套题9

　　Kelly alwayswanted to be a scientist. She was interested in Maths and physics. She hoped towork in space one day. “I will discover something important in the future,” sheoften told herself. Every evening, Kelly went out with her dog to look at the stars.One night, she saw a strange, coloured light moving across the sky. “It can’tbe a star,” she thought. “It’s too bright. It must be a spaceship! I’m going tosee it!”

　　She walked quickly towards the light. “Thepeople in the spaceship will want to talk to me. Can they speak our language?Will I be able to understand them? Are they lost?

　　The spaceship landed a few metres in frontof Kelly and the door slowly opened. Suddenly, Kelly’s dog ran towards thespaceship.

　　套题10

　　Disneyland is afamous park in the USA. Its founder was Walt Disney (1901—1996). He is famousfor his cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and SnowWhite. Disney was born in the USA. After leaving school, he sold newspapers anddelivered letters. At the same time, he studied art at night. Finally, he got ajob drawing cartoons for films. Sometimes a mouse sat on Walt’s desk when hewas at work. He drew the mouse and put it in a cartoon. This became Disney’smost famous cartoon character ---- Mickey Mouse. Mickey soon became a star andDisney became rich and famous.

　　Disneyland opened in many places, such as inJapan and Hong Kong. Not only young people but also the old go to Disneylandfor fun.

　　套题11

　　A photographercan have a very interesting life. Norma Parkinson was a famous Englishphotographer. She liked travelling to interesting places and takingphotographs. It was her hobby as well as her job.

　　Taking photographs is a favourite hobby of manypeople all over the world. It can help us remember things. We all love to takephotographs of each other, especially when we travel to new places. We alsolike to have a photograph of everybody in the group together. When we want tobe in the picture, we need to ask someone to take the photograph for us.

　　Having the photographs is important becausepeople and places always change. It is very sad, for example, if childrencannot look at photographs of their parents or grandparents. What didGrandfather look like? Where did he use to live?

　　套题12

　　Debbie and Simonlooked up as an old lady entered their office. The lady looked at them bothquickly, and then walked over to Debbie. Debbie greeted her cheerfully.

　　Simon sighed and took some papers over tothe fax machine. Chris, a senior member of staff, was standing there. “What’sup, Simon? You don’t look very happy.”

　　“Customers always prefer Debbie to me. Ican’t understand it.” Simon answered.

　　“But I can. It’s the way you communicate.”Chris said.

　　“How can that be? I don’t even get a chanceto speak to them.” Simon asked.

　　“Communicating is not just about speaking.Body language is important, too. Look at Debbie. She holds her head up. She looks at people’seyes. She smiles before speaking to them. That’s why they go to her for help,”Chris said.