As the students entered the classroom, they could all tell something was wrong. Their ______ teacher was crying. Tom was the first to ask if there was anything they could do.

“Everything is fine, Tom,” Mrs. Williams tried to ______ as she spoke. “I’ve just lost something important, and I don’t think I can find it.”

“What did you ______?” Mike asked. “Maybe we can help you look for it.”

Mrs. Williams looked at their faces for some time. ______, she answered, “Well, I left an old ______ on my desk. This newspaper belonged to（属于）my ______. I had hoped to share something in the paper with you in today’s history class. The paper is old, but it is also ______ because she gave it to me before she died. It is something my grandmother left to ______. The newspaper was gone when I came back from lunch.”

The other students looked at each other. They ______ who had taken the paper and hoped nobody would do something like that. Everyone liked Mrs. Williams. No one wanted to make the teacher ______.

Trevor went over and spoke up for the whole class. “______, Mrs. Williams. We will all help you. We’re sure to find it ______ we work together.”

Mrs. Williams smiled again at her students. She knew they might not find the missing paper, but even if they didn’t, she would ______ feel very lucky. She had a group of students who ______ her and each other, and that was probably the best thing she could ever hope to ______ in her life!

The world is full of amazing nature, buildings, technology and discoveries. Some are man-made and others happen naturally.

	Musical road In Japan, there are roads that play music as cars travel over them. Grooves（沟）are carefully cut into the surface of the road. The spaces between the grooves make different music as cars touch them. The closer the groves are, the louder the music will be..
	Bicycle in the tree On Vashon Island, Washington, a bike is seen high up in a tree. The bike is not hanging on a branch（树枝）—it is fixed in the tree and the tree has continued growing upwards. The tree grows around the bike instead of pushing it over, making it part of its growth.
	Underground city In Cappadocia, Turkey, a man knocked down a wall of his home and discovered a huge underground city. It has many tunnels（隧道）, rooms and wells. Thousands of shafts（通风井）bring air to even the deepest levels. The city is huge enough for 200 people and their animals to live in.

For as long as we can remember, one of the most popular ways parents use to punish their children has been the “time out”.

It seems that it is a good idea: the child sits on his own to reflect（反思）on what he has done. Then, when the time is up, he will apologize and learn from the mistake.

However, just because it’s something that’s been done for years, that doesn’t mean it is the right thing to do. In fact, very often, children don’t sit nicely and think about what they’ve done. Instead, they need to be told a few (or many) times to go back to their places and stay quiet. They’re not reflecting on why they are in the “time out” at all. More likely than not, they’re probably just really angry, and ‘so’ are the parents. In the end, both the parents and the children make each other unhappy, or even angry.

What can parents do to change this situation? You may have already heard of things like peaceful parenting（育儿）and gentle parenting. These focus on the relationship between parent and child through building trust and love. So, instead of starting a “time out”, try something called “time in”. A “time in” needs both parent and child to stay close until both get calm. After that, the parent, and child can discuss what happened and solve the problem together. If the child can make changes, everyone can then move on.

As we all know, punishment and violence（暴力）seldom work and will never teach the children what the right way to act is. A “time in” can be the great time for the children to learn through mistakes, Kids learn how to build their emotional and social skills through difficult situations. So, instead of punishing them for acting their age, we can use chances to teach and guide them to a place of learning.

A “time in” may take more time, but it does work.

①Animal behavior（行为）is an interesting and attractive study. Scientists research the ways animals use to look for food. They study how animals protect themselves from their predators, and which animals kill other animals for food. All of this helps us understand how useful animals can be.

②Each country or culture raises some animals for food. In the United States, people mainly eat meat from cows, chickens and pigs. In other countries, people might raise sheep or buffalo for meat. These differences come in part from weather and other environmental conditions. People around the world eat all kinds of fish and shellfish from oceans and rivers. In some countries, people don’t always choose some animal groups, such as dogs, for food while in other countries such animals may become people’s favorite food.

③ In West Africa, animals provide humans with more than food. They have been helping people do daily work for thousands of years. Horses, oxen, and other work animals pull heavy things. Elephants; camels; and other animals carry people and things from place to place. Carrier pigeons（信鸽）have been used to send messages.

④People also receive health benefits’（利益）from animals. For example, dogs and cats can help calm people down. This is helpful for people fighting illnesses. Animals can also reduce stress, helping people to draw their attention to learning new information, such as reading. When people are walking their dogs or horses, it encourages exercise.

⑤Animals and humans share space on Earth, so keeping a healthy relationship with animals, around us is in our best interest.

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   The sound from Miranda’s alarm, clock（闹钟）would not stop. Miranda reached over. and stopped the noise ringing in her room. The action brought her, a few minutes of peace and quietness.

On a usual day, Miranda jumped out of bed even before the alarm clock could ring. She did not. mind getting up early. She loved morning because she could, complete her two-mile run before most of her family members got up. She ran every morning so that she would realize her dream of being the best runner in the school. However, this morning was different. She would go and find out whether the pain in her leg was something that could be easily treated or would stop her. from doing something she loved most: running with the school track team.

As the alarm clock rang out again,      ▲     . She cut off the annoying （讨厌的） noise and rose from her bed. She could hear the sound from the kitchen where her mother was making her favourite breakfast of pancakes and bacon. Her mother always made her favourites whenever Miranda was facing a problem or in a bad situation, but she’d never faced anything like this before.

Sighing （叹气）deeply in the quiet room, she tried to stand up. She could feel the pain in her right leg. It was serious but not unbearable. Surely, Miranda thought, it would not be as bad as she had imagined.

She shook her head to clear her thought and got ready to join her mother. As she walked into the kitchen, her mother gave her a big smile. Immediately, Miranda felt comforted. If nothing else, she at least knew one thing was certain. She was not alone in this and that would make all the differences, no matter what the day would bring.

    In different countries and cultures around the world, free time is spent in different ways.

Several years
36．（以前）,  researchers made a couple of surveys on how people spent their free time. The results
37．（显示）that reading was the most popular activity in the United States, followed by watching TV. In UK, watching TV and videos was the most popular, and listening to the
38．（收音机） came second. For Japanese, eating out was their favourite activity in their free time. And they also like
39．（驾驶）around.

There were also differences in what people liked to do outdoors
40．（在……之中）the three countries. The most popular outdoor activity for
41．（美国人）was gardening while in Japan it only came
42．（第九）. For British people, going to the pub was their first choice, followed by visiting the cinema.

43．（虽然）people around the world may enjoy doing some similar things in their free time, their interests are changing. In the US, for example, the interest in
44．（电脑）activities is increasing. More people are spending their free time going online, or playing video games. As reading becomes much
45．（更容易的）on the Internet, online reading will be as popular as other online activities.

The top Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, famous for his “Super Rice”, died of illness at the age of 91
46． May 22th, 2021.

Yuan Longping
47． (be) born in Beijing in 1930. For almost 60 years, he had given most of his time and energy to rice research. So far, the hybrid rice(杂交水稻)he developed
48． (pull) millions of people out of hunger all over the world. His achievements were so great
49． he was called “The Father of Hybrid Rice” and won World Food Prize.

During his lifetime, Yuan Longping spent
50． (much)time in the farm field than in his office. He was often seen watching plants
51． (close)and thinking of ways to improve them, just as many Chinese
52． (farmer)do.

Yuan once said he had
53． dream—to “enjoy the cool under the rice plants taller than men”.
54． a pity it is that he can’t continue his dream now! But surely, people believe, his dream
55． (come) true in the near future.

I am Lucy, a 20-year-old student from City College. I’m writing to express my wish to work as a volunteer（志愿者）for the 19^th Asian Games.

I’m an active and friendly girl from China. I’ve learned English for 13 years and can speak English well. And I can also speak a little Japanese. I’ve been to many countries in Asia and know a lot about Asian cultures. So I’m able to communicate with people from all over the world. Besides, I have organized（组织） different kinds of activities both in the middle school and at the college. And I’m also a volunteer in my community. I believe these experiences make me the right person to be a volunteer for the Games.

My telephone number is 14237656789, and my email address is lucy@citycollege.com. Looking forward to your reply.

   假如你叫Daming，本周六你们班要去浙江大学开展研学活动（study tour）。请根据下列表格中的内容，给外籍教师Mike发一份邮件，告知你们的计划，并邀请他一同前往。

Yours,

Daming