Captain James Cook was a famous English explorer(探险者). He was the first European to visit many Pacific islands. He put these islands on maps around the world.

 James Cook was born in1728. His parents were poor farm workers. James started to work on ships as a sailor when he was eighteen. When he was twenty-seven, he went into the navy(舰队). He fought a war in Canada and made maps of some of the eastern coast there.

 In1768, the King of England sent him to explore the Pacific Ocean. Cook spent three years on that trip. He went to the Pacific again in 1772 and made maps of the coasts of Australia and New Zealand.

 He began his third trip in 1776. This time he went to the North Pacific and made maps of the west coast of North America. When he finished making maps there, he went to Hawaii. Then the sailors and the Hawaiians  started fighting and some Hawaiians killed Captain Cook.

 Captain Cook took gifts to the Pacific Islander·. He gave them cattle, sheep, goats and new plants. He was a very good leader of his men.  When Captain Cook died, the world 1ost one of the greatest explorers in history.

 Judge the following sentences true( T) or false( F) according to the passage.

    My name is Sun Liang．Li Feng is my cousin．He is thirteen years old and I'm twelve years old．We study in the same school but not in the same grade．He is in Grade 8 and I'm in Grade 7．

    Li Feng is tall and strong．He plays basketball well．He thinks it's a good way to stay healthy．So he often plays basketball with his classmates in the playground．He likes collecting the pictures of famous basketball players．Last Sunday,he watched a basketball match．He was happy because he saw his favourite basketball star．

    I also like playing sports but music is my favourite．I think it's a good way to relax after a busy day．My father is a music teacher and he is good at playing the piano．So I learn from him to play the piano．It was my birthday yesterday．I had a party and I was happy．

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    Some people are sharing their experience of being a volunteer. Now let's have a look.

I joined a band as a drummer in my middle school. I thought it would be fun playing the drum and meeting new friends. At first it was easy, but a month later, it got difficult. I was the only one who couldn't keep pace with the other {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(player).

Our teacher, Angie, singled me out to keep practicing while everyone else got to relax. I felt ashamed{#blank#}2{#/blank#} my teammates watched me fail so many times. Finally I got so tired of {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(practice) that I didn't care about doing it right.

"Are you giving up on me, Steve?" Angie asked.

"Yes, I am," I shouted. Angie sent me inside the music room, where I cried out. Then she came in and said, "Don't be sad. I believe you can make it!" She told me never{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(give) up. She left me alone and I realized Angie was right by giving up, I was also giving up on the team and{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(I).

With her comfort, I decided to go on practicing, but I still couldn't play well. Knowing my difficulties, my teammates gave me {#blank#}6{#/blank#} hand. They spent about three more hours practicing with me every week. Thanks to their support and help, I began to keep pace with them. Later, we performed{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(wonderful) in an important show, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} thankful I was to my teacher Angie and my teammates!

In the whole process(过程), I {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(teach) that although we each had our own job to do in a show, it would take all of us working together to make the show great. I felt accepted and made great progress. I can't imagine what my school life would be like{#blank#}10{#/blank#} them. I love everyone in the band.

There is a tradition in Rita's school. At the beginning of every school year，each student gets a special job from the teacher. This year，Rita，a quiet and hard﹣working girl，hoped for an 1 task. Instead，she was given a small box with sand and a small ant by the teacher. 

2 the teacher said this task was special，Rita felt disappointed. However，she decided to try her best with her new responsibility. She began to study and 3 the ant ，She made the box a comfortable home for the ant，and it grew much bigger than anyone expected. 

Rita's 4 caught the attention of her science teacher，Mr Thompson. He turned her work into a class project，and Rita became the class expert on ants. 

As the school year progressed，Rita's classmates became more interested in the ant project. They 5 to ask her questions and watch the ant's behavior. Rita shared her knowledge with her classmates 6 . She even made a report to share her findings with the whole school during the science fair. 

At the end of the year，the school chose Rita's class as the best of the year. They also7 Rita for her hard work and how she turned a small responsibility into something big. Rita learned that every task，no matter how small，could make a big 8 . She also learned that sometimes the most unexpected things can lead to great success. 

Kenneth Riggins and his daughter, Angelica, then 5 years old, had fallen asleep on the sofa in their house when he was woken up around 2 am by their dogs and the smell of smoke. He followed the smell to a small room next to a back bedroom. "I opened the door, and the fire came in the doorway," says Riggins, a high school teacher and single dad. After pushing the door shut, he ran to the living room and woke up Angelica, shouting at her to get out quickly. 

Angelica, who had recently attended a fire demonstration（消防演习）at her school led by Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog, knew exactly what to do. "The smoke was everywhere, so I crawled（爬）under it and out of the house, just like Sparkles taught me, " Angelica says. "I was really afraid, but I moved as fast as I could." She ran straight to the home of a neighbor, who called 911. When the firefighters arrived a few minutes later, Angelica told them she hadn't seen her dad and that he might still be in the house. 

She was right. After getting out, Riggins had returned to look for a friend's 5-year-old girl who had been staying with them. "I was unable to think clearly because of all the smoke and I forgot her mom had picked her up earlier," he says. Firefighters found Riggins unconscious（失去知觉的）in the living room. As they carried him out of the front door, the back of the house blew up. It was later found out that some old electrical wiring had caused the fire. Riggings spent the next week in the hospital with some burns, but he's healthy now. "If Angelica hadn't run to our neighbours for help, I wouldn't have made it." Riggins says. 

Since the fire, Angelica and her dad have moved—to a home across the street from their old one.