There was a baby whale named Ella. She lived with other whales in a deep bay. One day, she noticed something large pass overhead. It was as big as a whale, but it wasn't.

    Ella was frightened. She had never seen a boat before. Although Ella was scared, she was curious, too. She forced herself to swim to the surface. She saw several faces watching her. In fact, they looked very friendly. In the next few months, Ella lost her fear of boats. People in the boats always enjoyed seeing her.

    As time went by, people and boats became a part of her life. Whenever a boat passed overhead, she swam to the top to say hello. One night, Ella saw a lot of fish swimming around the bottom of a ship. Suddenly, she ________________by a fishing net. She fought hard to get free. Finally, she escaped, but part of the net was tangled(缠住)in her mouth and around her tail. Ella was hurt and confused. Slowly and sadly she made her way towards the deep ocean.

    Many weeks passed, and the net in her mouth made it hard for her to eat. And every time she struggled for air, the net cut into her tail. But if she didn't get air every half an hour, she would die. Winter was coming, she had to move to warmer waters with others. However, this time she had no choice but to stay in the bay and wait to die.

    One morning, to her surprise, the water was filled with boats. When the boats came closer, a person reached into the water. Ella stared at the person's hand. The hand reminded her of something. She began to feel better. Soon many hands touched her. Ella felt them pulling the lines of the net. Moments later, she was free as before! The people were waving their starfish-shaped hands. Ella knew that the hands would always be there in her life.

—It            me about two hours.

    The Spring Festival is usually in January or February. It is one of the (important) festivals in China. So it comes, everyone has to prepare lots of things. They buy pork, beef, chicken, fruit and many other things. And they often make special kind of food "dumplings" It (mean) come together". On the day before the festival, parents buy new clothes for their children. Children also buy presents for their parents. Chinese New Year's Eve(除夕), all the family (member) come back to their hometown. This is a happy moment. Some sing and dance, some play cards and get the dinner ready. They out dumplings, fruit, meat and other delicious food on the table, and then start to enjoy the meal. They give each other the best wishes for the (come) year. At the same time, they share some (interest) things with their families. They all have a good time.

– Once every two weeks.

A. Nice to meet you, too.

B. Hi, what's your name?

C. Hi, Mike. Nice to meet you!

D. My name is Helen. Are you Bob?

E. No, I'm not. I'm Mike.

中考结束后，你一定有许多打算，请写出最想做的一件事，并给出理由。

Life as Chopsticks

    Right now, more and more people are digging into their food with sticks which are called chopsticks.Even people eating with knives and begin to love them. Why are they so special? they have deep influence in many people's ways of life.

    Simple. There's nothing simpler chopsticks. Also the chopsticks don't cost much. In real life, we don't need to keep improving things all the time.Aim(目的).When using chopsticks, you can not pick up everything each time. Know you want and just do it. Sometimes, a little bit of focus makes the difference between failure and .

    Practice.Using chopsticks doesn't come naturally. You have to learn to use them and it. There's no better way than to practice. In real life, you may have many things you want to do, but it will be a dream you don't try doing it.

    Slowing down. Eating with chopsticks can slow you down. It provides you enough time to know yourself. It also warns your brain of your full stomach, so you will not overeat(吃过饱). In our life, we sometimes need slow down to have time to think, to realize that we're actually full and don't have to hurry through life.

A. Mr. Lin's lessons can help you improve your listening. The lesson is at night from Monday to Friday. . You will be surprised at the progress you make.

B. It is very important to speak English well. Miss Chen from Singapore can help you improve your spoken English. Please call her at 2768-8888.

C. Written English is very difficult for many students. In Miss Li's writing class, you will learn how to write well in English. The lessons will be interesting.

D. Come to Mr Ge's translating class on Friday nights. He has many useful skills for you. It will be less difficult to English into Chinese.

E. If you are poor at oral English, please' come to the English speaking class given by Mr. Smith from Britain. He will be waiting for you on Wednesday and Fridays.

F. If you want to improve your English skills，come on Tuesday evenings and Thursday evenings. Miss Zhang will give you some suggestions on reading.

Tina would like to have lessons to develop her listening on Friday because listening is the biggest problem for her.

Daisy needs to translate some English passages into Chinese. She wants to improve her translating skills.

Tim does badly in spoken English, so he wants to improve his spoken English with the help of a British teacher.

English is Laura's favorite subject, but she does not well in written English. She wants to take some lessons to improve her writing skills.

Anna hopes to improve her reading because she is poor at English reading. She is free only on Tuesdays and Thursdays.