When are you an adult (成年人)？
When do you think you are an adult ? Maybe different __31_ have different ideas.
Now let’s see what some American teenagers(青少年)say .
Sam: In  32 idea ,you are an adult at the  33  of 18. That’s when you can vote(投票)。You can help to   34  who rules(统治)the whole country .That’s also a grown-up does! My grandfather couldn’ t vote   35 he was 21.They changed（改变） it to 18 in 1971.
Jenny：I don’t 36  it’s hard to say . I can drive a car at 16, can’t I ?When you have a driver’s licence , you can 37 it to people to tell them your age for all kinds of things .  38    sixteen must be the age when you change from a  39  person to an adult.Because you can tell others you are not a  40   any more .
Suzie : Well , I think there is  41   wrong with American laws for when young people can  42  things . I can vote at 18 and drive at 16. So you would think 18 is a grown-up,  43  16 isn’t .But then I can’t drink wine（酒）until I’m 21 ! If I’m 44   an adult at 18, how can people stop me from  45   a cup of beer in a bar ?

When are you an adult (成年人)？

When do you think you are an adult ? Maybe different __31_ have different ideas.

Now let’s see what some American teenagers(青少年)say .

Sam: In  32 idea ,you are an adult at the  33  of 18. That’s when you can vote(投票)。You can help to   34  who rules(统治)the whole country .That’s also a grown-up does! My grandfather couldn’ t vote   35 he was 21.They changed（改变） it to 18 in 1971.

Jenny：I don’t 36  it’s hard to say . I can drive a car at 16, can’t I ?When you have a driver’s licence , you can 37 it to people to tell them your age for all kinds of things .  38    sixteen must be the age when you change from a  39  person to an adult.Because you can tell others you are not a  40   any more .

Suzie : Well , I think there is  41   wrong with American laws for when young people can  42  things . I can vote at 18 and drive at 16. So you would think 18 is a grown-up,  43  16 isn’t .But then I can’t drink wine（酒）until I’m 21 ! If I’m 44   an adult at 18, how can people stop me from  45   a cup of beer in a bar ?

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13.A,as if           B.even though    C.ever since    D.above all

 Birthday：February 26, 1982

Birthplace：Wuhan, Hubei

Height：172cm

Weight：65kg

“My dream has come true. I have always wanted to be a Grand Slam(大满贯) champion. ” These are the words of Chinese tennis player Li Na after she became the first Asian woman to win a Grand Slam final in the French Open on June4, 2011.

“People were saying I’m getting old. So this is a great success for such an old woman,” the 29-year-old girl joked.

Miss Li has a tattoo(纹身). She has dyed her hair many different colors. And, at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she told her fans to “shut up” when they got too noisy in their support.

Li Na was born in Wuhan, she started to play tennis at the age of 6. She once recalled:“As a child, I felt sad because every day I had to wake up early to practice. After school I had to practice more. I didn’t have time to play. ”

Luckily, the strong girl didn’t give up, thus making history for Chinese tennis time after time.

Now the new champion is already thinking about winning another Grand Slam title. “when you have one title, surely you will think about another,” she says, not hiding her ambition(雄心)。

“Chinese people are so lacking(缺乏) in confidence on the tennis court. If there is a person like me who can prove we Chinese can do it, the other young players in China will feel the same,” she said.

1.Li Na was born in the year of           .

A. 1982     B. 1984     C. 1986     D. 1990

2.The underlined word “dyed” here means “          ” in Chinese.

A. 油         B. 洗烫     C. 染色  D. 梳理

3.When she began to play tennis, Li Na was _________.

A. happy   B. sad        C. excited D. bored

4.Which of the following is WRONG about Li Na？

A. Li Na took part in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

B. Li Na has already won a Grand Slam champion.

C. Li Na had to wake up early to practice playing tennis.

D. Li Na said she lacked confidence on the tennis court.

5.The passage mainly tell us              .

A something about the tennis           B. something about how to play tennis

C the Chinese people and the tennis      D. the Grand Slam champion—Li Na