Some things can carry messages, for example, a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus to take. Signs on the door tell you where to go in or out. Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time?

    People can communicate on many other ways. An artist can use his drawing to tell about beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things. Books are written to tell you about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas.

    Books, magazines, TVs, radios and films all help us to communicate with others. They all help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.

A.You should let your cat inside.

B. Going outside is bad for cats, too.

C. Keeping a cat is good for you.

D. The birds are fewer and fewer in America.

E. Cats can bring illness.

F. Cats kill many birds and small animals every year.

{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Many kinds of birds live in the United States，but the number of the birds is becoming smaller every year. One of the leading reasons is the growing number of pet cats. By keeping your pet cats in your home，you can help give birds a better possible chance to live.

{#blank#}2{#/blank#}Of the 90 million pet cats in this country，about two­thirds are allowed to go outside. It is said that these cats kill hundreds of millions of birds each year as well as billions of small animals such as rabbits and field mice.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}They can also bring illness to the animals that live in people's yard(院子)，and further weakening(变弱)the health of the natural populations.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#}Allowing pet cats to go outside is not just bad for birds and wildlife(野生动物). It is bad for the cats themselves, too. Outdoor cats can get sick very easily. They may be in danger from traffic and attacks(攻击)from other animals. In fact，outdoor cats usually don't pass the age of five, while indoor cats often live to be 17 or older.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#}Keep your pet cat inside！If you raise a young cat, it's your duty to let it play inside.

    Are you the only child in the family? If so, you are the most important in your family.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}But a lot of middle school students have a problem. They feel they're not as close to their parents as before.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}.

    Some students complain that their parents say a lot to them, but never listen to them. Some of them even say it angrily.

     “My parents don't allow me to play computer games, but other classmates are doing that”.

    Others say, when they're making phone calls to friends, their parents like to ask if they're speaking to a boy or a girl.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}Some students even decide to leave home because they're afraid to tell their parents when they have done something wrong, especially when they do badly in exams. Then they usually think running away is the only choice.{#blank#}4{#/blank#}I think they should find a good chance to talk with their parents and they needn't be afraid to tell their feelings to their parents. They can also get help from others like good friends or teachers. Keeping a diary can help them understand more about themselves and their feelings.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} you'll have a happy life and never think of running away.

A. These make them very unhappy.

B. Parents are the closet people to you in the world.

C. But they don't know running away may bring them some more problems.

D. If you follow the advice,

E. They even think their parents are unfair to them.

    Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every day I open my books in class and start lessons. Every evening my mother looks through magazines at home. And every night, I look at the posters with photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we imagine life without paper or print?

    Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago, and has been made from silk, cotton, bamboo, and, since the 19th century, from wood. People learned to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books could only be produced one at a time by hand. As a result, they were expensive and rare. And because there weren't many books, few people learned to read.

    Then printing was invented in China. The first printed books were made by putting ink on a wooden block and holding the paper against it. When printing was developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century, books could be produced more quickly and cheaply. As a result, more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and ideas spread(传播) quickly, in a way that can be compared with the introduction of the Internet in the 20th century.

    But will books be needed in the future? Today information can be received online, downloaded from the Internet rather than found in books, and information can be kept on CD-ROMs or machines such as MP4 players. These machines are smaller and lighter than books so that they can be carried very easily.

    Computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines can already be read online. So will books be replaced by computers one day? No, I don't think the Yao Ming poster on my bedroom wall will ever be replaced by a computer two metres high!

In China，learning some safety knowledge(知识) is becoming more and more important now．How should you keep yourself safe？

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At school：

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On your way home or to school：

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Stay calm and leave quickly．To keep clear of smoke (烟雾),use a piece of wet cloth to cover your mouth and nose．

For riding on the escalator（自动扶梯）：

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A.When there's a fire．

B.Here are some advice for you．

C.It is dangerous to run up and down on the escalator．

D.If you see a car coming，don't across until it really stops．

E.Find out what's wrong with him

F.If you fall down in a crowded place，cover your head with both hands．