In China，people born in and after the 1980s are called the post-80s generation(一代人)．Most of them come from single-child families．However，this generation is playing a more and more important part in China，and their image(形象) in people’s minds is changing．Han Han，a popular youth writer，is one of them．

    Han Han was born in 1982 in Shanghai．His talent for writing was clear at an early age．When he was 17，he attracted the public’s attention with the article Viewing the People through the Glass．The article won first prize in the national New Concept Composition Competition．Later，Han Han again surprised the public by leaving high school．“I didn’t do well in Grade One of high school and failed to move up to the next grade．I tried my best to improve my studies，but failed，so I gave up．However，I am always learning，since learning and going to school are two different things,” Han Han said．

    Han Han’s first novel Three Folded Gates sold very well in China．Later the book was translated(翻译)into several languages and sold abroad．

    In the following years，Han Han wrote a lot of books．All of them were welcomed by the market．In 2006，he started blogging (写博客)and had great success．Today，Han Han’s blog has become one of the honest blogs on the Internet．

1.The post-80s generation        ．

         A．have changed China’s image             

               B．are playing an important role in China

         C．are very good at writing                 

               D．are people who are more than 80 years old  

2.When did Han Han begin to write a blog?

         A．When he was seventeen．                   B．In 1982．   

               C．When he was twenty-four.                D．In 2008.

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

         A．Three Folded Gates was only sold in China．

B．Nobody was surprised that Han Han left high school．

         C．Han Han was not liked by the post-80s generation．

         D．Han Han’s blog is very popular on the Internet．

David comes from the train station and he doesn’t know where to go. This is the first time he comes to this town. He comes to see his good friend, Peter. Peter is a doctor. He works in a hospital. But David doesn’t know where the hospital is.

He walks in the street. He passes（经过）a bank, a post office, a hotel and at last he goes to a school. Some students are coming out, so he asks one of the students, “Excuse me. Which is the way to People’s Hospital?”

“Well, I know, you can go along this street, take the second turning on the right, and then take the third turning on your left. It’s next to a museum.”

“I’m sorry I can’t follow you.”

“Well, I just live near there, and my mother works in that hospital, too. I’m going home now. Will you go with me? I’ll take you there.”

“That’s great! Thank you very much！”

“Then, let’s go to the bus stop. And we’ll take the No.12 bus there.”

1._______comes to the town to see his friend.

2._______works in a hospital.

3.David doesn’t know the way to the hospital and asks________.

4.The student’s mother works in _________.

5.Where do the student and David go at last?

 Bob comes out of the station and at once he doesn't know where to go. He comes to see his good friend, Peter. Peter is a worker. He works in a factory, but Bob doesn't know where the factory is.

    He walks along the street. He passes a hospital, a post office, a bookshop and at last he gets to a school. Some students are coming out, so he asks one of them," Excuse me. Do you know where the Red Star Factory is?"

    "Of course, I know. I live near there. My father works in that factory. It's outside this town," answers the boy.

    "Is it far from here? Can you show me the way, please?" Bob asks again.

    "I'm going home now. Will you come with me? We can go there by bus. "

1.Who comes to the town to see a friend?

A. Bob.                     B. Peter.                  C. The boy.      D. The boy's father.

2.Whom does Bob ask the way?

A. Bob.                     B. Peter.                  C. A student.           D. A policeman.

3.Where is the factory?

A. Near the school.                                     B. Outside the town.

C. Next to a hospital.                         D. Across from the post office.

4.Where does the boy live?

A. Near the bookshop.                               B. Near the post office.

C. Near the factory.                                    D. Near the hospital.

5.Where do the boy and Bob go then?

A. To the bookshop.                          B. To a bus stop.

C. To the post office.                         D. To the hospital.

Mrs. Black lives on Second Avenue. New Year is coming. She wants to send (寄) a card to her friend in Toronto, but she doesn’t know where the post office is. She asks her neighbor (邻居) Mary, “ Is there a post office near here? I want to send a card.”

“The post office is not near from here,” answers Mary, “but you don’t need to go to the post office to post the card. There is a mailboxin front of the supermarket. You can put your card into the mailbox”

1.Where does Mrs. Black live?

2.What does Mrs. Black want to do?

3.The post office is ________.

4.Mrs. Black and Mary are ________.

5.What’s the meaning (意思) of mailbox？