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‎1‎ How do you learn best?‎ ‎ This week we asked students at New‎ Star ‎High School about the 1 ways to learn more English. Many said they learnt by 2 English. Some students had more 3 suggestions. Lillian Li, for example, said the best way to learn new words was by reading English magazines. She said that 4 the words of pop songs also helped a little. When we asked about studying grammar, she said,“I never study grammar. It’s too boring.”‎ ‎ Wei Ming feels differently. He’s been learning English for six years and really loves it. He thinks studying 5 is a great way to learn a language. He also thinks that watching English movies isn’t a bad way because he can watch the actors say the words. Sometimes, however, he finds watching movies 6 because the people speak too quickly.‎ ‎ Liu Chang said that joining the English club at school was the best way to 7 her English. Students get lots of 8 and they also have fun. She added that having conversations with friends was not helpful at 9 . “We get excited about something and then 10 up speaking in Chinese,” she said.‎ ‎ 2‎ How I learned to learn English ‎ Last year my English class was 1 . First of all, it wasn’t easy for me to 2 the teacher when she talked. To 3 with, she spoke too quickly, and I couldn’t understand every word. Later on, I 4 that it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand every word. I was also afraid to speak in class, because I thought my classmates might 5 at me. I couldn’t always make complete sentences, either. Then I started to watch English-language TV. It helped a lot. I think that doing lots of listening practice is one of the secrets of becoming a good 6 learner. Another thing that I found very difficult was English 7 . So I decided to take 8 of grammar notes in every class. Then I started to write my own 9 sentences using the grammar I was learning. It’s amazing how much this helped. Now I am enjoying learning English and I got an A this term. My teacher is very 10 .‎ ‎ 3‎ ‎ ‎ The ___1___ day, my friends and I talked about the __2___ that we have to wear ____3___ every day. The problem is that all my classmates think the uniforms are ugly. We think young people should look __4___ and so we would like to wear our own clothes. Our teachers ___5___ that if we did that, we would concentrate more on our clothes than our studies. We ___6____. We would feel more comfortable and that is good for studying. If we can’t do that, we should be ___7___ to design our own uniforms. That would be a good way to keep both teachers and students happy.‎ ‎ It’s also probably a good __8__ for parents to allow teenagers to study in groups during the evening. I know we get __9____ sometimes, but we learn a lot from each other. We also think that vacations should be longer. At present they’re too short. Longer vacations would give us time to do things like volunteering. Last summer I had an opportunity to volunteer at the local __10____, but I couldn’t because I had to go back to school. It would be a good experience for me because I want to be a doctor when I’m older. ‎ ‎ 4‎ ‎ My biggest problem is that I’m too 1 . When I was 2 , I used to have so 3 time, but these days I get up 4 and stay in school 5 day. Then I go right 6 and eat dinner. Before I started high school, I used to 7 a lot of time playing games with my friends, but I just don’t have the time 8 . In the evening, I used to watch TV or chat with my grandmother, but now I have to study. I love music, and my father used to take me to 9 . These days, I hardly ever have time for concerts. I do my 10 and go to bed. I really miss the old days.‎ ‎ 5‎ At our school, we sometimes have a ___1___ day to help others. Last year we went to an __2____ people’s home and ___3___ songs and performed a play for them. The old people were very happy. We should be ___4____ to take time to do things like that more often. For example, we should visit ___5___ schools and help teach young students. I want to _6__ a teacher when I’m older, so it would be a ___7___ experience for me. Other students would like to do other__8___. For example, my friend Tian Ge wants to write for a newspaper. She should be allowed to volunteer at the newspaper ___9___ once a week. On Friday afternoons, many students are ___10___ after a long week of classes. Some students should be allowed to have Friday afternoon off to volunteer and help others.‎ ‎ 6‎ If you answered c for most questions, __1___ you are probably pretty confident. ____2___ situations don’t bother you in the slightest. You know what you want, and you know how to __3__ it. Sometimes you might ___4___ people because you’re so confident.‎ If you answered a for most questions, you are ___5____ and fairly confident. You have ___6___ of friends, and you enjoy the company of other people. People come to you when they want ___7___. Your friends would probably say that you are easy to get along with.‎ If most of your ___8___ were b, you are probably a shy person. You like talking to one or two people rather than to a ___9___ . You would also rather stay at home and read a good book than go to a party. You have a small ___10___ of very good friends. Your friends would probably say you are a good listener.‎ ‎ 7‎ Dear Knowledgeable,‎ My ___1___ friend, Mei, has a problem. There is a really ___2_____ English speech contest for our whole __3__ next month. Our classmates want her to represent the class in the school contest. Everyone is __4___ she will win. It’s probably true. Mei is very clever and can speak English really well. In __5___, she always comes top in the school exams. The problem is that she’s very shy. She doesn’t want to __6__ her friends down, but she’s terrified of speaking in __7____ of other people.‎ She’s my friend, so she can tell me that she’s shy. But she can’t tell __8____ that. I don’t think they would believe her. I can’t think of any good advice to give her,but you always come __9__ with good solutions to people’s problems. What do you think I should tell Mei? What do you think I should tell the __10___ of the students?‎ ‎ 8‎ ‎ Strange events in Bell‎ ‎Tower neighborhood Our neighbourhood used to__1____ very quiet .However,these days strange things are ___2___ in our neighborhood and everyone is ___3___ .Zhou Gu ,the local school teacher ,is __4_____worried .When he was interviewed by the local newspaper,he said ，“Every night we hear strange ___5___ outside our window .My wife thinks that it could be __6___ animal ,but my friends and I think it must be teenagers __7____ fun .My parents called the police ,but they can’t find ____8___ strange .They think it might be the wind .I don’t think so !”‎ ‎ Zhou Gu’s next door neighbor Qi Hui is unhappy too .”“At first ,I thought it might be a dog ,but I can’t see a dog and I still __9___ the noises outside .”‎ Everyone in our neighborhood is ___10____ ,and everyone has his or her own ideas .There must be something visiting the homes in our neighborhood ,but what is it ?‎ ‎ 9‎ ‎ Yellow River Fisherman ‎ This is Hong Tao’s __1___movie .I like Hong Tao .He’s __2____ some great movies over the ____3__ .Unfortunately ,this is his __4___ movie .If you’re __5___ for entertainment ,stay _5___ home and watch __6__ .Yellow River Fisherman is too long ,and it’s really ___7__ .It does have a few good __8____ though .I __9____ the fisherman’s wife was really __10___ .‎ ‎ 10‎ ‎ Amy Kim,photography ‎ ‎ Be sure __1___see this exhibition at the Lido Gallery .Amy Kim is one of the __2___Chinese photographers in the world today ,and some of her __3____ famous photos are __4____display in this exhibition .She really has __5____ for everyone .There are many great photos of people and of the ___6____ .The few city photographs are less ___7___ .I see the same things every day and they don’t ___8____ me as much .But this is a great show from a world-class ___9____ . Whatever you do ,don’t miss this ___10____.‎ ‎ 11‎ ‎ Wild and Windy ‎ Qver the years ,we’ve __1___ musical groups with pretty strange names come and ___2__ .Few have stranger names ____3__ this band .As the name suggests ,the band __4___ lots of energy .And they ___5___ the kind of music that I love to hear .Every song is really __6___ and you often can’t understand the words ,but this is okay __7___ the lyrics aren’t very __8___ .However,these are musicians __9___ make ___10___ happy –even on a Monday morning! 12 ‎ For your next vacation, why not ___1__ visiting Paris? Paris is the __2___of France and is one of the ____3__ cities in Europe. It doesn’t have any beaches or mountains, but there are still many things to do there. For example, it has some fantastic sights, including the Eiffel‎ ‎Tower and Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the most famous ____4___in the world.‎ Traveling around Paris by ___5__ can cost a lot of money, but it’s usually ___6___to take the underground train to most places. In general, though, France is quite an __7____ place. One thing that is not expensive in France, however, is the ___8__!‎ ‎ Most people in France have learned ___9__. But many people don’t like to speak English, especially in Paris. So unless you speak French yourself, it’s best to __10___with someone who can translate things for you. ‎ ‎ 13‎ Dear Ace Travel, ‎ My family and I want to take a _1__ this summer somewhere in eastern China. I hope you can __2__ me some information about the kinds of__3___ that your firm can offer. We would like to travel to an ____4_ place and we don’t mind how far we have to go. It has to be a place __5___ we can do lots of outdoor activities; we especially love ____6_ and swimming, but any kind of outdoor activity is fine. We also ___7_to stay in an inexpensive hotel or apartment. It would be nice if we could get a room with a __8___ so we could save money by cooking our own meals. The room needs to be big enough for __9__ people. Also, we’d like to stay at a place with a big pool or somewhere near the ocean. Could you please give me some suggestions for vacation spots? Also, please let us know if it’s best to travel by plane, train or bus. We’d like to be __10___ for about three weeks.‎ Thank you very much! ‎ S. T. Zhang ‎ 14‎ Being a volunteer is great!‎ Number 77 High School is __1__to three very special young people: Li Huiping, Lin Pei and Zhu Ming. These three students all __2__ their time to help other people. This volunteer work __3___each of them several hours a week, so it is a _4____ commitment. Huiping loves to read, and she puts this _5____ to good use by working in the after-school care center at her local elementary school. Here, she _6____ young children to read. Lin Pei loves animals and plans to study to be a veterinarian when he leaves school. He ___7__ every Saturday morning working in an animal hospital. Zhu Ming wants to be a professional singer. He _8____ for groups of people at the city hospital to cheer them up. ''Volunteering is great!'' says Huiping.'' Not only do I feel good about helping other people, but I get to spend time doing ___9_I love to do.'' Lin Pei says he has learned more about animals. Zhu Ming says he has met some wonderful people at the hospital. The three students ____10_ to set up a student volunteer project at their school. ''Don't put it off,'' says Huiping. ''Become a volunteer today!''‎ ‎ 15‎ ‎ ‎ Did you know that tea,the most 1._______ drink in the world (after water),was 2.________ by accident? 3.________ tea wasn’t brought to the Western world 4._________1610, this beverage was discovered over three 5.________ years before that. According to an ancient Chinese legend, the emperor Shen Nong discovered tea when he 6._________ boiling drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a 7._________ bush fell 8._________ the water and remained there for some time. The emperor noticed that the leaves in the water produced a pleasant 9.__________. Later he decided to taste the hot mixture. It was quite 10.___________. And in this way, one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented.‎ ‎16‎ Last week everyone was __1__ to cheer up Jimmy ,the bike boy .but this week ,Jimmy is _2____ again .on Monday ,he told a radio interviewer that he had ____3 out of money to buy old bikes .he also __4___ up some signs asking for old bikes and __5__ up all his friends and told them about the _6_____ .he even handed out advertisements at a local ____7__ .then he told the teachers at school about his problem and they ___8__up a call-in center for parents .the strategies that he ___9__ up with worked out fine .he now has sixteen bikes to _10____ up and give away to children who don’t have bikes .‎ ‎ 17‎ I’ve never 1.________late for school, but yesterday I came very close. My alarm 2.________ didn’t go 3.________, and by the time I woke up, my father had already gone into the bathroom and I had to 4.______ for him to come out. I had to really 5._______. I took a quick shower, had some breakfast, and then ran off to the bus stop. Unfortunately, by the time I got there, the bus had already 6._________. I started 7._______, but I knew Icoldn’t get to school on time. 8.__________, my friend Tony and his dad came by in his dad’s car and they gave me a 9._______. When I got to school, the final bell was ringing. I only just 10._____ it to my class.‎ ‎18‎ In 1938, a radio program by actor Orson Welles 1.______ that aliens from Mars 2.__________landed on the Earth. He 3.______where they had landed and 4.________ how they were moving across the United States. Welles was so convincing 5._______ hundreds of 6.______ believed the story, an panic set 7.______ across the 8.______ country. By the time the authorities 9 ._______ that the story was a hoax, thousands of people 10._______ fled from their homes.‎ ‎ 19‎ One April Fool’s Day, a reporter 1.______ England announced that there 2._______ be no more 3.__________ because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had 4._______ growing 6.__________. Many people 7.__________that the story was a 8.__________, all of the spaghetti 9.__________the country had been sold 10.__________.‎ A famous TV star 1.______ invited his 2.________onto his 3._______on April 4._______Day. He asked her to 5._______him. She was 6.______, because she really wanted to 7.________married. 8._____, when she said “yes “, he 9._______, “April Fool!” That little joke didn’t have a very happy 10.__________. The TV star lost both his girlfriend and his show.‎ ‎ 20‎ Eat,have fun and learn in the ‎Watertown Watertown‎ is a great place for the family to take a 1.__________.Teenagers will want to visit the word's largest water 2.__________ and eat at Uncle Bob's. A different rock 3.__________ plays at Uncle Bob's every night. Kids will enjoy the Clown City Cafe. They have organized 4.__________ and the staff dress up as 5.__________.‎ There's also a lot for parents in Watertown. If they love good 6.__________, they can find it at the Farmer's Market where the food is both 7.__________ and cheap. While the chidren have fun, parents can take dance 8.__________ on the beach. And everyone can learn something in Watertowns. There are three museums! Teenagers love the Sports Museum and kids like the Science‎ ‎Museum. Parents will 9.__________ many happy hours walking 10.__________ the History‎ ‎Museum.‎ ‎ 21‎ Where I'm from, we’re 1.__________relaxed about time. If you tell a friend you're going to their house for dinner, it's okay 2.__________ you arrive a bit late. Spending time with family and friends 3.__________ very important for us. We often just drop 4.__________ our friends' homes. We don't usually have to 5.__________ plans to meet our friends. Often we just walk around the town center, seeing as many of our friends 6.__________we can!‎ In Switzerland, it's very important to be on time. We’re the land of 7.__________, after all! If someone 8.__________you to meet them at 4:00, you have to be there at 4:00. If you're even fifteen minutes late, your friends may get angry. Also, we never visit a friend's house 9.__________ calling first. We usually make plans to see friends. We usually plan to do to something interesting, or go 10.__________together.‎ ‎ 22‎ ‎ Dear Laura,‎ Thanks 1.________ your message. Yes, I'm 2.________ a great time on my exchange program in France. It's even 3.________ than I thought it would be. I was a bit nervous before I 4.________ here, but there was no 5.________ to be. My host family is really nice. They go 6.________ of their way to make me 7.________ at home. And you wouldn't 8.________ how quickly my French has improved! I'm very comfortable 9.________ French now. Although I still make lots of 10.________, it doesn't bother me like it used to. ‎ ‎ 23‎ My 1.________biggest challenge is learning 2.________how to behave at the dinner table. As you can imagine, things are really 3.________different from the way they are at home. For 4.________, you're 5.________not supposed to put your bread on your plate. You’re supposed to put it on the table! I 6.________thought that was pretty strange at 7.________first, but now I'm used to it. You're not supposed to eat anything with your hands 8.________except bread, not even fruit! (You have to 9.________ it up and eat it 10.________ a fork.‎ ‎ Another thing is that it is very1.________ to say you're full. If you don't want to eat 2.________, you should just say, "It was quite 3.________." Also, it's rude to put your hands in your 4.________. You should always keep your hands, but 5.________ your elbows, on the table. I have to say, I find 6.________ difficult to 7.________everything, but I'm gradually 8.________ used to things and don't find them so strange any more. I'll write soon and tell you more about 9.________ in France. Hope you're 10.________ a good school year.‎ Wang Kun ‎ 24‎ In the 1 world, 2 is everywhere! Some people think that ads are great. Others hate ads, saying that they make our cities and countryside look 3 . Many ads are specifically at teenagers, and some young people see more than 100 advertisements a day.It’s true that some ads can be very useful. For instance, they can help you to ___4_____ two different products so that you can buy the one you really need. They can also help you save money. When prices are ___5____, you can go to the store with the ____6____ price. Ads also tell you when stores are having sales. ___7____, some advertising can be ____8______ or misleading. Sometimes the words sounds good but don’t really tell you anything about the _______9___ of the product. At other times, the picture in an ad looks a lot better than the real thing. So you have to be careful. At times an ad can _____10____ you to buy something you don’t need at all.‎ ‎ 25‎ Restaurant 1 have to know how to make food. They also have to know to 2 money. Here are some things they’ve learned from 3 studies . The color red makes people hungry. Red also makes 4 eat faster. Many fast food restaurants, 5 have red furniture or walls. Soft colors like pink and light blue make people 6 , so they spend more time eating their meals. 7 lighting makes people look good, but it makes food look bad. Loud music may be nice at first, but it soon makes people want to leave. Hard seats also make customers want to eat quickly and leave. Many restaurants, 8 fast food restaurants, use this 9 to make customers eat faster. Customers only sit for about 20 minutes before they leave. Because customers don’t stay very long, small restaurants can 10 many people every day.‎ ‎ 26‎ ‎.Do you like pop music? Most people do. One of the best 1 on the music scene is the New Ocean Waves. In the last twelve months, they’ve had three 2 Concerts and made a hit CD. They’re going to 3 on CCTV next month. And then they’re going to go on a world 4 in which they will 5 In ten different cities. Be 6 not to miss them if they come to a city near you—if you can get 7 ,that is .‎ ‎ “ For years, we played other people’s songs,” says 8 singer Zhu Wen.” But now we play mostly our own songs. We’ve had a few songs in the top ten, but we really hope to have number one 9 some day.” Good luck to the New Ocean Waves! They’re off to a great start. And they’re really nice people. Did you know that they gave half of the money they made to a 10 for homeless children?‎ ‎ 27‎ Hi Jake,‎ Sorry I couldn’t get 1 to you sooner. I have so many 2 to do today. I have to do my homework, of course. I started about an hour ago, but I haven’t finished. Then I have to 3 the dog for a walk, 4 my mom’s plants and do some shopping. I haven’t done any of those things yet because my grandfather came to 5 with me. He loves talking and I love listening 6 him. He started telling me 7 all of the chores he had to do when he had to 8 water from the village well. Then he had to 9 the animals-he and his family lived ‎ ‎ 10 the farm.‎ Anyway ,I have to run now.‎ Take care,‎ Crystal ‎ 28‎ Dear 1 ,‎ ‎ I am writing 2 say that I am 3 building a new zoo in our town. Zoos are terrible places for animals to live. I’ve visited a lot of zoos in 4 life, and I have never seen one I liked or one 5 was suitable for animals to live in. just last week, I visited a zoo and couldn’t believe 6 I saw. The animals are 7 in tiny cages and can 8 move at all. And they are only given food 9 a day. Is this a good way for animals to live? I don’t think 10 .‎ ‎ Sincerely ‎ Disgusted ‎29: ‎ Dear Editor, ‎ ‎ I 1 our zoo yesterday and I was very 2 to find hardly anyone there. Zoos are very 3 places. They are 4 living textbooks 5 young people. They provide homes for many 6 animals and help to educate the public about for them. If we don’t support our zoos, they won’t have 7 money to take care 8 many fine animals. I urge all of your readers 9 visit our wonderful zoo 10 .‎ ‎ Sincerely ‎ Animal Friend ‎ 30‎ You 1 probably never heard of Amy Winterbourne, 2 she is a most unusual woman. She lives 3 a house 4 she built herself out of trash. Well, the stuff used 5 be called trash, but now it’s called “recycled” material. 6 Windows and doors came 7 old buildings around the town that were being pulled down. The walls are made from old glass bottles that are glued 8 .The roof is made from discarded tiles. And the fence 9 built out of used soda cans. Amy recently won an award from the Help Save Our Planet Society. The president Jackson Smith said, “Amy is 10 inspiration to us all.”‎ ‎ And what does Amy do in her spare time? She makes model toys out of old TVs and sells them to raise money for the Children’s Hospital.‎