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As teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be small. You may just want to ___1.___ one of the top ten students in your class. 

Once you find a dream, what do you do ___2.___ it? Do you ever try to make your dream real?

Follow Your Heart by Australian writer Andrew Matthews tells us that making our dreams real is life’s biggest challenge. 

You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts __3.___  you from reaching your dream, the book says. 

In ___4.___  , everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember the dream in your mind. 

Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come true faster ___5.___ a big dream is made up of many small ones. Please never give them up.  There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest comes from yourself. You need to ___6.___ which is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will ___7.___ to better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book. As you get ___8.___  to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn more skills and find new interests.

How do you usually have your art lessons? What do you think it will be like if your art teacher brings a real boa constrictor (蟒蛇) to your class for you to draw    l    a model?

These days, Zou Huazhang, a teacher from No. 59 Middle School in Wuhan, Hubei is becoming a   2  person on the Internet. Usually, most art teachers will   3  the students some bottles, cups, fruits   4 _ vegetables in art classes. And they ask students   5 and draw. Mr. Zou gives an art lesson with a boa constrictor. All the students feel   6  when they see the animal.

"I like Mr. Zou's class," a girl says. "When I see the boa constrictor   7  in his hands, on his arms or on his body, I see its different shapes and actions. Then I can draw it well more 8  . "   9 does Mr. Zou get the animal? "I know a man who keeps many animals. And I also know the boa constrictor. It is very tame (温顺). And it has no   10 . So it will not bite (咬) students. I'm happy the students like this class and learn a lot."

A 7-magnitude（震级）earthquake hit Ya'an,Sichuan at 8:02 on April 20, 2013, and it killed at least 196 people and injured more than 11,000.

    Together with other students, Yang Xuelan ran out to the playground. She was safe. But all her textbooks and exercise books were buried（埋）in the teaching building.

What can we do when an earthquake happens? In fact, there's little we can do to stop natural disasters (自然灾害) such as earthquakes happening. But, some methods can reduce the harm they cause.

◆ Drop down onto your hands and knees. This way can protect you from falling.

    ◆ Cover your head under a strong table or desk. You can also stay along a wall,and cover your head with your arms and hands.

    ◆ Hold on to(守住,抓牢) your shelter(遮蔽物) until the shaking stops. Be prepared to move with your shelter if the shaking continues.

    Schools can normally take the earthquake drills（演练） to help student stay alive.

1.How many people lost their lives in the earthquake in Ya'an?

A. At least 196.         B. More than 11,000.

C. Less than 196.        D. About 11,196.

2.When the earthquake happened in Ya'an, Yang Xuelan was         .

A. at home               B. at school

C. on her way to school   D. playing on the playground

3.What does the underlined word "reduce" mean in Chinese?

A.提高        B.阻止          C.增加           D.减少

4.According to the writer, we can       to reduce the harm natural disasters cause.

A. do nothing                              B. stay at home

C. take some methods                       D. run out of the house

5.Which of the following can help you stay alive in an earthquake?

A. Dropping down onto your hands and knees.

B. Covering your head under a strong table or desk.

C. Holding on to your shelter until the shaking stops.

D. A, B and C.

根据所给提示，完成句型转换，每空一词，含缩略词。

1.Tom won’t visit the farm. He’ll stay at home. (同义句)

Tom will stay at home __________  __________ visiting the farm.

2.This dress cost her 100 yuan. (改为一般疑问句) 

___________ this dress __________ her 100 yuan?

3.London held the first World Expo in 1851. (对划线部分提问)

___________ did London ___________ the first World Expo?

4.请安静，我将给大家分发试卷。（完成译句）

Be quiet, please. I’m going to ____________  ___________ your test paper.

Last month the manager of a jewelry shop (珠宝店) received a letter. As he was very busy then, the letter lay on his desk till tea-time. He opened it and a 10-pound note(票) fell out onto the desk. Within the note was a letter which said:

Dear sir:

In 1935 I got engaged(订婚). But unfortunately I lost my job. At the time a lot of people were out of work. Six months later I got a job again, but of course I was very short of money. I came to your shop to buy a wedding ring(婚戒). The assistant took out some rings for me to look at, but she was called away for a moment, and I put one of the rings in my pocket. When she came back, I said I didn’t know the size of my girl’s finger. So I left the shop without buying a ring. My wife died a short while ago and the fact that I never paid for the ring has been heavy in my heart all these years. At that time, the ring cost 2 pounds so I think it is 10 pounds at today’s price and I’m sending 10 pounds.

Yours truly,

A customer (顾客)

1.When did the manager open the letter?

2.The customer didn’t write the letter until_____.

3.What happened in 1935?

4.Which of the following is Not true?

5.What do you think of the customer?