Oh, she ____ in the kitchen.
— I agree. ____. There's no short cut.
— At nine o'clock tomorrow morning.
—Yes. Why not play ____ guitar in the garden?
Alex was a giraffe who lived in a zoo with his mum, dad and other giraffe friends. As Alex grew, he 1 his neck was much shorter than the others'. He began to get 2 . But his mother told him that he was special. She said it did not matter how short or long his neck was.
Alex tried not to think about his short 3 . But as his friends grew taller and taller, his neck 4 short.
Sometimes the other giraffes 5 him, but his parents told him not to worry. They said that he should be happy with himself the way he was. He tried, but he could not even play in some giraffe sports. He was just too 6 .
One day, one of the zoo workers came and took Alex away. Alex was scared. Would he have to leave the zoo just 7 he didn't have a long neck? The zoo worker calmed (使平静)Alex down and gave him some food. He felt 8 . Then he led Alex into another area of the zoo.
Soon mum and dad came to see Alex. "I told you that you were special," his mother said. "The zoo has made a place just for 9 because so many people want to see how special you are!" She was right. Visitors pointed to him and screamed(尖叫) 10 . They looked happy to see something so special at the zoo.
It's four o'clock in the afternoon. Some students (talk) about the future. Here is one of their predictions.
I believe we will be able to live in the space. There (be) many big clean hotels in the space. We can fly our rockets to the space hotel there. And also we (play) sports and enjoy all kinds of interesting food in the sky. — John Lisa Hawkins loves riding her BMX bike（极限单车） and her dream is to go to the Olympics. Lisa first got interested in BMX racing at the age often. Once she hired(租) a bike for a pound and immediately (fall) in love with the sport. "It was the best pound I ever spent," she says. Lisa is only 16 but she (already have) lots of success, and got first prize in a world BMX competition last year. BMX racing is quite a dangerous sport. But this didn't keep her from (want) to do more competition. Lisa exercises every day. Like many sportspeople, she (believe) in luck as well as hard work.
It is two in the morning. The wind is getting stronger and there is a chance that it will rain. Though the weather is bad, Al Gehrke sits 110 floors above the ground, 442 meters above the earth. You may be wondering what he is doing so far off the ground. If you asked him, he would say, "I am just doing my job!"
Al Gehrke has a very special job that not many people would want to have. He manages one of the tallest buildings in the world — the Wills Tower in Chicago. His team washes and changes the windows. The Wills Tower has 16, 000 windows and each window weighs over 90 kilos. Gehrke and his teamwork from seven in the evening until four in the morning. They clean 18 windows each night. Each window takes almost 30 minutes. Al Gehrke is not afraid of high places and he is a good man for the job.
Mary Ann also has an unusual job. Instead of hanging high above the earth washing windows, she works under the water. She trains dolphins for shows and also helps people to swim with the dolphins. She loves the dolphins. "We never tell a dolphin what to do. We ask them respectfully. They decide to do that for us because of the relationship we have," she said.
Besides washing windows high above the earth or swimming with big fish under the water, there are other unusual jobs that you have probably never thought of people having. Here is another strange example: karaoke singers! A karaoke singer is someone who sings the songs of famous singers. The singer is able to follow the words of the songs because they appear on a computer in front of them. In Cyprus, karaoke singers are very popular. They sing to the people on holiday.
As the visitors travel around the island they can listen to the music of the karaoke singers.
It all started a year before when my daughter Suzanne and I were shopping in Sydney. In the window of a sports shop I noticed a photo of a group of young people climbing the rock along a canyon(峡谷). "That's what I'm going to do next year," I said. Suzanne laughed. "Sure, Mom! Don't forget you're 65 years old. "
I didn't feel l was that age! I joined a club and trained weekly. Each day I felt my physical energy increase and, along with it, my confidence. Then Suzanne pointed out, "It's good, but how can you clear away the fear of height?" "I've got it worked out, " I replied bravely. "We're going to the indoor climbing center. "
While I was going up the high wall, I was afraid to look down as if a terrible animal was after me. Some time later, as I reached the ground, I sat down heavily on the floor. Later that night, as I lay in bed, I encouraged myself, "You've climbed the wall! You'll certainly make it! "
We set off with our packages to the Grand Canyon. When we reached it, I found the canyon was a huge black hole—far deeper than I had imagined. As the guide clipped(夹住) me onto the rope. Time lost all meaning as I pushed my body forward. Only the strong rope kept me from losing hope. I began to think it would never end when everyone had stopped. "This is as far as we go, and we can climb out after a few steps, " the guide said finally. Two and a half hours later, we returned to the car park at last. I began to shake, one hard step after another.
Getting onto the bus, I fell into the seat I had left so confidently a lifetime before. Then, while I was in the seat catching my breath, a feeling of happiness spread through me. I had done it, at the age of 66.
a. I went back to the car park.
b. I found the canyon was more terrible than I had thought.
c. I got the idea of rock climbing.
d. I felt happy and proud of myself.
e. I trained weekly in a club.
I live in a small town near Xing'an in Guilin. You can't see it on the map of China, because it is too small. The air here is fresh(清新的). There are not many tall buildings in our town. The tallest building is in our school. There are four hundred students and twenty-five teachers in our school. In the front of the school, there is a playground. I often play basketball with my classmates on it. There is a little garden behind our school. And we can grow(种植) beautiful flowers and plant trees there. Next to the garden, there is an orange orchard(果园). You can hear birds singing everywhere.
There is a river not far from our school. In summer, we usually go swimming with our teachers in it. We study Chinese, English, Maths and other subjects at school. The teachers are very nice. We love our school.
Here are two pieces of news from a newspaper.
HongKong's first sightseeing restaurant bus went into service, offering tourists and locals a fresh experience of sightseeing and dinning. People now don't need to plan where to go or worry about where to eat. The sightseeing restaurant bushas two floors with 47 seats. It tours around the city while serving food prepared by the famous Michelin restaurant there. Its service includes day and night tours, with day tour covering over 20 sights from Kowloon to Hong Kong Island or to the New Territories. The two-and-a-half-hour day tour costs each passenger 380 HK dollars（$48.9）.
Night tours are only for booking out the whole bus and guests can choose the route（路线） for themselves.
With no smile and only terrible teeth, two robot-like dinosaurs（恐龙） standing at the desk are always ready to help customers check in. They are professional workers for Henn-na Hotel in China, Japan, the second robot-staffed hotel. Robots in this hotel can greet guests in English, Chinese and Japanese languages and every room has a doorkeeper robot called "Tapia", who can talk to customers or can offer such services as turning on or off TV or providing weather news. The hotel opens on Wednesday and the price of the room starts from 170 dollars a night.
Dangerous situations called for help on Tuesday when rainstorms hit Phoenix, Arizona. The storm brought several inches(英寸) of rain in a short time. The National Weather Service reported the rainfall was more than the area had all last summer.
Rain season in Arizona runs from June to September, bringing with it terrible storms with heavy rain and heavy winds. Because the desert around Phoenix experiences little rain most of the year, the water had nowhere to go when heavy rain started hitting the area on Tuesday.
Up to 8 inches of rain fell by midday in some of the mountain areas along the main north-south freeway in Arizona. The town of New River which is outside of Phoenix, gothit with nearly 5 inches of rain from the storm. Places were flooding fast, and people tried to avoid the dangers that followed.
"We had many calls about the flooding of roads, buildings and homes, asking for help. We've got our men jumping from one car to the next. We worked all day and night without a break," Phoenix Fire Captain(队长), Benjamin Santillan said.
A helicopter(直升机) group saved two women and three dogs from a home outside of Phoenix that had been surrounde(包围) by moving water. Some drivers in cars were pulled out and saved by firefighters. People in schools and parks were sent to safe places.
It is reported by Chinese Xinhua News that students waste more food than the national average. So the campaign on school food waste is getting popular across the country. The move is part of a national campaign started by students at different schools.
At East China University of Science, students who finish their food in the school dining hall get a special card when they return their plates after meals. Students can collect cards and exchange them for small gifts, such as books, schoolbags, magazines and umbrellas. "It's been such a surprise," said Liang Zhaoyun, 19, a student in Shanghai. "It has given us one more motivation to eat up our food."
"The purpose of the campaign is not only to encourage students to finish their food. We hope it can also teach students to choose a more environment-friendly and healthy lifestyle," said Tao Siliang from University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Other schools also pay attention to the quantity of food. At Nanjing No.9 Middle School, rice is divided into three different-sized bowls that students can choose from according to their own need. "It's great because I can try different dishes at half price and don't waste so much food," said Fan Peng, 15, a student from this middle school.
What if you really can't finish all your food? At Changchun Normal College, they provide a take-away service. "If you can't finish all your food, you can get a box to take the left food home. Even if you feed the cat, it's not wasted," said Zhou Zeyong, a student who learns Chinese education.
"I'm happy that we've cut down waste since joining the school ‘eat-up' meeting. But some food is poorly cooked, meaning that students are not willing to finish it all. Some schools have taken note of this. So if we hope students try to waste less food, we should also improve the service and keep an eye on the meal quality on weekdays at school. If not, you can't complain students for throwing away much food," said Wang Guangji, the head-teacher of Beijing No. 29 Middle School.
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