Hello! My {#blank#}1{#/blank#} name is John. My last name is {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. I am 12. I'm in China. My telephone number is {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. I have a good friend. Her first name is {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Her last name is Read. She's 13. She is in America. Her telephone number is {#blank#}5{#/blank#}.

①Susan, a heavy girl, eats much meat and few vegetables every day. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  

②Mike doesn't like drinking milk or fruit juice. He only drinks a little water each day. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  

③Paul always has sweet cake for breakfast or dinner. But he only brushes his teeth three or four times each week.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}  

④Lisa is a quiet girl. In her free time, she always reads or plays computer games at home.{#blank#}4{#/blank#}  

⑤Larry usually gets up late in the morning. So she often rushes to school and seldom eats breakfast.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}  

    Table manners are different from country to country. If you visit a friend's home for a meal, it's good to know about certain customs.

    Morocco

    In many homes, people often sit on the floor to eat a meal. Often, everyone eats from the same plate. It is in the center of the table. Only eat the food in front of you. Don't reach across someone for food. It is common to use your fingers and small pieces of bread to eat food. Use only your right hand to eat. Don't say "no" to food. If the host offers you food or drink, take some and try a little.

    Also remember: In many homes, it is common to take off your shoes.

The United States

    In most homes, people usually sit on chairs when they eat a meal. People eat from their own plate or bowl, but sometimes people share desserts. If you want something (for example, the water), ask for it. Reaching across someone is rude. It's OK to eat things like sandwiches, fruit, French fries, pizza, and some kinds of meat with your fingers. It's OK to say "no" to food if you don't like it.

    Also remember: People often talk when they eat a meal together.

Suggestions

A. Let your parents know you will not be alone. Also, you can ask a teacher to talk to your parents about the after-school activities.

B. Don't worry.  Even great piano players have to practice. Hard work and a lot of practice are the only ways to become a good piano player.

C. When you feel angry you should stop talking and count to ten or walk away until you keep quiet.

D. Don't worry. Everybody worries about their school work, even those students like you who study well. Find a hobby or a sport to help you relax for a while.

E. Tell your parents that many kids play computer games and do well at school, too. Ask them to let you play computer games for a short time on weekends.

Problems

⑴Sometimes I get angry easily and shout at my friends. That makes them think I'm not being friendly to them. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

⑵In my teachers' eyes, I am a good student. Both my classmates and my parents also think so. No one knows what my problem is. I often feel worried about my school work. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

⑶My parents never allow me to play computer games at all. They want me to study all day and do well in my exams. I feel unhappy. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

⑷I want to join in some after-school activities, but my parents think it's too dangerous and don't allow me to go out along. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

⑸My mother gets me to take piano lessons. She makes it a rule that I must practice two hours a day. I really try my best, but I just can't play well. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

    All over the world, and for many different reasons, there are millions of people who never eat meat. These people are called vegetarians(素食主义者). To people who eat meat, being a vegetarian may seem like a very strange thing. But they won't eat meat for several different reasons.

    First, vegetarians have a big health advantage. One of the major health problems in modern world is too much food, especially in the form of animal fats. Medical study suggests that animal fats, including butter, quicken the development of cholesterol (胆固醇) in the human body. Too much cholesterol seems to be part of the cause of heart disease. Most vegetarians have low level of cholesterol. Too much animal fats also seem to lead to certain kinds of cancer, and vegetarians have less these cancers than people who eat a lot of meat. Overall, studies comparing the health of vegetarians and meat-eaters show that the meat-eaters are twice as likely to die of heart disease as vegetarians are.

    Better health is one reason that people choose to become vegetarians. Another reason is religion (宗教). Eating of meat is never allowed in some religions. The largest of these is the Hindu religion, which has about.600 million believers in the world. Although not all Hindus are vegetarian, many are, and there are many believers of other religions, such as Buddhism and even some Christian religions that also do not eat meat. Many vegetarians do not eat meat simply because they do not like the taste of it. They have no religious or other reasons; they just do not like meat. Another important reason that vegetarians give for not eating meat is the health advantages that were given above. Lastly, there are many people who do not eat meat because they just do not like the idea of killing animals for food. They believe that life, all life, is valuable and that we do not have to destroy life to feed ourselves when there are other good sources of food.

    In order to learn how the students in our school spend money, we made a survey by asking them some questions. First, we asked them how much money they spent last month. And then we asked how much money they spent on snacks, books, movies, computer games, phones, transportation and other things last month. Our maths teacher helped us make a graph(图表) of their answers as follows.

    In our school, each student spent about{#blank#}1{#/blank#}yuan on average(平均) last month. According to the graph made by our{#blank#}2{#/blank#}, teacher, we know how much money the students spent on different things in our school. As the graph shows, they spent most on{#blank#}3{#/blank#}, covering 22% of all. It was followed by computer games and movies. Each of them was{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. But to our surprise, the students spent{#blank#}5{#/blank#}on books, only 6%.