When I was about 12 years old, I really wanted a new bike! I 1 my parents my birthday wish, but I knew there was little hope because my family could 2 have that money.
On my birthday my parents told me they had my 3 outside in the back yard. At once I 4 out to the yard. There was my bike, 5 it wasn't the bike that I thought it would be. This one was pink, old and worn with age. It was so 6 ! I thought I 7 my parents' feelings because I could see the disappointment 8 their faces and I was sure they could see it on mine. I 9 the old bike and rode it, feeling 10 that I had made my parents feel this way. So I put on a smile, rode as fast as I could and didn't 11 .
As time went by, I began to understand my parents gave me 12 much more than just a rusty（生锈的）old bike. They gave me a life lesson about 13. When you give something out of love, it doesn't matter what it is in fact. What matters is the love that is in it. I like to remember this 14 because giving a gift is not about money. It's about how much love you can feel from it. Do remember, a gift that 15two dollars isn't any less valuable（有价值的） than one that costs one hundred dollars, or even more.
Four New Cool Inventions
Mip
Mip, a playful robot, was developed by a Canadian toy maker named Wowwee. It stands 19 cm tall. You can control it simply with your gestures(手势) or a smart phone. Mip can run, balance and dance on two wheels. It can also bring you a bottle of water.
Android Wear
Google is developing a smart watch called Android Wear. The watch uses a touch screen and voice control. Simply say "OK, Google" to ask what ever you want to know. For example, say "OK, Google. Where's the nearest toy store?" Your answer will tell you the answer on Google Maps.
Le Pen
Do you like listening to music while doing homework? If you do, you will like Le Pen. With a music player planted inside, Le Pen plays music while you write on paper. The music stops when you stop writing. So if you want to enjoy more of your favorite songs, keep on writing.
One wheel
In the near future you may find a new way to escape traffic: a self-balancing skateboard called One wheel. It can go as fast as 19km an hour. On a single charge(充电), it can take you as far as 7-10km.
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Hold Your Head Up High
Hold your head up high I was 15 months old, a happy and carefree kid, until the day I fell. It was a bad fall. I landed on a piece of glass that cut my eye badly. from then on, my injured, sightless, cloudy gray eye lived on with me.
Sometimes people asked me embarrassing（使人难堪的） questions. Whenever kids played games, I was the "monster". I was always imagining that everyone looked down on（瞧不起） me. Yet mum would say to me, "Hold your head up high and face the world." I began to depend on that saying.
As a child, I thought mum meant, "Be careful, or you will fall down or bump into something because you are not looking." As a teenager, I usually looked down to hide my shame. But I found that when I held my head up high, People liked me.
In high school I even became the class president, but on the inside I still felt like a monster. All I really wanted was to look like everyone else. When things got really bad, I would cry to my mum and she would look at me with loving eyes and say, "Hold your head up high and face the world. Let them see the beauty that is inside instead of your appearance（外貌）." My mum's love was the sunshine that made me bright. I had faced hard times, and learned not only to be confident（自信的） but also to have deep compassion（同情） for others. "Hold your head up high" has been heard many times in my home. I say it to my children. The gift my mum gave me will live on.
E-waste is fast becoming a serious problem around the world. This report will examine this problem and provide some possible ways to solve it.
We live in a society that is producing and using electronics(电子产品) all the time. It is often cheaper to buy new products than to repair old ones. Also, through clever advertising, companies always encourage people to change their old TVs, mobile phones and computers for the latest models. E-waste is created when we throw away old ones. In the EU alone, about 8,700,000 tons of e-waste is produced each year. Sadly, just over 1,000,000 tons is recycled.
Burying(填埋) e-waste or burning it cause serious problems for the environment. Electronics have dangerous things in them. These things can then get into the ground or pollute the air when they are burnt.
In recent years, ▲ . However, their plans are not always managed properly. Sometimes electronics are just sent to poor countries such as Ghana. Here they are often burnt in public areas, which is very bad for people's health. Setting up recycling centers is a good way to solve this problem. E-cycling centers could recycle the parts that can be reused and deal with the rest properly.
Another way is to make producers responsible(负责任) for their used products. This means that producers must take back old products which are no longer wanted. They should then make sure they are properly recycled or reused.
As for us, we should try to cut down on e-waste. Change electronics only when we have to. And don't buy a product just to have the latest model.
E-waste is a serious problem in the modern world. Both producers and users must take actions and try to keep it to the smallest amount.
阅读下面材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A new study finds that plants communicate with one another to warn of danger.
We often consider plants as the furniture of the natural world. They don't move; they don't make sounds, they don't seem to act on anything. But as is often the case, plants talk to each other all the time. And the language is chemical.
Over the years, scientists have reported that different types of plants, from trees to tomatoes, give out chemicals into the air to help neighboring plants. These chemical warnings can spread information about one plant's disease or infestation(虫害), so other plants can protect themselves. But how plants receive and act on many of the information exactly is still mysterious.
In this week's Science Magazine, researchers in Japan offered some explanations. They have found out one chemical message and traced it all the way from beginning to end.
The scientists looked at tomato plants infested by a common pest(害虫). To start out, they grew plants in two separate plastic spaces connected by a tube(管子). One plant was infested and placed upwind and the other was uninfested and placed downwind. The downwind plants were later exposed(暴露) to the pest. The results showed that plants near sick neighbors before were able to protect themselves better against the pest.
They found one chemical appeared more often in the exposed plants. The chemical is called HexVic. The scientists discovered where HexVic come from, and put it over healthy plants. Those plants were then able to produce HexVic. Researchers made sure that uninfested plants could fight off bugs and diseases. How do they know when to protect themselves? They are warned first by their friendly plant neighbors.
It is not a simple story, and it may be happening in more plant species than tomatoes. It may also be happening with more chemical signals that are still unknown to us. In a word, we know that plants not only communicate, but also look out for one another.
①Place the infested plant upwind.
②Place the uninfested plant downwind.
③Expose the downwind plants to the pest.
④Grow plants in two separate plastic spaces connected by a tube.
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Basketball is still a young game. It's over a hundred years . In the winter of 1891, a certain college was having some trouble with its boy students. The weather was so bad the students had to stay inside. As they couldn't play outside, they were (happy), and some even got into fights from time to time.
At the college, a teacher (call) James Naismith was asked to invent a game so that the students might have something to play with in cold winters. was not easy to invent such a game because it had to be played inside, and the court (球场) was not very large.
Dr. Naismith thought for a few days and invented kind of ball game. It was a fast, wonderful game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played two teams. To make a score, the ball had to (throw) into the basket ten feet above the floor on the wall.
At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first, Dr. Naismith wanted to throw the ball into a box. As he could not find (box) of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets instead. That is the game got its name. And now it has become one of the most popular sports in the world.
Keep in Touch
You can keep in touch with your friends in many ways. You can call them. You can send letters or e-mails to them. You can even use a website like Facebook to keep in touch with them.
Touch Luck
"Touch Lusk" is used when you feel sympathy (同情) about something bad that has happened to someone. But it is also used when you don't have any sympathy for someone's problems.
Touch Screen
You can find touch screens everywhere now. They are fun and easy to use! You touch the screen to choose what you want. Many mobile phones and music players have touch screens. Many ATMs have them, too. You can also use them to buy tickets.
Touchdown
When you watch an American football game, you will hear the word "touchdown". A touchdown happens when a player carries the ball across the other team's goal (球门) line. When a player makes a touchdown, he scores (得分) six points for his team!
The Midas Touch
Midas was a king in an old Greek story. He loved money very much! He wished that everything he touched would turn to gold. His wish came true. Everything he touched-His furniture, his food, and even his daughter-turned to gold.
A. keep in touch B. touch luck C. touch screen D. touchdown E. the Madis touch |
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Dear Mr. Ye,
How time flies! I'll graduate from the junior school soon,……
Yours,
Liming
