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　　When you grow up, what will things be like?

　　No one knows．

　　But it is fun to guess．

　　Let's make this a story about you in the year 2014．How old will you be then?Ask your teacher or work it out．

　　Our story will be about one only．Let's make it the birthday of your little boy．His name is Alan．

　　Alan wakes you at seven o'clock．“Happy birthday!”you say．“You'll find your presents in the living room．”

　　You don't have to hurry．Why?

　　Your job starts late in the morning．Machines do most of your work．You don't need to work many hours．

　　While Alan opens his presents, you turn on your colour TV．You watch and hear the morning news．“It's time to get dressed, Alan!”you call, at last．“Come to see the nice new clothes I have for you．”

　　Guess what the clothes are made of．Paper? Glass? Or something we don't even know about today?

　　Alan's birthday breakfast is no time to fix．Why? The food may be all ready to eat．You may eat it like candy．

　　At last you start for work．But you don't go by car．You step onto a moving sidewalk．It moves you along to a train station．There, you take a train．How will it run? On one rail, high over the street? Or will it ride on air?

　　Three o'clock comes．Your work is done for the day．

　　“I'll call home,”you say．

　　Alan answers the picture phone．

　　You and he can hear and see each other．“What shall we do for your birthday?”you ask．“Shall we put on our rocket belts and take a short trip? Or shall we go for a ride in a flying boat?”

　　Alan could say,“I want to ride in a rocket ship! Let's fly to the moon!”What do you think of the idea? Give your story a happy ending!

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阅读理解，阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

　　In a room at Texas Children Cancer Center in Houston, eight-year-old Simran Jatar lay in bed with a drip(点滴)above her to fight her bone cancer．Over her bald(秃的)head, she wore a pink hat that matched her clothes．But the third grader's cheery dressing didn't mask her pain and weary eyes．

　　Then a visitor showed up．“Do you want to write a song? ” asked Anita Kruse, 49, rolling a cart equipped with an electronic keyboard, a microphone and speakers．Simran stared．“Have you ever written a poem? ” Anita Kruse continued．“Well, yes, ” Simran said．

　　Within minutes, Simran was reading her poem into the microphone．“Some bird soaring through the sky, ” she said softly．“Imagination in its head…” Anita Kruse added piano music, a few warbling(鸣, 唱)birds, and finally the girl's voice．Thirty minutes later, she presented Simran with a CD of her first recorded song．

　　That was the beginning of Anita Kruse's project, Purple Songs Can Fly, one that has helped more than 125 young patients write and record songs．As a composer and pianist who had performed at the hospital, Kruse said that the idea of how she could help “came in one flash”．

　　The effect on the kids has been great．One teenage girl, curling(蜷缩)in pain in her wheelchair, stood unaided to dance to a hip-hop song she had written．A 12-year-old boy with Hodgkin's disease who rarely spoke surprised his doctors with a song he called I Can Make It．

　　“My time with the kids is heartbreaking because of the badness of their illnesses, ” says Anita Kruse．“But they also make you happy, when the children are smiling, excited to share their CD with their families．”

　　Simran is now an active sixth grader and cancer-free．From time to time, she and her mother listen to her song, Always Remembering, and they always remember the “really sweet and nice and loving” lady who gave them a shining moment in the dark hour．

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