Teens Talk

Lisa Black

Age 13

Mexico City, Mexico         “My favorite kind of music is salsa, and my favorite singer is Mare Anthony. Salsa is a kind of Latin music. Why do I like salsa? Well, it’s exciting. There’s always salsa music at our home. That’s because my parents love it— and because we live next to a salsa music store!”

Tom White

Age 14

New York City, USA             “What’s my favorite kind of music? I like all kinds of music, but my favorite is techno. It’s too cool! My brother hates techno— he thinks it’s terrible! He doesn’t understand it. But I understand his music either—he thinks country music is great!”

Linda Green

Age 13

Paris, France                     “My favorite kind of music is classical. My friends think I’m boring. but I think classical music is really cool. My mom and dad like classical too, and my dad has a great collation of classical CDs.”

1.Lisa Black likes salsa and she thinks it is ________.

A. exciting                B. terrible       C. boring

2.Tom White comes from_________.

A. Mexico City, Mexico     B. New York City, USA    C. Paris, France

3.Linda and her parents like music, and _________ has a great collation of classical CDs.

A. her brother             B. her mother             C. her father

4.Lisa Black is the same age as _________.

A. Linda Green           B. Tom White            C. Tom’s brother

5.The topic of today’s talk is about teen’s __________.

A. favorite collation       B. favorite music          C. favorite singer

Li Lin is a middle school student. She likes English    36    . She   37    hard. She reads English    38   the morning. She likes   39   English, too. She often    40   the radio. She     41  TV on Saturdays  and Sundays . Her parents like her .    42    all the teachers like her, too .Li Lin goes to school   43   Monday to Friday. On Saturdays, she   44    her homework.. On Sundays, she spends two hours    45   badminton with her friends.

36. A. at all         B. of all          C. very much        D. too much

 37. A. study         B. studies        C. studys           D. studying

38. A. from           B. in            C. at               D. on

39. A. speak         B. speaking         C. speaks             D. to speaks

40. A. listen             B. listen to       C. listens to         D. listening to

 41. A. looks         B. looks at       C. sees             D. watches

 42. A. And          B. But            C. So              D. Or

 43. A. at            B. from         C. on                D. in

44. A. do             B. does           C. doing             D. to do

45.A. play          B. plays         C. playing           D. to