Every year, over 40,000 secondary students in Britain run a business. "Each business runs for one 
year," said Ben,one of the group of students visiting Shanghai. "When we started our business, we 
borrowed money from parents and friends. At the end of the year,these people will receive some of the 
profits(利润) ."I asked Ben if running a business was difficult.He said that it was no problem. He said
that they always received a lot of advice from teachers and business people.
     Another member of the group,Regina,told me the four questions they always asked themselves.
The questions are:
      l. What do people want to buy?
     2. Where is a good place to sell the product?
     3. How is our product better than other products? 
     4. How much is the product?
     I was also very interested in how the group was organized.Regina said that there were usually about 
five to seven students in each business and among them were one manager and one accountant (会计).
I asked them who was the manager."I am,of course,"said Regina. "It was my idea to produce picture 
books,"she said. "They have been very popular with the other students." I also asked the students what 
other people sold. "Other groups in our school sell things like T-shirts, videos and computer games,"said 
Ben.
     "How much money do the businesses usually make?" I asked."Some businesses make;$20,000—$30,000  but most groups make a small profit of about $ 1,000一 $ 3,000," said Regina.I asked them what they did with the profits. "We can do what we like with the profits."However,Regina told me that it was important not to waste the money. She always told the other groups to give the money to charity.
     Most students enjoyed running a business and all the students said that they had learnt a lot.

1  When the students begin a business, they _____ 
   A. have made a small profit                  B. have got enough money
    C. borrow money from parents and friends      D. borrow money from teachers and business people
2 The manager of this group of students is _____
  A. Ben              B. Regina        C. a teacher          D. a friend of theirs
3 This group of students sold _____ as their business.
  A. picture books        B. computer games      C. videos          D. T-shirts
4  The groups use the profits _____
  A. for a party                   B. to give the charitv
  C. for their parents and friends     D. in different ways
5  Which of the following is NOT true?                   
  A. When the secondary students run businesses, they get much help from other people.
  B. Running a business is difficult for Ben's group.
  C. These students try their best to produce better and cheaper products.
  D. Most groups are able to get more   money than they put in .

 Every year, over 40,000 secondary students in Britain run a business. "Each business runs for one 
year," said Ben,one of the group of students visiting Shanghai. "When we started our business, we 
borrowed money from parents and friends. At the end of the year,these people will receive some of the 
profits(利润) ."I asked Ben if running a business was difficult.He said that it was no problem. He said
that they always received a lot of advice from teachers and business people.
     Another member of the group,Regina,told me the four questions they always asked themselves.
The questions are:
      l. What do people want to buy?
     2. Where is a good place to sell the product?
     3. How is our product better than other products? 
     4. How much is the product?
     I was also very interested in how the group was organized.Regina said that there were usually about 
five to seven students in each business and among them were one manager and one accountant (会计).
I asked them who was the manager."I am,of course,"said Regina. "It was my idea to produce picture 
books,"she said. "They have been very popular with the other students." I also asked the students what 
other people sold. "Other groups in our school sell things like T-shirts, videos and computer games,"said 
Ben.
     "How much money do the businesses usually make?" I asked."Some businesses make;$20,000—$30,000  but most groups make a small profit of about $ 1,000一 $ 3,000," said Regina.I asked them what they did with the profits. "We can do what we like with the profits."However,Regina told me that it was important not to waste the money. She always told the other groups to give the money to charity.
     Most students enjoyed running a business and all the students said that they had learnt a lot.

1  When the students begin a business, they _____ 
   A. have made a small profit                  B. have got enough money
    C. borrow money from parents and friends      D. borrow money from teachers and business people
2 The manager of this group of students is _____
  A. Ben              B. Regina        C. a teacher          D. a friend of theirs
3 This group of students sold _____ as their business.
  A. picture books        B. computer games      C. videos          D. T-shirts
4  The groups use the profits _____
  A. for a party                   B. to give the charitv
  C. for their parents and friends     D. in different ways
5  Which of the following is NOT true?                   
  A. When the secondary students run businesses, they get much help from other people.
  B. Running a business is difficult for Ben's group.
  C. These students try their best to produce better and cheaper products.
  D. Most groups are able to get more   money than they put in .

A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow (乌鸦) was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain (笔试).
“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”
One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge (挑战). The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.
Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments (评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.
The swan pretended (假装) not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick? “
“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride (自大) ! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life...”
The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.
【小题1】 What’s the correct order of the following events?
a. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.
b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.
c. The crow had to ask the swan for help.
d. The swan accepted a challenge of performing flying tricks.

Michael Jackson is one of the world’s best singers. Michael Jackson was born in the middle west of Gary, Indiana, in 1958. He began singing with his four brothers. They called the group “Jackson Five”. The group became very popular after appearing on a television progam. They started singing in 1965, became popular soon. In 1970 the group made their first record the name of “I Want You Back”. It was very popular. One of their hit records was “Never Say Goodbye”.

Michael was good at dancing as well as singing, for example, his dance moves and moon walking. He was asked to act in a film in 1978 for the first time, in the same year he made a record on his own, which sold eight million copies all over the world.

Michael nearly didn’t go out because he was too famous. Once his fans went off in a faint（晕倒） when they saw him at the concert. No one can do it by now. He lived in a large house and kept lots of animals. He never ate meat. He often raises money for charity. This made him win the Guinness World Records（吉尼斯世界纪录）in 2006. He died on June 25th, 2009, but he would live in our heart forever.

1.What’s the name of their first record?

2.Michael was good at __________ according to the passage.

3.Why did Mochael have to stay at home most of the time?