Answer the questions(根据短文内容回答下列问题):

Calvin waited and then walked into Trudy’s bedroom. Then it happened — a scream(尖叫), a very loud scream. Calvin ran to his room and dived into bed.

He heard Mama coming down the hall.

‘Did you do this?’ his mother asked. Calvin looked out from under the covers. His mother stood over him, holding a rubber spider.

‘Do what?’ he asked.

‘You put that thing in my bed,’ Trudy told him, stepping out from behind Mama.

‘Don’t think that just because it’s your birthday you can do something like this,’ Mama scolded (责骂).

‘You do want your present, don’t you?’ That wiped the smile off Calvin’s face.

‘Of course I do,’ he said.

‘Then you apologize.’

Calvin dropped his head. ‘Sorry, Trudy,’ he muttered (嘟囔).

‘Here,’ Mama said, ‘Happy birthday.’ At the breakfast table she handed Calvin an envelope. Inside were tickets to the show of Lomax the Magnificent, the world-famous magician and hypnotist(施行催眠术的人). ‘You’ve got two tickets there,’ Mama said, ‘and I know someone who’d really love to go along.’ She smiled at Trudy.

‘You don’t mean here, do you?’ Calvin asked, eyeing his little sister.

‘Well, that would be really nice. But those tickets are yours. If you want to ask somebody …’ Calvin didn’t wait for his mother to finish. ___________________________ Rodney, his friend next door. The two of them were going to see the show Lomax the Magnificent.

1.Who screamed at the beginning?

2.What did Calvin do to Trudy?

3.Did Calvin say sorry to his sister?

4.Where did Calvin get his present?

5.What did Calvin do with the tickets at last?

6.Finish the sentence in the last paragraph in less than ten words.

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People are traveling more than ever before. The World Tourism Organization says that by 2020 the number of international travelers will be more than 1.6 billion a year.1. Here are four different kinds of tourism that have appeared recently.

Medical tourism means going to a different country for health care.2. A few of the popular countries offering medical tourism are India, Cuba, Thailand and Jordan.

Nearly all tourists eat in restaurants, and dining is one of the top three tourist activities. But if you are in a country famous for its food, will you learn how to cook it? Welcome to food tourism, where people go to another country to learn how to prepare its food.3.

Disaster(灾难)tourism is the act of visiting the site of a disaster. 4. This kind of tourism is not very popular with local people.

Another kind of popular tourism is literary(文学的)tourism.5. It can be connected to the life of a writer, for example, visiting the writer's home or favorite places, or connected to the lives of characters in a story. It can also be a visit to a place where a film was made.

A. Cooking holidays are becoming increasingly popular.

B. This is a kind of cultural tourism and there are several kinds.

C. Many people enjoy these historical tourist attraction.

D. This kind of travel can be for a lot of things, from operations to visits to the dentist.

E. The increase in the number of tourists also means an increase in the kinds of tourism.

F. Examples include tours to parts of Thailand that were hit by the tsunami(海啸)or to the World Trade Centre site in New York.

For years, the word “popular',has been demonized(妖魔化)and made thesame as mini-skirt-wearing, hair-coloring cheerleader types like Regina Georgein Mean Girls. Today, teachers and parents inform children that being popularis irrelevant(不相干的),unnecessary and a sure shortcut to upset, misery, anddeath. And some people describe popular students as the ones most likely tobum out and end up as nobody, while their less well-liked counterparts enjoy alife of wealth and fame.

However, the Oxford English Dictionary defines(定义)popularity as:“TheState or condition of being liked, admired, or supported by many people’ Thissounds like a lovely thing, and is not related to such behaviors as “burn books” or “three-way phonecalls" in Mean Girls.

In fact, it is a truth widely acknowledged that young people who feel liked or supported are morelikely to obtain impressive achievements than those who feel lonely, unvalued, and irrelevant socially.So why, then, is popularity given such a bad name? Why is this state of well-likedness so demonized?

Basically, the hatred (恨) shown toward what appears to be a very pleasant thing is caused by lackof understanding. When we, as viewers, see characters such as Regina Georges on TV and in films, werecognize them to be popular. These characters, if not exactly liked,,greatly admired by their peers(同伴).Our mistake comes when we try to understand their cruel and unkind actions using the deduction(推论)method.Humans are imperfect, and even the most intelligent mind is open to dishonesty through a very smallslip in logic. Unfortunately, this occurs here with branding results

We first learn that a character is popular. Since this is important to the plot, it is constantlyemphasized, leading it to be the most common thing in our minds when we consider the character.Later, we see that character do something unkind. The character's most noticeable characteristic (inour minds) is his/her popularity. And now the character is mean and unkind. This character is popular.Therefore, we jump to a quick conclusion (结论) that popular people are mean and unkind.

Things such as improper behaviors and rumor-spreading are terrible and should always be seenin a very serious light. However, it is important to recognize that these are not the behaviors of popularpeople, but bullies.

So, in summary, do not be afraid to be popular and have many friends. If you are kind to everyoneand treat others with respect, there will be few who can criticize you, for being widely liked is not acurse but a blessing. Just remember that being popular does give you a degree of power, and with greatpower comes a large electricity bill!

1.The writer mentions the definition of popularity in paragraph 2 to__.

A. bring up his opinion B. give an example

C. come to a conclusion D. offer his suggestion

2.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Being popular might offer a shortcut to a life of wealth.

B. Students who feel supported have a better chance to achieve more.

C. Popular students are usually famous but mean and unkind.

D. The less well-liked people consider being popular as something bad.

3.Paragraph 4 and 5 are. mainly about__

A. the importance of being admired by peers

B. the ways to clear up some misunderstanding

C. the advantages and disadvantages of being popular

D. the reasons why people show hatred to being popular

4.The writer probably agrees that__·

A. cheerleader types will surely end up as nobody

B. being popular is unnecessary for most students

C. treating others with kindness is beneficial to popular people

D. famous people are likely to make mistakes and be criticized

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