Li Ting, 15, from Shanghai, was preparing a talk _________ some Western festivals. She searched online for certain _________ and made PowerPoint presentations(展示).

Wu Qiang, her classmate, was doing his chemistry homework carefully. But he couldn’t _________ the last problem _________ he tried his best. So he took out his _________, opened a special app(应用软件), and searched for the problem. Answers soon appeared on the _________ in several seconds.

Nowadays, many students do homework online _________ the help of the Internet like Li and Wu. They search for information online, use apps or _________ through QQ and WeChat.

“It’s convenient. You don’t have to _________ your teacher to explain it to you face to face,” according to Wu. “You can also learn by seeing __________ others work them out. What’s more, it improves students’ abilities. And it’s __________ true for new kinds of homework. I am quite skilled at searching for information online and using Microsoft Office.”

However, this trend(趋势) __________ problems. Some lazy students just copy the answers online without thinking. Some even ask their classmates to do homework for them. And their teachers don’t know the fact.

Anyhow, knowing how to use the Internet __________ important. The key is to have good self-control. When you come across(遇到) a difficult problem, think about it by __________ first. Be sure to understand the reasons behind the answers after you’ve turned to the Internet, __________ you won’t make progress. If you are not sure about your self-control, ask your parents for help.

John and Sam were friends. They opened a small shop in a small village. One day, they sold out of all their wine (酒), so they drove to the city to buy some.

On their way home, the wind was strong and it was getting colder and colder. Both John and Sam wanted to drink some wine to keep warm, but they had a rule. They couldn’t drink any wine because they had to sell it. According to the rule, if somebody wanted to drink some wine, he had to pay the other twice the price.

John was a clever man. He took out ten cents and gave it to Sam. He said, “Here is ten cents. Would you please sell me some of your wine?” Sam was a businessman (商人), so he said, “You give me money, so of course I will sell some to you.” Then he passed John a cup of wine.

After drinking the wine, John felt warm soon, but Sam was still cold. Then he took out the ten cents that John just gave to him and said to John, “Here is ten cents. Please sell me some of your wine.” John agreed. Sam drank some wine and also felt much warmer. But after some time, they both felt cold again, so they kept buying wine from each other with the same ten cents. Soon they drank up all of the wine.

“How could so much wine only cost ten cents?” the two friends asked each other.

If you go to Hawaii, you can stay at the Garden Hotel. When you go there for holiday, you will find everything as comfortable as you would expect (期盼) in a first-class international hotel.

Every bedroom has its own bathroom, telephone, special tables and colourful, modern sofa.

In the Mitsui Restaurant, you can choose your meals from different dishes, both Eastern and European. You can also find the dishes anywhere in the country. In the Beach Bar, you can drink with your family and friends comfortably to the music of famous musicians (音乐家). Or you can take your drink outside into the beautiful garden of the hotel. You can also swim in the swimming pool. In the hotel, you will find the service (服务) there is both friendly and efficient. It will not take you a long time to wait for your service.

The Garden Hotel is right on the beach, only five minutes on foot from Hawaii’s modern shopping malls. Here you will find all things at prices you can agree.

The Waikiki Beachside Hotel is also one of the most famous hotels in Hawaii. Beachside Hotel is close to restaurants, bars, Honolullu (檀香山) nightlife, Waikiki beaches, Oahu (瓦胡岛) and all of the Hawaii adventure (冒险) activities!

We are sure that your stay here at our Waikiki Beachside Hotel will be the best stay you have in Hawaii or the world.

One day, while our cab (出租马车) was waiting outside a park, a dirty old cab drove up beside us. The horse was an old chestnut (栗色马). Suddenly she looked at me and said, “Black Beauty, is that you?”

It was Ginger! But how different she was! She was thin, and tired from too much hard work. She looked miserable (悲惨的) and she had a bad cough. She told me her sad story. She had a year’s rest and then a gentleman bought her. For a while she got on very well. Then one day after a long gallop (疾驰) her old problem returned, and her back hurt again. They bought and sold her several times after that.

“Then at last,” she said, “a man who has a lot of cabs and horses bought me. I work hard, all week, with no rest on Sundays. I wish I was dead.”

I was very sad to hear this. I put my nose up to Ginger’s, but I didn’t know what to say to her. She said, “Black Beauty, you are my only friend.”

Just then her driver came back, and they drove off. I felt very sad indeed to see Ginger like this.

A short time after this I saw a cart with a dead horse in it. It was a chestnut horse with a long, thin neck. I think it was Ginger. I hope so, for then all her problems were over.

One day a lady got into the cab. “Jeremiah Barker,” she said, “Is that you? How are Polly and the children?”

I listened to Jerry’s answer and found Mrs. Fowler was a lady Polly once worked for. She asked Jerry.

“How do you find the cab work in winter? I know Polly was worried about you last year.”

“Yes, ma’am, it was a hard winter and I had a bad cough,” he replied.

“Well, Barker,” Mrs Fowler continued, “I know people who want good drivers or grooms. If you stop working on the cabs one day, let me know.”

“Certainly, ma’am,” smiled Jerry. “Thank you,” he said, and he seemed very pleased.

                                                                                               —From Black Beauty

Every year, wildfires(野火) destroy much forest land, homes are broken down, and thousands of people die. Smokejumpers(空降森林灭火员) are helping to stop this.

Smokejumpers are a special kind of firefighter. They jump from planes into areas that difficult to reach by car or on foot. They race to put out fires as fast as they can.

At a fire site, Smokejumpers first examine the land and decide how to fight the fire, their main goal is to stop fire from spreading. Using basic tools such as shovels and axes, smokejumpers clear land of burnable material like plants and other dry materials. They carry water with them too, but not much.

Although most smokejumpers are men, more women are joining. Most important are your weight and height. Smokejumpers in the U.S. for example, must be 54 to 91 kilograms, so they don’t get hurt when they land, or get blown by strong winds.

Smokejumpers must be able to live in the wilderness. In Russia, many smokejumpers know how to find food in the forest and even make simple furniture from trees.

The work is dangerous, the hours are long. But for these firefighters, smokejumpers isn’t just a job. Their love being able to jump out of planes, fight fires, and live in the forest. As 28-year-old Russian smokejumpers Alexi Tishin says,“This is the best job for the strong and brave.”

80. 过去这一段时间我们身边的生活发生了很大的变化。李华是你班上的一名同学，这学期他变化了很多，学习进步很大，请根据下面表格提供的信息用英语写篇短文，向同学介绍李华的变化并简要说明理由。

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