Do you think you can communicate (交流) without words?A smile on your face shows you are happy or friendly. Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad. When you raise your hand in class, the teacher knows you want to say something or ask questions. You shake your head, and people know you are saying "No". You nod and people know you are saying "Yes".

    People can communicate in many other ways. An artist can use his drawings to tell about beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things.

    Books can tell you about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas. Books,magazines, TV and films all help us to communicate with each other. They all help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.

    The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. All the Chinese people like this holiday. First, there are dragon boat races. Dragon boats are very long. They are painted in bright colours. In each boat, there are many people rowing. There's also somebody beating a drum. It is said that the winning team will have good luck and a happy life in the following year. During the Dragon Boat Festival, people also eat a special kind of rice dumplings. They are called zongzi. To make these rice dumplings, people prepare meat, vegetables and other things. Then they can make different flavours of rice dumplings. Some are sweet, and some are salty. They all taste good. People give them to friends. On the evening of the holiday, families have a big meal together. The Dragon Boat Festival is a great time for everybody.

    There are five people in my family. We are all teachers. My grandfather is an English teacher. He has many English books. My grandmother is an art teacher. She has many crayons. My father is a maths teacher. He has a computer. My mother is a music teacher. She has a piano(钢琴). I am a PE teacher. I have a ball.

⑴my grandfather{#blank#}1{#/blank#}          A.

⑵my grandmother{#blank#}2{#/blank#}         B.

⑶my father{#blank#}3{#/blank#}                     C.

⑷my mother{#blank#}4{#/blank#}                   D.

⑸I{#blank#}5{#/blank#}                                    E.

The giraffe has a very long neck. The frog has very long legs. The bird has a very long beak. The elephant has a very long trunk. The monkey has a very long tail. The walrus has very long teeth. The hippopotamus has a very long name.

⑴a very long neck{#blank#}1{#/blank#}        A.

⑵very long legs{#blank#}2{#/blank#}           B.

⑶a very long beak{#blank#}3{#/blank#}        C.

⑷a very long trunk{#blank#}4{#/blank#}        D.

⑸a very long tail{#blank#}5{#/blank#}           E.

⑹very long teeth{#blank#}6{#/blank#}           F.

⑺a very long name{#blank#}7{#/blank#}        G.

Mum: Sam, what are you going to do on Saturday?

Sam: I'm going to school.

Mum: Go to school? On Saturday?

Sam: Oh, I don't go to school on Saturday. I'm going to the park to play football. Mum: Are you going to play with Darning?

Sam: No, Darning is going to visit his grandfather.

    In Britain, winter is not very cold and summer is not very hot. Why is this?

    Because it is an island country. In winter the sea is warmer than the land. The winds from the sea bring warm air to Britain. In summer the sea is cooler than the land. The winds from the sea bring cool air to Britain.

    The winds from the west blow over Britain all the year. They blow from the southwest. They are wet winds. They bring rain to Britain all the year. Britain has a lot of rain all the year. The west of Britain is wetter than the east. The winds must blow over the highland in the west. They drop more rain there. The east of Britain is drier than the west.