Every country has its favourite food. In some countries, people(人们) eat rice every day. They often eat it with meat, fish and vegetables. Australians(澳大利亚人) eat a lot of fish, and they eat a lot of rice, too. In England(英国), the favourite food is fried fish and French fries. In the USA(美国) people like hamburgers a lot. And they like to have cold drinks. In Canada, people eat bread with butter(黄油) on it. In India, people like to eat hot food. Some people eat only fruit and vegetables. They think green food is good for them. They don't like to eat meat and fish.

     Life today has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution. Noise pollution makes us talk more loudly and become angry more easily. Water pollution makes our rivers and lakes very dirty. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution. Both water pollution and air pollution are not only dangerous to our health, but also dangerous to animals and plants.

     Many countries are making new laws to fight pollution. Factories must now clean their water before they throw it away. They can not let out dirty smoke into the air, either. More and more cars are now using a new kind of fuel(燃料) which does not pollute the air.

     Laws are not enough. We must all help. We can use paper bags, not plastic ones. We can keep old cans and plant flowers in them. Everybody must help to fight pollution because we can keep our country clean.

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    Do you keep a diary（日记） every day? Do you think it is great to remember just what you did on a day many years ago? One way to remember each day is to write about it in a diary. Many people write their diaries every day. They write about what they did, what they ate, whom they saw and met, how they did something and how they felt during that day.

    Most people do not want anyone else to read their diaries. They keep them in a safe （安全的）place. Some Chinese students try to keep diaries in English not only to help themselves to remember something, but also to practice English.

    Long ago, many people wrote diaries, too. People have found some of those old diaries.  Some diaries are useful because we can learn about the life long ago, or we can get to know something important or something interesting.

    There are many famous diaries in the world. Most people in China have read the Diaries of Lei Feng. Lei Feng was a soldier（战士）.In his short life, he did a lot of good things for others and for his country. He was always ready to give, but never asked for anything from people. He kept diaries and from them, people learn what a great man he was. In China's schools,  students learn some of his diaries as texts（课文）.

根据短文内容回答问题：

    Friends are very important in people's live.{#blank#}1{#/blank#} I think it's very easy to make friends with other people and build a friendship between each other. However,{#blank#}2{#/blank#} So what is true friendship? In my opinion, true friendship includes:

    First of all, true friendship must treat their friends loyally and help each other. In other words, you must not take advantage of your friends,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} For example, some unfriendly people make friends in order to cheat money and feelings, or get a certain secret and so I don't think these are true friendships.

    Second, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}For example, if a friend is really in need of money to escape from some troubles, true friends might lend it and help him or her.

    Third,{#blank#}5{#/blank#}One of the greatest men once said:" If you tell your happiness to your friend, you will get double happiness. If you tell your sadness to your friend, you will get half.

    A young man went to visit a wise man who lived deep in the mountain. He wanted to ask for wisdom of life.

    "Excuse me! {#blank#}1{#/blank#}Is it the day we were born or the day we die? Is it the day we fall in love or the day we are successful?" the young man asked.

    "None. The most important day in our lives is today." the wise man replied calmly.

    "Why?" the young man was very surprised. "{#blank#}2{#/blank#}"

    "No. Nothing has happened today."

    "So is it because of my visit?"

    "Even if nobody visited me today, today is still very important, because today is the only wealth we have. No matter how important yesterday is, it has gone by; {#blank#}3{#/blank#}No matter how ordinary and boring today is, it is in our hands."

The young man still wanted to ask something, but the wise man stopped him and said, "When we are talking about the importance of today, we have wasted a lot of it. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

    Having understood this, the young man nodded and then went down the mountain.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}Therefore, what we should do now is to forget yesterday and tomorrow and catch hold of today!

Being happy

    One thing is for sure that money cannot always make a person happy. What can make you happy?

    Some people seem to be born happy. Nothing seems to get them down. They can always see the best of every situation and they seem to smile their way through life. Some people seem to have everything going well but they still do not seem to be happy. No matter what kind of person you are, you can do something to build happiness into your life.

    Listening to music

    Music can be a great way to make you feel happy. You can listen to it, or even take up playing an instrument.

    Keeping pets

    You may not have a pet of your own, but pets are so good at making people happy. Pets help people feel happy by being lovely, needing to be looked after, and maybe needing exercise, which is good for you, too.

    Staying fit and healthy

    Try to keep fit and healthy by exercising every day. There are lots of things that you can do to keep your body feeling fit. The great thing about exercise is that it releases chemicals called serotonin(复合胺) into your brain and these chemicals make you feel happy！

    Being kind and smiling at others

    Often it is the small thing that makes people happy. Try to be kind and smile at people. You will help them to feel happy and will build happiness for yourself.