Too many people want __1__ to be their friends, but they don't give friendship __2__. That's why some friendships don't __3__ very long. You must treat your friend the way you want your friend to treat you to. Learning to be good friends means learning three rules：be honest, be generous（宽宏大量的）and be understanding.

　　Generosity（大度）means sharing and sharing __5__ a friendship grow. You don't have to give your lunch money or your clothes, of course. __6__, you have to learn how to share things you enjoy. Naturally you will want to share your ideas and feelings. These can be very valuable（有价值的）to a friend. They tell your friend what is important to you. By sharing them you help your friend know you better.

　　The next __7__ his mother woke him up.“Look at, the clock on the wall,”said his mother.“It's twenty past seven. __8__, or you'll miss school!”

　　“Oh, look at your shoes!”his mother called out.“One is black and the other is brown. Go and change them.”

　　Billy had to go to his bedroom. Soon he came out and said,“I don't __10__ it's necessary to do that. The colors of the shoes in the bedroom are the same as these.”

　　We can see walls everywhere in the world. But the Great Wall of China is __1__ of all. The Chinese call it“The Ten-Thousand-Li Great Wall.”It is, in fact（事实上）, more than 6,000 kilometres long. It is 6-7 metres __2__ and 4-5 metres wide from side to side. In most places, five horses or ten men can walk side __3__ side along the top.

　　When you visit the Great Wall, you can't help wondering（渴望知道）how the Chinese people __4__ build such a great wall __5__ years __6__ __7__ any modern machines, it was really difficult to built it. They had to do all the work by hand. It took millions of（几百万）men hundreds of years to build it.

　　The Great Wall has a history of over two __8__ years. The men began to build the first part of it about 2,700 years ago. Qin Shihuang __9__ all the walls up. He thought that could keep the enemy（敌人）out of the country.

　　You may think I am rode, __7__ I can do much good. I __8__ the rain with me to make the grass and trees __9__. I make you feel cool __10__ you are too hot, and I make the air fresh and sweet.

　　Can you tell me my name? And can you spell it, too?

　　Perhaps we can __7__ that learning English is __8__ taking Chinese medicine. We don't mean that it's bitter（苦）. We mean that like Chinese medicine, the effects of your study __9__ slowly but surely, __10__ slowly, slowly every day and effects will come just like Chinese medicine.

　　Dolphins travel in groups. We call a group of fish a“__2__”. They don't study, but they travel together. Dolphins are mammals（哺乳动物）, not fish, but they swim together in a school. Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give information. They tell when they are happy or __3__ or afraid. They say“Welcome”when a dolphin comes back to the school. They make __4__ sounds under water. People can't hear these sounds because they are very, very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and __5__ them.

　　“Closing the Gap”by American author Hay McGraw gives advice on how to have a better relationship with your parents.

　　The book gives ways __4__ teens understand their parents. When you think“my parents don't want me to have any fun”that usually __5__ your parents want you to be safe. Both parents and children have needs. They need to feel they are important and __6__ 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 __7__ The book gives you some ideas.

　　In a foreign country we might not know where to eat or what to order in a restaurant. It is not easy to decide __5__ to tip（付小费）waiters or taxi drivers. When we __6__ help, we might not know how to ask for help. It is not __7__to have an experience（经历）like that. __8__ a short time, then we learn what to do __9__ what to say. We learn __10__ life in another country, and we may be sorry to leave.

　　The American and the British not only __1__ the same language but also have a large number of the same social customs（风俗）. For example, in __2__ America and England people shake hands when they __3__ each other for the first time. Also, most Englishmen will open a door for a woman or offer their __4__ to a woman, and so will most Americans. Promptness（准时）is important both in England and in America. That is, __5__ a dinner is for seven o'clock, the dinner guest either arrive close to that time or calls up to explain __6__ he will be late.

　　Australia is the greatest island（岛屿）in the world. It is a little __1__than China. It is to the __2__ of the equator（赤道）. __3__ when it is summer in China, it is __4__ in Australia.

　　Australia is big, __5__ the population（人口）there is small. The population of Australia is the same as that of Shanghai, a city in China.

　　Australia is famous __6__ __7__ sheep and kangaroos（袋鼠）. After a short drive from __8__ town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, sheep __9__ everywhere. Have you seen a kangaroo? It has a“bag”below its breast（胸部）. The mother kangaroo keeps its baby kngaroo in the“bag”. It is very strange, __10__ ?