Most middle school students wear uniforms. Some students like uniforms, but ①       don't. However, recently, a Japanese government survey(政府调查) shows that more students in Japan like uniforms now because ②school uniforms are more fashionable(时尚的) than they were before.

      I surveyed some Japanese students about what they thought about school uniforms. I asked them, “Do you like fashionable uniforms?” There were lots of different opinions(观点, 看法).

      Hiromi said, “I like school uniforms because I don't need to choose clothes every day. I think that fashionable uniforms are good. My high school uniform is fashionable, but there is a problem. Fashionable uniforms are too expensive.”

      Miki said that she didn't like fashionable uniforms because she didn't want to ③                        (在制服上花太多的钱). She thought that the uniforms should be changed(被改变). They should be cheaper and easier to get.

      Mitsuaki said, “I don't like school uniforms because I want to look different. I also agree that fashionable uniforms make many students want to wear uniforms in high school. If students like fashionable uniforms, it is good. ”

    Think about the distance（距离） you traveled in the last six months of your life. About how many miles（kilometers） did you go? Lucid went quite a distance. On March 22, 1996, she started a journey. She traveled 188 days, 4 hours, and 14 seconds in total. This is a little over six months. So what distance did Lucid travel? She went 75.2 million miles（1,203,200,000 kilometers）!

    How could Lucid go so far? How could she journey so fast? Lucid was an American astronaut and she was in space. She lived on a space station. The space station was the Russian space station Mir. She lived and worked with two Russian astronauts.

    On Mir, it was hard for Lucid to know what day it was. Why? Mir. did not stay in one place. It orbited the Earth. It went around the Earth. Mir's orbit meant that darkness did not mean the day was over. Darkness fell many times during a 24-hour period. Darkness fell about every 45 minutes. Lucid did something to help her remember what day it was. She wore pink socks on every seventh day. The pink socks reminded Lucid about something else, too. The pink socks helped Lucid remember that Jell-O would be served for dinner. On Mir, Jell-O was a special treat. It was only served on Sunday.

    Lucid worked hard to deserve the honor of working on Mir. She went to school for a long time. She was one of the first six women to be accepted into the astronaut-training program. She flew on several American missions. When accepted for Mir, she had to learn Russian in less than 18 months. On Mir, Lucid conducted many experiments. One experiment she conducted was with wheat. Lucid grew wheat. Growing plants in space was important, because green plants could provide oxygen and food for space travelers.

    Are you the only child in the family? If so, you are the most important in your family.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}But a lot of middle school students have a problem. They feel they're not as close to their parents as before.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}.

    Some students complain that their parents say a lot to them, but never listen to them. Some of them even say it angrily.

     “My parents don't allow me to play computer games, but other classmates are doing that”.

    Others say, when they're making phone calls to friends, their parents like to ask if they're speaking to a boy or a girl.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}Some students even decide to leave home because they're afraid to tell their parents when they have done something wrong, especially when they do badly in exams. Then they usually think running away is the only choice.{#blank#}4{#/blank#}I think they should find a good chance to talk with their parents and they needn't be afraid to tell their feelings to their parents. They can also get help from others like good friends or teachers. Keeping a diary can help them understand more about themselves and their feelings.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} you'll have a happy life and never think of running away.

A. These make them very unhappy.

B. Parents are the closet people to you in the world.

C. But they don't know running away may bring them some more problems.

D. If you follow the advice,

E. They even think their parents are unfair to them.

    Marco Polo was born in Italy in 1254. When he was 17, he travelled along the Silk Road with his father, who wanted to trade with the Chinese. Finally, they arrived in Beijing. They were guests at the Emperor's Palace Marco was very clever and could speak four languages. The Emperor was impressed by him and they became friends. He asked Marco to serve in his court (宫殿) and sent him to do many important jobs all over the country.

    Marco was amazed by how beautiful China was. He was impressed by Beijing and the Emperor's Palace, especial the Summer Palace which was described as "The greatest palace that I've ever seen". The walls were covered with gold and silver and the hall was so big that it could easily hold 6,000 people for dinner.

    Marco was also attracted (吸引) by the inventions and developments in China which couldn't be found in Europe at that time. Marco was surprised to see Chinese people using paper money in the markets. In Europe, people paid for goods(货物) with gold and silver. He could not understand how people paid for food and valuable things with paper! He was also puzzled by the black stones people used to burn to produce heat. The black stones were coal, but Marco had never seen coal before!

    After he served the Emperor for 17 years, in 1291, Marco returned to Italy. He was a very wealthy man then. A writer wrote down all the stories that Marco told him in a book called The Description of the World, which became one of the best-selling books in Europe.

    People enjoyed the book, but many of them thought that Marcos stories about China were too fantastic to be true. However, Marco always stood by his tales. Just before he died, aged 70, Marco was asked the question, “Was it all true?” And this was his answer, “I have only told a half what I saw!”

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    What's your favourite animal? Monkeys, zebras or……Now, let me tell you something about pandas. They come from China. Their heads and stomachs(腹部)are white, and their legs are black. Their black eyes are like a pair of black glass balls. Pandas like living in bamboo woods(树林), because the place is cool①并且它们通常吃竹子.

    Pandas are lovely, but they are in danger(危险). ②People cut down(砍倒)lots of bamboos to build houses. Please save the lovely pandas. Let's try our best to help them.

    Do you know the weather in Henan? There are four seasons in Henan. The weather in Henan is not the same in four seasons.

    It is warm in spring. People like to climb mountains. In spring, a lot of children go out to plant (种植) some trees.

    What's the weather like in summer? Well, it is bot in summer. People like to go swimming in summer.

    It is cool in autumn. Sometimes it is windy. People like to go on a trip in autumn.

    How's the weather in winter? It is cold in winter. Sometimes it snows. People always wear warm clothes in winter. The old people don't go out because it is cold, They usually watch TV at home and keep warm.