I started reading Shakespeare when I was nine...

I started reading Shakespeare when I was nine, after my grandfather, an actor, sent me a copy of Romeo and Juliet. The story and the language attracted me. I found out about Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand (SGCNZ)and started volunteering for them when I was about 10. When I was 13, I managed to run a film project with SGCNZ.

I'm home-educated and a part-time correspondence student(函授生)as well. We have a drama group made up of quite a few people who are also home-educated .I've also joined Wellington Young Actors,a youth theatre company. There are many similarities and differences between being home-educated and attending a five-day programme. I love hearing other students' reactions when meeting them and share my different ways of experiencing the world with them. While explaining the way I learn can be a challenge, I love helping people to understand there isn't just one way of learning.

Being home-educated has offered me the freedom to have an individualized education and to pursue my passions. My education has always been about making those focuses but I do lots of the same things as people who attend five-day programs do. Shakespeare is a great approach to lots of things around English,history and the arts. I think something you learn when you perform is connection. You have to have a connection with your fellow actors, with the audience and with Shakespeare. I learn this from actually being on stage and from taking part in different Shakespeare festival programs.

I believe it's the emotion in Shakespeare that makes it relevant today. You can be reading something that was written 400 years ago and be able to see parts of your life in the work as it shows you how to understand the world and explore a lot of different ideas.

1.What can“a five-day program”be?

A. A film project. B. A reading activity.

C. School education. D. Stage performance.

2.Why does the author choose home education?

A. To be different from others. B. To better focus on his passions.

C. To enjoy more personal freedom. D. To improve his academic performance.

3.What do we know about the author?

A. A famous young actor. B. A loyal program volunteer.

C. a home education writer. D. A devoted Shakespeare-lover.

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It all started when Campbell Remess was nine years old and asked his parents if he could buy Christmas gifts for sick children, for he wanted to do something to brighten their spirits. His parents had to turn down his request, for Campbell is one of nine children and ... well, money, you know? However, Campbell took up the challenge and started creating his own bears. Meanwhile, he named the project “Project 365" , which means making a bear a day in a year.

Every week he delivers some bears to sick children not only at the Royal Hobart Hospital near his home but all over the world. He even creates personalized teddy bears, the Winning Bear, for cancer patients to hold onto during treatments and at those down times. Campbell has even sent bears to victims of terrorist attacks in Brussels and Paris. These bears all become a treasured companion and are something to hug during difficult times. But it doesn't end there ...

Not only does Campbell make bears, but he has a variety of fundraising events to help further causes he supports. At one such gala last year, Campbell made a bear on-stage and auctioned （拍卖）it off for $ 5 ,000. The night raised more than 26,000 for the Love Your Sister charity. He hopes to expand the amount and locations of fundraising events he hosts.

Campbell's message of love and kindness has spread around the world, and he has spoken to schools about how each effort counts. Project 365's Facebook page has amassed over 26,271 followers and is a platform for people worldwide to spread positivity.

Campbell, a 14-year-old boy, has a lot of different interests such as film and laboratory work, but whatever path he chooses，he will continue to follow his heart to help people around the world through his acts of kindness!

1.On hearing his parents' decision, Campbell _______.

A.gave up his plan

B.tried to find a way out

C.argued with his parents

D.turned to others for help

2.Why did Campbell perform making a bear on the stage?

A.To raise money for a charity.

B.To show his love for sisters.

C.To make himself famous.

D.To celebrate the festival.

3.To carry out his idea, Campbell _______.

A.got the fund of Facebook

B.expanded the fundraising

C.tried to inspire more people

D.changed his personal interests

4.What can we learn from Campbell Remess' story?

A.Details are the key to success.

B.Actions speak louder than words.

C.Every little bit makes a big difference.

D.All things are difficult before they are easy.

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My father died when I was nine, and I remember doing the household chores to help my mother. I hated changing the vacuum cleaner (真空吸尘器) bag and picking up things the machine did not suck up.

Twenty years later, in 1978, I was doing chores at home alongside my wife. One day the vacuum cleaner was screaming away, and I had to empty the bag because I could not find a replacement for it. With this lifelong hatred of the way the machine worked, I decided to make a bagless vacuum cleaner.

Easier said than done, of course. I didn’t realize that I would spend the next five years perfecting my design, a process that resulted in 5,127 different prototypes (设计原型). By the time I made my 15th prototype, my third child was born. By 2,627, my wife and I were really counting our pennies. By 3,727, my wife was giving art lessons for some extra cash, and we were getting further and further into debt. These were tough times, but each failure brought me closer to solving the problem.

I just had a passion for the vacuum cleaner as a product, but I never thought of going into a business with it. In the early 1980s, I started trying to get licensing agreements for my technology. The reality was very different, however. The major vacuum makers had built a business model based on the profits from bags and filters (滤网). No one would license my idea, not because it was a bad one, but because it was bad for business.

That gave me the courage to keep going, but soon after, the companies that I had talked with started making machines like mine. I had to fight legal battles on both sides of the Atlantic to protect the patents on my vacuum cleaner. However, I was still in financial difficulties until 1993, when my bank manager personally persuaded Lloyds Bank to lend me $1 million. Then I was able to go into production. Within two years, the Dyson vacuum cleaner became a best-seller in Britain.

Today, I still embrace risk and the potential for failure as part of the process. Nothing beats the excitement of invention. Go out and brainstorm your ideas. You are not bound to any rules - in fact, the stranger and riskier your idea, the better.

1.According to the article, which of the following statements about the writer is NOT true?

A.He lost his father during his childhood and lived with his mother.

B.He built over five thousand prototypes of the vacuum cleaner between 1978 and 1983.

C.Finally, the vacuum cleaner he reinvented became popular with British customers.

D.He decided to develop an innovative vacuum cleaner for his wife while in his thirties.

2.According to the article, the writer’s bagless vacuum cleaner was produced in large numbers ______.

A.in the early 1980s

B.after his bank manager agreed to lend him $1 million

C.after he managed to get a $1 million loan

D.before he obtained a patent on the product

3.It can be inferred from the article that ______.

A.the writer was a born businessman

B.the writer had no confidence in his vacuum cleaner initially

C.the writer’s invention might have ended up in failure without his wife

D.the writer’s vacuum cleaner was never recognized by other vacuum makers

4.According to the article, which of the following would most likely be the writer’s motto?

A.Never be afraid of failure because failure is nothing but the first step to success.

B.The foundation stones for a success are honesty, faith, love and loyalty.

C.It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves.

D.If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.

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My father died when I was nine, and I remember doing the household chores to help my mother. I hated changing the vacuum cleaner(真空吸尘器) bag and ___________ things the machine did not suck up.

Twenty years later, in 1978, I was doing chores at home alongside my ___________. One day the vacuum cleaner was screaming away, and I had to ___________ the bag because I could not find a new one to replace it. With this lifelong hatred of the way the machine worked, I decided to make a ___________ vacuum cleaner.

Easier said than done, of course. I didn't ___________ that l would spend the next five years perfecting my design, a ___________ that resulted in 5,127 different prototypes(设计原型). By the time I made my 15th prototype, my third child was born. By 2,627, my wife and I were really counting our ___________. By 3,727, my wife was giving art lessons for some extra cash, and we were getting further and further into ___________. These were tough times, but each failure brought me closer to ___________ the problem.

I just had a passion for the vacuum cleaner as a product, but I ____________ thought of going into a business with it. In the early 1980 s, I started trying to ____________ licensing agreements for my technology. The reality was very different, ____________. The major vacuum makers had built a business model based on the ____________ from bags. No one would license my idea, not because it was a (an) ____________ one, but because it was bad for business.

That gave me the courage to keep going, but soon after, the companies that I had talked with started making machines ____________ mine. I had to fight legal battles to protect the patents on my vacuum cleaner. However, I was still in ____________ difficulties until 1993, when my bank manager personally ____________ Lloyds Bank to lend me $1 million. Then I was able to go into production. Within two years, the Dyson vacuum cleaner became a ____________ in Britain.

Today, I still embrace risk and the potential for failure as part of the process. Nothing ____________ the excitement of invention. Go out and brainstorm your ideas. You are not ____________ to any rules-in fact, the stranger and riskier your idea, the better.

1.A.making out B.picking up C.holding onto D.noting down

2.A.porter B.designer C.dad D.wife

3.A.desert B.empty C.fill D.pack

4.A.waterproof B.silent C.cheap D.bagless

5.A.realize B.regret C.doubt D.recall

6.A.compromise B.process C.bargain D.choice

7.A.babies B.bags C.sheep D.pennies

8.A.debt B.success C.quarrel D.wealth

9.A.facing B.settling C.raising D.avoiding

10.A.also B.occasionally C.nearly D.never

11.A.sell B.break C.get D.conclude

12.A.though B.instead C.as usual D.in theory

13.A.information B.sufferings C.profits D.lesson

14.A.new B.realistic C.illegal D.bad

15.A.above B.like C.without D.beside

16.A.financial B.household C.technological D.moral

17.A.forbade B.ordered C.helped D.persuaded

18.A.failure B.joke C.hit D.patent

19.A.recovers B.beats C.arouses D.adds

20.A.open B.accustomed C.bound D.opposed

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My father died when I was nine, and I remember doing the household chores(杂务)to help my mother. I hated changing the vacuum cleaner(真空吸尘器)bag and picking up things the machine did not suck up.

Twenty years later, in 1978, I was doing chores at home alongside my wife. One day the vacuum cleaner was screaming away, and I had to empty the bag because I could not find a replacement for it. With this lifelong hatred of the way the machine worked. I decided to make a bagless vacuum cleaner.

Easier said than done, of course. I didn't realize that I would spend the next five years perfecting my design, a process that resulted in 5,127 different prototypes(设计原型). By the time I made my 15th prototype, my third child was born. By 2,627, my wife and I were really counting our pennies. By 3,727, my wife was giving art lessons for some extra cash, and we were getting further and further into debt. These were tough times, but each failure brought me closer to solving the problem.

I just had a passion for the vacuum cleaner as a product, but I never thought of going into a business with it. In the early 1980s, I started trying to get licensing agreements for my technology. The reality was very different, however. The major vacuum makers had built a business model based on the profits from bags and filters(滤网).

No one would license my idea, not because it was a bad one, but because it was bad for business.

That gave me the courage to keep going. Then, in 1993, when my bank manager personally persuaded Lloyds Bank to lend me $1 million, I was able to go into production. Within two years, the Dyson vacuum cleaner became a best-seller in Britain.

Today, I still embrace risk and the potential for failure as part of the process. Nothing beats the excitement of invention. Go out and brainstorm your ideas. You are not bound to any rules—in fact, the stranger and riskier your idea, the better.

1.Why did James Dyson decide to make a bagless vacuum cleaner?

A.Because he lost his father at an early age.

B.Because he didn't like to do household chores.

C.Because he could find a replacement for the old cleaner

D.Because he didn't like how the old vacuum cleaner worked.

2.What can we learn from paragraph 3?

A.Dyson found the design of the cleaner easier than expected.

B.Dyson was in financial difficulties while designing his cleaner.

C.Dyson's wife had to give art lessons to make money for five years.

D.Dyson was discouraged by the tough times in designing his cleaner.

3.What happened to Dyson's design of vacuum cleaner?

A.It went into production immediately.

B.It got a licensing agreement very quickly

C.It had the same business model like others.

D.It was not accepted by major vacuum makers.

4.What is the purpose of the text?

A.To compare two types of vacuum cleaners.

B.To persuade people to buy a Dyson vacuum cleaners.

C.To encourage people to face risks and failures bravely.

D.To introduce the reader to the life story of James Dyson.

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My motivation for starting our family tradition of reading in the car was purely selfish: I could not bear listening to A Sesame Street Christmas for another 10 hours. My three children had been addicted to this cassette on our previous summer’s road trip.

As I began to prepare for our next 500-mile car trip, I came across a book Jim Trelease’s The Read Aloud Handbook. This could be the answer to my problem. I thought. So I put Roald dahl’s James and the Giant Peach into my bag. When I began to read aloud the tale of the boy who escapes the bad guys by hiding inside a giant peach, my three kids argued and wrestled in their seats. But after several lines, they were attracted into the rhythm of the words and began to listen.

We soon learned that the simple pleasure of listening to a well-written book makes the long miles pass more quickly. Sometimes the books we read became highlights of the trip. I read wilson Rawls’s Summer of the Monkeys as we spent two days driving to the beach. We arrived just behind the power crews restoring (恢复) electricity after a tropical storm. The rain continued most of the week, and the beach was covered with oil washed up by the storm. When we returned home, I asked my son what he liked about the trip. He answered without hesitation, “The book you read in the car.”

Road trips still offer challenges, even though my children now are teenagers. But we continue to read as we roll across the country. And I m beginning to see that reading aloud has done more than help pass the time. For at least a little while, we are not shut in our own electronic worlds. And maybe we’ve started something that will pass on to the next generation.

1.Why did the author start reading in the car?

A. She wanted to have a better journey. B. She wanted to keep a family tradition

C. Her children were addicted to music. D. She wanted to kill the time.

2.How did the children react after the author read a few lines?

A. They kept quarelling. B. They hid themselves.

C. They soon settled down. D. They continued to fight in their seats.

3.What can we learn about the author and her family’s trip to the beach?

A. They were caught in a storm. B. They enjoyed reading on the road.

C. They had a good time on the beach. D. They thought it had passed too quickly.

4.Which can be the best title for the text?

A. Better Reading than Traveling B. Books that Changed My Children

C. Road Trips Full of Challenges D. Reading Makes Great Road Trips

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My motivation for starting our family tradition of reading in the car was purely selfish: I could not bear listening to A Sesame Street Christmas for another 10 hours. My three children had been addicted to this cassette on our previous summer's road trip.

As I began to prepare for our next 500-mile car trip,I came across a book Jim Trelease's The Read Aloud Handbook. This could be the answer to my problem, I thought. So I put Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach into my bag. When I began to read aloud the tale of the boy who escapes the bad guys by hiding inside a giant peach, my three kids argued and wrestled in their seats. But after several lines, they were attracted into the rhythm of the words and began to listen.

We soon learned that the simple pleasure of listening to a well-written book makes the long miles pass more quickly. Sometimes the books we read became highlights of the trip. I read Wilson Rawls's Summer of the Monkeys as we spent two days driving to the beach. We arrived just behind the power crews restoring(恢复)electricity after a tropical storm. The rain continued most of the week, and the beach was covered with oil washed up by the storm. When we returned home, I asked my son what he liked about the trip. He answered without hesitation, “The book you read in the car. ”

Road trips still offer challenges, even though my children now are teenagers. But we continue to read as we roll across the country. And I'm beginning to see that reading aloud has done more than help pass the time. For at least a little while, we are not shut in our own electronic worlds. And maybe we've started something that will pass on to the next generation.

1.Why did the author start reading in the car?

A. She wanted to have a better journey.

B. She wanted to keep a family tradition.

C. Her children were addicted to reading.

D. Her children were tired of the cassette.

2.How did the children react after the author read a few lines?

A. They kept fighting.

B. I hey hid themselves.

C. They soon settled clown.

D. 丁hey read together aloud.

3.What can we learn about the author and her family’s trip to the beach?

A. They were caught in a storm.

B. They enjoyed reading on the road.

C. They had a good time on the beach.

D. They thought it had passed too quickly.

4.Which can be the best title for the text?

A. Better Traveling than Reading

B. Books that Changed My Children

C. Road Trips Full of Challenges

D. Reading Makes Great Road Trips

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I remember doing the household chores to help my mother when I was nine. I hated changing the vacuum cleaner (真空吸尘器) bag and picking up things the machine did not suck up. Twenty years later, in 1978, with this lifelong dislike of the way the machine worked, I decided to make a bagless one.

Easier said than done, of course. I didn’t realize that I would spend the next five years perfecting my design, a process that resulted in 5,127 different prototypes (样机). By the time I made my 15th prototype, my third child was born. By 2,627, my wife and I were really counting our pennies. By 3,727, my wife was giving art lessons for some extra cash, and we were getting further and further into debt. These were tough times, but each failure brought me closer to solving the problem.

In the early 1980s, I started trying to get licensing agreements for my technology. The reality was very different, however. The major vacuum makers had built a business model based on the profits from bags and filters (滤网). No one would license my idea, not because it was a bad one, but because it was bad for business. But soon after, the companies that I had talked with started making machines like mine. I had to fight legal battles on both sides of the Atlantic to protect the patents on my vacuum cleaner.

I was still in financial difficulties until 1993, when my bank manager personally persuaded Lloyds Bank to lend me $1 million. Then I was able to go into production. Within two years, the Dyson vacuum cleaner became a best-seller in Britain.

Today, I still embrace risk and the potential for failure as part of the process. Nothing beats the excitement of invention,

1.What drove the author to make a bagless vacuum cleaner?

A.His willingness to help mom.

B.His curiosity about machines.

C.His trouble in doing family chores.

D.His discontent with existing cleaners.

2.What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us?

A.The help from the author’s wife.

B.The financial problems of the family.

C.The tough process of the new invention.

D.The procedures of making a bagless cleaner.

3.Why did the companies refuse to license the author’s technology?

A.They thought they might suffer loss.

B.They considered it not good enough.

C.They faced legal problems themselves.

D.They had begun making such machines.

4.What lesson may the author learn from the experience?

A.Think twice before acting.

B.Failure is the mother of success.

C.Actions speak louder than words.

D.A good beginning makes a good ending.

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I remember doing the household chores to help my mother when I was nine. I hated changing the vacuum cleaner (真空吸尘器)bag and picking up things the machine did not suck up. Twenty years later, in 1978, with this lifelong dislike of the way the machine worked, I decided to make a bagless one.

Easier said than done, of course. I didn't realize that I would spend the next five years perfecting my design, a process that resulted in 5,127 different prototypes (样机).By the time I made my 15th prototype, my third child was born. By 2,627, my wife and I were really counting our pennies. By 3,727, my wife was giving art lessons for some extra cash, and we were getting further and further into debt. These were tough times, but each failure brought me closer to solving the problem.

In the early 1980s, I started trying to get licensing agreements for my technology. The reality was very different, however. The major vacuum makers had built a business model based on the profits from bags and filters (滤网). No one would license my idea, not because it was a bad one, but because it was bad for business. But soon after, the companies that I had talked with started making machines like mine. I had to fight legal battles on both sides of the Atlantic to protect the patents on my vacuum cleaner.

I was still in financial difficulties until 1993, when my bank manager personally persuaded Lloyds Bank to lend me $1 million. Then I was able to go into production. Within two years, the Dyson vacuum cleaner became a best-seller in Britain.

Today, I still embrace risk and the potential for failure as part of the process. Nothing beats the excitement of invention.

1.What drove the author to make a bagless vacuum cleaner? (No more than 10 words)

2.What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us? (No more than 10 words)

3.Why did the companies refuse to license the author's technology? (No more than 10 words)

4.What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean? (No more than 10 words)

5.What lesson may you learn from the author's experience? (No more than 25 words)

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When I was nine years old, I loved to go fishing with my dad. But the only thing that wasn’t very fun about it was that he could catch many fish while I couldn’t catch anything. I usually got pretty upset and kept asking him why. He always answered, ”Son, if you want to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish.” I remember being even more upset then because, “I’m not a fish!” I didn’t know how to think like a fish. Besides, I reasoned, how could what I think influence what a fish does?

As I got a little older I began to understand what my dad really meant. So, I read some books on fish. And I even joined the local fishing club and started attending the monthly meetings. I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very sensitive to water temperature. That is why fish prefer shallow water to deep water because the former is warmer. Besides, water is usually warmer in direct sunlight than in the shade. Yet, fish don’t have any eyelids(眼皮) and the sun hurts their eyes…The more I understood fish, the more I became effective at finding and catching them.

When I grew up and entered the business world, I remember hearing my first boss say, “We all need to think like salespeople.” But it didn’t completely make sense. My dad never once said, “If you want to catch a fish you need to think like a fisherman.” What he said was, “You need to think like a fish.” Years later, with great efforts to promote long-term services to people much older and richer than me, I gradually learned what we all need is to think more like customers. It is not an easy job. I will show you how in the following chapters.

1.Why was the author upset in fishing trips when he was nine？

A.He could not catch a fish

B.His father was not patient with him

C.His father did not teach him fishing

D.He could not influence a fish as his father did

2.What did the author’s father really mean?

A.To read about fish

B.To learn fishing by oneself

C.To understand what fish think

D.To study fishing in many ways

3.According to the author, fish are most likely to be found 　　 .

A.in deep water on sunny days

B.in deep water on cloudy days

C.in shallow water under sunlight

D.in shallow water under waterside trees

4.After entering the business world，the author found 　　 .

A.it easy to think like a customer

B.his father’s fishing advice inspiring

C.his first boss’s sales ideas reasonable

D.it difficult to sell services to poor people

5.This passage most likely comes from 　　 .

A.a fishing guide

B.a popular sales book

C.a novel on childhood

D.a millionaire’s biography

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