Tony is reading an advertisement in a magazine.  It is about different evening classes or weekend classes.

The Learning Centre, Garden City

We have evening and weekend courses on ...

test preparation            friends and meeting people

jobs and making money     cooking and language learning

Some of this month's courses:

1. Get good grades!

Do you forget information and do poorly on tests? In this course, learn to...

※ remember more (95 percent of what you read).

※ think quickly and read fast (400 words per minute!).

※ do well on tests and get high scores.

2. Find true love...today!

Are you single and shy? Is it hard for you to talk to people?

In this course, learn to...

talk to people; start a conversation with a man or woman.

be more friendly and outgoing.

※ understand a person's body language.

3. You are on TV!

Many actors get their start in television. You can too! In this course, learn to...

※ act in TV ads.

※ use your voice on the radio.

※ get TV and radio jobs.

4. Cook delicious and healthy food!

Are you interested in cooking? Do you want to keep healthy? In this course, learn to...

※ keep a balanced diet.

※ cook delicious traditional Chinese food.

※ make western-style food. This course is also online al www. dffh. net. cn.

1.In the Learning Center, you won't learn how to______.

A.prepare for a test

B.make money

C.learn a language

D.get along well with others

2.After taking course 1, you can't_______.

A.think quickly

B.improve your memory

C.remember everything you read

D.finish reading a 200-word passage in 30 seconds

3.After taking course 3, you can learn how to_______.

A.become an actor (actress)

B.become a radio reporter

C.become a TV host (hostess)

D.get a job in a radio station

4.Which course is allowed to take online?

A.Course 4.

B.Course 3.

C.Course 2.

D.Course 1.

5.What's the advertisement about?

A.Finding true love.

B.Getting good jobs.

C.Cooking delicious food.

D.Different evening and weekend classes.

 

A blind schoolgirl has become the youngest interpreter (口译员) when she is only ten years.

Alexia Sloane is from Cambridge. She was told by the doctor she had a brain tumor (脑癌) when she was on holiday "with her parents in France. After that the two-year-old girl became blind.

Though the little girl can't see anything, she has great talent for languages and at the age of 10 she is already fluent (流利的) in English, French, Spanish and Chinese-and is learning German.

Now her dream of working as an interpreter has come true. East of England MEP (欧盟议员) Robert Sturdy invited her to the European Parliament (议会). "Usually a person who enters the European Parliament should be 14 at least. So it was amazing for Alexia to work there at the age of 10. " said Alexia's mother Isabelle. Alexia can speak three languages since birth. As her mum is hah" French and half Spanish and her dad Richard is English. " She has always been very good at languages and shown an interest from a very young age. " added Isabelle, who also has a four-year-old daughter Melissa.

Alexia has dreamed of becoming an interpreter since she was six and chose to go to the European Parliament as her prize when she won the Young Achiever Community Award of the Year (年度青年成就奖). She asked if she could learn from the interpreters and HEP Robert Sturdy agreed to take her along as his guest. " It was fantastic and I decided to become an interpreter, "said Alexia. "Nothing can stop me. "

1.How old is the youngest interpreter according to the passage?

A.4.

B.6.

C.10.

D.14.

2.When did Alexia Sloane become blind?

A.When she was born.

B.After she had a brain tumor.

C.After she became an interpreter.

D.When she was on holiday with her parents.

3.Who offered Alexia the chance of working as an interpreter?

A.Richard.

B.Isabelle.

C.Melissa.

D.Robert Sturdy.

4.What is right about Alexia Sloane?

A.She can speak five language fluently.

B.She is a talented language learner.

C.She is the only child in the family.

D.She went to France on holiday after she won the award.

5.What do you think is the meaning of the sentence "Nothing can stop me. "?

A.Never give up.

B.Believe in yourself.

C.Nothing is impossible.

D.Failure is the mother of success.

 

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