Unit1
Bus Driver and Passengers Save an Old Man
At 9:00 a.m. yesterday, bus No. 26 1 (go) along
He Lost His Arm But Is Still Climbing
Aron Ralstonis an American man 1 is interested in mountain climbing. 2 a mountain climber, Aron is used 3 (take) risks. This is one of the excitingthings about doing 4 (danger) sports. There 5 (be) many times when Aron almost lost his lifebecause 6 accidents. 7 April 26, 2003, he found 8 (he) in a very dangerous situation when climbingin
On that day,Aron's arm 9 (caught) under a 2,000-kilorockthat fell on him when he was climbing by himself in the mountains. Becausehe 10 (not free) his arm, he stayedthere for five days and hoped that someone 1 (find) him. But when his water ran out, heknew that he would have to do something 2 (save) his own life. He was not ready 3 (die) that day. So he used his knife 4 (cut) off half his right arm. Then, with hisleft arm, he bandaged himself so that he would not lose too 5 (many) blood. After that, he climbed down themountain to find help.
After 6 (lose) his arm, he wrote a book called Betweena Rock and a Hard Place. This means being in a difficult situation that youcannot seem 7 (get) out of. In this book, Aron tells of the 8 (important) of making good decisions, and ofbeing in control 9 one's life. His love for mountain climbingis so great that he kept on 10 (climb) mountains even after this experience.
Do we havethe same spirit as Aron? Let's think about it before we find ourselves “betweena rock and a hard place”, and before we have to make a decision that could meanlife or death.
Unit2
Students Who Volunteer
Mario Greenand Mary Brown from
Mario lovesanimals and wants 1 (be) an animal doctor. He volunteers at ananimal hospital every Saturday morning. Mario believes it 2 (help) him 3 (get) his future dream job. “ It' s hard work, ” he says , “but I want to learn more about how 4 (care) for animals . I get such a strongfeeling of satisfaction when I see the animals get better and the look of joy 5 their owners' faces.”
Mary is abook lover. She could read by 6 (she) at the age of four. Last year shedecided 7 (try) out for a volunteerafter-school reading program . She still works there once a week 8 (help) kids learn to read. The kids aresitting in the library, but you can see in their eyes that they’re going on adifferent journey 9 each new book. 10 (volunteer) here is a dream come true for me.I can do what I love to do and help others at the same time.
I’ll Send You a Photo of Lucky
Dear Miss Li,
I’d like 1 (thank) you for 2 (send) money to Animal Helpers. I’m sure youknow that this group 3 (set) up to help disabled people like me. Youhelped to make 4 possible for me to have Lucky. Lucky makes abig 5 (different) to my life. Letme 6 (tell) you my story.
What wouldit be like to be blind or deaf? Or imagine you 7(not walk) or use your hands 8 (easy). Most people would never think aboutthis, but many people have these difficulties. I can’t use my arms or legswell, so normal things like answering the telephone, opening and closing doors,or carrying things are difficult for me. Then one day last year, a friend ofmine helped me out. She talked to Animal Helpers about 9 (get) me a special trained dog. She also thoughta dog might cheer me 10 . I love animals and I was excitedabout the idea of having a dog.
After sixmonths of 1 (train) with a dog at Animal Helpers, I wasable 2 (bring) him home. My dog’sname is Lucky — a good name for him because I feel very 3 (luck) to have him. You see, I’m only able tohave a “dog-helper” because 4 your 5 (kind)! Lucky is very clever and understands manyEnglish words. He 6 (understand) me when I give him orders. Forexample, I say, “Lucky! Get my book,” and he does it at once.
Lucky is afantastic dog. I’ll send you a photo of 7 (he) if you like, and I could show you how hehelps me. Thank you again 8 changing my life.
Best wishes,
Ben Smith
Unit3
Dear Sir,
I don’tunderstand why some parents make their kids help with housework and chores athome. Kids these days already have enough stress from school. They don’t havetime 1 (study) and do housework,too. Housework is a waste 2 their time. Could we just let them 3 (do) their job as students? They should spendtheir time 4 schoolwork in order 5 (get) good grades and get into a gooduniversity. Also, when they get 6 (old), they will have to do housework sothere’s no need for them to do it now. It is the 7 (parent) job to provide a clean andcomfortable environment at home 8 their children. And anyway, I think 9 (do) chores is not so difficult. I don’t mind 10 (do) them.
Mr. Smith
Dear Sir,
I think it is important 1 children to learn how 2 (do) chores and help their parents 3 housework. It’s not enough to just get goodgrades at school. Children these days depend 4 their parents too much. They’re always asking,“Could you get this for me?” or “Could you help me with that?” Doing chores 5 (help) to develop children’s independence andteaches them how to look after 6 (they). It also helps them to understand theidea of fairness. Since they live in one house with their parents, they 7 (know) that everyone should do their part in 8 (keep) it clean and tidy. Our neighbor’s songot into a good college but during his first year, he had no idea how to takecare of himself. As a result, he often fell ill and his grades 9 (drop). The 10 (early) kids learn to be independent, thebetter it is for their future.
Ms. Miller
Unit4
(P27 3a) Dear Mr. Hunt,
My problemis I can’t get on 1 my family. Relations between my parents havebecome difficult. They fight a lot, and I really don’t like it. It’s the only 2 (communicate) they have. I don’t know if I 3 (say) anything to them about this. When theyargue, it’s like a big, black cloud 4 (hang) over our home. Also, my 5 (old) brother is not very nice to me. Healways refuses 6 (let) me watch my favorite TV show. Instead hewatches whatever he wants until late at night. I don’t think this is fair. Athome I always feel lonely and nervous. Is that normal? What can I do?
Sad and Thirteen
Dear Sad and Thirteen,
It’s noteasy 7 (be) your age, and it’snormal to have these feelings. Why 8 (not) you talk about these feelings with yourfamily? If your parents are having problems, you should offer 9 (help). Maybe you could do more jobs aroundthe house so that they have 10 (much) time for proper communication.Secondly, why don’t you sit down and communicate 11your brother? You 12 (explain) that you don’t mind him 13 (watch) TV all the time. However, he shouldlet you 14 (watch) your favorite show. Ihope you 15 (feel) better for you soon.
Robert Hunt
(P30 2b) Maybe You Should Learn to Relax!
These days,Chinese children are sometimes 1 (busy) on weekends than weekdays because theyhave to take so 2 (much) after-school classes. Many of them 3 (be) learning exam skills so that they can getinto a good high school and later a good university. Others are 4 (practice) sports so that they can compete andwin. However, this doesn’t only happen in
LindaMiller, a mother of three, 1 (know) all about such stress. “In somefamilies, competition starts very young and continues until the kids getolder,” she says. “Mothers send
their small kids 2 all kinds of classes. And they are alwayscomparing them 3 other children. It’s crazy. I don’t thinkthat’s fair. Why don’t they just let their kids be kids? People shouldn’t pushtheir kids so hard.” Doctors say too 4 (many) pressure is not good for a child’s 5 (develop). Dr. Alice Green says all theseactivities 6 (cause) a lot of stress for children. “Kids shouldhave time 7 (relax) and think for 8 (they), too. Although it’s normal to want 9 (successfully) children, it’s even moreimportant 10 (have) happy children.”
Unit 5
(P35 3a) The Storm Brought People Closer Together
Ben couldhear strong winds outside his home in
Everyone inthe neighborhood 3 (be) busy. Ben’s dad 4 (put) pieces of wood over the windows whilehis mom 5 (make) sure the flashlightsand radio were working. She also put some candles and matches on the table.
Ben washelping his mom make dinner when the rain 6 (begin) to beat heavily 7 the windows. After dinner, they tried 8 (play) a card game, but it was hard to havefun with a serious storm happening outside.
Ben 9 (not sleep) at first. He finally fell asleepwhen the wind was dying down at around 3:00 a.m. When he woke up, the sun wasrising. He went outside with his family and found the neighborhood in a mess.Fallen trees, broken windows and rubbish were everywhere. They joined theneighbors 10 (help) clean up theneighborhood together. Although the storm broke many things apart, it broughtfamilies and neighbors closer together.
(P38 2b) Do You Remember What You Were Doing?
People oftenremember what they 1 (do) when they heard the news of importantevents in history. In
Robert Allenis now over 50, but he was a school pupil at that time. “I was at home with myparents,” Robert remembers. “We were eating dinner in the kitchen when we heardthe news on the radio. The news reporter said, 'Dr. King died just 10 minutesago.’ My parents were completely 5 (shock). My parents did not talk after that,and we finished the rest of our dinner 6 silence. More recently, most Americans remember whatthey were doing when the World Trade Center in
This was aday Kate Smith will never forget. She remembers 8 (work) in her office near the two towers. “Myfriend shouted that a plane just hit the
Unit6
(P43 3a) In November 1979, pupils in
The MonkeyKing is not just any normal monkey. In fact, he sometimes does not even look 4 a monkey! This is because he can make 72changes to his shape and size, 5 (turn) himself into different animals andobjects. But unless he can hide his tail, he cannot turn himself into a person.6 fight bad people, the Monkey King uses a magicstick. Sometimes he can make the stick so small 7 he can keep it in his ear. At other times, heis able to make it big and long.
The Monkeyking has excited the 8 (child) of
Unit7
(P51 3a) Qomolangma—theMost Dangerous Mountain in the World? One of the world’s 1 (dangerous) sports is mountain climbing, andone of the most popular places for this is the
The firstpeople 4 (reach) the top were TenzingNorgay and Edmund Hillary 5 May 29,1953. The first Chinese team did so in1960, while the first woman to 6 (success) was Junko Tabei from
reasons is because people want 8 (challenge) themselves in the face ofdifficulties. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never giveup 9 (try) to achieve our dreams. It alsoshows that humans can sometimes be 10 (strong)than the forces of nature.
(P54 2b) It is 8:30 a.m. at the
“They’re so cute and lovely. I take care of 6 (they) like they’re my own babies. I wash, feedand play with them every day. They’re very special to me.” Lin Wei loves herjob, but it is a difficult one.
Pandas donot have many babies, maybe only one every two years. The babies often die from7 (ill) and do not live verylong. Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day 8 (eat) about 10 kilos of bamboo. Many yearsago, there were a lot more bamboo forests and pandas in
An educationprogram in
Unit8
(P59 3a) When I first arrived on this island, I hadnothing. But I’ve found the ship and made a small boat. I’ve brought back manythings I can use— food and drink, tools, knives and guns. Although I have losteverything, I have not lost my life. So I will not give up and I will wait foranother ship. I have already cut down trees and built a house. I go out with mygun almost every day to kill animals and birds for food. I’m even learning togrow fruits and vegetables.
Afew weeks ago, I found the marks of another man’s feet on the sand. Who else ison my island? How long have they been here? Not long after that, I saw somecannibals trying to kill two men from a broken ship. One of them died but theother ran towards my house. I helped him kill the cannibals. This man now liveswith me and helps me. I named him Friday because that was the day I met him. Heis smart and I have already taught him some English.
(P62 2b) A Country Music Song Changed Her Life Forever
When Sarahwas a teenager, she used 1 (fight) over almost everything with her family.But five years ago, while she 2 (study) abroad in
Country is a6 (tradition) kind of music from the 7 (south) states of
Sarah hasn’tbeen to Nashville yet, but it is her dream 11 (go) there one day. She has already read a lotabout the place and done some research on it. She knows that there is a
of his songs. “Garth is one of the 14 (successful) musicians in American history.He’s sold more than 120 15 (million) records. I hope 16 (see) him 17 (sing) live one day!”
Unit9
(P67 3a) Ken：The most interesting museum I’ve everbeen
to 1 (be) the
Amy：I’ve recently been to a very unusual museumin India, the International Museum of Toilets. I just couldn’t believe my eyeswhen I saw so 5 (much) different kinds of toilets there. Themuseum teaches people about the history and 6 (develop) of toilets. It also encouragesgovernments and social groups 7 (think) about ways 8 (improve) toilets in the future.
Linlin ： Last year I 9 (go) to the Hangzhou National Tea Museum. It’sa 10 (relax) and peaceful placenear a lake. The tea art 11 (perform) show how 12 (make) a perfect cup of tea. 13 (watch) the tea preparation is just as 14 (enjoy) as drinking the tea itself. I’vefinally 15 (realize) why my grandpaloves drinking tea and collecting tea sets.
(P70 2b)
Have youever been to
Have youever tried Chinese food outside of
Most large 8 (city) have zoos, but have you ever been to azoo at night?
animals only wake up at night , 9 this is the best time to watch them. At theNight Safari, you 10 (watch) these animals in a more naturalenvironment than in a normal zoo.
One greatthing about
Unit10
(P75 3a) Mychildren are growing up fast. My daughter is 16 and my boy has just started juniorhigh school. As they get bigger our house seems 1 (get) smaller. So we want to sell some of ourthings in the yard sale and give the money 2 a children’s home.
We havealready 3 (clear) out a lot of thingsfrom our bedrooms. We have decided to each sell five things that we no longeruse. My son was quite sad at first. Although he has not played with his oldtoys 4 a long time, he still wanted 5 (keep) them. For example, he’s owned a trainand railway set since his 6 (four) birthday, and he played with it almostevery week until he was about seven. And he did not want to lose the toy monkey,either. He 7 (sleep) next to the monkey everynight when he was a child. My daughter was 8(understand), although she also felt sad 9 (part) with certain toys.
As for me, Idid not want to give up my football shirts, but, to be honest, I have notplayed for a while now. I’m getting 10 (older), too!
(P782b) Hometown Feelings
Some peoplestill live in their hometown. However, others may only see it once or twice ayear. Nowadays, millions 1 Chinese leave the countryside 2 (search) for work in the cities. Among theseis Zhong Wei, a 46-year-old husband and father. He 3 (live) in
Many people likeZhong Wei regard with great interest how their hometowns 5 (change). Perhaps large hospitals and newroads have appeared. In many places, the government has also
built new schools and sent teachers from the cities tohelp.
“I noticedthat’s true of my hometown,” adds Zhong Wei. “Children have learned 6 (read) and count at my old primary schoolsince the mid-20th century. But now the buildings are really old. I hearthey’re going to build a new school there.” Zhong Wei thinks such developmentsare good, and he also knows that his hometown cannot always stay the same.
According 7 Zhong Wei, however, some things will never
change. “In my hometown, there was a big old treeopposite the
school. It is still there and has become quite a symbolof the place. Most of the children in my time liked 8 (play) together under that big tree, 9 (especial) during the summer holidays. Itwas such a happy childhood. Our hometown has left many soft and sweet 10 (memory) in our hearts.”
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