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FACTS ABOUT EARTHWORMS

Send us your questions. Dr. Francis Rogers is a doctor who studies animals. Today's topic is the common earthworm.
	Why do I sometimes see earthworms on the sidewalk after raining? It's really awful to clean them off my shoes. I've heard that they die if their holes are filled with water.
Earthworms breathe (呼吸) through their skin, but they're also able to live for a long time in water. Scientists think that earthworms leave their holes because the rain hits the ground.
	I've been thinking about starting an earthworm farm. I can make lots of money by selling them to fishermen. I've heard that if I cut one in half, each half will grow into another worm. If this is true, I'll be rich in no time.
I hope you haven't started cutting yet. That's only a playground legend. If you cut a worm in half, one half will die and the other half, with the head, may be dead too. Put your knife away and feed your earthworms a lot instead.
	Do some people really eat earthworms and why would they want to?
Please don't throw up, but many people do eat earthworms. In some places, people eat earthworm pies. In other parts of the world, people fry them and some even eat them without cooking. Earthworms are low in fat and high in protein. They're healthier than eating beef.

请认真阅读下列短文从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

    British people are famous for apologizing (道歉) in almost every situation. 1we are apologizing for asking a question, for our bad weather or we sneeze before others (打喷嚏), we are probably the number-one nation for apologies. We pride ourselves on our polite 2 in public. As a result, we use the word "sorry" quite a lot—even when we don't really 3 it! Usually, if you want to ask someone for the time, you would start by saying "Sorry to bother you. Do you know the time?" If you're five minutes late for an appointment (约会), you would generally4 the person by saying "Sorry, I'm late! We use the word "sorry" in so many different situations that the meaning of the word has slightly 5 over time. The two main dictionary definitions (定义) of "sorry" are: feeling sad for someone else because of their problems or feeling regret because you've done something wrong. Usually, when you want to ask a stranger a question, you 6 with "Sorry to disturb you." In this situation, we aren't saying sorry because we feel sad for that person or because we feel regret. So what does "sorry" really mean? Well, in the British 7, saying "sorry" is a way to be polite, especially to people who you don't know very well. It's also a very8 way to get what you want. 9, an actor asked different people on a rainy day if he could use their mobile phones. When he asked one group of strangers without apologizing first, he was only 9 per cent successful in borrowing their phones. 10, when he apologized to another group about the bad weather before asking if he could use their mobile phones, he was 47 per cent successful. So maybe saying "sorry" is not just being polite, but it is also a good method to get what you want too!

What is Sally looking for?

看图写话

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

    Have you ever been to America? I was only an 11-year-old girl when my parents 1 me that we would soon move to America. We were on the bus then. I cried. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never 2 the radio programme for school children again which I listened to every morning.

    In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying 3 to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving, I even felt a little 4 because I thought about all the places I was going to see—the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures.

    The first four years in America taught me the 5 of optimism (乐观), but the idea did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost. I had to study in three schools and spent most of my time learning the English language. I hardly had any time for 6. Sometimes I did not quite know what l was or what I should be. My mother 7 and things became even harder for me. It took me some time to get used to staying with my stepfather (继父). I was often 8, and saw no end to "the hard times". I had to do many things for the family since I knew English better than everyone else at home.

    9, things got better and better later and almost all common troubles 10 at last. From those experiences I have learnt one important rule: Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little.

 I'll never____what I'm doing, even though many people think it's impossible for me to make it.  

— What a beautiful car! When ________ you ________ it? 

 — I ________ it for two years.

What is Nick watering?

今年的小麦长势良好。

The wheat this year.

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空(有一项多余)。

be    open   it   go    thirteen    desk

— Food safety has become a social focus now.

   — That's why laws are made to        crimes on food.

I can't         a good idea for cleaning my bedroom.

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    Do you have lots of friends? What do you 1 friends and friendship? Are they very important to you? Some of your friends may have different views and interests while some like doing the same 2 as you. Do you like the friends different from you 3 the same as you? You may like the friends who 4the same interests as you. But I don't really care.

    I have two good friends, Peter and James. Peter is 5 me. I am a quiet boy, and Peter is also quiet. We 6 enjoy reading books and surfing the Internet. On weekends, we often go to the library or 7games on the computer together. But James is very different from us. He likes playing ball games, and he is more athletic than us. He is 8 more outgoing. He likes talking and often makes 9 laugh. You see, friends are not 10 to be the same. Do you agree with me?

There are many（客人）in this hotel.

A car rushed towards me all of a sudden and I was n hit by it.

Can you imagine a world without the Internet? It's surprising to think about it. Now, China has more than 162 million Internet users, according to the China Internet Network Information Centre. This is the second largest number of users in the world after the United States. Today, 66% of Chinese "netizens(网民)" are teenagers. "They spend about thirteen hours every week online," said Qian Hulin, an Internet expert. Doctor Song in Beijing Xuanwu Hospital said about 14% of Chinese netizens who are teens often went on playing online games for over ten hours.
The main reasons why teenagers surf the web are to search for information, to communicate with others and to have fun. On the Internet, teenagers can find out almost anything. And surfing the web can help students with their homework and widen their knowledge.
Li Dong, a teacher at No. 41 Middle School in Shijiazhuang, is for her students using the Internet. "When we talk in class, students who surf the Net usually know more background information than the others," she said.
In addition, people can use the Internet to write letters or stories and send emails. Many teens keep in touch with their friends online. It is cheaper than phoning somebody far away and also much quicker.

What are you watching ________?

 — We weren't able to        any new suggestions.
— Don't worry. We'll try to figure it out.