--- I’m afraid I’ve failed the driving test.

--- ______. Maybe things are not so bad as you think.

A．That’s OK        B．I think so          C．Take it easy        D．It’s very kind of you

When I first saw the book Alice in Lace, I thought I was going to like it. And as it turned out, I love it! I love books about life and being a kid. And Alice in Lace is just that kind. It’s a humorous book about being thirteen and the problems kids might face. Alice and her friends get a strange assignment from their totally cool teacher, Mr. Everett. It was like playing the game of “Life,” but you had to act it out.

So Pamela is pregnant, Elizabeth buys a car and Alice gets married. Well, of course, Pamela wasn’t really pregnant, but she walked around with a pillow under her shirt to get people’s reactions. Elizabeth didn’t really buy a car, but she went to the car lot and made the sales guy think she was. The whole class got assignments like these! I would love to do something like that for school.

In the book Alice has a lot to think about. “Getting married is hard!” Alice says. She has to plan the ceremony, the honeymoon, find a place to live, pay for furniture and two months’ rent and food. Maybe she and her “husband” could work it out — if they were getting on fine!

Although this book was funny, it really made me think about how problems like these could really mess up your life. Take teenage pregnancy for example. How could you have a baby and stay in school? You couldn’t find a babysitter every day to stay with your kid. A child really consumes your life. I understand what the teacher was trying to do. He was trying to discourage the class from getting into these problems by giving them a glimpse of life. As someone about to become a teenager myself, I can say sometimes a story makes you think about what’s up ahead.

Overall, I would say this book is wonderful. My favorite part of the book is discovering that if I like it, there are seven other Alice books I can check out at my local library. I love this book, and I hope you will too.

1.We can infer from the passage that Pamela, Elizabeth and Alice _______.

A．turn out to be the author’s classmates

B．are characters in Alice in Lace

C．get along quite well

D．become dismissed from school

2.By saying “getting married is hard” in the paragraph 3, Alice means ______.

A．life isn’t easy as expected

B．it is hard to deal with her husband

C．she regrets getting married

D．it’s fun to get married

3.Why did Mr. Everett give his students such assignments?

A．To encourage them to enjoy a meaningful life.

B．To prevent them getting into those troubles at an early age.

C．To make them realize the hardship of life.

D．To teach them how to make a living.

4.The author writes the passage mainly to _____.

A．advise us to buy Alice in Lace

B．tell us how wonderful Mr. Everett’s idea is

C．share her inspiration from Alice in Lace

D．show off her reading ability

--- How do you find “the Voice of China”---a music talent show on Zhejiang Satellite TV?

---­_____.

—Be quick, please. I have to be there by 9:00

—      , but I’ll try my best.

A．That’s all right  B．No problem     C．I can’t promise D．It’s impossible

You might think the largest library in the world would be in Europe. But it isn’t. It’s in Washington D.C. It’s called the Library of Congress.

President John Adams started the library in 1800 for members of Congress. He wanted them to be able to read books about law. The first 740 books were bought in England. They were simply set up in the room where Congress met. Then Thomas Jefferson sold Congress many of his own books. He felt Congress should have books on all subjects, not just on law. This idea changed the library forever.

The library grew and grew. Now it covers a large area of land. It contains20million books as well as many pictures, movies, globes and machines. Experts in every field work there. Hundreds of people call every day with all kinds of questions. Many of them get answers right over the phone.  

The library is a huge storehouse. Thomas Edison’s first movie and Houdini’s magic books are preserved there. And it is the proud owner of the world’s best collection of humorous books.

The first step in starting the Library of Congress was         .

A. buying Thomas Jefferson’s books

B. buying books from England

C. putting up the library building

D. asking experts in every field to work there

Thomas Jefferson’s opinion about the library was that      .

A. it should buy books on law

B. it should be the largest in the world

C. it should have books on all subjects

D .it should answer all kinds of questions

Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Thomas Jefferson enriched the collection of the Library.

B. The Library of Congress is in Washington D.C.

C. The Library of Congress has books on all subjects from the very beginning.

D. You can ask the experts in the Library of Congress all kinds of questions by phone.

The best title for this passage is       .

A. General Introduction to the library of congress

B. The building of the Library of Congress

C. The Library of Congress—the American’s Pride

D. The Library of Congress—the World’s Best Collection of Humorous Books