My name is Tommy Wang. T-O-M-M-Y, Tommy, W-A-N-G, Wang. I am a Chinese boy. My telephone number is 85523963. My telephone is white. Look! This is my pencil box. ① It's big and beautiful. It's white. What's in it? This is ② ___________ eraser. It's white. This is a pencil. It's white. ③ This is a ruler. It's white, too. I like white. I like green, too. Look! ④ My schoolbag is green. My notebook is green, too. But my favorite color is white.

    This is my good friend. His name is John. ⑤ He is English. Linda is John's sister. I like my friend. I like English.

Do you think all plants need light, soil and water?   ①   . Some plants “eat” meat. These plants usually grow in places with poor soil. This soil can't give them all the food they need, so the plants have found another way of getting it —-by eating insects(昆虫) and other small creatures. Don't be afraid, though.   ②   . Plants only eat people in the books and film.

    One famous meat-eating plant is the flytrap(捕蝇草). Insects fly into the plant and then the leaves trap them inside.   ③   . Curious insects go inside for a taste and discover that the flower is slippery. They slide down and become the plant's next meal.

       ④   . You can grow them in flower-pots,but you must water them often.

A. Then you are wrong.

B. Another meat-eating plant, the pitcher(捕虫草), has a sweet, sticky drink.

C. They won't eat you.

D. Keeping some of these plants at home is easy.

A. 21st Century

    This is a newspaper for English learners of all levels.

B. Yimei Children's Activity Center

    The singing，dancing and swimming lessons are great.

    Tel：8873-6566. Add: No. 54 Baiyun Road.

C. Yigao Computer Selling Center

    Different kinds of computers are on sale. Low prices and high quality.

D. Tianhe Book Center

    There is an English learning book section where you can find all sorts of books about English.

E. Babysitting Service Center

    Tel：8592-6124.

F. The Red Cross

    Money and clothes are both accepted to help the people in flooded areas.

G. Guangzhou's Biggest Audio and Video Market

    It's located in（位于） 3rd Dashatou Road.

    Hong Kong is a shopping heaven (天堂). During the Hong Kong Shopping festival in July and August each year. Hong Kong puts on special events and the stores put on sales for the festival.

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    Hong Kong is a city with many shopping malls, department stores and street markets, but shopping areas are mainly in Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.

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    Hong Kong is one of the best shopping places in the world. The best three buys are clothes, cosmetics and electrical appliances. As the goods are tax free, the prices are always louver than those found in other countries.

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    When you shop in Hong Kong, you will find the currency (货币) symbol $. It looks like the symbol of US dollars but it always refers to Hong Kong dollars rather than US dollars. You can exchange your currency for Hong Kong dollars at any authorized (授权) money exchanger.

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    There are many street markets in Hong Kong. Exploring street markets is a way to experience the local people's lifestyle and buy souvenirs. The famous street markets are Stanley Market, Ladies' Market and Temple Street Market.

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    Retail shops generally open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day. But most department stores and shopping malls in major tourist areas will stay open until 9:30 p.m. or even later. Please check the opening hours before you pay them a visit.

    Can you imagine astronauts' everyday life in space? {#blank#}1{#/blank#}They do the same things as us, but they do them differently.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Gravity(重力) holds the food down and keeps the water in the glass. But there is almost no gravity in space, so food can float(漂浮)away, and astronauts must eat and drink carefully.

    Sleeping is very different in space. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} They tie the bag to a wall so that they won't float away, and astronauts must eat and drink carefully.

    Exercise is very important in space. On earth, your legs carry your body, but in space, astronauts float. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} This is very bad for their legs, so they must exercise for thirty minutes every day.

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A. So they do not use their legs often.

B It's very expensive to take food into space.

C. Sometimes they just enjoy floating in the air.

D. They also need to eat, sleep, exercise and relax.

E. On earth, we put food on a plate and water in a glass.

F. Astronauts have already visited the Moon and lived on space stations.

G. Some astronauts like to float in the air, but most like to be in a sleeping bag.

    There was an old pear tree in a man's garden. In the past, the tree fruited every year, so the man would get many pears. But now, the tree got old. There were no more pears for the man. So the man decided to cut the tree down.

    When he walked toward the tree with an axe in his hand, the tree said to him, "Please don't cut me down. I have born so many pears for you in the past years."

    "I'm sorry, but I have to do so," the man said, "because I need wood to make a chair." Then he began to wave (挥动) his axe. At that moment, a bird in the old tree shouted at him, "Don't cut it down! Every time you go out and your wife feels lonely, she will come out to the garden and sit under the tree to enjoy its cool shade (树萌), and I sing songs to make her happy. We give much pleasure to your wife."

    The man didn't listen to the bird and drove it away. Just as he was about to cut the tree, some bees flew out of it and said, "Listen! If you agree not to kill this tree, we will give you delicious honey every day. Would you please leave the tree with us?"

    The man got moved. He said, "You are so kind to the tree, although it has become old. Now I see that I shouldn't cut it down. It has done so much for me and my wife. Let the tree stay here, and let the bird continue to sing songs here." With these words, the man left.