I am 15. Now I’m studying English in London. I want to invent a language machine that can help me understand as many languages as possible.
Marie, France
Aug. 15, 2009
I am 13. I dream of going to a top university after I finish middle school. I want to be a reporter in the future.
Michiko, Japan
Sep.21, 2009
I am a 12-year-old girl. I like traveling very much. How I wish to visit Egypt some day!
Masha, Russia
Oct. 15, 2009
I am a 16-year-old girl in Tibet. The Qinghai Tibet Railway has been built. I’ll be able to reach Shanghai by train in about 50 hours. My dream is to go to Shanghai to visit Expo 2010.
Joma, China
June 10, 2008
I am 14 years old. I dream of inventing a machine that can send things or people from one place to another in a minute.
Andrew, the USA
Nov. 30, 2009
 

1. 1.

   What is Michiko’s dream?

   1. A.
      Visiting Egypt.
   2. B.
      Going from one place to another in a minute.
   3. C.
      Going to a top university
   4. D.
      Inventing a language machine.
2. 2.

   How old is Joma when Expo 2010 Shanghai are held?

   1. A.
      Fifteen.
   2. B.
      Sixteen
   3. C.
      Seventeen.
   4. D.
      Eighteen.
3. 3.

   The best title for this passage would be ____________.

   1. A.
      I Have a Dream
   2. B.
      Different Students From Different Countries
   3. C.
      Five Middle School Students
   4. D.
      Our Inventions

Dear Students，
I am very happy to be your guest speaker today. It is a great pleasure to visit your school and to meet all of you.
I would like to tell you about myself. I have been a news reporter for the past fifteen years. I __46__ this job so I could travel the world，but job has taught me many unforgettable lessons. The work is sometimes __47__. I have seen famines(饥荒)，earthquakes，poorness and death. But I have __48__ seen courage，hope and happiness.
In India，I visited a city where there were many homeless children. Some were as young as four years old. They lived in the __49__ and depended on themselves by begging or stealing. But then a wonderful lady called Rosa opened a home for them. Within one year，she was __50__ two hundred children. She clothed them，fed them and taught them. She gave them __51__.
__52__ time，I was in Turkey after a terrible earthquake. In one place，I found an old lady whose house was destroyed. Her son was missing and rescue(救援) workers said there was no chance that he was still alive. But the old lady did not __53__ hope. For four days，she moved heavy stones one at a time by herself. She did not stop __54__ she found her son. He was alive.
Here in China，I met a young boy who was seriously ill. He had had twenty operationsand spent nearly his whole life in hospital. I thought he would be __55__，but when I met him，his smile was so warm and welcoming.
In life，we need good models that we can admire and learn from. When my life is difficult，I try to remember the courage and goodness of these three people.

Dear Students，

I am very happy to be your guest speaker today. It is a great pleasure to visit your school and to meet all of you.

I would like to tell you about myself. I have been a news reporter for the past fifteen years. I __46__ this job so I could travel the world，but job has taught me many unforgettable lessons. The work is sometimes __47__. I have seen famines(饥荒)，earthquakes，poorness and death. But I have __48__ seen courage，hope and happiness.

In India，I visited a city where there were many homeless children. Some were as young as four years old. They lived in the __49__ and depended on themselves by begging or stealing. But then a wonderful lady called Rosa opened a home for them. Within one year，she was __50__ two hundred children. She clothed them，fed them and taught them. She gave them __51__.

__52__ time，I was in Turkey after a terrible earthquake. In one place，I found an old lady whose house was destroyed. Her son was missing and rescue(救援) workers said there was no chance that he was still alive. But the old lady did not __53__ hope. For four days，she moved heavy stones one at a time by herself. She did not stop __54__ she found her son. He was alive.

Here in China，I met a young boy who was seriously ill. He had had twenty operationsand spent nearly his whole life in hospital. I thought he would be __55__，but when I met him，his smile was so warm and welcoming.

In life，we need good models that we can admire and learn from. When my life is difficult，I try to remember the courage and goodness of these three people.