New rules and behavior standards (行为规范) for middle school students came out in March. Middle school is going to use a new way to decide who the top students are. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} They will also be kids who don't dye (染) their hair, smoke or drink. Here are some of the new rules.

    Tell the truth.

    Have you ever copied someone else's work on an exam? Don't do it again! That's not honest. If you have played computer games for two hours in your room, don't tell your parents that you have done homework.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Good students love animals and care for other people. April is Bird-Loving Month in our country. Is your school doing anything to celebrate it? {#blank#}3{#/blank#} That way, you can learn more about animals and how to protect them. Have you ever quarreled(吵架)with your teammates when your basketball team lost? Only working together can make your team stronger. Be friendly to the people you are with. Try to think of others, not only yourself.

    Be open to new ideas.

    Have you ever thought that people could live on the moon? Perhaps you'll discover Earth II someday. Don't look down at anyone. Everyone's ideas are important. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

    Protect yourself.

    Has someone ever taken money from one of your classmates? Don't let it happen to you. If you have to go home late, you should let your parents know.

    Use the Internet carefully.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} But some things on the Internet aren't for kids, so try to look at Web pages that are good for you. You can use the Web for fun or homework.

A. Do more at school

B. Try to learn from others.

C. You should welcome them, because new ideas make life better for everyone.

D. The Internet can be useful for your studies.

E. Everyone can be top students.

F. The best students won't only have high marks.

G. You should join!

    Some children in Africa( 非洲) don't have school things. Some kind people from other countries ( 国家) give them some. Look! How happy they are!

    Bill is really happy. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Although it's pink, a girl's color, he likes it very much. He can put his old pencils in it now. Jane gets a notebook. She always wants a notebook, but her parents are too poor(贫穷的) to buy one for her. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}What's that in Mike's hands? Oh, it's a storybook. Mike likes reading books very much. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Little Jack gets some pencils. He usually writes with a stone (石头 ), but his spelling is really great. Now he can write with a real pencil.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} You can send(寄) your old school things to us.. We need books, schoolbags, dictionaries, crayons, markers, rulers, erasers, pencil boxes, pens and pencils...

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} You can also e-mail us at isamy@developafrica.org.

A: Hello, Henry. How are you?

B: Hi, Peter. I'm fine, thanks. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

A: I'm fine, too. Do you have a ping pong ball?

B: {#blank#}2{#/blank#}But I have a soccer ball. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

A: No, playing soccer is boring for me. But I have a basketball.

B: {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

A: It's under my bed.

B: {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

A: That sounds interesting. Let's go.