Early one morning, an old woman was carrying a big basket of potatoes on her head to the market. She hoped to1them to the people from town.
The mountain road was narrow and the old woman was walking 2, because she did not want to have 3and lose her potatoes.
Suddenly she 4 a loud bell, and a bicycle came round the corner.
It passed her and went very fast 5the hill. The old woman had to jump to one side of the 6 so quickly that the basket of potatoes nearly fell into the valley.
She looked up and saw that a young boy was on the bicycle. He was 7 on without even 8 round to see whether the old woman was all right. The old woman began to shout,“Come back, young man! You dropped something!”
When he heard this, the boy stopped the bicycle so suddenly that he nearly fell off .
Then he turned and began to 9the bicycle back up to the hill.“What is it?”he asked,“What did I drop?”“Little boy,”the old noman answered, “you dropped your 10.”
When we travel from one country to another, we find people have quite different feelings about food. People often feel what they eat is normal, and what other people eat is strange or silly. In most part of Asia, for example, people like rice and meat. In England, people eat potatoes every day. In the Middle East, bread is the main part of every meal. Eating, like so many things we do, becomes a habit which is difficult to change. Americans like to drink a lot of orange juice and coffee. The English drink tea four or five times every day. Australians drink a great deal of beer, and the French drink wine every day.
The sort of meat people like to eat is also different from one country to another. Horse meat is thought to be delicious in France. In Hong Kong, some people enjoy eating snakes. New Zealanders eat sheep, but they never eat goat meat. The Japanese don't like to eat sheep meat because of its smell, but they enjoy eating uncooked fish.
People everywhere enjoy eating what they have always eaten, and there is very little we can do to change our eating habits.
Billy lived on a quiet street in a big city. His mother sometimes took him to the park, but when she was busy, he played in the street alone.
One evening, Billy's father gave him a beautiful new ball, and the next morning Billy went out into the street to play the ball.
He played by himself for a few minutes, and then a big dog came along. The dog wanted to play the ball, too.
Billy picked the ball up and held it above his head. He did not want the big dog to take it and ran away, but the dog jumped up and knocked him over.
Billy's mother came out of the house and ran to him at once, “Did he bite (咬）you?” she asked.
“No, he didn't bite me,” Billy answered, “but he tasted me.”
A good way to pass an exam is to work hard every day in the year. You may fail in an exam if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the exam.
Do not remember only grammar(语法) when you are learning English. Try to read stories in English and speak in English as often as you can. A few days before the exam you should go to bed early. Do not study late at night. Before you start the exam, read carefully over the exam paper. Try to understand the exact(确切的) meaning of each question before you pick up your pen to write. When you have at last finished your exam, read your answers again. Correct(改正) the mistakes if there are any and make sure you have not missed anything out.
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Some students have their favorite pop stars or sport stars. They admire them very much. They admire their ability and the way they live their lives. Young people are full of potential ( 潜能) and have lots of questions about their futures: What kind of person will I be? What kind of job can I do? ①Sportsmen and pop stars seem to havealready answered these questions in their own lives. But when you watch these people, you only see a part of their lives, the public part. Their everyday lives might be very d_②______.
Many parents worry that their children will follow the bad side of their idols (偶像). And many young people are often disappointed to discover that their favorite idols ③have feet of clay. But the lucky thing is that they don't have to behave exactly like their idols.
④Celebrities (名人) are fun to watch and admire, but the best idols are often the people you see in your everyday life: your family, your neighbors and your teachers. These are the people who teach you how to be honest and how to get along with others.
that sportsmen and pop stars have already answered these questons in their own lives.
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