4 . The size and shape of your ears show your character more than any other parts of the face. Other parts of the face change shape as we get older, but ears do not change their shape. They only change in size.

Reading people’s character from their ears is an old science. In very old times people thought that a person with big ears had a good and generous character. They thought that a person with pale (nearly white), small ears was dangerous. They also thought that the shape of the ear showed whether a person was musical or not. Today, too, many people believe that the size and the shape of the ear help you know if a person is musical.

Ears are all different, and each characteristic has a meaning. Next time when you look at a person, see if his ears are large or small. Look at the lobes (the lowest part of the ear). Are they attached (连着) to the face? Ears that are always red mean a person may easily get angry, or he/she just has high blood pressure (高血压). Ears that are always cold and pale mean a person has a nervous character. And a big inside hole of the ear means a person is musical.

5 . A father isn’t happy with his only son. He doesn’t think his son is clever.

One day, the father gives his son a task. He says, here is a coin. Go to buy one thing. That must be something to eat, something to drink, and something to plant. “What can I buy with one coin? It is too hard!” Then a girl finds the boy is not happy and comes up to him. “Can I help you? “ The boy tells her that hard task. “I know what you can do, “ she says. “Go and buy a watermelon with this coin. “ It will give you everything your father wants.” The boy thanks the girl and then runs to buy a watermelon.

When the father sees the watermelon, he is very happy. “Good Job!” “In fact, that’s not my idea. A girl helps me”, says the boy. The father then says, “Honesty is more important than cleverness.”

6 . The best way of learning a language is using it .The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you’ll get your words mixed up (混合)and people will not understand you .Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can’t understand them. But if you keep your sense of humor (幽默感), you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you make. Don’t be unhappy if people seem to be laughing at your mistakes. It is better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you. because they don’t understand what you are saying .The most important thing for learning English is : “Don’t be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes.”

Someone says, “Time is money.” But I think time is     1     important than money. Why? Because when money is spent, we can get it back. However, when time is     2     it’ll never     3    . That’s     4     we mustn’t waste time.

It goes without saying that the     5     is usually limited (有限的). Even a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to do     6     useful.

But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the     7     of time. They spent their limited time smoking, drinking and     8    . They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own     9    . In a word, we should save time. We shouldn’t     10     today’s work for tomorrow. Remember we have no time to waste.

8 . A frog (青蛙) is born in a small river. When he is young, the river is his home. He doesn’t know his parents, but he has hundreds of brothers and sisters. He swims about and plays all day with them. At that time, he doesn’t look like his parents. He has no legs, but he has a long tail. So he looks like a fish.

Then his tail gets shorter and shorter. And he has four legs and a very short tail. He looks like his parents now. Then he’s going to eat a lot of insects (昆虫) –a lot of bad insects.

9 . Pets are part of people’s life. If you are like most people _______ have pets, you care for them as if they were your children. Meeting their needs is a(n) _______ part of your day, because you want them to have everything they need. One thing they need but cannot tell you about is _______.

Many pet _______ put on animals’ music because this helps their pets to feel _______ when they are gone. Most people are _______ throughout the day, leaving their pets _______ at home. To make your pets feel comfortable and safe, you could try putting on music before you _______ the house.

You might have to _______ music to see what type works for your pet. If you just want to keep your pet calm, you will need to play ________ music instead of rock or hip-hop music, which might ________ your pet.   

Also, you need to know that different pets act ________ to music. Hard rock music has also been found to work ________ to calm some pets, as well as piano music. ________ piano music works well on most animals, it works best on cats.

Playing music is also a great idea for people with ________ pets. They can have such a difficult time getting used to their new environment that they need all the help.