You Mi, a lovely and confident 17-year-old student, is the first Chinese high school student to appear on the cover of the popular young adults’ fashion magazine Seventeen.

　　“You is IN,” said Wang Lihua, Editor-in-Chief of Seventeen. “She is active and mature(成熟的) because of her knowledge on everything from academic studies, to books on art, to movies. We found she’s the very style we’re looking for to represent young people’s attitudes.”

　　You also impressed Wang with her fluent English when they first met last year. As the hostess of an English broadcasting programme at the High School Affiliated to Renmin University, You is always praised for speaking English almost like a native speaker. “I’ve built up my English by watching thousands of English DVDs since I was 10,” she explained.

　　But for You, watching isn’t enough. Last year, while in Senior 1, she met a talented boy who showed self-made DV movies at the English Corner in her school.

　　“I thought it was so cool and I knew that I should start making my own films,” she said. So she wrote a campus(校园) story, persuaded schoolmates to star in it and then began shooting a 30-minute DV movie, all in English. “I played one of the leading roles, actually I was everything in my film. I worked on it every single day during the SARS holidays,” she recalled. The movie finally became a big hit on campus, earning You a strong reputation(名气) as a DV movie director.

　　But this is not the only field she wants to master. Despite being a science student, You likes art, literature and fashion design very much.

　　“There are people who can be artists, there are people who edit books, and there are people who become film producers. But I just hope to mix all the things up!” she said. “There is an old saying I believe: Chance favours only the prepared mind.”

1. You Mi was chosen to be a cover of Seventeen, mainly because she _____.

A. is beautiful                           B. she is lovely and full of confidence

C. is active and mature                    D. has rich knowledge

2. You Mi’s fluent English is based on _____.

A. her chance to host an English broadcasting programme     B. the influence of her parents

C. her deep interest in it                                D. her making DV movie

3. The author mentioned a talented boy to show _____.

A. the great influence he had on You Mi            

B. he was admired by his schoolmates

C. the young can do things as well as the adults do

D. self-made DV movies are popular at school

4.In the 30-minute DV movie, You Mi didn’t act as a(n) _____.

A. director        B. musician           C. actress         D. producer

5. We can learn from the passage that _____.

A. You Mi hopes to be a mixed talent                 

B. the success of a 30-minute DV movie shocked You Mi

C. You Mi dreams of becoming a scientist             

D. the outbreak of SARS delayed You Mi’s studies

四、阅读理解（共16小题；每小题2分，满分32分）

You Mi, a lovely and confident 17-year-old student, is the first Chinese high school student to appear on the cover of the popular young adults’ fashion magazine Seventeen.

     “You is IN,” said Wang Lihua, Editor-in-Chief of Seventeen. “She is active and mature(成熟的) because of her knowledge on everything from academic studies, to books on art, to movies. We found she’s the very style we’re looking for to represent young people’s attitudes.”

    You also impressed Wang with her fluent English when they first met last year. As the hostess of an English broadcasting programme at the High School Affiliated to Renmin University, You is always praised for speaking English almost like a native speaker. “I’ve built up my English by watching thousands of English DVDs since I was 10,” she explained.

    But for You, watching isn’t enough. Last year, while in Senior 1, she met a talented boy who showed self-made DV movies at the English Corner in her school.

   　“I thought it was so cool and I knew that I should start making my own films,” she said. So she wrote a campus(校园) story, persuaded schoolmates to star in it and then began shooting a 30-minute DV movie, all in English. “I played one of the leading roles, actually I was everything in my film. I worked on it every single day during the SARS holidays,” she recalled. The movie finally became a big hit on campus, earning You a strong reputation(名气) as a DV movie director.

　　But this is not the only field she wants to master. Despite being a science student, You likes art, literature and fashion design very much.

  　“There are people who can be artists, there are people who edit books, and there are people who become film producers. But I just hope to mix all the things up!” she said. “There is an old saying I believe: Chance favours only the prepared mind.”

1. You Mi’s fluent English is based on _____.

    A. her chance to host an English broadcasting programme

    B. the influence of her parents

    C. her deep interest in it

    D. her making DV movie

2. The author mentioned a talented boy to show _____.

    A. the great influence he had on You Mi

    B. he was admired by his schoolmates

    C. the young can do things as well as the adults do

    D. self-made DV movies are popular at school

3.In the 30-minute DV movie, You Mi didn’t act as a(n) _____.

     A. director            B. musician         C. actress             D. producer

4. We can learn from the passage that _____.

　　A. You Mi hopes to be a mixed talent

　　B. the success of a 30-minute DV movie shocked You Mi

　　C. You Mi dreams of becoming a scientist

　　D. the outbreak of SARS delayed You Mi’s studies

阅读理解

　　The United States has a new national park. It is the Great Basin. It is the first national park in the western state of Nevada. The new park is in the eastern part of Nevada, near the border(边界) with Utah. It is far from any city.

　　An American explorer John Charles Fremont traveled through the area in the early 1800's. He found the land shaped like a bowl. So he named it the Great Basin. It is a land of unusual beauty and sharp differences.

　　For example, you can climb a mountain covered with green forests, then cool yourself in a field of snow as you arrive at the top. Here and there, sharp rocks push out through the snow. Among the rocks you might see homes of the golden hawk (鹰), a bird that was once in danger of dying out.

　　You can camp in a campground on the edge of Lehman Caves. These caves are a group of large underground rooms made of limestone (石灰石). You can walk through them for about a kilometer. Before the park opened, the caves were the center of interests for anyone traveling through this area.

　　The state of Nevada has wanted a national park for more than sixty years. There have always been the opposite ideas from people who believed that a park would harm (损害) mining and agricultural interests. The bill that set up the park, however, promises that mines will remain open, and that sheep and cows will continue to feed on the mountainsides.

1．Lehman Caves are ________.

[　　]

A．about a kilometer each

B．connected with each other

C．rooms built of limestone

D．what interests visitors most

2．No national park was built in the Great Basin for a long time because ________.

[　　]

A．it was far from any city

B．some considered it harmful in some way

C．the place was found not long ago

D．the weather was bad there

3．You may reasonably conclude that ________.

[　　]

A．it often snows in the Great B……asin

B．the mountains there are quite high above sea level

C．the park is about one square kilometer

D．there are high mountains in the middle of the park

4．Which of the following shows the correct relationship between Nevada, Utah and the Great Basin?(N-Nevada U-Utah G the Great Basin)

[　　]

You Mi, a lovely and confident 17-year-old student, is the first Chinese high school student to appear on the cover of the popular young adults’ fashion magazine Seventeen.

　　“You is IN,” said Wang Lihua, Editor-in-Chief of Seventeen. “She is active and mature because of her knowledge on everything from academic studies, to books on art, to movies. We found she’s the very style we’re looking for to represent young people’s attitudes.”

　　You also impressed Wang with her fluent English when they first met last year. As the hostess of an English broadcasting programme at the High School Affiliated to Renmin University, You is always praised for speaking English almost like a native speaker. “I’ve built up my English by watching thousands of English DVDs since I was 10,” she explained.

　　But for You, watching isn’t enough. Last year, while in Senior 1, she met a talented boy who showed self-made DV movies at the English Corner in her school.

　　“I thought it was so cool and I knew that I should start making my own films,” she said. So she wrote a campus story, persuaded schoolmates to star in it and then began shooting a 30-minute DV movie, all in English. “I played one of the leading roles, actually I was everything in my film. I worked on it every single day during the SARS holidays,” she recalled. The movie finally became a big hit on campus, earning You a strong reputation as a DV movie director.

　　But this is not the only field she wants to master. Despite being a science student, You likes art, literature and fashion design very much.

　　“There are people who can be artists, there are people who edit books, and there are people who become film producers. But I just hope to mix all the things up!” she said. “There is an old saying I believe: Chance favours only the prepared mind.”

51. You Mi was chosen to be a cover of Seventeen, mainly because she _____.

A. is beautiful           B. she is lovely and full of confidence

C. is active and mature    D. has rich knowledge

52. The author mentioned a talented boy to show _____.

A. the great influence he had on You Mi 

 B. he was admired by his schoolmates

　C. the young can do things as well as the adults do 

D. self-made DV movies are popular at school

53.In the 30-minute DV movie, You Mi didn’t act as a(n) _____.

A. director   B. musician  C. actress  D. producer

54. We can learn from the passage that _____.

A. You Mi hopes to be a mixed talent

B. the success of a 30-minute DV movie shocked You Mi

C. You Mi dreams of becoming a scientist

D. the outbreak of SARS delayed You Mi’s studies