Tea is the most popular drink in the world besides plain water. There are thousands of 1 types of tea available. All tea comes from the Camellia Sinensis bush—also 2 as the Tea Plant. The leaves and buds of this plant are picked several times a year, usually by hand. After picking, the tea is processed into black tea, oolong tea, green tea or 3 tea.

Black tea was invented in China in the Ming Dynasty as a way to 4 tea fresh when it was being transported long distances. As tea has to travel a long distance to reach places such as Britain, Canada and Australia, it is not 5 that Westerners drink mostly black tea. However, the majority of the world drinks green tea.

Herbal tea is prepared in the same way as regular tea but is not really tea. This is 6 it contains herbs, fruits, spices, etc. but no leaves from the Tea Plant. To truly be tea, the leaves must come from this plant. All tea naturally  7 caffeine, which comes from the tea leaves. Antioxidants are the properties found in some foods that reduce your risk of 8cancer and heart disease. All regular tea has a lot of antioxidants.

Decafieinated tea is regular tea (usually green or black) that has been processed to remove the caffeine. In recent years, organic tea has become 9, too. This is tea that comes from plants that have been grown without the use of any chemicals. People believe that it tastes better and is healthier, but sometimes it costs more than non-organic tea. This is because the size of the crops is often 10.

    Nowadays in school life, a lot of students develop a fear of tests. It's not because tests are something to be afraid of. Most students are afraid of tests mainly because they don't have enough self-confidence and they don't always think they are well prepared. If you follow the tips below, it's not difficult to overcome (克服) your fear of tests.

    People who know that they are not well-prepared are usually those who fear tests most. However, most students don't know when they are truly prepared for a test. As long as(只要) you know that you have studied well and long enough, you have a reason to believe that you are well-prepared.

    Be confident about yourself. Confidence before a test can bring about two things: either you fail the test and feel as if your confidence was unfounded(毫无根据的) or you could actually do well in the test because of your confidence. Some students find that they experience the first result. However, this is only because those students might not have followed the first tip mentioned above. As long as you have studied well, you will be more confident of your chance to succeed in a test. If you feel as if you have not studied hard enough, then you will not be as confident as you should be.

    Ask your teacher about the main points that may be covered in the test while getting ready for the test. In this way, you will know what you should prepare for and you can get confidence in the test. But you have to be brave enough to ask. Most students do not ask if their teacher doesn't give the information first, so make sure that you ask.

    You should know that tests just check your knowledge and don't lose heart because of one test failure. As long as you think that there is another tomorrow, you can overcome your fear of a test. However, make sure that you are going to prepare well for the other tests.

    Fear can be a problem in the process of achieving success. However, with the right attitude(态度) and preparations, you can overcome your fear of tests by using these tips.

Title:  to overcome your fear of tests

    Hi! I'm Cheng Ling. I'm a. My school life is very interesting.

    We have four in the morning. The class begins at 8:00. In the , we have two classes. We have English, Science, history, music and some other. Music is mysubject. I often sing and dance withclassmates on weekends. But I don't like science, I think it's difficult and_. Do you think so?

    After school, I often soccer with my friends. But my favorite  is volleyball. And I can play it well.

    All around the world, people drink tea. But tea does not mean the same thing to everyone.

    In China, for example, people always drink tea when they are getting together.. They prefer their tea plain, with nothing else in it.

    Tea is also important in Japan. The Japanese have a special way of serving tea called tea ceremony. It is very old and full of meaning.. There is even a special room for it in Japanese homes.

     . In this country, the late afternoon is "tea time". Almost everyone has a cup of tea then. People there usually make tea in a teapot and drink it with milk and sugar. They also eat cakes, cookies and a little sandwich at teatime. This is the so-called "Afternoon Tea" in Britain.

    In the United States, people drink tea mostly for breakfast or after dinner. Americans usually use tea bags to make tea. . In summer many Americans drink cold tea —"iced tea".

Sometimes they drink iced tea from cans, like soda.

A. Everything must be done in a special way in the ceremony.

B. Another tea-drinking country is England.

C. Making tea with the bags is faster and easier than making tea in teapots.

D. They drink it any time of the day at home or in teahouse.

E. In different countries, people have very different ideas about drinking tea.

Mr Wang    take his son to school.

    As a student, I was most afraid to answer questions in class, and I found that the students around were just like me. At the beginning of each class, when the teacher asked a question, I always lowered my head because I was afraid the teacher saw me.

    One day, in a foreign language class, Mr. Black gave us a lesson. He wanted us to be active in class, so he asked us some questions, but no one answered. “Let me tell you a story first,” he said.

     “When I came to the United States to study, the university often invited famous people to make speeches. Before the beginning of every speech, I found an interesting thing. The students around me always took a cardboard folded(折叠的) in half, wrote their names in bold(黑体) with the most eye-catching(引人注目的) color, and then placed the cardboard on the seat. So when the speaker needed the answers from the students, he could see it and call a listener's name directly.”

     “I couldn't understand that. My classmate told me the speakers were all top people, who meant chances. When your answer was to his surprise, it meant he might give you more chances. In fact, I really saw a few students got great chances because of that.”

    After listening to the story, I understood that the chance will not find you itself. You must show yourself all the time so that you can find a chance on the card.

(D代表daughter,F代表father)

a.She's just a singer.,　　

b.Do you like her?,

c. Really?,

d. Who's she?,

e. I'm so excited.

D:Dad,I have good news to tell you.

F: What news?

D:A famous singer will hold a concert in Beijing on December 12th.

F:　

D:She's a pop star from Singapore (新加坡).

F:

D:Of course. She has decided this time to sing her most famous song It's Dark and Green Light.

F:I can't understand why you are so excited.

D:Oh,her songs are so wonderful and she's so lovely!

F: Your mum and I will buy you a ticket for her concert.

D: Thank you, Dad. You are too good.

— Once a week.

—Twenty minutes.

    Tim and Gina are brother and sister. They (be) in China with their parents. It's Friday. Tim and Gina 2.

    (go) to school at 7: 30. They (have) four classes in the morning and two in the afternoon. Tim (like) math very much. But Gina (not love) it. She (think) it is difficult. At 12: 00, they have lunch. They usually finish (eat) lunch at 12: 30. Their last lesson (finish) at 4: 00 p.m. After school, they (do) sports. Tim likes (play) soccer and Gina likes volleyball. They go home at 6: 00 p.m.

—Sorry, I don't know, either.

    Charles Chaplin was born in London on April 16, 1889. His parents were music hall actors. The Chaplin family were very poor, and life was difficult in London. Charlie, as he was called, used to do his mother's job in the theatre when she was ill.

    When he was only 17 years old, Chaplin got his first real job as an actor. What he did was to do silly things to make people laugh in the theatre. Seven years later he went to the USA. And over the next four years, he formed his own way of art. He developed the character(角色) of a homeless gentleman which became very popular.

    From the 1920s to the 1950s, Chaplin made his most famous films. The film Modern Times (1936) shows his care about the modern industry workers. Many of his films describe the poor life and hard time of the working people during that period.

Although Charlie Chaplin was British, he lived in the USA until 1953. But he never got US nationality. Then Chaplin, his wife and his five children had to move to Switzerland where he lived until he died. When he was 83 years old, he won his only Oscar for the music he wrote for the film Limelight. He was named Sir Charles Chaplin at the age of 85. Charlie Chaplin died in Switzerland on December 25th, 1977.