Vance and Troy lived in the same street. Both of them had a nice home. But Troy was unhappy because some of Vance’s things were better than his. Troy was a jealous (妒忌的) boy.

Vance and Troy grew up and got ________. At first, they both rode bicycles to work. Later Vance bought a motorcycle. And Troy felt jealous. So Troy also ________ a motorcycle and became happy. He didn’t feel jealous until Vance bought a car.

Troy worked hard until he had enough ________ to pay for a car. However, there were a lot of other cars on the road. The traffic was heavy and the trip to work was very ________.

After a year, Vance bought a bigger car. So Troy worked even ________, and yesterday he bought an expensive new car. This morning, Troy left home and drove his new car. There were hundreds of cars in front of him, and his car just moved 10 ________ in 15 minutes. ________, he was happy because his car was bigger than Vance’s. Then he saw Vance ________ him, but Vance was not in a car. Vance was riding a bicycle. The cars moved very slowly, so Vance cycled past them ________ and cycled away in front of Troy. Troy watched from his big, expensive new car and felt ________.

2 . Do you like animals? And do you know that many animals are becoming fewer and fewer in number now. These animals might disappear from the earth very soon. Take a look at the following animals. They’re all in danger of extinction.

There are many     1     for us to exercise. We can walk, run, jump or swim. We have a lot of choices. Doing exercise is good for     2     health. In addition, exercise makes us tired, so we can have a much better sleep at night.

You may like to run. If you do, take care of your     3    . Make sure you have the right shoes.

    4     is a kind of good exercise. You may take     5     walk in the park. You can walk on the beach to enjoy     6    . You can also walk     7     your friends because this will make your exercise have more fun than walking alone. Some people like to swim, however, others don’t like to go in the water. If you like this kind of exercise, you’d better     8     someone to go with you. They can give you help when you     9     in danger. Jumping rope and     10     a bike are also good for your body.

Find out which one you like better and keep on doing it. You will know what makes you healthy.

6 . Lao She finished writing Teahouse in 1957. The play shows the lives of common people in China between 1898 and 1945. It takes place in a teahouse in old Beijing and it tells us the story of Wang Lifa and his customers.

The story starts in 1898 during the Qing Dynasty. It continues in 1916 and finally it brings the audience to the end of the Anti Japanese War (抗日战争) in 1945. After the war, Wang loses the teahouse and dies.

Lao She was born in Beijing in 1899. His parents sent him to the Normal School in Beijing and he learned to teach. From 1924 to 1929 he taught Chinese to the English in London. He wrote many plays, novels and short stories. He was named “the People’s Artist” and “the Great Master of Language”. He was one of the greatest Chinese writers of the 20th century.

In Lao She Teahouse today, waiters bring tea to the customers and sell them delicious Chinese food. If you like the Beijing Opera, folk (民间的) music, acrobatics (杂技) or magic shows, you can enjoy them in the teahouse. Lao She Teahouse gives a wonderful welcome to everyone from China and from all over the world.

Hello, everyone. My name is Chen Hui. I can speak English very _______. My classmates always ask me _______ to learn English. So, let me tell you something useful about it. Speaking, listening and _______ are all very important.

If you want to speak English very well, you should read English fast and loudly. It can help you improve _______ pronunciation. If you do this for a long time, you can speak English like a native (本地的) speaker.

If you want to be good at English, you should practice _______. When you talk with others, you should listen to _______ carefully. If you don’t pay attention to the dialogue, you will miss a lot of things. What’s more, you can also listen to some English songs or stories. These will help you a lot.

Writing is also very important. When you learn _______ new word, you should use the new word _______. You can also make one or more sentences. So you will have more and more vocabularies. In this way, you can use the words very quickly.

Learning English is not very difficult. The _______ important thing is your interest. If we are interested __________ English, we can learn English well.

In learning English, one should pay     1     to listening and speaking. You’d better try your best to speak while listening. Don’t be afraid to make     2    . But be careful not to let them stop you improving your English.     3     you are doing this, a good way is to write—keep a diary. When you write, you will easily find     4     mistakes in speaking. Then if you can, ask some others to go through the diary.     5     is easier for them to find out the mistakes.

If you are slow in speaking, don’t     6     about it. One of the     7     ways is reading. The important thing is to     8     something interesting to read. It mustn’t     9     too difficult for you. When you are reading, don’t stop to look     10     the new words if you can guess their meanings. In this way you will read faster and better.