One of my favourite books is That Guy Was Cool. It's a wonderful book for children, I think. But parents and teachers love it, too. It can teach them something about the language of today's children.

So lots of people, young and old, wan to know about tho book’s writer, a Korean girl Guiyeoni.

"This book is near to us and goes to our hearts., When I read it, I laughed and cried." said Liang Zi, a girl from Jiangsu.

The book tell an unusual story of love between two students, The girl is sweet, but she's very common, The boy is good— looking and has everything, but he is often unhappy because his father died when the boy was very young, They become close and help each other to be happy. In the end, they fall in love.

“The girl in the book is like me. She's simple." said Guiyeoni.

Guiyeoni's book doesn't only use words. It also uses things like emotions. Emotions are small icons(符号), like smiling faces, and she uses them to show emotions. Children know what these things mean, because they often use them when they talk on the Internet or send messages with mobile phones.

1.Guiyeoni is ________.

A.a girl who falls in love with her classmate B.a young sister

C.the writer of That Guy Was Cool. D.one of the emotions

2.Which of the following may not be an emotion?

A.8— ) B.:— ( C.See you D.:(

3.Guiyeoni is a(n) ________girl.

A.simple B.outgoing C.friendly D.short and fat

4.Guiyeoni uses emotions to write the book because ________.

A.she really likes them B.she can't draw pictures

C.pictures can say lots of things  D.young readers are interested in them

5.Which of the following is true?

A.Teachers don't like That Guy Was Cool.

B.That Guy Wag Cool is near to students and goes to their heats.

C.Guiyeoni doesn't like emotions very much.

D.The boy in the book loves the girl because she looked nice.

Have you ever noticed the black and white bars on a book?Do you know what they are used for?

They are bar-codes(条形码)used in most products. If you go to a supermarket,you can see almost every product with a bar-code on it. Bar-codes have information about the product, such as name and production date.It's an easy and convenient way to know about the products. Just scan the bar-code and everything is clear.

The first use of a bar-code in a supermarket checkout system was on a pack of American Wrigley Company chewing gum in 1974.Beyond supermarkets, bar-codes are needed everywhere:for renting cars, for luggage checks on a plane, for parcels(包裹) you send. Life would be rather difficult without bar-codes.Most of our things would get lost in the post.

Bar-codes change as well.Bar-codes in the past were 1-D(one-dimensional空间), but now there are 2-D bar-codes,such as QR code.Since 2009, QR has been used on Chinese train tickets. People can enter stadiums,cinemas and theaters by holding certain types of bar-codes.

With these small codes, life is getting much easier for us.

If you find these bar-code things boring, a bar-code building might be more up your street. In St Petersburg, Russia, there is a building designed like a bar-code.It looks strange, but it's actually a shopping mall. There are games too. Bar-code Monsters is a mobile phone game. You have to scan bar-codes and find the monsters!

1.Bar-codes were first used in ________.

A.1974 in the UK B.1974 in the US C.2009 in China D.2009 in Russia

2.The underlined word “scan”might mean “________” in Chinese.

A.复印 B.展示 C.描写 D.扫描

3.From Paragraph 3 and 4, we can learn that ________.

A.bar-codes are very useful in our daily life B.our things will get lost without bar-codes

C.bar-codes make our life rather difficult D.we can’t live without bar-codes

4.Which of the following is NOT true about the bar-code building?

A.It looks like a bar-code. B.It’s in St Petersburg, Russia.

C.It’s used as a shopping mall. D.Its name is Bar-code Monsters.

5.The best title of this passage is________.

A.From 1-D Bar-codes to 2-D Bar-codes B.Why Bar-codes are Black and White

C.Small Codes that Make a Big Difference D.What if the World Doesn’t Have a Bar-code

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