It's an amazing change when a caterpillar (毛毛蟲) turns into a butterfly. That just might explain Taiwan
singer Jolin Tsai's choice of name for her latest album (唱片／專輯).
     On March 27, Tsai will release Flower Butterfly, her first album for Warner, the company she signed to
recently.
     The 28-year-old Tsai is known for the challenges she takes on. This time it is ballet. For the video that
goes with the album, she had to pirouette (用腳尖旋轉) 20 times without stopping. It was hard going. When
she started training she couldn't even manage to spin (旋轉) three times.
     "It took me longer to learn the move than anything I've ever tried!"she said.
     If the ballet was hard, the photo for the album art may have been harder. Tsai had to hang upside down
from a wire for an hour. It was so that her shadow (影子) would seem like a butterfly spreading its wings.
     But Tsai is facing another challenge. Her old record company (唱片公司), EMI will release an album of
music Tsai recorded when she was with the label. This means that Flower Butterfly will be fighting it out in
the market with old Jolin music.
     But Tsai didn't seem to care about the problems with her old company:
      "I've trained myself to be strong. I hope that other girls will follow my example and be themselves. Don't
be afraid of what other people say. One day you'll turn into a beautiful butterfly."

1. Taiwan singer Jolin Tsai is famous for ______.

A. her latest album
B. the challenges she takes on
C. Flower Butterfly
D. an amazing change

2. From this passage, we can know ______.

A. Tsai was good at ballet when she was young
B. it took her a short time to learn the move
C. when she started training she couldn't even manage to spin three times
D. Tsai seemed to care about the problems with her old company

3. Tsai hopes that ______.

A. one day she'll turn into a beautiful butterfly
B. her shadow would seem like a butterfly spreading its wings
C. other girls will follow her example and be themselves
D. Flower Butterfly will be fighting it out in the market with old Jolin music

     A few weeks ago, a group of us decided 1______ (go) abroad together for a holiday. When we 2______
(wait) in the queue at passport control, I suddenly 3______ (realize) that I 4______ (leave) my passport at
home. I rang my parents, but they 5______ (work) in the garden. Luckily, my mother finally heard the phone.
My passport 6______ (find) in my trousers pocket. My mother said, "If you cake a taxi this minute you 
7______ (be) able to get on the plane in time." I 8______ (run) all the way to the plane and when at last I
9______ ( get) on it the other passengers 10______ (start) clapping.

    
     Imagine the year is 1666 and we can see a student called Isaac Newton. He's away from his university
for a holiday and at home with his family. Isaac Newton continues to study at home. He enjoys physics and
thinking about the mysteries of the world. 
     On a day when there is rain and sun at the same time he sees a beautiful rainbow in the sky. It has many
different colours, he is told that there are five. Newton wants to have his own rainbow because he wants to
look at it closely. He decides to do an experiment. On a sunny day he goes inside a small room and he makes
the room very dark. Then he makes a small hole and the sun comes inside, it's a small ray of light. It's white.
Newton takes a prism (棱鏡) and holds it up to the light. The ray of light goes through the prism, but it isn't
white now there are many colours. The prism has split up (分解) the white light into different colours: Newton
has a rainbow.
     Newton looks at his rainbow carefully. He can see more than five colours, he can see seven. He says the
colours are: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.
     But Newton is a scientist and he's always very interested in how things work. He has his rainbow but he
wants to know more. So he takes another prism and holds it up to the rainbow. The rainbow goes through the
second prism, but it isn't colourful now-it's white again. The prism has joined up the colours back into white
light. Newton is the first person to understand that light is a combination of all the rainbow colours together. 
     Newton also understands how we can see colour. Imagine a leaf in the sunshine. All the rainbow colours
fall on the leaf but it absorbs (吸收) all these colours. The only colour that is reflected (反射) is green, so the
leaf looks green. Different objects reflect different colours. And perhaps Newton's favourite fruit is an
orange-but what came first, the name of the fruit or the name of the colour?

(     )1. In 1666 Isaac Newton was a university student learningphysics.                           
(     )2. Newton was told that there were five colours in a rainbow and he believed it.            
(     )3. Newton used a prism to split up the white light from the sun.                            
(     )4. Newton understood that light was a combination (復合) of all the rainbow colours together.
(     )5. Different objects reflect the same colours.                                              

     It was a sunny day. Mr Black went to town on business. On his way home, he found in front of him a big
pile of hay (干草). He got down from his horse. The hay had fallen off a wagon (馬車). A boy was standing
by the wagon and looked worried. He was sorry for the little driver. "Now don't worry, my boy," Mr Black
said. "Come with me to the village over there, and I'll find someone to help you get the hay back onto the
wagon."
     In the village Mr Black's friend asked him and the boy to have dinner. Mr Black enjoyed the man's dinner,
but he saw the boy still looked worried. "Dad won't like this!" the boy said in a low voice. "Dad won't like this."
"Don't worry too much," said Mr Black. "Just be careful next time. Now have your dinner,and you needn't
hurry."
     "But I was here for a long time. Dad will be angry." "Oh,come now," said Mr Black. "Your dad will
understand, he will be glad if he knows that you have had a good dinner. I'll go with you and explain what has
happened. By the way, where's your dad?" The boy answered, "He's under the pile of hay!"

1. — Why did Mr Black go to the town?
    — Because he went there _____.

A. to visit friend
B. on business
C. to meet his son

2. What did Mr Black see on his way home?

A. A boy on a horse.
B. The boy's father on the wagon.
C. A big pile of hay on the ground.

3. _____ asked the boy to have dinner.

A. Mr Black
B. Mr Black's friend
C. The boy's father

4. What did Mr Black do while the boy still felt worried?

A. He told the boy not to hurry.
B. He asked this friend to help the boy alone.
C. He found a friend and helped the boy at once.

5. At last, we know that _____.

A. the boy was not friendly enough
B. the boy was not worried any more
C. the boy's father was still under the hay