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    In learning English, one should first pay attention to listening and speaking. It is the groundwork (基础) of reading and writing. You'd better 1 your best to speak while you do much listening. Don't be 2 of making mistakes. 3 be careful not to let them stop you from improving your English. While you are doing this, a good 4 is to write-keep a diary, write notes or letters. Then if you can, ask some others to go through 5 you have written and tell you where it is wrong. Many mistakes in your speaking will be 6 found when you write. 7 correcting mistakes, you can do better in learning English. If you are slow in speaking, don't worry about it. One of the helpful ways is reading, 8 aloud or to yourself. The important thing is to choose 9 interesting to read. It mustn't be too difficult for you. When you are reading in this way, don't stop to 10 the new words if you can guess their meanings. You can do that some other time.

    A poor boy lived in a small town. He sold things from door to door to pay for school. One day, he had only one cent left, and he was hungry. He decided that he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, when a young woman opened the door, the boy was shy, so he just asked for some water. The woman knew he was hungry, so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, "How much should I pay for it?" "You needn't pay for it. My mother has told me that it is good to help the people who are in trouble," she replied. The boy said, "Then I thank you from my heart." As the boy left that house, he felt stronger. He knew he had many things to do.

    Many years later, the young woman became ill. The local doctors couldn't save her. Her family had to send her to a big city. When the doctor knew who the woman was, he was excited and did his best to save her life. He succeeded. The woman needed to pay for the medical bill (账单). The doctor learned that she couldn't afford it, so he wrote something down on the medical bill. The woman read the bill, "You paid it with a glass of milk."

    When you see your favorite food on a red plate, you probably feel hungry. But you feel hunger when it is on a white plate. Can you guess why this happens? According to a recent research, colors have great influences on our eating.

    Firstly, colors can really influence our feelings about food. For example, when you add some red to water, it tastes sweeter than normal water, as if you've added some sugar into it. The red color makes you feel that the water is very nice to drink.

    However, the food that you think the most delicious will probably taste worse to you if you change its color to blue. This is because blue is not a very natural color for food and it always makes people feel sad.

    Besides, colors can also influence how much we eat. In one research, people were asked to serve themselves some pasta (意式面食) with white gravy. The people with red plates ate a smaller part. For example, there is a big cake in the red plate, maybe you feel full after eating only a piece of it. However, the people with white plates ate much more.

    Most people want to be happy, but few know how to find happiness. Money and success alone do not bring lasting happiness. Aristotle, a Greek thinker, said, "Happiness depends upon ourselves." In other words, we make our own happiness. Here are a few suggestions to help us be happier.

    The first secret of happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life. We spend so much time thinking about the future that we fail to enjoy the present. We should enjoy life's pleasures, such as reading a good book, listening to our favorite music, or spending time with close friends. Then we'll live happier and healthier lives.

    Another secret to living a happy life is to be active. We can dance, or play sports, such as swimming. We can forget about our problems, and only think about the activities.

    Finally, many people find happiness in helping others. We'll feel good when we spend our time helping others. If we want to feel happier, do good things for someone. We can help a friend with his or her studies, go shopping to buy food for an elderly person, or simply help out around the house by washing the dishes.

    Today, with the development of society, people all over the world almost have the same hobbies That is to say, we are not very different in some way. However, cultures are still quite different. In the East and in the West, social rules are not the same.

    In the East, it takes a long time to become someone's friend. People are very close to their friends. When people from the West meet you, they will call you a friend right away. That doesn't mean they are close to you.

    When people from the East meet you, they want to know about your age, your salary (薪水) and whether you are married or not. For people from the West, these are not polite questions. They think such kind of questions violates their privacy (隐私).

    Family is important for everyone. However, in the East, kids live with their parents for a long time. They still listen to them after they grow up.

    In the West, independence is very important. After their kids grow up, they leave home. They don't have to listen to their parents.

    In the East and in the West, people think differently, too. People in the West think less and act more. In the East, people notice relationships between things, and they often keep their opinions quiet.

A: What did you do last night?

B: I listened to music after finishing my homework.

A:       

B: Yes, of course. I can't live without music.

A:       

B: Rock music.

A: What about pop music?

B:        But now I prefer rock music. Rock music is a kind of loud music but the lyrics of rock songs are very meaningful.

A: I think so.        The important thing is the music itself, not what kind it is.

B: That's true. Can you play any musical instruments?

A: Yes.       

B: Cool! If I have a chance, I will learn to play it, too.

    A soap opera called Tiger Mother and Cat Father is popular in China now. The tiger mother is pretty strict with her daughter and the little girl is not allowed to watch TV or play computer games. On the other hand, she makes all efforts to buy the expensive house near the key school, in order to let her daughter have a better education. However, the cat father has an opposite view of how to raise their child. He gives his daughter more independence and doesn't make many rules for her, "Tiger Mother" or "Cat Father"?

    In China, it seems that in each family, there is a tiger mother and a cat father, even worse, some families have two tigers. Children can't decide anything for themselves. What's worse, Chinese mothers believe key schools will bring a better future to their children. This soap opera fully shows us a common problem in China. And maybe it is the real reason why such kind of TV shows can get popular.

    Whether the tiger mother or the cat father, respecting (尊重) children and growing together are the keys to family education. Confidence, kindness, honesty and independence are more important than grades. Just like a poem said, "Educating children is like walking with a snail (蜗牛) and the steps are gentle and slow."

Li Lin               to wear glasses.

              has Macao been back to the motherland?

I haven't decided               leave for Chongqing.

Great changes have               in our school in the past few years.

The basketball must               Tom, because he loves playing it.

    One day, a tortoise (乌龟) was walking in the forest. The tortoise was tired, but he had to keep walking.

           his way he saw an eagle(鹰)in a tree. The eagle was sitting there and doing       .

    The tortoise        the eagle, "Mr. Eagle, can I sit like you and do nothing?"

    The eagle answered, "Sure, why not?"

    Then the tortoise sat on the ground under the tree. He decided to rest there for a while. Soon he fell into a deep sleep because he was too       .

    A man        his car to the forest. He loves to keep a tortoise. While he was driving around, he suddenly saw the tortoise        under the tree. He was so excited        he got off the car. Then he walked to the tortoise silently.

    When the tortoise woke up, he found        in the car.

    See? The tortoise wanted to sit like the eagle and do nothing, but he didn't find a safe place. Don't do silly things like the tortoise.

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    There have been many meaningful activities in the past three years.