Late at night, a sudden sound woke me up. I went out of the house. Then I saw a very _______ light going towards the woods nearby. It was a huge spaceship.

I ran over, touched it and then passed out. _______ I woke up, I found myself in a cage(笼子). There _______ other cages with people inside. I looked around and saw through a window near me. I saw space!

“_______ did I come here? ” I asked myself. Then a strange animal stopped in front of _______ cage and said something different. I thought it must be an alien (外星人). Suddenly, the spaceship started _______.

A different kind of alien came and broke my cage. It took me to the gate of the falling spaceship. Then it gave me _______ locket (项链) and said in English, “If you don’t wear this and jump, you _______.” I was not sure if I should believe its words, _______ I still put the locket around my neck. Then the alien pushed me out. When I woke up again, I found myself lying __________ the woods. After some time, I thought about the locket. It was still around my neck!

Nina, Jody, and Matt tried out the game they had been working on all week. When Jody hit “Start”, but nothing happened. “We don’t have time to make a whole new game.” said Jody. “The end of the Coding Camp is just two days away!”

The only things left were Nina’s computer drawings — a toaster, a toy unicorn, and a few houseplants. “How can we make a game by using them?” Nina wondered. After asking for advice, they worked on a new idea for their game.

“What about an arcade game? ” said Nina.

“We’ll need a hero. Maybe we can use the unicorn!” said Jody.

“Yeah! The unicorn can fight her way to her forest home,” exclaimed Matt. “The unicorn will need an enemy. How about the houseplants?” asked Nina. “Well if the houseplants are attacking the unicorn, she can spear them with her horn, the toaster can come in and burn up all the plants,” she added. They agreed and began to work.

After hard work, they finished the game on time.

On the last day, they showed their game to the whole group in the big hall. As the unicorn fought through the rooms, the houseplants got bigger. Just when things looked scariest for the unicorn, Jody called up the toaster to save the day. Everyone clapped and cheered.

“I can’t wait to come back next year!” said Nina. They smiled at each other.

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We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. Most babies and children sleep not just one-third but close to one-half of each day. So if you’re six, you might have spent three years of your life sleeping!

Why do we spend so much time sleeping? That’s because you won’t be able to learn and remember new things well without enough sleep.

The rest of your body won’t work well either. Our bodies provide us with growth hormones (激素) while we are sleeping. They make us grow. That’s why children need more sleep than adults. But even when we’ve stopped growing taller, these hormones help us keep growing strong muscles, bones.

How much sleep do you need? That depends on how old you are. The Sleep Foundation says that teenagers need 8.5 to 9 hours a day.

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●Having good sleep habits is important. Stop using digital devices (电子设备) for at least an hour before sleep.

●Try to go to sleep and wake up at the same time every day, even on weekends and during holidays.

●Relax before bed each night by listening to soft music.

Straws (吸管) are widely used in our daily life. Paper straws came first. By the 1960s, plastic straws became common. Now, Americans throw away 500 million plastic straws every day. This pollutes the world’s oceans. In fact, they can carry these straws with them to use. There are even edible (可食用的) straws. They are made from bamboo and papaya leaves.

To deal with the problem of using plastic straws, many restaurants and stores have decided not to use them. Since 2020, Starbucks has stopped using plastic straws. McDonald has also said that it will ban plastic straws at its restaurants in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

The next time you’re buying something to drink, choose a better straw.

William Shakespeare once said “Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits.” That means if young people never leave where they grew up, they will have a narrow (狭窄的) world view.     41    

Travelling helps us learn and feel a lot in the nature. From books, we have all read about the grand Himalayas, the great oceans and the beautiful Taj Mahal.     42     That’s why more and more schools have started making tours into their study plans.     43     When we travel, we get to visit different places, learn about different cultures and understand different ways of living.     44    

In a word, by travelling, one can not only enjoy sightseeing, but also learn things that one cannot learn in the classroom.     45    

Amy was born in a small family in 1992 in Guangdong. At an early age, her favourite h    46     was drawing. She wanted to be a great painter in the future. After Amy a    47     junior high school, she joined the school Cartoon Club. She became more and more i    48     in drawing cartoons. She turned funny and touching stories into drawings. Slowly, she became famous at school. In 2014, Amy ran her own company. At first a f    49     people worked in her company. Now, there are more than thirty. For the young artist, her great d    50     just begins.

56. 假如你是李华，你的英语老师为了让同学们过一个充实而有意义的寒假，让大家列一个“寒假必做清单”在英语课上展示并讲解。请你根据以下提示准备发言稿。

The winter holiday is coming! I am going to make my holiday full and meaningful. Here is my plan.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________