Tom has three good friends. They are Jack, David and Mark. They have different hobbies. Tom likes football. He often plays football on weekends. He thinks playing football can make him strong and healthy. He is in the school football team.

    Jack doesn't like sports. He likes listening to music. He likes Jay Chow best of all the singers. He has many of his CDs. He often listens to music on the way. He thinks music can let him feel happy.

    David doesn't like sports or music. He likes stamps. He collects stamps for five years. The stamps are very beautiful. He thinks collecting stamps can help him know more about the world.

    Mark likes taking photos. He has a few cameras. When he is free, he often takes out his camera and takes some pictures. Some of his pictures are in the newspapers. He thinks the world is beautiful. He wants to show the beauty of the world to others.

    Starting high school can be difficult.Everyone is nervous and nobody knows where to go for classes.Thinking about making new friends might make you feel nervous, too. But don't worry, because you are not alone. You are going to school with a group of students of your age, and we have several tips(贴士) for you to follow.

    Forget your fear and just talk to someone.

    It is easier said than done. But try to take a deep breath and find your voice. Don't be afraid to approach(接近) people. First, you should introduce yourself before starting a conversation about something you have in common. Then, sit in the middle of the classroom with as many new friends around you as possible.

    Join clubs.

    Clubs are good places to make friends. Try to make friends in the club that interest you..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. You are supposed to make yourself look clean and tidy, whatever you wear.

    Be respectful(尊重的) of people's differences.

    Everyone has his or her own opinion of the world.And everyone believes in different things.It's a good thing to have different friends with different opinions because you can each share your own.

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    Do you know Stephen Hawking? Stephen Hawking was born on 8 January, 1942 in England.When he was older,he went to Oxford University.Stephen wanted to study maths, but maths was not available(可得到的) at University of Oxford. So he studied physics instead. After three years , he went on to do research at Cambridge University.    ①   After leaving the Institute of Astronomy in 1973 , Stephen came to the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics.

    When he was 21 years old, he caught a serious disease.He had to“walk”in his wheelchair living his life.   ②    He continued to do his research in the field of science and he got his Ph.D. He devoted himself to his scientific research. He continued to explore the universe and travelled around the world to give lectures. In 1988, he wrote the book A Brief History of Time. Readers were pleased and surprised to find that a scientist could write about his work in a way that ordinary people could understand. The book explains how science works , tells the readers how the discoveries work and how they change the world.

    In 2002, Hawking visited China and spoke to university students in China. He told the students about his theories and thoughts on some of the greatest questions,“What is time, how did the universe begin, and what exactly are black holes?”

    Stephen Hawking died on 14 March ,2018.He was one of the greatest scientists in the world.We can learn his exploring spirit from him.

Can money buy anything?

    In today's world many people seem to be hungry for money. ⑶Money does have its most useful effect on the poor. But even if a person has already got plenty of money, he may not be happy.

    If money were everything, all millionaires(百万富翁) would have real love, true friendship, good health and a long life. However, this is not always true.

    Nothing else is more pleasant than the three words "I love you" .But can love be bought? I'm afraid not. Love means giving, not taking. To every person, good health and a long life are probably the best things. Well, can health and a long life be bought with money? The answer is "No".

    ⑷Of all the long— lived people in the world, few of them are millionaires. True friendship can't be bought, either. In a word, being greedy for money can cause brothers to quarrel, marriages to end, lovers to hate each other, and strangers to fight. No matter how much money you have, you won't become a happy person if you have no one to laugh with, no one to cry for.

    In the old days, people got the news from the radio .In China, almost every family had a big radio in the 1970s. They usually put the big ⒈ _____________ on the table. ⒉ It was hard for people to carry it.

People could listen to some interesting stories and cross talks (相声) on the radio. People enjoyed the stories told by pingshu artists (评书艺术家) , such as Shan Tianfang, Yuan Kuocheng and Liu Lanfang. The famous stories were Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties, Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Legend of Yue Fei. People could also know the weather report from the radio. ⒊收音机在人们的生活中非常重要。

    Now great changes have taken place. People not only carry pocket radios, but also have MP4 players. They can get news from the TV, the mobile phone and the Internet. They can also communicate with friends by email. What a wonderful life we have now!

Environmental protection is one of the hottest topics nowadays. It was also something that ancient Chinese paid great attention to. In fact, the world's earliest environmental protection idea, ministry （部门） and law were all born in China. How did the ancient Chinese protect the environment?

The world's earliest idea of "managing state affairs（政事）through environmental protection"

Xunzi, a famous thinker in the Warring States Period, came up with the idea of "managing state affairs through environmental protection". He wrote in his book that vegetation（植被）should be protected well by humans.

Guan Zhong, a government officer 400 years ahead of Xunzi, was also an environmental protection expert. He said "a king who cannot protect his vegetation is not doing a good job".

The world's earliest environmental protection ministry"

Nine ministries set up by Shim, an ancient Chinese emperor, included "Yu"（虞） , an environmental protection ministry. Hie first " Yu'' leader was Boyi, an environmental protection expert. He invented wells so people could drink clean water. He knew a lot about animals and also called for animal protection.

The world's earliest "environmental protection law"

Over 4, 000 years ago, Dayu, an ancient Chinese water-control expert and also an emperor, made a rule, not allowing people to cut down trees in March or catch fish in June, because it was the time when they grew quickly.

Almost 3,000 years ago, Tianlv, the first environmental protection law, appeared in Qin. It recorded many ancient environmental protection rules. Two of them were interesting: firstly, rivers should not be blocked（堵塞）; secondly, grass and trees should not be burned to be fertilizer （肥料）except for summer. The second one is inspiring even for today. It can help to keep air clean and fresh.

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