Do you want to live         100 years old ?

       A. to be        B. for              C. to            

My earliest childhood memory was about kindergarten (幼兒園). My father was a doctor, my mother was a teacher. __60__. They had no time to look after my younger sister and me.

When I was five years old, I was sent to a kindergarten with my sister. It was not far from our home. __61__, because I didn't like staying with strangers. I wanted my parents to take me back home, so I cried very loudly there. __62__. She was crying so much that I stopped, because I had to be a big girl. My parents told me to be brave and look after my sister, and I listened to them. In fact, my teachers were very kind to us, they often told stories and taught us to sing and dance. It was very interesting. __63__, so it was a happy memory.

Nathan Sawaya's childhood was a lot of fun. He drew cartoons, wrote stories, and played with plastic toy bricks (積木). His grandparents bought his first set of toy bricks when he was five years old and he's been building with toy bricks ever since. He even took his building bricks to college with him! Instead of books and a computer, he had a model of Greenwich Village made of bricks on his desk.

Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up His highly-paid (高薪的) job to become an artist that uses toys in his art. He uses toy bricks to build everything from the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像) to Superman! He has more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his working room in New York which he uses to make pieces of art. He started by building small models but then decided to do something big and created a self-portrait (自畫像). It took him two days just to build the eyes.

Nathan's work has appeared in museums around the world. Children love his art because it is made out of the same toys that they play with at home and adults love his work because it is fascinating. Since it began in2007, Nathan's exhibition "The Art of the Brick" has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere.

"I'm proud that I took a dream I had as a child, to become an artist, and I have actually made a job out of it," says Nathan. "To do what you love in life is the most important thing."

1.What did Nathan put on his desk at college?

A．The Statue of Liberty.                    B．Superman.

C．His serf-portrait.                        D．A Greenwich Village modal.

2.Why did Nathan give up his job as a lawyer?

A．Because he made little money out of a lawyer.

B．Because he wanted to make toys for the children.

C．Because he decided to become an artist of toy bricks.

D．Because he was going to work in the museum instead.

3.What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Nathan's work.                         B．Nathan's exhibition.

C．Nathan's art.                           D．Nathan's self-portrait

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A．The Brick Artist                         B．The Brick Exhibition

C．Toy Bricks for Adults                     D．The Artist's Childhood

As a music teacher for twenty-seven years I have always known that music touches the soul. It can break through all kinds of barriers to reach students in a very special way. It can be the means for each child to find their light.

A few years ago I was blessed with the opportunity to teach pre-school students one afternoon a week. One of my most memorable students was Vanessa. She was five years old, had difficulty walking and could not speak. We mostly sat on the floor for our music lessons and Vanessa liked to sit on my lap. One of her favorite songs was John the Rabbit. It was a call and response song where I sang the call and the students clapped two times while singing the repeating phrase “Oh yes!” Vanessa liked to put her hands together with mine and clap with me. We performed that song during every class Vanessa and I clapped together. She never said or sang a word.

One day late in the school year when the song was finished Vanessa turned around, looked at me in the eye, clapped her tiny hands two times and said the words “Oh yes!” I opened my mouth and could not speak. Through music we had made a connection.

Several years later I came across Vanessa on the street in town. I stopped my car and waved to say hello. She waved back with a big smile on her face and then clapped her hands two times mimicking the song we had performed in our music class. This precious little girl through her connection with music left an impression on me that will last forever.

Every child has the ability to learn and grow. It is up to us educators to discover the way to reach each and every one of our students. We all must find each child’s light.

1.The author thinks music__________.

A．can make children calm down              B．can connect heart to heart

C．is difficult for pre-school students           D．is a good means to find a job

2.According to the second paragraph Vanessa_________.

A．got used to singing songs                  B．was too shy to speak

C．was the youngest in the class               D．enjoyed the author’s class

3.When Vanessa spoke the words “Oh yes!” the author felt________.

A．surprised         B．happy            C．frightened         D．satisfied

4.What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?

A．The author has been in touch with Vanessa for several years.

B．Vanessa became as healthy as other children.

C．The song made a deep impression on Vanessa.

D．Being a good educator became Vanessa’s dream.

As we know, animals are our friends. Please read the following descriptions and try to find out what kinds of animals they are.

Hi! I am Molly. I am twelve years old. I   46  from Africa. I like to play with my friends and eat grass.

  This is Ling Ling. She is five years old. She comes from China. She is very beautiful, but she is very  47  , please be quiet.

  Hello! This is Bill. Isn’t he cute? He is from Australia. He   48   during the day, but   49  he gets up and eats leaves.

 Molly is a tiger. Is Ling Ling a  50  ?  What about Bill? Koala? How clever you are!

1. A. came          B. was           C. comes           D. am

2. A. smart          B. shy           C. interesting        D. crazy

3. A. works           B. washes       C. cries             D. sleeps

4. A. in the morning    B. in the evening  C. at noon          D. in the day

5. A. tiger            B. panda         C. dolphin          D. cow