Su Su is a 16-year-old Beijinger. She studies at the High School Affiliated to Renmin University. She has just published(發(fā)表) her first book, The Enigma of the Universe (《宇宙之謎》).
The Enigma of the Universe tells a story of a girl called April. One day she meets an alien(外星人) boy named Kaka. Kaka takes April on a journey into the universe. Later April finds out a big secret about Kaka...
What's special about this book? It's a book written in both Chinese and English.
Su wrote the book when she was 14 years old. She was influenced（影響） by the book Sophie's World (《蘇菲的世界》) and the movie The Truman Show (《楚門的世界》). Sophie is a girl who is interested in philosophy（哲學）. Truman's life is run by television.
These stories gave Su an idea for her own book. She decided to write it in English.
"My English teacher asked us to write something," says Su. "I thought I'd write about my idea."
Su spent a whole summer vacation writing the story.
"Sometimes I had to stop because I couldn't find the right words," says Su. "I used the dictionary all the time."
After finishing the English novel, Su had another idea. She decided to translate it into Chinese. The job took her just a few days. "It was easy because Chinese is my native language (母語)," she says.
Su says her story is "a mixture of philosophy (哲學) and detective (偵探) story and science fiction".
"My classmates and I have turned it into a DV play," says Su. "I wrote the play and I played April. We will show it in our school soon!"
【小題1】What did Su Su write？

A．Harry Potter	B．Sophie's World
C．The Truman Show	D．The Enigma of the Universe

【小題2】In Which language did Su Su write this book?

A．Chinese	B．English
C．French	D．Both Chinese and English

【小題3】How did Su Su write the book?

A．She wrote it in Chinese first and then translate it into English.

B．She wrote it in English first and then translate it into Chinese.

C．She wrote it half in Chinese first and then wrote it half in English.

D．She wrote it half in English first and then wrote it half in Chinese

【小題4】What does her book talk about?

A．It talks about how to learn English well.

B．It is a mixture ofphilosophy(哲學) anddetective(偵探) story and science fiction.

C．It talks about how to learn English grammar well.

D．It is a mixture oflove.

Su Su is a 16-year-old Beijinger. She studies at the High School Affiliated to Renmin University. She has just published(發(fā)表) her first book, The Enigma of the Universe (《宇宙之謎》).

The Enigma of the Universe tells a story of a girl called April. One day she meets an alien(外星人) boy named Kaka. Kaka takes April on a journey into the universe. Later April finds out a big secret about Kaka...

What's special about this book? It's a book written in both Chinese and English.

Su wrote the book when she was 14 years old. She was influenced（影響） by the book Sophie's World (《蘇菲的世界》) and the movie The Truman Show (《楚門的世界》). Sophie is a girl who is interested in philosophy（哲學）. Truman's life is run by television.

These stories gave Su an idea for her own book. She decided to write it in English.

"My English teacher asked us to write something," says Su. "I thought I'd write about my idea."

Su spent a whole summer vacation writing the story.

"Sometimes I had to stop because I couldn't find the right words," says Su. "I used the dictionary all the time."

After finishing the English novel, Su had another idea. She decided to translate it into Chinese. The job took her just a few days. "It was easy because Chinese is my native language (母語)," she says.

Su says her story is "a mixture of philosophy (哲學) and detective (偵探) story and science fiction".

"My classmates and I have turned it into a DV play," says Su. "I wrote the play and I played April. We will show it in our school soon!"

1.What did Su Su write？

A．Harry Potter                           B．Sophie's World

C．The Truman Show                       D．The Enigma of the Universe

2.In Which language did Su Su write this book?

A．Chinese                              B．English

C．French                               D．Both Chinese and English

3.How did Su Su write the book?

A．She wrote it in Chinese first and then translate it into English.

B．She wrote it in English first and then translate it into Chinese.

C．She wrote it half in Chinese first and then wrote it half in English.

D．She wrote it half in English first and then wrote it half in Chinese

4.What does her book talk about?

A．It talks about how to learn English well.

B．It is a mixture ofphilosophy(哲學) anddetective(偵探) story and science fiction.

C．It talks about how to learn English grammar well.

D．It is a mixture oflove.

 

任務型閱讀。 （5 分）
Today is Kate’s birthday and she’s fifteen years old. Her father’s name is Smith. He works in the hospital. People think he is a very good doctor. Kate’s mother is a shop assistant. She is a very good assistant. Kate has a brother and a sister. Now her brother is in China. He speaks Chinese very well and has many friends there. He is a businessman. Her sister is a student. She is studying Chinese very hard and she wants to be a teacher of Chinese in her country.
1. Whose birthday is today?   _______________________________
2. What’s her father’s name?  ________________________________
3. What is her mother?       ________________________________
4. Where does her brother have many friends? ____________________
What does her sister want to be?  ____________________________

閱讀理解

“Ordinary” was the worst word my mother could find for anything. Whenever she took me out for shopping, I found she wouldn’t take any notice of the shop assistants when they suggested that some dresses were popular. She would say, “We’re not interested in that. Haven’t you got anything a little unusual?” And then the assistants would bring out all the strange colours no one else would buy. And later she and I would argue because I wanted to be ordinary but my mother wanted to be unusual.

“I can’t stand that hairdo (發(fā)型),” she said to me when I was in a boy hairstyle, “It’s so terribly ordinary... Not ugly, not unsuitable. But ordinary ...”

“Couldn’t you please wear something else?” I asked one day when she was dressing for Parents’ Day in tight (緊貼的) trousers and a bright pink sweater.

“What’t wrong with it!”

“It’s just that I wish you’d wear something ordinary.” I said, “People won’t laugh at.”

She looked at me angrily, “Are you ashamed of your mother? If you are, Mary, I feel sorry for you.”

1.What did the shop assistants advise Mary’s mother to buy?

A．Something very popular.	B．Styles they have sold out of.
C．Cheap clothes.	D．The most unusual clothes.

2. When Mary had her hair cut in a boy hairstyle, her mother ____.

A．felt happy with it	B．surely disliked it
C．told her to change it	D．thought it was unusual

3. Why did Mary ask her mother to change her clothes on Parents’ Day?

A．Because her mother’s clothes were out of style.

B．Because she didn’t like a pink sweater at all.

C．Because she didn’t like her mother to dress that way.

D．Because she didn’t want others to look at her mother.

4. What does her mother mean by “ordinary”?

A．Unusual.

B．Ugly.

C．Common.

D．Popular.

5. The underlined word “It” most likely means ____.

A．the hairdo

B．the dresser

C．the boy

D．the colour

 

任務型閱讀。 （5 分）

Today is Kate’s birthday and she’s fifteen years old. Her father’s name is Smith. He works in the hospital. People think he is a very good doctor. Kate’s mother is a shop assistant. She is a very good assistant. Kate has a brother and a sister. Now her brother is in China. He speaks Chinese very well and has many friends there. He is a businessman. Her sister is a student. She is studying Chinese very hard and she wants to be a teacher of Chinese in her country.

1. Whose birthday is today?   _______________________________

2. What’s her father’s name?  ________________________________

3. What is her mother?       ________________________________

4. Where does her brother have many friends? ____________________

What does her sister want to be?  ____________________________