On Saturday, the 15 -year- old boy from Poland（波兰）walked to the North Pole（北极）without any help.

　　“If I can do it,other people can do great things, too,”Mela said before he went.

　　How did Mela lose an arm and a leg? He had an electrical（电的）accident. Now, he walks with the help of a 62,000-yuan man-made leg.

　　“I didn't think we would make it,”he said,“Then,things got better.”

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　　A farmer had a very useful cow. He took very good care of it and one day when it was ill,he was very worried. He telephoned the vet.“What's the problem?”the vet asked when he arrived.“My cow's very sick,”the farmer said,“I don't know what's the matter with her.She's lying down and won't stand up. She won't eat. And she's making a strange noise.”The vet looked at the cow.“She's certainly sick.”He said.“And she needs to take some very strong medicine.”He took a bottle out of his case. And put two pills into his hand.“Give her these,”he said.“They should make her better.”“How should I give them to her?”the farmer asked. The vet gave him a long tube（管子）.“Put this tube in her mouth.”He said.“Then put the pills in the tube and blow. That'll make her swallow（吞烟）them.”The vet went away.

　　The next day he came to the farm again. The farmer was sitting outside his home looking very sad.“How is your cow?”the vet asked.“No change,”the farmer said,“and I'm feeling very strange myself.”“Oh?”the vet said,“why?”“I did what you said.”The farmer explained.“I put the tube in the cow's mouth and then put two pills down it.”“And?”the vet asked.“When I opened my mouth. The cow blew first.”The farmer said.

　　Eye doctors in Shanghai found out recently that the nearsightedness（近视）among primary and middle school students has something to do with the color of the paper in their textbooks and notebooks.

　　According to their research the experts found out white paper reflects （反射）too much light and easily tires a person's eyes. The yellow paper, however, doesn't look so sharp to a person's eyes. In other words, it is much milder to the eyes of students who may do reading or writing for hours.

　　The experts' research finding were based on first -hand information and a number of scientific experiments（实验）including a recent study among the students from forty-one middle schools. To make the students understand the truth, Shanghai Education Development Co. Ltd has produced textbooks and exercise-books made of yellow paper. The books will be used in the whole city soon.

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　　A small plane had some trouble while it was flying in the sky. The pilot knew that there was nothing he could do to keep the plane in the air any longer. There were panssengers in the plane. So he told them that they were in a dnagerous situation. In the end, he said,“I'm a middle-aged man with two small children and a wife. I'm sorry to tell you that there are only three parachutes on the plane.”One of the passengers said,“I'm great man! I'm the cleverest man in the world, an the world can't do anything without me !”With these words he followed the pilot and jumped out in a hurry with another pack of parachute. The other two passengers, an old man and a young soldier, were quiet for a moment.“My son,”he said,“I'm very old. I'm ready to meet God. Don't worry about me, young man. Jump out with the last parachute. Be quick !”“You don't have to think so,”the young soldier answered, smiling“That world's cleverest man jumped out just now only with my field pack.”

(2) The pilot told the passengers that there were enough parachutes for them all.

(3) “I'm ready to meet the God”means he would face his death.

(5) From the story, we can guess that the cleverest man in the world was sure to die.

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　　A rich man was once riding along the road and saw an old man digging in his garden. On the ground lay a young tree, ready to be planted. The rich man called out to the old man,“What kind of tree are you planting there, my good man?”

　　“There is a fig（无花果）tree, sir,”he said.

　　“A fig tree?”the rich man was very surprised.“Why, how old are you, may I ask?”

　　“Ninety years old.”The old man said.

　　“What!”cried the rich man.“You're ninety years old. You are planting a very young tree now and it'll take years to give fruit. You certainly don't hope to live long enough to get any fruits from this tree.”The old man looked around the garden. Then he said with a smile.“Tell me, sir. Did you eat figs when you were a boy?”“Sure.”the rich man did not know why he asked this question.“Then tell me this,”he said.“Who planted the fig trees?”“who? I don't know.”“You see, sir,”went on the old man.“Our forefathers（祖先）planted trees for us to enjoy and I am doing the same for the people after me.”

　　The rich man was quiet and said,“You are right, my good man. We should do some good things for the people after us. Thank you very much.”Then he rode away.

　　David Mc Connell sold books door-to door. Housewives were not interested in the books. Usually before he had enough time to say anything about his book, the woman closed their door. But he didn't give up. Mc Connell decided to bring each of them a present, a small bottle of perfume made by himself. He soon found that the women liked the perfume better than the books. He stopped selling books to sell perfume instead and started his own company“Avon”, which is a great success.

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　　We are all busy talking about and using the Internet, but do you know the history（历史）of the Internet?

　　The Internet was set up（建立） in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks didn't work well.

　　At first, the Internet was only used by the government, but in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it, too. However computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start（开始）of the 1990s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software（开发软件）that made“surfing”the Internet easier.

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　　Scientists are trying to make the deserts（沙漠）into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time.

　　Some places on the earth don't get very much rain. But they still don't become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants don't let the hot sun make the earth even drive. Plants don't let the wind blow the dirt（泥土）away. When a little of（一点儿）rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without plants, the land can become a desert much more easily.

(　　)(2)It is good to get rid of（消除）the grass in the desert

(　　)(4)It's important for us to plant trees and protect（保护）forests.

　　Mr. and Mrs. Smith live in a small house near London with their child. Sometimes Mr. Smith comes back from work very late, when Mrs. Smith and their child are asleep（睡着的）. And he usually opens the front door of his house with his key and comes into the house.

　　But one day he forgets his key. When he comes back home, he rings the doorbell. But Mrs. Smith doesn't hear him. He rings again, and the same thing happens（发生）.Mr. Smith knocks at（敲）the window, but Mrs. Smith doesn't hear. Mr. Smith is worried. But then he knows what to do. He speaks like a little child,“Mother,” he says,“I want to go to the toilet!” He speaks very quietly（小声地）, but Mrs. Smith hears him and opens the door for him.

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