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All the students need to have good habits. When you have good study habits, you’ll learn things quickly, you’ll also remember them easily.

Do you like to study in the living room? This is not a good place because it is usually too noisy. You need to study in a quiet place, like your bedroom. A quiet place will help you only think about one thing and you will learn better.

Before you begin to study, do not forget to clean your desk. A good desk light (台灯) is important, too. You’ll feel tired easily if there’s not enough light (光线).

Different people have different eating habits. There is a Chinese saying, “Good things for breakfast, eat a big meal for lunch but eat a little at dinner.”

Many Americans also start the day with a good breakfast, but their ideas about lunch and dinner are different. Most Americans only give themselves a short time for lunch. So they eat a small lunch. After work they will have more time to eat a big dinner.

Eating in a restaurant is also different. In China, many people like to talk and laugh while eating. But Americans want a quiet place where they can eat a good meal. If someone is talking too loudly, the manager of the restaurant may come and ask him to be quiet.

Jack has a happy family. There are some rules in his family.

Keep healthy

Being healthy is important. Jack’s family play sports one hour every day. Jack is in the Swimming Club (俱乐部). And his parents run every morning.

Evening time is family time.

They can’t watch TV or play computer games after dinner. The family usually sit on the sofa and talk. Jack always talks about his school friends. Sometimes they take a walk together.

Always say “I love you”and “Thank you. ”

Jack says “I love you.” to his parents in the morning before he goes to school and in the evening before he goes to bed. His parents say it to him too. When Jack helps his mother, his mother says “Thank you. ” They show their love and thanks all the time.

Everyone has his or her own living habits. Keeping good living habits is important. Why are some habits better than others? Let’s find out.

●Why do we need to eat coarse grain?

Corn, sweet potato, soybean and oats are all coarse grains. Eating coarse grains is good for your health. They have a lot of dietary fiber (食用纤维). They are good for your digestion (消化). You can cook them in porridge or make drinks with them.

●Why shouldn’t we bend our heads for a long time?

Keeping your head bent down for long is not good for your neck. Why is that? It’s because you put too much pressure on your neck. It’s like putting two watermelons (about 27 kilograms) on your neck. You might have neck and shoulder pain by doing that.

●Why shouldn’t we rub (揉) our eyes?

Your hands are dirty. When you rub your eyes, the bacteria on your hands may go into your eyes. Your eyelashes (睫毛) might also break or fall off. If something gets in your eyes, do not rub them. Rinse (冲洗) them with cold water.

●Why is a cold-water bath after exercising bad? After exercising, your skin is sweating (流汗) and your heart is beating fast. A cold-water bath will stimulate (刺激) them too much. It might give you a cramp (抽筋) or headache. You’d better wait for a while until your body cools down. Then you can take a warm-water bath to relax.

Do you laugh every day? Most people do. Laughter (笑) is good for you. Why? For one thing, laughter is good exercise. When you laugh, you exercise many muscles (肌肉) of your body. One hundred laughs equal (等于) ten minutes of running. When you laugh, you also breathe deeply. This helps you relax. That's good for you, too. There's an old saying: Laughter is the best medicine. Some people think that laughter helps sick people get well. Do you think so?

One day, an old man went for a walk in a park in Washington, and when he was tired, he sat down on a bench. A young person was standing on the other side. “Look!” the old man said to the person. “Do you see that person with long hair? Is it a boy or a girl?” “A girl,” said his neighbor. “She's my daughter.” “Oh!” the old man said quickly. “Please forgive me; I didn't know you were her mother.” “I'm not,” said the other person, “I’m her father.”

Tom is seven. He goes to school every day. The school is near his home. So he goes there on foot and comes back home on time (准时). But today he is late. His mother asks him, “Why are you late today?” “I was in the teachers’ office.’’ “Why did you go to the teachers’ office?” “Because my teacher asked us a question in class, and nobody (没有人) could answer it, but me.” “It’s good to answer the teacher’s questions.” “But the question was ‘Who put the ink (墨水)on my chair?’”

Bob is an old man. He has two big houses and a new car. He has two sons and two draughts. One son is from England. His name is Bill. The other son is from America. His name is Mike. His draughts are from China. Their names are Fangfang and Lanlan. Bob is not the children’s real(真正的)father, but he loves them very much. The children love their “father”, too. Bob has many toys for the children. He gives different toys to different children. The boys play with the toy cars. The girls play with dolls and toy animals. Bob is the children’s father, and he is their good friend, too.

There is a frog(青蛙). He lives in a well(井) and he never(从未) goes out of the well. He thinks the sky is as big as the mouth of the well. One day a crow (乌鸦)comes to the well. He sees the frog and say, “Frog, let's have a talk.”Then the frog asks, “Where are you from?” “I fly from the sky,” the crow says. The frog feels surprised (惊讶)and says, “The sky is only as big as the mouth of the well. How do you fly from the sky?” The crow says, “The skyis very big. You always stay in the well, so you don't know the world is big.” The frog says, “I don't believe (相信).”But he crow says,“ You can come out and have a look by yourself.” So the frog comes out from the well.He is very surprised. How big the world is!

A．a garden

B．a pond (池塘)

C．a well

A．is

B．isn't

C．doesn't

It is a Saturday evening, Tom and Jim are on Nanjing Road. They have two tickets(票), but they do not know the way to the cinema. They go and ask a man and a woman. The woman has a city map in her hand, but they don’t know the way, either.

Now, a boy and a girl are coming. They know the way. They tell Tom and Jim the cinema is about twenty minutes’ walk from here. It’s on Guangzhou Road, near the History Museum, they thank them very much and go to the cinema happily.