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　　Some people believe that dreams can tell them what will happen in the future．　　1　　 knows why this is so, but there are many stories about people who had dreams that 　　2　　．One of these people was a man 　　3　　 John Chapman, who lived in Swaffham in England many years ago．

　　John Chapman dreamt that he 　　4　　 on London Bridge and a man told him how to become rich．John Chapman was a poor man and he needed 　　5　　, so the next day he decided to leave for London．　　6　　 was 100 miles from Swaffham to London．He walked for a few days and at last he 　　7　　 London Bridge．There were many people on the bridge, but they weren't 　　8　　 in John Chapman．No one 　　9　　 him．After three days, John Chapman decided to go home,　　10　　 before he could do this, a shopkeeper came up to him．

　　“I've been watching you,” he said, “Are you 　　11　　 someone?”

　　“Yes,” said John．“I had a dream about a man here, he would help me to get much money．”

　　“Oh,” said the shopkeeper．“you shouldn't believe in dreams．　　12　　 I believe in dreams, I'd be in Swaffham right now．I had a dream a few days ago about a man called John Chapman from Swaffham．He had 　　13　　 in his garden, near an old apple tree．”

　　John Chapman was 　　14　　 by what the shopkeeper said．At once he went home and dug near an old apple tree．He soon found many pieces of gold．He was so happy 　　15　　 he gave some of the gold to his church．For the rest of his life, he was a rich man．

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　　Nowadays it is found that school students hardly have any sports．Is it because they have no

　　　　1　　 in sports? It may not be the fact．They often say they have 　　2　　 more important things to do．

　　What are these important things? Examinations! They have to get themselves ready for the most important School Certificates of Education Examination(畢業(yè)會(huì)考), and also to deal with the tests and the exams in school．So many of them become bookworms．

　　In the summer holidays after the Examination they could do 　　3　　 they like, but at the

　　moment, they have to 　　4　　 all their time to the preparation．So studies have prevented them from going in sports．

　　Because of the pressure(壓力) 　　5　　 their parents and teachers, they have to work harder and spend most of their time on books．Many parents 　　6　　 their children to pass this examination in order to get a stepping stone for higher studies or better jobs．As for the 　　7　　 themselves, they want to get good results so that they can get their studies better．So it is necessary that they give up their school activities, especially sports．

　　Indeed, every school cannot go 　　8　　 physical training, for a quick mind seldom goes along with a weak body．It is well said, "All work and no play 　　9　　 Jack a dull(遲鈍的)boy．" In one word, without a strong body, you can never do anything better, let alone a great success in 　　10　　．

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　　Mr．Robinson had to travel somewhere on business, and as he was in a hurry, he decided to go by 　　1　　．He liked sitting 　　2　　 a window when he was flying, so he got onto the plane, he looked for a window seat．He 　　3　　 all of them taken except one．There was a young man 　　4　　 beside it, and Robinson was surprised that he hadn't taken the one by the window．Anyhow, he went towards it．

　　When he 　　5　　 it, however, he saw that there was a notice on it, written 　　6　　 large letters, 　　7　　 , "This seat is kept for proper balance．Thank you．" Mr．Robinson had never seen such a notice before, but he thought the plane must be carrying something particularly heavy in its room 　　8　　 made it necessary to have the passengers properly balance．So he walked on and found 　　9　　 empty seat, not beside the window 　　10　　．

　　Two or three other people 　　11　　 to sit in the window seat next to the young man, but they also read the notice and went on．Then when the plane was nearly 　　12　　 , a very beautiful girl 　　13　　 into the plane．The young man, who was watching the passengers coming in, 　　14　　 took the notice 　　15　　 the seat beside him, and by this means succeeded in having a pretty companion during the whole trip．

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　　Uncle Sam and Aunt Kate came to visit us from America last weekend．This was 　　1　　 first time to come to Hong Kong．Yesterday my family showed them around Hong Kong．

　　We got up early in the morning and had breakfast at home．First, we went to the tram(有軌電車)station and 　　2　　 a tram．This was Uncle Sam and Aunt Kate's first 　　3　　 on a tram．They thought that it was 　　4　　 and they liked the “Ding! Ding! ” sound．We 　　5　　 the tram at Central．Then we took a boat to Tsim Sha Tsui．On the way, Uncle Sam took a video of many buildings．The wind blew softly on our faces．We 　　6　　 a lot．

　　After having a rest, we went to a restaurant for 　　7　　．It was famous for nice food．We 　　8　　 a lot of food．I liked pork pies best 　　9　　 I ate three．Aunt Kate liked rice dumplings most．After lunch, we went to the Avenue of Stars．Uncle Sam and Aunt Kate were very 　　10　　 when they saw the signatures(簽名)and handprints(手印)of some famous stars．But it was a little fun to me．In all, we had a good time that day．

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　　A true friend is always helpful．I didn't believe it 　　1　　 one thing happened(發(fā)生)to me when I was in Grade 7．

　　Li Jie was one of my classmates．He and I were also neighbors．He always listened to his mother 　　2　　 I didn't like listening to my mother．I didn't think it was necessary for 　　3　　 to teach me anything．Li Jie knew all about that but he said 　　4　　 to me．

　　One weekend, Li Jie 　　5　　 me to watch a movie．I liked 　　6　　 very much so I went to the cinema(電影院) 　　7　　 him happily．The movie was 　　8　　 the love between a mother and a son．After 　　9　　 it, I began to know how great the love of the mother was．I felt 　　10　　 that I didn't listen to my mother 　　11　　．I decided to think more about my mother 　　12　　 about myself．After I told that to him, Li Jie smiled and said, “It's really 　　13　　 for you to watch such a movie．That was a good choice(選擇)for both you and me．”

　　Suddenly, I knew 　　14　　 he invited me to watch the movie．Just at that time, I knew a true friend is always 　　15　　．

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　　One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student, “ You speak very good English．” But the girl answered, “ No, no．My English is very poor．” The foreigner was quite 　　1　　 at the answer．Thinking he had not made 　　2　　 understood or the girl had not 　　3　　 him clearly, he said , “ Yes , indeed, you speak very well．” 　　4　　 the girl still kept saying , “ No．” In the end the American boy could not understand and didn't know 　　5　　 to say．

　　What's wrong with the girl's answer? She didn't 　　6　　 a compliment(恭維)in the same way as the American people do．She should answer , “ Thank you” instead of “ No”．She 　　7　　 understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest．In the 　　8　　, people will feel proud and 　　9　　 when they are praised．So if someone says the 　　10　　 you have cooked are very delicious , you should say , “ Thank you．”

　　In our country we think being modest is a virtue(美德)and being proud is a bad thing , but in my opinion , being confident does not 　　11　　 being proud , so sometimes you should be confident 　　12　　 being modest．

　　　　13　　 you are modest and say , “No , I'm afraid I can't do it well” , while working in a western country , the others may think that you really cannot do it．If you often say “No” , you will certainly be looked down upon by 　　14　　．When asking for a job , if one says something like “Yes , I can certainly do it ” instead of “ Let me have a try ” , he or she will 　　15　　 get it．So in the west , you should be brave to show your self-confidence．

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　　Is the art of conversation dying? The other day, my wife 　　1　　 two teenage children die something we haven't 　　2　　 for ages．It didn't require the Internet, a TV screen, batteries…or anything else for that matter．But we all 　　3　　 it so much we're thinking of doing ii again sometime．

　　We had a conversation．The kind of real, live conversation that was 　　4　　 when I was growing up, but which seems all too rare these days．Today we have chat rooms, text messages, e-mails…but we seem to be losing the 　　5　　 of communicating face-to-face．We all know 　　6　　 young people are out on a date(約會(huì))these days, they spend most of that time 　　7　　 their mobile phones．And teenagers nowadays seem to 　　8　　 communicating wit their friends by sending text messages rather than actually 　　9　　 to them．

　　If we carry on like this, in the future, we'll lose the use of our 　　10　　．What do you think? E-mall me, and who knows? Maybe we could even have a real conversation about it!

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　　Do you have a beautiful dream? I know almost everyone 　　1　　 their own dreams in their life．The dreams are very important 　　2　　 them．The dreams can make them 　　3　　 harder．

　　I am studying in a school now．My dream is 　　4　　 a teacher in West China．Many Children there want to go to school 　　5　　 they can't．Their families are very poor and the parents have 　　6　　 enough money to send their children to school．But going to school and studying is the only 　　7　　 to change their life．Teachers are greatly needed there, so I want to be a teacher to help them．I 　　8　　 kind to my students and make friends with them．I will give them love and teach 　　9　　 how to be a useful person．I think it is 　　10　　 job in the world．

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The Spring Festival is the Chinese New Year's Day．It usually 　　1　　 in February．Everyone in 　　2　　 likes the Spring Festival very much．When Spring Festival comes, Li Lei usually 　　3　　 his parents clean their house and do some 　　4　　 and other housework．　　5　　 that day 　　6　　 in China eats 　　7　　, New Year's cake and some other 　　8　　 food．Li Lei like New Year's cake, but Wang Lin says jiaozi is better than New Year's cake．The Chinese people 　　9　　 the New Year's cake and jiaozi in their houses．　　10　　 happy they are!

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　　When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to win a scholarship(獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金)．Having been a straight-A student, I believed I could take tough subjects and really learn something．One such course was Would Literature given by Professor Jayne．I was very interested in the ideas he 　　1　　 in class．

　　When I took the first exam, I couldn't believe that I got a 77, C＋, on my test paper, 　　2　　 Enlgish was my best subject．I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to me carefully but remained(保持)　　3　　．

　　I decided to try harder, although I didn't know what that meant because school had always been easy for me．I read the books more carefully, but got another 77．Again, I 　　4　　 with Professor Jayne．Again, he listened but wouldn't change his 　　5　　．

　　One more test before the final exam．One more 　　6　　 to improve my grade．So I redoubled my efforts(努力), but they did no good and everything 　　7　　 as before．

　　The last problem was the final．No matter what grade I got, three C＋ were still there．I might as well kiss the 　　8　　 goodbye．

　　I stopped working hard．I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would．The night before the final, I even 　　9　　 myself to a movie．The next day I decided for once I'd have fun with a test．

　　A week later, I was surprised to find I got anA．I hurried into Professor Jayne's office．He seemed to be 　　10　　 me．“If I gave you the As you expected, you wouldn't continue to work as hard．”

　　I looked at him, realizing that his strategy(策略)was 　　11　　, I had worked my head off, as I had 　　12　　 done before．

　　At the end of the term, my course grade arrived．A＋．It was the only A＋ given．The next year I received my scholarship．I've always remembered Professor Jayne's lesson：you alone must set your own standard of excellence．

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