It was the first day of class. Two of Tara’s new ESL (English as a Second Language) classmates wanted to know where she was from. They were both from Korea. Because Tara looked like Korean, one of the women asked Tara, in English, if she was from Korea. Tara replied, “No, I’m not.” Then the women took turns asking Tara if she was from Japan, or Thailand, or China. To each question, Tara answered them a simple “no”. Laughing, one woman said to the other, “She’s not from anywhere!” The two went to their desks, talking to each other in Korean.

The next day, the teacher divided the students into groups of four. The students in each group asked introductory questions of each other. A student in Tara’s group asked her, “Where are you from?” Tara answered that she was from Korea. The two women who had questioned Tara the day before were sitting only a few feet away. Both of them heard Tara’s answer.

“Aha!” they both exclaimed, “You are from Korea!” Tara smiled and said yes. Then she apologized (道歉) to both of them for lying the day before. She told them that she had not wanted to get into a Korean conversation with them. It had been her experience that many ESL students continued to speak their mother languages in ESL class, and Tara had not come to ESL class to practice her Korean. In her opinion, ESL students should try to speak English only.

“I agree.” said Rose.

“You’re 100 percent right.” agreed Jenny, “Rose and I must stop speaking Korean to each other. Right, Rose?” Rose nodded, and then said something in Korean. All three women laughed.

The next half a year, Tara became friendly with both women, although she never spoke a word of Korean to them during class or break.

1.Where does Tara come from?

A. China. B. Thailand. C. Japan. D. Korea.

2.The underlined word “exclaimed” in Paragraph 3 means “_________”.

A. cried in fear B. shouted in surprise

C. screamed with joy D. announced with excitement

3.According to the passage, we can infer (推断) that _________.

A. Tara said she was from Korea because she knew the student in her group was also from Korea.

B. Tara said she was from Korea because she wanted to make friends with the student in her group.

C. Tara said she wasn’t from Korea because she didn’t like Rose and Jenny and wasn’t willing to speak Korean with them.

D. Tara said she wasn’t from Korea because she didn’t want Rose and Jenny to speak Korean with her during the class.

4.What can be the best title of this passage?

A. Let’s Speak English B. An ESL Class

C. Don’t Tell Lies D. Let’s Practice Korean

No matter in China or in Canada among my friends, they all talk about the hot TV program “Where are we going, Dad?” at present. They all like the family education between fathers and children. They like to talk about the funny kids best. Of all the kids, I like Shitou best.

Shitou is a boy from Beijing. He is brave and clever. He likes to make some New Year’s plans with his father’s help. He makes some New Year’s plans for himself.

He wants to start an exercise program, so he is going to take more exercise and eat less fast food. Making a soccer team is one of his dreams because he likes playing soccer with his friends. He also plans to improve his English. He is going to chat in English online with Kimi, the son of Lin Zhiying . Kimi is really good at it. Shitou also decides to take up a hobby. Can you guess what the hobby is ? It is to learn the shadow play (皮影戏) ! He is so interested in it that he thinks it’s really cool to play it. His father says that this plan may be too difficult to keep. However, Shitou promises(许诺) to make it come true.

1.According to the writer’s friends, the TV program“ Where are we going, Dad? ”is about__________________.

A. some friends from Canada

B. traveling around the countries

C. stories about Chinese and Canadians

D. family education between children and fathers

2.When the writer’s friends talk about the program, __________ interest them the most.

A. beautiful places B. some funny stories

C. kids that are funny D. interesting Chinese friends

3.Shitou is a brave and clever boy who likes_______________________

A. to make plans B. to eat junk food

C. to play basketball D. to play jokes on others

4. The underlined word “it”here refers to_________________

A. the TV program B. English

C. soccer D. the shadow play

5.Which of the following is not true according to this passage?

A. Shitou wants to do more sports later.

B. Shitou is going to build a soccer team.

C. Shitou thinks it’s difficult to learn English.

D. Shitou decides to achieve his dream of playing the shadow play.

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