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    Charles Lane loves playing all kinds of games．He has loved games all his life．He has always been interested in computers，too．Today, his love of games and his interest in computers come together in his work．Charles works for a company (公司)that makes video games．

    Charles never dreamed of working in a video game company．“It all started by accident(偶然)，”he said．“One of my friends worked for a video game company．He knew how much I loved games，and he told me about a job．It sounded like fun．”It was a job as a video game tester．

    When a video game company has a new game，they give it to testers．Testers play the game and look for bugs(程序错误)in it．The company wants to find and fix all the bugs before they sell the game．

    Video game testers need to have good computer skills．They need to understand how computers work．Charles did not have great computer skills when he went for the job interview(求职面试)，so he was nervous．However, the interviewers said，“That's OK．We can teach someone to use a computer, but we can't teach someone to love games．”

    Charles worked as a video game tester for three years．Now he is a video game producer (制作人) .This means that he works on every part of developing a new game．He really enjoys his work．He says，“It's really a great job．I'm sure it'll give me what I need to live a happy life and have a bright future．”

    The Chongyang Festival is a traditional Chinese festival. It is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar(阴历) month. It's also called the Double Ninth Festival.

    The festival started as early as the Warring States Period (475-221BC). It has a history of more than 1, 700 years. Among the numbers from zero to nine, nine is the highest odd number(奇数). People believe that two "ninths" meeting together stand for a long life. So it is a special holiday for Chinese people to show love and respect for their elders. They hold many kinds of activities in honor of old people to wish them good health and a long life.

    The festival comes during the golden time of fall. On the day, people traditionally drink Chrysanthemum(菊花)wine, eat Double-Ninth Cakes and climb mountains. They also carry a kind of plant, its name is dogwood, People in ancient times believed that the plant could drive away evil(邪恶的) spirits and prevent them from catching an illness in winter.

    There are some very good things about open education. This way of teaching allows the students to develop their own interests in many subjects. Open education allows students to be responsible(负责) for their own education. Some students do badly in traditional classrooms. The open classroom may allow them to enjoy learning. Some students will be happier in an open education school. They will not have to worry about grades or rules. But many students will not do well in an open classroom.

    For some students, there are too few rules. These students will do little in school. They will not make good use of open education. Because open education is so different from traditional education, these students may have a problem of getting used to making so many choices. For many students it is important to have some rules in the classroom. They worry about the rules even when there are no rules. Even a few rules will help this kind of students. The last point about open education is that some traditional teachers do not like it. Many teachers do not believe in open education. Teachers who want to have an open classroom may have many problems at their school.

    You now know what open education is. Some of its good points and bad points have been explained. You may have your own opinion about open education. The writer thinks that open education is a good idea, but only in theory(理论). The writer believes that most students, but of course not all students, want some structure in their classes. They want and need to have some rules. In some cases, they must be made to study some subjects. Most of the students are pleased to find subjects they have to study interesting. They would not study those subjects if they did not have to.

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    Look around when you're on a subway. What is the most popular time-killing (消磨时间的) activity? In China, most people play on their smart phone. While in other countries, people often enjoy reading.

    On average (平均), each Chinese person read less than eight books in 2018, according to a recent survey from the Chinese Academy of Press and Publication. But Chinese people ①/spend/________ an average of 26 minutes on WeChat Reading every day.

    ②在许多西方国家，人们在任何时间都会阅读。Even backpackers (背包客) enjoy reading books when they are having a break at the beach or relaxing from a hike. Reading books builds a bridge ③/ bɪˈtwiːn/________ our lives and the unknown world.

    Many hotels abroad also offer book-exchanges for visitors. Simply drop off your finished books and take those ones that other people left behind.

    In most US middle schools, teachers give students a reading list every few weeks. ④Most books are easy to read, so students won't lose their confidence of reading.

    Good reading habits lead you to a lifelong love of books. In order to encourage people to read more. China is planning to foster (培养) the habits of reading in its law, Although this has both good and bad sides, ⑤________.

    My name is Chen Jie. And my English name is Betty. I'm from China and I'm Chinese. I'm 13 years old. I'm m Class 4 Grade 7 at Jinsha No. 2 Middle School. It's a big school with 60 classes. There are four buildings in our school: two classroom buildings, an office building and a library. I like swimming and playing basketball. I can play tennis but I can't play table tennis. There are three people in my family. They are my father, mother and me. My father is a teacher in No. 1 Middle School. My mother is a manager in a hotel. I love them. My family is a small one, but a happy one.

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