Six excellent students from the Liverpool City Academy are celebrating their success after the Prime

Minister presented them with the top award in the National Young People in Business Competition.

Students across the United Kingdom were asked to create their own business.The City Academy’s

idea of greetings cards certainly impressed the judges(法官)!

The City Academy students were competing with over 500 other schools to win this famous award.

The students also won a prize of £10,000for their school and £500 for each member of the winning team.

Their winning business “Academy Creations” made greetings cards and e-cards which they sold at

local shops and through their website.The students had to present their business and their results to a team

of top business people.They then had to answer questions about their experience of running the business.

The judges praised the team members for “their excellent business plan, the quality of their greetings cards

and their creative way of selling”.

Mr.Harry Thompson, head of the City Academy, was delighted by the team’s success.“we are very

proud of what the team has done.The students worked very hard, which led to their success.”

The members of the winning team were Jessica Smith, Andrew Chang, Risha Bedi, Frank Gordon and

twin sister Carol and Lisa Taytor.Lisa told us, “The best part about the business was working together as a

team.That is what helped us to be successful.We all had different talents and strengths.”

The whole team agreed that running the business was a great way to learn and the experience would

help them when they were running their own businesses in the future!

1.Who was NOT the member of the winning team?

A. Frank Gordon. B. Jessica Smith C. Harry Thompson. D. Risha Bedi

2.How much money was given out for the top prize in total?

A. 10,000 pounds. B. 10,500 pounds C. 13,000 pounds D. 15,000 pounds.

3.What was the key to success, according to the members of the team?

A. The excellent business plan. B. The quality of their greetings cards.

C. The creative way to sell products. D. The team spirit of the members

4.Which is NOT true according to the article?

A. There were six members receiving a prize from the Prime Minister.

B. Team spirit was the best part about the business.

C. The students sold all their greetings cards through the website.

D. The students had to answer questions from top business people.

5.What can we learn from the article?

A. Team spirit is the most important for success.

B. Students can do business better than adults.

C. More students should be encouraged to do business

D. Selling greetings cards can make a lot of money,

Bill Evans was a professional baseball player. He was a very good player and had played in the World Series many times. He was also superstitious. (迷信的) Before every game, he went to a fortune-teller to find out what was going to happen. The fortune-teller had told his fortune many times and had often been correct.

One day, on the eve of an important game, he visited his favourite fortune-teller, as usual. The fortune-teller studied his hand and then said, "I see a man wearing a white coat. " And you are lying on a stretcher(担架). " This really worried Bill. He decided not to risk (冒险) it. He was afraid to get injured (受伤). The captain of Bill’s team was not happy when he told him that he was not going to play. Bill was one of the best players on the team. However, there was nothing he could say to make Bill change his mind.

Bill also decided not to watch the game, but to go to the hospital and visited one of the other players who had been badly injured a few weeks before. As he was walking into the hospital, Bill hit his head on the ground and lost consciousness (直觉). Within a few seconds, he was being carried into the hospital on a stretcher.

1.What did Bill do before a game?

A. He practiced hard. B. He talked to his friends about what was going to happen.

C. He went to the hospital. D. He went to a fortune-teller.

2.What did Bill think was going to happen?

A. He would be injured during the game. B. He would be injured at the hospital.

C. He would be injured by his captain. D. He would be injured by the fortune-teller.

3.What did Bill decide to do?

A. Play in the game. B. Not play in the game.

C. Stop visiting fortune-tellers. D. Give up baseball.

4.When did Bill go to the hospital?

A. Before the game. B. After the game.

C. During the game. D. When he was sick.

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