【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 n will join “Survival holidays”. B. Children are not allowed to watch TV during “Survival holidays”. C. The skills children learn during “Survival Holidays” will be of great help. D. Children play puter games together during the “Survival Holidays”. BEveryone knows the smart blackandwhite dog that sits on top of a red doghouse with his best friend—a bird called Woodstock.This year Snoopy turns sixtyfive.Created by the American cartoonist Charles Schulz in 1950，the clever dog is loved by kids and adults. He speaks more than 20 languages and appears daily in 26，000 newspapers around the world. When Snoopy first appeared, he was just like other pet dogs. But two years later, he had begun to speak with simple words and sounds.By 1957 he could walk on two legs and was going to school with his master, Charlie Brown, who failed at just about everything.Snoopy has done lots of jobs. He has been a bowtie wearing lawyer, a tennis player and Olympic figure skater, a world famous grocery cashier, a pilot and even the first astronaut on the moon.However, Snoopy has always dreamed of being a famous writer. The beginning of his story is always, “It was a dark and stormy night...Unluckily for him no one has ever wanted to publish (出版）the story.Snoopy easily falls in love but always has his heart broken. He eats to forget, but it never works.Snoopy is an insightful, feelgood and sometimes sad dog. If you think a little about his words, you might find them full of life lessons. Among his most famous lines are “To live is to dance，to dance is to live. and “ Yesterday I was a dog. Today I39。m a dog. Tomorrow I39。ll probably still be a dog. （ ）5. How many cartoon characters are mentioned in the passage?A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.（ ）6. How can we know Snoopy is popular around the world?A. He appears daily in 26，000 newspapers. B. He39。s just like a human.C. He has done all kinds of jobs. D. He39。s unlucky in life.（ ）7. Snoopy does all the jobs EXCEPT_____________. A a lawyer B a cashier C a teacher D an astronaut（ ）8. From the passage we can learn that .A. Snoopy has a successful master B. Snoopy is a lucky dog in love C. Snoopy is a success as a writer D. Snoopy can teach us life lessonsCBeijing (China Daily) :Many said she would never make it, but Teenager Jessica Watson surprised all when she pleted her 23,000mile journey, and sailed into Sydney Harbor，on May 15, 2010.The Australian 16yearold girl took off on her nonstop trip around the world, on October 18，2009. Jessica was all alone on her 30footlong pink yacht (快艇），“Ella39。s Pink Boat. She had to fight against strong winds, waves as high as mountains, and loneliness, in order to prove young people can realize their dreams, whatever they might be.Ms. Watson said the toughest times were when she had to fight against bad weather like terrible storms. Though she met with many great difficulties, she managed to keep herself calm, keep her boat afloat, and plete her journey around the world.After she became the world39。s youngest person to sail around the World, Jessica Watson attracted the attention and won the admiration of the whole world. She has bee rich and famous. She has a nationwide book tour ing up, for her “True Spirit: The Aussie Girl Who Took on the World” book as well as other souvenir sales.But it isn39。t fair to say Jessica Watson did it just for public attention and money. She is clearly in love with the ocean, and she said that even after lonely months at sea, she was not willing to leave the pink yacht that had bee “more than a home.（ ）9. How long did Jessica39。s journey last?A. Five months. B. Six months. C. Less than seven months. D. More than seven months.（ ）10. What did Jessica have to fight against during the journey? A strong winds, waves and loneliness B strong winds, mountains and loneliness C strong winds, waves, mountains, and loneliness D strong winds, floods and loneliness（ ）11. Jessica sailed around the world in order to .A. write a book about herself B. bee rich and famousC. win the world3