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Can you cut an apple with a playing card(扑克牌)?Can you write with one hand and draw with1? Well, some people can, and they all show their2talents on the TV programme, China's Got Talent.
The TV programme is getting more and more3in China. Many people watch it every week4they want to know how talented one can be.
Talent shows5in Britain.And now there are similar shows in many countries6the world. China's Got Talent is the newest, but it7others. When people show their special talents, they also8their most touching(感人的)or funniest stories. Most of them don't want to be famous. They9want to make their family laugh and want to make others laugh, too.
We all have a10. It may be big or small. What's your talent? Maybe you can be the next star on China's Got Talent!
Sydney Tower（塔）
Address: 100 Market St, Sydney Phone: 02 93339222 Fax:（传真） 02 93339203 Open time: 9:00 am to 10:30 pm (Saturdays to 11:30 pm) Ticket: $ 60 (for an adult); $ 30 (for a child) Website: www. sydneytower.com.cn How to get there: train to Town Hall Station and a short walk along Market Street How to book tickets: by phone / fax or through the Web Attraction: Sydney's best views（景点） are just the beginning! Sydney Tower takes you to the highest point about Sydney for exciting 360 views of our beautiful city. |
Do you want to know what our life will be like in the future? Let's have a look. You may get a surprise.
You will go to the kitchen when you are hungry. You will give orders to the kitchen robot. The robot will cook the food for you in a few minutes. Then it will bring it to you.
In the kitchen you will find a special food machine. The food machine will tell you what your body needs. It will help you eat healthily. The food machine will be connected with(连接) the kitchen robot. The robot can get messages from the food machine.
After having a meal, you can go to your home office. You will work at home and you don't need to go out to work any more.
You will have a special information screen. You can get any information on the screen. When you receive a message from a friend in America, your information screen will be turned on automatically(自动地).Your friend's face appears on the screen. Then you can talk to your friend easily.
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Kate and Sandy are sisters. They live in a big city. Kate is two years than Sandy. She likesin the city very much. She thinks living in the city is much morethan living in the countryside. She likes the light (灯光) at in her city. She thinks the lights arethan the stars. She enjoysand she reads books more than Sandy. Sandy dislikes living in the city. She likes the countryside better. She often her grandma in the countryside and spends her there. In the countryside, Sandy often takes walks after . She thinks it canher very relaxed.
Later the farmer sold his horse and began to walk home. Then he met an old friend and went to his friend's house to take a rest. After drinking some wine, the farmer talked to his friend about the ring. The friends asked him to drink more wine to celebrate his good luck. The farmer drank too much and then fell asleep. The friend took the ring away and put another one in its place. After the farmer woke up and left, the man took out the ring and said, "Fill the house with gold."
Lots of gold fell down like heavy rain and killed the man. When the farmer got home, he thought he should wait until his children grew older to decide what wish was the best. So he hid(藏) it behind his house and forgot about it after several years.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
In North America, people are always in a hurry. Children have special lessons or sports activities after school. Parents often work late and don't get home until 7 or 8 o'clock at night. More than 50% of women work at full—time jobs, and many people do part—time work.
When a family wants to eat a meal together, often(A) there isn't enough time to prepare the food. That is why fast food is so popular in North America.(B) People spend about 40% of their money buying fast food.
Fast food is the food ____(C)___ pizza, sandwiches or fried chicken. People can buy the food from a restaurant chain(连锁) like Pizza Hut, McDonald's or KFC. (D) Fast food saves work and time, but it is usually junk food.
Fast food is popular in many countries. American fast food companies(公司) now have restaurants all over the world. But not everyone is happy about the spread(扩张)of North American fast food. Some people in Italy want to fight against(抵制) it . (E)They don't want any more fast food chains to open in their country. They also want to fight against the spread of fast food everywhere in the world.
A family is usually busy prepare the food.
