" Can I have a glass of hot water?" This is a very (A) common question for Chinese customers in a restaurant. But if you go abroad, you may find that meals in the West tend to come with tall glasses of ice water. Are you curious(好奇的) about this difference?

   For most Chinese people, drinking hot water is part of everyday life. More importantly, it is strongly connected with traditional Chinese medicine. One idea suggests that water of a warm temperature is (B)对健康有益处, especially for the stomach. It also helps to stop digestion(消化) problems.

   But for many Western people, they drink cold water even in (C) ________. One possible reason is that in Western countries people can drink water directly from the tap, rather than having to boil it. And it's not only drinking water that they have cold. After exercise, it's OK to jump into a cold shower, to bring the heart rate down.

   However, (D) there is one thing agreed by both the East and the West: One can cool down by drinking a hot drink in summer. (E) As sweating is a good way to cool off in summer, hot drink makes you hotter and you begin to sweat.

   Of course, it doesn't matter if you drink hot or cold water. The more comfortable your body (F) ________, the better it is.

Wei Hua is a high school student and he is very healthy. He does exercise every day. He doesitusually when he comes home after school. Wei Hua’s eating habits are also very healthy. He tries to eat more vegetables, usually ten to eleven times a week. He eats fruit and drinks milk every day. Of course, he loves junk food, too. But he tries to eat it only once a week. He usually keeps eight or nine hours sleep every day. So you see, he looks very healthy and happy. And his good lifestyle(生活方式) helps him become clever, too. Eating healthy food and doing exercise help him to study better.

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 Although Angela was not prepared , (A)她看起来很放松and did really well .(B)She answered the questions with no problems and was soon(C) _______ of the other two contestants .

 Twenty–five minutes later ,Angela just had to answer six(D) ______questions to win the prize .

 Denise was so excited that she could hardly keep (E)still ! (F)Though the questions were getting more and more difficult, Angela kept getting them right . Soon there was just a single question between Angela and (G)victory .

 “And finally ,where is Big Ben ?”Lester asked .

 “In England,”Angela replied .

 “Correct !” shouted Lester . “You’re tonight’s lucky winner. You have own tonight’s big prize ——a trip for two to the lovely city of Paris !”

Robert is 12 years old and he is from England. Now he is in China with his uncle. He studies(学习) in a new school in Beijing now. His school is big and nice. There are a lot of trees and flowers in it. Behind the school there is a lake(湖) and it’s very nice. Robert goes swimming with his classmates in summer.

Robert has three friends at school. Jane is an American girl. Guo Hai and Wang Linfeng are Chinese. They are nice to him and helphima lot.

This is a photo of Gina’s family. The woman in the middle is Gina. The man in(穿着) yellow is her husband Dave. He is a teacher. Yellow is his favorite color. They have a son and a daughter. The son is in a red coat(外套). His name is Jack. He is 8. Kate is Jack’s sister. She is 10. Jack and Kate are students. They are in Dave’s school. Kate is in the library with Dave now. But Jack isn’t in the library. He likes to watch basketball games on TV.

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The weather in China

In the (A) _______ of China, it is very cold and dry in winter. There is sometimes heavy snow. Summer is different. It is sometimes very hot during the day, (B)_______ it is often cool in the evening. Spring and autumn are the nicest seasons.

The weather in the middle and east of China is (C) quite different. It is hot and dry in summer and very cold and wet in winter.

In the south of China, winter is (D) usually short and cool. (E It sometimes rains. In summer, the weather is often hot and wet.

The weather (F) (在中国的西南）is very special. It is comfortable to live there because summer is cool and winter is warm.

Hi, my name is Lily. When I was travelling in America, I had a bad sore throat. I went to see a doctor. (A) At first ,they asked me to fill out some forms. (B)These forms asked not only about my medical history, but also that of my family. At first, I was seen by a nurse. The nurse examined my weight, blood pressure and temperature and asked questions about my health. Nurses in the United States are very well trained. They do many things that only (C)________ can do in New Zealand. A doctor came in next. Doctors have a high status (地位)in the United States. People call them by their title, while they can call patients by (D)their first name. The doctor asked some of the (E)_______questions that the nurse had already asked. The doctor listened to my heartbeat and examined my eyes, ears and throat. He said it was only a cold and(F)没什么严重的. And then he gave me some medicine and I left.

  Jack is twenty years old. Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop. Usually he works until ten o’clock in the evening. He is very tired when he gets home. After supper, he goes to bed early. His grandma lived downstairs and was satisfied with(满意) him.

One day, on his way home, he met Mary. They were both happy. He asked the girl to go to his house. And he bought some fruit and drinks for her. They talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future. They talked for a long time.

“Have a look at your watch, please!” said the girl.“What time is it now?”

“Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,” said Jack.

“Where’s yours?”

“I left it at home.”

Suddenly, Jack began to stamp(踏) his foot on the floor, “Bang! Bang! Bang!”

The sound woke his grandma up. The old woman shouted downstairs, “It’s twelve o’clock in the night, Jack. Why are you still jumping upstairs?”

Hi! (A) I’m Tom Green. I’m a middle school student. (B)这是我的电话. It is blue. My phone number is 121-5783. (C)My friend is in China now. His name is Eric. (D)His telephone number is 368-9911.