Robert was a clever boy and got on well with his classmates. After he left the middle school, one of his legs was hurt in a traffic accident. He had to go back to his village and help his father to manage the farm. He read a lot of books on farming and did well in it. He got much money and bought a few farms.

 Ten years later, he became the richest farmer in his village. One day, Robert met several friends in London. He asked them to visit his farm. They saw a beautiful house with a big garden when his friends got there. They found he had a lot of sheep, pigs and cows. It was so large that they couldn't see the other end.

  "It'll take you two days to reach the other end of my farm by car!" Robert said happily.

   "Are you kidding? I think something is wrong with your car!" One of the guests said with a smile.

 Fill in the blanks according to the passage .Only one word for each blank.

 Robert was a clever and friendly boy. After he finished middle school, he hurt one of his legs in a traffic accident. He had to {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  to his village and helped his father on the farm. He was {#blank#}2{#/blank#}    at farming. He made a lot of money and bought some farms. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}    ten years, he was very rich. One day, he invited some friends to visit his farm. The farm was  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}   large to see the other end. Robert said, "You'll   {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  two days reaching the other end by car." His friend laughed at him.

    The word "hobby" is an interesting word. Every person has one thing he or she likes to do for fun. Some people like to collect things like stamps or story books. Others like to play football or go window shopping where you can look at many beautiful things without buying them.

    I have many hobbies I do for fun. I sometimes play golf with my sons. I play tennis with all the family. I like to collect music books. I also collect musical instruments from China like the erhu, the dizi, the xiao, the suona, and the pipa. These are the instruments of China which cannot be found in America.

    My favourite hobby is fishing. I like to go and see my brother in the state of Alaska where fishing is wonderful. The two of us take a boat and go to a small river where we fish for salmon, the American most famous fish.

    Have you ever thrown an old mobile phone? And do you know that there's a mobile phone throwing competition in Finland every year?{#blank#}1{#/blank#}This sport has been around since 2000 though the first national championships took place in Norway in 2004.

    In order to recycle old mobile phones, the town of Savonlinna in southeast Finland holds a Mobile Phone Throwing Competition every year.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}

    While competitors cannot throw their own phones, the competition organizers provide hundreds of mobiles to choose from.{#blank#}3{#/blank#} Last year's winner Ere Karjalainen set a world record with his 101.46m throw. As a prize, he got a chance of drinking and practiced again as his preferred training methods.

    Those without a strong throwing arm can enter the freestyle competition.{#blank#}4{#/blank#}A three-person jury (评委) gives scores from one to six, and the thrower with the highest number of points wins.

    Once all the day's phones have been thrown, they are taken to a recycling center. They will not be wasted as rubbish.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} Anyone who offers his phone will have a free chance to take part in the competition while those who don't need to pay eleven dollars per person or five dollars for children of 12 and under.

A. So the organizers encourage people to give away their phones that can't work at all.

B. Then people throw as far as possible from the throwing area.

C. During the competition, the style of the throw are judged (判断) rather than the distance.

D. It may sound crazy to you, but it's actually been developed into a sport.

E. And people can have a little fun from the games.

B

Conversation 1

Policeman: Excuse me,what's your name?

Lim: My name is Lim Brown.

Policeman: Is this your dictionary?

Lim: Yes,it is.Thank you.

Policeman: Are these your keys?

Lim: No,they aren't.I think they are Mike's.Is that yours,Mike?

Mike: Yes,they are my keys. 

Policeman: What's your last name?

Mike: Smith.

Policeman: Ok.What's your telephone numbers?

Mike: My telephone number is 329-0769 and Lim's is 568-8215.

Conversation 2

Rick: Excuse me,sir,I lost my ID card.

Policeman:What's your first name?

Rick: Rick.

Policeman:What's your last name?

Rick: Cooper.

Policeman: How do you spell Cooper?

Rick:C-O-O-P-E-R.

Policeman:And your telephone number?

Rick: 678-0987

Policeman:Yes,it's your ID card.

    My name is Jack. I'm 25 years old. I think I can help you for your Beidaihe School Trip. I like sports. I can play basketball, soccer and tennis. And I like music, too. I can sing and dance and play the drums. And I can also work on the computer. I believe (相信) I can help kids with these things. I like kids and want to be their friends. I'm a funny man. I'm sure children like me. Please offer (提供) me this job.

A School in Britain

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    I get up and get dress for school. My school has a uniform-black trousers and shoes, a white shirt and a black and gold tie. The girls wear the same, or they can wear a black skirt.

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    I don't live far from the school, so l walk there with my friends. Lots of students take the school or their parents drive them to school.

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    Students all study English, maths and science, and we can choose others. My favorites are arts and IT.

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    We have 20 minutes for break in the morning and an hour for lunch. Some students bring sandwiches to school for lunch, hut my friends and I often eat in the dinning room.

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    Lessons end at 4 o'clock, but on Mondays and Wednesdays I stay at school until 5 o'clock. I go to the Chess Club and Basketball Club. There are lots of clubs and activities at our school.