A marathon（马拉松） is a long﹣distance running race．Now it is not only a competition，but some people organize marathons for charity（慈善）．Runners get friends，families and other people to（51） （支持） them．They promise to provide a certain amount of money for every race．For example，if the runner runs one（52） （千米），the providers each give the runner ＄1 for the charity．A（53） （充足） of money can be raised this way．However，not everyone can run，so people in the USA have thought of other ways to raise money，using the idea of a marathon．
Walk﹣a﹣thons A walk﹣a﹣thon is（54） （相似的） to a marathon，but people walk（55） （代替） of running．This is a common way for people to raise money．
Read﹣a﹣thons Many schools organize read﹣a﹣thons to raise money．Students can get money（56） （简单地） for the number of books they read．They might be given a certain （57） （阶段） of time to read．Little kids can （58） （进入） the reading competition according to the number of pages they read．The read﹣a﹣thons are （59） （举行） not only to raise money，but also to encourage teenagers to read．
Bowl﹣a﹣thons Bowling is a（60） （受欢迎的） sport in the USA．In a bowl﹣a﹣thon，people raise money for every point they get in the game．The higher the score is，the more money they make for the charity．
Malala Yousafzai，19，is a Pakistani youth activist．She is the （1） （young）person in the world ever to be named United Nations（U．N．）Messenger（信使） of Peace．The United Nations is （2） international organization，which is meant to encourage （3） （country）to work together on different opinions without the use of war．Yousafzai has （4） （glad） accepted the role of working for girls' education．Usually，a messenger （5） （stay） in the position（职位）for three years．"If （6） want to see your future bright，you have to start working now and not wait （7） anyone else，"she said at the acceptance meeting in New York．In 2012，Yousafzai was nearly killed by the Taliban because she worked hard （8） （get） the same education for young girls in Pakistan．But later her condition improved．（9） a brave girl! Since then Yousafzai （10） （become） a symbol for peace and girls' right to receive an education．
Daniel Kristiansea is a 14﹣year﹣old schoolboy from Denmark．Recently，while doing his history homework about World WarⅡ，he had a surprising discovery（51） （在…后面）his family's home．He found the remains of a（52） （德国的）World WarⅡplane．
After telling his father about his history homework，Daniel was encouraged to go out onto their farm．He and his father hoped they might find some old（53） （瓶子）or something to show at school．Much to their surprise，on the（54） （第四）day，they found some broken plane pieces．So they（55） （借）a special machine from a neighbour．When then（56） （挖） down seven meters，they suddenly came across pieces of（57） （灰色的）clothes．They reported what they found to the government（58） （立刻），and the news was widely heard across Danmark．Each day their house was（59） （拥挤的）with news reporters．
Daniel's father，Klaus，remembered being told by his（60） （爷爷） that a plane had hit their farm during World WarⅡ．But Klaus thought it was just a good story．Now it turns out to be true．
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When I was young，I liked to play jokes on others，especially on my parents and （66） ．One day my mother was cooling while I was playing with my （67） brother Tony．Suddenly I ran to my mother and said，"Tony fell off the open window!"She quickly rushed out of the（68） Then I said，"Don't worry，I'm just joking．"My mother shouted at me，"I'll punish you （69） you do it again．"
Another day，I went swimming with my friends in the sea．I wanted to play a joke on （70） In front of my friends I swam （71） Suddenly，I called out"help!"All my friends came to help me．However，they found that I was joking．But half an hour （72） I wasn't joking．I was so fast，soon I got tired and couldn't swim on in water．I tried my best to call my friends for help，but this time （73） came to help me．
（74） the end，they found I was telling the truth．They took me to the hospital and （75） my life．This is the best lesson in my life．From then on I haven't joked on anyone．
My dear son，
I think my life has been long enough now．And I won't be able to visit you any（56） ，but would it be too much to ask（57） （是否）you could come and visit me once in a while？I miss you so much．I am so glad when I hear you are coming to the school for a meeting．But I have （58）d not to go to the school because I am seriously（59） ．
I'm sorry that I only have one eye，and I have been an embarrassment for you．But before I leave this world，I have to tell you one thing that has been hidden in my（60）h for over twenty years．When you were very little，you got into an accident，and（61）l your eye．As a mother，I couldn't stand watching you having to（62）g up with only one eye．So I gave you （63） （我的）．I was so proud you could see a whole new world for me．（64）I was （从不）angry with you for anything you did．Sometimes when you were upset with me，I thought to myself，"It's because you love me．"I miss the time when you were still young around me．
I miss you so much．I love you．You（65） the world to me．Wish you a safe trip．
Your mum．
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The Monkey King is the main character from the famous Chinese story Journey to the West．
The Monkey King is not just any normal monkey．In（73） ，he sometimes does not even look like a monkey．This is（74） he can make seventy﹣two changes to his shape and size．That is to say，he can turn （75） into different animals and objects．But （76） he can hide his tail，he can't become a man．
To（77） bad people，the Monkey King uses a magic stick．Sometimes he can make the stick so（78） that he can keep it in his ear．At other times，he is able to make it big and long．
Children all over the world love the Monkey King．
The Penguin Calendar
The chart above shows five activities of penguins over a period of one year，month by month．They are hole staying，nest building，（71） ，chick raising and moulting．The penguins stay in the （72） most of the year，from January to October．In July，they begin to build nests，just （73） （before/after） they lay eggs．Chick raising lasts five months，from September to the next （74） ．After chicks come out of the eggs，they begin to lose their baby hair，which is called moulting．It usually takes about （75） months，from February to May．
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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Alison Lapper，a very unusual painter，paints pictures for a living．She doesn't use her （51） （手） when she paints．She uses her mouth! Alison was born （52） （没有） any arms．Her physical problem caused her to spend the first （53） （十七） years of her life in a hospital．But this didn't stop her from making her dreams in life come true．She （54） （认识到） that even though she was disabled，she could express herself as freely as （55） （正常的） people．This was what got her to start drawing paintings．
Although Alison lives （56） （十分） a different life from others，she believes that she can （57） （成功） as others．Her paintings are excellent and they do not look like they were drawn by （58） （某人） who used her mouth．Alison has become a symbol of （59） （勇气）．Her active way of living has encouraged many disabled people around the （60） （世界） and will continue to do so in the future．
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Have you ever been cycling（骑自行车运动）？This spring my elder brother and I （66） （spend） a long weekend cycling in the countryside．We rode（67） （slow） along because we hadn't come to break any speed records，or to do sports．We just wanted （68） （get） some fresh air and a break from schoolwork．We really had a great time（69） （ride） along country roads．And there was one of the best things about our trip that made us happy：every few （70） （kilometer） there was a village where we could find everything we needed．
All the local people were really friendly．However，（71） the second day，something noise，but I didn't mind at all．At midnight we were woken by the noise in the hotel．We were tired（72） we set off the next morning，but soon felt cheerful when the sun came out．
What we enjoyed（73） （our） most about cycling is﹣it's simple and fun．I think nothing is（74） （good） than cycling if you're looking for a break that is active and cheap．Why not have a try？
A golden envelope（信封）fell through the letter box．On the front，there was no（57） （地址） or name of the person who sent it，it only said，"You've won．"
Mum opened it and was very glad to tell them that the family had won a（58） （免费的） holiday．They were so excited and started to（59） （讨论） the holiday plan．
Laura said she wanted to go to the coast and swim in the sea．Ted hoped to go（60） （某处） and eat lots of nice food．Mom preferred to go shopping in big cities while Dad just wanted to leave his（61） （生意） alone and have a good rest．
They couldn't decide until it was（62） （几乎） dark．Then the phone began to （63） （响铃）．Ted answered it．
"Hello! This is Lucy Holidays．You've won a holiday to sunny Alexandria．"
"That's where my grandma lives．"
"This is Grandma!"
"On，Grandma! You played a joke on us!"
"You're all invited to spend your summer holidays with me．
"They spent（64） （十四） fun days at Grandma's．They were so happy and（65） （放松的）! Everyone got what he wanted．
Speaker 1：I went straight into work after leaving school at the age of eighteen．I got a job in a big business．But I think it was a mistake as there weren't any chances for me．I think graduates（毕业生） （51） （usual） get more interesting jobs，so I decided to go to university to have a better future．Studying for a degree was one of the best （52） （experience） of my life．I loved my subject，and now I'm looking for a new job﹣better paid and more interesting than my last one．
Speaker 2：I （53） （leave） school at sixteen and started working in a market．Now I've just opened my first shop．Some of my friends （54） went on to university can't find work．They had （55） good time at college for a few years，but I really don't know （56） they still stayed in college．
Working for（57） （you） is the best education．
Speaker 3：I got quite a shock when I got my first job after graduation from university．My boss had been in the same class （58） me at school! She went straight into work at eighteen and now she's making more money than me! Actually，she （59） （want） to go to university now．And I think that's probably a much（60） （good） way to do it．I think you'll get more from university if you spend some time working first．
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Since computers were invented in the USA in the 1950s，they have（76） very important in many areas of work and leisure．There is no doubt that computers are very（77） in the technology and business．In space，computers have been used to control the speed and direction of a spaceship．（78） the help of computers，doctors can find diseases easily and solve other problems．For example，tiny computer which are inside patients's bodies can keep（79） hearts beating normally．In factories，robots are（80） by computers that are like human brains．They can do work（81） is dangerous to humans．In business，computers are used to place and cancel orders．They are also making the workplace（82） and better．
Since the Internet came into being，people's（83） at home have been changed，too．More and more people have（84） computers that are used to play games and watch movies．Thanks to the Internet，people can do shopping and do business at home．Instead of writing letters on paper，people communicate by（85） e﹣mails and chatting online．The whole world is connected．The Internet is making the world smaller，like a village．
People choose colors they buy things．Because of this，factories want to know which people usually choose．For example．a car factory needs to know how many red cars or green ones they should make．Good businessmen know that young people's colors are different from old people's，and that men's are different from women's．
Children are most interested in colors when they buy things，They like warm colors﹣red，yellow and orange，Blue is the color loved by most people best．Red is the second and green the third．Women like brighter colors than men do．Almost everyone likes red，but women like yellow and green better than men do．
If two things are the same except in color，they will look different．A red thing always looks nearer than a blue one．Also，bright things look larger than dark ones．That's why large or fat people who want to look smaller or thinner wear dark clothes．
People do care which colors（66） when they are buying things |
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Children |
They are most（67） in warm colors |
Most people |
They（68） blue to red and green |
Women |
They like（69） colors than men do |
Large or fat people |
A large or fat person usually wears（70） clothes because he or she wants to look smaller or thinner |
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Thanks to the development of technology in the past few years，people now can read news on the Internet quickly．（58） holding a newspaper to read，some people prefer to get worldwide news on mobile phones，computers and so on．So，does it mean it is the （59） of information technology and newspapers will be replaced（取代）in the future？
On the one hand，many people believe that newspapers will be replaced．Online
news（60） in a minute but newspapers can't．So，by taking advantage of technology，people can connect（61） with the world in minutes．What's more，many people prefer to read electronic news（62） they think it is not only fast but also cost little．Besides，using paper means cutting trees．Reading online news can（63） protect trees and save paper．
On the other hand，some people byue'duelieve that newspapers will still exist（存在） in the future．Firstly，not everyone likes to read online news since some of them think it is bad for （64） ．Secondly，the development of high technology is not spread（65） the world．The online services will only be（66） in developed countries，but not in some other developing or poor countries．So，people there may still read newspapers．
In short，although it is （67） that electronic news has developed quickly in
the past years，newspapers still play a certain role in our modern life．
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