When I Grow upIn kindergarten, my class was asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”Crayons danced across sheets of paper to illustrate our dream jobs. Our drawings were hung in the hall way for our parents to see at Back to School Night.I remember looking down the line and seeing pictures of ballet dancers dancing, firefighters putting out a big fire, and spacemen leaping across the moon—jobs that were seen as typical dreams of five-year-oldsMy picture showed a stick figure with brown hair holding a bottle of orange juice over something like a counter. Underneath was my hardly readable handwriting: When I grow up, I want to work at the Market Basket because it would be fun to swipe orange juice across the scanner at the checkout counter.To this day my parents won’t let me forget that out of everything I could have wished to be, my five-year-old self wished to work at the local grocery store.When we are young, questions of what we want to be when we grow up are common. Yet we are not expected to respond with an answer that is likely to come true. When we become teens, we are asked the very same question twice as often. The difference is that we are supposed to answer with confidence.As teenagers, we are expected to know exactly what we want to be and how we are going to achieve that goal. Not all of us can be so sure. Even though I am inhigh school, I cannot answer confidently. But I don’t consider that a bad thing. How am I supposed to know what I will wantto spend my time doing at age 40?When I think about the future, I definitely don’t see myself working at the MarketBasket, but in reality, if that was what would make me happy, I would do i t. So, the next time someone asks me what I want to be when I grow up, I will simply say “happy.”Happiness is a destination for everyone. We may want to take different pathsin life, but we all want to be happy wherever we end up. Choose your path, but don’t worry too much about whether your choice is right or not. Make a mistake or two and try new things. But always remember: If you’re not happy, you’re not at the end of your journey yet.翻译1：彩色蜡笔在纸上飞舞，描绘着我们梦想的工作。
2：我记得放眼望去，有的画上是正在跳舞的芭蕾舞演员，有的是正在扑灭大火的消防员，有的是正在月球上跳跃行走的宇航员，这些工作都是五岁孩子梦想中的工作。
3：我画的是一个留着棕色头发的人物线条，她站在柜台后，手里拿着一瓶橙汁。
4：画的下面是我那难以辨认的字：长大后，我想在杂货市场工作，因为在收银台旁边用扫描仪扫橙汁的条形码会很有趣。
5：至今，我的父母都不会让我忘记：在所有我可以希望拥有的工作当中，五岁的我只是想在当地的食品杂货市场工作。
6：小时候，我们通常会被问到长大了想干什么的问题。
7：当我们十几岁时，别人问我们这个问题的次数是以前的两倍。
8：作为青少年，人们希望我们明确地知道自己长大了想干什么以及如何实现这一目标9：想到未来，我一定不会想象自己在杂货市场工作，但在现实生活中，如果那样能让我快乐，我就会去做。
10：所以，下一次有人问我长大想成为什么样的人时，我会简单地说一句：“成为幸福的人。
”11：我们在一生中也许会走不同的路，但是无论我们最终到达哪里，我们都希望自己幸福。
Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.1.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a typical dream of five-year-olds?A: Being ballet dancers.B: Being policemen.C: Being firefighters.D: Being spacemen.2. Why did the writer want to work at a grocery store?A it was common.B Because it was likely to come true.C Because it would be fun.D Because it was well-paid.3.What is the main idea of the passage?A Whatever career one chooses, happiness is the real destination.B One should always keep to his childhood dream.C One should try different things to enrich his life.D One can clearly know his dream only when he grows up.C omplete the following summary with words from the passageWhen asked about my 1)_______ in kindergarten, I drew a picture of a stick figure with brown hair holding a bottle of orange juice over a 2)________, showing that I wanted to work at the Market Basket because it would be fun to3)______ orange juice across the scanner at the checkout counter. As a 4)_________, I am expected to know my exact dream and how I will 5)________ that goal. However, I am not so 6)______ about it even when I am in high school. With growing up, I gradually realize what I want is 7)__________ wherever I end up.Complete the following sentences with proper prepositions or adverbs.1. Their children have all grown _______ and left home now.2. We can’t run ______ the hallway when others are having classes.3. A downpour (暴雨) of rain put ______ the children’s bonfire (篝火).4. Henry always seems so confident, but _____ reality he’s very shy.5. There are study questions ______ the end of each unit.3.Add the suffix “-ness”to the words given below. Then complete the following sentences with the words thus formed.Dark shy lonely tried kind 1. After she overcame her ________, she became a very successful public speaker.2. The rooms are all in _________ and nothing can be seen.3. We were moved by the _________ of the people there.4. Being with friends does not always overcome the feeling of _________.第二单元Americans have many expressions using the word “dog.”Nowadays people in the United States love their dogs and treat them well. They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside, and give them good food and medical care. However, dogs without owners to care for them lead a different kind of life. The expression “to lead a dog’s life”describes a person who has an unhappy existence.Some people say “we live in a dog-eat-dog world.”This means that when many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs, they are quick to forget their basic humanity. They also say that, a person has to “work like a dog”to be successful. This means they have to work very, very hard. Such hard work can make people “dog-tired.”And if we fall ill or become miserable, we might become “sick as a dog.”3.Still, people say, “Every dog has its day.”This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his life. To be successful, people often have to learn new skills. Yet some people say that “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.”They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.Some people are compared to dogs in bad ways. People who are unkind or uncaring can be described as “meaner than a junkyard dog.”Junkyard dogs live in places where people throw away things they do not want. Mean dogs are often used to guard this property. They bark at or attack people ho try to enter the property. However, sometimes a person who appears to be mean and threatening is really not so bad, so we also say, “His bark is worse than his bite.”5.Many dogs in the United States sleep in a safe little house near their owner’s home. These doghouses provide shelter. Yet they can be cold and lonely in the winter.Husbands and wives use the term “doghouse”when they are angry at each other. For example, a woman might get angry at her husband for coming home late or forgetting their wedding anniversary. She might tell him that he is “in the doghouse.”She may not treat him nicely until he apologizes. However, the husband may decide that it is best to leave things alone and not create more problems. He might decide therefore, “to let sleeping dogs lie.”7. Dog expressions also are used to describe the weather.“The dog days of summer”are the hottest days of the year. And if a rainstorm comes, we might say, “it’s raining cats and dogs.”8. Dog expressions abound in all cultures reflecting all aspectsof our humanity, for good or ill, suggesting our close relationship with a creature also called “man’s best friend.”1. They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside, and give them good food and medical care.2.Sometimes a person who appears to be mean and threatening is really not so bad.My picture showed a stick figure with brown hair holding a bottle of orange juice over something like a counter.yet we are not excepted to respond with an answer that is likely to come trueShe cared ___________ her father all through his long illness.Compared ___________ his early works, this is a rather successful novel.He was angry ___________ being kept waiting.He always describes himself ___________ a genius.5. I’m ___________ the doghouse because I forgot Sam’s birthday.1. How yoga achieves its ___________ effects is not completely clear.2. Animals can do many ___________ things when they are properly trained.3. She’s considering finding a job of ___________.4. Many people find it a dangerous thing to go mountain___________ alone.5. I always get the ___________ of the word “receive”wrong. Fallen flowers attract a school of fish chasing after them.A huge carp shakes its head and moves its tail in the water, relaxed and pleased with itself, looking down on the smaller fish.如有侵权请联系告知删除，感谢你们的配合！。