Nothing could stop Glenn after his legs were badly burned at the age of eight. He was given up by doctors. Because they believed he would be a hopeless disabled person. “He will never be able to walk again,” they said.

    The doctors checked his legs, but they had no way of checking Glenn's heart. He didn't listen to the doctors and planed to walk again. Lying in bed, his legs were thin and red. Glenn promised, "Next week, I'm going to get out of bed and walk." He did that.

    His mother told him that she used to push back the curtain and look out of the windows to watch him reach up and hold an old chair in the garden. With a hand on each side, he began to make his disabled legs exercise. With every step of pain, he came closer to walking. At last he could run! When he started to run, he became even stronger.

    "I always believed that I could walk, and I did. Now I'm going to run faster than anybody has ever run." And he did. He became a great and successful running player. In 1934, he set the world's record(世界记录) of 4'06". He was thought as the most fantastic (不可思议的) player of the century.

   According to the World Happiness Report, people who live in Denmark(丹麦) are the happiest in the world. Why? Because they know the secret to happiness—“hygge”. But what is “hygge”?

The Danish（丹麦的） word“hygge”（pronounced“hoo-ga”） is often translated in English as“coziness”．But coziness paints only part of the picture．It's also about spending peaceful time in a quiet environment with no calendar．It's about spending time alone or spending time with family．

Danish people are very good at“hygge”．For example，they create a“hygge”environment by burning candles in classrooms，kitchens，bedrooms，etc．According to some reports，Danish people burn more candles every year than people from any other European country．

However，“hygge”isn't just about creating a nice and warm environment； it is best enjoyed with family members and friends．With up to 17 hours of darkness every day in winter，Danish people spend more time indoors as a result，and they often get together for a meal or hot drinks，without the distraction（使人分心的事物） of technology or the stress of daily life．

Still can't understand what“hygge”is？If you're reading this in a comfortable chair，with a few candles around you，that sense of coziness you're feeling might just be“hygge”．

①play computer games till midnight  

②spend more time indoors as a result

③stay up late to work in their own rooms 

④often get together for a meal or hot drinks

Can plants eat people? Probably not, but there are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big, and thay can eat small animals. One famous meat-eating plant is Venus Flytraps(捕蝇草).

  Venus Flytrap is a very strange plant. It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its leaves are like the pages of a book. They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves, there are three small hairs. If a fly touches one of the hairs, the leaf closes quickly so the fly cannot get out. In about half hour, the leafpress the fly until it is dead. Then, the plant covers the fly and slowly eats it.

   Why do plants do that? Most plants get what they need from the sun, the air and the ground. In some places, the ground is very poor. It doesn’t have all these important things, especially nitrogen(氮)。 Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen, so some plants eat meat to get what they need. Let’s hope that bigger plants don’t get the same idea!

  Have you noticed your life becoming a little easier? Now, when you go to a certain shopping mall, you can enjoy its free Wi-Fi there. When you want to take a taxi, you can book one with your phone. In fact, all these can be seen as the basic parts of a smart city.

    The idea of a smart city was brought up by" US company IBM in 2010. Generally, a smart city is a city that uses digital technologies such as the Internet to improve city planning, save money and resources, and make our life convenient. How smart can a city be? Here are great examples that we can learn from.

    In 2009, Dubuque became the first smart city in the US. The city used smart water meters to take the place of traditional water meters. This way, people know how they use their resources and are glad to help reduce waste.

    Santander in Spain also gives us a look at the future. If people point a phone toward, a nearby bus stop, the phone immediately shows all bus lines. The government organized a research team and

provided an App(应用程序)that collects data on almost everything: light, temperature, and the movements of cars and people. Opening the App near a supermarket provides immediate information on special offers.

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  There were three big fish in the lake．One of them，Demo，was wise；another one，Jimmy，was half-wise；Martin，the third one，was stupid．
Some fishermen came to the bank of the lake with their nets．The three fish saw them．
Demo decided at once to leave，to make the long and difficult trip to the ocean．He thought，"I won't discuss with these two about this．They love this place so much that they call it home and will stay on．How silly they are!They still haven't realized we are in great danger now．Their ignorance will cost them their lives．"
Seeing the wise fish had left，Jimmy thought，"My guide has gone and now I've lost my chance to escape．"He felt sorry for it and then thought，"What can I do to save myself from these men and their nets？Perhaps I should pretend（假装）to be already dead，giving myself totally to the water．"So he did that．He went up and down with the water，helpless，within arm's reach of the fishermen．
"Look at this!The best and biggest fish is dead．"One of the men lifted him by the tail，and threw him up on the ground．He rolled（滚动）over and over and moved secretly toward the water，and then，back in．
The third fish was aimlessly jumping about，trying to escape with his speed and cleverness．The net，of course，finally closed around him，and as he lay in the hot frying-pan bed，he thought，"If I get out of this，I'll never live again in the limits of the lake．Next time，the ocean!I'll make it my home．"

In your life, there are a lot of people around you. They are your relatives, neighbors, friends or classmates. Sometimes you get along well with them, but sometimes don’t. What can you do when someone hurts you ? Most people may be angry or even fight with him. But it’s not a good idea. You’d better forget all this and forgive(宽恕，原谅)him.

   Maybe it’s not easy for you to do that, but it’s possible. Please remember: Keep a good mood, and you will keep healthy. Staying angry with others, in fact, means letting others' mistakes treat yourself unfairly．

   How can you forgive others?

   First，think of something pleasant and try to get yourself happy．

   Second, don't wait others to say sorry to you．If anyone hurts you，he won't say sorry to you．He may just want to hurt you or just don't see things the same way.

Third, try to see things in others' shoes．You can understand their minds better and make yourself a little happier．

   At last, tryto know yourself very well．Whose mistakes caused that，yours or others'? If it's our fault，try to say sorry to them．If it isn't，smile at the thing．

The following is a quiz(自测) from a magazine:

The underlined word “electricity” probably means “___________”

Tom lives in a city, goes to work by subway, flies on airplanes once a year, uses 15 hours of electricity a day, and sometimes recycles used things. How many points does he get?

Which of the following would be the best title for the quiz?

We use our smart phones to carry out many tasks every day. Many of us have become so reliant on them. However, it is bad for our eyes and health to use too much phone.

  A study shows that smart phone owners usually start to use their phones early in the morning. They check personal e-mails and we chat. And before they get out of bed, many people often check the weather, read the news, and send a massage or two to friends. After getting up, they often takes photos of food themselves, and even whatever they can see with their phones They share their photos with their friends. The research finds that users pick up their phones more than 1,500 times to do different tasks in an average(通常的) week. And the smart phone users are on their phones for three hours and sixteen minutes a day. That is to say, people use their phone for almost one full day each week.

    Using phones will take much time and it’s bad for our health. Many people stay up late to play phones. And mobile phones will influence our sleep. Without using the phones, many people will feel sad. Many owners also find they use their phones without realizing they’re doing so.

      How do you think people use their phones too much?

Long long ago there was a great man who married the woman he loved so much. Soon they had a little girl. She was a bright and happy little girl and the great man loved her very much.

When the little girl was growing up, the great man sang and danced with her. The man told her daughter, "I love you, my little girl." When the little girl got older, the man still loved her and called her little girl. Then she shouted and said, "I'm not a little girl anymore." Every time the man laughed,"But to me, you'll always be my little girl."

Later the little girl left her home and went into the outside world. As she learned more about the world, she learned more about the man. She understood that he truly was great and strong, for now she knew hisstrengths. One of his strengths was to show his love to his family. No matter where she was, the man would call her and say, "I love you, my little girl."

The terrible thing came when the little girl got a phone call. The great man was badly ill. He had a stroke(中风). So she went back home, When she walked into the room and saw him. he looked small and not strong at all. He looked at her and tried to speak, but he could not. He could no longer smile, dance or tell the girl he loved her.

The little girl did the only thing she could do. She climbed up on the bed next to the great man.Tears ran from both of their eyes and she hugged(拥抱) her father,At that time she thought of many things. She remembered the wonderful times together with her father. With the beat of his father's heart, she seemed to hear, "I love you, my little girl."

The girl told her father not to call her little girl because         .

When the girl went back home, she found her father         .

What may the underlined word strengthsmean in the passage?

Which statement isTRUEaccording to the story?

Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is the color of most growing plants, too.

Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet finished or plants that are not ripe.

For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation. In the fifteenth century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed. A century or so later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in war (战争). By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today--a person who is new in a job.

About one hundred years ago, greenhorn was a popular expression in the American west. Old-timers used it to describea man who had just arrived from one of the big cities in the e ast. The greenhorn didn’t have the skills that he would need to live in the hard,roughcountry.

Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. The expression comes from the early nineteen hundreds.

A person with agreen thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.

The Green Revolution (革命) is the name which was given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural (农业的) scientistswho hadgreen thumbs.