watching TV. You can ask one of your parents to play with you . Go o_______(6) together,try some new games, or just read a book out loudly.
S___________(7)your feelings and ask for help. Many kids want their parents to help them when they‘re upset, but your mum or dad might not know that you‘re having a problem. Tell t_______(8)what has happened and you will be glad after you do that.
Do your best at w_________(9)you do. You don‘t have to be perfect,but when you do your best, you make your parents p________(10). It makes them happy to see that you‘re turning into such a great kid. Why ? Because it lets them know they‘re doing a good job.
Passage 16
In recent years,a new kind of English has grown on the Internet. People don‘t like trping too m____________(1). To s________(2)time,they turn phrases into few letters (called acronyms). Acronyms are often used in c_________(3) rooms. Some of them are:
BTW(by the way) Brb (be right back)
LOL(laughing out loud)IMO(in my opinion)
People also use many abbreviations. They are shortened forms of words. Some common abbreviations are:
Puter (computer)pic (picture) sec(second)
We ususlly don‘t s___________(4)people when we talk on the net,so people have new ways to show f_________(5). Most people use their keyboards to draw ―feelings‖, s_______(6)as:
: - ) (happy) : - ) (joking) : - ( (sad) : -O (surprised) These days,many forums(论坛) have picture feelings. For e______(7) ?(happy) ?(sad) ?(angry) ??(cool)
It takes time for people to get u________-(8) to e-talk. Also , different groups on the net have their own s_______(9)ways of communicating. A__________(10) the Internet grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change.
Passage17
Learning Mandarin Is Important
Mandain (普通话)is b________(1)more and more popular around the world. More and more s________(2) in other countries are learning it . S_________(3)are even coming to China to learn it. W_______(4) is the best place to learn the language? The answer is BeiJing.
There are many cities in China,such as Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanjing, etc. But Beijing is the best place to learn Mandarin,why? Because Beijing is the capital of China, and it‘s also the centre of politics,c_______(5),history and business. Mandarin is based on the dialects that the people s________(6)in Beijing.
Mang people in o_____(7) cities often speak their own dialects. They are not e______(8)to understand. The dialects are much different from Mandarin.
Why is it important to learn to speak Mandarin? Because it is the n_________(9)language. Most Chinese people understand Mandarin. It is very useful for talking with other people ,d_____(10)business or working in China.
Passage 18
Laughter Is the Best Medicine
Some people say laughter is the best medicine. Scientists are b________(1) to agree with this. They are studying l________(2)seriously. They find it really good for us.
What h________(3)when we laugh? We use fifteen different muscles in our face, and laughing is good for every organ in our body.For example, when we laugh,our h_______(4)beat gets slower and our brain makes a natural painkiller(止痛药). When we lauge, we also breathe quickly and e_______(5) the face, shoulders and chest. Our blood pressure goes d________(6) , and our circulation(循环)gets better.
Every minute we l_______(7)is the same as forty-five minutes of relaxation. Many doctors around the world believe that laughter helps us get b______(8)when we are sick.
Of course, there are many kinds of laughter. We may change the way we laugh in different s_______(9). But we all have a laugh that is special to us. H ____(10)do you usually laugh?
Passage 19
Tony:Mmm… That smells d_______(1)! What are you making? Betty :Hi,guys! I‘ve made a pizza. Have some! Tony:Ok. Yes, it‘s great.
Betty :What‘s the m________(2),Daming?
Daming:It tastes too strong. I‘m afraid I don‘t like cheese. It d________(3)smell fresh. No ,thanks. Lingling :Well, I‘ve made some chocolate cookies. H ______(4)a try! They taste really sweet. Daming:That‘s much better.
Betty :You‘re w_______(5)a lovely sweater,Linging. Lingling :Yes,it feels very s________(6)and comfortable.
Tony:You both look very smart. And so much food! Are we having a party?
Lingling :We‘re going to the a_______(7) to meet my friend Sally from London. Daming:What‘s she l_______(8)?
Lingling :I haven‘t met her, but she sounds really nice. Betty : And she looks very pretty in her photo.
Tony:let‘s have a look. Hm,yes, I see what you mean!
Lingling :And then we‘re coming back here to have something to eat. Tony:You must introduce m_______(9) to her.
Betty :S___________(10)we will . we‘ll be back soon. Lingling : See you later.
Passage 20
A Girl in Nepal
The picture shows eighteen-year –old Katy Ross in Nepal, a small country north of India. Katy l______(1) school eight months ago and soon she will go to university. She loves travelling and decided to visit Asia b________(2)she goes to university.
Katy is living with a f________(3) in the capital of Nepal. She has learnt a lot a_________(4) the country since she arrived four months ago. The family h_______(5)two children but many uncles and cousins live with them in their big house. They have taken Katy to many parties.
Katy teaches for four hours a day at a small school. All the classes are in English, and the p_______(6)have spoken English since the age of six. The older children English very w_______(7). Katy has taught writing,grammar, and art,all in English. She enjoys art
m_________(8)and she thinks the children like these lessons best,too!
Katy has not had a lot of time to see Nepal,but soon, she will stop teaching and travel around Nepal with a friend. ―After t_________(9),‖ Katy says, ―we‘ll visit more countries in Asia. We‘re not sure which ones y________(10).‖
Passage21
A Day in the Life of a Radio Reporter
My alarm rings at six o‘clock and as soon as I hear it, I get up. I‘m always ready to start the day b________(1)I love my job. I work in a radia station. Although l_____(2)hear the show in the evening, we start work in the morning. There‘s a lot to do before we go on a_____(3). First , we need to know what topics are in the news so we read all the n_______(4). While we‘re r________(5)the papers, we eat breakfast and talk about the news. Then , when we‘ve d________(6)on topics, we start writing. There are a lot of people in the team,but we usually agree o_______(7)the topics. We c_______(8) working on our articles until lunchtime. After lunch, we read all the aretcles so that we all know what will be in the show. Finally,we‘re r_______(9)to go on air. In the evening,I‘m so tired that I often fall a_______(10)on the train.
Passage 22
Music in Class
I am a music lover. Now ,as a t_________(1), I bring English songs into the classroom. I have used music in the classroom and it‘s a s________(2)way. I often do as the following:
Play English songs a_______(3)background music. Then the students can enjoy the class and feel c_________(4). They ?re not afraid of t________(5)to speak English.
Choose a theme song(主题曲)for your school. The important thing is that the song is your school theme song,and w________(6)students herr it, they will think of you, your class, and your school. It can be played at the b________(7) and at the end of classes.
Learning the words of songs is f_______(8)for most students. The music is played from the CD. When the teacher plays the song,the students are usually singing a_____(9)and writing the words quickly and easily. So when the teacher dictates(听写)the words of popular songs,it b_______(10)easy and funny.
Passage 23
Tan Mei is a 13-year-old girl in Weiyu English Middle School.But she has b_______(1) ―a teacher‖for about one year. Millie is an American girl w_______(2)is one of her classmates. Millie loves dancing very much,and so does Tan Mei. When they p_____(3)Four Little Swans<四个小天鹅》together after class, Tan Mei and Millie become good friends.
Tan Mei and Millie now live in the same buliding. They walk to school every m______(4) and have lunch at school. Millie knows f______(5)Chinese words. Then they work and play together. Tan Mei t _______(6)her to read and write. A____(7)a few months, Millie makes great progress(进步) in Chinese words since she came to China. And she can read bedtime stories easily.
As a ―literacy volunteer‖(扫盲志愿者)，Tan Mei has k___(9)her American friend better now. And she has learned a lot about teaching and helping o_____(10).
Passage 24
One day the teacher,Miss Stevens, asked, ―Does your father use arithmetic in his w______(1)? Does your mother use arithmetic?‖
M______(2) of the class did not know. The boys and girls had never thouht much about arithmetic used o________(3) of school.
―Each of you asks your parents,‖ Miss Stevens c____(4). ―I want you to bring to class some actual problems. I do not want any make-believe ones. We want problems that people we know really work with in e______(5)life.‖
The children t______(6)that would be fun, and they worked hard. They brought many problems to school. Daily,Miss Stevens put some on the blackboard. The boys and girls felt very grown-up, working to s_____(7)adult problems.
Sue‘s father,for example,was an e___(8)on a fast train,and he needed to be able to read his watch accurately to the s______(9). The children r______(10) that every parent used some kind of arithmetic.
Passage 25
When You Stressed Out
When you feel worried or stressed out about something, it affects your body in a n_______(1)of ways. Your heart beats faster. You feel sick. You may have problems s_________(2),too. For example,you can‘t get to sleep or you still feel t_____(3)when you get up. Everything seems to go wrong at o______(4). You can‘t remember what the teacher says in class. You o________(5)argue with your parents or your classmates.
If you are g______(6)stressed out,maybe it‘s time to change your life a bit by doing something different. It‘s important for you to learn to r_________(7). You can play some quite,restful(安静)music. Reading a book is a good way to relax, t_______(8). You should stop doing the thing that you are not enjoying, then take up a new activity or try a new h_____(9) or interest. You should also s_______(10)some goals(目标)，for example, taking enouth exercise,keeping up with schoolwork and making some new friends.
Passage 26
Do you want to be a TV news reporter? People often ask me why I love my job. Well , it‘s very e_______(1). I‘m the first to know about important news stories. I t______(2)around the world and I talk to people. I find o_______(3) what is happening in different places. I talk to some important and famous people. I‘ve t______(4) to people in the government,as well as famous sportsmen and sportswomen and film stars. I ask people to tell me about their l_____(5). I want to know how they feel.
A lot of people want to work in TV news,so you have to be energetic and c_______(6). You have to show that you can do it. You must learn how to use a video c_______(7),to write reports,and to speak to the camera. What‘s the best way to learn? Your school or college TV station is a good place to start,but you have to get a job!
Most people start with an u_______(8)job,so they can learn. The best place to learn is at a small station. There aren‘t many people,and as a result, you get better e_______(9). I had an unpaid job at a small station, and one night,when e_____(10)else was ill, I read the news on air. I did well,and as a result, I got my first paid job!
Passage 27
The Starfish
There is an animal. It is almost a_____(1)mouths and arms. Its arms are covered with feet, and it has no h________(2). People call the sea animal a s______(3). Another name for starfish is sea star.
The arms of a starfish l______(4)like a star. Starfish get its name from this. Most starfish have five arms and look like the five-pointed stars on the Chinese flag. Other starfish have six, seven,or more arms. Some only have four arms. There are about 1,500 d______(5)kinds of starfish.
Starfish just feel things. Although starfish do not have a head, they have nerves(神经)in their arms. The nerves let them t_______(6),smell and taste things.
Starfish like eating small animals with s______(7)in the sea. They do not have teeth. When the starfish catch their food, they will o_______(8)the animal‘s shell with their arms and feet. Then they bring their stomachs out and push the stomachs i_____(9)the animal‘s shell. The stomachs then go around the soft body of the animal. After eating the soft body with the stomachs, the starfish pull their stomachs back into their o_______(10)bodies.
Passage 28
Exercise Is Cool
Kids exercise all the time without knowing it. They are exercising when they are a________(1). And maybe they don‘t know that they are exercising,but they are b_______(2)strong bodies. Try to be active every day and your bady will t________(3) you later! Exercise makes your heart happy.
You may know that your heart is a muscle. It works hard,pumping b________(4)every day of your life. You can help this important muscle get stronger by doing e_____(5). Do you want to do some exercise right now? Try swimming, p_______(6)basketball,skating, playing soccer or biking.
Exercise makes you flexible(灵活的).
Most kids are pretty flexible. That is , they can bend(弯腰) and stretch t______(7)bodies without much trouble.
Exercise makes you f_____(8)good.
It feels good to have a stong and flexible body that can do all the a______(9) you enjoy,like running,jumping,and playing with your friends. It‘s a_______(10)fun to be good at something,like playing basketball ,or diving into the water.
Passage 29
A Trip to the Sea
It was seven o‘clock in the morning on August 29th. The kelly f_______(1)were going to Brighton, a town by the sea.
―Can we have breakfast before we leave?‖ a_________(2)Gina Kelly.
―No,‖said her mother. ―We must leave now,or the traffic will be terrible. We‘ll have breakfast when we get to the s______(3).‖
Gina ran downstaris. ―I‘m ready,‖she said.
The family climbed into the car,and Dad started driving. In the f____(4)of the car was Mike. He was eleven. He didn‘t talk b_______(5)just listened to music. In the back of the car was Gina, her mother, and Ellen. Gina was nine and Ellen was three.