Writing a funny speech is possibly a lot harder than writing a serious one. Try these steps to make it easy.59._________. Ask your partner, friends, etc., if they agree with you that you have chosen a funny topic. If you can’t think of a funny topic, choose one on an everyday activity.Research your topic.If you can’t think of enough witticisms (妙语) of your own, go online and hunt down other people’s. If you’re at a party, you won’t need to be too serious about using other people’s materials. 60._________, be sure to acknowledge (承认) them so that you are not copying.Write in a humorous way.61._________. Choose something that everyone is sure to know and understand. Make jokes about your topic; that way, everyone will like to read it.Read your speech out to someone before giving it.If he or she doesn’t laugh, this might be a sign to go back to the drawing board. 62._________. Someone who is a lot like most of your listeners would be a good listener, because you will know exactly what to say to make him or her laugh.Have fun!If you’re nervous to give your speech because you don’t think anyone will laugh, things may go on e ven worse. 63._________. Chances are, you’ll never have to speak in front of them again.59. B 60. D 61.E 62.A 63. FIt’s hard when a best friend isn’t around —maybe because she moved to a different school or a different class, or maybe she’s just sick at home for the day. Break or lunchtime can be lonely without her. Will it ever feel the same? 56 , but how do you make them? Maybe it seems like everybody else already has their friends. But remember, there’s always room for more friends.Start by looking around your classroom —think about which one you’d like to play with at break. Look for chances to say hi to them, smile, and be friendly. Offer to share something or offer greetings. Invite someone to play with you or say “Do you want to sit here?” in the lunchroom.57 , walk over to the ones you want to play with, act friendly, and say “Hi, can I play, too?” or just join in.58 ,or if you’re feeling shy, ask your teachers to help you to make new friends. Teachers are usually pretty good at matching up friends. The best way to make friends is to be a friend. 59 . As a result, you’ll soon have one, or two, or even more new friends.You might still miss that special best friend. 60 , you can share something you didn’t have before she left: You can introduce her to your new friends!A. When you are at lesson breakB. If you have trouble doing thisC. You want to have new friendsD. But when you see each otherE. And you’ll be ha ppy with themF. Be kind, be friendly, offer to help56-60 CABFDOne morning I got up late. I quickly jumped out of the bed, washed my face, then hurried to the bus stop. As soon as I got on the bus, it started raining. Suddenly the bus stopped. Something was wrong with it. 56 , so I ran to school.I reached the classroom but I was all wet. The physics teacher had already begun his lesson.57 . All the students were a little afraid of him. I liked neither him nor his physics lessons. 58 . “I'm very sorry, Mr. Smith. I'm late,” I said with a red face.“It’s you, Jim,” Mr. Smith said angrily. "I've told you not to be late, but you…" he suddenly stopped and looked at my wet clothes. He turned to the class and said, "I'm very sorry, my boys and girls.”59 . “Now take off your wet coat and put on this one or you'll catch a cold,” he said kindly.I went to my seat with Mr. Smith's jacket on. 60 . I found, for the first time, physics was so interesting and how well I could understand it!56. B 57. A 58. C 59. E 60. DFor most people, summer holidays mean sun,sea and sand, 62. She had a holiday full of ice andsnow. She and her family travelled across Greenland!Starting just above the Arctic Circle (北极圈),Sarah’s family used dogsleds with kites to cross theworld's biggest island.Sarah says 63. "There is only snow, ice, andmore snow." The family travelled 15 miles a day for 22 days, moving faster when strong winds pushed along their kites.Then the weather became a bit hot for the dogs to pull sleds during the day,64 . The Landrys lived in tents, ate dried food, and took baths withheated water. When they weren't travelling, they played with kites and made snowmen. Using their mobile phones, the family could send and get emails even from Greenland’s ice cap! The road to the top wa s icy and dangerous.The difficult journey was worth it when they reached the ice cap and saw the view. "Icebergs (冰山)were so bright, just like the rising sun." said Sarah. Now she and her family have returned home, 65. Next holiday, they are going to the South Pole.62. C 63. E 64. A 65. D阅读还原句子（五）It doesn’t matter when and how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some sleep to stay alive. That’s what all doctors thought until they heard about Herpin.＿60 . Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves. Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. 61 . Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw him sleeping.In fact, Herpin did not even own a bed. He never needed one. The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled(疑惑) by this strange continuous sleeplessness. 62 , so they asked him many questions.They found only one answer that might explain his condition. His mother had been injured several days before he was born. 63 . Was this the real reason? No one could be sure.60. C 61. D 62.B 63. AWhen I just moved to Los Angeles, I didn’t have a car. 56 , but I wanted to prove them wrong.I asked my neighbor, Mrs. White, to take me to the bus station in the center of the city so I could try taking the bus home. 57 . When I got there, I went inside and got a bus timetable. I looked at the map and worked out that I needed to take three buses to get home.I bought the tickets and went outside to wait at the bus stop for the Number 8 bus. Soon it came and I got on. I gave my ticket to the bus driver and took a seat. At the right stop, I rang the bell and got off. 58 .I waited and waited. A man who was also waiting for the Number 14 bus said that it wasn’t unusual for the bus to be late.59 To make the matter worse, the third bus broke down halfway and the driver had to fix it. 60 . So when I finally got home, I was very tired. Maybe getting a car in L.A. wasn’t such a bad idea!56. E 57. D 58. C 59. F 60.ALast Sunday Li Lei did his lessons almost the whole day. He wanted to relax himself and he went downtown. He walked on and on along the streets. He was pleased to see that people were very happy. When he was enjoying himself, he was stopped by a foreigner.“56 ___________________?”“Yes, but I …” Li Lei was very nervous, and his face turned red. He is a junior middle school student and now is in Grade Three, but he didn’t spend much time on English in the past and is not good at it.“I don’t know Chinese,” the foreigner went on. “Would you please tell me something about the town?”“Yes, but I …” 57__________________, but he didn’t know how to answer it. His heart beat fast. “I was born here,” he said, “This is my hometown. I like my hometown. I … My … My hometown is beautiful …” He wanted to say more but he couldn’t. 58 __________________. “I’m sorry, I can’t tell you more. I’m not good at English,” Li Lei had to say.The foreigner smiled to him kindly and said, “OK, OK. Thank you all the same. Goodbye.”59 ___________________“If I studied English harder, I could speak more English. If I could speak more English, I would tell the foreigner more about my hometown.” How sorry he felt!Li Lei went home with heavy steps. 60 __________________, he took out his English book and began to read. He decided to study English more carefully than before. He decided to practise speaking English every day from then on.56-60 DAEFBLisa was preparing lunch in the kitchen while her three-year-old son, Barney, was playing by himself in the back garden.Suddenly, she heard a sharp cry of Barney.56 . There she found a big snake entwining(缠绕) her son and trying to eat the boy! Lisa was very worried and quite angry. She made up her mind to save her son from the snake’s mouth.I t was mother’s love that made Lisa forget what she faced. 57 , and beat the snake with the stick.One…two…,with the stick, Lisa beat the snake continuously,58 . The boy’s voice was getting weaker and weaker. Lisa’s heart was broken, and she got nearly mad. Suddenly Lisa put away the stick and threw herself to the snake, opening her mouth and bit into its back.59 .After the snake was badly injured, 60. It had never known how a woman had such terrible sharp teeth! On halfway home, the snake died.It w56---60 AECBF。