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　　A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow(乌鸦)was jumping around．The crow watched them with disdain(笔试)．

　　“You have no flying skills at all!”he said to the swans．“All you can do is to move your wings．Can you turn over in the air?No, that's beyond you．Let's have a flying competition．I'll show you what real flying is!”

　　One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge(挑战)．The crow flew up and began to show his skills．He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan．

　　Now it was the swan's turn．He flew up, and began flying over the sea．The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments(评价)about his flying．They flew on and on till they couldn't see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides．The crow was making fewer and fewer comments．He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water．

　　The swan pretended(假装)not to notice, and said,“Why do you keep touching the water, brother?Is that another trick?”

　　“No,”said the crow．He knew he had lost the competition．“I'm in trouble because of my pride(自大)!If you don't help me, I'll lose my life…”

　　The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach．

　　(1)H₂O：One day the science teacher asked the class,“What's the chemical formula for water?“A boy put up his hand, and the teacher said,”“Yes?”the boy said“HIJKLMNO”．“Are you trying to be funny?”asked the teacher angrily．“No, sir．”said the boy．“You said the formula was H to O．”

　　(2)10＋20：A teacher was trying to teach a little girl to add．So she asked the girl,“If I have ten apples in my left hand, and someone puts twenty apples in my right hand, what have I got?”The little girl thought and then said,“Big hands．”

　　(3)I am…：A teacher was testing her pupils on English grammar．“Who can make a sentence beginning with I?”she asked the class．Lots of girls put their hands up, and the teacher chose one of them．The girl began,“I is…”,“No．”the teacher said．“You must say I am．”“OK．I am the ninth letter of the alphabet(字母表)．”

Choose the best answer from A, B or C according to what you read．

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　　Many textbooks are not written in the kind of English that we speak every day．In fact, sometimes the reading is so difficult that it almost seems like a foreign language．In a way, it is－the language of science．You should not expect to be able to read a difficult science passage the same way you read an interesting story; you should not expect to read it easily and all at once．Instead, you may have to read it several times through, catching on the meaning of difficult words, going back over difficult sentences, and finally putting the whole thing together．Do not be discourages if the whole passage don't make sense to you at first．You need to pick it apart patiently until you can understand it．

　　These are the steps to follow when you are reading something difficult：

　　☆1．Start to read normally until you run into a sentence that doesn't make sense to you．

　　☆2．When a sentence doesn't make sense, go back and read it again more slowly．

　　☆3．Look for any word you don't know in the sentence．Try to understand their meanings using word parts and context clues(上下文线索)．If necessary, look them up in the dictionary．

　　☆4．Look at the next few sentences to see if they explain more about the sentence you are working on．Do not read very much farther ahead until you understand what is being said．

　　☆5．Finally, read the sentence again．Try to put it into simpler words．

　　☆6．Read through the passage once．Try to understand all the hard parts well．Then read the whole passage once more at a usual speed．This helps you to put all ides together．

　　The stops sound a lot harder than they are．It is really just the normal way good readers understand anything that is difficult to read．After you have done the best you can this way, you should always feel free to ask for help from your teacher, if you have one．

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　　The population of the Earth is growing faster．It is important that we look after the Earth．We need it!

　　The Earth gives us a lot of things．We also give the Earth a lot, but some of the things are not good．

　　In nature, when something dies, other animals and plants get food from it．Every animal or plant gives food for other animals or plants．However, animals can't get food from many of the things that we'give'the Earth．Animals and plants can't eat metal, plastic and glass．These things will stay in the ground for many, many years．

　　Some rubbish is very dangerous for plants and animals．In some places, many animals live together．One animal makes food for many more animals．If we put rubbish and chemicals in the water, the plankton(浮游生物)can die．If there isn't any plankton, many animals have nothing to eat．

　　So what can we do?Don't leave any rubbish in the countryside!Don't make so much rubbish!

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Here are two letters to George and his replies．

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　　One morning, Wu Liang discovered that her classroom had changed．She found that the desks were no longer in rows, but pushed together to make eight bigger desks．She was too excited about it for the first two days and she couldn't listen to the teachers carefully．But soon she and her classmates got used to this new classroom arrangement(安排)．“Now our class is quieter,”said Wu．“What's more, we can come up with our own ideas and learn more through discussion．It's a better way to study．”

　　Li Yu liked it, too．He said,“Group members first discuss, and then show ourselves in front of the whole class．It makes us believe in ourselves．”It was part of a reform(改革)at Li's school．The school made this reform because they wanted to provide students with easier ways to study and more chances to discuss．“Our school hopes it can improve students' abilities(能力)to study by themselves and work in groups,”said Zhang Ming, an English teacher．

　　However, the reform has demanded(要求)more from teachers．Now they have only 15 minutes to give the lesson which should be taught in 45 minutes before．It is difficult to teach in such a short time．The teachers have to find better ways to teach more effectively．

　　The reform demands more, but I'm sure it is helpful, added Zhang Ming．

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　　When you see the girl for the first time, you may think she is a boy．She is very outgoing(外向)．Who is she?Wang Meng, the Chinese top skater．

　　On the evening of February 26th, 2010, Wang Meng first got to the finishing line in 1 minute and 29.213 seconds in the women's 1000 meters short track speed skating final(短道速滑决赛)at the Vancouer Olympic Winter Games(温哥华冬奥会)．After she succeeded in the 500-meter and 3000-meter races, she won her third gold medal this time．With this one China won four gold medals in the women's short track speed skating．That helped China first win the team gold medal in Winter Olympics history．

　　Just before the final race Wang Meng caught a bad cold and coughed terribly．With the words of“You can, you can do!”she won at last．She said,“I really feel these three gold medals belong to my team, to China．It was with the help of my team that I won the prize．”

　　Though Wang Meng is only twenty-four, she has been the most successful Chinese skater．Chinese are proud of her and her team．We hope she will be faster in Sochi Olympics in 2014．

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As we know, Chongqing has changed a lot．Most of the people feel much safer now．More and more trees are being planted in the city．And every day you can see many old people play sports everywhere．The change makes the people in the city live a happy life．The small survey below is from the people who live in Chongqing．One hundred persons were chosen to answer the questions last week．

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　　Traveling is one of the most important activities and people have been interested in it for many years．Modern traffic develops fast, so traveling to different places has become much easier than before．

　　Staying healthy while traveling can make your trip happier．But do you know how to keep healthy during a trip?The following information may be useful for you．

Before leaving：

　　●Wear comfortable shoes, a hat and sunglasses．

　　●Take some necessary medicine with you．They can be used when you get sick or have other problems．

　　●If you do lots of sports like walking or climbing on your trip, you should do some exercise for weeks or months before you leave．

While traveling：

　　●Be sure not to eat dirty food or bad fruit．

　　●Have enough time to take a rest during your trip．

　　●Tap water(自来水)is not safe, so drink bottled water and always clean the cover on the bottle．

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　　A recent report from Dazhou Daily says about 18％ of Dazhou teenagers can have problems with their minds(内心，精神)．Some students become worried because they have to study very hard．Others have trouble getting on well with people like their parents and classmates．

　　Zhang Qiang, a Junior 2 student from Dazhou, could not understand his teachers in class and was doing badly in his lessons．He was afraid of exams．When he looked at the exam paper, he couldn't think of anything to write．

　　Another student, a 15-year-old girl called Wu Yan from Guang'an often argued with her classmates even her parents because of some different ideas．She became so annoyed about them that she started to cut her finger with a knife．

　　However, many students who have problems won't go for advice or help．Some think they will look stupid(愚蠢的)if they go to see a doctor．Others don't want to talk about their secrets．In order to solve the teenagers' problems, here is some advice ：

　　●Talk to your parents or teachers often．

　　●Take part in group activities and play sports．

　　●Go to see a doctor if you feel unhappy or unwell．