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My ideal school starts at 8 a.m．and finishes at 3 p.m. I love sports and computers，so we have PE and computer studies every day．The classes are quite small．There are about 20 students in each class．

There is a big dining hall，where we can eat and chat with our friends．There is a park on one side of our school and a shopping mall on the other．We have a big library．We also have a tennis court and a swimming pool.

There are lots of clubs and after-school activities．Every month，we go on a school trip to a museum or a theatre．

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0ne day，when Tom came home from work, he found a diamond necklace outside his door．Tom wondered where it came from．Tom thought that the necklace must belong to someone，so he planned to take it to the police．He thought they would be able to find the owner．Just then，the police came to Tom's home and saw the necklace in his hand．Tom was shocked when he was charged with robbery．A policeman told him about a robbery at the jewellery shop．A witness said she saw someone run from the shop into Tom’s building．

Tom was not guilty，but how could he prove it?

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Dear Editor

I'm a reader of your magazine and I need help．

I'm in the eighth grade．I just moved to Beijing with my parents two months ago．Now I’m studying at a new school．

I don’t know the school very well and I don’t have any friends here. I'm not sure how to talk to my classmates. Sometimes, I am nervous and I cannot answer their questi**．I feel really uncomfortable when they talk to me．

l miss my classmates from my old school．I don’t know what I should do．I hope you can give me some advice．

Wang Hai

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Zhalong Nature Reserve is in north-east China．It has an area of more than 210，000 hectares．It is one of the world’s most important wetlands．Zhalong is the home of a lot of plants and animals，including different kinds of birds．It provides food and shelter for the birds．There are not many red-crowned cranes in the world，but there are some in Zhalong．It is a very good place for people to go birdwatching．Wetlands are important because they provide food and shelter for endangered birds, and they also help prevent floods．We must protect the home of plants，fish and birds in Zhalong．

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If you want to live to be 100 years old，you need healthy food and regular

exercise．

In the morning，cereal and congee are good for breakfast．For lunch and dinner，you can have rice，vegetables and some meat . You can have an orange or an apple after each meal．

You need regular exercise too．You can exercise for about 30 minutes every day. You can swim，run and play basketball．However, do not play computer games or chat with friends on the Internet for hours every day．This is not exercise．

Get out of your chair，everyone! Change your diet and lifestyle today!

生词：1．cereal ['si?ri?l] n. 谷物

2. congee ['k?nd?i:] n. 米汤，粥；稀饭

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I think Wang Jian is the most suitable person to be the chairperson of the Students’Union．She has many excellent qualities. First，Wang Jian is outgoing: she really enjoys talking to people．Second，she knows team work is important: she can work easily with people and she works very hard. Third，Wang Jian is very clever．She does well in exams and often helps us with our work．Finally，Wang Jian is very organized. She arranges badminton practices after school and she is captain of the school team．I think Wang Jian would be

an excellent chairperson．I hope that you will vote for her．

生词：captain ['kæptin] n. 队长

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I have to choose a new colour for my bedroom．It is a very important decision，beca use colour can change a person’s mood．I like orange，because it's a happy，warm colour．It can make people feel comfortable．My best friend Jack doesn’t agree though．He thinks green is better．Jack says that green represents nature and that it can make you feel energetic．I remind Jack that green is also the colour of envy．My mother recommends blue．She thinks blue creates a feeling of harmony，so it will make me less stressed and help me relax after schoo1．Perhaps she is right．

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Dear Millie

Thank you for your letter．I hope I can offer you some useful advice．You said you do not have enough time to do your homework．Plan your day carefully．Make a list of all the homework you have to do．Then work out how much time you need to finish it．This will give you an idea of how much free time you have．

You also said that you do not have enough time for your hobbies．Perhaps you can choose one hobby to do each day, or just focus on your favourite hobby, painting．

I hope my advice will be useful to you．

Best wishes

Helen

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Dear Mr Principal

I have found a good place for our charity walk．It is called South Hill．It is

5 kilometres south of Sunny Street．It is about 900 metres high and is the only hill in Sunshine Town．We can walk there．

On the way，we can enjoy the beautiful countryside．It is a good place for walking because of the open space and fresh air．If we go there early enough，we may even hear the birds singing．On South Hill，we can play hide-and-seek，fly kites and go fishing．

I believe South Hill is the perfect place for the charity walk．

Thank you．

Yours sincerely

Amy

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Dear Sir

1 would like to recommend Daniel for this year’s Youth Award．

Daniel is a clever boy．He knows a lot about computers．He often teaches himself new skills．

Daniel is thoughtful．He plans everything carefully and works well in a team．

He is also kind．He looks after our children’s group on Sundays and the children like him．Last week，a small boy got lost and was crying in the street．Daniel took him to the police station and stayed with him until the bo y’s parents came．

The club members all think that Daniel should get an award．

We look forward to heating from you．

Yours faithfully

Sandy

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Many teenagers suffer from stress．Although they may worry a lot about their problems，there are some simple ways to deal with them．Eating a healthy diet，getting enough sleep and exercising regularly are all important for young people．At school，planning ahead can help．Making a list of all the things they need to do and planning when to do them can help students organize their time. Also，students should not worry too much about being popular. They should just be themselves．Finally, students should make enough time for their hobbies．Playing sport，reading and watching films can help them relax．

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Th is year’s Beijing Music Awards will be covered live．The presentation will be held in Beijing this coming Saturday．All the big pop

stars will attend．Before the awards start, we will Interview some of the most famous stars．Two thousand fans have voted online for their favourite songs，singers and music videos. The results will be announced during the programme and the host will ask questi** for the viewers to answer. As you are watching the awards，write down your answers and send text messages to 1396．If you are lucky enough，you could win two free concert tickets．

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Hi everybody

My name is Lucy．I am in Year 9 at Woodland School near London．It is a mixed school．Boys and girls have less** together．My favourite subject is Home Economics．I like learning how to cook and sew．

Our school has a Reading Week every year．My classmates and I love it．We can read any books we like from the school library．We can even bring in books and magazines from home．Near the end of each class we can talk to our friends about our books．The reading week is always too short because we want to read all our friends’books as well．

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Hello，everyone

I’ve got some great news for you today．Our school basketball team is in the final round of the basketball competition! The match will be on Sunday，the 7th of November，at South Hill School．Now，listen carefully to the plan for the day．

At 9 a.m. we’ll meet at the school gate．We’ll arrive at South Hill School at 10 a.m．The match will start at 1 0.30 a.m．After the match finishes，there will be the presentation of the cup and medals．The bus will leave at 12 noon from South Hill School and bring you back to school．

Please come and support our team．

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Giant pandas are beautiful black-and-white animals that look like bears. They live in China. They eat bamboo shoots and leaves．Baby giant pandas spend a lot of time drinking their mothers’ milk．

Mother giant pandas have only one or two babies at a time．When the babies are born．they look like little white mice．

There are only about a thousand giant pandas in the world now．Their number is getting smaller every year．If people keep taking the land，giant pandas will have nowhere to live．Also，people hunt them for their fur．If this continues，there will be no giant pandas in the world．

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Timmy is a teenager．He lives in a small town．He survived an earthquake several years ago．

First，he heard a big noise in the shopping centre．It was like the sound thunder makes. Then the noise got really loud. It sounded like

bombs under the ground．After that。bricks and pieces of glass fell down．When the noise ended，Timmy was trapped and he could not get out. For a moment，he was So frightened that he could hardly think about anything．Then he calmed down and began screaming for help．Finally，people moved away the bricks and stones and saved him．

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The main character of this game is Itchy Feet．One day, he had a very strange dream．

In his dream, he saw a golden cloud．These words were written on it: ‘Welcome，travellers! See those big colourful clouds with questi** on them? You earn a point every time you answer a question correctly. When you have earned enough points，a cloud will come down and carry you off to a place you have never been to before．’

This game has eight levels, and each level will take you about an hour to finish．If you are smart, you can travel around the world in eight hours !

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Dear Sandy

I have just listened to a programme on the radio. It was about a new CD-ROM pack called‘Daily English’. It is a new course from Australia．The pack includes a book and five CD—ROMs. It is very good for tourists and students．I’m sure we can learn a lot from it. We can learn about how to use the telephone and how to ask and answer questi**. We can also learn to talk about the weather and the time．The course covers many topics．I am going to order a pack online. Do you want me to order one for you too?

Regards

Millie

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Dear Mr Wu

Our class has decided to hold a charity show. We call it Sunshine For All’.The show will be held at 7.30 p.m. on the 29th of April. It will finish at 9.30 p.m. We want to raise money for a charity called Project Hope. We think it does a very important job. The tickets cost 20 yuan each.

Many classmates have volunteered to do some work for the show. Kitty and I will design the poster. Millie will be the hostess of the show. She will also help Simon organize a play．Daniel and Kitty will sing a song. We hope to see you there!

Sandy

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UNICEF was set up in 1 946 to help children after the war in Europe．These children’s lives were changed because of the War．Now. UNICEF helps children all over the world. It works in 158

countries. It helps governments and families make the world a better place for children．

UNICEF gets its money from donati**. It raises money by selling Christmas cards and organizing other fund—raising activities. People can help UNICEF by doing voluntary work．

UNICEF believes that all children should have clean water and food so that they can be healthy. It also believes that they should go to school instead of working to support their families．

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Halloween is on October 31 st．It is a Western festival．

People celebrate it in many ways．Children wear special costumes and masks on Hallowee n. Many children play a game called‘trick or treat’.They knock on their neighbours’doors and shout‘trick or treat’．Their neighbours usually give them some candy as a‘treat’．If the children do not get any candy，they can play a trick on their neighbours．Some people also make lanterns out of big orange pumpkins．They cut out the eyes，the nose and the sharp teeth. They put candles in them so the light shines through the eyes, the nose and the teeth．

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Swimming is very popular in summer．People like swimming in summer because water cools them down. But if you swim in the wrong place，it may be dangerous. In the past few years many swimmers have died in the water. However, some people are still not careful enough when swimming. They often think they swim so well that nothing can happen to them. Summer is coming soon．If you go swimming，remember these two rules：don’t get into the water when you are alone and don’t get into the water if there is a‘no swimming’sign．If you remember these rules，swimming will be safer．

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Dear John

How are you? I left school early yesterday because the Snowstorm started again in the afternoon and it got worse later．This morning I read

a newspaper article about a car accident. A man named Su Ning called 1

10 at 7.40 p.m. using his mobile phone. His car crashed into a tree while he was driving in the snowstorm. He and his wife were trapped in the car. The snow was heavy and it covered everything．The policemen arrived at once and sent them to hospital．Luckily，they were not hurt．

What about London? Do you have snowstorms there? Please e—mail me soon．

Sandy

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Ten years ago，mobile phones were rather expensive．Only important or rich people had them. However，these days more people have them in their hands, even high school students．

It Is true that mobile phones can be very useful. They are an easy way to keep in touch with friends and family members anywhere and at any time．But we also hear mobile phones ringing in places like classrooms，cinemas and museums. The sound is very loud and can disturb people. Some drivers have accidents because they use their mobile phones while driving. So, are mobile phones really a good thing?

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Dinosaurs lived on Each a long time ago．We now know that the first dinosaurs appeared about 230 million Years ago. However, scientists believe they were not the first animals on Earth．

There were hundreds of different kinds of dinosaurs．But they didn’t live at the same time．

Some dinosaurs were really small．One of the smallest dinosaurs was about one metre long and weighed about three kilograms．Others were really big．Some very large ones weighed over 1 00，000 kilograms and some were about 40 metres long．

Some dinosaurs ate plants and others ate meat．but they didn’t eat grass．All dinosaurs had four legs and lived on land．

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New York，London，Paris and many other cities are exciting places to live．There are lots of interesting things to see and do.

But there are serious problems in big cities too It is expensive to live there，and there are too many people. Every year many people move to the cities to find work，study at good schools and receive high-quality medical care But sometimes these people can’t find work or good places to live. Also it is hard to keep big cities safe and clean.

So, before people move to a big city，they should think about the problems they might have to deal with there.

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Everyone needs friends．There is an old saying,‘Friends are God，s way of taking care of us．’But how do you find real f riendship and keep it?

First, you should choose a friend．A good friend should be kind and helpful．For example，if you have a bad day，a good friend should listen to your complaints and do his or her best to help．

But friendships are not always perfect．Even best friends have fights. When you have a fight with your friend, try to talk to him. or her．If he or she doesn’t want to talk，don’t be sad．You could write a letter instead．

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My family has just moved into a new fiat．It has five rooms．There is a large sitting room．My parents and I often watch TV there．Opposite the living room is the kitchen. I’m good at cooking so I sometimes help my mum make the dinner in it．

There are two bedrooms and a bathroom．I have my own Bedroom. There is a big, comfortable bed and a small sofa in it. I can invite my

friends to come and see me in my bedroom．

I have put some beautiful flowers on the balcony. My family’s new flat is very comfortable．

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All around the world，people drink tea．But tea does not mean the same thing to everyone. In different countries people have very different ideas about drinking tea．

In China people like to have tea together with their friends. They drink tea at any time of the day. They put only tea leaves in their cups. They prefer tea with nothing in it．

Tea is also popular in Japan．People have tea every day. But the way they drink it is different from that in China．

In the USA people drink tea at breakfast or after meals. They usually use tea bags to make their tea?

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We have a students’ radio station in our sch001．It started two years ago. I have been a member of the radio station for two years．Every morning we tell the students about the weather and the latest news, plus some special messages that the teachers want US to mention．

We also have a special programme that tells students the things they should or shouldn’t do when they prepare for their exams．When parents come to visit the school, we always play songs sung by the students，and we also report special events-

I will graduate soon．I’ll really miss the radio station．

生词：graduate ['grædjueit] vi. 毕业