Life today has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution. Noise pollution makes us talk more loudly and become angry more easily. Water pollution makes our rivers and lakes very dirty. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution. Both water pollution and air pollution are not only dangerous to our health, but also dangerous to animals and plants.

     Many countries are making new laws to fight pollution. Factories must now clean their water before they throw it away. They can not let out dirty smoke into the air, either. More and more cars are now using a new kind of fuel(燃料) which does not pollute the air.

     Laws are not enough. We must all help. We can use paper bags, not plastic ones. We can keep old cans and plant flowers in them. Everybody must help to fight pollution because we can keep our country clean.

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    If you want to learn English well. You have to practice speaking English! Use these sentences to help you start interesting conversations in English.

    ①{#blank#}1{#/blank#} We should try to do things independently, rather than wait for help. Do you think our schools stop us from thinking independently? How can we become more independent? Can we help our classmates to be more independent? How?  

    ②{#blank#}2{#/blank#} I find this to be true with my students. If they only recite without understanding, they cannot use English well. Have you ever tried to recite many English words? What is the result? Do you know anyone that only follows but never thinks? What is that person like? Do you know anyone who is a clear thinker? What is that person like?  

    ③{#blank#}3{#/blank#} How can laughter help us in our daily life? Do you think humor is helpful if we are really sick? Do you know anyone who laughs all the time? What is that person like? Do you know someone who never laughs? Do you enjoy being around that person? 

    ④{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Do you have many friends or just a few very close friends? How did you meet your best friend? What advice would you give a newcomer to your school to help him or her meet new friends? What would you do to help your best friend? 

    ⑤{#blank#}5{#/blank#} How should we eat to stay healthy? What do you think is the healthiest food we can eat every day? Do you eat very healthy food? Or do you prefer delicious but not so healthy food? What food should we avoid eating? Besides eating well, what should we do for our health? 

    Mr Smith works in a big city. Mrs Smith lives in a small town（镇）。Bill 是他们的儿子。 He is with his mother.

    It's a Monday morning.Mrs Smith writes a litter（信） to Mr Smith.She says to Bill,"Go to the post office(邮局)with the letter and your father can get it on Friday. "Then Bill comes back  late(回来晚).

    "Why do you come back late?"

    "There is a new post office in South Street（南街）.Do you know that?"

    "Of course. It's far from our home. Why?"

    "The letter is in the post office. "

    "But there is a post office near our home. "

    "I know,but the post office in South Street is near Dad.  He can get the letter earlier(更早地). "

阅读以上信息，用恰当的词完成下面的短文，每空一词。

    As we all know Mo Yan has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature. It makes people argue about {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Mo's works should be included in students' textbooks or not. Some supporters think Mo Yan has been the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} of Chinese people. His works can have positive {#blank#}3{#/blank#} on young people in literature. But some people are {#blank#}4{#/blank#} it. They think his works may not be {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, for middle and high school students. The decision to change the content of textbooks should be made carefully, not just because Mo Yan has been famous in the world.

    Here is some information about {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. You can go to the zoo from {#blank#}2{#/blank#} in the morning to four o'clock in the afternoon from Tuesday to Sunday. But on {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, you can go there from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. For tickets, the price of the adults is {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Children over 12 is 1 yuan.  Children under 12 is free. When you visit the zoo, you can't touch, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} or go near the animals!

    Do you remember the name of your kindergarten teacher? I do. Her name was Mrs. White.

    I don't remember much about what we learned in her class, but my mother once told me that we used to write a lot. And I would bring back what I wrote and she would look at it and see there were so many mistakes. But there were no red corrections but always a star. Sometimes even a word "Good"! That would make my heart filled with happiness, but it worried my mother.

    So one day when she went to meet Mrs. White, Mother asked her why she never corrected my mistakes, and why she never pointed out those mistakes. Mrs. White said, "The children are just beginning to get excited about using words, about making sentences. I don't want to make them lose that enthusiasm (热情) with red ink. Spelling and grammar can wait. The wonder of words won't ..."

    And thanks to Mrs. White, I had no qualms (顾忌) about writing what I meant even if I couldn't quite spell it out. Life isn't Perfect. It's Beautiful. She helped me understand it.