A lot of teenagers are good at art at school, but how would you feel if people called you “the new Picasso(毕加索)” or if presidents and other famous people collected your paintings?
Alexandra Nechita was ten when her paintings became famous all over the world. She visited Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and her family’s native place (祖籍) Romania where 5,000 fans came to see her at the airport. Alexandra said, “When it all started, I was moved. It was very exciting and I loved the traveling, but I got very tired. And I missed home.”
Alexandra is a good student. Her studies always come first. She only starts painting after she’s done her homework. She works on two or three paintings at a time. The paintings sell for thousands and Alexandra’s parents have given up their jobs to work for their daughter. Life for the Nechita family is very different from what it was like a few years ago.
Alexandra’s father Niki left Romania for political reasons in 1985. At first he tried his best to learn English and had different kinds of low-paid jobs. In 1987, he brought his wife and Alexandra, who was then 18 months old, to America. The family was very poor. Alexandra began to draw at the age of three.
She was drawing for four or five hours a day. Soon people offered to buy her paintings and she had her first art show at the age of eight. Stories about this child appeared in the newspapers and television. They now live in a large house with a swimming pool. Her mother said, “We started without anything, but thanks to Alexandra, we have everything we ever dreamed of.”
【小题1】Alexandra became well-known all over the world for her paintings at the age of _______.

What does it feel like to break a bone (骨头)? It’s different for everyone, but the pain is often sharp (严重). If the break is small, however, the person may not feel much pain at all. If you think that you or someone else has broken a bone, the most important things to do are to stay calm, make the hurt person comfortable, and call the doctor. Do not move the injured body part since movement could make it worse.

To treat the break, the doctor will need to take an X-ray. This gives the doctor the information he or she needs to set (接上) the bone: to put it back to its normal place. If the bone is large or it is broken in more than one place, the doctor may need to use metal pins (钢钉) to set it. After the bone has been set, the next step is usually putting on a cast, the special, hard thing that will keep the bone in place for a month or two.

Your bones are excellent at healing themselves. Broken bones will produce many new cells (细胞) and tiny blood vessels (血脉). These cover both ends of the broken part, and close up the break until the bone is as whole and strong as before.

1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. How to Know if a Bone is Broken

B. How Broken Bones Heal Themselves

C. Common Causes (原因) of Broken Bones

D. What You Should Know about Broken Bones

2. When someone breaks his bone, the following should be done except ______.

A. asking the doctor for help           B. comforting the hurt person             

C. moving the injured part          D. staying calm

3.Which is the correct order to treat the break?

   a. take an x-ray  b. use metal pins to set it  c. put it back to its normal place  d. put on cast

A. a→b→c→d      B. a→c→b→d   C. a→d→c→b       D. d→a→b→c

4.The underlined word “heal” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to “______”.

   A. break again  B. become worse     C. wound or hurt    D. become healthy again

5. Where would you probably read this passage?

   A. In a story book.  B. On a poster.     C. In a health care book.   D. In a chemistry book.

A. Entertainment News

In this section all kinds of news about movies, songs and pop stars are available (可找到的).

B.  Advertisement Section

Here are advertisements of different products, such as food, latest books, and sporls machines, etc.

C. Reading Section

In this part, we will introduce some hot traveling places to you. Some safety tips during journeys are also offered.

D. International News

Here is news about the events that happened all over the world.

E. Sports News

Important sports events are broadcast (传播)here. And we often interview some good players.

F.  Health Section

Winter is coming and it is easy to get ill. If you want to know how to keep away from diseases, you should pay attention to this section.

Match the information according to what you read.

1. Mike cares about sports events and how the sports players are now.

2.Mr. Brown is interested in reading. He wants to know what kinds of new books have come out and where to buy them.

3. Zhang Peng is really a film fan. Recently he would like to know what new movies are like and some information about Jackie Chan.

4.Lana's father is working abroad (国外）in Libya. A war (战争）broke out there, so she is rather worried about the situation in Libya.

5.Lucy is in poor health. She is so anxious to know how to keep fit.