5.You enjoy reading books about famous people.

6.You always see and talk to different people.

7.You are interested in learning new ways of doing things.

8.You enjoy sharing experiences with friends and learning from people of all ages.

9.You talk a lot about yourself. 1

10.Even if you are often wrong, you make your own decisions.

11.You hate teaching what you are good at: sports, technology, whatever

12. Your parents don't understand you so you don't talk to them much.

SCORE NOW!

Score 2 points if you answer YES to each of the first 8 questions ,and 0 if you choose NO. Score 2 points if you answer NO to each of the last 4 questions, and 0 if you choose YES. ***********************************************************************

18---24 You are friendly and open-minded You make people feel important by listening to what they have to say You'll probably succeed in learning all kinds of interesting things. Good for you ! 10—16 Remember that every single person you know can teach you something You will greatly make your life rich and colorful.

0--8 About 400 years ago, a famous writer wrote. "No man is an island." This is still true today. Try to be more open and interested in people around you.

86. If you say "YES" to all these questions, you'll get _____ points.

A. 12 B. 16 C. 20 D. 24

87. When you score 22 points, you are ______.

A. shy and nervous B. silent and serious C. open and friendly D. brave and strong

88. The writer thinks you should _____.

A. always see and talk to the same people B. make your own decision whenever you want

C. enjoy teaching what you are good at D. talk much about yourselves when possible

89. "No man is an island." in the text probably means that________.

A. the famous writer was very clever B. everything is the same as 400 years ago

C. you will feel lonely if on an island D. you can not live alone in the world

90. The questions are used to test whether you are willing to .

A. learn from others B. help other people

C. do all by yourself D. depend on others

D

Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best-loved and most successful children's book writers in the world. His books are very popular with young readers. They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants.

In 1954, Life magazine published (刊登) a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children's books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish. He did not receive training in art. Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books.

In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of