Dear Daughter,

As we drove off from Columbia, I wanted to write a letter to you to tell you all that is on my mind.

    First, I want to tell you how proud we are. Getting into Columbia is a real proof of what a great well-rounded student you are. You should be as proud of yourself as we are.

    It is in college that you will discover what learning is about. This will be the period where you go from teacher-taught to master-inspired, after which you must become self-learner. So do take each subject seriously, and even if what you learn isn’t critical for your life, the learning skills you acquire will be something you will treasure forever.

    Follow your passion in college. Take courses you think you will enjoy. Don’t be trapped by what others think or say, but make up your own mind.

    Most importantly, make friends and be happy. Pick a few friends and become really close to them – pick the ones who are genuine to you. Don’t worry about their grades, looks, or even personalities.

    Start planning early. I think your plan to study fashion is good, and you should decide where you want to be, and get onto the right courses.

    Whether it is coursework planning or picking a major, you should take control of your life. I will always be there for you, but the time has come for you to be in the driver’s seat – this is your life, and you need to be in control. Being in control feels great.

    So please treasure your college years – make the best of your free time, become an independent thinker in control of your destiny fate, learn and grow through your successes and challenges.

    May your years at Columbia be the happiest of your life, and may you blossom into just what you dream to be.

                                                          Love,

                                                         Dad (& Mom)

According to the letter the author’s daughter is ______.

A. scared to be leaving home                B. a well-rounded student

C. the pride of her university              D. learning to drive a car

Which advice below is given to his daughter by the author?

    A. Party with friends in her free time.

B. Ignore what others think or say.

C. choose friends with similar personalities.

D. Treasure and make the best of her college years.

From the passage, we can conclude the father is ______.

A. worried about his daughter               B. strict with his daughter

C. positive about his daughter’s future            D. sad about his daughter’s leaving home

From the letter we can draw a conclusion that_________.

    A. the daughter will no longer need her father’s help

    B. the father will also gives the daughter advice on everything

    C. the father will help the daughter when she meets with trouble

    D. the daughter will not accept her father’s help in college.

After years of study, I have known there are only two types of people in this world: those who get to the airport early and those who arrive when the plane is about to take off.

If there were any justice（公正）in this world, early-airport people would be rewarded for doing the right thing. And late-airport people would be punished. But early-airport people get ulcers（溃疡）, heart attacks and bite their fingernails to the bone. Late-airport people almost don’t realize they are flying.

A guy of that kind once said, “Don’t hurry. If you miss your flight, it’s because God doesn’t want you to go.” This is clearly a guy who is never going to get an ulcer.

Early-airport people suffer another “name”. They are called exactly what they are -wimps（窝囊废）. I know. I was an early-airport person for years. “My baggage will get on the plane first,” I told myself. Indeed it would, which made it the last baggage they took off the plane after landing.

Another strange thing: No matter how early I showed up, I was always told that someone had called two or three years ahead of me and asked for the best seat. I thought it was a trick. I thought there was someone in America who called every airline every day and said: “Is that wimp Simon flying somewhere today? If he is , give me his seat.”

After a lifetime arguing with my wife over whether I really have to pack 24 hours in advance and set the alarm clock four hours ahead, I have learned another fact about early-airport people and late –airport people:

They always marry each other.

We can learn from the passage that     .

A. late-airport persons are often nervous

B. early-airport persons are always at ease during the flight

C. early-airport persons get their baggage first after the landing

D. late-airport persons always take things easy

Paragraph 5 mainly wants to tell us that      .

    A. someone always plays tricks on the writer

    B. the airlines usually fool passengers

C. early-airport persons always can’t get good seats

D. the service of airlines is very bad

This passage is written in order to     .

A. give readers tips about taking a plane

B. offer suggestions about having a good plane trip

C. express the writer’s anxiety about taking a plane

D. show people’s different attitudes toward catching planes

It could be inferred that the writer’s wife is     .

A. an early-airport woman               B. a late-airport woman

C. a hot-tempered woman                 D. a sensitive woman

I’d like to arrive 20 minutes early      I can have time for a cup of tea.

—We are informed that the Weifang International Kite Festival starts at 7:00.

    —Oh, I didn’t expect it was so early! I ____ to go out for dinner with my friends first.

    A. was planning          B. am planning

    C. have been planning    D. have planned

—We are informed that the Weifang International Kite Festival starts at 7:00. 
—Oh, I didn't expect it was so early! I ____ to go out for dinner with my friends first.