I had too many things. My bedroom was often not tidy. I had bookcases with dirty books I never ______ and CDs I didn’t listen to. My drawers were filled with clothes I never wore. I was getting upset because I had no ____ in my bedroom. Then I read about minimalism （极简主义）. Minimalism suggests that you only keep the most necessary and important things and throw away everything else. After reading about minimalism, I felt encouraged to solve my problem.

I started clearing out a lot of the things which I didn’t use. I collected bags of clothes and gave them to poor people in need. I sold some of my CDs and books online. Although I knew that I would never need these things again, I still found it very ____ to throw them away. My brain tried to stop me from letting them go. I said to myself ^“I might need that in the future!^” or “Won’t I be sad if I lose that?^” But the thing was, I knew I couldn’t keep everything.

____ getting lots of things out of my room, I actually became quite excited to see the tidy room with some fresh space. And an organized bedroom ____ makes me have a clear and organized mind!

Being an animal doctor, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old dog named Belker. The dog’s owners, Tom, his wife Lisa, and their little boy John, all ____ Belker, and they were hoping for a miracle （奇迹）.

I examined Belker and found it was dying of cancer. I told the family we could do ____ for Belker but perform the euthanasia （安乐死）for the old dog in their home.

As we made preparations, Tom and Lisa told me they thought it would be a good idea for six-year-old John to ____ the process. They felt as if John might learn something from the ____ .

The next day, I felt the familiar catch in my throat as Belker’s family were around it. John seemed so silent, ____ the dog for the last time, that I ____ if he understood what was going on. Within a few minutes, Belker died peacefully.

The little boy seemed to ____ Belker’s death without any difficulty or confusion （困惑）. We sat together for a while after Belker’s death, wondering why animal lives are shorter than human lives.

John, who had been listening quietly, said, “I know ____ .”

We all turned to him ____ . What he said next shocked me but made us not so sad at the same time.

He said, “People are born so that they can learn how to live a good life 一 like loving everybody all the time and being nice, right?”

The six-year-old continued, “Well, dogs ____ know how to do that, so they don’t have to live long.”

Wildwood School Library Guide

This will offer you some information about our school library.

You can use this guide to help yourself use our library.

Service hours:

8:00 a. m. — 12: a.m.; 3:00 p. m, — 5:30 p.m. on school days;

9:00 a.m. — 11: 30 a.m.; 4:00 p. m. — 6:00 p.m. on weekends.

On school days, you may borrow or return books during opening hours only when your classroom teacher allows you to. At the weekend, our library is open to both you and your parents.

Borrowing:

Each student can borrow one or two books at a time. More books can be borrowed only for class reading activities and school research.

Returning:

Books borrowed from the library can be kept for 14 days. The books must be returned on time, or the kid can't borrow other books.

Damaged（受损的）or Lost Books:

When a book is returned in a damaged condition, the kid will have to pay three dollars for the damage. Full price must be paid if a book is lost. We encourage students to carry their library books in plastic bags to protect them from rainy weather.

For more information, please call us at 3362-1323, or email us at WSLG@yahoo.com. You can also come to our office in person.

He was 11 years old and often went fishing. On the day before bass season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening.

When his fishing pole doubled over, he knew something huge was on the other end. His father watched with admiration as the boy skillfully worked the fish. Finally, he lifted the tired fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a bass, a kind of valuable fish.

Lighting a match, the father looked at his watch. It was 10 pm—two hours before people were allowed to catch basses. He looked at the fish, then at the boy, saying, “You’ll have to put it back, son.”

Looking around, he saw no other fishermen or boats. Even so, the boy could tell from his father’s voice that the decision couldn’t be changed. He threw the huge bass into the water. The boy thought that he would never again see such a big fish.

That was 34 years ago. Today the boy is a successful businessman in New York. He often takes his son to fish at the same place.

And he was right. He has never again caught such a large fish as the one he got that night long ago. But he does see that same fish... again and again... every time he has an ethical （道德的） decision to make. As his father had taught him, ethics are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of ethics that is difficult.

Now more and more people are trying aquatic（水上的）exercise. More and more people in the US are i    61     in it. People in other c    62     are also doing aquatic exercise more frequently.

Aquatic exercise has many good points. First of all, it is e    63       than exercising on land. Why? You weigh about 90% less in the pool. It is also better for your knees than r    64     or walking.

Aquatic exercise feels easy, but it still burns calories（热量）. Water is 1000 times thicker and heavier than air. In the same period of time, you can burn more calories in the pool than in the gym. That’s b    65     it takes more energy to move in the water.

But what if you are a    66     of the water? No problem! There is nothing to worry about. Aquatic exercise is safe and easy to learn. It doesn’t require any special skills. For most kinds of aquatic exercise, you don’t even need to know how to swim.

In fact, most people say they f    67     more relaxed in the water. They stop thinking a    68     the things that make them anxious. The cool and quiet environment makes them exercise more.

Aquatic exercise is suitable for everyone. You can do it at any age. It can even help people who are h    69     in accidents. With aquatic exercise, they can move in ways they can’t on land.

So are you looking for a fun new way to i    70     your health? Why not try? Join the millions of people who are burning calories while keeping cool in the pool.

71. 假定你是李华。李明同学正就读初中二年级。他在信中说，他在英语学习和生活中遇到了很多问题，请你用英语给他回一封信，给他提出一些建议。要点如下：

1、       养成良好的英语学习习惯；(have a ... habit)

2、       学会与同学融洽相处；(get along well with)

3、       多与老师交流；(communicate with somebody)

4、       理解并感恩父母。(thank somebody (for something))

注意：

1.       词数80〜100，开头已给出，但不计入总词数；

2.       短文必须包括所有要点，不要逐词翻译，可适当发挥，使其连贯、通顺；

3.       文中不得出现真实的人名、校名等相关信息。

I’m very glad to receive your letter. In your letter, you told me that___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours

Li Hua