Jack went to a barber’s shop and had his hair cut. But when he ________ out, he was not happy ________ the result. When his friend Bob saw him, he laughed and said. “What has happened to your hair. Jack?’’ Jack said.“I tried a new barber’s shop today, ________ I wasn’t quite satisfied with my old one, but this one seems ________ worse.”

Bob agreed, “Yes, I think you’re right, Jack".

Now I’ll tell you ________ to do when you go into a barber’s shop next time: look at all the barbers’ hair, find out whose hair looks ________, and then go straight to him.”

“ ________ shall I go to him?” Jack asked. ‘‘But that would be foolish!”

“Oh, no, it wouldn’t,” answered Bob. “Who cut that man’s hair? Just think it. He couldn’t cut it ________, could he? ________ barber cut it. So you know he ________ be the worst barber.”

All around the world, people drink tea. But tea does not mean the same thing to everyone. In different countries, people have very different ideas about drinking tea. In China, people always drink tea when they are getting together. The Chinese drink it at any time of the day at home or in teahouses. They prefer plain tea, with nothing else in it.

Another tea-drinking country is England, the late afternoon is“tea time”. Almost everyone has a cup of tea then. If you are a friend of the family, you may drop in for tea without an invitation or telling that you are coming. Very often it is not served at a table. The English usually make tea in a teapot and drink it with milk and sugar. They also eat cakes and cookies at tea time.This is so-called “afternoon                    tea”in England.

In America, people drink tea mostly at breakfast or after meals. Americans usually use tea bags to make tea. In summer, many Americans drink cold tea —“ iced tea.” Sometimes they drink iced tea from cans, like soda.

My grandfather is an eighty-year-old man. He changed, and he often says that life used to be better.

Families aren’t families the way they used to be. A lot of families have broke down. If husband and wife have problems with their marriage, they no longer stay together. And mothers used to stay at home and take care of their children, but now everyone’s working. No one has time to look after children at home.

And the cars! No one walks any more: everyone drives. We used to walk five miles to school every day, even in winter. But now they don’t. And in schoo1, the children don’t have to think any more. In math class, for example, we used to add, subtract, multiply and divide in our heads. Kids don’t use their heads any more；instead, they use calculators(计算器).

Most families have computers now. In the past we didn’t have computers.We didn’t even have lights. My mother used to spend all day cooking in the kitchen. But now nobody eats home-cooked food any more.

And people don’t talk to each other any more. They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, too, busy to think……

Life used to be simple, but it isn’t any more.

Here are some tips on listening. We hope they can help you in one way or another.

●Relax yourself.

Before you start to listen to something, you need to relax. Don't get nervous or excited. This will help you with your listening.

●Listen carefully to the first sentence.

The first sentence tells a lot about the whole passage. For example, if at the very beginning, you hear "Many shops in many parts of China have decided to take away all kinds of Japanese goods off their shelves, but some people say it's not a good idea. Our reporter says..." you know you will hear a piece of news, not a children's story, or a science report.

●Think when you're listening.

When you're listening, try to do some thinking. For example, you can think of the following questions: What happened, when, where and how? What was the result and what did the speaker want to tell us? This way, you may understand the passage better.

●Listen to important facts.

It's important for you to remember some important facts. For example, if the passage is a science report, you should try to remember its findings and how the scientists got their results.

●Don't think about one or two words for too long.

You may hear some words that you don't know, but don't spend too much time on them. Very often, you'll find out what they mean later when you go on with the listening. But you can remember some words or sentences that you think are important, and you can use them when you're answering the questions.

66. If Tim is your good friend, then write an English passage according to the information about him in the chart below。假如Tim是你的好友，请根据下面的表格有关他的信息，写一篇英语短文，不少于60词。

Tim is my good friend and he has changed a lot in the past years. He used to be short, but now he is tall.