The largest animal living on the earth is the blue whale. It weighs about 80 tons—more than 24 elephants. It is more than 30 metres long. A newborn baby whale weighs as heavy as a big elephant.

    Cats can survive(存活) when they fall down from a very high place because they can keep their bodies safe. One cat fell 32 floors onto the street, but it was just hurt a little.

    A bear can run as fast as a horse.

    A newborn panda is smaller than a mouse, and weighs about 100 grams.

    Elephants are the most careful animals in their love. A male elephant may show his love to a lady for up to three years until the lady accepts his love. They often show their love by touching each other's body.

    Usually, wolves don't attack(攻击) people. And wolves don't usually go together, but they may do this in winter.

    I'm Zhao Kai. I have a good friend. His name is Ben.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}He comes to China because(因为) his parents work in China.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}He speaks English very well, but his Chinese isn't good. I often help him with his Chinese and he helps me with my English.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}He has many friends in our school. Ben often plays with his friends.{#blank#}4{#/blank#}His favorite food is jiaozi. I often invite(邀请) him to my home for dinner.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} Do you want to be Ben's friend?

A. We help each other.

B. He comes from America.

C. So he is very happy.

D. He likes to eat Chinese food.

E. Now Ben is in my class.

⑴{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Around(在……周围)my house，there are lots of shops. I can almost buy everything. In front of my house is a big park. I usually spend most of my weekends there. There is a cinema on the left of my house. On its right is a great supermarket.

⑵{#blank#}2{#/blank#}My mother works in a bank near my school. So every day, I can take her car to school. The bank is between a supermarket and a bookshop. After school. I often read in the bookshop first and wait for my mother to finish work. And then we go home.

⑶{#blank#}3{#/blank#}Shanghai Museum is in the center of the People's Square. It has 4, 000 square meters. In it there are so many books, paintings, and other things. People from all over China like to go there to visit. If you have time to go there, you'll have a good time.

⑷{#blank#}4{#/blank#}My home town is a beautiful place. It stands near a small river at the green hills(小山). It has many tall buildings and great streets. Trees and flowers are everywhere. Sometimes, I swim in the river with my friends and sometimes, we have fun in the green hills.

⑸{#blank#}5{#/blank#}My school lies in the south of Changchun City. It is famous in our city. It has 24 classes, 8 classes in each grade. The number of the students and teachers is over 2,000. In the front of the school stands a tall classroom building. At the back of it is a lab building and a new library.

A. Day of my mother and me

B. My beautiful home town

C. Something about a museum

D. The change of my home town

E. Something about my school

F. Something around my house

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#}, there is always a reason to smile and be happy.

    Some of the biggest trees started off as the smallest seeds,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}.

    Life may fly by in the blink of an eye,{#blank#}3{#/blank#}.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}, sadness too, I have felt it all, ever since I met you.

    There are two sides to every story,{#blank#}5{#/blank#}.

    Wang Jie is a young talented writer. Her new book The Fifth Day of the Sixth Month in the Chinese Lunar Calendar (《六月初五》) has just come out.

    "I'm happy to write something every day. I have been writing all the years and will never stop," says Wang.

    Wang has lived a meaningful and rich life. Besides being a writer, Wang also has a heart of gold. She has a great love for charity work.

    "We should do our best to end poverty," says Wang.

    She has helped more than 100 children living in the poor mountain villages. She donates much money and books to them. She hopes to help them with their studies and their lives.

    "Doing good deeds, like passing on love and justice(正义) and doing charity work, can make me keep a peaceful mind. I have always been trying my best to have complete peace of mind," says Wang. With a peaceful mind, Wang can write all the way, and her peaceful mind comes from her good deeds. She is a beautiful writer with a beautiful heart.

    We will soon read another book of hers Flowers fall in Chang'an(《花落长安》). It is a thick book with about 600,000 words.

    You may think that inventions are far away from your everyday life. But in fact, almost everyone can invent things. It's just that they do not realize that their ideas could be the start of an invention. Once inventors see their ideas have some practical value, they don't let them slip way.

    For example, the inventor of the dishwasher, American Josephine Cochrane, loved to give dinner parties. But she found it took long to wash her dishes by hand. She decided that a machine could do the job faster and with fewer mistakes. So, in 1886, she set out to make one for herself.

    Here are the steps to create inventions. The first and most important step is to find the problem. You can start by looking at what is wrong with things you use now. You can ask grandparents or neighbors if they remember ever saying: "I wish someone would invent something for…" Or you can look at people in different areas--such as on the street, or at school. Then you might notice situations or things in need of improvement. Remember to record you ideas and work. This will help you develop your invention and protect it when it is completed. The next step is to think about possible solutions (解决方法). An invention is a new way of solving a problem. So think of many, varied and unusual ways. You can often come up with a solution to a problem by looking at it from a different side.

    The hardest part of inventing, even for a lot of inventors, is coming up with a problem and finding a solution. Once you have an idea, you can always get help building your invention. This problem-solving technique can also work in your everyday life. So, why not try it in your studies, in your relationship with others, or even in the way you look at the world?