Now students' English handwriting gets worse and worse. Their teachers worry about that. Is your English handwriting beautiful? If not, here are four steps that really work!

Use paper with lines 

      Using paper with lines can keep you writing straight instead of up or down when you write English words or sentences. Those lines on the paper can help you to write words in the right size. Be sure to fill the lined space completely. And remember that those capital letters are written properly.

Slow down 

If your writing is hard to read, try slowing down a little. For some kids, going a little slowly makes the handwriting clear. If you write too fast, it's hard for you to stop where you should, and even worse, you may make more mistakes.

Hold your pencil correctly 

When you hold your pencil correctly, writing is much easier. Some kids press down really hard when they write. That makes the handwriting not nice. Try to be relaxed and don't hold the pencil so hard. Let your writing appear nice and clean. If you do so, people will guess you are a student with a good habit.

Draw more pictures 

      Drawing can improve your handwriting. You need to use the skills to control your pencil better when you are drawing pictures. Even though you have no chance to draw at school, you can practice by yourself at home.

Handwriting is very important. Imagine you are a world-famous movie star or a well-known sports player, what do you do when your fans run up to you? Give them your autographs, of course!

    Many kids like eating hamburgers. (A) But do you know that they are not healthy food? We can't eat them every day. David likes hamburgers very much and he eats them every day. He is not healthy.

    Vegetables, fruit and milk are healthy food for us. For example, broccoli is a good vegetable for us.

    (B) 早饭我们喝牛奶，吃鸡蛋和水果。Meat is nice to eat, but we can't eat too much. We can only eat it for lunch. For supper, vegetables are good for our health. Green vegetables are healthy food for every meal.

    Please eat well every day and we can be healthy.

    Jane is a 16-year-old high school student in the USA. American Teenager magazine asked her {#blank#}1{#/blank#}her habits. Jane has a lot of good habits.She always {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Also, she often drinks juice.However, she has some bad habits, too.She usually watches TV for more {#blank#}3{#/blank#}two hours a day. Her parents are not happy {#blank#}4{#/blank#}she hardly ever helps with housework and she {#blank#}5{#/blank#}goes to the dentist for teeth cleaning .She says she is afraid.

（B）

配对阅读:左栏是描述5个人曾经去过的名山，右栏有7座名山的简介，请为他们找出对应的名山。

    Many people do not like to stay at home on holidays. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} or do something exciting. So people from the country go to the city and people from the city go to the country for holidays. During the holidays, trains, buses and planes are all very busy. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} . Many people take cars or buses for travelling.

    Last May Day my family went to the country by car for our holidays. There was too much traffic on the road,  {#blank#}3{#/blank#} . It took us about an hour to get out of the town. After some time, we came to a farm. It was clean and beautiful. The animals were very cute, and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} , so we stopped and took the food, fruit and drinks out of the car. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} . Suddenly a strong wind blew and soon it started to rain. We had to run back to our car and had our picnic in the car. Then we drove back home. We had a trip like this. How bad it was.

    People who buy property (房产) or move into a new apartment or house usually hold a housewarming party (乔迁派对). The party is an opportunity for friends and family to congratulate (祝贺) this person on their new home. It is a tradition (传统) to bring a gift to a housewarming party. Decorations (装饰品) for the new house, such as pieces of art or potted plants (盆栽植物), are good housewarming gifts. You can also bring food or drinks to share with the other guests. The host or hostess of the party will give all the guests a tour of their new home. Sometimes, because housewarming parties usually happen shortly after a person moves into their new home, guests may be asked to help unpack boxes. This isn't common, though.

    A long time ago, people would bring firewood (木柴；柴火) to their friends' new homes as a gift. This is where the name "housewarming" comes from. This allowed their friends to keep their homes warm for the winter. These days, most homes have central heating, so firewood isn't needed.