Long time ago, there was a king. He loved animals very much. One day he got 1nice falcons（猎鹰） from his son. He never saw such2falcons before. He loved them so much and he ordered the best falconer（猎鹰者） to 3them to fly.
After several months, the king came to see 4 the training was going on. He found that one falcon was able to fly high in the sky, while the other was5on the branch（树枝） of a tree quietly.
The king called all his falconers together and ordered them to6every way they could to make the other falcon fly. But7of them succeeded（成功）. One day, while the king was taking a walk in the forest, an idea came to his8. Maybe someone who knew the natural environment well could9this problem. Then he invited a 10who lived in the forest into his palace to train it at once.
The next morning, the king saw the other falcon flying in the sky freely. He felt very surprised.
"It is unbelievable!" shouted the king. "How could you11it happen?"
The farmer replied, "It is very12. I just cut off the branch where the falcon rested. It had no place to rest. Then it had to13."
It is always the same to human beings. We all have "two flying wings" in our hearts as well. But it seems that we don't notice them and stay in a place where we just feel14. We won't realize we can fly so high and freely until the branches we are resting on15. Do you think so?
Instruction
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• Shake well before use.
• Take three times daily after meals.
• Dose（每次用量）: 2 spoons for adults and children over 15；
1 spoon for children 8-14；
half a spoon for children 3-7；
Not for children below the age of 3.
• Store（储存） in a cold place.
• Use before November 2022.
Even the smallest creatures（生物）have special ways to protect themselves. Spiders bite. Bees sting. Stink bugs（臭虫）…stink.
Unlike spiders and bees, stink bugs do not hurt other creatures when they protect themselves. When a stink bug is in danger, it gives off a mix of chemicals（化学物质）. It has a very bad odor. When animals like mice or birds smell the odor, they do not want to eat the stink bug. Also, when a stink bug releases its odor, other stink bugs nearby know that there is trouble. They will run away from the danger.
Although stink bugs do not bite or sting, they are still bad to human beings. Because stink bugs eat fruits and vegetables like beans and berries, they can damage a farmer' s crops（庄稼）. When winter comes, stink bugs often move into people' s houses. It is very difficult to get stink bugs out of a house. It can be dangerous to use insect poison（杀虫剂）to kill stink bugs inside your house. Also, if you kill a stink bug in your house, your house will not smell very good.
One way you can try to keep stink bugs out of your house is to use their own defense（防卫） against them. Since the bug's stink is a warning to other stink bugs, you can try squishing（挤压） a lot of stink bugs outside your house. This way, other stink bugs will smell the odor and know that your house is not where they want to be.
Cindy, my dog, was six years old and she was the most home-loving and obedient（温驯）dog. I loved her and she knew it. When my son was born, she was good to him. She could sit beside my baby for hours, putting her front legs up onto the pram（婴儿车）every now and then to make sure he was OK.
My son was almost three years old. One morning, around 4 a. m. , our son tried to go out of our house. Cindy knew that little kids weren't allowed to go through the front door without adults. So Cindy followed Tom, my son.
At 5 a. m. , the police woke（唤醒）us by knocking on the door. Their words were: Your son was nearly killed but your dog saved him. They then told us what happened. A truck driver was driving along in the dark and could see something "light-colored" moving on the road. As he got closer, he could see a dog at the side of the road barking（吠）and barking at the "light colored" something. At the last moment, he found that it was a child. Before the truck could stop, the dog ran out into the road, jumped at the child's back and "threw him away with the mouth, and at the same time, the truck hit the dog and killed her.
That was 39 years ago and I still miss Cindy every day.
①Cindy ran to protect Tom, and the truck hit the dog.
②A driver saw something "light colored" moving on the road.
③Cindy followed Tom and went to the road one morning.
④The police woke Tom's parents by knocking on the door.
⑤The driver called the police.
The following are the news reports today. Let's have a look at what happened.
At present, the police are looking for two children, Mary and Ann, both aged 16. They got lost this evening during a school visit to a theater in London. They went to buy drinks after the second act of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, but did not go back to their seats. The police said the two are good friends.
A truck driver was in hospital tonight after his truck crashed through the wall of a house in a village. It stopped in the living room of John and Amy Basset, destroying（破坏）their sofa and TV. Luckily, the couple were in the kitchen making dinner at that time and didn't get hurt. The police thought the driver fell asleep while driving.
A new report said that English children aren't very good at math. Out of 38 countries in the study, the UK is only in 20th place. But they're better at science, coming 9th out of 38. American children are 19th in math and 18th in science.
Every year millions of people are injured while exercising. Here are four things you can do immediately after an injury.
Rest. Stop using the injured part of your body. Lie down if necessary.
Ice. Put ice in a plastic bag. Place the ice on the injured area. Leave the ice in place for 30 minutes. Take away the ice for 15 minutes. Then put the ice back on for another 30 minutes.
Pressing. Put a piece of clean cloth around the ice and the injured area. You should tie the cloth hard enough to hold the ice, but not too hard.
Lifting. Raise the injured area. If possible, raise the area higher than the level of your heart.
Remember. If you have a serious injury, see a doctor as soon as possible.
In which part of a newspaper can you most probably read this passage?
A. News. B. Health. C. Fashion.
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health, press, hard, busy, compare, good |
Nowadays, many students are on weekends than weekdays, because their parents take them to different kinds of classes. Because of this, most of them are under too much . One of the main reasons why parents do so is that they are always their own children with other children. Doctors say it is normal to want successful children, but it is more important to have children. Therefore, there is no need for them to push their children so .
Dolphins are very social animals, and they are （friend） with humans as well as their own kind. Dolphins are much （clever） than we thought. Scientists have （recent） discovered that the bottle-nosed dolphins can recognize themselves in the mirror.
Presley and Deb are two male dolphins who stay a pool with mirror walls in the Aquarium（水族馆）. Researchers noticed they didn't seem to think that they （look） at another dolphin when they saw themselves in the mirror.
This got the researchers thinking. Perhaps the dolphins recognized（认出） （they） own images. So they decided （find） it out. Using black ink, they made marks on different parts of the dolphins' bodies, changing the place every week. Every time their （body） were marked, the dolphins made more trips to the mirror than usual.
Now doesn't it sound familiar? Imagine the dolphins wondering, "Where did that mark come ?I wonder how long it's going to stay."
The scientists did the same test on other animals. until now, only dolphins and great apes（类人猿） can recognize their images in the mirror, much like you and me!
