Linda has three dollars. She wants to buy a birthday gift(礼物) for her father. She comes to a big store. She looks at the things and thinks, “I'll (我将要) buy him something nice.”

     “Can I help you?" says Mr Smith, the shopkeeper(店主). “Yes, please. I want to buy a gift for my dad's birthday,” answers Linda, “but I don't know what to buy.” Mr. Smith gives her a nice shirt and says, “Do you like this shirt? It's twenty dollars.” “Yes, but I only have three dollars,” says Linda. Then she sees a nice white tie（领带）. She knows her father would like it .She wants to buy it, but the price must be very high.

     “How much is it?” She asks. Mr. Smith looks at her, and then he says. That's just three dollars. “Oh, fine!” Linda is very happy. “I'll take it.”

Dear Jack,

    Can you believe I'm in a school of 2030 now? The school is like a beautiful garden. The wall of our classroom is colorful. Our school life is interesting.

    In the morning, we have three classes. We study on the Internet. We use the e-books. The teachers are all robots. They are in different rooms and they can answer any questions. Our robot music teacher plays the guitar very well. In the afternoon, we take a plane to the Mars to have two classes. I make friends with aliens(外星人). They are friendly and know us well. After class, we play soccer with them. Then we go back to the earth. Don't you think the life in this school is very interesting?

Mary

    Memory(记忆) is very important. It helps you remember who you are, where you live, what you have learnt and what you plan to do in the future.{#blank#}1{#/blank#} 

    Memory has close relationship with the brain(大脑).{#blank#}2{#/blank#} For example, you can do new things. If you walk a different way to school or take a different bus. You will keep your brain active. You can try to remember something new. You can try to learn new skills.{#blank#}3{#/blank#} Your brain gets lost of regular exercise if you do any of these things.

    If you live a healthy life, your memory will work better. You must have a balanced diet(均衡饮食)not just fast food.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Unless(如果不)you get enough sleep every night, you will not remember things well.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} If you get too worried, your brain will slow down, and your memory will become less sharp. So, to improve your memory, you should exercise your brain, live a healthy life and stay relaxed.

阅读下面方框中的五个选项（ABCDE），从中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将其标号填在相应的横线上。

    Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), was invented by accident? Many people believe that tea was first drunk nearly 5,000 years ago. It is said that a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong first discovered tea as a drink. One day Shen Nong was boiling drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water and remained there for some time. It produced a nice smell so he tasted the brown water anyway. It was quite delicious. In this way, one of the world's favorite drinks was invented.

    More than 4,000 years later, Lu Yu, "the saint of tea", mentioned Shen Nong in his book Cha Jing. The book describes how tea plants were grown and used to make tea. It also discusses where the finest tea leaves were produced and what kinds of water were used.

    It is believed that tea was brought to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries. In England, tea didn't appear until around 1660, but less than 100 years later, it had become the national drink. The tea trade from China to Western countries took place in the 19th century. This helped to spread the popularity of tea and the tea plant to more places around the world. Even though many people now know about tea culture, the Chinese are without doubt the ones who best understand the nature of tea.

    We usually use chopsticks and spoons: Americans usually use forks and knives. However, the people in some countries don't use any of these tools. They prefer to eat with their fingers. It sounds messy, but they have ways to keep clean.

    In the southern part of India, people use banana leaves to eat. Everyone gets a small square of banana leaf. Each person washes his or her square of leaf, and then uses it to eat.

    In Ethiopia, food is wrapped in a special kind of bread. This bread is very flat and feels like a wet sponge(海绵). There are lots of holes in the bread to hold food and sauce. A small piece is torn of(被撕下) to pick up food.

    In the Middle East, people eat with only their fingers on the right, hand. They always try to keep the right hand clean. The left hand is used for touching dirty things.