Have you ever had a dream to make your home a happier place? Maybe there are some points you Can follow．

    Sometimes you don’t think your parents are fair to you．When you want to dress in a modem way，your mum doesn’t like you wearing a mini-skirt．When you are making phone calls to friends，they ask if you’re speaking to a boy or a girl．

    Sometimes it seems that you’re not as close to your parents as you used to be．  1

Closing the Gap by American writer Jay McGraw gives advice on how to have a better relationship with your parents．  2 When you think，“my parents don’t want me to have any fun，”that usually means your parents want you to be safe．  3 They need to feel they are important and loved．You should tell your parents your needs，and find out what their needs are．Then，you can think of a way to make all of you pleased．  4

1) Make time to talk．You could talk about your school life and your plans for the future．

2) 5 This is to help you understand more about yourself and your feelings．

3)Show your parents you are growing up．Wash your clothes and help clean the house．

    Your parents will feel that you are no longer a little child．If you follow these steps，soon you will be able to break down the walls between your parents and yourself．

--Excuse me，what’s the time，please?

--Sorry．I don’t have a(an)         with me．

Have you seen the videos on TV? Do you wear large T-shirts and baggy jeans? Or have you heard some one rap(说唱)? Hip-Hop is very hot now．

Hip-Hop music was started in the middle of the 1970s by African Americans in New York．The music break-dancing(霹雳舞)and graffiti(涂鸦)make up Western Hip-Hop culture．Most of the Hip-Hop songs are about love，jobs or even games．

Usually in rap，singers speak words very quickly to a certain beat．Most of the words are fun．Singers play off words to make fun of themselves or others．Hip-Hop music has few rules．Singers just do what they think and rap it out in a clever or creative way．The freedom makes a lot of teenagers fall in love with the music．Many of them like wearing large T-shirts and baggy jeans．Famous rap and Hip-Hop stars include Eminem in the U．S．and Jay Chou from China．

Today Hip-Hop is more and more popular across most of the world．

1．African Americans started Hip-Hop music in the middle of the l970s in New York．

2．There are three main kinds of music in Western Hip-Hop culture．

3．Hip-Hop music is very popular，but it has a lot of rules to follow．

4．From the passage we know Jay Chou is a famous rap and Hip-Hop star．

5．Many teenagers don’t like wearing large T-shirts or baggy jeans．

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A：Hi．Kate! Are you free tomorrow afternoon?

B：Yes．What’s up?

A：I   1   to a new apartment last week．Would you  2   to come to my new home?

B：Yes，I'd love to．But   3   can I get to your home?

A：Walk along Guangming Road and turn   4   onto Renmin Road．You will see three tall buildings on your left．I live in Apartment 905，Building A．

B：OK．I'll be  5  at 2:00．

A：See you then．

B：See you．

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The Spring Festival

In China the Spring Festival is the most important holiday．It falls on the first day of the first lunar month(阴历月)．

Before the Spring Festival comes，people go out to buy things， 1  as meat，chicken，fish，fruit，sweets and new clothes．They  2  their houses and decorate(装饰)them．The Chinese character “fu” is a must．It is  3  stuck(贴)upside down，which means “fu comes”．

The celebrations begin on the eve of the lunar New Year．The family get  4  for a big dinner．If a person is far from home，he will always  5  to get home for this big dinner．After the dinner，the whole family will sit together，chat and  6  TV．

During the holidays，they go to visit relatives and friends and exchange New Year greetings．They sit around talking and eating  7  ，cakes and all kinds of delicious food．Every family prepares  8  special．Each child will get money as New Year gift．People in the north of China often eat dumplings for breakfast．People in the  9  often eat niangao because niangao means “higher and higher one year  10  another”．

The celebrations last 15 days．It will come to an end when the Lantern Festival is finished．

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小词典：crosstalk master相声大师          moustache小胡子              satirize讽刺

           inherit继承                                 technique技术                   industry工业

Canada Geese are large blue and white birds．When autumn comes，they have to fly south where the weather is warmer．The winters are so cold in Canada that the birds will die if they stay there．

Last spring，Bill Lishman found sixteen young Canada Geese on his farm．They had lost their parents．Bill thought，“These young birds won’t know what to do in the autumn．” He had a small plane and he decided to teach the birds to follow him．All through the summer，he went on short trips in his plane and the young geese flew after him．

When the cold weather arrived in the autumn，Bill flew to Virginia in the United States，600 miles south of his home in Canada．The geese followed him all the way．Bill left the geese in Virginia and he returned home．

This spring．Bill was waiting for the birds to come back．They didn't arrive，so Bill flew to Virginia to get them．He looked for them for two weeks but he couldn’t find them．When he arrived back home，he found the geese waiting for him．They had found their way home without him!

1．What will happen to the geese if they stay in Canada in winter?

2．Where did Bill find sixteen young geese last spring?

3．Is it 600 kilometers from Bill’s home to Virginia?

4．How long did it take Bill to look for the geese in Virginia?

5．The geese found their way home by themselves，didn't they?

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How to be a good learner?

As a good learner，We should                                              

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