Guess, who is the most successful young writer in China? It is 26-year-old Guo Jingming, who
earned $ 1.4 million last year, according to the New York Times.
Guo started his writing career in high school when he won first prize in a national writing contest in
2001. His first book, City of Fantasy, came out soon after the contest and went on to sell more than
1.5 million copies.
Almost all Guo"s novels include a shy hero who gets good grades. He mostly writes about the sad
feelings of his young characters. These teenagers deal with loneliness by sitting alone for long hours
under trees and on rooftops. "Xiaosi (Guo"s nickname) , I will always be with you! " a reader wrote
in Guo"s blog. "My main goal (目标) is to tell the story well and have everyone like it," Guo said.
In fact, Guo is seen more as an idol than as a writer. His handsome outlooking, cross-dressing and
strange actions make newspapers pay more attention to himself than his books. Many fans are eager
to get his autograph.
But today he faces what may be more dangerous ,threat (威胁 ): even younger writers. The past
few years have seen the rise of a group of teenage writers, sometimes called the "Post-90s" generation.
However, Guo seems to have plans to meet them. Next year, he will hold a national competition for
these rivals (对手).
B. Because he lives in New York.
C. Because he got the greatest achievement.
D. Because he likes writing novels.
B. In high school.
C. In college.
D. After leaving school.
B. 模特
C. 榜样
D. 偶像
B. Some teenage writers called "Post-90s".
C. Some readers.
D. A shy hero.
B. His first book sells well.
C. Guo wants to make every reader like his story.
D. He wants to earn money through the competition.
He fought against his cancer from 2004. In August 2011, he stepped down.
When Steve Jobs was at college, he showed no interest in most subjects. To everyone"s surprise, he
decided to drop out of college so that he could work on what he really liked-art and design. It was
really a right decision. Jobs once said our lives are made up of thousands of moments. Any moment
can turn out to be life-changing later. The question is whether we are brave enough to follow our hearts
at that moment and become the person we want to be.
When asked what Steve Jobs is most famous for, many of us will name some products:the iPod, the
iPhone or the iPod. In fact Jobs brought much more to the world than these popular things. Some of his
lessons he taught us were also encouraging.
Jobs once described his wish as "trying to make products that were mixed with art and technology" .
He said this was always an important part of what made Apple"s products stand out.
Jobs also taught people how to face failure. He was let go by the successor (继任者) he himself
chose but he didn"t hide away. He picked himself up and continued to follow his dream.
Jobs will be remembered by the people all over the world and his effect (影响) will be felt for many
generations (代) to come.
( ) Jobs left college in order to push his products such as the iPod, the iPhone.
2. Jobs" decision to leave college made others _____________________at the time.
3. Why are the Apple"s products different from others" ?
______________________________________________________________
4. Was Jobs still the CEO of Apple when he died?
______________________________________________________________
5. 将画线部分译成汉语。
______________________________________________________________
statesman. He was also the first man to discover electricity. Franklin liked to
study and to learn about new things. One day he heard from a friend that
something black in colour holds the heat better than something white in colour.
Franklin wanted to find out if this was true or not.
There was snow on the ground at the time. So he put two large pieces of
cloth over the snow. One piece of cloth was black in colour, the other piece was
white. Then he waited until the sun began to shine. After several hours he looked
under the pieces of cloth and saw that the snow under the black cloth melted
much faster than the snow under the white cloth. This proved to him that the black
cloth held the heat better than the white cloth.
Soon after this, people began to wear white hats and white clothes during
the summer because they were cooler.
( )1. Benjamin Franklin was only a scientist.
( )2. One day a friend of his told him something about the relation(关系)
between colour and heat.
( )3. Something black in colour holds heat better than something white in
colour.
( )4. This story happened in summer.
( )5. People wear white clothes in summer because they know it is cooler.
of his friends there.He was a very busy man.He usually forgot something.When he was in the train,
the conductor(列车员)asked him for his ticket.Mark Twain looked for the ticket here and there,
but he couldn"t find it.The conductor knew Mark Twain.She said,"Show me your ticket on your
way back.And if you can"t find it,it doesn"t matter." "Oh,but it does," said Mark Twain."I must find
the ticket.if I can"t find it,how can I know where I"m going?"
B.see one of his friends
C.see the writers
B.he couldn"t remember anything
C.he was very busy
B.didn"t know
C.wanted to know
B.know his name
C.see his ticket
B.he had to get off the train
C.he couldn"t know where he was going
1876, in America.His family was very poor, and Jack had to leave school to
make a living when he was twelve. He worked very hard.
Later Jack returned to school. He was strict with himself and worked hard
at every subject, especially (尤其) literature(文学) .
In 1897, he went to Alaska to look for gold(黄金). Instead of getting gold,
he found material for his books and stories. He returned home and started to
write. His writings were so successful that he became rich and famous in his
twenties.
But Jack London was not a happy man. He took his own life in 1916 when
he was only 40 years old.
B. London
C. the USA
D. France
B. story-teller
C. teacher
D. writer
B. found books and stories
C. became rich
D. learned a lot
B. his gold
C. rich life
D. both A and B
B. 1876; 1916
C. 1900; 1956
D. 1876; 1900
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