Grace was fourteen years old and was in Grade Eight. She had a part-time job, so she had to get up at five o'clock. She was a newspaper girl.

      Each morning, Grace left the house at 5:15. She always rode a bike to the corner to carry the newspapers.

      In winter it was still dark when she got up, but during the rest of the day it was bright. Grace had to send newspapers to people's houses in all kinds of weather. She tried to put each paper in the box where it would be kept safe from wind, rain or snow. Her customers thought she did a good job. Sometimes they gave her tips(小费).

      Grace made about $70 each month and she was saving some of the money to go to college. She spent the rest on tapes and clothes. Once a month she got the money from her customers together. Since many of them worked during the day, Grace had to get the money at night. Sometimes when Grace was ill, her elder brother had to send the newspapers and Grace's father had to help her.

      Grace had 70 customers now, but she hoped to get more later. Some day, if she got more customers, perhaps Grace could win a prize for being a very good newspaper girl. She wanted to win a visit to Europe, but she would be happy if she won a new bike.

    Thirty years ago, I walked into a bakery（面包房）and asked for some bread to sell. At that time, I was only 12 years old. Nobody took me seriously but {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  she gave me five loaves of bread and wished me good luck.

    I took the bread and went out to sell them. It took me all day, but I sold them all. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}I was the happiest boy in the world as I walked home that evening.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} I paid a deposit（定金）on a new bicycle. And then I started my job as a newspaper delivery boy. Soon I could pay the rest of the money for the bicycle {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  I was so proud of（骄傲的）myself.

    Today I still work in the delivery business. I have a truck to send goods all over the country. I live in a beautiful house, but I don't ride a bicycle these days. I drive a large nice car.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}But she gave me the start, then I can become a successful man. I'd like to show my thanks to her.

    Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class and at lunchtime. Students with cars buy the large speaker and play the music loudly as they drive in the street.

    Adult(成年的) drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather and the life of American people. Most of the radio programs are music.

    Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape and radio stations use them in many places. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people will buy his or her tape. Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.

    There are other kinds of music that is important to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common (普通的) life of Americans. Another is called Western or country music. It is about country life and the love between a country boy and his girlfriend. They are very popular among young people.

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{#blank#}1{#/blank#} ⑴A girl named Alice falls down a rabbit hole after an unusual big white rabbit. She finds herself in a land of talking animals and other fantastic animals, and starts a trip full of adventures(冒险).

{#blank#}2{#/blank#} ⑵After a ship accident, Crusoe lands on an island. To live he must build a home for himself. He saves a man called Friday. A lot of adventures happen to them on the island.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#} ⑶The story is about the Marchi family of four sisters growing up. It shapes the image of the four different characters to the family daily life.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#} ⑷This is an adventure about a boy called Jim Hawkins. He goes out to sea with a treasure map and finds an island full of treasures. It's a problem-solving journey to rescue(营救) treasures from dangerous situations.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#} ⑸This story is about an emperor who loves clothes very much. Two brothers cheat the emperor to get silver and gold. They tell him that people can't see the clothes unless they are clever.  In the parade, everyone says his new clothes are wonderful except a little boy.

⑴{#blank#}1{#/blank#} Alice: I want to get some pictures of Jay Chou,

⑵{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Kate: I hope to buy some Christmas cards online.

⑶{#blank#}3{#/blank#} Tom: I need some information on pollution(污染).

⑷{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Harry: I would like to have some information about basketball.

⑸{#blank#}5{#/blank#} Dick: I will go to America. I want to know the famous places and the weather there.