People today in this busy world have lost sight of what true friendship is. I think I would help the world out a little and tell them what true friends are. _________1_________  Friends have similarities(相似点) but they also have differences. The key to building friendship is not only to expand similarities but also to accept each other’s faults.

_________2_________  No one likes to argue but it is necessary to have a healthy friendship, because if you agree on everything, either you aren’t being true to each other or one of you is trying too hard to please the other. If you feel uncomfortable around the person, then something isn’t quite right.

_________3__________ They have their little angry moments but what’s done is done and all is forgotten. Why let something that happened in the past ruin your happy friendship in the future.

_________4____________ Some people think that you have to know someone really well to become good friends. Trust me, it’s not true.

__________5___________  Just remember, friends are forever.  Respect your friends and love them forever.

A.    Believe in love at first sight because the same thing happens in friendship.

B.    These are only the key points of being a true friend

C.    Don’t believe your first impression.

D.    Friends don’t have to be exactly the same.

E.    Friends love each other unconditionally(无条件地).

F.    Friends have to argue！

用本单元所学单词填空。

1.That day when I was in the bookstore, I came across a science f________, which interested me a lot.

2.Most children like to watch c_____________ on TV.

3.Everything goes s____________, so you needn’t worry.

4.I felt quite e________ when I couldn’t answer the teacher’s question in front of so many classmates.

5.A____________ by his friends, he went to the teacher’s office to admit what he had done was wrong.

6.He got a new car, which made him become the e______________ of the others.

7.I can’t understand it. Would you please give me some e_______________?

8.Usually people show great s_________________ for the children begging in the streets.

9.There’s a p_______________ of stone in the middle of the road.

10.To everybody’s surprise, they got d_____________ last month, though they had been married for only two months.

11.To sleep late in the morning, I usually turn off my a____________ clock on Sunday mornings.

12.No matter how busy he is, he will set a__________ some time to spend with his daughter every day.

13.To his _______________ (满意), he passed the examination.

14.Flower arrangement is an ______________ (高雅的) art.

15.It is _____________ (荒谬的) to believe that the number 13 brings bad luck.

16.He _____________ (paint) the gate blue.

17.She is in bed with an ______________ (可怕的,严重的) cold.

18.He told me to keep my word and I ____________ (obey).

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Tech-Camp
6 Devon Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong a technology day camp for students 12-17.
About Tech-Camp
Tech-Camp is a day camp with a focus on computers and electronic technology. We offer 2-week summer programmes for students of 12-17 years of age. We have a computer lab with the latest and fastest equipment, an electronics lab and a video production studio. Our staff is special, too. Our programme leaders are experts in computer and electronics, of course, but they are also people who care about children and enjoy working with them.
The Benefits of Tech-Camp
In all of our programmes, we show students how to work in teams and how to solve problems by themselves. We encourage them to think creatively(有创造性地).
What students will do at Tech-Camp
Each day Tech-camp is filled with useful, interesting and challenging activities. For example, in the Computer Programme, students lean the basic computer programming, and how to use the Internet. In the Tech-Camp Programme, they make radio-controlled model cars and produce their own short videos.

The English are famous for their manners． The phrase, “Manners maketh the man” was coined by Englishman William of Wykeham back in 1324, but they’re just as important today． Books are written on the subject, advice columns in magazines tell people how to behave, and “finishing schools” still exist to ensure that young girls become young “ladies”．

   The best example of English manners is in their mastery of the art of forming a queue． It is a popular joke in England （the land of sporting failures） to say, “if only queuing was an Olympic sport, we’d win hands down．” No one knows exactly how and when it started, but queuing plays an important role in the English social make-up． School children are taught to queue for roll-call, assembly and lunch, and English people across the land form orderly queues at shops, banks, cinemas and bus-stops every day． The English obviously aren’t the only people who queue, but they seem to do it better than anyone else． As one visitor said, “I have travelled across Europe, the Middle and Far East and nowhere have I seen the single-file queues which are formed in England．”

   The English are also famously polite when it comes to language． Whereas many other notions are more direct in their communication, the English prefer a more indirect form of asking for things． For example, an American who wants to talk to a colleague might say, “Got a minute?”; however an English person will often use a more indirect means might of requesting the chat, “Sorry to bother you, but would you possibly have a minute or so to have a quick chat if you don’t mind, please?”

   The English also love to apologize for things． When squeezing past someone, people say “sorry”． And they will apologize if you bump into them, “whoops! Sorry! My fault．” In fact, no one seems to say “sorry” as much as the English: “sorry I’m late． /Sorry I forgot to call you last night．/I’m sorry you didn’t get the e-mail．” And so on． They also like to use “please” and “thank you” a lot． In a shop, they will say, “I’d like a packet of crisp, please． Thanks．” British students thank their lectures, and bosses often thank their employees for doing their jobs．

1. Why does “finishing schools” still exist to help young girls become “ladies”?

   A． Because the English mind their manners very much．

   B． Because the English parents want to marry their daughters to the royal family．

   C． Because the English girls are so rude that they need to be taught to be polite．

   D． Because the English government ensures their existence．

2.The underlined sentence in paragraph2 implies ________________．

   A． The English love the Olympics very much．

   B． The English spend nothing winning an Olympic medal．

   C． The English are best at queuing．

    D． The English prefer to queue with their hands down．

3. According to the passage, if Americans say “Waiter! Could I have another fork, please?” how will the English express such a meaning?

    A． Excuse me! Give me another fork, please!

    B． Excuse me! I have to be a bother, but would you mind awfully changing this fork, please?

    C． Hi! Would you mind giving me another fork?

    D． Waiter! Come here and change the fork!

4.According to the passage, why do the employers often thank their employees for doing their jobs?

    A． The employees can bring them a lot of benefits．

    B． The employees finish their jobs perfectly．

    C． The English employers’ good manners lead them to do so．

    D． The employers do it as a result of the company’s regulation．

Don’t you think your schoolbag is too heavy to bear? The e-schoolbag will free you from the weight.
It is said that e-schoolbags are going to be brought into use in Chinese middle schools soon. An experiment with several hundred e-schoolbags will begin in seven cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Dalian, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang. And the e-schoolbags are going to cover all over China if the experiment proves to be successful. In fact, the e-schoolbag should perhaps be called an e-notebook. It is a small hand-held computer for school students.
Heavy schoolbags have long been a serious problem for school students. The average schoolbag of middle school students weighs up to 5 kilos. But the e-schoolbag will change everything. It is much lighter than a usual schoolbag, weighing under 1 kilo.
Also, it is no bigger than a usual book, but it can still hold all the things for study, such as a textbook, a notebook and exercise book. They could be made into chips that are as small as a stamp. The students can read the text page by page on the screen. They can still take notes using a special electronic pen. If they want to know the meaning or the pronunciation of a new word, or even e-mail their teachers, it’s just a press of a button.
In some foreign countries, it is becoming common. But it is hard to tell when people will receive this new form of study. Some say that e-textbooks can be easily broken, some say that it is not good to students’ eyesight to look at the screen for long.  But only time will tell.
【小题1】The e-schoolbag has many functions EXCEPT ________.