Nina felt nervous this morning. She couldn't believe that she decided to try out for a _____ show. She loved to sing _____ she disliked singing in front of other people.

Taking a deep _____, she pushed open the door of the theatre and went inside. The room was filled with laughing children. Nina saw Luz and others from her class. The bright, sunny room left her no place to _____. A few teachers sat on chairs. They waited for the children to become _____.

"Hi, Nina!" Luz called out. "I didn't think you would _____. You are so shy in front of people."

"That's not true," Nina said. "I'm not shy at all."

"Yeah, right," Luz chuckled(轻声地笑)and ran off to find a seat.

One by one the students got up on the stage(舞台)and did their ______.

"Nina Martinez!" a voice called out. It was Mrs Brent, the music teacher. Nina rose from her chair. She felt small as she walked to the huge, empty stage. Her face was hot and her shaking hands were as cold as ice.

"Close your eyes," said Mrs Brent kindly. "_____ about everyone else. Just sing."

Nina felt silly, but she gave it a try. She closed her eyes and raised her _____ and sang out. Her hands stopped ______. The song was so nice that everybody enjoyed it.

Nina heard Mrs Brent clap(鼓掌)loudly at the end of her song. "That's the first time I have really heard your voice," she said. "You are in the show!"

1.A. chat B. fashion C. dance D. talent

2.A. if B. but C. when D. and

3.A. chance B. time C. breath D. rest

4.A. hide B. stand C. speak D. sing

5.A. famous B. quiet C. active D. interested

6.A. take action B. fail C. try out D. show

7.A. homework B. bit C. exercises D. acts

8.A. Care B. Forget C. Think D. Hear

9.A. hand B. voice C. book D. photo

10.A. shaking B. hurting C. rising D. touching

Mr Smith is telling two funny stories of his police work.

Story A

I remember catching a "thief" in a clothes shop once. It was strange. The man was hiding a yellow sweater inside his coat. I thought he had stolen it, ao I caught him. We found later that his wife gave him the sweater for his birthday, but he hated it. He just wanted to return it to the shop for money, but he didn't want his wife to see him ! We soon let him go.

Story B

Another day, a man called Bob went into a bank on Sixth Street. He wrote on the back of an envelope, "Give me the money! Or I'll kill you." and gave it to the bank clerk(职员).She gave him$100, 000 and the man ran away. Then we received a phone call from the bank clerk. She told us to go to the man's house in Candy Town and get him. We caught him as soon as he got out of the elevator(电梯).He couldn't believe that we found him so quickly. We told him that the front of the envelope he used had his name and address on it!

1.What is Mr Smith?

A. A policeman. B. A bank clerk.

C. A shopkeeper. D. A thief.

2.Mr Smith caught the man in the clothes shop .

A. by the way B. by mistake

C. by accident D. with his wife's help

3.Why ziid the man return the sweater to the shop?

A. He didn't want his wife to see it.

B. H.e liked money more than the sweater.

C. He hated it and wanted to get the money back.

D. He wanted to change for another one.

4.Bob was caught so quickly because .

A. he received a call from the bank clerk

B. the police waited for him outside

C. he killed the bank clerk

D. his address was found on the envelope he was

5.What do you think of Bob?

A. He is careless. B. He is careful.

C. He is brave. D. He is energetic.

You may have many dreams. Those dreams can be very big like getting a Nobel Prize(诺贝尔奖), or very small like just becoming a top student in your class.

What do you do with your dream? Do you try your best to make it come true?

Follow Your Heart is a book by Andrew Matthews. It tells us it's the biggest difficulty to make our dreams come true.

There will be many problems on the way to dreams, but you must never give up because the biggest problem comes from yourself.

Everyone can make his or her dream come true. The first thing you need to do is to remember your dream. Don't let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want and keep working hard. Your dream will come true one day.

1.Which of the following may be a small dream for a student?

A. To have lots of treasure. B. To be a great artist.

C. To be good at lessons. D. To get a Nobel Prize.

2.If someone wants to make his dream come true, the biggest problem is from .

A. his family B. his teachers C. his ideas D. himself

3.Follow Your Heart is the name of .

A. a student B. a book about hearts

C. a book by Andrew Matthews D. a dream

4.If you want to make your dream come true, you must .

A. make a good dream

B. remember the problems

C. give up when it can't come true

D. always remember your dream

5.Which of the following is RIGHT?

A. If you don't keep working hard, your dream can't come true.

B. Most people have their big dreams.

C. There are few problems on the way to dreams.

D. When you give up your big dream, your small dream will come true soon.

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