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7．Have you ever wanted to see the Great Wall of China，or win an Oscar for Best Director，or swim with dolphins（海豚）？If so，you are not alone．We all have things we want to do or achieve．These are part of our"bucket lists"．A bucket is a list of things that someone wants to experience in his or her lifetimes．These things can be big or small．Have you ever thought about what is on your bucket list？ Lindsay，15，created her bucket list when she was 14．She has given her list serious thought．"I've always wanted to travel into space，"she says．"I don't really want to be an astronaut．But I do want to go to space as a tourist．I want to see the Earth from above．"Other things on her list include being on TV，seeing her favorite band in concert，learning how to speak Portuguese（葡萄牙语），and living in a foreign country．"I've always wanted to live in Brazil．As part of my bucket list，I want to attend Carnival（狂欢节）in the capital of Brazil，"she says． Jose，16，recently created a list of things he wants to achieve．It changes sometimes he adds and takes away things because he wants to keep the number of the things at seven．One thing has stayed at number one，though：he wants to visit a movie set（影视基地）．He would like to see the Harry Potter of The Hobbit movie sets．Other things on the list include being on TV，meeting his favorite sports star，living in a foreign country，skateboarding down a mountain，attending the World Cup，and backpacking across Europe．He would like to spend two months visiting Eastern Europe with his best friend Adam．"Maybe after I graduate from college，"says Jose． Carrie，14，also has a bucket list．She first created it when she was 12．She would like to live in a foreign country for at least two years．She also wants to learn as many foreign languages as possible．But the number one thing on her list is to see her favorite band in concert．She also wants to go on a trip and to visit a movie set．Her favorite movies are the Hunger Games and Star Wars．Carrie is confident she will do most or all of the things on her bucket list．"I'm only 14，"she says，"I have my whole life ahead of me!" 1．What is No.1at Lindsay's bucket list？ A．Visiting a movie sat． B．Living in Brazil． C．Traveling to space． D．Seeing her favorite band． 2．Who is probably the most interested in sports according to his or her bucket list？ A．Lindsay． B．Jose． C．Adam． D．Carrie． 3．What can we learn from the passage？ A．Lindsay and Carrie both love music． B．Jose and Carrie are both space fans． C．All the three teens wants to visit movie sets． D．Jose and Adam hope to live in a foreign country． 4．What's the main idea of the passage？ A．We should keep changing our bucket lists to meet our needs． B．We must think about our bucket lists before they are created． C．Our bucket lists can help us work towards achieving our goals． D．Being confident is a key to our achievement on our bucket lists． 8．When talking about picking a right school，a mother and teacher gave some pieces of advice． In the latest issue （期） of Youth magazine，the mother shared the school advice she gave her daughters with young people across the country． "I've told my daughters many times that I don't want them to choose a name，"the mother said．"I don't want them to think，‘Oh，I should go to these top schools．'We live in a country with hundreds of excellent universities．So the first question is：what's going to work for me？" "When it was time to prepare for picking schools，nobody around me believed I could get into Xiamen University．But through hard work I finally made it，"she continued．"So，my second piece of advice is：believe in yourself，no matter what other people might say．Once your goal is set，you only need to try your best to make it come true．" "The last piece of advice is not to be worried even if your dreams don't come true．As I've siad above，there are so many good universities out there．So it's important for everybody to understand that you can always find a university that gives you a great education．" 1．The mother shared her advice ． A．with her students B．with her husband[来源:学+科+网] C．in Youth magazine D．in Xiamen University 2．To explain her second piece of advice，the mother gave ． A．a story of her daughters B．a story of her own C．some different reasons D．some different ideas 3．We can learn from the last paragraph （自然段） that ． A．we can realize our dream through hrad work B．the name of the university isn't the most important C．it's not necessary to care what other people might say D．more than one university can give us a good education 4．The best title of the passage may be" "． A．Colorful University Life B．Best School Education C．A Report on University Building D．Advice on School Picking． |
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