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    Confucius (孔子）is the greatest teacher in Chinese history. He was {#blank#}1{#/blank#} on September 28, 551 BC in the Kingdom of Lu, in today's Shandong Province.

    When he was young, he and his mother had a hard life. At the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} of fifteen, he began to learn music, and he did {#blank#}3{#/blank#} in it. Then he went on learning other subjects. When he was thirty, he became a {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. He started his own school.

    He {#blank#}5{#/blank#} everyone should have a chance to get education whether they were rich or {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. He had about 3, 000 students and many of {#blank#}7{#/blank#} became famous.

    Chinese people regard Confucius {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  the greatest thinker and also the greatest teacher. His most important ideas are about kindness and good manners. He said young people should take care of the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. People should stop thinking of themselves and should work for {#blank#}10{#/blank#}.  His ideas are around in people's everyday life. Today people can still hear them, and they go far into east and south Asia.

    Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on 8th January, 1942. He went to school in St Allbans, a small city near London. ⑴尽管他做得很好，但是拿不到第一名。

    After leaving school, Hawking went first to Oxford University where he studied physics and then went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology(宇宙学). As he himself admits, he didn't work hard. He was a very lazy student, and did very little work. However, he still got high marks.

   ⑵ 在他20岁的时候，他的身体出毛病了。 He started to knock into things. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was so worried that she made him see a doctor. Hawking was sent to hospital for tests. Finally, the result came back. Hawking had motor neuron disease（运动神经元病）. ⑶The illness would make him unable to speak, breathe or move without the help of a machine. Doctors said they had no way to help him. He would die before 23.

    At first, Hawking became very sad. After a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way. As he later wrote, “Before my illness was diagnosed(诊断), I had been very bored with life. There had not seemed to be anything worth doing. But shortly after I came out of hospital, ⑷I suddenly realized that there were a lot of valuable things I could do.” Then Hawking got married and found a job at Cambridge University as a professor. ⑸He strongly believes that his story shows that nobody should lose hope, no matter how bad their situation is. “Life is not fair.” He once said. “You just have to do the best you can in your own situation.”

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    Some experts believe that burpee (立卧撑) is the best exercise in the world because this exercise is one that anyone can do very easily and extremely cheaply.

    How to perform the basic burpee correctly:

A.      B.      C.      D.

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Keep your back straight, squat (下蹲) down and place your hands on the floor.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Begin in a standing position with your back straight and your arms at your sides.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Bring your feet back to the squat position by placing your hands on the floor. Then jump straight up as high as you can after the squat position, holding your arms up directly over your head.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Move your feet back behind you, so that you move from a squat position to a full-length leg extension. Keep both arms and legs straight and strong.

   As a form of exercise, the burpee is {#blank#}5{#/blank#}.

A. difficult and boring

B. useful but difficult

C. simple and inexpensive

D. simple but expensive

    The survey(调查) shows the reasons why some people in the UK like cycling better. Many people who choose cycling say riding a bicycle to work is healthier than driving. 30% of them give this as a reason. The same number of people say that they cycle to work because it causes less pollution. Fifteen percent of people cycle to work because they don't need to worry about getting a parking space. Thirteen percent of them think cycling is cheaper. Surprisingly, the fewest number of people say that they cycle to work because it is faster than traveling by car. If a person lives near his or her work place, cycling is faster than driving.

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I felt coming steps. She was coming to teach all things to me, and to love me. 

I still remember the morning my teacher came, she led me into her room and gave me a doll (玩具娃娃). When I had played with it a little while, Miss Sullivan slowly spelled into my hand the word "d-o-l-l". I was at once interested in this finger play and tried to imitate (模仿) it. When I succeeded in making the letters correctly, I was so excited and proud. I did not know I was spelling, even didn't understand everything has a name. 

 Once, as I was playing with my new doll, Miss Sullivan put my old doll onto my leg, spelled"d-o-l-l" and tried to make me understand they were both dolls. Another time, she tried to tell me that"m-u-g" is mug and that"w-a-t-e-r" is water, but I still mixed them up. Hopelessly, she had to teach me from the beginning.  ▲ , so I threw the new doll upon the floor. 

I was quite happy when I felt the pieces of the broken doll at my feet. I was neither sad nor regretful. In my still, dark world, there was no warmth or love. I felt my teacher sweep the pieces aside, and it seemed that my trouble moved away. 

Later, we walked down the path to a well house. Someone was drawing water(抽水) and she placed my hand under the spout. As the cool stream flowed over one hand, she spelled the word"w-a-t-e-r" into the other, first slowly, then rapidly. I stood still and paid my whole attention on her fingers. Suddenly I knew "w-a-t-e-r" meant the wonderful thing flowing over my hand. That living word awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, and set it free!

I left the well house and wanted to learn more about the world. As we returned to the house, I remembered the doll I had broken. I picked up the pieces and tried to put them together. Then I cried, for I realised what I had done, and for the first time I felt sad and regretful. 

I learned many new words that day. I do not remember what they all were, but I do know that mother, father, sister and teacher were among them. It would have been difficult to find a happier child than I was. While lying in my bed at the end of that day, I hoped for a new day to come for the first time. 

(Adapted from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller)

 Dear Mike,

 Today is a big day. We have a new family member. He is my little brother, Austin. My parents Michael and Sherry are very happy. My dad says I am a big brother now. But what's a big brother?

I ask my mum about it. She says, "A big brother is like a good friend. You talk and play with   him. In summer, you can go swimming with him. In winter, you can play with him in the snow. You look after him."

I think it is interesting. And I am very glad to have a brother. I want to be a good big brother!

 Do you want to come and see my little brother?

 Love,

 Peter