From poor beginnings to most expensive player

      ZINEDINE Zidane,who dreams of leading France to its second World Cup title in a row next month,has always preferred to express himself with a football rather than with words.

      Last Wednesday Zidane scored the decisive goal when Real Madrid of Spain won the Champions League final against Germany's Leverkusen 2一1.

      He became one of the world’s most expensive players when he joined Real Madrid from Italy's Juventus for US $ 66 million.And he has been a national hero since he scored twice in the 3-O defeat of Brazil in the 1998 World Cup Final.

      But despite his success,Zidane has always kept his feet on the ground.He leads a quite family life,there is hardly any gossip about him and he avoids putting his wife and two children in the spotlight.

      “Just because I'm a public figure it doesn't mean I have to express myself on everything.I don't like to discuss some personal matters publicly.”he said.

      Even as a child playing football in the slum area of Marseille,France,where he was raised by his Algerian parents,Zidane was shy.

      He loved football even as a little kid.“I realized football is a wonderful mixture of a sharp mind and hard training rather than just talking,”he said.

      Even when the match awards were just chocolate and bread,Zidane found that football made his poor childhood rich.

      Before he was 10 years old,it was obvious that he could become a great footballer.He was offered his first professional contract(合同)when he was just 20.Now,at the age of 29,he has already picked up two World Player  of the year awards.

      This quiet striker has not yet spoken of his hopes for the coming World Cup.But his fans across the world will be eagerly watching him to see what he'll do this time.

What did Zidane learn from his childhood football experience? He learned that_____________.

A.he could become a great footballer

B.he could become rich if he became a footballer

C.football is a mixture of a sharp mind and hard training but not just talking

D.football is a favorite sport in the future

According to the article,what are Zidane’s main characteristics?

A.He is a shy but successful man.

B.H e loves his wife and children.

C.He doesn't like to speak in public.

D.He is a quiet,down—to earth person of few words.

When the writer says“Zidane has always kept his feet on the ground”,he means_________.

A.Zidane spends more time standing than sitting most days

B.Zidane is a down-to earth person

C.Zidane has spent most of his time training on the pitch

D.Zidane likes standing when he succeeds

The sentence“Zidane found that football made his poor childhood rich”means___________.

A.football made Zidane's poor family wealthy when he was a child

B.Zidane knew that football could bring him fame and wealth even when he was a child

C.football brought happiness to Zidane when he was a child in a poor family

D.Zidane knew that if he wanted to be  rich he must play football from childhood

Parents are a child’s first teachers. But some parents never learned from good examples. In New York City, a nonprofit agency called Covenant House tries to help homeless young mothers become good parents.

The twelve or so teenagers who live at the shelter attend parenting classes four days a week. The class is called Mommy and Me. Teacher Delores Clemens is a mother of five and a grandmother. She teaches basic skills, like how to give a baby a bath and how to dress a baby depending on the season.

She remembers one student who learned from her mother not to pick up a crying baby. The mother said that would only make the child needy and overly demanding. Delores Clemens says, “that's not true. You have to hold your baby! He is crying for a reason. If you never pick him up, he's going to keep crying. Pick your baby up. Cuddle your baby. Hug him! And she started to do that. They just want a little cuddling and a little love. And it works!”

Delores Clemens says her students also learn how to be good mothers by letting themselves be mothered. Around three hundred fifty teenage mothers graduate from Covenant House's Mommy and Me class every year.

In class, with her baby son is Natasha. She lived on the streets. She is glad not only for the warmth and shelter of Covenant House. As she told reporter Adam Phillips, she is also glad for the help they offer in seeking a more secure life.

The World Health Organization says the United States has forty-one births for every one thousand girls age fifteen to nineteen. That is higher than other developed countries, as well as some developing ones. By comparison, northern neighbor Canada has fourteen births and southern neighbor Mexico has eighty-two.

What is the text mainly about?

A. Parents who are a child’s first teachers.

B. A class where teens learn mothering and are mothered.

C. A nonprofit agency that offers a more secure life.

D. A kind teacher who help homeless young mothers.

Covenant Houses’ Mommy and Me class is intended to _____.

A. help homeless young mothers become good parents

B. provide homeless young mothers with a warm shelter

C. help mothers in New York be good parents

D. teach some parents how to love their children

What can we know about Delores Clemens from the text?

A. She has a mother of five and a grandmother.

B. She thinks a crying baby should be picked up and hugged.

C. She teaches advanced skills on how to be good mothers.

D. She is very glad for the warmth and shelter of Covenant House.

According to the World Health Organization, which country has the highest births for girls age fifteen to nineteen?

  A. Canada     B. the United States of America    C. Mexico     D. Britain

Here are two letters from our readers expressing their concern about school assessment:

(1)

Students should be allowed to study without worrying about grades. Fortunately, most educators realize that students have different interests and abilities. However, grade?based assessment(评价) is still very common.Grades often hold back creativity. Competing for better grades causes many students to turn down opportunities to go in for music,drama and sports.Grades are also an unfair measure of a student’s ability. I do not demand,as some extremists do,that grades should no longer be recorded.However,I do ?believe? that less importance should be placed on grades.I hope that someday grades will become optional(可要可不要) at Village High School.

?Magdalena Smith, President,

?Drama Club?

(2)

Let’s face the facts about grades.Grades perform three basic functions.First,grades get students to work at their highest level of competence.Second,they act as an encouragement for hardworking students and as a warning to those who are not.Finally,grades are an effective standard by which to measure students achievement.Good grades help students to get jobs and to get into university.I’ve spoken with a number of students who have jobs,and most of them say that they were hired mainly because of their grades.My grades helped me get a part?time job and will help me get into university next year.I think grades are extremely important at Village High School.

?Simon Harper, Member,

?Science Club

Simon Harper writes from the viewpoint of someone who _______.

A. insists grades should become optional in the near future

B. believes in the advantages of assessment based on grades

C. is concerned about improving students creativity

D. supports using students interests to measure their abilities

Magdalena Smith thinks it is important for _______.

A. educators to assess the students by grades

B. educators to pay more attention to grades

C. students to compete for better grades

D. students to take part in music, drama, and sports

According to the letters, which of the following is true about Village High School?

A. Grades are effective in every way.

B. Grades hold back students creativity.

C. Grades bring about unnecessary competition.

D. Grades are still in use at present.

What are the two letters mainly about?

A. The role that grades should play in assessing students.

B. The importance of art and music in students life.

C. The need to have a standard measure for students success.

D. The reasons why grades shouldn’t be used to assess students.

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