Charli and Ashlee began making YouTube videos when Charli was 6 years old and Ashlee was 3 years old. They were the first young kids on YouTube to upload(上传) weekly baking videos, and they do the baking without the help of an adult. Now the two mini-baker(小面包师) have made over 100 videos and the videos have had more than 50 million views worldwide.

Charli is 8 years old and lives in Australia. She is outgoing and always shows a positive attitude to everything. She loves art, craft and baking. She loves playing games on her iPad, too.

Ashlee is Charli’s sister and she’s 5 years old. Ashlee’s favourite part of making videos is the taste test! She loves making people laugh and she wants to be a doctor one day. She also loves animals, books and toys.

1.How long have the two sisters made YouTube videos?

A. For 2 years. B. For 3years. C. For 5 years. D. For 8 years.

2.How often do they upload the baking videos?

A. Every day. B. Every week. C. Every year. D. Every month

3.What is Charli’s hobby?

A. She loves toys, craft and baking.

B. She loves art, craft and reading books.

C. She loves baking, art and computer games.

D. She loves craft, baking and keeping animals.

4.What does Ashlee want to be one day?

A. A worker B. An engineer C. A scientist D. A doctor

5.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. The two sisters from Australia can make videos on their own.

B. The two sisters can make bread without adults’ help.

C. The younger sister loves tasting what they have made best.

D. The videos they have uploaded to YouTube are popular now.

WHICH FAMOUS PERSON IN HISTORY WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE MET AND WHY?

For me it would clcarly be Leonardo da Vinci, I’d love to have met him. He was such a creative talent and not just an artist. He seems to have predicted a number of inventions that only came about hundreds of years later, like flying machines and so on. I’s like to tell him he really did see the future.

Naomi, Chicago

I’d choose Cleopatra—the last king of ancient Egypt(埃及). She is thought to have been very beautiful and is generally considered to have developed some really useful political alliances (政治同盟). Not many women were that powerful in ancient times, I’d like to have seen how she did it.

Lucinda, Nairobi

I’m Latin American, so I would name Simon Bolivar as the person I would like to have known. He’s supposed to have been a very great, brave leader'and is accepted to have helped achieve independence for several countries in Latin America in the nineteenth century.

Patricia, Caracas

I studied philosophy(哲学) , so I would like to have spoken face-to-face with the Chinese philosopher donfucius. I’d like to have discussed with him his political philosophy and his idea about family values. He seems to have had a lot of respect for older people, and even though he lived over two thousand years’ ago, some of his opinions are still meaningful.

Li Yun, Shanghai

1.Whose ideas about inventions have come true?

A. Leonardo da Vinci’s. B. Cleopatra’s. C. Simon Bolivar’s. D. Confucius’.

2.Which of the following is TRUE from the passage?

A. Leonardo da Vinci invented a flying machine hundreds of years ago.

B. Lucinda would like to have met Cleopatra because she was pretty.

C. Simon Bolivar was a person who encouraged independence of women.

D. Li Yun would like to have talked with Confucius about his family values.

3.In which part of a magazine can we read the passage?

A. Art. B. Movie C. History. D. Technology.

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