Do you live in a city? Do you know how cities began? Long long ago, the world had only a few thousand people. These people moved from one place to another. They moved over the land, hunting animals for food. No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did, their lives changed. They did not have to move houses any more. They could stay in one place and grow it. People began to live near each other, so the first village grew. Many people came to work in the villages, and these villages became larger and larger. Then people had machines, life in the villages changed again. People built factories. More and more people lived near the factories. So the villages grew into cities. Some of them grew very big. Today, it's strange that some people are moving back to small villages. Can you tell me why ?

    The Clean Your Plate Campaign was set up by nongovernmental organizations, which urged people to save food by not wasting anything on the dining table and finish all the food on the plate. The campaign, launched on weibo, was soon joined by millions of netizens across China in order to control food wastage.

    A study show that the grain that people waste every year in China is about 50 million tons , enough to feed about 200 million people for one year.

    Nearly 750 restaurants in Beijing have joined the Clean Your Plate campaign against wasting food by offering smaller dishes, half dishes and assorting dishes to reduce waste, and encourage customers to take leftovers home.

    Now (1)         (share) the empty dishes after dinner is popular with many youngers, and they are proud of it.

    ⑵ Our government is trying its best to put an end to food wastage, and is taking the lead to save food.

    One fine winter day some ants were working in the field . They were very busy . Just then a grasshopper (蚱蜢) passed by . “ Good day ， kind ants . ”said the grasshopper . “ I am very hungry . Won't you lend (借给) me a little food ?( A)  我没有东西吃了。I  will pay you before the next autumn .” “ Have you no food of your own ? ( B) Why didn't you gather any food during the summer ? You know there was much food in the field this summer . What were you doing then ?” asked an old ant . The grasshopper answered ， “ I( C )       ( sing ) all day and night during the summer . And I  had no time to gather any food .” “ Well， then，”said the ant .“   （D）   You only played and did not work during the summer . We'll never lend you any food .” （E） And the ants went on working .

    Have you ever thrown an old mobile phone? And do you know that there's a mobile phone throwing competition in Finland every year?{#blank#}1{#/blank#}This sport has been around since 2000 though the first national championships took place in Norway in 2004.

    In order to recycle old mobile phones, the town of Savonlinna in southeast Finland holds a Mobile Phone Throwing Competition every year.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}

    While competitors cannot throw their own phones, the competition organizers provide hundreds of mobiles to choose from.{#blank#}3{#/blank#} Last year's winner Ere Karjalainen set a world record with his 101.46m throw. As a prize, he got a chance of drinking and practiced again as his preferred training methods.

    Those without a strong throwing arm can enter the freestyle competition.{#blank#}4{#/blank#}A three-person jury (评委) gives scores from one to six, and the thrower with the highest number of points wins.

    Once all the day's phones have been thrown, they are taken to a recycling center. They will not be wasted as rubbish.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} Anyone who offers his phone will have a free chance to take part in the competition while those who don't need to pay eleven dollars per person or five dollars for children of 12 and under.

A. So the organizers encourage people to give away their phones that can't work at all.

B. Then people throw as far as possible from the throwing area.

C. During the competition, the style of the throw are judged (判断) rather than the distance.

D. It may sound crazy to you, but it's actually been developed into a sport.

E. And people can have a little fun from the games.

    Teenagers today know about computers and are familiar with using them. We did a survey among 60 young people between 13 and 19 in order to find out what they use computers to do.

    All the young people questioned say that they regularly use computers to play games. Twenty-eight of them do some word processing(文字处理)at home, but not very much. Only ten of them say that they look for useful information for their studies online. And sixteen of them listen to music and watch movies on their computers. Only two of them say they use computers as calculators. And six of them use computers to learn programming(编程).

   Home computer use by teenagers

{#blank#}1{#/blank#}⑴Listen to music and watch movies on computers

{#blank#}2{#/blank#}⑵Use computers to learn programming

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}⑶Use computers as calculators

{#blank#}4{#/blank#}⑷Look for useful information for studies online

{#blank#}5{#/blank#}⑸Use computers to do some word processing

    Confidence(自信) is very important in daily life. It can help you to develop a healthy attitude (态度). A study shows that the people who are more confident are much happier. They can have more chance to make themselves successful(成功的). But how to be more confident? Here are some suggestions(建议):

    Speak loud

    When you are not confident, you can't do well what you want to do. You speak in a voice so low that other people can hardly hear you. Try to speak loud enough so that people can hear you clearly. The high voice can help you become more confident.

    Play sports 

    Physical exercise makes you tired but completely relaxed. Astrong body helps you be full of confidence.

    Encourage(鼓励) yourself

    Write down a list(目录) of things you did during the day to see how many things you have done well. Did you finish your homework? Did you tell a joke that made everybody laugh? Give yourself praise for the good things you've done.

    Get rid of fear

    Fear(恐惧) comes along with failure(失败). But it's easy to overcome (克服) if you know that failure is part of your life. Don't hide your head just because you said something stupid last time. Try to start again and believe you can do better.

    Pick up a hobby

    If you like singing, sing as much as you can.  In some ways, a hobby can make you outstanding(杰出的). And it will make you happy and confident.