My Year Abroad

This month in Travelers Corner there are three teenagers’ experiences in year-abroad programmes.

Mariko Okada – Tokyo

My year abroad in the United States was a fantastic experience. I’m not a shy person, and I was very comfortable speaking to everyone. So I got lots of speaking practice. I also learned many English songs and lots of interesting things about American culture. When I got home, my friends all said that I had improved so much! I hope to go back again in the future.

Carla Fonseca – Rio de Janeiro

I spent last year studying English in London. I’m from a small town, and London is a very big city. Sometimes I felt it was too big. There were so many people to talk to, but I always felt bad about my English. I missed my family, and I really missed my two cats. My roommate was always using our telephone, so I hardly had the chance for a nice long talk with my parents. I think it was a good experience for me, but I’m glad to be home!

Alvin Chen – Hong Kong

Studying in New Zealand was a fun experience for me, but it was also lots of hard work! I had English classes six hours a day, five days a week——with lots of homework. I also kept a diary of my experience. I like to write, and I wrote two or three pages in my diary every day. On Saturdays, my homestay family took me to lots of interesting places and showed me so many wonderful things about the culture. I’m really glad I went.

1.Where did Mariko visit?

A. Tokyo B. London

C. the United States D. New Zealand

2.What can we learn about Carla?

A. She was a little homesick.

B. She had no problem talking in English.

C. She often talked to her parents on phone.

D. She felt London was the same as her hometown.

3.Which of the activities are NOT mentioned by Alvin?

A. Homework B. Singing practice

C. Keeping a diary D. Going to interesting places

4. Which is true about Mariko, Carla and Alvin?

A. They were all shy persons.

B. They all spent a year abroad.

C. They all come from big cities.

D. They all speak very good English.

5.This article is most probably taken from____________ .

A.an advertisement B.a textbook

C.a travel magazine D.a news website

You may think that English dictionaries have been used for many, many centuries. In fact, an English dictionary you today wasn't made until the Qing Dynasty(清朝).Three men did most of the important work on dictionaries. They spent nearly all their lives trying to words for their dictionaries. For them, it was a wonderful journey. The largest dictionary in the world is the Oxford English Dictionary. The for this dictionary came from an important meeting in Britain in1857.Twenty -two years later, Oxford University asked James Murray to be the editor(编者)of its new dictionary.

Murray had never been to . At the age of fourteen, he left his village school in Scotland and taught himself while working in a bank . he become a great teacher. After Oxford gave him the job, Murray had a small house in his garden to do the work. Every morning, Murray got out of bed at five o'clock and in the small house several hours before breakfast. Often he would work into the night. Murray hoped to finish the new dictionary in ten years. But after five years, he was adding(增加)words for the letter"A"! He worked on the dictionary he was very old. Forty-four years later, in1928, other editors finished the dictionary.

1.A.use B.write C.copy D.miss

2.A.easy B.boring C.early D.dangerous

3.A.spell B.invent C.collect D.make

4.A.way B.idea C.use D.prize

5.A.school B.cinema C.village D.college

6.A.Later B.Long before C.So far D.Ever since

7.A.sold B.built C.broken D.drawn

8.A.read B.wrote C.worked D.thought

9.A.already B.still C.usually D.always

10.A.if B.because C.until D.since

Bobby was sitting out in his back yard in the snow. The thin shoes he wore had a few holes in them and they did a job of keeping out the cold. Try as he might, he could not come up with an idea for his mother’s Christmas gift.

Ever since his father had passed away three years ago, his mother worked nights at the hospital, but the small money she made could be enough for their needs.

Although the family was short of money, they made up for in love and family unity instead. The children the household (家庭) when their mother was away. All three of Bobby’s sisters had already made beautiful gifts for their mother.

It was Christmas Eve already, and he had nothing. Bobby started to walk down to the street. He walked from shop to shop. Everything seemed so beautiful and so out of . Suddenly he found something shinning on the ground. He reached down and a shiny dime (一角币). Never before has anyone felt so as Bobby did at that moment. He held his new found treasure and went inside a flower shop, but his excitement quickly turned cold when he saw the of flowers.

When the owner asked if he could help him, Bobby the dime and asked if he could buy one flower for his mother as a Christmas gift. The shop owner looked at Bobby and his ten cent , and said, “You just wait here and I’ll see what I can do for you.”

The shop owner returned holding 12 red roses. “That will be ten cents, young man,” he said.

Bobby’s heart beat fast. Slowly, he moved his hand to give the man his dime and for his home.

Then the shopkeeper’s wife appeared. “Where are the roses you were fixing?”

The shop owner replied, “While I was setting up things to open the shop, I thought I heard a voice telling me to set aside a dozen of my best roses for a special gift. When I saw that little boy tonight, I knew who that voice was.”

1.A. good B. poor C. serious D. clear

2.A. nearly B. normally C. typically D. hardly

3.A. did B. controlled C. ran D. operated

4.A. reach B. mind C. sight D. breath

5.A. examined B. checked C. discovered D. received

6.A. crazy B. safe C. cool D. rich

7.A. prices B. names C. colors D. kinds

8.A. noticed B. presented C. explained D. collected

9.A. allowing B. choosing C. serving D. offering

10.A. looked B. headed C. searched D. drove

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