We may pass by empty phone booths(电话亭)on the streets every day.But they have been something out of date because of cell phones. Old phone booths in Shanghai is trying to bring new life.

Shanghai will make changes to 263 phone booths in Xuhui district.There will be six new kinds of booths in Shanghai.Tee Library Booth is one of the six new kinds,It gives 60 books for people to borrow and read.Another kind will let users to listen to audio books(有声书)and even record their own voices.

Shanghai is not the only one trying to help phone booths stay useful.The UK Company British Telccom lets people use booths.Since 2009,people have changed more than 1,500 phone booths into flower shops,mini-cafes and even shower rooms.The British love their red phone booths and they have been a part of the country’s identity(标识)since the 1930s.

Maybe in the future phone booths will become a new identity again,but in a different way.

1.How many books will each library booth in Shanghai offer?

A. 6. B. 60. C. 263. D. 1,500.

2.What is the main idea of the third paragraph?

A. People in the UK don’t use booths.

B. British Telecom is the best company in the UK.

C. The British love their phone booths so much.

D. The British are making new use of phone booths again.

3.What can we know from the story?

A. No one wants to use telephone booths now.

B. people will use phone booths in a new way.

C. Britain’s red phone booths are losing their identity.

D. Phone booths around the world are not popular.

4.In the passage,the writer wants to tell the readers about .

A. the fun of phone booths B. the history of phone booths

C. the new life of phone booths. D. the difference of phone booths

5.We can read the passage probably from .

A. a newspaper B. a picture book C. a comedy D. a storybook

Recently, a 17?year?old girl named Cassandra Hsiao becomes hot in the world. Living in California,the girl has received offer letters(录取通知书) from all eight Ivy League colleges(常春藤名校), including Harvard, Princeton and Yale.

Cassandra's father came from Taiwan while her mother was from Malaysia(马来西亚). She was born in Malaysia, and her family moved to the United States when she was five. The family suffered a lot in the new country. Luckily, Cassandra works hard all the time. Cassandra wrote their stories on their hard struggles(奋斗) in the college essay, which was really touching the world.

“Your personal identity(个人身份) and sense of belonging(归属感) are two of the most important problems that people from other countries must face. I wanted to share a piece of our home life, my relationship with my mother and both of our stories,” she told BBC News.

“I miss Malaysia. Growing up, I loved flying kites, going to markets and setting off firecrackers(烟火). I spent my childhood talking in a mixture of Chinese, Malaysia and English,” she said lovingly.

It's difficult to deal with language difficulties. Once her mother was laughed at by her teacher and classmates for using wrong English in an English paper. But a kind girl stood up and argued with the classmates. She fought them back and help my mother correct her language mistakes.

“Later my mother asked me to teach her proper English starting with pronunciation. It has not been easy. I believe this article really shows values I hold close to my heart: Standing up for those without a voice, even when you think you haven't quite found your own yet,” said Cassandra.

1.Where does Cassandra Hsiao live now?

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2.How many offer letters from Ivy League Colleges did Cassandra receive?

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3.What did Cassandra love doing when she was young?

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4.把短文第五自然段中画线句子翻译成汉语。

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5.给短文拟一个恰当的标题。

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