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Dear Sir, I am writing to complain (抱怨) about the terrible environment in our neighborhood. However, I could see, from the front of my house, that it was Greenford Park in the past. This place used to be beautiful and clean. But it is now being ruined (破坏). Are we, as local people, expected to keep our feelings inside? For the last month, I have noted the following actions that bring problems: ※The dropping of litter (废弃物)，fast-food bags, etc.; ※The pouring of dirty water everywhere we walk; ※The ruined trees and wild plants when cars cross the area or park on it; ※The careless actions of dog owners who allow their pets to make the area dirty without clearing up the mess, which is bad for our health. ※Another problem is that there is noise from "music-making" devices (设备) in fine weather. As a result, we can't see any rabbits or other animals anymore. As people today pay more attention to "green", I expect that our government might take the chance to create an area that would better protect (保护) the wildlife. Yours faithfully, Mr. Wild |
Jane was always getting shouted at for not being ready for class. It happened so often that she could see her teacher's mouth open to shout at her as soon as she walked through the door. Her teacher became really angry instead of usual kindness. She didn't really blame (贵怪) her teacher that much, though. She knew she hated repeating (重复) herself, so why wouldn't her teacher?
Just once, she wanted to give her teacher a good impression (印象). She got her things out the night before, and then organized them carefully. She made sure her test paper was signed (签字) by her parents. She sharpened three pencils. She made sure she finished all the homework. Things looked good.
After a late night preparing, she fell asleep, but woke up late. Between breakfast, putting shoes on, and taking out the trash, she didn't take her backpack. In the rush for the bus in the morning, she forgot her backpack!
Jane felt sick. She was afraid to get to school. How could she be so irresponsible (不负责任)？When she was about to go into class, she heard her name being called over the school radio. She had to go to the office. Had her teacher already told the headmaster? Had they said that she had left her backpack at home? With heavy feet, she went into the office, only to find her mother waiting for her.
"You forgot your backpack. I know you tried hard to get ready, so I wanted to make sure you had your things." Her mother smiled.
Jane laughed and rushed off to class after hugging her mother. That day, the teacher didn't shout at her. Instead, when he got ready to shout, he closed his mouth and smiled. He was happy to see she was ready, and Jane was happy to do the right thing.
a. Jane woke up late the next morning.
b. Jane's teacher got angry with her.
c. Jane walked into class happily.
d. Jane's mom arrived at school.
Do you want to buy a new pair of sunglasses? The latest CD? Or something you're your dinner this evening? Nowadays, you can shop by telephone, by post or through your home computer. But for many people, the most exciting way to shop is also the most traditional-at a street market. You can find markets anywhere in the world. People in different places have their own favorites. Here are some of them:
Every weekend, thousands of young people from all over London travel to Camden Market in an attractive area in the north of the city—it's the place to go for street fashion, jewellery, CDs and tapes.. but many people just go for the lively atmosphere (氛围)！
There are many "floating markets" in Asia. Perhaps the most famous is in Thailand, at a place called Damnoen Saduak, 100 km from the capital city, Bangkok. From six in the morning to midday, people sell fresh fruit and vegetables from their boats every day.
Many Belgians (比利时人) say that the Grand Place in the center of the capital city, Brussels, is the most beautiful square in the world. It is the home of a colorful flower market- open every day except Monday. On Monday, instead of flowers, there's a wonderful bird market!
The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey, is more than 500 years old and it has more than 4,000 shops under one roof (屋檐)！You can buy almost anything. It's open all day every day!
And one of the world's most unusual markets is in Mexico City, at the Sonora Market. As well as toys and birds, you can buy natural medicines which (they say) can help with any health problem!
Recently, the results of the 20th Guangdong Children's Invention Awards (发明奖) came out. Zhang Xirui, 13, from Shenzhen won the first prize.
The robot is called "Smart Homework Collection (收集) Robot". It's a kind of robot working at school. It can "walk" in the classroom and help collect homework. It can also sort the notebooks by subject and send them to different teachers' offices.
At school, students pass their homework through different hands, from the back to the front of each group, and finally to the teacher. It might sometimes go wrong and take a lot of time. To help with this problem, Zhang made the robot.
The robot uses RFID (射频识别) to read information without touching the notebooks. This way, it can help find and know what it is looking for. Students only need to place their notebooks on the robot. The machine "sees" the notebook and takes it out of the name list. Teachers can use their phones to know if someone didn't hand in homework.
The robot is Zhang's second model. He's planning to make a third one. He hopes to find better ways to "read" students' notebooks from far away. That means if you put special information on your notebook, the robot can read it from a lot of notebooks at once.
Zhang is excited about winning the prize. He is very thankful to his teachers, and likes to put what he learns at school into use. He has also tried making model planes and other creative things. "Solving problems makes me happy," he said.
A. Who made the robot? B. How does the robot work? C. Why did he make the robot? D. What does he plan to do next? E. What kind of robot did he make? F. How does he feel about the prize? |
The game was over. The Bears shouted and jumped. They had just 1 the most important game of the year. All the players were 2 but not Molly, the captain (队长).
Today's win meant they now could play in a bigger competition in San Diego. But the Bears don't have enough 3 for the trip to San Diego.
They decided to go to sports stores around town and ask if anyone would 4 them. Molly went to Soccer Locker.
"I'd love to help, but we don't have enough money. I'm 5 ," said the owner.
The other Bears had the same bad news. 6 had the money to help them!
"What if we call the newspaper?" Molly asked her father.
"7 ," said her dad. The next day, Molly and her dad met Tina, the sports 8 . Tina agreed to write a story about the Bears and it came out in Thursday's newspaper.
On 9 morning, Molly got a phone call from AI. "Molly? This is AI from AI's Choppers. I just read your 10 yesterday. We want to give help," said AI. "When I was your 11 , I was a pretty good soccer player, and I was the captain of my team."
"Just 12 me!" shouted Molly.
"We have already started preparing a big 13 for the Bears," said AI.
The Bears couldn't believe their eyes 14 they saw AI's workers painting a bus in the Bears' team colors the next day. It looked wonderful!
The next Saturday, the Bears all got on the 15 for San Diego. On the bus, Molly could not stop smiling. They had found a way to get to the big game in San Diego.
Last weekend, somebody bought a lottery ticket (彩票). He (choose) all the right numbers and won $200,000. What a lucky man! Or (probable) not.
In the 1970s at the University of Illinois, some (science) studied people who won lotteries. The results (be) interesting. The winners only felt happy for a short time. soon after that, their life was just like the old days and they didn't feel (happy) than before. A similar study by the University of California in 2008 gave same results. They looked at lottery winners six months after their win and were surprised (find) their feelings back to normal. And if the winner is not lucky enough, a big lottery win would bring problems. Alex Toth, example, won $13 million in 1990. He (stop) working, spent the money quickly and had terrible fights with his family and friends.
Share New Year's Resolutions!
before hobby little accept violin |
Dear Li Ming, How are you these days? Are you busy preparing for the tests? So what do you do to relax yourself? The winter vacation is coming and I know you're going to Beijing for a trip with your family. What are you going to do there? Look forward to your reply. Yours, Maria |
参考词汇： do sports, watch games, hang out with friends, eat the local food,
go to places of interest.
注意：文中不得出现个人的真实信息。
Dear Maria,
Yours,
Li Ming
