摘要： hear A. 听见 I heard someone laughing. B. 听说.闻知 I heard he was ill. I have heard that your country is beautiful. C. hear from sb. 收到某人的信件 How often do you hear from your sister? hear of sb / sth. I’ve heard of her / the place.
Xiao Qiang,a 12-year-old Chinese boy,has too many activities．His father 1 him away from school four afternoons a week and drives him across the town to practice．“I do most of my 2 in the car when we are 3 to practice,and I have to do the rest when I get home．I am too tired．I just want to sleep,”he said．
“More and more kids become unhappy 4 they have too many activities to do,”said Mr Wang,an expert(专家)of child development．“41％ of the children aged 9～13 said they felt 5 most of the time,and more than 75％ of them said that they wished they had more 6 to play．”
“Over-scheduling(过量的课程安排)is a growing problem for Chinese families,”said Mr Wang．It is not good for both kids and their parents．More families eat dinner 7 or often eat fast food 8 their way to football practice or music lessons．We all know it is important for kids to learn how to relax．If they don't learn that now,it will be more difficult to learn when they get 9 ．Kids need time to relax．Parents should 10 about what is right for kids．
It is John's birthday today．He is five years old．He gets many birthday presents from his family and one of them is a nice big drum(鼓)．
“Who gives him that drum?” his father asks．
“His grandfather(爷爷), ”answers John's mother．
John likes his drum very much．He makes a terrible noise (烦人的噪音) with it, but his mother doesn't say anything about it．His father is not at home．He is working in a school．So he doesn't hear (听到) the noise．
But one of the neighbours(邻居)doesn't like the noise．So one morning she takes a knife and goes into John's room．John is making noise with the drum．She says to him, “Hello John．Do you know there is something very nice in your drum? Here's a knife．Let's open the drum and find it．”
根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。
1．John gets many presents on his birthday．( )
2．His father gives him the drum．( )
3．His father is a teacher in a school．( )
4．His father hears the noise．( )
5．The neighbour tells(告诉)John to open the drum with a knife．( )
When you hear the word “scitentist”, what do you think of? Many people think scientist are people in clean white coats who work in labs．And some scientists do work in labs．But there are 1 scientist who work in woods and jungles．These scientists are called “animal behavior(行为)scientists”, and they study animals as they live in nature．
Why don’t these scientists catch animals and study them in zoos? The 2 is in the word “behavior”．Animals behavior scientists want to learn 3 animal behave in their wild homes．When animals live in cages(笼子)or in zoos, they do not act the same as they do when they are 4 ．They may fight 5 each other, or they may not eat, or they may not raise(抚养)their babies as they usually would．To see real animal behavior, scitentists must go where the animals 6 ．
So animal behavior scientists go into the jungles, the woods or the desert．There, their most important 7 are their eyes and ears．They watch and listen to the animals very 8 ．They write down everything that happened in notebook． 9 they live near the animals, the scientists are careful not to frighten them．If the scientists are luncky, the animals will １０ no attention to them．Then the scientists can see how the animals really live．
The behavior scientists hope what they’ve learned about animal behavoir can provide clues(提供线索)to help people learn to live together more happily．
It's Sunday today．It's 8∶00 in the evening here．I'm writing to tell you something about my family．My father is watching CCTV news．That's his favorite show．My mother is listening to the music．She likes music very much．My friend Dick is taking the hat to me．He wants me to put it on and go out for a walk with him．What a clever dog!My little brother is playing toys and he is happy．I can hear the noise of buses and cars from the window．There are many boys playing soccer．
What are your family doing?I know that time there is early．What time is it in New York?Are you getting up?Please write to me soon．Best wishes．