was six and chose to go to the European Parliament as her prize when she won the Young Achiever Community Award of the Year (年度青年成就奖). She asked if she could learn from the interpreters and HEP Robert Sturdy agreed to take her along as his guest. " It was fantastic and I decided to become an interpreter, "said Alexia. "Nothing can stop me. "

1. 1.

   How old is the youngest interpreter according to the passage?

   1. A.
      4.
   2. B.
      6.
   3. C.
      10.
   4. D.
      14.
2. 2.

   When did Alexia Sloane become blind?

   1. A.
      When she was born.
   2. B.
      After she had a brain tumor.
   3. C.
      After she became an interpreter.
   4. D.
      When she was on holiday with her parents.
3. 3.

   Who offered Alexia the chance of working as an interpreter?

   1. A.
      Richard.
   2. B.
      Isabelle.
   3. C.
      Melissa.
   4. D.
      Robert Sturdy.
4. 4.

   What is right about Alexia Sloane?

   1. A.
      She can speak five language fluently.
   2. B.
      She is a talented language learner.
   3. C.
      She is the only child in the family.
   4. D.
      She went to France on holiday after she won the award.
5. 5.

   What do you think is the meaning of the sentence "Nothing can stop me. "?

   1. A.
      Never give up.
   2. B.
      Believe in yourself.
   3. C.
      Nothing is impossible.
   4. D.
      Failure is the mother of success.