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Dear Tom,

Thank you for your postcard. I show it to some of my friends at school. Three other people in my class have friends in other countries, too.

Now I want to tell you something about my family. My father and mother are teachers. I have a brother and a sister. My sister works in a middle school and my brother is studying at a university（ 大学 ）. I am a middle school student. I am 12 years old. I am tall and a little fat. I have short hair. I like reading and playing the guitar. I always play it on Saturdays and Sundays. I like my English teacher very much. Because she is kind to us and her class is fun.

Could you give a few photos of yours? I want to know what you look like.

Yours,

Huang Lei

There are many different kinds of cars in the world. My aunt thinks this is because cars are like their drivers. She says, “Rich people have expensive cars, big people have large cars, and old people drive old cars.” But I don’t agree with her.

My neighbor, Mrs. Hill, is 82 years old. She drives only on Tuesday, and then she drives only to the bank. She never drives more than 30 kilometers an hour. Do you think Mrs. Hill has a very old and small car? No! Her car is new. It’s very large, and it can go 200 kilometers for each hour!

My friend Mike is an artist. He draws beautiful pictures with lots of colors. But his car is black! Mrs. Bates has a very old car. It often has engine trouble. Does she drive that kind of car because she is poor? No, she has four factories and two million dollars in bank. My aunt Mary has a very small car. Every Sunday, she drives to the country with her husband, her three children, her mother and their dog.

Now, you have read about my friends and their cars. Do you agree with my aunt? Maybe you have a car. Does it say something about you?

1.What does the writer’s aunt think about cars and their drives?

A. Big people drive small cars.             B. Old people drive new cars.

C. Poor people have expensive cars.         D. Rich people have dear cars.

2.What kind of car does Mrs. Hill have?

        A. A fast new car.                       B. A fast old car.

        C. A slow old car.                       D. A fast small car.

3.What kind of person is Mike?

        A. A person who is good at driving.         B. A person who does well in drawing.

        C. A person who likes drawing.            D. A person who is good at writing.

4.How many people go out from Mary’s car on Sunday?

        A. Five.            B. Six.              C. Seven.           D. Eight.

5.What does “Does it say something about you?” mean?

        A. Does someone tell you something about your car?

        B. Does your car say something to you?

        C. Does your car show other people something about you?

D. Do you tell other people something about your car?

My teachers suggested that I see a speech specialist (专家) in school.
I never really gave much thought to my speech. If other people understood what I was saying, then that was good enough. I didn’t mind repeating myself many times.
Before testing me, the speech specialist asked me what I thought of having good speech. I told her I thought it was not important.
“Well, when you are in an interview for a job, and they don’t know what you are saying, what are they going to say to you? Nice meeting you, bye,” she said.
Maybe good speech was important. I took part in 20-minute classes each week with the specialist.
After she tested me, she told me that I spoke too fast, and didn’t give enough eye contact (眼神交流). I learned that when I made eye contact with someone, it meant that I was talking to that person, and I could also see what he or she thought about what I was saying.
When my first speech class started, I found that I had been speaking too fast to be understood. Every time I spoke too fast, the specialist stopped me and told me to start again. At first, I got stopped after almost every other sentence. After a while, I felt my speech slow down. I wasn’t sure if people could understand me better, but my friends stopped asking me to repeat myself.
Speech is an important skill to have. If you do have good speech, that’s a good thing, but if you don’t have it, it is never too late to improve.
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