Do you have an idol (偶像)? I’m sure most teenagers have their own idols. Many people’s idols are famous stars like ________ or actors. They can see the stars on TV, in magazines or newspapers almost every day. I like them too. But my idol is a scientist —Albert Einstein. He is ________ my hero.

At first, I didn’t ________ much about Einstein in addition to his great work. Like others, I just thought he was one of the ________ scientists of all time, like Galileo and Newton. That was enough to make him someone I should ________. However, after reading more about him, I ________ he had another side. What many of us don’t know is that he had a great sense of humour (幽默感) and he was also a ________ man. He helped many other scientists and cared about the whole world. I ________ I’ve learnt a lot from him. He has taught me that our most important achievement is to be a useful person with the ________ to act and think independently. In my opinion, this is what ________ Einstein so great.

The great sale is coming this weekend. Come on! Choose some interesting books from our online bookstore.

	This book is here to help us know better about how machines, from cars to watches, work. There is also a part that guides us through computers. After reading it, you may find a different world.
	One day, Mr Popper receives a box with a penguin inside! He names it Cook and helps him find a wife. When the Cooks have ten cute baby penguins, Mr Popper starts to worry about raising them.
	Are you interested in fine art? This book can help you understand art in an easy way. It shows different art styles (风格). Also, you can enjoy many great artworks and learn about the life stories of forty artists (艺术家).
	Little Nutbrown Hare is very cute in the book. He shows his father how much he loves him. Then the father also shows that he loves Little Nutbrown Hare much more.

Look around when you’re on the subway. What is the most popular time-killing activity? Your answer may be playing on your smart phone. But in other countries, many people enjoy reading.

According to a survey in 2018, each American reads 21 books on the subway and a Japanese reads 17.

In many foreign countries, people read at any time. Even backpackers (背包客) enjoy reading books when they are on a break at the beach or relaxing from a trip. Reading books builds a bridge between our lives and the unknown world.

Many hotels abroad also offer book exchanges for visitors. Simply drop off your finished books and take different books that others left behind.

In most US middle schools, teachers develop students’ reading habits by giving them a reading list every few weeks. Some schools even hold the reading party for students to share their opinions.

Good reading habits can lead you to a lifelong love of books. In order to encourage people to read more, China is planning to set laws for reading. Although this has both good and bad sides, it can be seen as a way to develop one’s reading habits. The following advice may be helpful:

·Read in short periods. 10 minutes on the way to and from school, 10 minutes waiting for friends, 15 minutes before sleep.

·Make your own reading list. Your list can be the best-selling books on famous websites or the books your teacher recommends (推荐).

·Talk about your reading with your family or friends.

One day, a student asked his teacher, “What is greed? ” The teacher didn’t answer his question directly, but asked the student to walk through the chocolate factory next to their school and pick out the biggest chocolate bar he could find. But there was a rule: as he passed through the factory, he could not turn back.

The student went to the chocolate factory. As he walked, he saw a large chocolate bar. He liked it, but thought he might be able to find an even bigger one if he kept going. He went on and saw another chocolate bar. This one was a little bigger. But again, he thought he could find an even bigger one if he kept going. As he neared the end of the factory, he saw fewer chocolate bars and none of them were as large as the earlier ones. He started to feel sad about his missing the largest chocolate bar.

Finally, he gave up. He went back to his teacher empty-handed and explained (解释) what had happened.

The teacher told him, “You liked the first chocolate bar, but you kept looking for a bigger one. And later, you realized that you had given up the best chocolate bar because you thought you could do better. That is called greed.”

Sometimes in our life, we let go of good things easily because we think we can find something even better.

High school students who take music classes get better grades on Maths, Science and English exams than their non-musical classmates, according to a new study. The students who learnt to play a musical instrument (乐器) in primary school and continued playing in high school not only got better grades, but were about one school year ahead of their non-musical classmates.

Scientists studied over 112, 000 students who finished all the 12-grade schoolwork from 2012 to 2015. Students who had at least one instrumental music class were seen as students taking music classes. The music classes need instrumental music experience and include concert bands, jazz bands and so on.

The scientists found the relationships between music education and grades were clearer for those who learnt musical instruments. The study shows the skills learnt in instrumental music class can turn into the students’ learning ability at school.

According to the study, a music student has to learn to read music notation (乐谱), and develop eye-hand-mind coordination (协调) skills, quick listening skills and team skills. All those skills play an important role in developing the learner’s different abilities.

Lots of people expressed their opinions on the Internet. Some said they agreed with the result. They thought it was interesting. However, others didn’t think so. They thought music education had nothing to do with grades.

A beautiful actress was the star of a new musical show. Later she became rich and     61     (success). So she decided     62     (live) in the downtown area. She rented (租用)     63     expensive flat in the centre of the city,     64     (buy) some beautiful furniture and hired a man to paint the rooms in new colours.

It was very difficult     65     (get) tickets for her show, because everybody wanted to see it. Still she gave the     66     (paint) two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work     67     (well) and more willingly for her. He took the tickets without     68     (say) anything, and she heard no more about him     69     the end of the month when she saw a note he left her. At the bottom of it were the     70     (word), “Four hours watching you sing and dance, I should be paid 20 dollars instead of two tickets.”

71. 随着市场上各种电子产品的出现，电子书越来越受到了人们的欢迎。与传统纸质书相比，你是否更喜欢电子书呢？请根据下面的内容要点，写一篇英语短文。

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