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　　Most cities and towns in China have night markets every day．During the day, the streets are quiet(安靜的)．At night, they become crowded(擁擠的)and lively(活躍的)．Usually people arrive at three or four in the afternoon．By 6∶00, the streets are like rivers of people．

　　Night markets are fun places to shop in．You can buy clothes, shoes and many other things．If the price is too high, you can bargain with sellers(賣者)．You can also buy nice food When you are hungry, you can sit down for a meal．Smelly tofu is popular, but it really smells bad．

　　The best thing is everything at night markets is cheap．

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　　I’m Mary．I have a piece of good news to tell you．My parents bought a new flat in the centre of the city．The rooms are not big, but they are all comfortable．There are more rooms than our old flat．I am excited(激動(dòng))because I have my own bedroom．In the old flat, I share the bedroom with my sister．

　　My favourite room in the new flat is my bedroom．I can be alone(單獨(dú))in it．It is my own small world．I can listen to music, read comics and chat with my friends on the phone．I can also look for things on the Internet and send e-mails to my e-friends．

　　Kitchen is my favourite room, too．I like helping my mother with the cooking．She is not only a good teacher but also a good cook．She often teaches me how to make some different dishes．She lived in Sichuan when she was a child．So she likes hot food and she can cook very delicious hot food．

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　　People usually hate mice, but people almost all over the world like one mouse－the famous Mickey Mouse．

　　Fifty years ago, most films had no sounds．A man called Walt Disney made a cartoon mouse．The cartoon mouse could talk in these films．He named his mouse Mickey Mouse．Soon Mickey Mouse became a good friend of both young and old people．Children liked to see their lovely friend, because he brought happiness to them．

　　Mickey is a clean mouse right from the beginning．Maybe this is why people love Mickey Mouse very much．In his early life, Mickey did some wrong things．People were very angry．They wrote to Disney and said they did not want Mickey to do wrong things．Because there were some things that Mickey could not do, Disney made a new animal called Donald duck．He also made a dog, Pluto．This dog does some foolish and wrong things whenever he goes．Now our Mickey Mouse is more interesting as well．He is known as a star of beauty and wisdom(智慧)．He has his friends in almost every country．

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　　Trees are useful to man in many very important ways．The first important way is that they provide man with food, wood and other products(產(chǎn)品)．Trees provide not only man with food, but also many animals with food Without trees many animals could not live on the earth．It’s not easy for man to live on the earth, either．

　　The second important way is that trees give us shade．On a hot summer day, people are eager(渴望)to have a rest under the shade of a tree after they have walked a long way．You can imagine(想象)how important the shade of a tree is to man and to animals．

　　The third important way is that trees help to prevent drought(旱災(zāi))and floods．However, in many parts of the world, man has not realized(意識(shí)到)the third important way．He has cut trees down in large numbers．In the end, he finds that he has lost the best friends he had

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　　An Englishman was showing a foreign visitor around London．“What’s that strange building?” asked the visitor．“That’s the Tower of London．” “I see．How long did it take to build it?” “About 500 years．” “In my country we can build it in five months,” Shortly after that they came to St．Paul’s Cathedral(大教堂)．“Very interesting!” said the visitor．“How long did it take to build it ?” “Near forty years．”said the Englishman．“In my country we can finish it in forty days at most,” said the visitor．This went on all day．

　　They visited most of the best known buildings in the city．Every time they saw a new one, the visitor asked what it was and how long it took to build it．Then he said that they could do the same thing much faster in his country．

　　At last the Englishman got angry with the visitor though he tried not to show it．Several days later they came to the House of Parliament(議會(huì))and the visitor asked his usual question, “What is that?”The Englishman answered,‘I have no idea．It wasn’t there last night．’

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　　A 50-year-old American officer(官員)came back to his school．The teacher asked him to give a talk to the small boys and girls there．The talk was about the love of their great country．All the students were sitting in a large meeting－room．The old officer went up and began speaking．He said, “ boys and girls, I studied in this school forty years ago．When I was your age, we were not as happy as you are today．Think about it and answer me, why are you so happy now?”

　　No sound came from the children．The old man waited for a long time．Then a short boy in front put up his small dirty hand．“Good boy! Please answer me, dear．” Said the officer．

　　With a big smile on his face, the boy stood up and said, “if you speak long enough, we won’t have maths and biology(生物學(xué))lessons this morning．”

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　　Scientists are trying to make the deserts(沙漠)into good land again．They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food．They are learning a lot about the deserts．But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time．Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time．

　　Why is more and more land becoming desert? Scientists think that people make deserts．People are doing bad things to the earth．

　　Some places on the earth don’t get much rain．But they still don’t become deserts．This is because some green plants are growing there．Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places．Plants don’t let the hot sun make the earth even drier．Plants don’t let the wind blow the earth away．When a little bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water．Without plants, the land can become a desert much more easily．

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　　One evening after dinner, Mr．a(chǎn)nd Mrs．William called a family meeting．“We’ve had to make a difficult decision．” Mr．William announced．．

“You see, your mother has been offered a post as co-director of a television in Chicago．Unluckily, the station is not here．After thinking long and hard about it, we’ve concluded (下結(jié)論) that the right decision is to move to Chicago．”

　　Peter looked shocked, while his sister Amy breathlessly started asking when they’d be moving：“It’s surprising, but exciting!” she said．．

Peter simply said, “We can’t go －I can’t leave all my friends．I’d rather stay here and live with Tommy!”

　　Mr．a(chǎn)nd Mrs．William hoped that by the time they moved in August, Peter would grow more accustomed (習(xí)慣) to the idea of leaving．However, he showed no signs of accepting the news, refusing to pack his belongings (物品)．

　　When the morning of the move arrived, Peter was nowhere to be found．．

His parents called Tommy’s house, but Tommy’s mother said she hadn’t seen Peter．Mrs．William became increasingly worried, while her husband felt angry with their son for behaving so irresponsibly (不負(fù)責(zé)任)．

　　What they didn’t know was that Peter had started walking over to Tommy’s house, with a faint idea of hiding in Tommy’s attic (閣樓) for a few days．But something happened on the way as Peter walked past all the familiar landscape of the neighborhood：the fence that he and his mother painted, the tree that he and his sister used to climb, the park where he and his father often took evening walks together．How much would these mean without his family, who make them special in the first place? Peter didn’t take the time to answer that question but instead hurried back to his house, wondering if there were any moving cartons (紙板箱) the right size to hold his record collection．

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　　For Chinese, it’s time for dragon boat racing and Zongzi．But in South Korea, wrestling and swing play are the highlights．However, both events go by the same name －the Dragon Boat Festival．It falls on May 5th of the lunar calendar．

　　One festival, two cultures．Does one nation have the right to call it its own? It has been reported that South Korea will ask the United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO聯(lián)合國(guó)教科文組織) to make the celebration its cultural heritage (文化遺產(chǎn))．If successful, people from other countries may see the Dragon Boat Festival as a Korean creation．

　　As the birthplace of the yearly event more than 2,000 years ago, China is not happy with the situation (情況)．“It would be a shame if another country successfully made a traditional Chinese festival part of its own cultural heritage before China,” said Zhou Heping, deputy cultural minister．The Ministry of Culture is even thinking of making its own application (申請(qǐng)) to UNESCO, covering all traditional Chinese festivals, including the Dragon Boat event．

　　“I don’t like some of the food eaten at the festival, but I am shocked by South Korea’s move,” said Jin Yutong, a Senior One student．“We should protect the cultural heritage left by our ancestors (祖先)．”

　　It is thought that the festival is held in memory of the great poet Qu Yuan (340－278BC), who lived in the State of Chu during the Warring States Period．．

Qu was known to be a patriot (愛國(guó)者) and admired by ordinary people．He is said to have jumped into Miluo River, because he had lost hope in his country’s future．When people heard about Qu’s death, they sailed up and down the river searching for his body．They also beat the drums to fright away fish and threw Zongzi into water．These were supposed to stop the fish from touching Qu．Dragon boat racing is said to have come from the search for the poet’s body．

　　Over the years, the Dragon Boat Festival has spread throughout the world．．

In Japan and Vietnam, as well as South Korea, the festival has mixed together with, and become part of the local culture．

　　With this in mind, some experts say that it is meaningless to argue (爭(zhēng)論) about which country the festival belongs．“Everyone can say that it came from China,” said Long Haiqing, an expert from Hunan Province．“But if the whole nation can protect the culture heritage together, they will all benefit．”

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　　My first performance (表演) in front of an audience was coming up soon．

　　I tried as hard as I could to remain calm, but my heart was racing．I stared down at my sweat-covered, shaking hands．

　　I looked up again at the audience, realizing that these were real people．They were not just my mum and dad, who would say, “Good job!” even if I messed up the entire piece．

　　What if I had the wrong music? What if I played the wrong notes?

　　As it turned out, I was never able to answer these questions because the spotlight (聚光燈) was waiting for me．I grasped my hands tightly together, drying off the sweat．

　　Slowly I walked to the mud-brown piano in the center of the room．It contained 88 demanding keys, which were waiting impatiently to be played．．

I swallowed the golf-ball-sized lump (隆起部分) in my throat and sat down．Slowly, I opened the music．．

Next, I rested my still shaking hands on the ivory (象牙色的) keys．

　　As my fingers played across the keys, I was becoming more unsure of my preparation for this moment．But the memory of my years of training came flooding back．I knew that I had practised this piece so many times that I could play it backwards if requested．

　　Although at one point I accidentally played two keys instead of the intended one, I continued to move my fingers automatically (自動(dòng)地)．

　　My eyes burned holes into (were fixed on) the pages in front of me．

　　There was no way that I was going to lose my concentration．To keep this to myself, I leaned forward and focused carefully on the music．

　　When I came to the end of the page, a warning went off inside my head：DON’T MAKE A MISTAKE WHEN YOU TURN THE PAGE!

　　Needless to say, I obeyed myself with all my heart and mind．．

And, proud of my “page-turning” feat (技藝), I finished the rest of the piece without making a single mistake．

　　After the final note died away, a celebration went into action inside my head．．

I had finished．．

I had mastered the impossible．

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