Alice is my pen friend. She is a 16-year-old girl from the UK, but now she lives in China. She is a middle school student in Nanjing. She likes going to school, but there are some things she doesn’t like, such as PE. She enjoys playing sports. She thinks sports are interesting and exciting. But she doesn’t like doing physical exercises in PE classes. She feels that they are boring! Her favourite subject is Science. It seems that the amazing and useful Science attracts her. She thinks she is on the way to be a scientist. She wishes to invent things to make the world more and more beautiful.

In her free time, she often goes to the beach. She loves just sitting around and talking to friends there. She’s getting better at understanding boys, but she hates listening to hours of talk about football. “It’s not interesting at all!” she once said to me.

That is my penfriend Alice.

Information about Alice

Basic information	Name: Alice              Age: sixteen(1)         old. Birth place: in the UK      Living now: in China
	What	Why /For what
Likes	Playing sports.	Interesting and (2)
	Going to the (3)	Sitting around and (4)      to friends.
	Favourite subject: Science	(5)          and useful.
Dislikes	Having (6)         classes.	Physical exercises are (7)
	(8)        talks about football.	Not interesting at all.
Wishes	To be a scientist.	Be (9)        by Science.
	To invent things.	Make the world (10)        beautiful.

   Jack and Hob are going to high school now．Jack wants to be an engineer．He is going to build roads，bridges and houses．Hob is interested in math and science，but he is going to study medicine．He wants to be a doctor．

   Kate is good at music．She wants to be an artist．She is going to sing and dance for people．Joan wants to be a woman astronaut．She says,“I am going to explore space some day．”“What do you want to be，Alice?”Joan asks me．“Oh，I want to be a teacher．When I grow up，I’m going to teach in countryside．”

   Each of us is doing his or her best at school．I am sure we will do something good for our country．

(   )1._________ students are talking．

A. Two          B. Three            C. Four       D. Five

(   )2.Who wants to be an artist?

A. Joan．       B. Jack．       C. Kate．  D. Alice．

(   )3.Three students are interested in __________．

A. medicine    B. music        C. space        D. science

(   )4.What does Joan want to be?

A.An astronaut．    B.A teacher． C.A doctor    D. An engineer．

(   )5.Where does Alice want to teach?

A.     On a farm．  B. In the countryside． C. At home．  D. Abroad．

  

  Jack and Hob are going to high school now．Jack wants to be an engineer．He is going to build roads，bridges and houses．Hob is interested in math and science，but he is going to study medicine．He wants to be a doctor．

   Kate is good at music．She wants to be an artist．She is going to sing and dance for people．Joan wants to be a woman astronaut．She says,“I am going to explore space some day．”“What do you want to be，Alice?”Joan asks me．“Oh，I want to be a teacher．When I grow up，I’m going to teach in countryside．”

   Each of us is doing his or her best at school．I am sure we will do something good for our country．

(   )1._________ students are talking．

A. Two          B. Three            C. Four       D. Five

(   )2.Who wants to be an artist?

A. Joan．       B. Jack．       C. Kate．  D. Alice．

(   )3.Three students are interested in __________．

A. medicine    B. music        C. space        D. science

(   )4.What does Joan want to be?

A.An astronaut．    B.A teacher． C.A doctor    D. An engineer．

(   )5.Where does Alice want to teach?

A.     On a farm．  B. In the countryside． C. At home．  D. Abroad．

“Would you tell me which way I should go from here?” asked Alice.
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get,” said the Cat.
“I really don’t care where” replied Alice.
“Then it doesn’t much matter which way you go,” said the Cat.
--- from “ Alice in Wonderland ”
My name is David. And I have a brother called Mike. 
One day, my brother called me and asked me for some advice. He was trying to decide between two job offers:
Job 1 – The first job was your typical 40 hour a week “office” job.
Job 2 – The second job was more of a career in the insurance industry(保險(xiǎn)業(yè)), where he would start at the bottom, and after many years and many long hours eventually rise to the top (if he was good). 
The second job did not pay as well as the first job (at the beginning), but the pay-off of the second job (in the future) was much greater than the first job. So which job should my brother take? Well the answer is…it depends.
Just like the Cat was trying to tell Alice, which road you take depends a great deal on where you want to end up.
Begin with the End in Mind
I asked my brother what was his life’s purpose. He said his purpose was to “teach,” but he wanted to make a lot of money first. I told my brother to forget about the money, and I advised him to focus on his purpose. I then asked him which job best supported his end result of “teaching.” He said the first job best supported his goal because he would only have to work 40 hours a week, which would give him spare time to teach. He continued on to say, “but if I take job number two, I can work hard and make more money, then I can retire early and “teach” later in life.” I again advised him to “focus” on his purpose, not money. Things don’t end wrong, they begin wrong!
You Can’t Ride Two Horses Well
It would be very difficult to have a successful teaching career while you’re working 70-80 hours a week in the insurance business; no one can ride two horses well. As they say, you can do anything, but not everything. I advised him to get started today by choosing the job that best supported that decision.
Tomorrow Never Comes
My brother was thinking that he could always start teaching later in life, but the reality is, tomorrow never comes. Unless you decide right now to follow your feelings, they will probably never be completed. You only live once, don’t go to the end of your life with one regret.
The Money Will Come
My brother seemed to be overly concerned with making money. I told him not to be anxious about making money. You will always have greater money when you’re doing what you love.
In a word, whenever you’re at a cross-road, be sure to make the decision that best supports the goal of your life. If you do, then you will be well on your way.
【小題1】 Mike ___________ David one day.

A．visited

B．met

C．made a telephone call to

D．found

【小題2】 Mike was trying to ____________.

A．look for a job	B．start a career
C．wok in an office	D．decide between two job offers

【小題3】As for the life’s purpose, Mike ______________.

A．wanted to teach first	B．wanted to make a lot of money first
C．wanted to work in the insurance industry	D．wanted to work 40 hours a day

【小題4】 You Can’t Ride Two Horses Well means _____________.

A．you’d better have two horses

B．you can only ride one horse well

C．you can do everything well.

D．you can’t do two things well at the same time

【小題5】 The best title of the passage is ______________.

A．How to choose a better job

B．It is more important to begin than to end

C．How to make a better decision

D．Make more money because tomorrow never comes