The first astronauts(宇航员)

Since the earliest times, people have looked up at the stars, the moon and the planets. Today people use modern machines 1at the sky. This is very different from the situation 2years ago when people could only use their eyes. Perhaps they dreamed of 3the universe. When did humans first go into space? The story began not so very long ago,4 the first astronauts were not people-they were animals. Scientists wanted to make travelling to space as 5as possible for humans. So they decided to experiment with animals and test 6in spaceflights. Insects, mice, frogs, dogs and monkeys were some of the animals 7first went into space. Many of them 8, but they helped to make space travel safer for humans. For their great service, we 9forget these animals. Albert I was the first monkey to go into space in 1949. Sadly he died 10his space ship landed back on Earth.

Will you give your friend a gift at the graduation ceremony？Do you know how to 1 the gift? Here is some advice for you.

If your friend is going to a high school, choose 2he can use there. This could be as simple as a gift basket 3with notebooks and pens. You can also choose a book to encourage him 4he is in difficulty. Gift books written 5for middle school graduates can be found in gift shops and bookstores.

Pick an electronic thing that can be 6to the high school. A radio, a CD player, an alarm clock, or even an MP4 player can be quite 7for them.

Make a gift by 8if you have enough time. For example, a paper cup can be made into a great graduation gift by 9the name of your friends, the graduation date or the name of your school.

Pick a photo album(相册) if your friend is going to be far away from home. He will 10his family and friends. So the gift will help him remember his best time with loved ones.

Jack Green is 75 years old. He is not in good condition. "I think I'm ill，" he tells his wife. "I feel awful. I've got a headache and I don't feel like eating."

"You've put on a lot of weight recently. You should see the doctor" his wife says. "Ask him how to lose weight. It's not good for your health."

"OK，" says Jack. He goes to see a doctor.

The doctor checks his heart and weighs him. Then he says, "You are too heavy. You need to do some exercise to lose about 30 kilograms. Run two miles a day for the next 100 days. Then call and tell me your weight."

A week later, the doctor receives a call from Jack. "Doctor, I ran two miles every day and I feel much better. But I have a new problem."

"What's that？" asks the doctor.

"I'm 14 miles away from home, and I can't find my way back."

Reading is the key to school success and, like any skill, it takes practice. A child learns to walk by practicing until he no longer has to think about how to put one foot in front of the other. An excellent sportsman practices until he can play quickly, correctly and without thinking. Educators call it "automaticity (自动性)".

A child learns to read by sounding out the letters and finding the meaning of the words. With practice, he stumbles less and less, reading by the phrase (短语). With automaticity, he doesn't have to think about the meaning of words, so he can give all his attention to the meaning of the text.

It can begin as early as first grade. In a recent study of children in Illinois schools, Alan Rossman of Northwestern University found that automatic readers in the first grade not only read almost three times as fast as the others, but also got better results in exams.

According to Rossman, the key to automaticity is the amount (数量) of time a child spends reading , not his IQ. Any child who spends at least 3.5 to 4 hours a week reading books, magazines or newspapers will probably reach automaticity. It can happen if a child turns off TV just one night for reading at home.

You can test yourself by reading something new which is suitable (适合) for your level. If you read aloud with expression, with a sense of the meaning of the sentences, you probably are an automatic reader. If you read brokenly, one word at a time, without expression or meaning, you need more practice.

Our cities are crowded. Now cities are       of cars. Something will have to be done to change       . What will the cars of tomorrow be        ? Little cars may some day       the place of today's big cars. If everyone drives little cars in the future, there will be less       in the air. We can breathe clean and fresh air. There will also be more space        parking cars in cities, and        streets will be less crowded. The space for a usual car        we use today is enough for three little cars. The little cars will cost much less to own and be safer to       . What is       , these little cars can go about 65 kilometers per hour.

Twentieth Century Inventions

1903-The first flight succeeded   In 1900, Wilbur Wright said flight was possible for man. After much work, he and his brother Orville Wright made this dream come true. On December 17, 1903, the brothers made the first successful airplane flight on a windy beach at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The brothers' plane flew 120 feet. Although the flight lasted only 12 seconds, it moved the course of history in a new direction.

1935-Nylon was invented   In 1928, a new chemical lab was opened to make a kind of man-made materials. Wallace Carothers took part in the team when he was 32 years old. In 1934, he made fibers(纤维), but the fibers were quite weak. He didn't give up. After many experiments, he produced the fibers "nylon". Carothers was very satisfied with his work. Nylon hit the markets in 1939, and quickly became a replacement of silk. But it was a pity that he didn't see the wide use of his invention. He died in April, 1937.

1968-The computer mouse was first shown in public.  As a graduate student, Douglas Engelbart began to imagine ways in which all sorts of information could be on screens. In 1964, Douglas Engelbart made the first computer mouse. The computer mouse had a wooden shell with two metal wheels. In 1968, the first computer mouse appeared in public. It was named "mouse" because a tail came out at the end. In later years, the computer mouse became more and more important. Douglas Engelbart changed the way that computers worked. Now computer mice are becoming increasingly useful. And there are many different shapes of computer mice in the world.

电视：信息丰富，开阔视野，休闲娱乐，辅助学习。自行车：价格不贵，方便出行，有利环保，有益健康。

注意：⑴报告应包括以上所有的提示信息，但不要逐字翻译，可适当发挥，使行文连贯；

⑵发明的东西可大可小，有其特殊用途即可；

⑶不少于80词，开头已给出，不计人总词数。

Inventions

Good morning, everyone! I am on duty today. It's June 5th. It is fine. Everyone is here. Today I'm going to talk about inventions