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        It was the first biology class.  The teacher wanted to give a good start to her{#blank#}1{#/blank#}   . she wanted to open up her students' {#blank#}2{#/blank#}   to the world of biology . She knew that teaching those young students was not {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  , so she worked hard and {#blank#}4{#/blank#}    to find a good way to teach  them . After {#blank#}5{#/blank#}   a long time , She had an idea . She decided to show the children {#blank#}6{#/blank#}   interesting and give them a lesson at the same time.
She asked her students to watch{#blank#}7{#/blank#}  . Then she began . She put a  worn(虫) into a glass of water . the worn {#blank#}8{#/blank#}   around in the water . Then she put a second worn into a glass of alcohol(酒). It was killed after a few {#blank#}9{#/blank#}   .  She asked the students {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  they learned from it . A boy answered , "You showed us that if we drank alcohol, we wouldn't  have worns in our stomaches. "

    Paper is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (到处). We use it for homework, money, books, letters and cards. We have paper {#blank#}2{#/blank#} （杯子）, paper bags, paper plates and so on. It was first made in China. The Chinese made the first {#blank#}3{#/blank#} （真正的） paper in the year AD 105. And the Chinese kept it as a secret for hundreds of years. By the end of the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} （十二）century, paper-making reached Europe. The first paper made in Europe was in Spain in 1151. Later people improved the way of producing paper again and again.

    Because paper is made from wood, many people are {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (担心)that more and more trees are cut down to produce paper. Trees are an important part of the environment. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (因此)many paper factories are using old paper instead of {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (新的) wood to make paper. The way of using old products again is called recycling. Recycling paper helps {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (节省) a lot of trees every year. Many people also try to use {#blank#}9{#/blank#} （更少） paper in their lives. For example, they use both sides of every piece of paper instead of just one. They also use computersto store information. Perhaps one day in the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (将来)people will not use paper to write at all.

    Now more than 40 million {#blank#}1{#/blank#} around the world are learning Chinese, according to a report. The relationship {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the United States and China is becoming more and more important in the world. This has really {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the growth of Chinese language learning in U.S.

    I am Chris from the United States. I am one of the many people {#blank#}4{#/blank#} are learning Chinese. I am studying at a Confucius Institute(孔子学院)in New York. There are 10 students in our class. Some are over thirty years old. Some are middle school students. Our teacher comes from Beijing. He is fun and often tells us interesting things in China.

    I think Chinese is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to learn. The biggest challenge for American learners is the writing. Chinese is {#blank#}6{#/blank#} different from any other language in the world. It will take me a lot of time to learn enough Chinese characters(汉字). But I think there are many benefits (益处) of {#blank#}7{#/blank#} time in learning Chinese. One important benefit is that it makes me see things from a {#blank#}8{#/blank#} point of view, because Chinese is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a different language from English. I think for American the students most important benefit is that {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a challenging language can open up their eyes.

    When I was waiting for a bus at a station, I saw a young man get into a telephone box near the station. After a short time, he came out and{#blank#}1{#/blank#} very sad (难过的). As he saw me, he came over.

    "Good afternoon, sir," he said. "{#blank#}2{#/blank#} was Abraham Lincoln born, do you know?"

    I felt a little {#blank#}3{#/blank#} at his words. "Something may be wrong (有毛病的) with him," I thought. Then he asked {#blank#}4{#/blank#} and I could see that he was not joking (开玩笑). So I thought for a minute and {#blank#}5{#/blank#} him that Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809.

    The young man thanked {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  turned around and walked into the telephone box again. A few minutes later, he came out {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. He thanked me again and told me that he wanted to make a telephone call to his friend but he {#blank#}8{#/blank#} his telephone number.

    "You {#blank#}9{#/blank#} me remember it," he said. "His telephone number is '180909', and you can remember it easily {#blank#}10{#/blank#} you know when the great man was born."

    The Chinese New Year is coming. We made a survey about students' New Year resolutions in Class Five. Here {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the results.

    We found that nearly half of the resolutions were about self-improvement. Sixteen students hoped to {#blank#}2{#/blank#} in some after school clubs to improve their talents. Twelve of {#blank#}3{#/blank#} wanted to do more reading to get better grades. 30% of the resolutions had to do {#blank#}4{#/blank#} physical health. Five students said that they were going to eat {#blank#}5{#/blank#} junk food than last year. The others planned to start {#blank#}6{#/blank#} exercise program. 15% of the resolutions were about better planning. Eight students said they would {#blank#}7{#/blank#} more time on their schoolwork and less time on computer games. Four were going to make a weekly plan. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} it's a pity that a few students said they {#blank#}9{#/blank#} have resolutions at all.

    It's good to make New Year resolutions. I hope everyone can try his {#blank#}10{#/blank#} to keep them and make them come true!