Hitchbot
Have you ever seen a hitchhiker（搭便车的旅行者）standing by the side of a road？Now drivers in Canada might see（51） unusual hitchhiker； a hitchhiking robot．
One of its inventors，David Harris Smith，has hitched across Canada three times．Smith and a friend，Frauke Zeller，have built Hitchbot because they wanted（52） （see） if people would stop and give the robot a lift and talk to it．The robot can chat about things it has learned，and about（53） （it） trip．You might think it's a joke，（54） Smith and Zeller's experiment has a serious point：can robots and people get along？
Hitchbot（55） （begin） its journey in Nova Scotia in July．It has already completed a third of its 6，000﹣mile trip to Victoria．More than 57，000 people are following its journey（56） （close） on Facebook and Twitter，and travelers have posted lots of（57） （photo） on the websites．Hitchbot has also done some shopping，eaten motor oil，and had fun with travelers．Nobody knows（58） it will finish its journey．It might be（59） （long） than expected，but Zeller and Smith want Hitch to get（60） many rides as it can．It hasn't been in a self﹣driving car yet，but anything is possible!
Our feelings influence almost every decision we make． Instead of living a boring life， positive （积极的） feelings can help us a lot． The pity is that sometimes become victims of feelings．
In one of my latest books， I compare people's ability to controls （控制） on a media player． Just like the controls can help you enjoy wonderful songs， these methods will be choices for you to manage feelings successfully．
1．Pause．
Take time to stop and think before you speak or act． Of course， you may feel sorry if you like doing something without thinking﹣like sending an angry email or posting something bad on social media． If you feel your feelings getting out of control， pause． If possible， go for a short walk． Once you've calmed down， decide how you want to move forward．
2．Volume control
Have you ever noticed that when speaking with someone， your style or tone is a mirror （镜子） of theperson's you are speaking to？ If you stay calm or quiet， they'll follow you． Shout or scream， and they'll do just like you． If a discussion starts to become worse， try to change it by softening your tone or lowering your voice．
3．Record
If you want to learn more about another person's thoughts， recording， one way of careful listening，may help． You don't need to reply at once； you're listening to understand． Through careful listening，you often see things you didn't see before and can even discover misunderstandings you didn't know．Don't judge or offer advice before you know more about others and the topic．
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Sometimes， our decisions are affected by our feelings． If you keep positive feelings， you can（1） living a boring life．Some methods can help you（2） in controlling your feelings． First， doing without thinking may make you （3） what you've said or done． It's wise of you to pause when your feelings become bad． Second， when speaking with someone， the other person usually offers you a reply in the （4） style or tone． So controlling volume is very important．What's more， recording is one way of careful listening， with the （5） of learning more about another person's thoughts． Follow this way， you can judge or offer suggestions．
Nowadays we can see more and more electric bikes in the street．Electric bikes （56） （be） easy to ride．They run fast and make no （57） （pollute）．They become very popular，（58） the electric bikes also cause more traffic accidents．So China plans 59． （make） a new rule for the electric bike riders．If an electric bike is （60） （heavy） than 40 kilos and can go faster than 20 kilometers an hour，its rider must get a license．It means rider have to pass driving tests before they ride
（61） （them） electric bikes on the road．
People have different ideas after （62） （hear） the plan．Some welcome the plan．A bus driver said happily，"（63） a good plan! I think it will make the street much safer．：some are not happy with the new rules at all．One rider said （64） （sad），"I don't want to get a license．"That's not convenient （65） me to get one．"Some don't care about it．A young rider said calmly，"I prefer to use shared bikes which are popular in many big cities of China now．I hope they can come to Loudi earlier．"
Dear Aunt Mary，
How are you？ I （1） （not， see） you for a few months， so I thought I should write you a letter and say， "Hi!"
I have been pretty good lately． I （2） （finish） junior high school soon， and I can't wait to go to senior high! Last week， I（3） （get） a perfect score on my biology test， so my parents took me out to eat ice cream and watch a movie!
Summer will be here soon， and I am very （4） （excite） for summer vacation． I hope to join a baseball team． I want to be a pitcher （投手）， but I know that I need to practice right now （5） I am not good enough． Maybe you can come watch me （6） ______ （play） sometime! That would be great!
Well， that's all for now． And I hope you are well． If you have time， please write me back!
Love，
Brian
Life will be peaceful if you always do kind things．I teach my daughters to d（76） a habit of helping others．
We live in a rural（乡村） area．Most of what we see is beautiful nature．One of the exceptions （例外） to the beauty is the rubbish that some people throw out of their car windows．And there are no necessary public s（77） ．Such as rubbish collection．
A helping behavior（行为） that I often p（78） with my daughters is picking up rubbish in our neighborhood．My daughters often have a m（79） to see who can collect the most rubbish．They will often say to me in an excited voice，"There's some rubbish，﹣Daddy，stop the car!"Without t（80） more，we will often get out of the our car and pick it up．Though it may seem s（81） ，we do it．In fact，we enjoy it．We pick it up rubbish in parks，on sidewalks，almost a（82） ．
One day I saw a man I had never met before picking up rubbish on the road．I stopped．He r（83） his head and said to me with a smile，"I saw you doing this with your family．It's a good idea to protect our natural world．"
There are many other ways to p（84） kindness for others．You may share a dinner with a beggar（乞丐），visit lonely old people in the nursing home，or help the blind cross the street．You can think of something that can be finished e（85） but helpful．It is fun，self﹣satisfying，and what's more，it can set a good example．Helping others is helping yourself．
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We confirmed that Jim was locked in the hut．We spent two nights d （1） a hole under the hut．We came up under Jim's bed．He was very surprised to see us．We p （2） Jim to free him when we were ready．Then we climbed t （3） the hole back to our bedroom and talked about a plan．
Tom wanted to make an adventure．He wrote a letter to Uncle Silas telling him somebody was planning to steal Jim．I put the letter under the front door．We waited for the c （4） to free Jim．
The next night，some men were in Uncle Silas's sitting room﹣﹣all with guns!We jumped out of the bedroom window and climbed into the hut． "Come on，Jim!"Tom whispered． "Huck， you go first．Then you， Jim．I'll go l （5） ．"
We heard somebody shouting， "The thieves have s （6） Jim!" We quickly climbed out and ran towards the fence．
We kept running like our f （7） were on fire．We made it to the fence．I jumped over the fence and Jim followed me．Tom was right behind us．U （8） ，he caught his trousers on a nail． He pulled t （9） free but the men heard the noise．They started shooting． We ran to the river and jumped into the canoe． We lay down，out of breath．
"Jim!You're a free man!" I said．We were all happy and Tom was the h （10） ．
"It was a great adventure，"Tom said． "And look!I got a bullet in my leg!"
It was true．His leg was bleeding badly but he considered it as part of the adventure．
﹣﹣Taken from The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn
Dear Auntie Em，
Great news! Mrs Mumford just told me I had been chosen as one of the school （61） （student） to visit the University of Cape Town in South Africa this summer! She said the program （62） （design） for some of the brighter teenagers to experience a different culture．（63） a good chance!
The only problem is：mom and dad （64） （simple） won't let me go．They said it was dangerous for me，a girl，（65） （travel） alone．But my guess is that they think it too expensive．I kept telling （66） （they） I had been on a plane alone to visit you in Texas before．They needn't worry about me（67） this trip would be almost the same as that one．（68） ．They just won't listen!
Will you help，Auntie Em？It will be （69） very important experience to my personal growth．
Love，（and love you even （70） （much） if you manage to make mom & dad agree with me．
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On April 21，the Olympic flame（火焰）was lit at the Temple of Hera in southern Greece．This （95） （意味着）the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games in August is coming close．
The flame was first lit at the 1928 games in Amsterdam．So far，about 90 years has passed and the flame has traveled around the world，reaching Mount Everest and even outer
（96） /speis/．
The Olympic flame stands （97） the positive ideas that man has always connected with fire．It is also a （98） /bridʒ/between the ancicnt and modem Olympic Cames．
It is a tradition to pass the flame around （99） the start of the Olympic Games．This is called the torch relay．For the Rio Olympics，there will be about 12，000 torchbearers （火炬手）during the relay．The special thing is，for the first time in （100） /'histri/，a Syrian refugee（叙利亚难民）was among the torchbearers who passed the torch in Greece．It wanted to show a message：sports can （101） the world better．There are also some Chinese faces that you may know，for example，Chinese （102） （男演员）Yang Yang who just finished passing the flame in Creece．
Justin is a 16﹣year﹣old boy．He is thinking about how （1） （spend） his money during winter vacation．He（2） （save） up about 300 dollars already．He plans to buy （3） computer with his money but he also wants to go skating with his friends．He can't do both （4） he doesn't have enough money．What should Justin do？
We are often in these kinds of situations．You want to see a concert （5） Saturday，but it is also your mother's birthday and you do not want to let（6） （she） down．In this case，you don't have enough time to go to both （7） （place）．You must make a decision．You must think about（8） should be done first．You must consider the following questions（9） （serious）．
•Which is more important？
•Which decision needs my attention more？
•Which choice would satisfy me more？
After you've answered these questions，it may be much （10） （easy） for you to decide what to do．So the next time you must make a decision，remember to prioritize（优先考虑）．
Will Johnson has worked his way up the list of most popular stars in his country． In fact， it is not surprising that Will is so successful if we know about his early life． Some valuable lessons he learnt as a child have strongly influenced him（1） his later life． One of them was from his father（2） was strict with him and his brother．
Once， Will and his brother Harry （3） given a job to rebuild a broken brick（砖） wall in the yard． The wall was fifty feet（4） and around sixteen feet high． The boys had to mix concrete（水泥） and place only one brick at a time． They didn't know why their father gave them（5） a huge job． （6） ，with the attitude（态度） of "one brick more"， both Will and Harry rebuilt the wall in（7） period of six months． Each time they were about to give up， their father （8） them up patiently． Both brothers were so sad about the job at（9） ， but after completing the task， they felt a sense of pride， and so did their father． Even today when Will thinks that he won't be able to do something， he will look back to this experience and keep telling（10） ，"one brick at a time"．
All children（1） （ grow） up one day． That is the way it has always（2） （be）．You，too，are growing up． Even as you attend your daily classes ， you are growing up． You should have fun as you are growing up． But you must not forget that you have（3） （ responsibility）．
You might not know exactly（4） you want to be when you grow up．And that's OK．You should try to find out （5） much as you can about future job opportunities． Discover what you'd like to do when you grow up．
Do you know anyone who could give you some good（6） （ advise）．What about your teachers？ How about your parents ，your uncles （7） your aunts？ If you'd like to become a doctor，why （8） you meet with a doctor and discuss what it takes to become one？ You're only in junior high school，but years go by （9） （quick）． It's good to be （10） for the future．
Lonnie Johnson always loved taking things apart（分开）． He（1） /'sʌmtaimz/ put them back together． Other times he made new things from different （2） （ part）． He learned how to use tools from his dad．
At 13， Lonnie put an old engine（发动机）on a homemade go﹣cart． He loved driving it around． He dreamed of being（3） inventor． By high school， Lonnie built a remote﹣control robot from some waste things． This won him first prize at the Alabama State Science Fair． His friends called （4） "The Little Scientist"． In college， Lonnie was an excellent student． After that， he （5） （become ）an Air Force officer， rocket scientist and business leader． （6） he never stopped inventing． You may have played with his most famous invention﹣﹣﹣the Super Soaker， a kind of water gun． Lonnie got the idea for this（7） /tɔi/ while working on another invention． When he tested a homemade part in his bathroom， it shot water（8） / ə' krɔs/ the room．
Today， Dr． Lonnie Johnson has more than 100（9） （use） inventions． However， he still keeps（10） （try）new things．
common， different， excuse， First， However， keep， only， parents， same |
The film The Farewell tells a true story about the director's family． Billi， a Chinese American， lives in New York with her （1） ． Unluckily， her grandmother， who lives in Changchun， is seriously ill and has（2） three months to live according to the doctor． Billi's parents and other relatives all come to Changchun， but they decide not to tell Billi's grandmother the bad news for the rest of her life．And they plan a wedding （婚礼） as an（3） to bring everyone together before she dies． This is very（4） in China．
（5） ， Billi， who grows up in America， can't understand this．In her opinion，the patient has the right to know about his or her illness． It is illegal （违法的） to （6）_____ the patient in the dark． If you go to the end of your life， you may want to do something and meet some people one last time．
What causes the（7） ways of thinking？ And is it right or wrong to lie to grandmother？ This is just what the director wants people to think about．
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With its black﹣ white coat， the animal is one of the most precious（珍贵的） animals in the world． It is native to China， proudly called the"（1） treasure"．（2） name is Panda． The name of"Panda" now refers to（指的是） the giant panda．
In China，（3） the Great Wall and the Terracotta Army， the giant panda also attracts the world﹣ wide tourists
As the most famous animal of （4） the giant panda appears in the logo（ 标志） of the World Wildlife Fund for Nature（WWF）． It also has（5） chances than other animals to be the mascot （吉祥物）of international games held in China． And it shows up as an actor on the big screen， such as Kung FuPanda．
The giant panda is regarded as the symbol of peace． In Japanese （6） records． the Tang Dynasty sent a couple of bears and seventy pieces of fur as national gifts to Japan．The"（7） bears" were giant pandas．
One female panda usually has （8） one baby， and it is not easy for wild pandas to have twins anyway． If you want to see them， you'd better go to Chengdu． Why？（9） the main breeding（繁育）centers were built around this area， Certainly some city（10） also have giant pandas， such as Beijing Zoo． Chongqing Zoo， etc．
The giant pandas are so lovely creatures（生物）． More and more people become fans of Them．
Nathaniel Hawthorne （1） （go）home with a broken heart．He told his wife Sophia that he lost his job．（2） his surprise，she spoke to him with great joy．
"Now，"she said （3） （happy），"you can write your book!When you had your job，you didn't have time to write down （4） you were thinking about．Now，you are free．You can do what you like and make your dream （5） （come）true!"
"Yes，said the man sadly，"but what shall we live on while I （6） （write）it？"
Then，she took out a small box and opened it．There was a large amount of money．
"I've always believed you are （7） talented man，"she told him．"I knew that someday you would write a great book．So every week，out of the money you gave me for everyday use，I saved a little bit．Now this money can help （8） （we）through the year．"
With her trust and confidence，one of the （9） （great）novels of American literature，The Scarlet Letter（《红字》），was born．
Some of the famous （10） （story）have followed a word of encouragement or an act of confidence by a loved one or a best friend．
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