Kwame Alexander is an American writer of children's fiction. His novel The Crossover was written in poetic (诗歌的) form and won several awards in 2015. Alexander's most recent novel Booked is about a middle school student Nick Hall, whose love for soccer helps him deal with the challenges of growing up. Recently, a reporter had an interview with Alexander about his books.

(R=Reporter, A= Alexander)

R: 1.

A: It has to do with my love of sports. As a kid, I loved to play sports. I was a tennis player. I love to watch sports and to get excited about what happens on the field. Why not use sports as a way to tell these stories? I know kids are going to get into it. What kid doesn't love tennis or swimming or soccer?

R: 2.

A: I've always been interested in the power of poetry. I've been trying to write my feelings and ideas about the world we live in and poetry allows me to talk about some heavy and deep things in a pleasant way. I love poetry and for me, it's so cool.

R: 3.

A: Video games and television mostly offer fantasy (幻想). They offer interesting and unrealistic fantasy. Literature (文学) opens up a world of possibility to readers. As a writer for kids, I want to help readers imagine what's possible in the world — how to make it better and how to make themselves better in it.

R: 4.

A: Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, E. E. Cummings — those are the main ones. It's the things they wrote about, the way they played with language and held the readers' attention.

R: Are you planning a new novel?  5. 

A: It will be. I'm writing a prequel (前传) to The Crossover. It's about the father, Chuck Bell, when he was 12 years old.

A. Will it be in poetic form?

B. What can literature offer young people that video games and television cannot?

C. Why are both of your recent novels about sports?

D. Do you write from your experience or imagination?

E. Why did you write these two novels in poetic form? 

F. Which writers have had the greatest influence on your writing?

A. Will it be in poetic form?

B. What can literature offer young people that video games and television cannot?

C. Why are both of your recent novels about sports?

D. Do you write from your experience or imagination?

E. Why did you write these two novels in poetic form? 

F. Which writers have had the greatest influence on your writing?

Walk your way to better health

Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot ... you can travel fast or slow. The movement of your f1.gets you where you need to go. But it also gets you so much more! Walking is simple e2.and good for almost everyone. Best of all, it’s free!

Walking helps you in many ways. First it makes your heart stronger. Studies s3. walking reduces (降低) your chance of heart problems. Walking quickly for 30 m4. a day also helps control high blood pressure. It can reduce your chance of having other serious problems, too.

As time goes by, people become old, and t5. brains don’t work as well as before. I6. old people walk six miles or more every week, they can keep their brains in a better condition.

Walking helps your mental (精神的) health, too. P7.one foot in front of the other isn’t difficult. You don’t have to think about it, so you can pay attention to o8. things. You can consider problems or think of ideas. You can think over conversations again or just remember funny things.

You can make walking part of your day. Instead of t9. the lift, walk. You can even have walking meetings. They are what they sound l10.. Instead of sitting, you walk and talk things over.

Make walking a habit, and see how it makes you feel.

根据汉语提示完成句子，一空一词（包括缩写词）

1.艾伦18岁时上了大学。

Alan ___________ ___________ at the age of 18.

2.里克长大了，他可以自己做决定了。

Rick has grown up. He can ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________.

3.抱歉，你不应该把你的书放在书桌上。

Sorry, your book ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ on the desk.

4.父母必须让孩子们远离危险。

Parents must ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ danger.

5.当妈妈叫萨拉停止看电视时她和妈妈顶嘴了。   

Sarah ___________ ___________ to her mom when Mom told her to stop watching TV.

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Dear students,

There must be some rules in your family, right? How do you like them? What's the best rule and what's the worst rule? Please e-mail us and share your thoughts with our readers.

Learning English

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Dear Editor,

There are many rules in my family, some good and some bad.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

_____elephant is bigger than ______ panda.

A. An, an B. An, a C. An, /

I’m going to _____ time with my parents next winter vacation.

A. take B. spend C. pay

---Mum, I’ve finished my composition. Would you like me to read it to you？.

---Yes, please.________________________.

A. Let’s see it. B. How good the story is. C. I’m sure we’ll enjoy it.

Children won’t go to school in 100 years. They will study ___home ___computer.

A. in; in B. at; on C. at; by

Some scientists think that it may take ____________ years to make robots look like people, and do the same things as us.

A. hundreds of

B. two hundreds of

C. two hundreds

We’ll have a school trip if it _____ tomorrow.

A. will not rain B. isn’t raining C. doesn’t rain