A group of boys from a primary school soccer team in Anshun, Guizhou Province, are doing daily training on the playground.

The team was made ________ their P. E. teacher Mr. Zeng. And their headmaster Mr. Xiong also ________ a lot. Although the members practice 2 hours every day, playing soccer does not ________ their studies or farm work.

Most of these boys’ parents work in big cities far from the village. In the past, they were afraid of showing themselves in public, ________ now through soccer, they have become outgoing, active and brave. And their skills in soccer have improved rapidly by working hard. In a short time, they have ________ the other teams from nearby schools in the city.

To open ________ minds, Mr. Xiong encouraged them to join in a “Who’s the King”national soccer game. They did not play well in the ________. However, with the physical advantages they ________ the game. Unluckily, they were short of ________ in such competitions, so they finally lost 1-0.

________, after Mr. Zeng moved to another school, Miss Yu took his place. The young teacher who was born in 1985 ____ to teach there. She is their soccer coach and also teaches them English, math and other ________. To her surprise, these village boys are not like ________ she thought. She says that every time the team travels to another city to take part in a soccer game, the kids are just very ________ in themselves.

Soccer gives these kids a ________ to see the wonderful things of the outside world. And it makes them strongly believe that they would go beyond（在另一边） the mountains one day.

When we say “we threw something out,” what do we really mean? After all, our waste doesn’t just disappear even if it is taken a
16．. So why not recycle it?

Have you ever used newspapers when you clean the windows? If you haven’t, please try! I didn’t believe it when I
17．（听到）and read that. I thought that they would certainly leave ink（墨汁）or bits of paper behind. Actually, I was so wrong. I have had clearer windows than before s
18． I tried it.

When we mention cleaning products, we have to talk about paper towels（手巾）.I used
19． think more paper towels meant a cleaner home. I loved the idea of cleaning with the fresh white paper and then throwing
20． out. But now I know that I have to s
21． using paper towels, because paper towels are a huge waste problem. Cutting out paper towels would save
22．（树）, water, air and our money.

Recently, my family and I have started collecting all old
23．（衣服）, and then cut them into pieces. Getting one piece to do some cleaning has become our n
24． habit. I thought that it would be such
25． uneasy thing to break a 30-year-old habit. Whatever, it really is the most meaningful thing that I have done during a long time.

Jonny, a 15-year-old student, is checking his dad’s old jacket. He says, “You’re 45. Dad, you’re never going to wear this again. Can I have it?”

Keith has had a bad day at work, and he is feeling old. And Jonny has hit his pain. Keith raises his voice and says, “What? You mean I’m too old to wear the jacket again?”

Jonny feels like this has come out of nowhere, and now he feels hurt. But I only asked, “Why are you shouting at me?”

“But I don’t like being treated as though I’m too old.” Both of them feel a bit upset.

Have you ever had a similar argument with the people around you? Here are some tips for you to remember when you’re getting mad.

● Accept your feelings and consider the other person’s feelings. That means not always making yourself “right” or “clever” and the other person “wrong” or “stupid”.

● Explain yourself and not the other person, so you can speak out your ideas by starting with “I” but not “You”.

● Don’t always have to reflect before reacting（回应）. If you feel angry, I think it’s a good idea to stop for a moment and understand why.

●Don’t decide the purpose of the other person by your guessing. Try to work out what he or she is feeling, and admit（承认）it if you were wrong.

Don’t forget that it’s never too late to start the ways of communicating.

When we first moved here, we didn’t have a garden. Mike and I talked about making a large vegetable garden somewhere in our yard, but we couldn’t agree on where. Before we went ahead and dug up the grass, we spent some time thinking about where it would work best. At last, we chose an old sandbox（沙坑）in our front yard to become our garden.

We dreamed about a lively garden with lots of vegetables. We asked many people what we should do to turn this sandbox into a space, then plants can grow in it. And they gave us lots of ideas. My sister was the most knowledgeable, so we listened mostly to her. At first, Mike made a wood fence（栅栏）and I painted it with the kids. We chose a darker color because it would fit our light grey house.

Next, Mike dug 17 holes. Then we filled them with soil（土壤）. It was still too cold to plant anything, so for days I just stared out the window at these holes. To me, it looked much too untidy. I advised to fill those holes back and dig new ones. This time we ended up with 10. Much better.

Over the next few weeks, I worked on getting everything planted in my garden. I started by planting green onion. But I was too excited and planted it too early. Right away it was clear that it wasn’t going to survive. I had to give it up and try something else. Then my next door neighbor gave me red roses to put in my garden. A few days later we went to a greenhouse and came back not with green onion but peppers, tomatoes and so on. Clearly the vegetable and flower garden was slowly becoming our dream garden. Oh well!

I love the way it turned out. This garden will always remind me of my sister.

Weiqi, as an old board game, was invented in China more than 2,500 years ago. And
36．.

The playing pieces are called stones. One player uses the white stones and the other, black. The players take turns placing the stones on the game board. As we know,
37．. The stones are placed on them.

Weiqi is also called go in the world. Learning it can not only improve people’s logical (逻辑的) thinking ability, but also
38．. That’s why it is more and more popular with modern people.

In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Weiqi traveled to Japan. and then to Europe in the 19th century. Now it has grown into an important international competition event. So far,
39．. Among them, players from China, Japan and South Korea have the highest level of Weiqi.

On February 19, the Chinese-English Dictionary of Weiqi Terms (术语) came out in Beijing. It’s the first professional dictionary about Weiqi in China. As a symbol of Chinese culture,
40．. It also has its own way of thinking and the method of communicating. The dictionary will serve as a necessary tool and bridge for spreading Weiqi culture.

   假如你是国际学校的学生李华，学校正在为一年一度的艺术节招募表演者和志愿服务者。请你根据自己的意愿，给负责人Mr. Smith写一封邮件推荐自己，并为学校艺术节提出 1～2 条合理建议。内容包括：

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Yours,

Li Hua