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Some students have their favorite pop stars or sport stars. They admire them very much. They admire their ability and the way they live their lives. Young people are full of potential ( 潜能) and have lots of questions about their futures: What kind of person will I be? What kind of job can I do? ①Sportsmen and pop stars seem to havealready answered these questions in their own lives. But when you watch these people, you only see a part of their lives, the public part. Their everyday lives might be very d_②______.

Many parents worry that their children will follow the bad side of their idols (偶像). And many young people are often disappointed to discover that their favorite idols ③have feet of clay. But the lucky thing is that they don't have to behave exactly like their idols.

④Celebrities (名人) are fun to watch and admire, but the best idols are often the people you see in your everyday life: your family, your neighbors and your teachers. These are the people who teach you how to be honest and how to get along with others.

    An old carpenter(木匠) was ready to leave his work. He told his boss about his plans to leave the house building company and live a free life with his wife.

    The boss was sorry to see his good worker go. He asked the carpenter if he could build just one more house as personal help. The carpenter agreed. But soon it was easy to see that his heart wasn't in his work.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}

    When the carpenter completed his work, his boss came and handed the front-door key to him. The boss said, “This is your house, my gift to you.”

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#}If the carpenter had known he was building his own house, he would have done it all differently. However, it was too late to regret. Now he had to live in the house he had built not too well.

    Life is like the house.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}Think about your “house”. Each day you need to place a brick(砖) or build a wall. Build wisely and make every effort to do the work well. It's the only life you will build for yourself.{#blank#}4{#/blank#}And your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitude and choices you make today.

A. We should build our house with others' help.

B. Think of yourself as the carpenter.

C. Your life today is the result of your attitude and choices in the past.

D. He built the house with poor skills and bad materials.

E. What a surprise! What a shame!

    If you ask people of different countries "Could you tell me the way to the post office?" you will get different answers.

    In Japan, people use landmarks（路标）instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, "Go straight down to the corner. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} The post office is across from the bus stop. "

    In Kansas, America, there are no towns or buildings within miles. So instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distance. For example, people will say, "Go north two miles. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} "

    People in Greece sometimes do not even try to give directions. They will often say, "Follow me." {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

    Sometimes if a person doesn't know the answer to your question, he or she might say, "Sorry, I have no idea." But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers "I don't know." {#blank#}4{#/blank#}They usually give an answer, but often a wrong one. A visitor can often get lost in Yucatan!

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}You might not understand a person's words, but maybe you can understand his or her body language. He or she will usually point to the right direction. Go on in that direction and you may find the post office!

请阅读五段文字，从A、B、C、D、E五个选项中为每位同学找出合适的解决方法。

Problems

{#blank#}1{#/blank#}⑴Julia likes writing stories. She has written stories for more than one year, but she doesn't know how to share them with others.

{#blank#}2{#/blank#}⑵Lucy has collected leaves for several years. She has a lot of beautiful leaves. She wants to show them to other people.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}⑶Mary likes music. It helps her relax. But she doesn't like the rule-she can't listen to music in the classroom.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#}⑷Dennis is good at making model trains. He has made over twenty trains. He doesn't know where he should put them.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#}⑸Emilio likes sports very much. He wants to be a basketball star in the future, but he doesn't know what he should do now.

    A group of friends from Italy wanted to do something different for their vacation. They decided to drive through Australia in a jeep. The journey was a real adventure(冒险) but sometimes the long hours on the road made them tired.

    It was Bill's tum to drive. Tony, Allan and Jeff were sleeping. Bill was thinking of the cool drink and shower in the next town when suddenly something jumped in front of the jeep. Bill tried to stop the jeep, but it was too late, he hit it. When the four friends got out, they saw a kangaroo lying on the road. They thought it was dead. What could they do? It wasn't their fault(过失).I was an accident.

    The friends were sad, but they wanted to have a photo of the kangaroo to show everyone back home, Jeff got his camera, and the others picked up the kangaroo and stood it up against the jeep. The boys decided to dress up the kangaroo. They put a cap, sunglasses and a jacket on him. They took several photos with the kangaroo.

    Suddenly, to their surprise, the kangaroo moved its head moved its body, and jumped away with Bill's cap, Allan's sunglasses, and Tony's jacket-with his passport and one thousand dollars.

    One day a man went home after work and said to his wife, "I bought something for you." "Thank you!" said his wife. "What have you bought for me?" "I've bought a gold ring (戒指). Here it is." He took it out for his wife to see. Then he dropped it to the ground. He began to look for it on the ground, but it was dark in the house and he could not see anything. Then he went out and began to look for it in the street. Just then a friend came along. "What's the matter with you?" asked his friend. "I'm looking for my ring. I lost it just now," said the man. "Where did you lose it?" "I lost it in my house just now." "①You lost your ring in your house, but you are looking for it in the street. How foolish (愚蠢的)you are!" "Ah," said the man, "but it is dark in my house. I shall never find it there. But here in the street, it is much brighter. I can see everything." When his friend heard his words, he laughed and laughed.②你觉得这个人怎么样?