Rich or poor, young or old, we all have problems. We can easily become unhappy ________ we solve our problems. Worrying about our problems can affect how we do things at school or at home. So how do we deal with our problems?

Most of us have probably been ________ with our friends, parents or teachers. Perhaps they said something you didn’t like, or you felt they were ________. Sometimes, people can stay angry for years about a small problem. Time goes by, and good friendships may be lost.

When we are angry, however, we are usually the ones affected. Have you ever seen young children playing together? But they ________ very soon, and decide not to talk to each other. However, this usually doesn’t last for long. They become good friends again. This is an important ________ for us, we can solve a problem by learning to forget.

Many students often complain about school. They might feel they have too much work to do sometimes, or think the rules are too ________. We must learn how to change these “problems” into “________”. As young adults, it is our duty to try our best to deal with each challenge with the help of our teachers.

By ________ yourself with other people, you will find your problems are not so terrible. Think about Stephen Hawking, for example, a very clever scientist. He can’t walk or even speak, but he regards his many physical problems as ________. Now he is known as a great scientist in the world. We are probably quite healthy and smart. Let’s not worry about our problems. Let’s face the challenges ________.

Jane, a reporter, is collecting information for the local newspaper. She is interested in the following things introduced in a magazine.

Smart Schoolbag

Forget to pack the books you need into your schoolbag in the morning rush?

A schoolboy aged 11 has invented a schoolbag, It tells you which books to pack. A small computer and a scanner(扫描装置) are fixed in the bag. As each book is put into the bag, it is checked by the scanner. If any book is missing, a message will be shown on the computer screen to remind you.

Weather Sweets

Can you eat weather?

A university makes that happen. It uses a 3D printer to create sweets based on the weather information of a certain day.

The shapes of the sweets are affected by wind speed. The colors of the sweets are decided by temperature. The sweets act as a weather record of the day when they are made.

Sunrise Bed

It’s hard for you to get up in the morning, isn’t it?

To help you get up, a company has created a “tool”—a sun rise bed.

It wakes you up gently as a sunrise does. Lights built into the bed turn on and start to get brighter and brighter. When the lights are fully on, soft music will begin to play. It will be louder and louder until you turn it off. The company explains, “The gentle light tells your body that it is morning, so it stops producing a chemical that helps you sleep. ”

People and dogs have been living together for a very long time. When did dogs and people become friends? Where did dogs come from?

A group of scientists tried to answer these questions. They just did a study about the history of dogs. In the study, they observed at the DNA of dogs all over the world and found that dogs. like humans, shared DNA with their relatives (亲戚). The scientists put together a big family tree for dogs. It went all the way back to the animal’s beginning.

In this way, scientists learned about the history of dogs. The first dogs lived in Asia. They were born about 33,000 years ago. At first, there were only about 6, 400 of them. Their parents were wolves (狼).

The new study answers many questions. It raises some, too. For example, what caused wolves in Asia to become dogs all those years ago?

One idea is that their DNA slowly changed and the wolves became dogs in the end. As time went by, dogs became “man’s best friend”. It was possible that some wolves started living with people before they became dogs. Living with people led to many changes to these wolves. It changed their DNA, so their offspring (后代) became dogs. In other words, it was possible that wolves were our friends before they became dogs.

By studying DNA, scientists now have a much better understanding of the history of dogs. ________ How exactly dogs came to be our friends is still unclear.

Trip to Bank Park

The most famous park in our city

How to get there:

Our tour bus goes from the shopping center to the park every two hours. The first bus starts at 8:30 in the morning.

What can you do there:

Listen to country music, go boating, swimming and fishing, and take part in the raffle (抽奖活动) for children.

Ticket: Adult: ¥70

Half price for children under 10

Food: We will provide you with the lunch and some drinks.

Attention:

Take good care of your children, because the river may be a little deep. Take your own umbrellas to protect your skin (皮肤) from the sun.

A professional (专业的) guide may give you some guidance during the trip, and if you have any questions, you can call him for help. We hope you have a good time!

Tel: 2136116; 2674363

I have had thousands of classes since I started school nine years ago. But only one class was the most important. It happened last term just after I had got a bad result in an exam. I was sad and lost my confidence. I decided     54     (go) to a class which can tell me how to be successful. The speaker walked into the room. But he did not begin talking like a teacher. Instead, he held up (举起) a twenty yuan note (钞票)!

“Who     55     (want) this?” he asked slowly. All of us in the class put up our hands.

The speaker smiled. Then he     56     (put) up the note on the blackboard and asked the same question. Again, we all put up our hands. The speaker smiled again, but said nothing. Suddenly, he threw the note onto the floor! Then he asked the same question a third time.

I didn’t understand what the speaker     57     (do). Why was he asking the same question again and again? I didn’t know what to do. I wanted the note, so I put my hand up again. After a while, he picked up a note and started     58     (laugh), “You all just     59     (tell) me how to become successful,” he said to us with the note in his hand. “The note is worth (价值) twenty yuan, It is always worth twenty yuan, even though I     60     (throw) it on the floor. You are like the note. No matter what happens to you, you still have your worth.”

When I heard those words, I was deeply moved. Suddenly, I realized I was worth a lot. I may have failed in an exam, but it doesn’t mean I can’t do well in the future. If I believe in myself, I     61     (be) successful!

On Saturday morning, every boy in town is happy, except Tom Sawyer. He has to paint the fence (篱笆) because he is punished for the mistakes he made yesterday. The fence is     68     nine feet high and runs nearly half the block long. After only a few strokes, he sits down and begins to think of all the fun he has planned for the day. He knows that the painting     69     all afternoon.     70     other boys will come by soon and see him doing his chores. Just then, Ben Rogers comes along the road with an apple in his hand. Tom has an idea. He     71     his brush and goes back to work.

“Got to work, hey?” sayș Ben. “Work? What work are you talking about? It’s not every day a boy gets to paint a whole fence     72    .” Then Tom goes on painting. Ben watches Tom     73    . He becomes more and more interested.     74    , he says, “Hey, Tom, let me try. ”

“No, I’m sorry, Aunt Polly says there isn’t one boy in a thousand that is fit to paint the fence.”

“Come on, Tom. Let me just try, please...I’ll give you my apple!”

Tom considers a moment longer. Then very     75     he gave Ben his brush with worry on his face but joy in his heart. Sitting under a shady tree. Tom eats the apple and watches Ben paint the fence     76    .

He thinks he has discovered something wonderful since then: To make a boy want something, all you have to do is make that something     77     to get!

78. 假定你是李华，最近你的笔友刘明发来邮件，向你诉说他的困扰：他的父母不让他用手机 APP 给英文电影配音，认为会影响学习和休息。请你根据邮件内容用英语给他回封邮件，内容包括：

I’m in trouble now. Yesterday I argued with my parents because they didn’t allow me to dub foreign films by using mobile apps. They thought that it was not good to my study and sleep. I broke their hearts and made them angry. I’m sorry for that but I really think it helpful to learn English by dubbing the foreign films. Now I don’t know what to do. Could you help me?

Yours,

Liu Ming

I’m sorry to hear that. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua