①I_started_to_study_English_by_myself_when_I_was_about_fifteen. Michael Jackson has been my idol (偶像) since 1991, and I really wanted to understand him and his music.②我过去使用字典来学习他歌曲中的单词。Although itˈs not easy at first, I was very patient, and that helped me a lot in the process of learning English.

There was a lot of work to do to learn English,but I never felt tired. First, I learned about pronunciation, which was the hardest part for me. Because music was my only source (来源) of spoken English. Sometimes I had to use a pronunciation dictionary. Then I made lists of words in order to remember their spellings and their meanings. 我花费数小时学习英语语法。Whatˈs more, I read a lot. And I also tried to translate texts, dialogues and songs.

因为我的努力，我的英语进步了很多。In the end, I entered a college and had a great chance to further improve my English. Now I am an English teacher. And I am still making progress in English.

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I started to study English by myself when I was about fifteen. Michael Jackson has been my idol (偶像) since 1991, and I really wanted to understand him and his music. 我过去使用字典来学习他歌曲中的单词。Although itˈs not easy at first, I was very patient, and that helped me a lot in the process of learning English.

①There_was_a_lot_of_work_to_do_to_learn_English,_but_I_never_felt_tired. First, I learned about pronunciation, which was the hardest part for me. Because music was my only source (来源) of spoken English. Sometimes I had to use a pronunciation dictionary. Then I made lists of words in order to remember their spellings and their meanings.②我花费数小时学习英语语法。Whatˈs more, I read a lot. And I also tried to translate texts, dialogues and songs.

③因为我的努力，我的英语进步了很多。In the end, I entered a college and had a great chance to further improve my English. Now I am an English teacher. And I am still making progress in English.

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How much is that brown sweater?

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My brother only watches sports on TV.

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Ask the teacher for the dictionary.

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I’m Helen and I have a brother Tony. Next to my home is a square (广场). An old grandma always sells light sticks (荧光棒) in nice colors there. 

One day, I play with Tony and his friend on the square, and we meet the grandma there. My brother likes light sticks very much. So I go to the grandma with him.

“How much is one light stick, Grandma?” I ask.

“One dollar,” she says.     

“OK. Here is the money,” I say to her.    

After getting a blue stick and a green stick, we want to leave. (80)But Grandma says that she doesn’t take the money. I don’t know what to do. Then I give another (另外的) two dollars to her.   

The next day, we meet the grandma on the square. She says sorry to us and gives the money back to me.   

Everyone wants to relax after working or studying for a long time. I have many ways of relaxing myself. Let me tell you some of my favorites.

I am a big sports fan, so the usual way I relax is to watch or play many kinds of sports. My favorite is tennis, but I am interested in all kinds of sports. Whether I am playing tennis or watching a game on TV, it is exciting to see team members doing their best. It’s amazing to see players playing very well. It’s true that playing sports is not physically(身体上地)“relaxing”, but I find it really cool, and a good way of “relaxing” my brain（脑） after a day’s hard work.

I enjoy listening to music, and I always have some music playing during my free time. I listen to all types, but I enjoy listening to beautiful piano music. Some people can’t study while listening to music, but for me, I believe I can study better by listening to light songs.

Some people choose to relax by traveling. I don’t have a favorite place, but I hear that traveling in Australia is really enjoyable. I like visiting different kinds of places and eating famous snacks there. I also enjoy sightseeing and seeing how the culture and people change from place to place.

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Dear Jim,

How are you? I write to tell you about my favorite day. (1)Wednesday is my favorite day. Because we have P.E. on Wednesday. (2)我认为体育课是轻松的。And I like my P.E. Teacher,Mr Brown.(3)他总是和我们玩游戏。My favorite sport is volleyball.(4)I play it with my friends after school. (5)I want to be a volleyball star.

Landslides (山崩) are very dangerous. Every year 25 to 50 people die from landslides in the USA. Many years ago more than 2000 people died from one landslide in the Philippines.

To stop landslides from happening , people come up with some ideas. One of them is to make mountainsides strong with steel bars (钢筋) . It will really helps people a lot .But it’s not safe for people to do that.

Now there may be an answer: a robot called Robotclimber.”The idea is to start a machine far away and it can do the dangerous job without a person near,” says Pezzuto , a manager for the project. And the machine will work faster.机器人非常的大。It looks         a large spider. It is able to climb the mountainside, dig holes and put steel bars into the mountainside.

Robotclimber is really great! But it is not cheap. To make it needs more than 2,000,000 dollars.

（1）回答问题：

How many people die from landslides in America each year?

（2）将第二段中的划线句子译成汉语。

（3）将第三段中的汉语句子译成英语。

（4）在文中找出与句子But it is very expensive.意思相近的句子：

（5）在第三段空白处填上适当的词使句子通顺。

阅读下面的短文，将划线部分译成中文或英文。 

Children all over the world like to celebrate their birthdays. American children usually celebrate it with a party. （1）他们邀请他们的朋友来参加生日派对。The party may not be held on the right date of their birthday if it comes on a school day. It may be held on weekends instead.

There are two main kinds of parties. One is held at home. Parents make the house beautiful with balloons and colored paper. （2）他们也会准备一顿特别的生日宴。The children play games. The other kind is held away from home. Some are at a special restaurant. The children eat pizza and ice-cream.（3） The waiters sing and tell jokes to the children. Other parties may be held in a park, or at a movie theater, or in some other places.

（4）Every birthday party has a cake with candles. There is one candle for each year of a birthday child’s age. When the candles are lit(点燃), everyone sings the birthday song: Happy Birthday to You.

As Americans grow older, many people stop having their birthday parties. （5）They say they would like to forget how old they are. But they do like to keep the happy birthday parties in their childhood in mind.