As the old saying goes,he who doesn’t reach the Great Wall isn’t a true man.The Great Wall is regarded as a symbol of the Chinese nation. It has attracted lots of tourists from all over the world every year. US President Barack Obama visited the Badaling section of the Great Wall in Beijing on Nov. 18th, 2009. The Great Wall was the second sightseeing program for Obama during his first visit to China.

The Great Wall today has become one of themust-seeplaces for visiting foreign lead­ers to the country in the past sixty years. “ I’m inspired（鼓舞）by the majesty of the Great Wall and gratefu1 for the warmth of the Chinese people,” Obama said after his half-hour tour.

“It's magical,” Obama said when walking along the Great Wall, “it reminds you of the sweep of history and our time here on earth is not that long. We better make the best of it.”

“I brought back the admi­ration(钦佩) for the Chinese civilization(文明), I bring here the greetings of American peo­ple.” Obama said when climbing a watchtower to enjoy a distant view at the Badaling section of the Great Wall.

Obama is the fifth US president to visit the Great Wall. Richard Nixon visited the Great Wall in 1972, Ronald Reagan in 1984 and Bill Clinton in 1998,In 2002, former US President George W. Bush and his wife Laura toured the same sections Obama did.

More than 3,000 languages are spoken on the earth today. Many of these languages are spoken   (1)   small groups of people. On the   (2)   hand, over 200 languages are spoken by one million or more people. Chinese is the language spoken by the   (3)   number of people in the world. But English is most   (4)   spoken in the world.

English is spoken by more than 400 million people   (5)   their first language. It is   (6)   by most people in the U.S.A., Great Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. And it is   (7)   used very widely in many other countries of the world.

Look at the back of your watch. You may see the English words“Made   (8)   China, or Japan, even Germany.”English is the first language in   (9)   of these countries. Why are English words   (10)   on it? That is because in the modern world English is widely used for business between different countries.

How important is music? Students, teachers and parents usually answer that music is nice, but not very   (1)  . It is often only thought to beentertainment(娱乐的), but not the  (2)  choice for education. This opinion is wrong. In fact, music education is necessary for   (3)   students.

Music provides a kind of ability to know the world in a different  (4)  . Science explains how the sun rises and sets. Music works toexplore(探索)emotive(情绪的) meanings. All people in the world   (5)   every possible way to learn about our world.

Music is a form of thought. We can “  (6)  ” to each other in this amazing way.   (7)   the language we express our feelings, discoveries, ideas and hopes. All of these can be   (8)  with others. When we do not let our children   (9)  good music education, we take  (10)  away from the meanings that music expresses. So music education is much more necessary than people generally think.

People all over the world celebrate the new year．However, not all countries celebrate in the same way, and in some countries, the new year doesn't begin on the   (1)   date very year．

In many countries, the new year begins on 1st January, but people start celebrating on 31st December, New Year's Eve．In New York many people go to celebrate in Times Square．  (2)  they're waiting for the New Year, they listen to music, sing traditional songs and have fun．Just before 12 o'clock, everyone  (3)   down from 10：10, 9, 8… As soon as it's 12 o'clock, everyone shouts very  (4)  , “Happy New Year!”

New Year's Day is often a family day．Some families get together for a special meal．When the weather is fine, many families go out for a  (5)  ．

On New Year's Day, many people make resolutions for the new year．They  (6)   a list of things, such as “I will help out more with housework．I will work  (7)  at school than others．” or “I won't spend so much time playing video games．” When they have made  (8)  list, they read it to their family or friends and promise to  (9)  their resolutions．

So it doesn't matter how they celebrate,   (10)  people in countries all over the world, it's a time to say goodbye to the old year, and to welcome the new．

Formany young people, Halloween（万圣节）is the best day of the year. The festival has a very   (1)   history.

People   (2)  celebrated it in Ireland and Scotland as a festival of the dead. Families invited their ancestors（祖先）into their homes   (3)   tried to keep bad spirits（幽灵）out by   (4)   scary clothes. Now the festival is a time for  (5)  . Families make scary or funny faces into pumpkins（南瓜）and put candles inside to make them into lanterns（灯笼）. The children  (6)   and walk around to make more candy. They knock on doors and when a person opens the door, the children shout, “Trick or treat!”

If the person didn’t give them a treat, they would play a trick. But today, children usually don’t play tricks. They are too busy  (7)  as much candy as they can. Many people have Halloween parties. They like to watch scary movies and  (8)   scary stories. Sometimes they play a game. They put water and apples into a tub（盆）and try to  (9)   the apples out with their teeth. The game is so  (10)   that everyone likes it.

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Mr. and Mrs. Smith have just opened a small restaurant.  66 , which said: “Meals on the house for three days.”

A foreign student who didn’t know much English passed by the restaurant on the second day. It was lunch time and he felt hungry. “Well, here is a restaurant.  67 .”

He walked towards the restaurant and saw the notice. “American people are really strange. They even eat dinners on the house!  68 ?” he said to himself.

He looked around and found a ladder(梯子) against a tree nearby. He was very glad. But as he reached the top, he heard someone shouting at him: “ 69 ?” Mr. Smith was looking at him angrily and beside him was a policeman.

“Doesn’t your notice say ‘Meals on the house for Three Days’?  70 ?”the foreign student answered.

When they heard his, both Mr. Smith and the policeman laughed.” Don’t you know what ON THE HOUSE means? Look it up in the dictionary,” the policeman said.

Which color do you think will be popular in the future ?

  Some people think blue will be popular because blue means peace and kindness.61_______. Blue will make people remember to keep the world peaceful.

   62_____. They think green is the color of nature. Now the environment problem is very serious. People in the world are thinking more about how to look after the environment. When people wear green clothes, they will keep the environment in their hearts.63___.         

   64______.Why will it be popular ? People are very busy these days because they have a lot to do. Yellow is a soft color and it can make people feel relaxed.

  Most people think black will be the most popular color.65_____. And men often show off their social positions by using this color.

Other than your family, who are the people you see the most? Probably your neighbors. In countries like theUSAand the UK, neighbors are a big part of life. When you __41__ into a new house, you should go and introduce yourself to your neighbors. If you are __42__, they’ll give you a traditional gift like a cake to celebrate your moving into a new home. In theUSAand the UK, many people have __43__, and they can grow fruit and vegetables there. Often, people will __44__ their fruit and vegetables with their neighbors. One neighbor would grow potatoes, __45__ another would have apple trees. They give some of their fruit and vegetables to each other.

However, neighbors are not __46__ kind. The 2007 American filmDisturbiais about a young boy who is placed under home confinement(禁闭) for beating his teacher. Having nothing better to do, Kale __47__ his neighbors all day through windows. But he finds out __48__ terrible: one of his neighbors may be a murder(杀人犯).