John is a very strong man. He gets a job cutting trees. His boss gives him an axe. The first day, John cuts down eighteen trees. “Good!” the boss says. Happily, John tries harder the next day, but he only cuts down fifteen trees. The third day he even tried harder, but can only cut down ten trees. Day after day, he cuts down fewer trees.

    “ I must be losing my strength ( 力气 ),” John thinks. He goes to the boss to say sorry and says that he does not know what is going on.” “When is the last time you sharpen ( 使锋利 ) your axe?” the boss asks. “I'm busy cutting trees, so I have no time to do it.”

    When John is working hard, he doesn't work “smart”. He doesn't think about the best way to do this job.

    Hi, Peter. Thank you for your telephone call. I'm happy to tell you that we have a double room for you now. It's on the fifth floor. It faces the West Lake, so you can see it well. The price for each room is $150 per night. Every morning from 7:00 to 9:30, there is a free breakfast, but you have to pay if you have lunch and supper in the hotel. Remember to bring your ID card with you. If you have any more questions, please let us know and we will be pleased to help you. We expect you to come to the hotel on August 16. We hope you will enjoy your stay with us. Thanks again for choosing our hotel.

    If you go to England, you may want to visit Big Ben. Big Ben is not the name of a man but a name of the clock in London. It has a long history of about 150 years. It is at the north end of the Palace of Westminster. The big clock has four faces (面). So you can read the face of the clock everywhere. The hands of it are about four meters (米) long each. When the new year comes, it chimes (报时) to welcome the start of the new year. There are also many fireworks (焰火) over the clock tower.

    The big clock makes a very loud sound “Ding dong. Ding dong”--the clock gives the sound every 15 minutes of an hour.

    I work as a taxi driver for nearly ten years. It's a 1 job most of time. I like to meet different people. I always work 2, because there are too 3 cars during the day. I live 20 kilometers outside of London and I go to 4at 5:30 in the afternoon. I usually go home between two and three o'clock in the morning.

    There is a very strange and interesting thing one night. I take a woman with a little dog5home. When we get to her house, She can't find her key and purse (钱包). So I wait in the car with the dog and she climbs in through the window.

    I wait for half an hour. At last I want 6 what is wrong with her. I tie (系) the dog to a tree and 7 in through the window, too.

    A policeman passes by and he thinks I am a thief(小偷). I argue(争论) with the policeman. The 8 .akes the dog barking loudly. The old woman wakes up and goes out of the 9. Because just now she goes to 10  and forgets me and the dog at all!

—No, but she has ____ orange one.

— That _______ great!

— ___________ . I like his pictures very much.

（左拦是五个人的体育爱好，右拦是七则体育俱乐部招揽会员的广告，请为每个人选择最合适的一项）

    Dear Jackie,

    I am happy to get your letter. Do you want(say)about my school life this week?

    This week Ithree English classes. I learn some new (word). And we also an interesting movie in the class. (it) name is Let The Bullets Fly (《让子弹飞》). I like it very much. I like having PE  Mr. White is my PE teacher. He is my favorite teacher. He is a very strict man, but we all like to play him. In his class, he (teach) us to play basketball, soccer and ping-pong. This week, our class has a basketball game with Class 5 and we win(赢). I like(play) bassketball best and I want to be a great basketball player. What about you? Can youme something interesting in your school?

    Write to me soon.

    Yours,

    Emma

学校在评选“朝晖之星”，初一年级的候选人是李薇，请你根据下面的简历写一篇50单词的短文介绍她，并根据你对她的了解适当补充其他方面的情况。

Name: Li Wei

Age: 13 Sex: girl

Birthday: September 25^th

Class : Five  Grade: Seven

Favorite subjects: science (difficult, interesting)

music (fun, relaxing)

Talents(才艺): sing and dance

Others: …

The Star of Zhaohui Middle School