A recent study found people's lives are made shorter in North China. It is showed the life expectancy(平均寿命) had been cut down by 5.5 years there. Researchers（研究者）think that the heavy air pollution in China should be to blame(承担责任). It's really the truth. Our government has already done something. However, it doesn't seem to work so well.

    “Air pollution in China is doing harm to people's health. The harm is much more serious than we can imagine,” said Chen Yuyu of Beijing University, one of researchers of this study.

    Dirty air brings serious problems in North China. In January this year, the air pollution was worse than that in other places. That was caused by rising temperature and waste gas（气体）from coal heating（燃煤）.

    Chinese government should strongly fight with air pollution. They should think of more proper ways to deal with the problem. People should be encouraged to take buses, ride bicycles or walk, instead of driving cars. The factories that pollute heavily should be closed.

    “We need to improve our environment, although it might be expensive. Protecting our environment means protecting ourselves,” Li Hongbin, another researcher of the study said.

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    It may be difficult to start high school. Thinking about making new friends might make you feel nervous.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}You are going to school with a group of students of your age. Here are several suggestions for you to follow.

    Forget your fear and just talk to someone. It's easier said than done. But try to take a deep breath and find your voice. Don't be afraid to approach (接近) people.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}Sit in the middle of the classroom with as many new friends around you as possible.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Take part in after-class activities that interest you. Try to make friends in the clubs. If you don't join anything, you will be just going to class and then going home. Being in a club makes you more social.

    Stay clean. No one likes a bad smell that could knock someone over. Shower every day, brush your teeth and wash your hair.{#blank#}4{#/blank#}

    Be respectful (尊重的) of people's differences.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}And everyone believes in different things. It is a good thing to have different friends with different opinions because you can each share your own.

The {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (three) year of junior high school was hard and busy. You may not have enough sleep. As we all know, being short of sleep is bad for health. What's more, experts have found that it could let you have trouble {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (make) friends. 

A study of a Tsinghua University research team showed people {#blank#}3{#/blank#} don't get enough sleep can be less willing to make friends. They are too tired {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (go) out. 

The researchers did a survey about 100 middle school students. When they had a good sleep at night, they {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (can) talk to strangers easily. While when they stayed up late, all of them wanted to be {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (lone) in the next day. 

Dr. Song, the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (lead) of the team, said, "The less sleep you get, the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (few) friends you will make. At the same time, people may think you are strange and stay away {#blank#}9{#/blank#} you. This can make you {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (feel) lonely and cause you to sleep even less."

So if you want to be {#blank#}11{#/blank#} good health and make more friends, sleeping well may help. "After a good sleep, you will be more clever and outgoing." Dr. Song said.

When I first went to Britain，a lot of things seemed strange to me. For example，people drove on the left side of the road and many people carried an umbrella all the time. There were also many other things that I found really surprising. 

The first thing I noticed was how polite British people were. When I got on the bus，the driver would greet me；when people got off the bus，they would say "Thank you" to the driver；when I went into a shop，I would be greeted by a smiling salesman. 

The family I stayed with were very nice，but their house was full of peculiar（奇怪的）things. Firstly，there were carpets everywhere，even in the bathroom. Also，the bathroom was full of surprises. The first time I tried to wash my hands I burned myself. The cold and hot water came out of different taps. Then，when I tried to dry my hair，I couldn't find a socket（插座） for my hairdryer. Maybe that wasn't such a big surprise. More surprising was the fact that British people didn't take their shoes off when they went into a house—can you imagine？

I guess that for British people all of these things are normal. It's only when you visit a foreign country that you realize that what you think is normal is not. Normality depends on where you are. 

A lot of time, a lot of money, a lot of resources, when a game meet these conditions, the industry will simply call it a 3A game. During the past years, foreign games {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (control) this market, but that is no longer the case. "Black Myth: Wu kong" is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (fill) the blank in China's 3A game field. This role-playing game, based on {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (tradition) Chinese novel "Journey to the West", has become a hit around the world. The game shows the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (create) of Chinese game makers. 

 "I have been looking forward to this game for a very long time. And yesterday, I played this game and was surprised by the wonderful picture in it. "One player said, "I think the most important thing is that the quality of the game is very high. Its battle operations, graphics, music and artistic expressions have all reached the standard of international commercial games. Secondly, the Monkey King's image enjoys huge {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (popular) around the world. Thirdly, I think it has something {#blank#}6{#/blank#} common with Western figures such as "Rise of the Planet" and "King Kong", {#blank#}7{#/blank#} can also help overseas users better understand the emotions and values that are {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (express) in the game."

An interesting phenomenon (现象) is that overseas players are swotting up (拼命学) "Journey to the West" these days. Many overseas players have been reading the original book. Fans have posted videos online, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (show) their love for the game's technical and artist achievements, as well as its cultural significance. 

For Chinese game industry and Chinese traditional culture, there is also a "journey to the west". {#blank#}10{#/blank#}"Black Myth: Wukong" has become a hit globally, there are reasons to believe that, with time given, Chinese games will make its way!