Parents are the closest people to you in the world．They love you just because you are you．And they would do anything for you．

　　Like a lot of middle school students, Zhang Shu has a problem．She and her parents don’t get on well．“I really want to be my Daddy’s little girl．But it feels like he just doesn’t understand．He talks at me and doesn’t listen,” said Zhang, a junior 3 student in Shijiazhuang, Hebei．

　　Do you and your parents also have problems?

　　Well, why don’t you all take a walk and have a talk on Saturday?It’s the International Day of families．On May 15, people around the world give thanks for good things about their families and work on family problems．

　　A study last year showed that 1,500 Beijing families had the same problem as Zhang’s family：The children, 12 to 15 years old, didn’t like talking with their parents much．They weren’t happy at home．Of course, lots of kids feel that way．But you and your parents will be much happier if you can be friends．Here are some ways to have a good talk with them：

　　Find a good time to talk, like when you are eating dinner, going out for a walk or watching TV．Tell them something you are interested in, or ask them about their lives when they were young．They love to talk about that!Listen to them carefully, and look at them in the eyes．

　　Be honest．Your parents will trust you more．And a trusting family is a happy family．

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　　Bill Clinton became the 42^nd US president on Jan 20,1993．He is one of the youngest of all US presidents．Clinton was born in a poor family in 1946．Three months before he was born, his father, William Blats, died．His mother remarried Norger Clinton when he was young．So the boy’s family name became Clinton．

　　In the summer of 1963, Clinton won a drama contest(戏剧比赛)，so he had a chance to go to Washington．He saw President Kenney in the White House．At that time, he made up his mind to become a president．

　　He wasn’t a president any longer in Jan, 2001．Who is after him?George W．Bush．

　　Which pet is the best pet for you?Different pets are good for different people．People who live in the country can have almost any pet．Dogs need a lot of space to run, so the country is a good place for them．The country is a good place for cats, rabbits, horses, and birds, too．

　　People who live in the city can also have pets．Cats are happy inside apartments．Birds, fish, and lizards can live in apartments．Dogs can be happy in apartments as long as they get plenty of exercise and fresh air．Dogs need to be walked every day．A jogger would make a good pet owner．Then the dog could run with its owner．

　　Cat and dog owners must train their pets．Training takes time．Birds, fish, and lizards are better pets for people who are very busy．

　　Cats and dogs both need soft beds to sleep on．Birds sleep on a perch in their cages．Lizards and fish need tanks to live in．One thing all animals need is lots of love．

1．People in the country can have ________, such as ________．

2．________ need to be walked every day．

3．Busy people could have ________ as pets．

4．All pets need ________．

　　Turtles and tortoises have been on planet(星球)Earth even before the dinosaurs(恐龙)．They are much older．The difference between a turtle and a tortoise is that the turtle stays in water while the tortoise stays on land．But both creatures have one thing in common：they have a long life, from 120 years to almost 200 years!

　　Some of them are huge, like the giant tortoises of the Galapagos Islands－they weigh beyond 200 kg; their shells are more than a meter long．The beauty is that they hatch(孵化)from eggs that are not bigger than a hen’s!

　　The manage to live so long because the important parts of their bodies do not become weak with age, as in the case of(就…来说)humans and birds．In fact, they continue to grow very, very slowly for as long as they live．Their body does not need much energy to survive(生存)．They can live for long periods without water or food．

　　Turtles and tortoises face other risks(危险)to their life．After birth, their shells take some months to become hard．Till then, they are an easy prey for birds and fish．The other risk to their life comes from pollution(污染)of their living environment．

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　　How are you spending your next vacation?No plans?Then how about going to an overseas English language school, for example in the United States or the United Kingdom?Many schools offer short courses for students of all ages, from seven to seventy years old!

　　There are schools in small country towns, on college campuses, or in the middle of big cities．

　　Foreign students can stay in school buildings or with local families．Living with a family can be fun and can really help you learn．

　　Just think-you’ll get at least two hours a day of breakfast and dinner conversation with native speakers of English!

　　Classes are usually small with eight to ten students．Most afternoons you’ll have a choice of swimming, soccer and other outdoor games．The schools also arrange activities like day trips to museums and amusement parks．You’ll have a chance to improve your English and have fun at the same time!

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to begin with　end up　memorize　feel

making mistakes　practice　trouble

write down　improve　laugh at

1．Well, ________, he shouldn’t even have been driving my car．

2．It gives students the opportunity to ________ speaking English．

3．Most slimmers ________ putting weight back on．

4．Don’t be afraid of ________ when you learn a foreign language．

5．He has a very good memory and it is said that he can ________ all the texts in this textbook．

6．This kind of paper ________ very soft．

7．He has so much ________ with writing．I’m never sure where the comma goes in a sentence．

8．Don’t ________ others’ shortcomings．

9．You should ________ new English words in a vocabulary list．

10．The best way to ________ your English is to join an English club．

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Last year my English class was 　　1　　 for me．　　2　　, it wasn’t easy for me to understand the teacher when she talked to the class．To begin with, she spoke too quickly, and I couldn’t understand every word．Later on, I realized that it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand every word．Also I was 　　3　　 to speak in class, because I thought my classmates might laugh at me．I couldn’t always make complete sentences, 　　4　　．Then I started to watch English language TV．It helped a lot．Now I am enjoying 　　5　　 English．I got an A this term．

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　　If you come to school one day and all your friends are talking to their computers, don’t worry．There’s nothing wrong with them, and there’s nothing wrong with you．They are all just using a new kind of programme, which can listen to your voice and remember who you are．Talking computers are now new．People were very interested in them twenty years ago, but they never worked very well．They only knew about 1,000 words, and you need 10,000 words to carry out most activities．Most programmes now know 30,000 words．

　　Everybody is using voice programmes today．If you make a telephone call about a product or a service or if you make plane or car booking, you may find you are talking to computer．Soon we’ll be able to send messages with our voices, and give instructions to our computers．A big computer will keep 50 numbers, so when you want to call your travel agent Maria, you simply pick up the phone and say “Maria”, and Maria answers the phone．In some large companies the computer can let you talk to any person you want．Many banks and stores are interested in developing these programmes．

　　There are even some new programmes which can remember 50,000 words．They are useful for people who need to put large amounts of text into computers．This is a good thing for people like doctors and writers because it is very quick．They can just talk straight into the computer．

　　We all speak in a different way, so how does the machine know what we are saying?You need to teach it to remember the way speak by reading lists of words slowly into the machine．People who like talking into the computer say that it is much better and cheaper than using a keyboard．This means that they have more time to do more important and more interesting things．

1．If you make a phone call on a talking computer, you say the person’s ___________ instead of his or her telephone number．

2．___________would like to talk to computers in order to do their work quickly．

3．We need to teach our computer to remember our voice because everybody has ___________．

4．The passage is mainly about ___________

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　　Volunteering is (1) ________ and can really help other people．

　　Our class is planning to do some volunteer work on Wednesday afternoon in the school．Students of the Art Club are considering (2) ________ and selling them to (3) ________ for the poor．The music group is going to (4) ________ in school to entertain other students．Some students are going to help (5) ________．They can help to put books back onto the shelves．Several students want to do some repair work to help (6) ________ stuff like bikes, radios, etc．Some others will (7) ________ the school garden．They think keeping the environment (8) ________is good for our health．Two boys, Michael and Jerry, are (9) ________ and good at sports．They’d like to teach younger students to play sports．Though it may be (10) ________, everyone in class is looking forward to it．