Known as the mother river by all the Chinese people, the Huanghe River(Yellow river) is the second longest river in China after the Changjiang River. It is 5464 kilometers long. It starts from the Kunlun Mountains northwestern Qinghai Province. It runs through nine provinces and flows to Bohai Sea in Shangdong Province. The first appearance of the name “ Yellow River”is in The Book of Han. The word “yellow”describes the color of the muddy water in the lower course of the river.

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    I have eight teachers now and I love them. My favorite teacher is my English teacher, Sophia.

    Sophia is an English woman. She loves Chongqing. She thinks Chongqing is great. She loves Chongqing food.她早餐吃什么？Bread and milk? No. She only has noodles (面条)。 Hot pot(火锅)is her favorite . She always eats it in the evening on Friday .Sophia has a daughter and a son. They are eight.他们去相同的学校。 They like hot pot, too. They are in Chongqing,too.

    My classmates like to play English games with Sophia. When we have questions, we like to ask her for help.

    Here are a few ways to motivate(激发)children to do chores.

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#}.Children always watch their parents and learn how to act from them, so the parents must set a good example and take chores seriously. This motivates children to do chores，too.

    Decide what kinds of chores children do. For younger children，give them easy work，like putting away their toys.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}.

    Tell children about the importance of doing chores.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}.Knowing the importance of the chores helps to motivate children to do them.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}.When children finish the chores on the list，parents can reward(奖励）them by giving them a prize. A chore list also gives children a sense of pride(自豪感）when they finish all their chores.

    Give children some money to do more chores.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}.But it is not the best way. It's best to make children feel that doing chores is the work that they should do.

    Over the last few centuries, there have been many changes in our lives.

    To start with, people were not able to travel such a long distance in such a short time in the past. Planes were not very popular at that time because they used to be a very expensive way to travel. Nowadays, we have fast, comfortable cars, and more and more people can travel by plane.

    Secondly, in the past, people had to work much harder because they did not have the tools that we have today. Today, most of the difficult and dangerous work is done by computers and machines.

    Thirdly, in the past, the living conditionswere not as good as they are now. There were no bathrooms or running water in many houses, and many people could not buy things like fridges, TV sets or washing machines. Now, most families have several of these things.

    Finally, nowadays, more and more people have the chance to get a good education. In the past, there were fewer schools and the quality of education was much poorer. Also, it is much easier to find the educational materials that you need on the Internet now. 

    The scientific and technological development in the world is amazing. Life now is much faster and busier than it used to be. And we are still creating new things to make our lives better and easier.

A man came to see a doctor

    "Put out your tongue," the doctor said.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}"OK. You can put it back now." the doctor said. "It's clear what's wrong with you{#blank#}2{#/blank#}"

"But, doctor", the man said. "I don't think..."

    "Don't tell me what you think." the doctor said." I am the doctor, not you.{#blank#}3{#/blank#} They sit all day long and get no exercise. What you need is to walk quickly for at least 20 minutes a day.

    "But I walk every day," the patient said.

    "Oh, yes. You walk a few meters to the metro station {#blank#}4{#/blank#}I'm talking about a walk in the park for 20 minutes every day."

    "Please listen to me, doctor!" the patient shouted. He got angry with this doctor who thought he knew everything. I'm a postman {#blank#}5{#/blank#}"

    For a moment the doctor was silent. Then he said quietly. "Could you please put your tongue out again?"

A. The man put out his tongue.

B. I walk for seven hours every day.

C. You need more exercise.

D. I see hundreds of people like you

E. that's not real walking

Hi, I'm Gina. In February, 2018 my mother had a yard sale. During the sale, she had a conversation with a young girl called Nancy, for they had a common interest in some books she had for sale. They enjoyed their conversation so much that they exchanged their phone numbers. Later they became friends and got together a few times. When my mom moved into her new house, she had a family dinner and invited Nancy and introduced her to my brother. Five months later Nancy married (结婚) my brother.

In 2018, there was another special "yard sale" that I'll never forget. One day, after work from school, I found one of my neighbors had a lot of things out in their front yard with cars and people everywhere. I ran to the yard at once and wanted to find some good cheap things too before everything good was gone. But then I found out it wasn't a yard sale. In fact, policemen were taking the stolen (被偷的) things out of the house. My neighbor was a thief! Luckily, I didn't ask how much the TV was.