One of this summer’s hottest books is “That Guy Was Cool.” Sounds like a great book for kids, doesn’t it? But parents and teachers want to read this one,too.It can teach them something about the language of today’s kids.

So lots of people,young and old,went to see the book’s writer,a 19-year-old Korean girl Guiyeoni, on Saturday.She was in Beijing to sign给…签名books for her fans.

“Guiyeoni wrote a story that is near to us and goes to our hearts内心,”said a Junior 2 student in Beijing. “When I read it,I laughed and I cried.”

Like the “Meteor流星Garden” TV series连续剧,“That Guy Was Cool”tells an unusual story of love between two students.The girl is sweet,but she’s just average（一般的）.The boy is good-looking and has everything,but he is often unhappy because his father died when he was very young.They become close and help each other to be happy.In the end,they fall in love.

“The girl in the book is like me.She’s simple天真的and moody忧郁的,”said Guiyeoni.

Guiyeoni’s book doesn’t only use words.It also uses things like emotions情感.Emotions are small icons图标,like smiling faces,and they are used to show emotions.Kids know what these things mean, because they often use them when they talk on the Internet or send messages with mobile phones.

Guiyeoni said she wrote this way because of her young readers. “Writing with pictures is vivid（生动）and can say a lot of things,”she said.

Guiyeoni began writing the book’s story on the Web in 2001 when she was a Senior 2 （高二）student. Last year,she put that online story together to make this book.“That Guy Was Cool” has been made into拍摄成a film,and it will come out in Korea next month.

This is Guiyeoni’s first of four books,and she hopes to keep writing as she goes through college. She also has a message for young writers.“I think that if they try hard,lots of young people can do this.”

(  )19.          Guiyeoni is        .                                                                       A.a girl who falls in love with her classmate                                             B.the author of “Meteor Garden”                                                          C.a young writer                                                                     D.one of the emotions

(  )20.          Which of the following may Not be an emotion?                                      A.8-)                          B.:-)      C.See you.                        D.:-(

(  )21.          The writer used emotions to write the book because                 .                  A.she really likes them                                                              B.she wants her young readers to be interested                                         C.pictures can say lots of things                                                       D.she was only a Senior student when she was writing the story

(  )22.          Which of the following sayings has the closest meaning to “I think that if they try hard,  lots of young people can do this”?                                                         A.Seeing is believing.              B.Time flies.                                         C.No news is good news.          D.Where there is a will,there is a way.

Rico is a dog who lives in Germany(德国). His owners trained him from a young age to find his toys. When they say the name of a certain toy, Rico can find it. In fact, he seems to know the names of 200 toys!

   Some researchers in Germany wanted to test Rico. They put his toys in a room and then told him to go in the room and find a certain toy. Since nobody was in the room with Rico, he had no help from anyone finding the right toy. The researchers did this test forty times. Rico found the right toy thirty-seven times!

   Then the researchers tried something else. They put seven of Rico’s toys in the room together with one new toy that Rico had never seen before. Then they told Rico to go into the room and get the new toy. This new toy had a name Rico had never heard before. Rico found the right toy seven out of ten times!

   Researchers cannot really say that Rico knows words or language. However, these tests seem to show that Rico can think about what he hears and think about what he knows. In fact, Rico seems to think and remember things as well as a three-year-old child.

From these tests, animal researchers know one thing for sure. Rico has given them a lot to think about.

1.From the passage we know that Rico is good at ______.

A. catching toys     B. counting toys    C. finding toys    D. putting toys in order

2. At first researchers asked Rico to ______.

A. bring a certain toy out of a room       B. choose a toy that he liked best

C. name toys and put them away         D. put his toys into his room

3.Rico went into the room _______ times to find a new toy he did not know.

A. seven          B. thirty-seven      C. ten         D. forty

4. The best title for the passage is ________.

A. German dogs are the smartest         B. An unusual dog

C. How dogs use language              D. The best toys for Rico

Rico is a dog who lives in Germany(德国). His owners trained him from a young age to find his toys. When they say the name of a certain toy, Rico can find it. In fact, he seems to know the names of 200 toys!
Some researchers in Germany wanted to test Rico. They put his toys in a room and then told him to go in the room and find a certain toy. Since nobody was in the room with Rico, he had no help from anyone finding the right toy. The researchers did this test forty times. Rico found the right toy thirty-seven times!
Then the researchers tried something else. They put seven of Rico’s toys in the room together with one new toy that Rico had never seen before. Then they told Rico to go into the room and get the new toy. This new toy had a name Rico had never heard before. Rico found the right toy seven out of ten times!
Researchers cannot really say that Rico knows words or language. However, these tests seem to show that Rico can think about what he hears and think about what he knows. In fact, Rico seems to think and remember things as well as a three-year-old child.
From these tests, animal researchers know one thing for sure. Rico has given them a lot to think about.
【小题1】From the passage we know that Rico is good at ______.