"I didn’t hear them call my name," explained Shelley Hennig to Active Teens (AT) as she talked about that exciting moment on national television when she won the honor of Miss Teen USA 2004. "Are you ready?" is what she heard. Then she said, "I shook my head no, and then they said ‘yes’ and it was announced again."
It was four days after that life changing moment for the seventeen-year-old high school student from Destrehan, Louisiana—she was still on cloud nine.
"I was so shocked! I never believed that it could actually really happen." Present in the audience that day were: her mother and father, older brother, her friends, and her dance teacher.
Understanding why members of her family and her friends would be there, AT asked why her dance teacher had traveled so far to see her compete（比赛）."She’s always been my role model. I’ve danced with her since I was six. She’s been through so many difficulties and came through them all. I’ve learned to get over bad life’s experiences and learned how to move on because of her."
One of those bad life’s experiences for Shelley happened three years ago when her brother Brad was killed in a drunk driving accident. He was 18. She found writing helped her get through the hard days. She said, "I write a lot about my brother. I write a lot, a lot, a lot...”
As Miss Louisiana Teen, she traveled around the state speaking to teens about the dangers of drinking and driving. In her role as Miss Teen USA, Shelley will continue to speak to youth about safe driving, in addition to(除…之外) many other things to help the youth.
When AT asked Miss Teen USA if she had any advice for our readers, she said, "Don’t let anyone change you. Hang out with people that make you feel good about yourself. That way, it is easy to be yourself."
【小题1】What do the words “on cloud nine” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

Ellie lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood and quite a few houses were washed away, but Ellie’s house was high enough to keep them safe.

Many families lost everything in the flood. And Ellie took in one of the families. She shared her home with them until the family could build their own new house. Ellie’s friends could not understand why she did so because she already had so many children to look after.

“Well,” Ellie said to her friends, “At the end of World War I, there was a poor woman in a town in Germany. Her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of children, just like me now.”

“The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We will not be able to have much for Christmas. I am going to get just one present for us all. Now I will go and get it.’ She came back with a little girl who had no parents, ‘Here is our present,’ she said to her own children.”

“The children were very excited to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl warmly, and she grew up as their sisters. I was that Christmas present.”

1.How many children did Ellie had in total?

      A. Five.   B. Six.   C. Seven.   D. Eight.

2.What happened in the winter?

      A. There was a flood.    

B. There was an earthquake  

 C. There was a rain storm.  

D. There was a fire.

3.What did Ellie do to help other families?

 A. She gave them food.   

B. She bought many Christmas present for them.

      C. She took in one of the families.  

D. She took in a girl.

4.What did the poor woman in German bring to her children for Christmas?

 A. Many beautiful presents.         B. Nothing.

 C. A girl.                        D. A daddy.

5.What do we learn about Ellie in the passage?

 A. She had no children.             

B. Her husband was killed.

 C. She had no parents.              

D. She gave much money to others.

根据短文内容,回答下列问题。

This is my story. I'm French. I fly planes in Africa.

    One day, when I was flying a very small plane, there was something wrong with the engine(发动机).The engine stopped. The plane was light and I could land it safely on the ground.

    Where was I? I couldn’t see any houses or farms. I had a bottle of water and two oranges. I had a map, too. The first day, I didn't eat anything. In the evening, I began walking. When the sun went down, the air got cold. Where should I walk? I looked at my map and the moon and the stars. I walked and walked.

      The sun came up on the morning of the second day. It was too hot to walk. In the evening, I began walk. I ate an orange and drank a little water.

     The third day, I ate the second orange. The bottle of water was now empty. There were no houses, no trees, and no water.

     The hot sun came up on the fourth day. Would this be the last day on the earth? I didn't know. What was that? A bird? A man on a hill? No! Yes, it was! I walked to him excitedly and said hello to him. He looked at me and then gave me some water. I drank and drank...

1.Where does the writer come from?     

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2.What happened to the writer one day?           

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3.What did the writer take with him?       

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4.How was the weather in the daytime?     

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5.When did the writer see a man on a hill?        

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阅读下列材料，从方框中选出正确选项，使短文通顺，内容完整。
Tim was reading a book at home. Someone knocked on the door. He opened the door.   1  .
“My name is Rebecca,” said the lady. “You’ve got to help me!”
“Take it easy, ”    2  . “What happened?”
“My grandma died last month. She left all her money, about $1,000,000 to me. She told me she had saved the money in a bank.    3  .”
“But yesterday when I went to the bank, I only got an envelope（信封）with nothing in it.
   4   !”
Rebecca took the envelope out of her handbag and gave it to Tim.
Tim looked at it carefully under the light. It was just an envelope with two old stamps on it.
   5   .
“Don’t worry, Rebecca,” he said. “Your money is still here.”