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（1）What's your favourite animal?

（2） Do pandas come from China?             

（3）What about going to see giraffes?      

（4）Does the bear eat meat?                       

（5）Where is the panda?                             

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a. Good idea.

b. The monkey.

c. Over there.

d. Yes, it does.

e. Yes, they do.

    You must know Barbie dolls, but do you know Super Dollfie dolls? They are a brand of ball-jointed dolls 1 in Japan.

    Super Dollfie dolls are usually 2 60 centimetres tall. They are made of hard plastic, so they are heavier than Barbie dolls. Every body part of the dolls can be 3 . You can 4 move their fingers.

    Super Dollfie dolls have both girl dolls and boy dolls. At first, they may look the 5 . But if you change their hair, eyes and clothes, and then put make-up on their 6 , they will look very different.

    Would you like to have a Super Dolfie doll of your own? They are so cute, aren't they?

How will you go traveling between provinces? Many people may like traveling by train because it's safer and cheaper. Now the high-speed railways connect eastern and western China as well as the south and the north.

A new high-speed railway opened on September 10. 2017. It connects Zhengzhou in Henan province with Xuzhou in Jiangsu province. With this railway, it is the world's longest and makes up 60% of the world's total high speed railway lines. Up to2020, the total length of high-speed railways with a speed over 200 kilometers per hour will be 50, 000 kilometers.

Besides length, China also does well in speed. China is the only country with trains running at 350km an hour such as the Beijing-Tianjin and Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railways. If you want to travel from Xi'an to Chengdu by train, it will take about 16 hours. But from November, 2017, the new Xi'an-Chengdu high-speed railway will shorten this travel time to three hours

With these surprising numbers, it's easy to forget that China wasn't an early starter in the high-speed rail game. Japan started half a century ago, while Germany did 20 years ago. China only began to build its high-speed railways 14 years ago.

Behind the fast development of China's high-speed railways，there is the country's growing need for transportation. China's high-speed trains gave 951 million trips to people last year. It was three times more than 2010. China is among the top runners of high-speed railway technology, with a leading edge in some fields.

"The high-speed railways not only bridge the distance, but also connect people, information and products. It greatly develops the economy in different areas, peoples lives and tourism, "said Huang Xin, an official from the China Railway Company.

Yet, China's building of high-speed railways is still going on. The National Development and Reform Commission said in July that China plans to have 38, 000kmof high-speed railways by 2025.

    We all believe we listen well and yet many times we feel others are not listening to us. However, listening goes in both directions -- you may believe you are listening well, but how often have you completely forgotten what was said to you?

    Make eye contact.

     When people talk, they put out visual clues that add to the conversation and meaning of their word.

    Stop talking.

    You can't listen, talk and at the same time completely receive the meaning of the other person's words.

    React without words.

    Let the other person know you are listening through physical reactions, such as head nods, smiles, frowns and eye contact.

    Behave as an effective listener. The more you continue to behave as a listener, the more you will be an effective listener.

A. Act as a listener.

B. Make eye contact with the person who is talking to you.

C. There are a few ways to become a more effective listener.

D. Wait your turn and take in what has been said to you before you make a reply.

E. These may also help to let the speaker know whether you are fully understanding his words.