Jenny is excited to go to school these days. The 13-year-old girl from South Gate Middle School in Los Angeles, US, is taking care of three green abalones(鲍鱼) at school.

The students of Violeta Llamas' science class, including Jenny, have cared for the sea animals since January. The science class has eight teams. Each team takes turns to care for the abalones. Team Five—Jenny, Alexis, Jennifer and Ricardo—have now got their turn.

The abalones are kept in a box of seawater. Every day, Alexis checks if the water has too much salt. Too much salt is bad for the health of the abalones. Jenny makes fresh seawater. Then the four students work together to clean up the waste in the box and give some food to the abalones.

    "Sea life is like a baby. You have to clean them and care for them. " Jennifer said.

Nancy Cruso, a scientist, leads the project. She said the number of green abalones is going down because people have caught too many of them. She said protecting the sea lives now depends on the young students.

"The students love taking care of the abalones. " said Llamas.

"Taking care of the abalones could open the door for those who want to be a sea life scientist or an environment protector," she said.

The students' time with the abalones will end this school year. Cruso and a team of volunteers will record the abalones and then let them return to the sea.

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At present, a number of people are chasing fashion. They spend much money chasing fashion. At the same time, it brings us negative effects (负面影响) that may influence the development of our society. 

What's fashion? The meaning of fashion can not be explained by a simple word. Everyone has a different understanding of fashion. Some people think that popularization is fashion, and some people think that highlighting personality (彰显个性) is fashion. In fact, fashion is a popular style (of clothes, behavior, etc. ) at a given time or place. Fashion is changing constantly, so it's always different. 

It's not necessary for young people to follow fashion. One should have his own style. One should be changing himself to the situation, but it doesn't mean that he should follow fashion. We should consider whether fashion is helpful. I think that following it has more disadvantages than advantages. To follow fashion is to waste money, energy and time. If you follow fashion, you'll lose your own style. If everyone follows the same fashion, there won't be differences in the world.

American children like to celebrate their birthdays. They usually celebrate them with a party. They ask their friends to their parties. They don't have parties on the right dates(准确的日期)of their birthdays if they come on a school day. They may hold(举办) them at the weekend. 

Today many children like two kinds of parties in America. One is at home. Parents decorate the house with balloons(气球)and coloured paper. They make a special birthday dinner. The children play games. The other is away from home. Some are at a special restaurant. The children eat pizza and ice cream. The waiters also sing and say happy birthday to the children. Some are at a park, or at a cinema, or in some other places. 

There is a cake with candles(蜡烛) at every birthday party. When the candles are lighted(点燃), everyone sings the special birthday song Happy Birthday. 

Many people don't have birthday parties when they are not young. They say they would like to forget how old they are. But they do like to keep the happy birthday parties of their childhood in mind(记忆). 

Can you imagine going to university at age 14? This year, Jia Zijun, from Henan, did that. He became the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (young) freshman at Beihang University. 

"I didn't know that until I got here, and it feels q{#blank#}2{#/blank#} cool! "Jia told The Paper. Jia took the college entrance exam in June and got a total score of 642. People often think students like him must be smart. But Jia believes his s{#blank#}3{#/blank#} is from curiosity and good study methods. 

"When I was in Grade 1, I was curious about what we were going to learn next. So I borrowed Grade 2 textbooks and {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(learn) the lessons during my summer holiday. I was hungry {#blank#}5{#/blank#} new information," he said. Because of this, Jia skipped Grade 2. 

As he went to high school, he found things were getting harder to learn. So he started to make p{#blank#}6{#/blank#} every day to get prepared ahead. Jia would also review what he learned each day before going to bed. If there was s{#blank#}7{#/blank#} he couldn't remember well, he'd take a look at it the next morning

"I was not good at English in high school, so I printed the vocabulary list and stuck it onto my bed Every morning when I w{#blank#}8{#/blank#} up, I looked through the list, and it's a good way. 

When Jia felt stressed, he had a special way to r{#blank#}9{#/blank#} working on math problems. "I'd find difficult problems to challenge myself, and when I worked it out, I felt really happy. "As he told The Paper, he hopes he can keep his curiosity and study habits in university, which makes a big {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(different) to his life

Once there lived a king in a small country. Every summer, the king went to his palace(王宫） near a1 , and then went back to his palace in the city in autumn. 

One afternoon, the king went 2 in the forest. He didn't tell anybody else where he went, so he was very happy to enjoy the peace as he swam. Suddenly, 3 heard a loud noise. Looking around, he saw a big bear coming towards( 朝 着 )him. The king was very4 . He jumped out of the water and ran away at once. He ran and ran until he was completely lost. Finally, he 5 an old house in the forest. He knocked on the door and an old 6 opened it. "I'm your king, " he said to the old man. "I'm really hungry. Bring me something to eat7 . "

The old man lived a hard life and his food was not good enough for the king. He had only three eggs, 8 the king was very hungry, the farmer had to cook the food and gave it to the king. The king felt much better9 he ate them. "Thank you, good man, " the king said. "How much should I pay for that?"

"Twenty pounds. "

"Twenty pounds? How10 they are! Are eggs rare(稀有的)here?" "No, " answered the old farmer, "but kings are!"