11Victor’s hobby was collecting stamps. He bad stamps from many countries, like England, Canada and China. Can you guess what people gave him as gifts? That’s right—stamps. 61._____ Victor’s favourite stamps came from France. He only needed one. That was a 1974 special edition. It was very hard to find.He looked for it everywhere. He asked his friends and relatives to help him. 62._____ It made Victor very sad.“Don’t worry,” his father said to him. “If you have enough patience, you’ll find it one day.”“I hope so,” Victor said.Victor also liked writing. He had a pen friend in France. 63._____ Victor’s pen friend, Phillip, usually used new stamps to send letters. Sometimes, his mother gave him stamps to use. Once Phillip’s mother gave him a big, green stamp. It looked old. When Victor received the letter, he was very surprised. On the envelope, he looked carefully at the stamp. 64._____ Victor was so happy. He told his sister, his mother and his father.“You see,” his father said. “you did find your stamp. So, it’s good have two things in life.”“What are they?” Victor asked.“Friends and patience.” He answered.B.C.E.12Children all over the world like to celebrate their birthdays. American children are of no difference. 61._____ They invite their friends to join the celebration. The party may not be held on the exact date of their birthday if it falls on a school day. It may be held on the closest weekend instead.Today two kinds of parties are most popular. One is held at home. Parents make the house beautiful with balloons and colored paper. They cook for children. The children play games. Another kind is held away from home. 62._____ The children eat pizza and ice cream. The waiters, who serve the food, also ding and tell jokes to the children. Other parties may be held at a park, ora movie theater, or some other places.63._____ There is one candle for each year of a birthday boy or girl’s age. When the candles are lighted, everyone sings the special birthday song: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.As Americans grow older, their birthday parties change. 64.____ They say they would like to forget how old they are. Yet they do like to remember the happy birthday parties of their childhood.B.C.E.13When you are learning English, listening, speaking and writing are important, but reading can also be very helpful. Here are some food reading tips.61._____ Read something that you can understand. If you need to stop every three words to use a dictionary, it is not interesting.Try to increase the number of your new words. If there are four or five new words on a page, write them in your notebook. 62.______ Instead, try to guess their meaning as you read: mark them with a pen. Then come back when you have finished reading to look them up in a dictionary and write them in your own vocabulary book. Then try to remember them.Try to read regularly (定期地). 63.______ Fifteen minutes every day is better than two hours every Sunday. Fix a time to read and keep to it. You could read for fifteen minutes when you go to bed, or when you get up or at lunchtime.Read what interests you. Choose a book or a magazine about a subject that you like, because you are going to spend time and money reading it. 64._____ You can also read newspapers. There are many English newspapers in China. It is easy enough to understand and there is also something interesting in it.B.C.E.14If you ask a teacher in China what makes a good student, he or she would probably tell you that a good student is someone who gets high marks in exams.It is true that most teachers share this opinion. 61. __________ She says that as an educator, she feels sorry about what her students have to do every day. She hates to see her students study day and night for the endless exams. These teenagers have no time to relax or hang around with their friends. They shouldn’t be turned into bookworms（书呆子）. 62. __________ Shen Hong thinks a good student should be like this:A good student is honest and kind to others. 63. __________ If he does something wrong, he says sorry immediately. Apart from this, a good student is always ready to help his friends when they are in trouble. A good student is one who always tries his best in studies. He makes full use of his time to learn both in and out of class. Hard work comes first no matter how clever he is. 64. __________ He often plays ball games or goes camping with his friends. In a word, he develops in an all-round way.15Lang Lang is only 27 years old, but has already been called “the most popular pianist on the planet” by American television network CNN.Like every successful person, Lang went through years of hard and lonely practice before making his name. __61__ With great talent(天赋), he won his first competition at the age of 5. Lang’s father pushed little Lang very hard to succeed. When he was nine, Lang went to learn music in Beijing. __62__ But Lang got fired(开除)by the piano teacher six months later. __63__ He aring about his son’s failure, Lang’s father was so angry that he told Lang to jump off a building!__64__ His big break came at age 17, when he gained worldwide fame at “Gala of the Century”, a well-known concert in Chicago, US. Lang said it was his true love of music and piano that made him keep working.16Late last night Jennifer Johnstone, a 19-year-old American student, had a quarrel (争吵) with her friend, so she left her house at 2:50 in the morning and drove off. She was driving in thick fog (大雾) along a road in Saint Pierce when she made a mistake at a corner and went off the road.61._____ Jennifer was thrown out of her car, and landed 18m from the sea. When she came to herself, she realized that she still had her mobile phone.62._____ So she had to make several calls before she could finally make the ambulance people understand her. While she was waiting for help to come she could see that the sea was coming closer every moment. She lay there, feeling terrified, watching and waiting. Suddenly she heard the noise of a helicopter in the sky above.The helicopter took about half an hour to see exactly where Jennifer was. 63._____ By the time the helicopter took off, the waves were just about one metre away. 64._____ “It was so lucky that I had my mobile phone with me,” she said to journalists, “because if I hadn’t been able to phone for help, I would surely have died.”B.C.E.17My father is a businessman. His job is to sell computers. He works very hard. Every morning he gets up at seven. He does some exercise and has a light breakfast. __61__ It takes him forty minutes, so he usually gets there earlier than others.He is very busy every minute, so he plans his work very carefully. He keeps a diary to help him remember things. He meets and talks with many people. He makes lots of telephone calls. __62__ He travels to cities in China like Shanghai, Tianjin and Dalian, and also some other countries.__63__ Then he can stay with my family. Last summer my father, my mother and I had a good rest. We went to a town near the sea. __64__ When it rained, we stayed in the hotel, doing some reading or watching TV. We had a lot of seafood! We were there for half a month. We had a lot of fun.18I’m busy every day. __50__ I leave my home at seven and walk to the bus stop. The bus stop is in front of a cinema. It is about 2 hundred metres from my home.Usually, I catch the No. 11 bus to work, but sometimes I go by train. I work in a factory about ten kilometers from my home. __51__.I like doing sports after work. __52__. Weekends are my busiest time because I often play basketball. I get home a little later then. I am the shortest man on the team, but I am the fastest.I usually get back home at a quarter past five. I get into the lift(电梯) and go up to 12th floor. __53__.Every day I do the same thing. Do you know why I don’t use the lift for the last three floors?19Here is some good advice on how to be good at a language.Pen pals. This way of learning a language is a great way to use your new language. You have to use the language a lot; at the same time, you don’t have to give your pen pals an answer at once.61.______ You can choose to use the old letter writing way or the much quicker and easier e-mail way to keep in contact with your pen pal.Internet radio. 62._____ There are Internet radio stations for every major language. Just find these radio stations and listen to them. You’ll be surprised at how many stations for there are all over the world.Language clubs. When you are ready to practice your new language, try to find a language club in your area. 63._____ This will give you a chance to use the language in a suitable environment. They will also give you lots of useful advice on learning a new language.Find suitable places. Put yourself in situations where you have to speak the language that you are learning. 64._____ If you are learning German, you can find a German restaurant. Try to read the menu (菜单), try to order something or just say “hello” to the people there. You will probably find them to be helpful and you may even make a few friends out of it.20You need to have healthy eating habits. Breakfast gives you enough energy for the morning.61 Fruit and vegetables are good for your health, but fast food, like potato chips, will make you fat and unhealthy. So eat the right food to keep you healthy.Playing sports can also help you keep fit. 62 You must stay safe when you are playing sports. It’s necessary to learn about first aid. Then you can help yourselves or others if an accident happens.Happiness is important for your health. 63 When you are ill, try to be happy and you’ll feel better. On the other hand, you may feel sick if you are always unhappy. So, be happy to be healthy.64 Many students think it’s cool to smoke and drink. But they don’t k now smoking and drinking can cause many illnesses. You should say no to smoking and drinking.。