I went hiking to a mountain with my friends last summer． It was a good trip at the beginning but something unexpected happened on the half way．

    One of my friends, Mike, suddenly felt a terrible pain in his stomach and he couldn't move any further． Nobody knew what to do． One girl tried to call her mum with her mobile phone but there was no signal in the mountain area． Luckily I brought medicine with me． After Mike took some, he felt much better． We walked on, and then we all enjoyed ourselves on the top of the mountain.

I'm Mike I'm a middle school student. I learn many subjects in school. 我最喜欢的科目是科学 The science teacher Mrs Green, is my friend Jill's mother. She is nice and she teaches very well.

    I like maths because I think it is so interesting. I always do very well in the maths

tests (测试). My friends say I am clever (聪明的), but I don' t think so. I just work very hard.

    I also like geography. I like learning about people and places. I want to know what they are like and what they're doing. I travel a lot. I'm making plans for my trip on Sunday.

    I don't like English It is not very interesting. We read a lot, sometimes write, but we don't often speak or listen. Most children want to talk with others in English.

    I was once a fat girl, I weighed 336 pounds and looked as big as my fridge. I was never worried about it. But one day I had a medical examination(体检). {#blank#}1{#/blank#}It woke me up.

    I began to feel nervous. Then I decided to do something!

    In a year and five months, I lost 104 pounds. What a great thing I didn't have any expensive food, medical treatment (治疗) or camp style(训练营式的) exercise.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#}First I looked through the Internet for do-it-yourself advice that people could follow on losing weight. Of course I saw countless ads which try to get me to buy their products. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}The only thing I did was to change my bad habits. The following are what I have done. You can try these.

    Stop drinking something with I have too much sugar in it. Refuse sweet cake. Eat green vegetables, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Never eat after 6:30 pm. Also, do light exercise for 15 to 20 minutes five days a week. Then I kept doing what I should do. People sometimes says, "you don't need to tell me what to do. I know it already!" But the fact is that knowing what to do and doing what you know are different, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}.

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    It's Saturday today. It's ten o'clock. Jack's father is sitting on the sofa near the window (A)他正在读今天的报纸。Jack's aunt is taking photos of some beautiful flowers in the garden. Jack's uncle is watching sports games on TV. Basketball games are his favorite sport but he can't play basketball. Where are Jack's two cousins? Look! Lily is over there. She is listening to music. She likes music very much. Lucy is in the study. She is writing an e—mail to her friend. Where is Jack? He is in the kitchen with his mother. (B)His mother is teaching him how to make dumplings.

    What do you do when you begin to read an English newspaper?

You'd better know what sections there are. Usually, there is international news, business, science and technology, entertainment or lifestyle, sports and cartoons. You can choose your favourite section to read carefully.

    That you come to the article itself. If you don't have time to read the

whole article, the headline(标题) and photo give you a general idea of the story.

    Different kinds of articles

    A news article includes body text and a photo with a short piece of text under it. It usually puts the most important information at the very beginning. If you don't have much time to read the story, just have a look at the first paragraph.

    A feature article is an in-depth(深人的) report on an event or a person. It usually has an interesting opening. You get to know the idea of the article as you read.

    Another kind of article is an opinion article. Usually, some famous people give their own opinions about an important issue in a fun way. Opinion article is different from news stories that are all facts.

Be a critical(批判性的) reader

    There are advertisements in newspapers. They can provide useful information about products, places, food or jobs. Remember that people make advertisements to sell you things. You don't have to do everything advertisements tell you to do. You should be critical enough to judge which advertisements are useful and which are not.

    It's my schoolbag!

    It's 5: 10 in the afternoon. A policeman(警察)stands near No. 2 Middle School. He talks(谈话)with some students.

    "①这是你的书包吗?" asks he.

    "No, it isn't, "says Eric.

    "It looks like(看起来像)John's, "says Mike.

    "No, it is not his schoolbag, "says Tom." His schoolbag is red, but it's green. "

    Mary comes and says, "②Peter can't find his schoolbag. It's his, I think(认为). "

    "It isn't his, "says Harry." His schoolbag is ③      , but it's small."

    "Where is your schoolbag, Jim?" asks Mike.

    "Oh, dear! It's my schoolbag! Thank you! "