Thousands of years ago, the kings of Egypt built strong tombs for themselves. Over these tombs they built pyramids. They thought their bodies would be well kept in these tombs until they could come back to life. They also hoped the world would look on the pyramids as monuments to them and would remember them forever.

   There are about 80 pyramids in Egypt. But the Great Pyramid is the biggest of all. It is nearly 5, 000 years old. It is about 137 meters high today, but it was once higher. It is made of 2, 300, 000 huge stones. Most of them are higher than a man and weigh about two and a half tons each. Some weigh as much as fifteen tons. It took more than 100, 000 men twenty years to build the Great Pyramid. 

When you look at the pyramids, you can't help wondering how the Egyptians were able to build them thousands of years ago. How did they cut, carry and lift such huge stones? Each stone fits so well, yet they didn't have our modern machines! Scientists have studied the pyramids, but nobody can tell just how the Egyptians built them so long ago.

   Inside the pyramids are the rooms for the bodies of the kings and queens. There are lots of wonderful treasures in the pyramids, too. Thieves have broken into some of the pyramids and taken away many of the treasures to foreign countries. They have even stolen the mummies. Today some of the mummies and treasures are on show in museums in different countries. When the kings had the pyramids built for them, they perhaps never thought this would happen.

    When I was a tiny baby crying all night, my mom sang to me and stayed by my side.

    ⑴When I was tired and hungry, she gave me food and warm arms to sleep in.

    When I was two running through the field, she made sure I was safe and kept me from danger.

    When I fell and hurt myself, ⑵给我一个拥抱并且把我举起.

    When I was seven coughing badly, she said no ice﹣cream for me.

    But I talked back loudly, ⑶I should be allowed to eat some！Give it to me now.

    When I was nine watching scary movies, she said it'd give me awful dreams. But I shouted back angrily. "I should be allowed to watch it! I'm not a baby!"

    When I was a teen going out with friends, she said, ⑷"请在十点之前回来".

    But I talked back again﹣"I should not be told what to do! I' m seventeen now!"

    Now I'm an adult, thinking back to those times.

    I coughed for days after eating that ice﹣cream and had scary dreams after watching that film.

    I was late for school from staying out past ten.

    ⑸I regret talking back, not listening to mom.

    Mom knows best, and for me she wanted only the best!

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Dear Alice,

    Thanks for your e-mail. My name is Zhang Ling. I am in Chongqing. I don't have a sister. You are happy to have a sister. In the morning, I eat breakfast at home with my parents. After breakfast, my father takes me to school. I have math and English in the morning. I eat lunch at school. In the afternoon, I play sports with my friends. I eat dinner at home.

Yours,

Zhang Ling

    Thang-ga is a special kind of painting. It started from the Tang Dynasty. Thang-ga paintings have attracted the public's attention in recent years. At the same time, the Chinese government has also tried hard to protect the culture.

    Thang-ga paintings were developed in the 7th century in the Tibetan area. The paintings are colourful and the paints used in Thang-ga paintings are different from those in other paintings. Because of the special environment of the Tibetan Plateau (高原) and the excellent painting skills, the colours of Thang-ga paintings look special. The paints in Thang-ga paintings in the past were made from minerals, including gold, silver, as well as some plants. Since they were made by hand, the beautiful colours could last for hundreds of years.

    However, with the development of machines, people now use cheaper and more easily-made chemicals to make paints. The traditional paints in Thang-ga paintings needed too much work and there were many secret methods. Later people stopped making the paints and forgot about them. So the skills were almost lost.

We can enjoy a one-day weekend every week. Maybe one day is too short, but we can try to plan the time well. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

★Get up early. The weekend is not only a time to sleep in. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} That's too bad. You can have more free time if you get up early. 

★{#blank#}3{#/blank#} We have to spend much time on our homework. You can feel better if you do your homework early. You can get up early and do your homework first.And then you can have free time to play well. I often do my homework in the morning. So I don't have to worry about（担心）it in the rest of the time.

★Go out for fun. Think about what you like to do. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} You can also visit a museum, a zoo or a park.

A. Here are some ideas.

B. Do the homework early.

C. Some of us get up for lunch!

D. We worry about the homework.

E. Plan a sports activity like playing football in the park.

I often hear some students say English is difficult, and they can't learn 1 well. But English is very easy for me. I'm good at it, and I'm very 2 to tell you something about how I study English.

First, I think an interest in English is very important. When I began to learn English, my teacher often taught us 3 an active way. It made me become interested in it. I worked hard at it and often got very good marks. The harder I did in it, the 4 I learned it. As a result, I could do better and better in it.

Second, you'd better have good 5 to learn it, such as listening to the teacher carefully, speaking bravely and reading aloud every day. 6 , you should practice again and again. I also have a good habit. That is whenever I have a problem, I will ask my teacher for help. It really 7 me a lot.

Besides, I often read stories, jokes and easy novels in English. From them I learn 8 is not only interesting, but also useful. Reading helps me to review what I have learned and improve my English a lot. So I think doing more 9 is an important way to learn English well.

Of course, if you want to get good 10 in an exam, it's necessary for you to do some exercises. I hope my ways can help you.