Life in the future is very different from life today. What will our life be _____ in 100 years?

In the past, we _____ much time on housework every day. However, in the year of 2122, everything will change. Every family will have a robot. It will help us a lot at home and at work. At home, it will do all the housework and even help _____ with their homework. When we go out for work, it will be able _____ us to look after the old. What is more, it _____ drive us to the company and help us do some light work. We will have more free time for our hobbies, such as travelling. Travelling in the future will be very _____ and easy. Every family _____ a small plane. We can go everywhere by _____ plane. For example, we can go to other countries for holidays easily. We will wear a new kind of clothes. They are quite different from _____ today. We will always feel warm all the time.

_____ comfortable life! Do you like it?

Once upon a time, a young man lived far away from the market.

One day, he found his shoes were too old to ________, so he decided to buy a new pair in the market. He used a ruler to measure(测量) how long his ________ were before he went to the market. Then he got to a shoe ________ in the market after walking a long time. He ________ a pair he liked and was ready to take out his ruler. He ________ he left it at home and he forgot the size. He ________ home and took the ruler in a hurry.

However, it was too ________. When he came back, the shoe shops in the market were closed. The man was very unhappy ________ he couldn’t buy new shoes. Later, some people knew this and thought he was too ________. One of his friends asked him, “Why not ________ the shoes with your feet?” The man answered, “Only the ruler is right. I don’t believe my feet.”

The summer holiday is coming soon. Here are some choices (选择) for you.

Sunshine Club We will have music lessons, dancing lessons and badminton (羽毛球) lessons. Time: 6:30 a.m.—9:30 p.m. (From July 2 to July 16) ( We will take a rest on Saturday and Sunday.) People: For young people from 12 to 18 years old. Address: 28 Nanxiang Street, Maoming Tel: (0668)-2830779 Price: 50 yuan per person (每人) a time

Maoming City Museum Come and see the best of Chinese traditional works of art. There are also many old photos and paintings about the history of Maoming people in the past 62 years. Opening hours: 8:30 a.m.—12:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m.—5:30 p.m. Website: http://mmsbwg.com/ Price: Free

Wyndham Grand Maoming Join us at Wyndham Grand Maoming for a stay near the South China Sea. During your visit, you’ll have everything you need to relax in the hotel, including a great swimming pool, a large fitness center, and free WiFi. We also offer two restaurants. You can eat some Chinese and Western food there. Check-in time:14:00 p.m. Check-out time:12:00 p.m. Price: 847 yuan a night

Maoming Forest Park Over 200 animals: tigers, pandas and so on. Opening hours: 9: 30 a.m.—5: 00 p.m. (From Monday to Sunday) Price: an adult (成年人): 27 yuan a child (under 12 years old): Free Tel: (0668)-2331088

Body language is very important in our life. Gestures(手势) mean something in one country, but they may be not the same in another. Now let me tell you several body gestures in different countries.

※ Eye Contact(接触；交流) In Japan

“Look at me when I’m talking to you!” You can often hear it from your parents. It is polite to look at someone in the eyes when talking to them. In Japan, however, you won’t hear something like this. In most countries, eye contact in a conversation is an important part of your culture(文化). However, eye contact in Japan is rude. The Japanese don’t look at each other in the eyes when they talk.

※ In India, Shake Your Head Left-Right

When you want to say yes, you shake your head up and down. Well, it is not the same in India.

In India, when you want to say “yes”, you shake your head. But you don’t shake it up and down, but left and right. It is very amazing, right?

※ Bow In Korea(韩国)

In some East Asian countries, such as Japan and Korea, a bow means politeness and respect(尊重). The more you bow to your speaker, the greater your respect is. In Korea, when you say “Hello”, “I’m sorry”, “Thank you”, and “Goodbye”, you should bow at the same time.

Gu Ailing, an 18-year-old girl, is a free skier (滑雪运动员). On September 3rd, 2003, she was     36     in San Francisco, America. She grew up there and still lives in America with her mom. Her father is American and her mother is Chinese.

At the     37     of 3, Gu Ailing began to ski. She really enjoyed     38     when she skied. When she was 8 years old, Gu was     39     at skiing and became a member of a skiing team. The next year, she started to win some gold medals (奖牌) in some important matches.

    40     2019, Gu Ailing decided to take part in the matches as a Chinese. In the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, she     41     two gold medals and a silver medal for China. She is not only talented (有才华的),     42     also hard-working. She spent almost her free     43     on skiing. That’s     44     she becomes so successful and world-famous.

Now she is     45     student in Stanford University. We hope that she will have a better future.