It is true that times are different for the old people in England．But not all the changes are bad ones．For example, modern(现代)medicine, has made old people healthier than ever before．Another thing is that there are many more old people than before．This means that old people often have a better life．Old people have more money but fewer(更少)children than their own parents and grandparents had．The biggest disadvantage(弊端)of modern life is loneliness(孤独)．The young leave home when they grow up, and many old people live alone．An old person’s one or two children may have moved to another part of the country．Even when they live nearby, the young people have their own work to do and their own children to look after．They haven’t much time for the old．Problems of loneliness start when people stop work．When they stop work, they find it difficult to start a new life without their jobs．
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To the old people, the changes in society(社会)are very few．
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The old people today live more happily than their parents and grandparents．
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In the past old people didn’t have so many problems because the young were kind to the old．
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Although(虽然)some old people live near their children, they still feel lonely．
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Modern life brings new problems to the old．
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A good breakfast is important．You can easily understand it．By breakfast time you have not eaten anything about twelve hours．Your body needs food for morning activities(活动)．One good breakfast should be rice or bread, an egg, milk and fruit．On a cold morning a cup of hot milk is necessary．You must get up early to have much time to have breakfast．A good breakfast helps you to smile more easily．It helps you to be more friendly and also to work better and play more happily．Your whole day will be more fun after you have enjoyed a good breakfast．
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It’s important to have a good breakfast．
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Only rice or bread will be a good breakfast．
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If you get up late, you’ll have your breakfast as quickly as possible．
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A good breakfast is helpful to you．
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If you don’t have a good breakfast, you can’t smile．
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Mr．Green, a London taxi-driver, has a new black taxi．With his taxi, he hurries through the busy streets every day．
One day when he was having a short rest, a young man jumped into his taxi．
“To the station as fast as you can, ” shouted the man in a very unfriendly way．“My train leaves at three o’clock．”
Mr．Green did his best, but there was a lot of traffic．At every corner there was a red light．
“Hurry up, man! I don’t want to miss my train, ” said the young man．
“But I don’t want to have an accident, ” answered Mr．Green quickly．Whilehe was driving, Mr．Green suddenly recognized(认出)the man’s face．He was a thief．The police were looking for him．His picture was in the newspapers．Mr．Green drove through a red light．Soon there was a police car behind him．He didn’t stop his car until he reached the station．The young man quickly jumped out of the taxi．At the moment the police car stopped, too．“Quick! He is a thief!” shouted Mr．Green．Two policemen caught the thief．“Well done!” a policeman said to Mr．Green．
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The young man wanted to take 3∶00 train to London．
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A policeman told Mr．Green the young man was a thief．
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Mr．Green saw the young man’s picture in the newspaper．
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The police caught the young man at the station．
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Mr．Green drove through red lights quickly because he wanted to get the attention(注意)of the policemen．
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Once a country woman went to a big city on business．As it was her first time to be in a big city, she was very happy, she found that everything in the city was different from the things in the country．She saw a tall and beautiful building in the center of the city and went into it．On the first floor, she saw an old woman standing in front of a big door, and the door was always closed．After a while, the door opened．The old woman went inside, then the door closed behind her．A few minutes later, the door opened again, and a beautiful young woman came out of it．The country woman was very pleased and surprised．She thought, “This must be the door to a magic(魔术的)box．If I get into it, I’ll also become younger and more beautiful, too．”
So as soon as the door opened again, she quickly got into the box．To her surprise, she saw many buttons with red yellow or green lights inside on the wall, she felt worried, for she was not sure which button she should push if she wanted to go into the magic box．
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The country woman never went to big cities before．
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She thought it better to live in the country than to live in the city．
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The magic box could really make old people become young．
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The country woman was not young．
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In fact, the box was not a magic box．It was a lift．It takes people up and down the building．
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At the beginning of a new term, you will always find something new about your friends．Some have new clothes, and some have different hairstyles．But what about finding a few friends having new faces?
Some students had plastic surgery(整容手术)during the holidays to make them look better．They want to make their faces more beautiful in different ways．
Some students think a better look can help them in future interview(面试)and jobs．
A doctor said, “Girls do so for two reasons: to be prettier and to make it easier for them to find a job in the future．”
But students are too young for plastic surgery because their bodies are still growing．There may be bad results that are not good for their future．
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Sometimes we can even find a new face at the beginning of a new term．
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All students have plastic surgery to make them more beautiful．
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Some students think a better look can help them find a good job in the future．
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Some students have plastic surgery to get a good mark in the exam．
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Plastic surgery does no good to students’ body．
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There is nothing more important to life than the sun．Without the sun all living things on the earth would die．
The sun is a star．In the sky there are thousands of stars like the sun．They are as large as the sun and as hot as the sun．At night you can see many stars but in the daytime you can only see one star, the sun．
The sun is much nearer to us than any other stars．That is why it looks the biggest and brightest of all the stars．The distance of the sun from the earth is as much as 150 million kilometres．Most of the stars are thousands of light years away from the earth．
Do you know the light year? Nothing in the world travels faster than light．It travels 300, 000 kilometres a second; and one light year is the distance that light travels in one year．
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Without the sun, there would be no living things on the earth．
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The sun is the largest and brightest star in the sky．
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There are many stars in the sky, but you can see only one in the daytime．
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Light travels fastest in the world．
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The distance of the sun from the earth is more than one light year．
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An old lady went out shopping last Tuesday．She came past a bank and saw a car near the door．A man got out of it and went into the bank．She looked onto the car．The keys were in the lock．
The old lady took the keys and followed the man into the bank．
The man took a gun out of his pocket and said to the clerk, “Give me all the money!” But the old lady didn’t see this．She went to the man, put the keys in his hand and said, “Young man, you’re stupid! Never leave your keys in your car! Someone’s going to steal them!”
The man looked at the old woman for a few seconds．Then he took his keys, ran out of the bank, got into his car and drove away quickly, without any money．
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An old lady went to the bank last Tuesday．
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A man left his keys in the lock of his car．
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The old lady gave the keys to the man．
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Someone stole the man’s car．
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The bank clerk gave the man some money．
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Jim lives in a small town in England, but his parents work in Paris．They are both busy and can’t take their son there with them．So the boy has to stay with his grandma．The old woman likes him very much and tries her best to satisfy(使……满意)him with everything．
The boy likes sweets and cakes．He always eats some food with sweets before he goes to bed．And as soon as he gets up in the morning, he can find some cakes on the table in his bedroom．And after breakfast, before he goes to school, his grandma puts some sweets into his school bag．
One morning, before Jim got up, his grandma took some cakes to his bedroom．She saw the boy crying in bed．“What’s the matter, dear?” the old woman asked in a hurry．“I’ve got a bad toothache, ” said the boy．The old woman found some medicine and told him to take it, but it was no use for him．She had to take him to the dentist’s(牙医)．The boy was looked over．The doctor had to pull out the bad tooth for him．Of course he couldn’t go to school．
Two days later Jim felt better and was at school again．Mrs．Hunt asked, “Why didn’t you come to school those two days, Jim?” “I had a bad toothache, madam, ” answered the boy．
“Oh, I’m sorry to hear that, ” said Mrs．Hunt．“Is it better now?”
“I don’t know, madam．It was left with the dentist．”
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Jim and his parents live in England but work in Paris．
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Jim’s grandma loves him and tries to give him whatever he likes．
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Jim was absent from school for a week．
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The dentist pulled out the bad tooth for Jim．
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Jim got a bad toothache because he never brushed his teeth．
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Everyone has his own birthday．People celebrate their birthdays in different countries in different ways．Now here are three people from different countries．They will tell us how they celebrate their birthdays in their countries．
Sandy Morison comes from Madrid(马德里)．She says happily, “My twenty-first birthday is on Saturday, and I’m going to go out with some friends．To wish me a happy birthday, they’re going to pull on my ear 21 times, once for each year．It’s an old custom(风俗)．Some people pull on the ear just once, but my friends are very traditional．”
Mr．and Mrs．Sato are from Tokyo．Mr．Sato is going to be 60 tomorrow．In Japan, the sixtieth birthday is called kanreki－it’s the beginning of a new life．The colour red is for a new life, so we always give something red for a sixtieth birthday．Mrs．Sato says, “What am I going to give my husband? I can’t say．It’s a surprise!”
Li Xiaomei from Beijing feels very excited and tells us, “Tomorrow is my sixteenth birthday．It’s a special birthday, so we’re going to have a family party．I’m probably going to get some money inluck’ envelopes(信封)from my relatives．My mother is going to cook noodles－noodles are for a long life．”
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People in different countries celebrate their birthdays in the same way．
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Sandy is going out with some friends to celebrate her birthday．
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To celebrate her birthday, Sandy is going to pull on her friends’ ears．
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On Mr．Sato’s birthday, he is going to receive(收到)something red．
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Li Xiaomei is going to cook some noodles on her birthday．
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The Mid-autumn Festival of this year falls on Tuesday, August 28(the 15th day of the eighth lunar(农历)month)．It is one of the three big traditional(传统的)Chinese festivals．The other two are the Spring Festival and the Dragon-Boat Festival(龙舟节)．
In China, there are many beautiful stories about the moon．What is the moon like in the eyes of the Westerners(西方人)? Please read the following：
Have you ever seen the man in the moon? If you look at the moon on some nights, you can see the face of the man in the moon．Some people say that they can see an old man carrying a stick．Others see a girl reading a book．These pictures are made by the mountains and plains(平原)of the moon．
Long ago, people in England used to tell their children that the moon was made of green cheese．Everyone knows that this is not true．The moon is a large round rock(岩石)．There are no trees or plants on the moon．There are no rivers or seas．There are no living things．It never rains on the moon, and everything is covered with dry, white dust(灰尘)．Not even can a sound be heard on it．
When the sun shines on it, the moon is very hot．In the shade(阴影), however, it is as cold as ice．The moon is much smaller than the earth．If you went to the moon, you would weigh(称重)six times less than now．Even a fat man would be able to jump high off the ground．
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The Chinese people like the Mid-autumn Festival．
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There are mountains and plains on the moon．
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Trees are not mentioned(提到)in the passage(短文)．
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If you weigh 120 kilograms on the earth, you will weigh 20 kilograms on the moon．