The Secret of Success

① {#blank#}1{#/blank#}Your best chance of success is by doing what you really want to do. Ask yourself, "If money for free?" Then just do what you like to do.

② {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Think about what you are going to do. You have to start somewhere and it may be quite a real beginning. Whether you are beginning in business or you're dreaming to be a star, you have to start at the bottom.

③ {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Great ambition(目标) is necessary. An English student called Richard Branson opened a student magazine when he was only 16 years old. But he didn't stop there. He also opened a record business with many shops, and now his company has planes, trains and cars.

④{#blank#}4{#/blank#}The only people who succeed without hard work are lottery(彩票) winners. You need a "can do" attitude(态度) and you must work step by step, which will help you get what you really want. You are on the right way to win the success.

⑤{#blank#}5{#/blank#}If you always say someone is successful, it doesn't mean anything to you. Learn from those who have already succeeded in something, especially where they do the same as you want to do.

A. Think big                     B. Start small

C. Follow the leaders              D. Find the work you love

E. Be prepared to work hard

    Computers are useful machines．They can help people a lot in their daily life ． For example，they can help people to save much time to do much work，and they can help people to work out many problems easily．Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers before the twenty-first century，except the old people．

    Today more and more families own computers ． Parents buy computers for their children．They hope computers can help them improve their studies in school．Yet，many of their children use computers to play games，to watch videos or to chat．Computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind．So computers are locked in boxes by parents．

    In some other countries，even some scientists also hate computers．They say computers let millions of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble．Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by today's students themselves!

Having a cheetah （猎豹）as a pet in the house? Does it sound scary to you? But for a family in South Africa， one cheetah is treated as a VIP (Very Important Person) in the house. The big cheetah is named Jolie, after the film star Angelina Jolie{#blank#}1{#/blank#}. She can often be found eating from the kitchen table, taking a short sleep on the sofa, or even sleeping on Lucy and Jeff's bed. The big cat also sleeps and plays with the Browns' other pet, the more usual one— a sheepdog{#blank#}2{#/blank#}

Having a cheetah as a pet is unusual. Atfirst，Mrs.Brown wasn't willing to keep a cheetah as a pet. She said,''{#blank#}3{#/blank#}. But we are now happy that we did it— she is part of the family.''

    Just like her name, four-year-old Jolie has achieved a celebrity(名人) status（地位）in the Browns' hometown. Fans often come to take pictures of her{#blank#}4{#/blank#}.

    However, a cheetah is always a cheetah{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. '' She makes a lot of mess in the house, urinating （小便）everywhere and chewing everything. It's her wild instincts (天性), said Mrs. Brown. There must be some problems of having a cheetah as a pet in the house, but some unusual fun must also be waiting ahead.

A. Interestingly, Jolie enjoys all the special attention that is paid to her.

B. An impossible friendship has happened between these two animals.

C. Though Jolie is now a pet in the home, she still has some wild habits.

D. She is surely the VIP at Lucy and Jeff Brown's home.

E. I was really against the idea of getting a cheetah as a pet.

    I am Larry. I have some serious problems to tell you. Please listen to me carefully, will you?

    I am a bear and I live in the Arctic Pole (北极). I was very happy in the past because I like the cold weather. However, these years, the weather is getting warmer and warmer. And the water is getting very dirty.

    I can't stand it. Many friends and I will die off. What should we do? I think people should know the importance (重要性) of the clean environment. The serious pollution should draw their attention (注意力). They should not throw rubbish everywhere and they can't waste any paper. They should use the bikes more and the cars less. To save electricity (电), they should turn off the TVs and computers at once after using them.

    Experts in nutrition(营养) suggest that we should eat at least five different kinds of vegetables and fruit a day. They are very necessary for our health and help our bodies work well. They can help reduce (减少) the risk of getting ill. There are a lot of vegetables and fruit to choose from and they taste delicious. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

    It's easy to buy our food from the local supermarket, so why do we go to the trouble of growing our own? Here are several good reasons: 

{#blank#}2{#/blank#} You can pick and eat it at once. When you have tried it, you will agree that vegetables and fruit that are eaten straight from the garden taste better than anything you can buy in a supermarket.

    You may want to cut down on your "food miles"-the distance that a product has travelled before it reaches your kitchen. Many food packages are flown halfway across the earth. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

    Homegrown food is likely to be healthier. Food producers often use fertilizers(化肥) and pesticides (农药) which can end up in your food. If you grow your own, things are different.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} You might also choose to grow some traditional vegetables and fruit. These often have more of the vitamins, minerals(矿物质) and protein(蛋白质) that keep you healthy.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} And you can grow your own even if you only have a small backyard or a balcony(R E). Some food can grow well in pots, including lettuce, tomatoes, potatoes and carrots. You can recycle plastic bottles and cups to grow something. Just make sure there are holes for drainage (排水) and a small plate under them to catch drops of water.

Happy gardening!