On her way home from school the other day, Yang Xi found people looking at her with strange expressions.The 15-year-old Shandong girl felt embarrassed, but she knew they were looking at her school uniform.

    There were some pictures and words on the back, such as“Dear Yang Xi, I will miss you after graduation.”Her friends did it in class.And Yang wrote something on her friends' uniforms too after class.

    Like Yang, many students now use the school uniform as if it were a piece of white paper and draw on it.They draw pictures of their favorite singers,athletes and cartoon characters and so on.“I think  (1)   (wear) a school uniform with graffiti is a kind of campus fashion,”said Yang.

    ①As a matter of fact, most schools have strict rules that require students not to draw on uniforms. Otherwise, they will be punished (惩罚).They may be told to clean their uniform or more seriously, to buy a new one.

    ②However,it seems that some students are not afraid of the rules and punishment.“I think there are at least 100 students with  (2)   (paint) uniforms in my school.They walk around the campus ‘proudly'.I wonder if they care whether they will be punished at all,”said Li Fei,13 of Fujian.

    Li Yong,14 of Heilongjiang, had his own view.“I have seen cartoon figures such as Naruto(火影忍者) and Doraemon(哆啦 A梦) that students draw on their uniforms.They are really beautiful and creative.I think graffiti can make students become creative,”said Li.“But it's better not to draw on uniforms.”

    Although he doesn't think his school uniform looks good, Li would never draw on it.It's a strict school rule there, after all.I have to follow the rules.”

Months ago, a new kind of transportation came out. A company called Sky Drive gave a demonstration (示范) of its new flying, the SD-03. The small car 1 around for four minutes, staying about three to six feet 2 the ground. The SD-03 is powered by batteries (电池) and has eight motors (发动机).

What made this test flight 3 was that a pilot was on board. Tomohiro Fukuzawa, who leads Sky Drive, said, "Of the world's more than 100 flying car projects, only a few of them have 4 with a person on board."

Many 5 around the world are working to develop flying cars. Some governments, including Japan's, 6 the idea, hoping that in the future flying cars will be 7 for short trips like taxi rides in cities. Flying cars could also save 8 and reach places that can't be reached by roads. 9 is easy! There are also many challenges in the way. Con-trolling a flying car is 10 difficult that most people won't be able to do it. Some people 11 flying cars will reduce (减少) traffic jams (阻塞). 12 , new systems will be needed to help control traffic in the air. With lots of 13 flying around, the new systems may be too 14 for humans to manage. Also, flying cars will be very expensive.

Mr. Fukuzawa wants the SD-03 to be able to fly two passengers on trips of up to three miles by 2023. He hopes people will be able to fly 15 inside Tokyo in just ten minutes by 2050.

Ancient and Modern Chinese Characters (汉字)

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Many {#blank#}6{#/blank#} Chinese characters are similar to those from 2,000 years ago. For example, the character that means man in the Lishu system from 200 BC is similar to the character that {#blank#}7{#/blank#} man from the Jiantizi, or modern simplified system, of the twentieth century.

People have worked to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} Chinese characters over the centuries. The most important changes happened in the twentieth century. The Chinese government simplified many characters {#blank#}9{#/blank#} more people could learn to {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. This simpler system is used in the mainland (大陆) of China and Singapore. {#blank#}11{#/blank#} characters are used in Chinese Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao. Even with these changes, Chinese writing from 2,200 years ago is still understood today.

China is a great country with more than 5，000 years of history.There are many places of interest.Some of 1 are beautiful mountains, long rivers and fantastic lakes, which attract(吸引)2 tourists from all over the world every year.

Many mountains, such as Mount Taishan, Mount Emei and Mount Huashan,3 very famous.It is reported that most people like to go to Mount Taishan to watch the sunrise.

There are many rivers in China.The Yangtze River is the4 one and the second longest one is the Yellow River.They are the birthplaces of Chinese culture5 Chinese ancestors were born in the areas.

There are also6 great number of lakes.One of the most famous lakes is the West Lake.Have you heard of the love story about Xu Xian and the White Snake? It is said that the story7 on the West Lake.The West Lake is the best lake that I have ever visited.It lies8 Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.

The scenery(风景) is9 attractive that visitors often lose themselves in it.The West Lake has become famous for not only its special scenery but some beautiful poems.The great poets Bai Juyi and Su Dongpo wrote plenty of10 about the lake.

Billy always loved blueberries. They were his favorite fruit. Today he was going to make juice with his uncle. His uncle liked to make juice out of everything. He made carrot juice, apple juice, vegetable juice, and more juices. He had never made blueberry juice before though!

First, Billy and his uncle went to a blueberry farm. They were each given a basket. They picked for an hour and got several pounds. It was hard work picking the little berries from the trees. Now Billy understood why they were expensive in the store.

Next, they had to wash the fruit. Some of them still had leaves. Those had to be pulled off. Then the bad berries had to be thrown away. They washed the berries and made them air- dry.

After that, they pushed the blueberries through a strainer(过滤器). The strainer caught most of the seeds and skins, and only left a small glass of dark purple juice to them.

When they tasted the juice, it wasn't very sweet. Billy's uncle didn't want to add white sugar(糖) to the juice. It was better to use a naturally sweet juice, like apple juice, pear juice, or grape juice. They use grape juice as a sweetener, because grapes had a similar color to the blueberries.

Finally, they could drink it. It was a lot of work to make juice, but it sure was refreshing!