A terrible explosive noise was heard, immediately followed by strong shaking of the classroom building. Mrs. Li Lan, a country school teacher in Sichuan, who was giving a class, could hardly keep on her feet, and many of her pupils made panic cries. Mrs. Li realized at once that it must be a powerful earthquake hitting the area. Though she herself was scared, she managed (设法) to make the children calm down, opened the door right away and told the children to leave the classroom and get down to the playground as quickly as possible.

When all the children had left, she followed them to the first floor. The earth still kept moving violently (巨烈地). Some of the buildings nearby were falling down, and a great number of falling stones were rolling down from the hills behind the school. Suddenly, she found a little boy fell over and was hit by a big stone right on his body. She forgot the danger she was facing and ran over, trying to push the stone away. The stone was so big that it was not easy for her to move it. She kept pushing until the boy was pulled out, carrying him to the center of the playground. The boy was later sent to hospital and saved.

    Mike always loves ships. When he was older, he said, “I'm going to be a soldier.” But his eyes were not very1and he did not get in.

    Then he said, “I'm going to2a small boat and I'm going around the world.” But boats were very expensive, and Mike did not have enough3

    Last summer Mike found a swimming4near his house. The lessons did not cost very5 and Mike began going to the school at every end of the week and having6. Now he is a good swimmer.

    Last week a little boy said to him, “You're a very good swimmer. How do7learn to swim so well?”

    “I'm not good at all,” Mike said and he smiled. “8 I'm in the water, I say to myself, “There are 9fishes behind me!” Then I'm very afraid, and I10quickly.”

Our clothes can make us feel better about ourselves One way is wearing different colors of clothes.

Normally, when we are sad, we'll wear dark-colored clothes. But when we are happy, we often choose to wear bright-colored clothes. Because what we choose reflects(反映) how we are feeling. It shows that wearing special colors of clothes can change our feelings.

For example, when we are feeling sad, we may feel worse if we wear black. And if we wear green, red or yellow, we may begin to feel better.

It's said that each color has its own healing power(治疗作用). When we are wearing red, we should feel more energetic(充满活力的). When we are wearing green, we should feel more peaceful. When we are wearing black, we should feel safer.

So remember, if you are not feeling at your best, you can try out some different colored clothes. Maybe one color has no effect on your feelings, but another will.

Pandas are in danger. There are only about 1,800 pandas in the wild today.Zoos and research centers are looking after more than 600 pandas. Pandas do not have many babies, and baby pandas often die. So scientists are doing a lot of studies {#blank#}1{#/blank#} pandas produce more babies and make baby pandas live.

Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China. Each panda needs {#blank#}2{#/blank#} a lot of bamboo every day. The bamboo forests are getting smaller, so pandas are losing their home.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#} pandas in the wild, the government is setting up nature parks and developing other plans. The nature parks will be big and there will be more bamboo {#blank#}4{#/blank#} pandas. Pandas born in zoos may go back {#blank#}5{#/blank#} in the nature parks.

The World Wildlife Fund(WWF) hopes {#blank#}6{#/blank#} all animals. And it chose the panda {#blank#}7{#/blank#} its symbol. We do not want {#blank#}8{#/blank#} tigers, elephants or any other animals, so WWF is working hard {#blank#}9{#/blank#} them.

B. Match the headings with the paragraphs and then answer the questions.

How many pandas are there in the wild today?{#blank#}10{#/blank#}
Why are pandas losing their home?{#blank#}11{#/blank#}
What is the government doing to save pandas in the wild?{#blank#}12{#/blank#}

At the corner of Jan Smuts Street in Durban, six women meet every day, waiting for a truck to come and get the cardboard (纸板) they have collected.

Every morning Chitha leaves her house at 5 a. m. to collect cardboard. She has been doing this for the past 12 years. She says her dream is to see her children go to college. Then she found this job.

" It's dirty and people look down on us. We only make about R3, 400 a month. However, this is a ticket for us to send our children to college." Chitha said with a big smile. She added that she found great joy knowing her daughter is in college.

" We have a slogan(口号) —— Keep on going and never give up." Chitha continued." We don't just sit here waiting for the truck to come. We also talk about life, give advice about problems and help each other. We are a family here."

" We are all single mothers and have to make money to raise our children. I'm collecting this dirty cardboard for my three children to have a brighter future. I will continue until the last one also goes to college."

Chitha's daughter Naledi is now in her second year at a college. She said with tears in her eyes," Mom is doing all she can to survive (生存). I admire her for that."

Please write down one more Chinese idiom(成语) about dragon and try to give an example in English. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}