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    My grandfather Jack is 96 years old, and he has had an interesting life. He has travelled a lot in his life in the Far East. He visited the Taj Mahal in India and the Pyramids in Egypt. He hunted（狩猎） lions in Africa, and rode a camel in the Sahara Desert. He says the most beautiful place he has travelled to is Kathmandu in Nepal.

    Jack has married twice. His first wife died when she was 32. He met his second wife Maria while he was cycling round France. They have been married for 50 years, and they have lived happily in a small village since they got married.

    Jack says that he has never been ill in his life. The secret of good health, according to my grandfather, is exercise. He goes swimming every morning. He has done this since he was a boy. He also has a glass of wine every night! Perhaps that is his secret!

   Hye-seung Hyun is a girl from South Korea韩国). She lives with her parents, sister and brother in Seoul. What isher school day like?

   Hyungets up at seven. Her family usually eats breakfast at half past seven. Momoften makes breakfast.

   Hyungoes to school at 8:15. Classes in the morning are from 9:00 to 12:00. Thereare usually three lessons. Hyun loves art best.

   Hyunhas lunch at school at 12:30. She doesn't have time to go home. Classes in theafternoon are from 13:00 to 15:00.

   Afterhaving a swimming lesson in the afternoon, Hyun has dinner at six. Afterdinner, she practices English and the piano. She goes to bed at 22:00. Beforeit, she talks with her family for some time.

Jason's neighborhood is very quiet and nice. Only two {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(street) are in his neighborhood. There is also {#blank#}2{#/blank#} big library and a park here.

Some people like to do morning exercises in the park. Jason likes to do sports in the park, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. It's a good place to play basketball. He usually goes there {#blank#}4{#/blank#} his brother, Tom. Some young people often watch {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(they) playing there.

You can see many young people {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(read) in the library.Jason usually goes there with Tom on weekends. They like {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(do)their homework in it because it is quiet. After finishing their homework, they can go to the park to have fun.

Do you like Jason's neighborhood? Why or why not?{#blank#}8{#/blank#}.

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The school newspaper needed a new editor (编辑). Tara knew it was her c{#blank#}1{#/blank#} —she'd always expected to do something for the paper. There were not any nice pictures, but the real p{#blank#}2{#/blank#} was that the stories couldn't interest the kids. 

Tara came to meet Mr. Alvarez, the headmaster, and e{#blank#}3{#/blank#} her thought. "Editing the paper is a big job, even for an eighth {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(grade)!" he said, "And we may not have a paper much longer because of the budget (预算) cut."

Tara stepped forward confidently, "I'll change this, sir."

Mr. Alvarez finally nodded, "You only have three weeks {#blank#}5{#/blank#}the budget meeting." 

Tara then told her plan to the newspaper group, "Now we need two teams. The sales team will work on getting advertisers to help us afford (承担得起) the paper. And the editorial team need to d{#blank#}6{#/blank#}stories students like."

The group took action and things went {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (smooth). The editorial team made a questionnaire to know what students were interested in when the sales team visited many local b{#blank#}8{#/blank#}. A week later, the group created an online paper with more cool pictures and even videos. This new form was well r{#blank#}9{#/blank#} in the school. 

The big day came. Tara's group presented their work at the meeting. When it was time to vote, every hand in the room went up for {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (support) the idea. 

"Good job!" Mr. Alvarez smiled. 

On a hot summer day, Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip. After a good meal and a bottle of wine, they lay down in a tent for the night and went to sleep. Some hours later, Holmes woke up and pushed his friend. "Watson, look! What can you see in the sky?" Watson answered, "I see millions and millions of stars." "What does that tell you?" asked Holmes. Watson thought for a while. "First, it tells me that we will have a beautiful clear day tomorrow. Second, it tells me that the time is about twelve o'clock. And..." "What else?" Holmes asked. "Well, it also reminds me that the world is so big and we are so small. What does that tell you?" Holmes said with a grin (咧着嘴笑) on his face, "You silly guy! It only tells me that someone has stolen our tent!"

Do you have any dreams? What would you like to be in the future? Some of you might dream of taking positions as a singer or a writer. Some might try to be a doctor or a scientist. However, Zara Rutherford, a student in Brussels, has a great ambition (抱负 ). She wants to become the world's youngest woman to fly around the world alone.

Rutherford's parents are both pilots. Under their influence, the girl fell in love with flying at a young age. She has been learning to fly since she was 14 years old. She got her first flying license in 2020, when she was 17 years.

Rutherford set off from her home city on Aug.18,2021 and finished her flight on Jan.20,2022. She covered 41 different countries on five continents, flying through wildfires, typhoons and dangerous low temperatures to reach her destination(目的地). She not only realized her dream but also made history. During her flight, the young woman met with some of the local girls. She says few pilots in the world are women. She feels sad about this. She wants to encourage more girls to learn flying and love it.

By flying alone around the world, Rutherford wants to set a good example for other girls. Once, she told them, "If you have a dream or a plan, you should go for it. If you don't try, you' ll never know how high you can fly."