A: Annie, I'm a little nervous. I have to finish {#blank#}1{#/blank#} a book and give a report next Monday.

B: That doesn't sound too bad.

A: But I'm a very slow reader.

B: Just read quickly to get the main ideas at first. Don't read word {#blank#}2{#/blank#} word. Read word groups.

A: But I don't understand many of the words. I have to use a dictionary.

B: Try to guess a word's {#blank#}3{#/blank#} by reading the sentences before and after it. You {#blank#}4{#/blank#} understand more than you think.

A: That sounds difficult!

B: Well, be patient. It takes time. You can become better by reading something you enjoy every day. The more you read, the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} you'll be.

    A doctor, a lawyer(律师), a little boy and an old man were on the plane. Then there was something wrong with the {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. They had to jump off.

    But there {#blank#}2{#/blank#} only three parachutes(降落伞) on the plane.

"I'm a doctor. I save other people's {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, so I must live," said the doctor and he jumped out.

    "I'm a lawyer and I'm important in the world." The lawyer also {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a parachute and jumped.

    The old man {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the little boy and said, "My dear, I'm old but you are {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. You have a long way in front of you. Take the last parachute and go."

    "Don't {#blank#}7{#/blank#}, grandpa. The important man just jumped off {#blank#}8{#/blank#} my backpack (背包)," said the boy.

A: Hello, Mike. Did you have a nice school{#blank#}1{#/blank#}?

B: Yes, I did. We{#blank#}2{#/blank#}to the countryside.

A: Really? What{#blank#}3{#/blank#}you do there?

B: We{#blank#}4{#/blank#}the mountains and we{#blank#}5{#/blank#}a farm.

A: That sounds great. Did you{#blank#}6{#/blank#}a horse on the farm?

B: No, I didn't. But I{#blank#}7{#/blank#}the chickens and the farmer taught us how{#blank#}8{#/blank#}the cow. We also{#blank#}9{#/blank#}a lot about farming.

A: You{#blank#}10{#/blank#}great fun, right?

B: Yeah.

    George Wilson was the owner of a watch shop. One day he told his son James," I'll teach you all I know about watches."

    For the first few weeks, James looked after the front of the shop. He worked hard and was {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to the customers(顾客). George was very pleased with(对...... 很满意) him.

    After about six months, James said to his father," "Is there anything else you want to teach me?"

    "Yes," said George," it's time for me to teach you how to make{#blank#}2{#/blank#} "

    "I know that," said James," you buy watches at one price and sell them at a {#blank#}3{#/blank#} price. That's how we get so much money."

    "That's true. But we don't make most of the money from it." He picked up a watch from the counter(柜台)."What do you think of this watch?"

    "That's a cheap watch. We can only get few dollars from {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  it."

    "You are wrong, my son," George said," those cheap ones get {#blank#}5{#/blank#} money to us than any other watch in the shop."

    "I don't understand," James said.

    "Because they are really cheap, they are always breaking, and we make our money from fixing them."

    Flying into the sky at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour, a pair of nine-year-old British girls broke a record to{#blank#}1{#/blank#}the world's youngest wing walkers(机翼行走者)!

    The two girls. Rose and Flame, are cousins. They took to the sky on two biplanes(双翼飞机), and the{#blank#}2{#/blank#}of one of the planes was their grandfather. They completed a wing walk as the two planes flew just metres apart.

    After getting down from the planes, they said, "That was{#blank#}3{#/blank#}！It was so cool looking down and seeing all the small houses！"

    Not every nine-year-old girl can take on an adventure like this. Rose and Flame are braver than other girls of their age. Besides, they come from a family of wing walkers. They are deeply affected by what they see and hear.

    This time, the brave girl took on the adventure, not just to break the record but also to{#blank#}4{#/blank#}for the poor. They try to do something for the society.