When you are about to do something brave, a cheerful wish of &ldquo;Good luck!&rdquo; from a friend can be helpful. Bu...

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When you are about to do something brave, a cheerful wish of “Good luck!” from a friend can be helpful. But if you think you need lots of luck, what else might you do?
In the UK and US there are some strange traditions for bringing yourself a little more good luck. Some are hundreds of years old and some are much newer.
Have you heard the saying “When you wish upon a star”? If you are looking up at the sky on a clear night and you see a sudden flash of light, it is probably a shooting star! Seeing one doesn't happen very often. The saying goes that if you see one you have been very lucky, and so if you make a wish, it will come true.
Maybe you have heard of the lucky rabbit's foot. Some people believe that rabbits are lucky animals, so they carry a part of the rabbit, its foot, for good luck. There are all kinds of strange, unclear rules about which of the rabbit's feet is the luckiest. It is said that this good luck tradition is the oldest one of all. However, as the funny saying goes, “Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit!”
People in Britain love trees. If it is autumn and leaves are falling from the trees, some people try to catch the leaves as they fall because they think each leaf they catch will bring them a lucky month in the following year—they will need to catch 12 falling leaves to have a whole of good luck!

（1）、From Paragraph 3, we know that ______.

A、shooting stars can often be seen B、people can see a shooting star on a rainy night C、your wish may come true if you see a shooting star D、people believe that it's unlucky to see a shooting star

（2）、British people try to catch 12 falling leaves because ______.

A、the leaves fall in autumn B、there are so many leaves to catch C、the leaves can bring them a lucky month D、they want to have a whole year of good luck

（3）、In Paragraph 5, the underlined word “them” refers to（指）______.

A、trees B、people C、leaves D、years

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Jan：I have new photos of my family, but they're not very good. This is my sister…
Mark：Where is she? Is she at the library?
Jan：No, she's in the living room. She s doing her homework. And that s my brother.
Mark：Is he doing his homework, too? What's he eating?
Jan：He's watching a scary movie on TV and eating french fries.
This is a picture of my aunt and my mother.
Mark：Is that -your mother in the pool?
Jan：No, that's my aunt. My mother can't swim. And this is my mother and my aunt at the shop. They really like shopping and eating at the shop. Mark: Interesting photos.

根据短文内容，判断下列句子正(T)误(F)。
Which is the biggest country in the world? Well, look at the map and you'll know it is Russia. It is followed by Canada, China, the U.S.A. and Brazil. Among them, China has the largest number of people, with a population(人口) of about 1.3 billion(十亿). Canada has the longest coastline(海岸线). The total length(长度) of the coastline is about 202,080 kilometers. It is long enough to go around the earth six times.
Do you know which is the largest island(岛) in the world? Is that Hawaii? No, it is much smaller than the largest island in the world—Greenland. Greenland is to the northeast(东北) of Canada. Ice covers 81% of its land. It is very cold there, so there are only about 56,000 people living on the island.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
Is there some one you hate? Well. Maybe you don't really hate them. But you get really angry every time you think of them. If you don't let this anger go, it can turn into bitterness(痛苦).
Bitterness appears when we can't forgive someone who has hurt us or made us angry. Someone might say or do something that hurts us. But instead of controlling he anger ,we keep t deep inside . Before long, a bitter feeling begins to grow. We may think we are hurting that person by criticizing(指责)him or her often ,but we are really only hurting ourselves.
Bitterness can not only lead to serious health problems such as heart disease ,but also hurt out relationships with friends and family members .No one enjoy being around an angry person for very long .
If you see bitterness in your life ,here are some ways to deal with it .
Accept it
Instead of trying to deny your anger ,make it clear to yourself and accept it .See your anger for what it is and quickly deal with it .
Stop making excuses for it
You may feel you have a right to be angry .You may think you are right and the other person is wrong . You may even secretly enjoy making the other person look bad .But in the end ,bitterness hurts you much more than the other person . The bitterness will hold you back . and the other person will go on with his or her life .
Forgive and forget it
You probably can not completely put the anger out of your mind .But you can decide to forgive the other person . Forget it and move on .You'll enjoy better health and peace of mind .

   Stress is everywhere in our everyday life. Not only men have it, but also women and young people.
   The most important reasons of stress are: death, diseases, exams, making money, getting married, moving houses, changing jobs, ending friendships and so on.
   How do you know whether you have stress or not? Could you give your answers to the following questions?

Do you...	Yes	No
Easily get angry?
Often sleep badly?
Get headaches a lot?
Take medicine to help sleep?
Find it difficult to relax?
Usually hide your feeling?
Smoke and drink a lot to keep quiet?
Find it difficult to put your heart into something?

If your answer "Yes" to more than two of these questions, you are one of those people with stress. So what can you do about it?
Doing relaxing exercises, talking with friends and listening to light music are all usual ways of relieving (减轻) stress. However, doctors now say that there are easier ways-people should laugh and smile more often. When you laugh and smile, your body relaxes. They also say that people, especially men, should X more often, because crying is a natural way of relieving stress.

The best way of learning a language is using it. The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you'll get your words mixed up(混合) and people will not understand you. Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can' t understand them. But if you keep your sense of humor(幽默感)，you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you make. Don't be unhappy if people seem to be laughing at your mistakes. It's better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you，because they don't understand what you are saying. The most important thing for learning English is："Don't be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes."

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Dubai is a city of big business, expensive hotels, skyscrapers (摩天大楼), and shopping malls. In the early 20tb century, Dubai was a successful trading port. People from the world stopped in Dubai to do business. But it was still a small city, and most people lived as fishermen and businessmen. Then in 1966, oil was discovered. This brought a lot of money into the area, and soon Dubai began to change.

Today Dubai is one of the world's most important business centers. In fact, each year the city gets its money mainly from business, not oil.

Recently Dubai has attracted more and more visitors from abroad. They come to relax on its beaches, and every year, millions visit just to go shopping.

Dubai is also one of the world's fastest growing cities. Many tall buildings are built in months. The city also has many man made islands. One of these, the Palm Jumeirah, is like a palm tree(棕榈树) and is very beautiful.

The city is still and amazing mix (混合体) of people from different countries. The people from 150 countries live and work in Dubai, and foreigners now outnumber Dubai natives(本地人) by eight to one!

Many people welcome the city's growth. But an increasing number of Dubai natives worry about the speed of change. As a Dubai native says, "We must always remember where we came from. Our kids must know we worked very, very hard to get where we are now, and there's a lot more work to do. "

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