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　　Welcome to this short tour of London．In this square we are standing in the middle of London．Opposite is the National Gallery, a museum with lots of famous paintings．Go along the red street to Buckingham Palace．The queen lives here．

　　Turn left and go to the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben．Opposite you can see the London Eye．It takes you 135 meters above the River Thames．You can see most of London on a clear day．

　　When you are tired, the best way to see London is by boat．You can get the boat near Big Ben．As you go along the river, the London Eye is on your right．

　　Get off the boat at Tower Bridge．Then you can see the Tower of London next to the bridge．The Tower of London is the city’s oldest palace．It is nine hundred years old．

　　Take the boat back along the river．Get off the boat and go past the station and walk along the street．Opposite is the old fruit and vegetable market．They don’t sell fruit and vegetables now．There are stores and restaurants, and lots of street musicians．Turn left into King’s Street, and go past the church．You’re now back where you started, at the square．Now you finish your tour．

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　　We wanted to study how students at our school spend money．In order to study this, we made some questions to ask our classmates．First, we asked our classmates how much money they spent in one month．Then we asked how much money they spent for things like drinks, music, books, movies, computer games, and other things．Our math teacher helped us make a graph of our classmates’ answers．

　　Then we thought it would be interesting to compare these answers with our classmates’ expenses from last year．We used their answers to make another graph for their expenses last year．

　　Looking at the two graphs, it is easy to compare the expenses for the two years．Some of their expenses increased, but others decreased．This was a very interesting project for us．

注：(1)graph圖表

(2)expense消耗，消費

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　　A rabbit is running into its hole．You may ask,“What happened?”

　　Well, when a rabbit sees something dangerous, it runs away．Its tail moves up and down as it runs．When other rabbits see this tail moving up and down, they run too．They know that there is danger．The rabbit has told them something without making a sound．It has given them a signal．

　　Many other animals use this kind of language．When a bee found some food, it goes back to his home．It cannot tell the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does a little dance in the air．This tells the bees where the food is．

　　Some animals say things by making sounds．A dog barks, for example, when a stranger comes near．A cat purrs(發(fā)出呼嚕呼嚕的聲音)when pleased．Some birds make several different sounds, each with its own meaning．

　　But human beings have something that no animals have－a large number of words about things, actions, feelings or ideas．We are able to give each other information, to tell or inform other people what is in our mind or how we feel．By writing words down we can remind ourselves of the things what have happened, or send messages to people far away．No animals can do this．No animals has the wonderful power of language．

　　No one knows how man learned to make words．Somehow he learned to make them．As centuries went by, he made more and more new words．This is what we mean by language．

　　People living in different countries made different kinds of words．Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world．A very large English dictionary, for example, contains four or five hundred thousand words．But we do not know all these．The words we know are called vocabulary．We should try to make our vocabulary larger．Read as many books as possible．When we meet a new word, look it up in the dictionary．A dictionary is the Most useful book．

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　　Each year, we celebrate many holidays here in America．

　　On January 1, we welcome the coming of a new year like many people in other countries．And we have another four holidays on the first day of a month：April Fool’s Day, May Day, Friendship Day(Aug．1)and Grandparents Day(Sep．1)．

　　The most important holiday for the young people comes in February．It is Valentine’s Day．Lots of boys give red roses to girls as a present．

　　People celebrate some holidays for their family members．We say thanks to our mother in May and celebrate Father’s Day in the following month．In November many people return home for Thanksgiving Day, so the whole family can stay together．

　　There are also some interesting holidays for children．For example, Halloween comes at the end of October．Children often play with pumpkin lanterns and put on all kinds of masks．

　　Of course, the most important festival is Christmas．After a year of work and study, people can enjoy a long holiday, eat big meals, and visit family and friends．

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　　Long, long ago people made fires from lightening(閃電)．But they had to keep the fire burning, for they couldn’t start it again if there was no lightening．Later, they found out hitting two pieces of stone together could make a spark(火花)．The spark could fire dry leaves．In this way they could make the fire again if it went out．Then people also learned to make a fire by rubbing(摩擦)．They made a hole on a piece of wood and put a smaller stick into the hole．They turned the stick again and again．After a few minutes they got a fire．

　　A years went by, people learned other ways to make a fire．Sometimes they used the heat from the sun．They held a piece of glass in the right way and made a piece of paper on fire．

　　About two centuries ago, people began to make matches．Matches brought people a quick and easy way to make fires．Today matches are still being used, but people have more new ways to make fires．One of them is to use an electric fire starter．Of course an electric fire starter is much more expensive than a box of matches．But it is very useful．

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Here is the timetable of Yu-Huai Railway in Huaihua Railway Station．Read the information and then answer the questions．

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　　Huaihua City is in the west of Hunan．It was built in the 1970s along with the construction(建設)of the Xiang-Qian and the Zhi-Liu railways．Another Yu-Huai Railway has been used this year．Huaihua is the main transport(運輸)center in western Hunan because three railways run through the city area．

　　Huaihua is in a mountainous area of Hunan and has a good ecological environment(生態(tài)環(huán)境)and many historical relics(遺跡)．Ancient trading town(古商城)at Hongjiang is well preserved．It is very useful for the study of the history of economic(經(jīng)濟的)and social development in western Hunan．Furong Lou in Qiancheng is more than 40 km away from Huaihua．It was built in memory of Wang Changling, a famous poet(詩人)in Chinese history．It is an important cultural relics in Hunan．

　　Another historical place is the Zhijiang Memorial Site(受降坊)．It is 3.5 km east of Zhijiang and it is also the home of the Kuomintang air force．You can see many important pictures and materials in the exhibition hall．They tell us the history of the anti-Japanese War．

　　Many famous people, such as Su Yu, Teng Daiyuan and Xiang Jinyu were born in the city area．They were active in Chinese revolution in their early days and their former residences(故居)become important places to have education on revolutionary tradition．

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　　People at home keep asking me,"Is it hard to learn Chinese?Why have you learned it so well?"Well, there's one thing that makes Chinese easy to learn：there are so many people to talk to．You've probably heard that it's the most spoken language．Today it's also one of the most written languages online．And with so many Chinese people interested in learning English, it couldn't be easier to find a friend for language learning．You just have to know where to look for them．

　　The really good place to look for them is QQ．QQ has the same status(地位)in China as AIM(AOL Instant Messenger)does in the US．It is reported that at any moment, up to 9,000,000 people are using QQ．They're at work, or in a web café(網(wǎng)吧), or at home, and the information of the users can be found．If you sign on with your address set to"abroad", you'll soon find that many thousands of them are interested in speaking to you!This is a great way for you to learn Chinese, and for them to learn English．I think that it's a very interesting way of cultural contact(文化交流), too, for ordinary people from around the world to be able to have one-on-one contact．

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　　It was the final examination for physics at the college．The examination was two hours long, and exam papers were given．The professor(教授)was very strict and told the class that any exam paper which was not on his desk in two hours would be refused and the student would fail．A half hour into the exam, a student came rushing in and asked the professor for an exam paper．

　　"You're not going to have time to finish this,"the professor said slowly as he gave the student a paper．

　　"Yes, I will,"answered the student．He then took a seat and began writing．After two hours, the professor began to call for the exam papers, and the students stood up and put them on the professor’s desk, all except the late student, who continued writing．A half hour later, the last student came up to the professor who was sitting at his desk and busy writing something．He tried to put his exam paper on the stack(摞)of the other papers already there．

　　"No, you can't, I'm not going to take that in．It's late．"

　　The student became worried．He thought for a while, then he asked the professor in a low voice,"Do you know WHO I am?"

　　"No, surely I don't,"answered the professor．

　　"DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?"The student asked again．

　　"No, and I don't care,"said the professor in a louder voice．

　　"Good,"answered the student, who quickly lifted the stack of exam papers, put his paper in the middle, and rushed out of the room．

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　　When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr．Gibbs．He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known．He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person．

　　When Dr．Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees．He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest．

　　The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees．He never watered his new trees．Once I asked why．He said that watering plants spoiled them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on．

　　He talked about how watering trees made for shallow(淺的)roots, and how trees that weren't watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves．Deep roots were very important．

　　So he never watered his trees．He'd planted an oak and, instead of watering it every morning, he'd beat it with a rolled-up newspaper．I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention．

　　Dr．Gibbs died several years after I left home．Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago．They're very big and strong now．I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer．After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot．

　　Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons．Mostly I pray(祈禱)that their lives will be easy．But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer．I know my children are going to face difficulties．There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won't be beaten down．

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