“It's just a story,”you may think. But new research has found that crows' brains may sometimes be better than those of 6-year-old children.

In a recent experiment, American scientist Corina Logan and her team caught six crows to test them. The crows and children had to choose between two sets of tubes(试管). They had to drop stones in and get water.

With the red set, when they dropped a stone into a wide tube, the water level raised in a connected narrow tube. The blue set of tubes, however, had no connection between them.

Children aged 7 to 10 were able to learn the rule. Children aged 4-6, however, failed.Five of the six crows failed the test. But Kitty, a 6-month-old crow, passed it. She put most of the stones into the red tubes.

So, could a bird be more clever than a kindergartner? Don't be too quick to say no.

    This morning Tom gets up at 6:00. Today his family is going to move(搬家)into a new house.

    Tom and his family are busy putting their things into some boxes. When Tom helps to put some glass cups into a box, he breaks one of them. He hurts(使受伤)his right hand. Mum tries to find some Band-Aids(创可贴) for him. But she forgets where the Band-Aids are. So she has to open the boxes one by one. Dad comes quickly to help them. But he falls over. He hurts his hand, too. At last they find the Band-Aids in one of the boxes. Most of the boxes are open now. The family have to pack(打包)them again。

    There are so many boxes in the house. Dad puts some of them behind the door. Later, some friends come and they help to move all the things onto the truck.

    In the new house, Dad starts to count the boxes. One, two, three, four…There are only twenty boxes.

    Where is the last box? Is it behind the door of their old house? They don't know.

B: Lucy, are you going to the School Science Show?

L: {#blank#}1{#/blank#} When does it start?

B: I saw the poster yesterday. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} It will last two days.

L: Oh, July 5th and 6th. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}.

B: Yes. And this time it will be open from 10:00 am to6:00 pm.

L: That sounds good. It will give more people the chance to enjoy it. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}.

B: Only $2 for students, but adults should pay $10.

L: Great! It's much better than before.

B: The poster also says there are many new inventions to watch and try this time.

L: {#blank#}5{#/blank#} I won't miss it!

A. Is it the first weekend of July?

B. It must be very exciting.

C. How much are the tickets?

D. How much should I pay?

E. Does it last two days?

F. It says the show starts on July 5th.

G. Yes, I plan to.

One day, a (n)1 woman came in the store where I worked. I welcomed her to the store, and she immediately started up a conversation, telling me her name was Barbara and asking me about my day. I stepped out to walk with her and nodded along while she2 . 

As we chatted, Barbara stopped to look at a shirt, "I really like the pattern. I used to wear colors like this when I was younger. "

I asked, "Oh? What changed?"

Barbara chuckled(轻笑)，"Well, as I started to get older, these sorts of clothes just didn't look good on me anymore Maybe it will be 3 for you, since you're a very pretty young girl. "

"Don't say that, Barbara! You're still very beautiful. "

Laughing, Barbara replied, "Thank you, sweet girl, but it's all right. I'll just 4 to what I normally wear. Patterns like this are made for young people like you. "

I always hate it when older people believe their5 is ugly. Older women buy wrinkle(皱纹)correctors, dye(染) the white and silver out of their hair, and do everything they can to cover their age until they 6 and say to themselves, "I'm just old and ugly now. "

I don't see things that way at all. So, I 7 her to try it on. 

When Barbara stepped out of the dressing room, I was 8 The dress fit her 9 perfectly, the colors brought out the warmth in her skin, and most importantly, she looked really, really happy in it. She didn't just like the dress; she liked HERSELF in the dress, clearly feeling more 10 . She even turned in a circle to show us how the skirt flared(展开)!

Before Barbara left, she said, "Thank you for making me feel forty years younger today. "

When she was just 10 years old, Angela joined in her first piano competition. She never expected she could get something {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (important) than a prize. 

On that day, each {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (perform) had to play a piece of music in front of a large group of people. At first, Angela was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (excite). But when she was about to play, she {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (feel) afraid. "What should I do if I forget the notes (音符)? What should I do if I play the wrong notes?" Angela thought. 

As these worries ran through {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (she) mind, a girl finished her performance and walked past her. She did something unexpected. She smiled (微笑) at Angela {#blank#}6{#/blank#} gave her a thumbs-up sign. That made Angela feel encouraged. Then she walked over to the piano and played a piece of music {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (beautiful). 

After the competition, Angela planned {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (thank) the girl, but she couldn't find her. She wanted to say, "Your kind smile played an important role {#blank#}9{#/blank#} my life. I'll take that smile as {#blank#}10{#/blank#} great gift. "