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    Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa， Italy. He was the oldest of five children in a worker's family. He enjoyed going to the sea when he was a young boy.

    He heard that there was a lot of gold and other valuable things in East India. He wanted to find a short way to get to the Indies by ship. On August 3， 1492， he sailed toward the west from Palos， Spain with three ships. After many days， the sailors had covered a long distance on the sea and were ready to turn around for home when they saw land， an island Columbus named San Salvador. He thought he had found the Indies and called the people he saw there “Indians”. When they got to Cuba， he thought he was in Japan. The world was a lot larger than he thought.

    In his life， he made four trips across the ocean. His 13-year-old son， Ferdinand， went with him during the last time. He returned to Spain in 1504. Columbus did not become rich as he had hoped. At the end of his life he only had a pension(退休金) the king and the queen had given him because he was the first to reach the New World. He died in 1506， still believing that he had found a new route to East India and that he had reached Asia.

    Columbus didn't get to school very much， but he learned to read and write Spanish during his travels. He also taught himself Latin because all the geography books were written in Latin. He is remembered by all not only for the New World he discovered， but also for the way he led for other explorers.

Teenagers growing pains

    Today, our students are facing many different problems and they want to ask some experts for help. Nancy says she feel stressed these days because of too much homework. She hasn't enough time to sleep for a long time and often falls asleep during the classes. John says he doesn't like to study because of the bad effect of computer games. Cindy says she gets fat because she likes to eat junk food and hardly ever takes exercise. Frank has the worst problem. He always fights with others as he doesn't know how to get on well with others and few of his classmates would like to talk with him.

    Students learn their lessons in class．{#blank#}1{#/blank#} Students sit in the classrooms listening．This is a way of learning．Is this the only way for students to learn something？Of course not．There is another way to learn．{#blank#}2{#/blank#} For example，if you cannot remember something when you are doing your homework，you can look at your book to find the answer．This is a way to teach yourself．{#blank#}3{#/blank#} We can do this at any place and at any time．

    How do you teach yourself？The first thing you must do is reading．Read something you are interested in．{#blank#}4{#/blank#} If there is something you don't understand or you want to know more about，you can write down questions．The third is to answer the question yourself by thinking hard，by reading the text or other books，and something by asking other people．This is the way of teaching yourself{#blank#}5{#/blank#} If you keep doing like this，you are sure to succeed in your study．

A．In class，teachers teach them．

B．And you must do this all by yourself．

C．The second is that you must ask yourself questions．

D．And it is not a difficult thing．

E．That is students can teach themselves．

    In early spring, the changing temperature usually makes a number of Chinese people uncomfortable. Cold air, bringing rain or even snow, easily tears up(破坏) the warmth of the spring within a night(一夜之间).

    However, with the coming of Guyu-the Grain(谷物) Rain, the blue sky and gentle winds would finally stay. Falling usually on or around April 20 every year, Guyu is the sixth of the 24 solar terms(节气). It means the beginning of a lively summer and people get busy from now on.

    Sow(播种) grains

    This is an important period of the growth of grains. The ancient Chinese already knew that as Guyu comes, the weather will become warm enough for sowing. The farmers usually catch the chance to plant rice, corn and beans.

    Hope for safety and harvest

    For those living near the sea, they will hold some ceremonies(仪式) on Guyu, hoping for safety as well as harvest during the coming fishing season.

    Watch the peony

    It's also a great time to see the peony(牡丹), which is known as “the Queen of All Flowers” in Chinese culture. As a result, watching peonies becomes one of the most enjoyable activities for many. The flower is said to be the favourite of Empress(女皇) Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty, who was the only woman ruler in Chinese history.

    Pick tea leaves

    Tea leaves picked before Guyu are among the best tea leaves. People believe that the tea leaves picked on the day of Guyu can make eyes clear and drive away bad luck. So the habit of drinking tea at this time of year has become a tradition in some places of China.

    Mr. and Mrs. Spencer both had very busy jobs and didn't have much time to spend with their young children. They wanted to change this, and because their hobby was boating, they decided to sail round the world together.

    It took six years to prepare everything for the trip. First, they bought a new boat. Then, both the husband and wife had to take advanced (先进的) sailing lessons and learn all about the sea and the weather. Mr. Spencer also did several courses in repairing engines (发动机) and Mrs. Spencer spent an hour in a restaurant learning to cut up fish.

    In October they had one year off from their jobs and sailed away from England with their two children. The next year, in August, their long journey ended in Australia.

    The boat was not big, but they took a teacher for the children with them. None of them found the trip boring because there were three computers, many CDs, a TV and a DVD player on the boat.

    The family loved being at the sea and seeing the stars in the sky. But, most of all, Mr. and Mrs. Spencer enjoyed spending time with their children while they were still young.

回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过5个单词。

Travel in Montreal's underground city

    Montreal is the second largest city in Canada with a population of over 4,100,000 people. When we go shopping in Montreal in Canada, we may find that {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Why? That's because many people do their shopping under the ground. With 4,350 hotel rooms, 2,727 apartments, 930 shops, 68 subway stations,9 fitness centers, 3 skating rinks, 2 libraries, and a small church, {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. If you live in one of the underground apartments, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. Because of outdoor temperatures that may drop to –35℃ in winter, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. The underground city is thought as an important tourist attraction by most Montreal travel guidebooks. If you like, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. In 1962, while breaking ground for the city's first subway, the idea for an underground shopping mall was born at the same time.

A. more than 4.5 square miles make up the world's largest underground city

B. people prefer to stay under the ground in order to get away from the coldness

C. you cannot do sports in Montreal's underground city

D. it is not crowded at all in the shopping malls

E. you can take the subway to work and do the shopping

F. Montreal remains an important center of industry

G. you can spend a week in the underground city