A lovely rabbit, a cute hamster, some colourful fish, a strange-looking turtle or a snake...What kind of pet would you like? Lots of kids love animals and dream of having a pet.

    But not every family can have a pet. So, in many Western countries such as America, Britain and Australia, primary and middle school classes have their own pets. Looking after a pet is not as easy as you may think! Fish and turtles need clean water and the right food. Hamsters and rabbits need fresh vegetables and a warm place to sleep. Even little mice need good care! What would you feed a pet mouse? How about snakes?

    Class pets teach kids about nature and being responsible. Sometimes the pets have babies. It's very exciting but it also means having more animals to take care of!

    Students take turns to take care of their class pets. Every week the pets have a new “mum and dad” to look after them.

    You may want to know what happens to the class pets during school holidays. At the end of term, the teacher chooses a responsible student. This lucky student keeps the pets at his or her home for the holidays.

    Notes:

1) hamster n. 仓鼠   2) turtle n. 乌龟   3) responsible adj. 负责任的   4) choose v. 选择

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Let's eat healthily and take more exercise.

More and more people choose paid study rooms with cute tables and chairs, green plants, pretty walls and quiet computer keyboards. To build a friendly learning environment, some rooms have low light to help people focus on their work. Some places have sunrooms and learners can enjoy beautiful nature from large windows. The workers will tell people to keep quiet in the study areas.

"We hope to offer a perfect learning place to people who want to study," said Wang Yi, founder(创始人) of a 24-hour paid study room. "Over the past six months, the number of people coming was much bigger than we first thought, so we are now looking for new places."

Feng Jia comes to the paid study room every day to prepare for exams. "There are not enough seats in public libraries. Also, there are many people talking or walking around," he said. At home, it is even harder to focus because of phones, snacks and pets.

While many people welcome the paid study rooms, others are afraid that these rooms will replace libraries. Xu Qiang, director of the Shanghai Library's reader service centre believes that public libraries and paid study rooms are satisfying the different needs of people. "People come to public libraries for the large number of books, while they go to the study rooms for the learning environment," said Xu.

A smile shows that a person is happy. For example, a person may smile when he or she is pleased {#blank#}1{#/blank#} so me progress in studies or hears a funny joke. There are other good {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (reason) to smile often.

First, it is {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(easy) to smile than to show unhappiness. In fact, it only takes 17 muscles(肌肉) to smile, but it takes 43 muscles to show unhappiness. So give the muscles in your face {#blank#}4{#/blank#} rest and smile!

 {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (two), smiling is a way to show you are friendly. People often say a smile is the best thing a person can wear. That is because it is easy to be around someone who is smiling and happy. Almost no one {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(want) to stay with someone who is always unhappy.

Third, smiles have power(感染力). Both smiling {#blank#}7{#/blank#} laughing can easily and quickly spread from one person to another. When a person laughs, people tend(往往会) to laugh with {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(he) or her. If a person is sad, the best thing to do is to share a smile or a laugh.

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If you want to go shopping, think about how much money you can spend for new clothes.Think about the kind of clothes you really need.Then look for those clothes on sale.

There are labels (标签) inside all new clothes.The labels tell you how to take care of your clothes.The label for a shirt may tell you to wash it in warm water. A sweater label may tell you to wash it in cold water.The label on a coat may say "dry clean only". Washing with water may ruin (损坏) this coat. If you do as the directions on the label, you can keep your clothes looking their best.Many clothes today must be dry cleaned.Dry cleaning is expensive. When buying new clothes, check to see if they need to be dry cleaned.You will save money if you buy clothes that can be washed with water.

You can save money if you buy clothes that are well made.Well-made clothes last longer.They look good even after they have been washed many times. However, clothes that cost more money are not always better made.They do not always fit better.Sometimes less expensive clothes look and fit better than more expensive clothes.

Good morning, everyone! My name is Frank Smith. There are three people in my family. They are my father, my mother and I. My father is a bus driver and my mother is a nurse in the hospital. I am a student in a middle school. My telephone number is 456-3967. This girl is my friend. Her name is Gina. She likes red very much. So her cup and jacket are red. What is her telephone number? It's 867-5973. Ms. Miller is our English teacher. We all like her. Look, that's my classroom. It's behind the library. Spell the number, please. T-H-R-E-E. Yes, I'm in Class Three.