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Tina was not like many of her classmates. She didn’t listen to popular music or watch many movies, and she wasn’t interested in nice clothes. When she got together with her friends, they wanted to listen to rock and pop music. When Tina asked  if  they would  like  to  try classical  (古典的) music, they all looked at her strangely.“Classical music  is  for old people, ” one of  her friends said. Tina was worried that something was wrong with her. She decided to talk to her father. As she entered his study (书房), her father could feel something was wrong.

“Dad, am I strange?” she asked her father.“Of course not, ” he answered. “Why do you ask that?” “Because I don’t like the same things as my classmates do. They want to listen to Mariah Carey’s music. I like Yo Yo Ma’s.” “I can understand, Tina,  it’s all  right  to be your own person. You don’t have to copy (模仿) what other people do. Everybody has different tastes. Some of them are popular, and others aren’t. ”After talking with her father, Tina felt better. She realized (意识到)  that being different made her special.  It was an important lesson for her to learn.

People like to give gifts to others on big days. Do you know how to choose(挑选) gifts? You should choose gifts that your family or friends like. Different gifts are for different people. For example, boys often like to play with robots(机器人),toy guns(枪)and balls. And girls may like something lovely, like flowers, dolls and beautiful clothes. Of course, you don’t need to choose something expensive. Your feeling is much more important than money. There is a Chinese saying, “A small gift means far much. ”

Mr. and Mrs. Green lived in a big city, and one summer they went to the country（乡下）for their holiday. They enjoyed it very much, because it was a quiet, clean place.

    One day they went for a walk early in the morning and met an old man. He lived on a farm, and he was sitting in the warm sunshine in front of his house. Mr. Green asked him, “Do you like to live in this quiet place?”

    The old man said, “Yes, I do.” Mr. Green said, “What are the good things about it?”

    The old man answered, “Well, the people here know each other. They often come and visit me, and I often go and visit them. And there are also lots of children here.”

    Mr. Green said, “That’s interesting. And what are the bad things?”

    The old man thought（想）and thought and then said, “Well, the same things, really?”

Nowadays, advertisements can be seen everywhere. Some hate them, but some consider them very helpful. And I agree, with the latter.

    Advertising can form a connection between companies and customers. It wonˈt be wrong to call advertising a way of communication between companies and their customers. Good advertising increases the needs of the public. In a successful business, advertising plays an important role. Advertising can be used to help people know about a product and to draw possible buyers. Advertising helps companies make more money by increasing sales.

    There are different kinds of advertising. Here are some common types.

    Non-electronic advertising advertises products through newspapers, magazines, books, posters and so on. By the means of advertising, companies can let people, who are connected directly and indirectly with non-electronic media, know about their products. Advertising on printed things is cheaper than advertising on television.

    Electronic advertising is the most popular means of advertising. One can cover different kinds of people by using this kind of advertising. Television viewers are in every home. If one is advertising on TV, his products would be introduced in almost every, house.

    Advertising on the Internet is getting more and more popular over time. You can get your advertising to reach every corner of the world.

    Many companies have their own department of advertising. The departmentˈs aim is to advertise the companyˈs products and services. On the other hand, many companies depend on advertising agencies(广告公司) for promoting(推销) their products and services. Companies should pay money to these agencies. Advertising agencies are always there to give advice, helping promote your products and services.

What will the weather be like in the future? Some people say they can forecast the weather from some animals.

If birds are flying high in the sky, there will be a nice day. When they sit in trees or stay close together, bad weather is on the way. Ants(蚂蚁) often build their homes on the steep(陡峭的) side just before the rain comes. Cats like to clean their ears before the rain. Chickens make a loud noise and run here and there when the rain is coming. Frogs will stay in the water and make a lot of noise, too. But on a nice day, they are quiet and jump out of the water. Turtles(海龟) often look for higher places and cows like to lie down when the rain is on the way。

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New York is 3 hours ahead of California, but it does not make California slow, or that New York is fast. Both are working based on their own “ Time Zone”（时区）.

Someone graduated at the age of 22, yet waited 5 years before finding a good job! And there is another who graduated at 27 and got hired immediately!

Someone became a CEO at 25, and died at 50.While another became a CEO at 50, and lived to 90 years.

Someone is still single, while someone else got married and waited 10 years having a child. There is another who had a baby within a year of marriage.

Obama retires(退休) at 55, but Trump starts at 70.

Absolutely everyone in this world works based on their Time Zone. People can have things worked out only according to their pace. (步调)

People around you might seem to go ahead of you; some might seem to be behind you. But everyone is running their own race, in their own time.

Don’t envy them or laugh at them. They are in their TIME ZONE, and you are in yours!

Life is about waiting for the right moment to act. Hold on, be strong, and stay true to yourself .Fight in your time zone.

So, RELAX. You’re not LATE. You’re not EARLY. You are very much ON TIME , and in your time zone destiny set up for you.

When Jean Harper was in the third grade, her teacher Mrs.Dean asked her pupils to write a report on what they wanted to be when they grew up. She expressed her dream of becoming an airline pilot. Her paper came back with an “F”on it. The teacher told her it was a “fairy tale”.”Girls can’t become airline pilots!”The teacher added.

In her senior year of high school, her English teacher was Mrs. Dorothy Slaton, a strict teacher. One day Mrs. Slaton asked this question.”What will you do in the future?”With excitement she wrote down the very old dream right away.

The next thing that Mrs. Slaton said changed the course of Jean’s life.”I have a little secret for you. You do have abilities and talents. When you leave school, if you don’t go for your dream, no one will do it for you.___(3)____”

Jean Harper told her teacher about her dream of becoming a pilot. Mrs. Slaton slapped(敲击)the desk top,”Then just do it!"she said.

So Jean did. It didn’t happen overnight.In her 10 years of hard work, even facing all kinds of difficulties, she never gave up her dream.

As you can guess, Jean Harper became a Boeing 737 captain of the United Airline Company.

When did Jean Harper want to be a pilot for the first time?

How did Jean Harper feel after hearing Mrs. Dean’s words?

What should the missing sentence be in the passage?

According to the passage, which statement is right?

What do we mainly learn from the passage?