Dear Mary,How are you? I’m writing to tell you something about my new school. Now I have been in high school for seventeen days and already (1) used to the new life here. I feel so happy and surprised at the new school. It is (2) than the school where I studied before. It (3) me more than ten minutes to go to the classroom from my dormitory. I can see a (4) many students almost everywhere. Maybe it will take me some time to get familiar with every place here.As for the teachers, (5) teaching ways are really special. For the first time I communicate with the teacher (6) the Internet. And teachers here (7) much attention to training students’ ability of learning. We have to do much work ahead of time on (8) own. Maybe it is a little difficult for us but it can also make us work (9) and learn better.As for the classmates, there is a big “!”in my mind. Some of them are so hard-working that they make me really surprised.In a (10) , I feel happy to study in this school with these excellent teachers and classmates. And I hope I can improve a lot in the following years.With over 300 years of history,Harvard University, US, welcomed itsfirst-ever Chinese commencement speaker.On May 26, He Jiang, a 2016 PhD graduatein biochemistry, (1) a speech onbehalf of the graduate students atcommencement. It’s one of (2)highest honors for a Harvard graduate.In his speech, he (3) a story about his childhood. He grew up in poor village in Hunan. Once a spider bit him on the hand, and his mother had to set his hand on fire to cure him. There were no (4) or nurses in the village, and this was the only cure a rural woman knew.When he got older, he couldn’t help but think about why there wasn’t a better cure at that (5) . And he thought out the answer, people don’t share the same knowledge in the world. Even basic lifesaving knowledge we can have in the modern world is often not available in (6) areas. According to the government, around three million children in china don’t have a proper education, and most of them (7) in rural areas.“one of the biggest problems for rural students is that they don’t have chances as (8) as motivation. It upsets me that many people in rural areas think studying is (9) and they would rather work at a young age,” he said.(10) He Jiang knows how education can change people’s lives. “I just hope my experience can give those rural students a bit of encouragement and hope,” said heMy favorite teacher is Ms. Wilson. She is a perfect teacher, and I admire her very (1) .Ms. Wilson is our science teacher. She teaches us in ways that are (2) from those traditional science classes. We do a lot of activities during the class. It is a lot of fun. She does a lot of experiments, which makes it easier for us to (3) the lessons. Instead of just making us (4) the textbook, she gets us to imagine the things we are learning.(5) Ms. Wilson teaches science, she also knows many things about other subjects. She knows a lot about the worlds news. When she talk about(6) , she often links it with another. She encourages us to(7) questions about what she teaches. Sometimes when the text is too (8) , she always patiently explain it to us.Ms. Wilson is kind but also (9) . If a student doesn’t pay attention during the class, she will be angry and teach him a lesson.She is very popular,, and always polite. Because of her, I have(10) in love with science. I hope that in the future, I will becomea teacher like her.24Brain was a funny student. He loved watching comedies best and hopedto become a comedy (1) one day.When he heard about the talent show to be held at his school, Brain decided to (2) part in. He had never acted on stage before, and he was very excited. But some students (3) at him. “You are not funny but silly.” Ken, one of his classmates, said to his face. “No one will like what you do,”Another boy also (4) to him, loudly.Brain couldn’t understand (5) they were so unkind to him. Fora moment, he thought about (6) up the show. But he remembered how much his friend liked his jokes, and also his teachers said he was very funny.So he decided to prepare (7) the show.Brain did a (8) job at the talent show.Everyone loved his performance, and he won thefirst prize! His teachers and friends were (9)of him. Even so, Ken told Brain that he was notfunny, and that he would never be successful.Brain didn’t understand why Ken said so, but herealized that it had (10) to do with him. Heconfidently continued to work towards his goal. That was how he succeeded.Most schools are going to start a program called B.Y.O.T(bring your own technology). This program allows students to (1) iPads, cell phones or other things to school for study.one aim for this program is that the students don’t (2) to carry textbooks any more. They can download math, science, social studies, (3) reed textbooks on their iPads. Another one is that they can get free educational subjects to play in their (4) time!Schools hve set (5) a free Wi-Fi system just for the B.Y.O.T. program. Thank teachers for all their hard work to set this program up.I really think this program will go well in most schools and I also think the learning will be better (6) ever.However, some schools will probably not allow this (7) they think that it will make kids mess around too much and they might break their iPads.This program will let students have fun and learn at the same (8) . If you like your iPads and you like to (9) books, school is getting started with reading with iPads. High schools and middle schools have already started. And most primary schools are coming along! Let’s tell them: Hurry! Get (10) to learn with your iPads!At my primary school, I was one of the smartest kids there. I never(1) hard, but always got near perfect scores on all my tests. I wasa child genius, at least in my mind. I was also (2) at music and sports.I was pretty sure that once I got to seventh grade, everyone (3) my teachers would be amazed by me.But actually, they weren’t.When I arrived at my new class, it seemed that there were always someone (4） who could do better than me . my grades got worse and I needed to study （5） my tests. I believed I wasn’t smart. I believed I wasn’t talented. I believed I failed.Over the next two years, I had to work very hard for everything I did. Grades were still very （6） but gradually improving. I worked really hard （7） I was still never the best at everything.But do I really have to be the best at everything? All the pressureI was feeling and all that embarrassment whenI did wrong were because of me! I was being toohard on （8） . In fact, when I did badlyon a test, my classmates would never （9）at me.No one is perfect. There will probablyalways be someone better than me at something.I will never be the number （10）ateverything, and it’s really Okay.Go is called Weiqi in China. It is (1) old Chinese board game for two players. It has a long (2) of over 3,000 years. It is probably the most difficult game. So people didn’t think AI(人工智能) would win before.(3) , things have changed because of a special math that caught many people’s attention, le Se-dol is from South Korea. He is the world’s top Go player. In March, 2016, he played (4) a computer program called Alphago. Their game was seen as a competition between humans and AI. But unluckily, Le-dol (5) the game.People were so (6) that they couldn’t believe the result. And some even become worried. They remembered the saying that robots would control the world in the future. In fact, we needn’t be afraid of it. Robots could never think by (7) . Even though some robots can do some things as well as humans, or even (8) , they are just acting from their programs. Besides, no robots could really act like human. For (9) , they could never use words to talk about their own opinions. So robots won’t control the world.However, robots will bring great changes to the world. Are you preparing for the changes? The first problem we should deal with is how we human (10) robots to good use.A game of catch is simply twopeople throwing a ball back and forth.It seems a little boring. The twopeople are close enough to talk, buttoo (1) to touch. They may havebaseball gloves, or they might usetheir (2) .In fact, playing catch is part of baseball practice--to make you get (3) to using a ball and glove. But any American kid will tell you it’s much more than that.Playing catch is a time to be (4) your father. It’s a time when there’s nothing to (5) about besides catching a ball. It’s a time when words move as seamlessly as the ball itself, back and forth, easy and relaxing. It’s an excuse to (6) time together.(6) baseball is an American sport , and a big part of being American, playing catch is kind of an all-American dad activity. When adults are asked to talk about the good memories of their dads, many of them will (8) something about playing catch. Why? Probably because dads are usually very busy. A catch game is a time (9） is only for one thing. This is a time when a kid has his or her dad’s attention. There is no work, no phone and no other people around to （10） your dad away from you. For the time that it takes to play a game of catch, your dad is all yours.The holidays always make me happy. Today is the last day of my spring holiday, so I decided to write something (1) it.During the holidays, I like to playing games with my friends,(2) in the library and walk around in the park. Sometimes I spend some(3) playing with my younger sister.On the first day of my spring holiday, my friends Brock and Kate （4） to my home for a party. We （5） up late that night and had lots of fun! The next morning, we all went outside and rodeour（6） around. Brock tried to ride my sister’s bike, but he was too big!A few days （7） , I went to play table tennis with Liam. I lost the （8） , but I still had lots of fun. After that I went to Liam’s house for his birthday party. We really enjoyed （9） .Yesterday my friend Kathleen came to my house. She is also my sister’s friend. We had a （10） time together. We played lots of interesting games.Reading is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons. First, reading is fun. You can always keep yourself happy if you like reading. If you like reading, you will (1) feel bored .Next, you can read a book almost (2) : in a car, on a plane, or even in the bathroom. All you need is a book!(2)good reason for reading is that it is useful. If you read as a hobby, you will get (4) and better at it.and you will read faster and find (5) easier to understand what you read. As your reading skills improve, you will probably find your school work becomes (6) better.Some people (7) that reading is out of date. This is not (8) . you can read on computers, and the better you read, the better your computer skill will be.Good readers my become (9） , too. They always have more thingsto write about.Reading is a wonderful hobby.why not start （10) right now?答案。
