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On July 12^th,2009,at 5 pm, a lot of fans gathered at People’s Square I Shanhai to complete Michael Jackson’s unfinished dance in one minute.For a total of 60 seconds,they sang and did the moon walk to remember Michael Jackson.

This kind of phenomenon(

现象)is called “flash mob”. “flash mob” is a group of people who gather in a public place to perform a strange activity for a short time.Sometimes, all these people are friends,but usually they are strangers who find each other through the Internet or sending short messages using mobile phones.

It’s interesting how “flash mob” activities are planned.Without technology–the Internet or mobile phones,it would be impossible to organize so many people in such a short time.

“flash mob” is very surprising and strange.One of the popular“flash mob” activities was in Manhattan,New York City.Several hundred people gathered in a department store and each of the them told the salesperson that they would buy the style of carpet(

地毯)，and the salesperson didn’t know what to do.
小题1:What is “flash mob”?
小题2:What did a lot of fans do at People’s Square in Shanghai on July 12th, 2009?
小题3:Do the members of “flash mob” usually know each other very well?
小题4: How are so many people organized in such a short time?
小题5: What does the writer think of “flash mob”?

Coke(可乐)is one of __ drinks in the world. A lot of people enjoy __ it. But now people begin to believe that it’s not a good drink for health. There is lots of _ __ __ in the coke. Having much sugar is __ _ for people. And it also has some caffeine(咖啡因)in it. The caffeine can get people into the habit(习惯)of drinking more coke when they feel __ . If they don’t drink coke they __ bad. And __ __ thing is some people can’t work or study __ drinking several cups of coke every day. More and more people want to cut down the coke they drink and ask _ __ help from the doctors. If you like drinking coke very much, I think you must have the Coke Habit. In fact drinking more fruit and vegetable juice is __ __ for you.

Alicia was a young woman who liked to exercise for her health. In fact, she walked five kilometers before        every morning, and went swimming once a week at the swimming pool. She didn't smoke and never          . She didn't eat chocolate. She didn't eat sweet and fatty food,       . She weighted herself every day.
One day Alicia was on her daily walk when she saw a        sitting in a rocking chair under a tree. He looked very old and his hair was white. He looked thin and weak, and his hands were shaking,       he looked very happy.
He smiled at her and said," Good morning! Lovely day ,isn't it?"
He had a wide smile        his face, and his eyes shone with happiness. But Alicia saw that he did not have teeth.
"Good morning! "replied Alicia. "Yes, it is a lovely day. "
Alicia thought he        very old and wise. She thought he must be at least 90 years old! She decided to ask him about the         of a happy old age.
"I hope you don't         me asking, "she said, "but what is your secret for being so happy at your age? I hope I can look as happy as you do      I am your age. "
The man in the rocking chair said, "My secret for        ? I smoke twenty packets of cigarettes every week, and drink three bottles of wine every day. I eat hamburgers and chocolates whenever I want. I never eat vegetables. I never walk anywhere and I never play sports. I sit at home every day. " "
Alicia was         . She didn't expect the man to give her an answer like that. She wondered how the man got to be so old when he did        wrong. She thought he should be         and unhappy. Perhaps she was wrong. Maybe ,she thought, people could live a long happy life       eating well or doing lots of exercise.
"How old are you ?” she asked.

Last summer, my mother and I went to her hometown, Guilin. The city is very ___ in the world ____ it has beautiful rivers and hills. Many ____from different countries around the world go to _____ it every year. My motherwasborn _____ a small village near the Li River. When she ____a little girl, she studied at the village school ____ only five classes and seven _____. Some children were very ____ and didn’t like to study at school, ____ my mother was well-behaved. The teachers were very strict but very friendly.

Mary did not understand such sentences as “She is in blue today.” “You are yellow.” “ He has a green thumb.（大拇指）” “He has told a white lie.” and so on. . And she went to her teacher for help.
Mary: Mrs Smith, there is a color in each of these sentences. What do they mean?
Mrs Smith: In everyday English, Mary , blue sometimes means sad. Yellow means afraid. A person with a green thumb grows plants well. And a white lie is not a bad one.
Mary: Would you give me an example for a white lie?
Mrs Smith: Certainly. Now I give you some cake. In fact you don’t like it, but you won’t say it. Instead, you say, “No, thanks, I’m hungry.” That’s a white lie.
Mary: Oh, I see. Thank you very much..
小题1:Blue sometimes means sad and is ________ English.”

A．good	B．spoken
C．poor	D．useful

小题2:I don’t have a green thumb , so all my plants _________.

A．die off	B．grow well
C．look nice	D．are good

小题3:Tom is _______ to climb the tree. He’s yellow.

A．happy	B．clever
C．sad	D．afraid

小题4: He didn’t like me to know ________ of the accident . he told me a white lie.

A．the reason	B．the meaning
C．the answer	D．the true story

小题5:He is ________ today . His father is ill.

A．blue	B．yellow
C．green	D．white

When our children were younger, it was popular for city people to buy a small farm in the country and _____ a few animals there.
One of our new neighbors ____ some ducks. They seemed very lovely. However, they were ____ to run around in their yard and the neighbors’ yards -- ____ ours. Our vegetables were their favorite food. Often we would “shoo” the ducks home and wonder ____ there wasn’t a fence to keep them.
One day, I asked her if she ____her ducks were bringing trouble to my garden. She told me that they were her ____ and he was away traveling. My attitude (态度) to her was bad.
We realized that our neighbors were not planning to build a ____, so our son built one. The ducks now stayed in their own yard. I didn’t see my neighbor again ____ months later.
A women’s church group asked me to ___ at their mother and daughter’s party. The topic was “Love”. Much to my ____, the first woman I saw when I walked into the church was my neighbor. I knew I could not speak about love to them when I hadn’t been ____with my neighbor. So I walked ____to her and said sorry for my attitude. She forgave me and then we talked a lot.
Do you have anybody like that in your life? Let me ____ you, if at all possible, to clear the ____between you.

Lots of kids hate school, a new study found. Usually this kind of feeling doesn’t last long. But what happens if you feel this way too much? School is a fact of life and getting a good education can help you build the kind of future life you want. So let’s talk about school and what to do when you don’t like it.
If you don’t like school, the first step is to find out why. You might not like school because you don’ have enough friends, or maybe you don’t get along with your teacher. Sometime it’s a big problem with your classes and school-work. You may be getting farther and farther behind, and it may seem like you’ll never catch up.
When you know why you don’t like school, you can start taking steps to make things better. It’s a good idea to talk to someone about your problems with school. Your mum, dad, teacher or school counselor(顾问) will be able to help you. Another good idea is to write down your feelings about school in a notebook. It’s a great way to let out emotions(情绪). Remember, you don’t have to share what you've written with others.
小题1: What does the underlined word “it” refer to in the first paragraph?

A．A good education.	B．School.
C．Future life.	D．Friendship.

小题2:. If you don’t like school, the first step is to .

A．find out why	B．go to see a doctor
C．ask your parents for help	D．leave school for a short time

小题3:. How many reasons why you don’t like school are given by the writer?

A．Two.	B．Three.
C．Four.	D．Five.

小题4: When you start taking steps to make things better, one of the good ideas is to .

A．keep silent about your problems	B．share what you’ve written with others
C．write down your feelings about school	D．get along well with your classmates