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As teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be small. You may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class.

Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream real?

Follow Your Heart by Australian writer Andrew Matthews tells us that making our dreams real is life’s biggest challenge (挑战).

You may think you are not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts (想法) stop you from getting your dream.

In fact, everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is.

Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come true faster because a big dream is, in fact, many small dreams.

You must also never give up your dream.

There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of (代替) watching TV will get better grades, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book. As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little.

1.Will there be difficulties on the road to our dreams?

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2.What does Follow Your Heart tell us?

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3.What’s the first thing you must do if you want to make your dream real?

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4.Do you want to make your dream real? Why or why not?

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Once upon a time, on Christmas Eve, Scrooge sat in his office. The door of his office was open. He wanted to keep his eyes on his clerk, Bob Cratchit. Bob sat in a cold, gloomy, little cell. Scrooge had a very small fire, but Bob’s was even smaller. Bob couldn’t add any more coal because Scrooge kept the coal scuttle in his room.

“A Merry Christmas, uncle!” cried a happy voice. It was Scrooge’s nephew Fred.

“Bah!” said Scrooge. “Humbug! Merry Christmas! What reason have you got to be merry? You are poor.” “OK, then,” replied Fred cheerfully. “What reason have you got to be sad? You are rich. Don’t be cross, Uncle!”.

“I live in a world of fools. What’s Christmas time to you? It’s a time for paying bills without money. It’s a time for finding yourself a year older, but no richer.” said Scrooge.

“Uncle,” said Fred, “I have always thought of Christmas time as a kind, charitable, happy time. And so, Uncle, although Christmas has never put any gold or silver in my pocket, I think it has done me good. And it will do me good. And I say, God bless it!”

The clerk in the cell applauded. Then realizing his mistake, he poked the fire and put out the last little spark forever.

Then Scrooge’s nephew invited him to have dinner the next day, but he refused. As his nephew left the room, two kind old gentlemen came in.

“At Christmas time, Mr Scrooge,” said the gentleman, “we should give to the poor who have no shelter or food. They really suffer at this time of year.”

“Are there no prisons? And the workhouses? Are they still in operation?” asked Scrooge.

“They are, but I wish they were not.” replied the gentleman. “We don’t think that workhouses do enough for people. Many people prefer to die than to go there. So we are trying to raise money to buy the poor some clothes and food. What shall I put you down for?”

“Nothing. Let them die. There are too many people in the world anyway. Good afternoon, gentlemen!” Scrooge said. The gentlemen left. And Scrooge felt pleased with himself.

---Taken from A Christmas Carol

1.Bob couldn’t add any coal on such a cold day because .

A.extra coal couldn’t be found by him B.Scrooge didn’t have extra coal at all.

C.extra coal was kept in Scrooge’s room. D.Scrooge wanted to add coal himself.

2.What does the underlined word “mistake” in Paragragh 6 refer to?

A.His applause to stop Scrooge and Fred’s conversation.

B.His action to poke the fire and put out the last little spark.

C.His desire to add more coal to make himself warm

D.His applause to show he agreed with what Fred said

3.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A.The two gentlemen wanted to invite Scrooge to have dinner.

B.His nephew had the same feeing about Christmas as Scrooge.

C.Scrooge thought the poor people had nothing to do with him.

D.Scrooge thought Christmas meant getting richer and older.

4.What do you think Scrooge is like?

A.mean and selfish B.dishonest and stupid

C.smart and kind D.cold and serious

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