When I spent the summer with my grandmother, she sent me down to the grocery store with a list. I walked up to the counter (柜台). Behind _______ was a lady named Miss Bee.

“Excuse me,” I said. She _________. “I need to get these,” I continued, _______ up my list.

“So? Go get them,” Miss Bee said, “_______ is here except you and me, and I am not your servant. I suggest you get yourself a basket over there and start _______.” It was not _______ for a 7-year- old child, there were so many different kinds of things. I spent over an hour in the store.

I visited Miss Bee twice a week that summer. She _______ short-changed (少找零钱) me. Other times she overcharged. Going to the store was like going into a war. But by the end of the summer, I could finish my shopping trip _______ around 15 minutes. The morning I was to return home, I stopped in the store again to buy something.

“All right,” Miss Bee said. “What did you _______ this summer?”

“That’s you’re mean!” I replied.

Miss Bee just laughed. “I know ________ you think of me,” she said.” Well, I don’t care! My job is to teach every child I meet some life ________. When you get older you’ll be glad that you met me!” Glad I met Miss Bee? Ha! How could it be?

It sounded funny until one day my son came to me with his homework.” It’s too ________.” he said. “Could you finish the math problem for me?”

“________ I do it for you, how will you ever learn to do it ________?” I said. Suddenly, I was back in that store where I had learned to and add up my bill by myself. Had I ever been overcharged since?

Life is full of difficulties. We may be ________ a hand once or twice, but luck may not find us every time. So we should work them out by ourselves.

I really enjoyed this movie. It’s a fun movie for the whole family. I had really good laughs, enjoyed being there. –James

I have seen several movies of this kind, but this one is the best. It is so well made some of the scenes are unbelievably beautiful. –John

I went to see this film today with my 8-year-old daughter this Tuesday, really without knowing too much about it. My daughter and I were pleasantly surprised at how funny it was. We just couldn’t help laughing. I would recommend this film to the whole family. –Mary

Space vegetables are grown from seeds (种子) that have been taken to space and brought back to the earth. The seeds are affected by the radiation (辐射) and low gravity in space. When they are brought back to the earth, these seeds produce vegetables that are bigger and healthier than normal vegetables. However, some people worry about eating space vegetables. They think that space vegetables might not be good for us and could make us get sick because of the radiation in space. However, people should not be frightened because space vegetables are very healthy.

Here are some facts that you should know about space vegetables.

Space vegetables are grown from seeds that are carefully chosen. When seeds are brought back from space, they are tested to make sure that they will be safe to eat.

Space vegetables are better for you than normal vegetables. For example, space tomatoes stay fresh for twenty days, which is one week longer than normal tomatoes.

After genetically modified (转基因) food appeared in the market, people worried that they were eating unknown things. For example, if nut genes (坚果基因) are put inside potatoes, people allergic to nuts might get sick from eating these potatoes because they do not know they are also eating nuts. Unlike genetically modified food, space vegetables have not been genetically changed. This means that no new genes are put into the vegetables. Therefore, there are no dangers of eating something unknown.

Teenager Jake Deham was skiing(滑雪) with his family in the USA when he fell over and lost one of his skis. His family didn’t know that he had a problem. They kept on skiing. When they got to the foot of the mountain, there was no sign of Jake.

Jake couldn’t find his ski anywhere. In the end, he decided to take off his other ski and walk down the mountain. But he couldn’t work out the right way to go.

It was now getting dark and he was a long way from any place of safety. He knew that he might die that night in the cold temperatures. But Jake kept calm(镇定). At home, Jake watched a lot of programmes about living in difficult situations. He remembered the advice from these programmes and knew that he should build a hole in the snow. He made a hole and pointed it up the hill so the wind couldn’t blow into it. Outside his hole, the temperature fell to a dangerous-15℃ that night, but inside it Jake was safe from the cold.

But he had to get down the mountain. The TV programmes always said,“ If you are lost, you should find someone else’ s tracks(足迹) through the snow and follow them.” “I wanted to live my life.” remembers Jake.“So I got up and I found some ski tracks and I followed those.” He walked and walked and finally he saw lights. Nine hours after he lost his ski, he found a team of worker who came to save him. He was safe!

His mum was very happy when she heard the news. Amazingly, Jake didn’t even have to go to hospital. He got through the terrible experience without any injuries.

So, the next time someone says that watching TV is a waste of time, think of Jake. Sometimes TV can save your life!

   The locust (蝗虫) is a kind of insect. Though it is small, it can cause great trouble to plants and people.

The locust usually does things alone.
50． But, sometimes something changes the way nature works. When the number of locusts increases somewhere and there are lots of plants to eat, the locusts get together in “swarms(一大群)”.

51． It is found in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia — in about 60 countries altogether. When desert locusts swarm, so many plants and people in the world get in trouble.

A swarm of desert locusts can be 1200km² in size.
52． And there can be 50 million locusts in each square kilometers. Each locust eats its own weight in plants every day, and a swarm of desert locusts can eat more than 150 million kilos of food in one day.
53． In 1954 a swarm of locusts from northwest Africa flew thousands of miles to finally land in Great Britain!

It’s the desert locusts that cause major agricultural damage (农业损失) and brings hunger to people all over the world.
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Today, people in the world have busy lives, and they often feel
55． under so much pressure. In fact,
56． happy is important and necessary for everyone. Most people want to be happy, but few know how to be happy. Money and
57． can bring pleasure, however, it won’t last long. Actually, happiness
58． on ourselves. Here are some ways to help you be happy.

The first secret is to enjoy the simple things in life. We often spend too much time
59． about the future, for example, going to a famous university or getting a good job after graduation. You should enjoy the simple pleasure in life, such as reading a good book, listening to your favorite music and spending time with good friends.

 The second secret is to be
60． . Many people enjoy dancing or playing sports. You can forget all your problems and think
61． about the activity you are doing.

 The third secret: helping others. It is a good way to keep happy. You always feel happy when you do something
62． for someone. You can do
63． for your parents, help a friend or a classmate, or go shopping to buy food for an old neighbor.

In a word, learning to be happy is good for your
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