As a child, I would spend hours dreaming about my future. I imagined having a beautiful home and family with lots of children. I also dreamed of______a teacher, a pianist, world traveler, baker or doctor.

Dreaming motivated me to set goals that could make my dreams come true. It also _____me to learn new skills like painting, knitting and cooking. Without any goals or dreams, my life would have been empty. When I dreamed, I realized that the opportunities in life were endless.

A dream is something that you imagine might happen. There are no limits. _____you have a dream, you can create a goal. A goal is a specific objective that you can work toward. It has a plan and time limit, so you know when you reach it. Goals turn dreams into reality. Write your dreams down and evaluate whether or not they are realistic.

The process of setting goals. Perhaps you want to_____something about yourself. May be you want to lose weight, exercise every week or earn higher grades. You may want to read 10 books this year, finish college or travel to another country. These are specific goals.

If you want to reach your goal, you must have a deadline. Then work toward that deadline. You will know when you reach your goal.

When you have a goal, create a strategy that will help you reach that goal. Dreams are ___, but goals have a price. You must spend time, money and effort to reach them. If you want to learn an instrument, it is not always easy, but your hard work will pay off.

___, don’t give up your goals. At times, you may get discouraged. But don’t give up! Work hard and you can reach your goals!

1.A.having B.helping C.visiting D.being

2.A.expected B.encouraged C.allowed D.promised

3.A.Even B.Unless C.Although D.Once

4.A.refuse B.learn C.discuss D.consider

5.A.nice B.expensive C.useful D.awful

6.A.Suddenly B.Certainly C.Finally D.Luckily

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We have heard about cormorant fishing, Chinese knot, paper cut. But do you know clay figurine(泥人) is a1. kind of traditional folk art in China. The figurines are mainly characters and animals and the clay is taken as raw material and put into a figurine by h2.. This kind of art began at the Neolithic Period (新石器时代). The pottery pig and sheep were d3. in Hemudu relics (遗址) of Zhejiang Province. People also found pottery, clay pig and clay sheep head in Henan Province. It has about six to seven thousand years history. However, it was until the Ming and Qing dynasties that the clay figurine had been r4. produced and became one of the main artworks in the people's culture life.

The art of clay figurine is d5. into two parts in China: Wuxi Huishan Clay Figurine and Tianjin "Clay Figurine Zhang". The Huishan Clay Figurine which comes from the western part of Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province. It has a history of over one thousand years. The most f6. character "Big A Fu" is rich and brisk, deep and simple in sculpture, bright and ardent (热情的) in color, full of a rich native tinge (色调). Tianjin "Clay Figurine Zhang" began in Daoguang Period of the Qing Dynasty and had a history of about 180 years. Zhang Mingshan was the first person of "Clay Figurine Zhang". It said that he could c7. a lifelike clay figurine with lively facial expression in a minute while sitting and talking to others.

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Zhang Ming, a college graduate from Shandong, created a 9-page “WeChat Guide”. With drawings and simple words, the step-by-step guide e1. how to send messages, take pictures and make video calls. Zhang made the guide for his parents. “My parents are getting old. They need an easy way to learn how to use technology,” he said.

Zhang’s experience is common nowadays. Worldwide, 40 percent of parents learn about new technologies, i2.computers, mobile Internet and social media, from their children, according to a study from the International Communication Association in 2017.

Parents u3.to teach their kids about almost everything. Now for the first time, the teachers become the students, and the students turn into the teachers.

The c4.of the roles comes from the rapid development of society and technology, says Zhou Xiaohong, a sociology professor from Nanjing University. Zhou said the Internet and other forms of media give children ways to get information besides from asking older generations. T5., in the age of information, it’s possible that children know more than their parents do.

According to the China Internet Network Information Center, 56.7 percent of Internet users and 67.2 percent of social media users in China are u6.the age of 30. The younger generation usually acts as a link between their family and the new environment. But when they teach their parents new techonolgies, parents can connect to the new world by themselves, noted Zhou.

In Zhang Ming’s eyes, teaching his parents about WeChat brings him c7. to his parents. “People communicate more by using new technology. Why should we keep our parents out?” said Zhang.

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