Asia Newson is a 14-year-old girl from the United States. She starts each weekday at 5 am. She is very busy because besides schoolwork, she has some business to do.

Asia is the CEO of Super Business Girl, a company that sells homemade candles. She started the company at the age of 5. Asia's father is a candle salesman. She picked up her father’s skills and began her own business.

In 2015, Asia appeared on a famous US talk show: the Ellen DeGeneres Show. After that, her sales went up quickly. With the money she makes, she buys clothes and food for children in need. Her goal this year is to make $100, 000 (662, 230 yuan).

Newson also started a workshop to teach high school students how to do business. “If I teach other children how to make their own money, it will help them in the long run (从长远来看)”, she told Time for Kids.

1.Why is Asia so busy every day?

A.Because she always helps others.

B.Because she does business.

C.Because she is not good at schoolwork.

D.Because she helps her father make candles.

2.How long has Asia had her own company?

A.For 14 years. B.For nine years.

C.For five years. D.For 19 years.

3.What happened to Asia after appearing on a talk show?

A.More people bought her candles.

B.She closed her company.

C.She bought lots of clothes and food for herself.

D.She decided to become a famous person on TV.

4.From the last paragraph, we know that .

A.Asia doesn’t like to teach others how to do business.

B.Asia doesn’t think students should learn to do business.

C.Asia is better at teaching students than doing business.

D.Asia thinks it will be good for students to learn how to make money.

When Robert was about two years old, he tried to remove a bottle of milk from the refrigerator but it fell, spilling milk all over the kitchen floor.

When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of shouting at him or punishing him, she said, “Robert, what a great and wonderful mess you have made! I have rarely seen so much milk. Well, the damage has already been done. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?”

Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, “You know, Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to clean it up and restore everything to its proper order.”

After they cleaned up the spilled milk, his mother then said, “You know, what we have here is a failed experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two hands. Let's go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can discover a way to carry it without dropping it.”

The little boy learned that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. At that moment he knew he didn’t need to be-afraid of making mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just good chances for learning something new, which is, after all, what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment “doesn't work”, we usually learn something valuable from it.

Answer the questions

1.What happened to the bottle when Robert tried to remove it from the refrigerator?

2.Who cleaned up the spilled milk?

3.What did his mother encourage him to do in the back yard?

4.How could he carry the bottle without dropping it?

5.After reading the story, what do you think of making mistakes?

Swimming in the water of Hawaii’s Big Island is a fun experience. But it can be more exciting if there are dolphins swimming around and jumping out of the______________ too. For many people, it would be a wonderful dream to swim with these lovely animals!______________, this may not be good for dolphins. They may get______________because of human interaction (互动).

Dolphins are active and usually______________food at night. In the day, they like to rest in shallow bays (浅湾). Many people think the dolphins are awake during the day as they swim. But when they sleep, they rest half of their brain and keep______________half awake to breathe, so they may be sleeping even when they’re swimming in the water.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says disturbing ( 打 扰 ) the animals in their near-shore habitat could______________them swim to less favorable places, putting them at risk of attack by sharks and other animals.

Moreover, when people are around, dolphins become more active. Thus, they can’t get enough______________. “Disturbing their resting behaviors can ______________affect (影响) their long term health and the health of the dolphin population,” Ann Garrett of NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service told the Associated Press.

As a result, the NOAA wants to make rules to help______________the dolphins.

For example, the agency ( 机 构 ) may stop people from_____________in shallow bays when the dolphins are resting. Tour operators must also be taught to watch for signs to know when the dolphins are in their resting state.

1.A.beach B.pool C.river D.sea

2.A.Moreover B.However C.Also D.Otherwise

3.A.hurt B.angry C.relaxed D.worried

4.A.look at B.look after C.look for D.look out

5.A.other B.another C.the other D.the others

6.A.make B.encourage C.invite D.take

7.A.food B.space C.air D.sleep

8.A.really B.hardly C.never D.especially

9.A.feed B.raise C.disturb D.save

10.A.travelling B.fishing C.swimming D.resting

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