Asia Newson is a 14-year-old girl from the United States. She starts each weekday at 5 am. She is very busy because besides schoolwork, she has some business to do.

Asia is the CEO of Super Business Girl, a company that sells homemade candles. She started the company at the age of 5. Asia's father is a candle salesman. She picked up her father’s skills and began her own business.

In 2015, Asia appeared on a famous US talk show: the Ellen DeGeneres Show. After that, her sales went up quickly. With the money she makes, she buys clothes and food for children in need. Her goal this year is to make $100, 000 (662, 230 yuan).

Newson also started a workshop to teach high school students how to do business. “If I teach other children how to make their own money, it will help them in the long run (从长远来看)”, she told Time for Kids.

1.Why is Asia so busy every day?

A.Because she always helps others.

B.Because she does business.

C.Because she is not good at schoolwork.

D.Because she helps her father make candles.

2.How long has Asia had her own company?

A.For 14 years. B.For nine years.

C.For five years. D.For 19 years.

3.What happened to Asia after appearing on a talk show?

A.More people bought her candles.

B.She closed her company.

C.She bought lots of clothes and food for herself.

D.She decided to become a famous person on TV.

4.From the last paragraph, we know that .

A.Asia doesn’t like to teach others how to do business.

B.Asia doesn’t think students should learn to do business.

C.Asia is better at teaching students than doing business.

D.Asia thinks it will be good for students to learn how to make money.

People in different countries greet each other in different ways. Here are some pictures.

The United States People shake hands when they meet for the first time. Friends and family members often hug or kiss on the cheek when they see each other.

Korea Men bow and shake hands to greet each other. Women do not usually shake hands. If you address(称呼) someone, you use his or her full name. The family name comes first, then the first name.

Finland(芬兰) Finns greet each other with a handshake. Hugs and kisses are only for close friends and family members.

Republic of the Philippines(菲律宾) The everyday greeting for friends is a handshake for both men and women. Men sometimes pat each other on the back.

1.In which country do men sometimes pat each other on the back?

A.Republic of the Philippines.

B.Finland.

C.Korea.

D.The United States.

2.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.People shake hands whenever they meet in the United States.

B.In Republic of the Philippines, friends shake hands as the everyday greeting.

C.Finns greet each other with a bow.

D.In Korea, the first name comes before the family name.

3.Of the five pictures above (a, b, c, d, and e), which is the same way to greet each other in the four countries?

A.d B.c. C.b D.a.

4.In this passage, all the followings are mentioned EXCEPT ________.

A.kisses B.hugs

C.smiles D.handshakes

5.What does the writer want to tell us in the passage?

A.Different ways of greeting.

B.The customs of four countries.

C.The habits of friends and family members.

D.Differences between languages.

When Robert was about two years old, he tried to remove a bottle of milk from the refrigerator but it fell, spilling milk all over the kitchen floor.

When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of shouting at him or punishing him, she said, “Robert, what a great and wonderful mess you have made! I have rarely seen so much milk. Well, the damage has already been done. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?”

Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, “You know, Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to clean it up and restore everything to its proper order.”

After they cleaned up the spilled milk, his mother then said, “You know, what we have here is a failed experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two hands. Let's go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can discover a way to carry it without dropping it.”

The little boy learned that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. At that moment he knew he didn’t need to be-afraid of making mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just good chances for learning something new, which is, after all, what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment “doesn't work”, we usually learn something valuable from it.

Answer the questions

1.What happened to the bottle when Robert tried to remove it from the refrigerator?

2.Who cleaned up the spilled milk?

3.What did his mother encourage him to do in the back yard?

4.How could he carry the bottle without dropping it?

5.After reading the story, what do you think of making mistakes?

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