A short Chinese man is one of the biggest men in the world right now. He is Jack Ma (Ma Yun), the Chairman(董事局主席)of Alibaba Group. On Sept. 19,2014, Alibaba went public(上市)and raised $25 billion(十亿). Ma, a former English teacher, has become the richest man in China.

Born in 1964 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Ma grew up as a happy kid. When he was a teenager, he wanted to learn English. Every morning, he got up at 5a.m, rode his bike for 40 minutes to a hotel near the West Lake and talked with foreign tourists in English. He did it for nine years, rain or shine.

The experience made him an excellent English speaker and also opened his eyes to the outside world. In 1994, Ma Yun heard about the Internet. And on a 1995 trip to the US, Ma was shown the Internet for the first time. He searched the word “beer” on Yahoo, and found that there was nothing there about China. Seeing the chance, Ma returned to China and set up a website called China Pages without even knowing much about computers.

Four years later, Ma, his wife and his friends set up Alibaba in Hangzhou. He believed in the Internet business potential(潜力)when few other Chinese did, 15 years later, Alibaba has developed into the world’s largest e-commerce company(电子商务公司),owning popular shopping websites like Taobao and Tmall.

1.The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refers to(指的是)______.

A. riding a bike B. teaching English

C. playing on computers. D practicing English with foreigners

2. In 1995, Ma Yun was shown ____ for the first time in the US.

A. beer on Yahoo B. the Internet

C. Chinese Pages D. e-commerce

3. Alibaba was set up in the year ___________.

A. 1994 B. 1995 C. 1999 D. 2004

4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. The experience that he talked with foreign tourists in English made Ma Yun an excellent English speaker.

B. Alibaba is set up in 1964

C. Ma Yun used to be a Chinese teacher.

D. Ma Yun went to the US in 2014 for the first time.

5.What is the passage mainly about?

A. Something about Ma Yun

B. The history of Alibaba Group

C. How Ma Yun learned English.

D. The development of e-commerce in China

What could a poem writer and a movie director share? More than you think! Langston Hughes began writing poems in high school and soon became one of America’s greatest writers. Most of his writing is about his experiences as an African American. He wrote poems about people who worked hard through life but still found things to be happy about. He wrote plays and books about justice(正义) for all people, and he wrote kids’ books, too. The Sweet and Sour Animal Book is a book of his animal poems. Pictures and photos were used in the book. “Hold fast to dreams” is a line in a famous Hughes poem. That’s exactly what he did throughout his life.

When Steven Spielberg was in middle school, he wanted to make a film. He had an idea for a movie, but no money. He started a tree-planting business and made his film with the money he earned. Spielberg never stopped making films, even after many film schools refused him. Today he is one of the most popular and important filmmakers in the world. His movies are about people who are adventurous(爱冒险的), brave, kind. His characters often fight for what is good. Some of his films are about his Jewish background, such as Schindler’s List. Spielberg once said, “I don’t dream that much at night because I dream for a living.” In different ways, both Hughes and Spielberg have encouraged people of all ages to reach for their dreams.

1.What is the best title of the passage?

A. Two Men Who Were Afraid to Dream

B. Two Filmmakers Who Were Afraid to Dream

C. Two Writers Who Weren't Afraid to Dream

D. Two Men Who Weren't Afraid to Dream

2.When Langston Hughes became great he was ______ Steven Spielberg, who becomes popular.

A. as old as B. as young as

C. younger than D. older than

3. Which of the following is Langston Hughes’ writing not about?

A. His experiences as an African American.

B. The fair treatment of animals.

C. Hard working and happy people.

D. The fair treatment of people.

4.What did Langston Hughes do in his whole life?

A. He never gave up his wish.

B. He sometimes had a wish to achieve.

C. He always had no wish to achieve.

D. He always wrote poems for movies.

5.Steven Spielberg’s movies are about the following except ______.

A. important people B. courageous people

C. friendly people D. his Jewish background

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Students these days often have a lot of worry. Sometimes they have problems with

their schoolwork, and sometimes with their friends. How can they deal these problems?

Laura Mills, the teenager from London, says,

“I think talking to someone help a lot. If we talk to someone, we’ll certainly feel

better than we don't.”

Laura once loses her wallet, and worried for days. She was afraid to tell her parents

about it for several days. In the end, she talked to her parents and we were really

understanding. They got her a new wallet and asked her to be most more careful.

“I will always remember share my problems in the future!” Laura says.

Robert Hunt advises students about common problems. He thinks the first step is to

find someone you trust to talk to. In English, we say that sharing a problem is like cut it

in half. So you’re halfway to solve a problem just by talking to someone about it.

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