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    Today is a sunny day. It is August 5th. It is Judy's birthday.

    When she comes back home from school, she sees a blue card on the table. It says, "There's a present (礼物) for you, Judy. Look for it in your bedroom."

    Judy runs into her bedroom Her parents are looking at her and smiling (微笑). On the chair she sees a red box. She thinks her present must be in it. She opens it and there is a yellow card in it. It reads "dear Judy, I'm your present. My first letter (字母)is in the word 'bag' , but not in 'age' My second letter is in 'like', but not in 'mow' My third letter is in 'know', but not in 'now'. And you can find my last letter in both desk' and 'get'. What am I?"

    Judy thinks for about two minutes and says, "Aha, I know. But where is it?" Her father tells her it is in the yard (院子).

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    The first cartoons appeared in newspapers. They told stories using pictures. The first cartoon film appeared in 1906. It was about humorous faces. In the film, an artist drew pictures of two faces on a blackboard. The faces came to life. They smiled and a small dog jumped through a ring. There were a lot of animals in early cartoons. One famous early cartoon character was Felix the Cat.

    Walt Disney started to make films in the 1920s. Some of his earliest films were about a famous story, Alice in Wonderland, but in Disney's films it was called Alice in Cartoon Land. Walt Disney's most famous cartoon character was Mickey Mouse, first in a black-and-white film without sound, then very soon after that in a talking film and later in colour. A Mickey Mouse film was the first cartoon film with sound to become really popular.

    Today, the popularity of cartoons has risen around the world. People of all ages still show great interest in cartoons.

    There are some skills for students to listen to the teacher in class, which means you're going to have to practice it. Just as you would have to practice basketball to be a better player, you also have to practice listening. How to listen in school?  {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

    One of the things you need to do is to make sure that your mind doesn't wander (漫游). It's easy to start thinking about other things, especially when you're not interested in the subject. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

    Next, listen for the main ideas. If you want to catch every little piece of information, you'll feel tired and bored.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Not only does this show respect(尊敬) to the teacher, it also helps prevent your mind from wandering. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Or it could just be someone talking to their neighbors who shouldn't be. It can even be some birds outside the classroom window, or a group of kids who are talking loudly as they pass the door to your room.

    Finally, you need to take notes because you will not remember everything the teacher said. You'll have to take down the notes so that you can study it after class. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

    Listening isn't always easy, but if you follow these simple steps, you'll be much more successful in your classes.

A. Here are some suggestions.

B. You'll also need to look at the teacher.

C. So make yourself pay attention to what the teacher is saying.

D. Taking notes also makes you pay attention to the class.

E. It might be a friend who is trying to pass you a note.

    It was a fine day. Sherlock Holmes invited his best friend Doctor Watson to go camping with him. They found a nice hill and put up their tent. Then they went fishing and climbed the hill. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} They began to chat (聊天) happily.

    "Watson, look up into the sky and tell me what you can see." said Holmes.

    "{#blank#}2{#/blank#}"Watson replied.

    Holmes asked again, "What does that tell you?"

    Watson thought for a while, "It tells me that there are tons of galaxies (星系) and planets."

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    Watson smiled. "It tells me that God is great and powerful. At the same time, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}"

    "Oh, I think so. Is that all?" asked Holmes.

    "No, as for the weather, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} What does it tell you?" Watson said.

    Holmes laughed. "Someone has stolen our tent."

    As teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be small, you may just want to become the best student in your class. Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream real?

    Andrew Matthews, an Australian writer tells us that making our dreams real is life's biggest challenge. You may think you're not very good at some school subjects or it is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts stop you from getting your dream. In fact, everyone can make his dream come true. ①首要的事情是记住你的梦想是什么。 Don't let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step and your ________ will come true faster because a big dream is made up of many small dreams.

    You must also never give up y our dream. There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. ②You need to decide what is the most important.

    Without dreams, you won't make up your mind to learn more skills and new interests.