The Secret of Success

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Your best chance of success is by doing what you really want to do. Ask yourself, "If money for free?" Then just do what you like to do.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Think about what you are going to do. You have to start somewhere and it may be quite a real beginning. Whether you are beginning in business or you're dreaming to be a star, you have to start at the bottom.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Great ambition(目标) is necessary. An English student called Richard Branson opened a student magazine when he was only 16 years old. But he didn't stop there. He also opened a record business with many shops, and now his company has planes, trains and cars.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} The only people who succeed without hard work are lottery(彩票) winners. You need a "can do" attitude(态度) and you must work step by step, which will help you get what you really want. You are on the right way to win the success.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} If you always say someone is successful, it doesn't mean anything to you. Learn from those who have already succeeded in something, especially where they do the same as you want to do.

A. Think big                     

B. Start small

C. Follow the leaders             

D. Find the work you love

E. Be prepared to work hard

     Computers are very important to modern life. Many people think that in the future computers will be used a lot in everyday life. Maybe we won't have to go shopping because we will be able to buy most things on the Internet.There will be fewer books because we will be able to get all texts from computers. The Internet will be used to play games and see films. Most telephone calls will be made by computers, too.

    Some people are glad about these new ways of shopping and communicating(交流). Others do not think that computers will replace（代替）our old ways.

    Let's take books for example. Some people think that one day we won't read books made of paper. Instead, we will buy and read books by using computers. We will read texts on small pocket computers. The computers will keep many different books in them at the same time. We won't need to turn lots of pages and paper will be saved. Computerized books（电子图书）will be used more and more.

    Is Internet shopping such a pleasure as going to the shop? Many people say it is not. It is pleasant to go into shops and look at things you want to buy. It is also impossible that many people will want to read large texts on our computers. Because paper books will perhaps be more friendly. Maybe computers won't change these two habits.

A. Nobody has lived over 400 years

B. She is the one who sells the candy

C. It's the heat that kills it

D. Everything you told me went in one ear and out the other

E. This boy cried so terribly that he scared four other patients out of the office

    Margaret Porter is a violinist and music teacher. According to her, the best age to start learning the violin is between three and six. She says, “It's the time when you are learning about the world.” Margaret, who was born in London, likes to take pupils at three and four. However, she has made lots of exceptions (例外) for five-year-olds. She started teaching the violin in 1972 and she taught her children's five-year-old school friends at first.

    In Margaret's opinion, it's important for one to know why music sounds the way it does. Without knowing it, one can't become a great musician at all. So from the earliest lessons, pupils in her class learn to play by ear. They do not even try to read music until they have been playing for several years. Margaret says that her method is not to produce great violinists. She always suggests that pupils should leave and study the violin using more traditional methods.

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    Kingston, Jamaica (population 700，000)

    Kingston isn't a beautiful city, but it's very busy and interesting. There are lots of people and lots of cafes(咖啡馆). There are some beautiful places near Kingston—the Blue Mountains and some beautiful beaches. I love it!

    Kingston, England (population 150，000)Kingston is a very busy town. There are a lot of shops and cars, and there's a university with students all over the world! It's a nice place—there's an old square(广场), and it's near the River Thames. There are some beautiful parks, too. Kingston, New Zealand (population 2, 000)Kingston is a small town near Lake Wakatipu in the mountains. It's a really beautiful place, but it's very quiet—there's only one school, one bank and one small supermarket! There's a famous old train there, too.

    The school trip is useful. It is one of the ways for students to be in the real life. But sometimes, it may not be good as you think.

    We had a terrible school trip yesterday. Some students were late for the early bus. Then we had to wait for the next bus. We waited for a long time but it didn't arrive. In the end. Our teacher took us to take the subway. 花了我们大约一个小时。 After we got off the subway, we walked and got lost. When we finally arrived at the zoo just at noon. We were tired and hungry. We wanted to see pandas, but there weren't any. There were some really smart elephants, but we didn't see the show because we arrived too late. We left our cameras (照相机)at school, so we didn't take any photos. Then it rained，and no one had an umbrella. We went for lunch. But there wasn't any restaurant in the zoo. My friends had some ice-cream. But I didn't have any, because I don't like it. We didn't see many animals because of the rain. We left the zoo at 5 p.m. when the rain stops. At last, we went back to school. We were really tired. I didn't enjoy my school trip at all.