Like most teenagers in the world, Joso Montanaro a teen artist in Brazil, likes reading and drawing cartoons. But he is special—his drawings get published(出版).
Montanaro is now drawing cartoons for Folha. Folha is Brazil’s largest newspaper and is known for its cartoons. Montanaro has already been working at Folha for two years. Each week he draws two, there or four cartoons and sends them to the paper. From those editors choose one for the next day’s page.
Montanaro draws about the news of the day. Recently he worked on The Wave—a drawing of the tsunami(海啸) that hit Japan. Montanaro also likes to draw cartoons about the funny things that happen in Brazilian politics(政治).
“I like doing political drawings because you can joke about somebody bigger than you.” Montanaro says.
Folha’s art director ,Mario Kanno, says editors saw something new and different in Montanaro’s work.“We brought him in with this idea to show that, yes, young people also read newspapers and can show their ideas on politics,”Kanno says.
Montanaro’s love for cartoons began when be was only 7 or 8 year old. His dad bought him comics. Montanaro says these books gave him the ideas that got him drawing.“I think those great works have really helped me,”he says.“They remind me that I should draw something in my book every day.”
【小题1】What is Montanaro doing for Folha now?

A．He is publishing story books.	B．He is drawing cartoons.
C．He is sending newspapers.	D．He is writing articles.

【小题2】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Folha is famous for its cartoons.

B．Folha is the largest newspaper in Brazil.

C．Montanaro draws one cartoon for Folha every week.

D．Montanaro began to work for Folha two years ago.

【小题3】Why does Montanaro like drawing political cartoons?

A．Because he can show his ideas on politics.

B．Because he is very interested in political jobs.

C．Because he thinks it’s easier to draw political cartoons.

D．Because he can make fun of some important people.

【小题4】What made Montanaro draw and helped him a lot in his drawings?

A．The comics his dad bought him.	B．His interest in cartoon films.
C．The fun of drawing cartoons.	D．His dad’s ideas about cartoons.

【小题5】What’s the best title for this passage?

A．Folha’s art director.	B．Brazil’s largest newspaper.
C．Teen artist in Brazil.	D．Montanaro’s great father.

Like most English children, I learned foreign languages at school. When I made my first visit to the United States, I was sure I could have a nice and easy holiday without any language problem. But how wrong I was!
At the American airport, I was looking for a public telephone to tell my friend Danny that I had arrived. An American asked if he could help me. "Yes," I said, '1 want to give my friend a ring."
"Well, that's nice. Are you getting married?" he asked. "No," I replied, "I just want to tell him I have arrived." "Oh," he said, "there is a phone downstairs on the first floor." "But we're on the first floor now," I said.
"Well, I don't know what you are talking about Maybe you aren't feeling too well after your journey," he said. "Just go and wash up, and you will feel a lot better." And he went off, leaving me wondering where on earth I was: At home we wash up after a meal to get the cups and plates clean. How can I wash up at an airport?
At last we did meet. Danny explained the misunderstanding: Americans say "to give someone a call", but we English say "to give somebody a ring". When we say "to wash your hands", they say "to wash up". And Englishmen start numbering from the ground floor so the first floor is the second for Americans.
【小题1】The writer went to America by  ______.

A．plane

B．ship

C．bus

D．train

【小题2】The writer went to America for______   .

A．education

B．business

C．holiday

D．friendship

【小题3】The American thought "a ring" should be a________  .

A．phone call

B．present

C．person

D．letter

【小题4】Englishmen usually wash up________ .

A．after dinner	B．after a journey
C．when they are tired	D．before they telephone someone

【小题5】The third floor in England is the ______floor in America.

A．first

B．second

C．third

D．Fourth

Like most English children, I learned foreign languages at school. When I made my first visit to the United States, I was sure I could have a nice and easy holiday without any language problem. But how wrong I was!
At the American airport, I was looking for a public telephone to tell my friend Danny that I had arrived. An American asked if he could help me. "Yes," I said, '1 want to give my friend a ring."
"Well, that's nice. Are you getting married?" he asked. "No," I replied, "I just want to tell him I have arrived." "Oh," he said, "there is a phone downstairs on the first floor." "But we're on the first floor now," I said.
"Well, I don't know what you are talking about Maybe you aren't feeling too well after your journey," he said. "Just go and wash up, and you will feel a lot better." And he went off, leaving me wondering where on earth I was: At home we wash up after a meal to get the cups and plates clean. How can I wash up at an airport?
At last we did meet. Danny explained the misunderstanding: Americans say "to give someone a call", but we English say "to give somebody a ring". When we say "to wash your hands", they say "to wash up". And Englishmen start numbering from the ground floor so the first floor is the second for Americans.
【小题1】The writer went to America by  ______.

A．plane

B．ship

C．bus

D．train

【小题2】The writer went to America for______   .

A．education

B．business

C．holiday

D．friendship

【小题3】The American thought "a ring" should be a________  .

A．phone call

B．present

C．person

D．letter

【小题4】Englishmen usually wash up________ .

A．after dinner	B．after a journey
C．when they are tired	D．before they telephone someone

【小题5】The third floor in England is the ______floor in America.

A．first

B．second

C．third

D．Fourth

Like most teenagers in the world, Joso Montanaro a teen artist in Brazil, likes reading and drawing cartoons. But he is special—his drawings get published(出版).
Montanaro is now drawing cartoons for Folha. Folha is Brazil’s largest newspaper and is known for its cartoons. Montanaro has already been working at Folha for two years. Each week he draws two, there or four cartoons and sends them to the paper. From those editors choose one for the next day’s page.
Montanaro draws about the news of the day. Recently he worked on The Wave—a drawing of the tsunami(海啸) that hit Japan. Montanaro also likes to draw cartoons about the funny things that happen in Brazilian politics(政治).
“I like doing political drawings because you can joke about somebody bigger than you.” Montanaro says.
Folha’s art director ,Mario Kanno, says editors saw something new and different in Montanaro’s work.“We brought him in with this idea to show that, yes, young people also read newspapers and can show their ideas on politics,”Kanno says.
Montanaro’s love for cartoons began when be was only 7 or 8 year old. His dad bought him comics. Montanaro says these books gave him the ideas that got him drawing.“I think those great works have really helped me,”he says.“They remind me that I should draw something in my book every day.”
【小题1】What is Montanaro doing for Folha now?

A．He is publishing story books.	B．He is drawing cartoons.
C．He is sending newspapers.	D．He is writing articles.

【小题2】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Folha is famous for its cartoons.

B．Folha is the largest newspaper in Brazil.

C．Montanaro draws one cartoon for Folha every week.

D．Montanaro began to work for Folha two years ago.

【小题3】Why does Montanaro like drawing political cartoons?

A．Because he can show his ideas on politics.

B．Because he is very interested in political jobs.

C．Because he thinks it’s easier to draw political cartoons.

D．Because he can make fun of some important people.

【小题4】What made Montanaro draw and helped him a lot in his drawings?

A．The comics his dad bought him.	B．His interest in cartoon films.
C．The fun of drawing cartoons.	D．His dad’s ideas about cartoons.

【小题5】What’s the best title for this passage?

A．Folha’s art director.	B．Brazil’s largest newspaper.
C．Teen artist in Brazil.	D．Montanaro’s great father.

Like many people, I have no clear idea about heroes. At some point, we all wonder if we need a hero and what a hero really is.
Although there are a lot of differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics (特点) which give us courage and make us want to learn from them. 
A hero does something worth talking about. A hero has a special story to tell and people think highly of it. But a hero is not just the person with great fame (声誉) .
A hero has powers (力量) larger than himself. Some people want to live like a hero, and they have to experience life with new and further meaning. A sure test for would-be heroes is what or whom they serve. What do they want to live and die for? If the answer suggests they serve only their own fame, they may be famous persons but not heroes.
A hero has a vision from the mountaintop. He has the power to move people. He creates new possibilities. Without Gandhi, India might still be part of Britain. Without Martin Luther King, Jr., Americans might take different buses, eat in different restaurants, go for walks in different parks, and shop in different stores because of the different colors of their skin.
There might be changes in society without a hero, but the speed of change would be rather slow. Thanks to heroes in history, they make the society develop so rapidly.
【小题1】According to this passage, a hero is a person who always __________.

A．gives us courage	B．thinks highly of others
C．shares great fame	D．stands on the mountaintop

【小题2】If you want to live like a hero, you should __________.

A．experience a new and meaningful life

B．listen to something worth talking about

C．serve your own fame and try to be famous

D．know where and how you want to live and die

【小题3】The underlined word “vision” in the passage means “__________”.

A．风景	B．想象
C．远见	D．形象

【小题4】 Black people in America used to __________ before Martin Luther King, Jr..

A．shop at the white’s stores

B．drive buses with the white

C．take walks in the white’s parks

D．eat in restaurants without the white

【小题5】 What can we learn from the passage?

A．We don’t need heroes anymore at some point now.

B．Heroes are all the same though different in cultures.

C．People get power from heroes to move to a new place.

D．Our society has developed faster because of heroes in history.