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181Some western countries insist that China is one of the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters (温室气体排放者). But in fact our government has taken actions a__46__to struggle with climate change.Firstly, the public are educated to p__47__more attention to the environment. As the government expects, the people have reached a very h__48__level of knowing low-carbon economy(低碳经济). I 49__you watch TV, listen to the radio or read newspapers, you’ll find low-carbon lifestyle has become a fashion. Secondly, developing renewable energy is another action. The government is b__50__many wind farms and solar power stations in the deserts. Of course, w__51__a long time, China will continue using the coal. At the same time, the government has been making l__52__to punish those people who dare to destroy the environment. Besides, some s__53__have suggested that greening the deserts is more important than developing new forms of energy. Their l__54__research shows that 80% of the CO2 in the atmosphere comes from land use.As we know, China hasn’t a__55__a balance between the green lifestyle and the economic growth, but we are on the way. We’ll take more actions to reduce the greenhouse gas emission. 【2010•江苏省镇江市】Young people are often unhappy when they are with their parents. They say that their parents don’t u__(66)__them. They often think their parents are too strict w__(67)__them.Parents often find it difficult to win their c__(68)__trust, and they seem to forget how they themselves felt when they were young.For example, young people like to do things without much t__(69)__. It’s one of their ways to show that they grow up and they can solve any difficult p__(70)__. But older people always think m__(71)__than young people. Most of them plan things ahead and don’t like the ir plans to be c__(72)__, so when you want your parents to let you do something, you will succeed easily if you ask before you really start doing it.Young people often make their parents angry by the c__(73)__they wear, the music they enjoy and something else. But they don’t mean to cause any trouble. They just want to be cut off(摆脱) from the old people’s world and they are t__(74)__to make a new culture of their own. And if their parents don’t like their music or clothes or their ways of speech, the young people feel very sad. Sometimes instead of going out with their parents, they just want to stay at home a__(75)__and do what they like.If you plan to do something, you’d b__(76)__win your parents over and get them to understand you, if so, your parents will certainly let you do w__(77)__you want to do. 【2010•湖北省咸宁市】182(2)__(在英语课堂上), the students study grammar and read famous literature. In science class, they study biology, chemistry or physics. History is__(3)__(更有趣) to some students because they learn about important events and places__(4)__(在美国) Students take__(5)__(其他) courses, too. These are electives. Some study__(6)__(音乐) because they feel it is more enjoyable. Some study__(7)__(计算机科学) because they__(8)__(认为) it is more practical.183(9)__(在各自课堂上), teachers give students exams. Some exams are more difficult than others, but a good student can always do__(10)__(好).“They’re not doing a good job because they feel nobody cares whether they do a good job or not. Why not say a kind word to them? When those people hear my words, they will feel better. The city will benefit from their h__98__. If more people join me, the city will become a better place,” he said.Melbourne is at the t__88__of the list in every category. people get along well there. Trees and grass c__89__40 percent of the city. People ride streetcars (有轨电车) and there aren’t many cars ,s__90__the air is clean .184Apple has entered the textbook market. The tech giant(科技巨头) introduced iBooks textbooks a f__72__weeks ago when it announced its iBooks 2 platform.They are digital books in different s__73__, including science, maths, history and geography. The company o__74__a collection of textbooks for high school students. It offers a “new textbook experience”and suggests its interactive(互动式的) iBooks textbooks are “the next chapter in learning(学习的新篇章)”.It sounds like good news for pupils and students. Think of it. No more c__75__heavy backpacks full of textbooks. Every textbook you require can be s__76__in your iPad. No more having to buy expensive textbooks w__77__you will only use for a year or two and then sell or give away.Of course there’s a hidden difficulty. You need to o__78__an iPad and as you know, it is not cheap. You also need to buy digital textbooks, m__79__priced each at about $14.99 (94.74 yuan).You can play videos, work out geometrical(几何的) problems in 3D, listen to music and make notes. You can also s__80__information on social networking sites with other students. Instead of b__81__old textbooks which are quickly out of date, you can have an interactive learning experience.In most situations, light helps us see. But nowadays humans are using so much that it is in fact a kind of pollution.When it comes to looking at the night sky, too much light makes it d__72__for us to watch some of life’s most wonderful views: stars, p__73__and even galaxies(星系).According to scientific research, about 2, 500 stars can be seen by the human eye without u__74__any special equipment(设备). But because of light pollution, you can only see 200 to 300 stars from today’s countryside, and no more than ten stars from a city. In most big c__75__, people cannot see the sky filled with stars like they did in their childhood.Light pollution affects more than just our view of sky. Research s__76__that lots of nighttime light can harm wildlife, too.When birds fly to a__77__place over cities, they sometimes get lost by the brightness and fly in circles(圈) u__78__they drop from tiredness. Sea turtles need dark beaches for laying eggs, but they can’t find their ideal places because of those bright lights.Too much light at night m__79__even affect human health, but scientists are not sure of that. They are still learning more.In order to prevent things from going w__80__, governments and some organizations are working to reduce light pollution. Many cities and towns have taken action to reduce the use of lights at night. Lights are used only when and where they are r__81__needed.Hopefully, in the near future, humans can enjoy the clear and beautiful sky again and all the wildlife will live a peaceful and undisturbed life, too.185Good morning, everyone. Here is CCTV News. Today is March 20th, Sunday.Japan is experiencing its worst crisis(危机) since World War II. A terrible earthquake attacked northeast Japan on March 11th. It was measured at magnitude 9.0. This is the s__72__earthquake in Japan’s recorded history. The earthquake was f__73__by a tsunami(海啸). Its wave was up to 10 meters high ands__74__away everything in its path, including houses, cars, buildings and trees.The number of death r__75__6,405 last Friday morning, with 10,259 missing. It’s p__76__that the number will go beyond 10,000 in one state alone. Survivors along northeastern coast were in great n__77__of drinking water, electricity and proper food.Compared with the earthquake, the nuclear leak(核泄漏) had caused more s__78__problems to the people in Japan. An explosion(爆炸) had hit a building at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Station and smoke r__79__from the building last Friday. People were told to stay indoors if they lived w 80__18 miles away from it. People were worried if the radioactive material would be blown over the area because of the wind d__81__. According to the WHO, the radiation risk had no sign of threatening(威胁) anywhere else in Asia at present.186Lots of people in the world like listening to folk songs. A folk song is a song that is “from the p__72__”. Every c__73__has folk songs. Usually, they are quiet, simple songs. People often sing them with just a g__74__of a few other instruments. Some folk songs are so o__75__that no one knows who wrote them or when they were written. Other folk songs are by songwriters who are interested in people’s l__76__and experiences. Woody Guthrie was one of those songwriters.Woody Guthrie was born in a very small town in Oklahoma in 1912. Guthrie first learned to play the guitar from his grandfather in 1917. He soon began to p__77__with other people in the area. Step by step, people liked his music.In 1929, the economy was bad. Many people were not working, and there were many poor people. Guthrie began to travel around the country looking for work. Guthrie became interested in singing about people and their p__78__during this period.In the winter of 1940, Guthrie decided to go to New York. On his way, he created “This Land is Your Land.” The song talks about places and things people love. The last line of the song says, “This land was made for you and me.” These words tell people that e__79__is equal.Woody Guthrie died in 1967, but his music l__80__on. His music is an important part of American h__81__and culture. And to this day, people love to sing the folk songs written by him.187Do you want to know what lives in the Earth’s waters? Some 300 scientists from__fifty-three different countries are w__72__the same thing. For the first time in history, scientists are trying to count how m__73__species (物种) of fish, animals and plants live under water. Everyone knows that oceans cover seventy per cent of the Earth’s s__74__. The study began in 2000 and is expected to e__75__in 2013, at a cost of US$1 billion. So far, scientists have got the number of more than 15,000 species of fish and around 200,000 species of animals and plants in the oceans. They expect to find at l__76__another 5,000 species of fish in the near future. Scientists believe t__77__the animals and plants they’ve found so far represent just 10% of the world’s total underwater p__78__. That means that they may find almost 2 million species of animals and plants by 2013. “Our goal is to know as much about l__79__in the oceans by 2013 as we know about life on land now,” says a woman scientist who is working on the project.The newly-discovered animals or plants are not a__80__new. Many of them have already been discovered before and just never been recorded. Scientists are w__81__that the variety (多样化) of species living in the ocean is becoming less because of humans. They hope their studies and reports will help people learn how human activity, such as fishing and agriculture, is affecting the oceans.188Using a tea bag is most Westerners’favorite way of drinking tea. Do you know how it came about?The tea bag was invented in 1908 b__72__Thomas Sullivan, an American tea seller. He was sending out free tea in silk bags for people to try. People put the bags together with the tea leaves into the cup and added h__73__water. The tea t__74__good, and people thought it was easy to clean the cup. They were not happy when Sullivan started sending them the loose tea (散装茶) a__75__.Sullivan r__76__that he had a hot new thing in his hands, and he built a machine to pack the bags. As tea bags became popular, they were changed f__77__silk to gauze (薄纱) and later paper. In 1952, Lipton Tea made the tea bag e__78__more popular with its invention of the four-sided tea bag. Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK, and today about 85% of the tea in the UK is p 79__in paper bags.However, many people still p__80__loose-leaf tea. This is b__81__some tea companies put poor quality tea in their tea bags. But for most drinkers, tea bags are still the easy and tasty way to go.189The 2012 Olympics will open in London on July 27, 2012.London will become the w__67__first city to host the Olympics__three times, in 1908, in 1948 and in 2012.As is known to all, London is a garden city. When you step into the city, you will find yourself deeply a__68__by the beautiful views around.Also, there are p__69__of nice stadiums and gymnasiums for Olympic Games, such as the swimming pools, football playground and basketball gyms. The building of the new stadiums has been completed. London is r__70__for the “greatest show on earth”.The All-England club, the site of Wimbledon, will host tennis. Wembley Stadium will be used for football w__71__Lord’s cricket(板球)ground will host archery(剑术). London wants to show their historic sites and a few new-classics to the world this summer.Mascots(吉祥物) of the London Olympic Games are Wenlock and Mandeville. They have frightened some people and cheered others u__72__. Wenlock is the name of the English village considered by many to be the birthplace of the m__73__Olympics. The other mascot's name means the village of Stoke Mandeville, where the Paralympic(残奥会) movement began.The motto(口号)for the London Olympics has been d__74__as “Inspire a generation”.(激励一代人)The organization welcomes the athletes from all o__75__the world to the UK to perform at their very best and inspire the world. International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge said he was c__76__London would meet the expectations of the world.arms 80. station 81. allowed 高淳72. few 73. subjects 74. offers 75. carrying 76. stored77. which 78. own 79. mostly 80. share 81. bringing 江宁72. difficult 73. planets 74. using 75. cities 76. shows77. another 78. until 79. may 80. worse 81. really 溧水72. strongest 73. followed 74. swept 75. reached 76. possible77.need 78. serious 79. rose 80. within 81. direction(s) 联合体72. people 73. culture190When you laugh, you will__(1)__(张开) your mouth and your teeth. The healthier those teeth are, the happier you look. Why is that?=It’s__(2)__(因为) your teeth are important in many ways. If you take care of them, they’ll help to take care of you. Strong, healthy teeth help you eat the right food to help you grow. They also help you speak clearly.=You can take care of your teeth by doing like these:=Brush your teeth__(3)__(一日两次) after breakfast and before bedtime. If you can, brush__(4)__(午饭后) or after eating sweet cakes.=Brush all of your teeth, not just the front ones. Spend some time on the teeth along the sides and in the back.=Take your time while brushing. Spend__(5)__(至少) 3 minutes each time you brush.=Be sure your toothbrush is soft__(柔软的). Ask your parent to help you get a new toothbrush__(6)__(每三个月).=Learn how to floss__(用牙线清理) your teeth, which is a very important way to keep them healthy. It feels strange when you do it at first, but soon you’ll__(7)__(习惯于) doing it. The floss gets rid of food that’s hidden between your teeth.=Brushing and flossing__(8)__(保持) your teeth healthy. You also need to care about what you eat and drink. Eat__(9)__(许多) fruits and vegetables and drink water__(10)__(代替) drinks.。

161It was getting dark. Some children and two Canadian women were still s__1__on the ice near a big hotel. They were having a good time.Suddenly the ice b__2__. One of the boys fell into the water. The children shouted, “Help! Help!”They didn’t know w__3__to do. The two Canadian friends heard t__4__and skated over to get the boy out of the water.The ice was t__5__. The two Canadians fell into the water, too. But they tried their best to r__6__the little boy. They knew they must be q__7__. If they didn’t push him up onto the ice, he would soon die.Many people ran over to h__8__. Some of them had ropes and poles(绳和竹竿). A young man jumped into the water to wave to the o__9__people.The boy and the two Canadian women were out of water at last. One of the women didn’t feel well. She was sent to the h__10__at once. But she felt very happy because the boy was safe.162Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries. Most American families have one or two p__1__and one or two children each.Children in the US will leave their parents’home when they grow up. They usually live f__2__from their parents because they want to find good jobs. They often write to their parents or t__3__them. And they often go to v__4__their parents on holiday.Parents usually l__5__their children choose their own jobs. Americans think i__6__important for young people to decide on their lives by t__7__Children are a__8__to do some work around their house. And in many families, children are p__9__for doing some housework so that they learn how to make money for their own u__10__163Most people want to work, but it has become m__1__difficult in today's world to find work for e__2__The economies(经济)of the world n__3__to grow by 4% each year just to keep the old number of jobs for people. Often this is not p__4__and so more people are w__5__work. Some people have no jobs now because new machines can d__6__the work of many people in a shorter time. Also, machines don't ask for more money and l__7__holidays. In all of the countries of the world machines are taking work from people, not only in factories but also on f__8__One machine can often do the work of forty people. About 75000 people are m__9__to the cities a day to look for jobs, but o__10__70% of them can find jobs.164Someone says, “Time is money,”but I think time is even more i__1__than money. Why? Because when money is s__2__we can get it b__3__However, when time is g__4__it’ll never return. That’s w__5__we mustn’t waste(浪费) time. It’s sure that the t__6__is usually limited(有限的).Even a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to do__something u__7__But some people don’t know the importance of time. They spend their limited time smoking, drinking and playing. They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own l__8__In a word, we should save time, we shouldn’t l__9__today’s work for tomorrow. Remember we have no time to l__10__.165When I was walking down the street one day, I s__1__a small bag on the ground. I picked it up and opened it to see w__2__I could find out the owner’s name. There was n__3__inside it except some dollars and a picture of a woman and a young girl about twelve years old. I put the photo back and took the bag to the police station. Before I left, the policeman wrote down my name and my a__4__. He thought the owner might want to thank me.That evening I went to have dinner with my aunt and uncle. They had also asked a young woman to have dinner with us. Her face was familiar, but I couldn’t r__5__where I had seen her. D__6__our talk, the young woman happened to say that she had l__7__her bag that afternoon. All at once I remembered w__8__I had seen her. Shewas the young girl in the photo, though she looked now much o__9__than the girl in the picture. She was very s__10__, of course,__when I told her about the bag.__After dinner we went to the police station and got back her bag. The policeman said to me,__“It’s a wonderful thing.__You found not only the bag, but also the owner of the bag. ”__166Only mother love is true love. It gives e__1__everything all his life.When you are still a baby, mother takes good care of you as much as possible. In your waking hours she__always holds you in her arms. When you are ill, she stops her work right now to look after you day and n__2__and forgets about herself. When you are growing up day by day, she feels very happy.When you are old e__3__to go to school, mother still looks after you all the t__4__. On cold winter days, she always tells you to p__5__on more clothes. She always stands in the wind waiting for you back from school every day. When you hurry to leave home for school with little b__6__, she always feels worried about you at home. She u__7__knows about your study and spend much money on your school things. When you do well at school, you will see the brightest s__8__on her face. Mother can do everything for you day after day.Mother is always ready to give everything she has to her children, not to receive. What true love that is in the w__9__! We will r__10__Mother Love for ever!167Seumas Mcsporran is a very b__1__man. He is 60 years old and he has thirteen jobs. He is a postman,__a policeman, a fireman,__a taxi driver,__a school-bus driver,__a boatman,__an ambulance man,__an accountant,__a petrol attendant,__a barman,__and an undertaker. Also, he and his wife,__Margaret,__have a shop and a small hotel. Seumas l__2__and works on the island of Gigha in the west of Scotland. Only 120 people live on Gigha but in s__3__150 tourists come by b__4__every day. Every weekday Seumas gets up at six and makes b__5__for the hotel guests. At eight he drives the island’s children to s__6__.__At nine he collects the post from the boat and delivers it to all the houses on the island. He also delivers the beer to the island’s only pub. Then he helps Margaret in the s__7__. He says：“Margaret likes being busy, too. We n__8__have holidays and we don’t like w__9__television. In the evening Margaret makes supper and I do the accounts. At ten we have a glass of wine and then we go to bed. P__10__our life isn’t very exciting, but we like it.”168Tim spent in a bookshop can be enjoyable. If you go to a good s__1__, no assistant will come near to you and say, “Can I h__2__you?”You needn’t buy a__3__you don’t want. You may try to find out where the book you want is. But if you w__4__, the assistant will lead you there and then he will go away. It seems that he is not interested i__5__selling any books at all.There is a story which t__6__us about a good shop. A medical student found a very useful book in a shop, but it is too expensive for him to b__7__. He couldn’t get it from the library, e__8__. So every afternoon he went there to r__9__a little at a time. One day, however, he couldn’t find the book from its usual place and was leaving when he saw an assistant signing to him. To his s__10__, the assistant pointed to the book in a corner, “I put it there so as not to be sold out.”said the assistant.__Then he let the student go on with his reading.169( S=salesgirl;__H=Han mei )S: Good morning. Can I help you?H: Yes. I b__1__this blouse last week, but there's something wrong with it. When I w__2__it, the colours ran. I can't w__3__it now. I want you to c__4__this blouse or give me my m__5__back.S: Let me see. Did you wash it in h__6__water?H: Of course not.S: It s__7__as if it hasn't been washed following the i__8__. Did you leave it in water b__9__you washed it?H: No, I didn't do that, e__10__. I didn't put it in cold water until I washed it.170When you go to England you may find the traffic there is different from ours. As a f__1__. you must be c__2__in the streets, because the traffic d__3__on the left. You must look to the right and then the left before you cross a street.In the morning and in the evening when people go to or come back from work, the streets are very b__4__.__Traffic is most d__5__then.When you go by bus in England, you have to take care, too. Always r__6__the traffic m__7__on the left. You have to t__8__a look first or you will go to the w__9__way.In many English cities there are big buses with two f__10__. You can sit on the second one. From there you can see the city very well.。

1<一 1In school , boys and girls are learning foreign languagesDo you k__1__how many languages there are in the world?There are about one thousand five hundred . English is one of the most importantI__2__because so many people use it , not only in England and America ,but also in other c__3__of the world . It is d__4__to say how many people are learning it . Millions of boys and girls are t__5__to do so .Many English children study French . French is also a very importantlanguage ,Some children study German , Russian , Japanese and Chinese .Which is the b__6__way to learn a language ? We know that we all I__7__our own language well we were children . I f we learn a second language in the same way , it won’t seem so difficult . How does a samll child do ? He I__8__to what people say , and he tries to guess what he hears . When he wants something , he has to ask for it . He is using the language ,t__9__in it all the time , If__people u__10__a second language all the time , they will learn it quickly .2<一 2It started as a normal day. The sun was s__1__brightly. I was r__2__my bike. Suddenly, the sky became d__3__. I looked up and saw black clouds.All the birds disappeared. It was very q__4__. My mom called me from our house. “ Emily,come i__5__quickly! Ther e’s a tornado coming!” I felt so scared. I s__6__that the tornado was getting closer. I ran to the door. H__7__, I couldn’t open the door because of the strong wind. I was terrified. Just then , my mom o__8__the door and we jumped into a closet. From inside, we could hear the tornado. It felt l__9__the tornado was right over our house. The noise was incredible . It s__10__like a big train crash.However , it was soon quiet again so we went outside. E__(11around the house was damaged or thrown far away.I learned an important l__(12that day: “ Stay inside during a tornado.”3<一 3Ways to keep Your Body HealthyDo you want to be healthier but don’ t know how?It is very important to exercise and e__1__the right kind of food to stay hesalthy.You do not need to s__2__all day doing exercise to keep fit. Walking to school, cleaning the house or climbing stairs every day can help . Unfortunately, many teenagers forget these simple and easy ways to keep fit.Different kinds os e__3__such as running , swimming and playing football make you feel good. They also help you to do better at school.To keep a healthy weight. It is i__4__to have the right amout of calories(卡路里 for your age. A calorie is a measure of how much energy food gives us.Zheng Chengning , from China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing, says boys and girls need different amounts of calories. Girls aged between 12-15should have1800calories a day and boys around 2000. Zheng says we should eat lower-fat foodi__5__of fatty foods like hamburgers, ice cream and popcorn. She says that vegetables, fruits and whole grain foods are good c__6__for daily meals.4<一 4Jane Goodall first made friends with a chimp (黑猩猩 when she was one year old. On her f__1__birthday her mother carried her to the zoo near her home and bought her atoy chimp. She loved her furry(毛绒 friend very much. At a__2__7,JaneGoodall read Dr.Doolittle,a book about a doctor who could talk to animals. She wanted to be able to talk to her favorite animal,too. She expected to go to Africa some day so that she could learn more about chimps. When Jane grew up ,she still d__3__of going to Africa. She got her wish when she was26 years old. She went to Gombe National Park w__4__many chimps lived in the forests.Jane watched the chimps c__5__day after day. She saw that they were a lot like people. They could think and make plans. They used tools. They showed theirfear,pain,or pleasure.S__6__,they fought. Often , they hugged (拥抱 and kissed.Scientists were s__7__by what Jane saw. They knew that the relation b__8__chimps and humans was the closest. However ,they did not know they acted so much like us.Jane still has the t__9__chimp she was given as a child. She has studied her furry friends for over 30 years. Now , she speaks for them to groups around the world. She hopes that what she has to say will make others do something to protect chimps from being h__10__.5<一 5Have you watched the movie Pride and Prejudice(傲慢与偏见 ? The story is about a family of seven in the early 1900s. This was a time when people had to use h__1__for transportantion. The m__2__character is Elizabeth Bennet. Elizabeth’ s mother is obsessed with getting all five of her danghters m__3__. Elizabeth is__the s__4__oldest daughter. Her older sister is in love with the rich Mr. Bingley. His friend Mr. Darcy, who earns twice as much as him, f__5__in love with Elizabeth.Their love are full of t__6__. However ,in the end of the story, the pride and prejudice disappear,and every body h__7__a good marriage.The movie captures(捕捉 every character in the way they are described in the book. The people are so human that you actually f__8__like they are real people. It is set a long time ago, but the movie d__9__well to make it feel old. The plot(情结 __of the story is very i__10__6<一 6Too ExpensiveIt was a very hot day in the middle of summer . A gorilla (大猩猩 wanted toe__1__ice cream , so he came out of the jungle and walked into a town . When he got to the town , he looked for a store s__2__ice cream . He soon found one , and walked in .The sales clerk , a young man ,looked u__3__from the newspaper he was reading and said , “ Yes ? What do you want ?”“ I’d like an ice cream cone , please ,” the gorilla said , and as he spoke , he showed a ten-dollar bill to the c__4__. As the sales clerk picked up the ten-dollar bill , he thought to h__5__, “Ice cream cones are o__6__one dollar but a gorilla won’t know that I’llk__7__nine dollars and give him one dollar in change .”He did this and went to get the gorilla an ice cream cone . The gorilla picked up the one-dollar bill , looked at it , but said n__8__.Soon the sales clerk came b__9__and gave the gorilla his ice cream cone “ Here you are ,” he said . “ One ice cream cone . I hope you enjoy it .” Then he added , “ You know , I don’ t get many gorillas coming in here asking for ice cream .”“ I ’ m not s__10__,” the gorilla said , “ they can get one for a dollar in other store .”7<一 7Dear EditorI am a reader of your magazine and I need h__1__。

41<一41The Best Way Is to Change YourselfOne day a king went to a faraway(遥远的) place in his country. When he came back, his f__1__hurt a lot. “There are too many small stones on the roads. They hurt my feet. You should c__2__every road with leather(皮革) ,”he told his men. Of course,it would cost a lot of money. One of his men was very s__3__. He told the king, “W__4__not cut a little piece of leather to cover your feet?”The king was s__5__,but he agreed with the man’s idea. He a__6__his men to make a pair of leather shoes for him.Maybe__this is not the beginning of leather shoes. But it teaches us a lesson of l__7__:if you want to make this world a happy place to live in, the best way is to change y__8__,not the world.42<一42A “Talking”whale(鲸)A Japanese researcher says he has t__1__a beluga whale to “talk”by using sounds to identify(辨别) three different objects. That means humans may one day have c__2__with sea mammals(海洋哺乳动物) 。

121Tom was a poor boy．He made a living by cleaning leather(皮革) s 1 for others in the street．Tom was also a b 2 boy．One day，a rich man n 3 Miser appeared in front of Tom．He watched his d 4 shoes for a while，and then，looked at Tom．Tom knew this kind of people well．They love money but hate to spend it．Tom said，"Let me b 5 your shoes，sir．Only two pence(便土)，sir．Mr．Miser shook his head and walked away．Tom thought for a second and then called out，‘‘I’d like to clean it for nothing．”This time Mr．Miser agreed．And soon one of his shoes was shining brightly．When the rich man put his other shoe on the stool(凳子)，Tom said he wouldn’t clean it for him u 6 he was paid two pence for his work．Mr．Miser was very a 7 . He refused to pay anything and went away．But to his s 8 , the well－cleaned shoe was so bright that it made the other one look even dirtier．Mr．Miser looked round．People in the street were l 9 at him．Finally the rich man a 10 and gave Tom two pence．In a very short time his two shoes shone brightly．122Do you know the differences between the new building and the old ones?Old buildings h 1 brick(砖)and stone walls. The walls hold up the b 2 .In cities, many modern building l 3 as if they are made just of windows. Walls of dark glass reach high into the air. Many buildings are m 4 than 50 stories(层)tall.Are walls of glass strong e 5 to hold up the new buildings? No, The new glass walls do not hold up the buildings, b 6 they only cover up the frame(框架)made of steel. Have you ever watched a new building going up? The steel frame is built f 7 .Then the glass walls are hung on the frame. When the building is f 8 ,the frame does not show. The outside looks like windows without walls. The glass walls shine i 9 the sun with no decoration(装饰).Many people find t 10 beautiful just as they are.123Jim likes s__(1) very much. It was very h__(2) last Monday and Jim decided to go for a swim a__(3) class. There were already a few p__(4) swimming in the river there. He took off his clothes, went u__(5) a rock and j__(6) into the river, and he hit himself on a rock in the water and was badly h__(7). A man took him out of w__(8) and sent him to the nearest h__(9) at once. Jim had to stay in bed for a week and felt that he should be more c__(10) next time when he goes swimming.124Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries.Children in the USA will leave their p__(1) homes when they grow up. They usually live far from their parents because they want to find good j__(2). They often w__(3) letters to their parents or make t__(4) calls to them. And they often go to see their parents on their h__(5).Parents usually l__(6) their children choose their own jobs. Americans think it important f__(7) young people to decide on their life by t__(8).Children are asked to do some work a__(9) their houses. And in many families, children are p__(10) for doing some housework so that they can learn how to make money for their own use.125Dear Linda,T__①__you for your nice letter. Lily and I haven’t seen you for oney__②__. Both of__u__③want to see you. But Lily isi__④now.I’ll go to Sydney by air on S__⑤evening. It’ll get there at a__⑥__10:00 on Monday morning.__I don’t know where you l__⑦__. Can you come and m__⑧me at the station?It’ll be great to see you a__⑨. I’m sure we’ll have a good t__⑩together.Best wishes,126Two friends were walking through a desert. During the j__①they had a quarrel, and one hit the other in the face. The one who got hit felt t__②__because he was badly hurt, but he wrote in the sand, w__③saying anything, “Today my best friend hit me in the face.”They kept on walking u__④they found an oasis（绿洲）, where they decided to have a swim. The one who had been hit got in trouble in the water and started s__⑤. His life was in danger but the friend saved him at once. After he came to h__⑥__, he wrote on a stone, “Today my best friend saved my life.”The friend who had hit and saved him asked, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on the stone. Why?”He r__⑦, “When someone hurts us, we should write it down in the sand w__⑧winds of forgiveness（宽恕）can erase it away. But when someone does s__⑨__good for us, we must write it on the stone where wind can hardly erase it.”Learn to write your hurts in the sand and to write your t__⑩__on the stone.127An American housewife keeps a monkey a__①a pet. She has hadthem__②__for many__years. The most i__③thing about this monkey is that it can w__④dishes. It washes the__dishes for the woman every day. It likes to wash dishes. It will s__⑤hour after hour__washing dishes. It n__⑥__breaks a dish. But sometimes it washes the same dishes o__⑦and over again. If the woman tries to stop it, it then g__⑧angry. It begins to throw the dishes e__⑨. But this does not h__⑩very often.128Jack was a third-year student in a primary school. He was not i__①in his lessons. He spent most of his time r__②stories, having sports or watching TV. At night, he stayed up late because of cartoons or sports g__③. In the morning, he usuallyh__④to school. Sometimes he was so t__⑤that he slept in class.His mother was w__⑥about his poor school work. She tried to m__⑦him work harder. She told him that if he could get a h__⑧in the exam, he would beg__⑨ten dollars as a prize. Jack was very happy to hear that.The next day, he came running home. "Oh, Mum, I got a hundred." he shouted, "I got forty in__reading this morning and sixty in s__⑩this afternoon."129Whenever it rained, water came into the house from the top of it. So one day Saddam got his l__①, climbed up onto the t__②of the house and began to mend it. It was quite difficult and d__③work.While he was up there, he suddenly saw an old man, Bush, in the street. This man was waving to him. He w__④Saddam to come down. Saddam thought.__“What__hash__⑤? What news has this man got f__⑥me?”So he climbed down the ladder quickly. Several times he n__⑦fell off the ladder. When he r__⑧the ground, Bush said, “I am a poor man. Please give me some money.”Saddam was very angry, he said, “Come up.”He helped the old man to climb up the ladder o__⑨the top of the house. Then he said, “I am a p__⑩man , too. I have no money for you. And now go down alone. I will not help you.”130Hello, everybody. Here's some information about our trip to the town of Chestertomorrow. It's a long journey, o__①three hours each way if there isn't much traffic, so we__have to start e__②. The bus will wait for you at the school gate, and it won'tl__③until half past eight. You will have time for a cup of c__④before our first visit. This will be to the__palace. It's a very interesting old b__⑤and I'm sure you'll enjoy the visit. Tickets for the palace c__⑥three pounds fifty for each and, if you have children, a family ticket is just eight__pounds. There are lots of things to see and we will be t__⑦about two hours. We'll take sandwiches for lunch with us and we will eat together in a park. You will be pleased to know that tomorrow will be s__⑧. After lunch we will walk aroundthe old market. You will be a__⑨to buy all your presents there. We will meet at the car park where it stops. So it's very important for you to remember the place. If you are lost, please give me a call. My m__⑩phone number is 07762-922569. Any questions? OK. See you tomorrow morning.。

91<二22New__Year’s Resolution Survey ResultsWe g__1__over 1,000 letters ,faxes ,and e-mails from our readers about their New Year’s resolutions .Thank you ! M__2__readers are going to work harder in school this year . Lots of readers are going to p__3__sport . Some readers said they are going to eat more v__4__. A few readers said they are going to learn a new I__5__.Some girls said they are going to e__6__more to keep fit .Some parents are going to s__7__the subjects their children learn at school .They want to communicate better with their k__8__.An old lady said she f__9__a job as a foreign language teacher .She is going to look for a teaching j__10__in China next year .92<二23A Healthy Lifestyle ,the Chinese WayTraditional Chinese d__1__believe we need a balance (平衡)__of yin and yang to be h__2__. For example ,are you quiet and often t__3__? Maybe you have too much yin . You should e__4__hot yang foods ,like beef . Eating Dangshen and Huangqi herbs also g__5__for this . But people who are too stressed out and angry may h__6__too much yang . Chinese doctors b__7__that they should eat more yin foods like tofu . It’s e__8__to have a healthy__I__9__, and it’s i__10__to eat a ba lanced diet .93<二24East__Africa (非洲) is a big p__1__but it has a small number of hospitals . I__2__needs doctors and nurses .The big towns have some but the villages don’t .85 percent of the people live in the country . Michael Wood is a doctor and a pilot .He worked in Nairobi ,b__3__he wanted to work in the country . He visited a small hospital and performed (履行) an operation . He flew the aircraft in Kenya and Tanzania . He took b__4__very sick people to Nairobi ,T__5__are four aircrafts now . It is dangerous work .The aircrafts are small and the weather can be b__6__。

1<一1In school , boys and girls are learning foreign languagesDo you k__1__how many languages there are in the world?There are about one thousand five hundred . English is one of the most important I__2__because so many people use it , not only in England and America ,but also in other c__3__of the world . It is d__4__to say how many people are learning it . Millions of boys and girls are t__5__to do so .Many English children study French . French is also a very important language ,Some children study German , Russian , Japanese and Chinese .Which is the b__6__way to learn a language ? We know that we all I__7__our own language well we were children . I f we learn a second language in the same way , it won’t seem so difficult . How does a samll child do ? He I__8__to what people say , and he tries to guess what he hears . When he wants something , he has to ask for it . He is using the language ,t__9__in it all the time , If__people u__10__a second language all the time , they will learn it quickly .2<一2It started as a normal day. The sun was s__1__brightly. I was r__2__my bike. Suddenly, the sky became d__3__. I looked up and saw black clouds.All the birds disappeared. It was very q__4__. My mom called me from our house. “Emily,come i__5__quickly! Ther e’s a tornado coming!” I felt so scared. I s__6__that the tornado was getting closer. I ran to the door. H__7__, I couldn’t open the door because of the strong wind. I was terrified. Just then , my mom o__8__the door and we jumped into a closet. From inside, we could hear the tornado. It felt l__9__the tornado was right over our house. The noise was incredible . It s__10__like a big train crash.However , it was soon quiet again so we went outside. E__(11)around the house was damaged or thrown far away.I learned an important l__(12)that day: “Stay inside during a tornado.”3<一3Ways to keep Your Body HealthyDo you want to be healthier but don’t know how?It is very important to exercise and e__1__the right kind of food to stay hesalthy.You do not need to s__2__all day doing exercise to keep fit. Walking to school, cleaning the house or climbing stairs every day can help . Unfortunately, many teenagers forget these simple and easy ways to keep fit.Different kinds os e__3__such as running , swimming and playing football make you feel good. They also help you to do better at school.To keep a healthy weight. It is i__4__to have the right amout of calories(卡路里)for your age. A calorie is a measure of how much energy food gives us.Zheng Chengning , from China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing, says boys and girls need different amounts of calories. Girls aged between 12-15should have 1800calories a day and boys around 2000. Zheng says we should eat lower-fat food i__5__of fatty foods like hamburgers, ice cream and popcorn. She says that vegetables, fruits and whole grain foods are good c__6__for daily meals.4<一4Jane Goodall first made friends with a chimp (黑猩猩) when she was one year old. On her f__1__birthday her mother carried her to the zoo near her home and bought her a toy chimp. She loved her furry(毛绒) friend very much. At a__2__7,JaneGoodall read Dr.Doolittle,a book about a doctor who could talk to animals. She wanted to be able to talk to her favorite animal,too. She expected to go to Africa some day so that she could learn more about chimps. When Jane grew up ,she still d__3__of going to Africa. She got her wish when she was26 years old. She went to Gombe National Park w__4__many chimps lived in the forests.Jane watched the chimps c__5__day after day. She saw that they were a lot like people. They could think and make plans. They used tools. They showed their fear,pain,or pleasure.S__6__,they fought. Often , they hugged (拥抱) and kissed.Scientists were s__7__by what Jane saw. They knew that the relation b__8__chimps and humans was the closest. However ,they did not know they acted so much like us.Jane still has the t__9__chimp she was given as a child. She has studied her furry friends for over 30 years. Now , she speaks for them to groups around the world. She hopes that what she has to say will make others do something to protect chimps from being h__10__.5<一5Have you watched the movie Pride and Prejudice(傲慢与偏见) ？The story is about a family of seven in the early 1900s. This was a time when people had to use h__1__for transportantion. The m__2__character is Elizabeth Bennet. Elizabeth’s mother is obsessed with getting all five of her danghters m__3__. Elizabeth is__the s__4__oldest daughter. Her older sister is in love with the rich Mr. Bingley. His friend Mr. Darcy, who earns twice as much as him, f__5__in love with Elizabeth.Their love are full of t__6__. However ,in the end of the story, the pride and prejudice disappear,and every body h__7__a good marriage.The movie captures(捕捉) every character in the way they are described in the book. The people are so human that you actually f__8__like they are real people. It is set a long time ago, but the movie d__9__well to make it feel old. The plot(情结)__of the story is very i__10__6<一6Too ExpensiveIt was a very hot day in the middle of summer . A gorilla (大猩猩) wanted to e__1__ice cream , so he came out of the jungle and walked into a town . When he got to the town , he looked for a store s__2__ice cream . He soon found one , and walked in .The sales clerk , a young man ,looked u__3__from the newspaper he was reading and said , “ Yes ? What do you want ?”“ I’d like an ice cream cone , please ,” the gorilla said , and as he spoke , he showed a ten-dollar bill to the c__4__. As the sales clerk picked up the ten-dollar bill , he thought to h__5__, “Ice cream cones are o__6__one dollar but a gorilla won’t know that I’ll k__7__nine dollars and give him one dollar in change .”He did this and went to get the gorilla an ice cream cone . The gorilla picked up the one-dollar bill , looked at it , but said n__8__.Soon the sales clerk came b__9__and gave the gorilla his ice cream cone “ Here you are ,” he said . “ One ice cream cone . I hope you enjoy it .” Then he added , “You know , I don’t get many gorillas coming in here asking for ice cream .”“I’m not s__10__,”the gorilla said , “they can get one for a dollar in other store .”7<一7Dear EditorI am a reader of your magazine and I need h__1__。

21<一21Doyou dance? Are you a good d__1__? Or are you the one who hides(躲藏) in a corner and watches? Anyway, this autumn, you are all going to be learning how.The Ministry of Education(教育部)has said that high school students shoul l__2__dancing:group dance for junior high students and waltz(华尔兹)for senior students.It s__3__exciting to some people. But some boys don’t think so .Wang Lichao from Tianjin says he has no i__4__in dancing . “I never dance. None of the boys in my class know h__5__to dance,”says the 15 –year-old.Zhang LinJie,14, of Shandong,says he would rather(宁愿) jump off a high building t__6__dance.Is it so frightening(可怕的)？Zhang says he has no dancing talent; and he gets dizzy (眩晕的)turning around and around. And he says he is s__7__about dancing with girls.But many girls are not shy at all. They are eager to start the dance classes.Song Yinan of Tianyuan says the boys should relax. “Dancing is cool. The g__8__in my class sometimes want to dance but the boys turn them down ,they should be braver(更勇敢).”Zhang He of Shanghai says she will be the f__9__one to try dancing.“Dancing is a good way of realxing,”she says. “when you rock your body to the music, you f__10__your troubles.”22<一22These days skateboarding(滑板)is very popular a__1__the boys. The boys go skateboarding in the yard,on the road and some even in their house. When the board moves(移动), the wheels(轮子)u__2__it gives colorful light. So when groups of boys play with the board, it is reallyt b__3__.There were four wheels under the skateboard a few years ago. At__that time, it is easy to control (控制). But now there are only two wheels under the skateboard. It is a little d__4__to keep balance(保持平衡)when you first learn it.To learn skateboarding,you should put your left foot on the skateboard first to m__5__it move, then follow(跟上)the other one. You should be more careful at first, or it is d__6__. And remember to learn it with the help of the wall. You can feel cool when you c__7__it well.Kids can p__8__with the skateboard in many different ways. Sometimes they stand on the board and shake their bodies tho move the skateboard. Sometimes they touch the ground when the skateboard is moving . Some can even play badminton(羽毛球) while the skateboard m__9__fast.Skateboarding__is a kind of sport for most boys. But now more and more g__10__become parts of the group.23<一23Have you ever met anyone of your age from America? Do you think you would have a lot in commmon with middle school students there?With only one look, you can see lots of d__1__. For example, classes in American schools are smaller than yours. Most classes have no more than 30 s__2__. Most students in the US don’t w__3__school uniforms. And they do not have group e__4__each day as the way you do. If they saw your exercises, they would think you were very strange!In fact, Chinese students and American students have very different lives.What’s the first thing you t__5__about when you wake up in the morning ? It’s probably your lessons at schoo. Chinese students are very hard-working always under lats of stress from their p__6__and teachers.Chinese students study hard at night, and sometimes even on the weeked because their exams are very i__7__. For Chinese students, school is life, but not for American students. They don’t have to w orry about passing e__8__all the time, so they can s__9__time in and out of school doing things they enjoy. Kids do different things for fun, like playing sports,making music or surfing the Web.But many American teachers think that just studing hard isn’t enouht to m__10__a good student. They encourage students to become well by trying lots of different things.24<一24On s__1__27th, Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang o__2__the door oif the spaceship and walked into space (太空).And m__3__of Chinese on the earth saw his 20-minute stay there .It t__4__the 42-year –old Zhai 10 years to the short spacewalk ,He was in the country’s airforce (空军) before he joined the program .H e made a safe fliht (飞行) record of 950 hours as a p__5__.He was b__6__in a farmer’s family in mortheastern__Heilongjiang Province and the youngest of six children ,maybe Zhai never dreamed of wearing a spacesuit worth(价值) of 30 nillion yuan and w__7__in space when he was a boy.Once he wanted to give u__8__studying because his father was ill and the whole family lived on his mother’s small business to s__9__fried melon seeds .But his mother stopped him and asked him to go on his study and j__10__the airforce .“Our mother left the most influence on him ,”his brother Zhiqiang told the reporter . “He loved her very much.”25<一25Neighbourhood dogsBuddy and Tesk were two dogs that l__1__in the same neighbourhood. They loved each other and m__2__every day to play together.One evening, buddy didn’t come back home. Buddy’s family went to look for him but didn’t find him. To their s__3__, Teck came to Buddy’s house alone and barked. Buddy’s family didn’t know w__4__.Teak kept barking l__5__. He came to Buddy’s house every day and barked at anyone he could see. F__6__, one morning, Teak followed Ted about, barking loudly,and running towards the nearby woods, as if to s__7__, “Follow me !”The little dog led Ted to the woods. There the boy f__8__Buddy stuck in something. Around him was some dog food which Ted knew was the food Teak a__9__at home . Ted suddenly knew that Teak took some of his own food to his friend!Buddy was freed, and his leg was treated. For many years, the two families w__10__the good friends playing happily. They were the best friends in the neighbourhood.26<一26The students were having a class on a cold morning in w__1__. The teacher stood with his back to the fire. He wanted to g__2__good advice(忠告)to the students before he began his lesson. The teacher said to his students, “Before you speak, think. Count fifty before you say anything important. A hundred if it is very important.”At that time the teacher’s coat tail caught fire, and the teacher didn’t know, but the students s__3__it at once. One of the students shouted, “Be c__4__, sir.”“Don’t s__5__,”said the teacher. “I have told you that you must count fi fty before you have something very i__6__to say.”All the students began to c__7__. “one,two,three… fifty. Be careful,sir.” Then the stunents went on to count, “fifty-one, fifty –two,…ninety-nine,one hundren! Your coat tails are on f__8__,sir!”The teacher said angrily , “w__9__didn’t you let me know as soon as my coat tails cought fire?”“We wanted to tell you that your coat tails were on fire at first,” one of them a__10__,”but you made us count one hundred. We had to count one hundred, because we thought it was very important.”27<一27A Million DollarsA teacher a__1__her students to write a paper. She told the class, “Write about what you would do if you had a million dollars. Doyou all understand?”The students said they understood. Then they all began writing. They w__2__for an hour,e__3__for one student, Terry Jones. He wrote for o__4__half a minute and then only s__5__at his dest. He didn’t write another word.At the end of the class, the students gave their p__6__to the teacher. She looked at them all as the students gave them to her. F__7__, she saw Terry’s paper.“This is what I would do if I had a million dollars,” she r__8__. There was n__9__else on the page , she looked at Terry.“I don’t understand,” she said. “Everyone except you has written two pages. You wrote only one line. After that, you’ve done nothing.”“That’s right.”Terry said. “I__10__I had a million dollars, that’s what I would do. Nothing .”28<一28One morning Suazan h__1__a “bang”on one of the windows. She turned round quickly and saw small feathers(羽毛) f__2__down to the ground. She opened the w__3__and saw a bright yellow bird on the path(小路)of the ground. She opened the house. Suzan called her brother.“Peter! L__4__at the poor bired. It was just flying into the window. I saw some feathers come off it. Do you think it’s s__5__injured(受伤)？“Petwer and Suzan w__6__the bired for several minutes.“It might have injured a wing or its neck,” Peter said. “What shall we do ?”“It must be still alive. It is standing up and its eyes are o__7__.”Suzan returned to her homework and Peter went into the kitchen to get a drink. Later on , the children looked at the bird several times. It was in the s__8__place each time.“We can’t leave it there. It must be thirsty or h__9__. Shall I pick it up and put it__in a box?”Suzan said.“If it’s injured,”Peter said, “perhaps I ought to kill it to stop it from suffering (痛苦).”“No! No! Don’t do that!” Suzan said. “It may recover later on .”“But Mrs. Wu’s cat may come into the garden,” Peter said.“All right, “ Suzan__said. “I will s__10__here and keep the cat away.”Then suddenly the bired looked up at Suzan. It moved and then flew up to a tree. Suan and peter were both very pleased.29<一29Life in a British schoolHi everybody,My n__1__is John. I am in Year 8 at woodland School near London. It is mixed school. Boys and girls have lessons together. My f__2__subjuct is Home Economics. I like learning how to c__3__and sew. I did not know how to do things for myself before I came to this school. Now , I know how to cook healthy and tasty meals.Our school has a Reading Week every year. D__4__this year’s Reading Week, I r__5__the most books in my class. My classmates and I love our Reading Week. We can read any book from the school library. We can even bring in books and magazines from home, but we have to tell our English teacher what we are reading. Near the end of each class we can talk to our classmates about our books. Reading Week is always too short b__6__we want to read all our classmates’ books as well.Life in an American SchoolHi guysI’m Nancy and I’m 14 year old. I’m in 9th grade__at Rocky Mountain High School in Denver. My brother’s name is Jime. He is 17 year old. He had d__7__lessons in school last year. Now , he drives me to school every day. This is great because it takes l__8__time than taking the bus.Twice a week , I p__9__softball after school. I love this game and I s__10__a lot of time practicing. Every Monday, I go to a “buddy club”. In the Buddy Club,older students talk to new students a__(11)school life. I enjoy this a lot. My buddy is Julie. She is a senior in 12th grade. She helps me learn all about my new school. She helps me with my homework and listens to my problems too. Julie is my hero.During lunchtime, I meet my f__(12)and we always have a great time talking to each other. Sometimes, we go to shopping malls after school.30<一30It was so hot one day that a teacher had to open all the w__1__in her classroom. This helped to make the classroom c__2__but it did not make it easy for the teacher to do her work. It was playtime for the younger children in the school.There was so much n__3__from the playground outside that she had to shout.She continued her lesson for as long as she could,but her throat soon became sore from shouting.“We can’t go on like this,” she said to her students. “I must either close the windows o__4__stop the children outside from making so much noise. What do you want me to do?”“please don’t c__5__the window!” her students said. “We’ll cook in here if you do. S__6__the children from mak ing so much noise.”“All right,” the teacher said and walked to the window. She put her h__7__out of the window, and pointed to a child who was shouting and screaming, and rolling (滚)on the ground in a game. She called to him, “Come here,please.”The samll boy stood up and walked showly t__8__the teacher.“How old are you ?”the teacher asked him, looking him up and d__9__.“I’m eight,”he said.“Don’t tell lies,”the teacher said, “No one could get as d__10__as you are in only eight year!”。

101<二32A rich man named Richard Ellis had been counting his money . When he finished ,he caerlessly left a $100 bill on his desk . But when he r__1__for it a short time later ,it was gone . O__2__two people could have seen the bill . One was the maid ; the other was the butler .The maid told him that she thought it was not s__3__on the desk and had placed it under a green book . But when they looked ,the bill was not there .The butler said he had found the bill where the maid had I__4__it . He had put it inside the book ,where he thought there was less c__5__that somebody would find it . Hedad written down the numbers so that he would not f__6__them . The bill was between p__7__35 and 36, he said . But when they looked there ,there was no m__8__in the book.After h__9__their stories ,he called the police . It was c__10__to him that who had taken the money .102It is well-known that man is much cleverer than any animal. But which is the cleverest a__（1）the animals？Some scientists t__（2）it should be Alex，an African grey parrot. He is unlike any other animal. He can really t__（3）with people！When he says “come here”，he really w__（4）someone to come up to him.““Alex is as clever as a c__（5）of 2 or 3 years old，”says Dr. Pepperberg. “He does not just repeat the s__（6）he has been taught. He u__（7）the words！”Alex can tell about 50 d__（8）things，name 7 colours and count from 1 to 6. Is the parrot actually thinking in the w__（9）how man does？Nobody can say. But the q__（10）is very interesting.103Perhaps more than any other people，Americans have come to depend on their cars. The family car （1）__（一直是）a common thing （2）__（从……以来）the early twentieth century，and it has changed American life. Many people have moved （3）__（外面）of the large cities to the suburbs. Some Americans spend （4）__（每天两小时）or more in their cars （5）__（去上班）and home again. Cars have become the （6）__（工具）of transportation for most Americans going shopping，and even going on vacations.Americans （7）__（过去常常）like big cars，and gasoline used to be very inexpensive. Recently，（8）__（然而），the cost of gasoline has increased；smaller cars have become （9）__（更常见）。

41<一41The Best Way Is to Change YourselfOne day a king went to a faraway(遥远的) place in his country. When he came back, his f__1__hurt a lot. “There are too many small stones on the roads. They hurt my feet. You should c__2__every road with leather(皮革) ,”he told his men. Of course,it would cost a lot of money. One of his men was very s__3__. He told the king, “W__4__not cut a little piece of leather to cover your feet?”The king was s__5__,but he agreed with the man’s idea. He a__6__his men to make a pair of leather shoes for him.Maybe__this is not the beginning of leather shoes. But it teaches us a lesson of l__7__:if you want to make this world a happy place to live in, the best way is to change y__8__,not the world.42<一42A “Talking”whale(鲸)A Japanese researcher says he has t__1__a beluga whale to “talk”by using sounds to identify(辨别) three different objects. That means humans may one day have c__2__with sea mammals(海洋哺乳动物) 。