Mike always loves ships. When he was older, he said, "I' m going to be a soldier. " But his eyes were not very 1 , and he did not get in.
Then he said, "I' m going to 2 a small boat and I' m going around the world. " But boats were very expensive, and Mike did not have enough 3
Last summer Mike found a swimming 4 near his house. The lessons did not cost very 5 , and Mike began going to the school at every end of the week and having 6 . Now he is a good swimmer.
Last week a little boy said to him, " You' re a very good swimmer. How do 7 learn to swim so well?"
"I'm not good at all," Mike said and he smiled." 8 in the water, I say to myself, there are 9 fishes behind me! Then I' m very afraid, and I 10 quickly. "
A．big B．beautiful C．good D．strong
A．buy B．make C．borrow D．draw
A．food B．work C．time D．money
A．park B．school C．farm D．factory
A．much B．little C．many D．any
A．meals B．lessons C．talks D．games
A．I B．they C．we D．you
A．If B．When C．Though D．Where
A．interesting B．nice C．dangerous D．different
A．run B．jump C．swim D．fly
August 10thSunny
Today is the third day in Florida， the USA. You will never know I went today. I visited the Harry Potter Theme Park! It was really a great for Harry Potter fans.
In the theme park， I saw all the places in the movies， such as the school， the stores and the restaurant. I also went into these buildings and took a lot of pictures. I had lunch in the park， but I didn't in dollar. I used the money in the movies. Wasn't it interesting?
As a Harry Potter fan， I really wanted to Harry Potter and his friends in the park. ， it was a pity that I didn't. But I got a chance to fly like them. It was exciting!
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If you have seen the short play “I’ve got much money(不差钱)”, you must have been impressed by the way Xiao Shenyang dressed . The dress he wore is called the kilt（苏格兰方格呢短裙）. There is a famous in Scotland. It says, “ A man in s kilt is a man and a half.” This saying shows how the kilt is for Scottish people. The kilt is a special dress. Most Scottish men it. Why do Scottish men wear and what’s the history of this special dress?
It’s said that in the 16th century, the Scottish highlands were , so the roads were always full of mud（泥）. The mud made it very difficult for soldiers to around. Slowly people found that the soldiers in kilts could move more than those in trousers because kilts were much more flexible（灵活的）. What’s more, soldiers could use the kilts on cold nights a blanket.
In modern times, the kilt Scottish pride. People wear kilts for events, weddings and traditional sporting events, for example. But that’s not all. The colors of a kilt also show a person’s history. Each Scottish family has a different pattern. So a Scotsman is wearing not only the national dress of his country, the pride of his family.
Today, fashion designers are trying to make the kilt more modern and fashionable to catch more eyes. Besides cloth, the designers are trying some materials such as paper and leather（皮革）.
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Last week, students at Rosie Bridge School worked hard to make their English Week very successful.
There a lot of activities including an English book fair in the library and a treasure hunt. students put on an English play. Other students an English singing competition.
A speaking competition was also . The students had to speak on a topic in English two minutes.
Henry was the winner and we spoke to him. “I’ m so happy that I ,” he said. “I advise people to speak slowly. they want to be good public speakers, they’d better speak clearly and .”
We also spoke to several other students about English Week. One of was Amy.
“I really enjoyed English Week. It gave me a chance to learn new . In my opinion, every school should have an English Week. It’s well doing,” she said.
On the last day of English Week, the head teacher gave a to the whole school. He gave students some suggestions on to improve their English. “You should communicate in English with your friends whenever you . You should read English books and magazines, and watch English television . Above all, you should enjoy English!” he said.
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It was Christmas Eve. I was fifteen years old and feeling like the world was over for me. I didn’t have enough money to buy myself the that I had wanted that year.
Dad came back in and there was ice in his beard（胡子）. “You’ve been by widow（寡妇）Smith’s house recently?” he asked. Widow Smith two miles down the road. Her husband died a year ago and left her with children.
“I rode by just today,” Dad , “Little Jack was out looking for wood. They must have used up wood, Tom.”
We filled our sledge（雪橇）high with . Then we went to the store and Dad bought some food and a small pair of shoes. I tried to think about Dad was doing. I knew we didn’t have enough money, so why was Dad buying them so many things?
We widow Smith’s house and went in. “We brought you a few things, madam.” Dad said, and the bag of food on the table. Then Dad handed widow Smith the pair of shoes. At that moment, tears filled her eyes and started running down her face.
My throat seemed to be filled with , and there were tears in my eyes, too. Just then, my dream gift seemed very unimportant. Dad had given me the look on widow Smith’s face and the smiles of three children. He had given me the best Christmas of my life.
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This story is about Mrs. Jones, an 82-year-old lady. her life was hard, she was always nicely dressed every day.
This morning Mrs. Jones was moving to the nursing home（养老院）. The nursing home was very .
After hours of waiting, Mrs. Jones still smiled sweetly when she was told that her room was ready. the way to her room. I told her what the room was like.
Suddenly she said, “I love !”
“ Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room yet!” I was surprised at her reply.
She stopped and said, “Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is . It depends on how I decide to the room. I have already decided to love the room before I see it .”
Then she continued, “I have a . I can spend the day in bed and consider how tiny my room is. Or I can just get out of bed and be thankful that I can enjoy a new day. Each day is a , I’ll enjoy my life and all the happy memories that I have stored in my bank account(帐户) before.”
Life is like a bank account. You can take out what you’ve put in. If you have put a lot of in your bank account, you can take out some of it when you feel sad.
Attitude（态度）is everything.
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