Along the river banks of the Amazon and the Orinoco there lives a bird that swims before it can fly, flies like a fat chicken, eats green leaves, has the stomach of a cow and has claws on its wings when young .They build their homes about 4.6m above the river ,an important feature for the safety of the young. It is called the hoatzin.

    In appearance，the birds of both sexes look very much alike with brown on the back and cream and red on the underside .The head is small, with a large set of feathers on the top, bright red eyes and blue skin. Its nearest relatives are the common birds, cuckoos. Its most striking feature,though, is only found in the young.

    Baby hoatzins have a claw on the leading edge of each wing and another at the end of each wing tip .Using these four claws, together with the beak, they can climb about in the bushes, looking very much like primitive birds must have done. When the young hoatzins have learned to fly ,they lose their claws.

During the drier months between December and March, hoatzins fly about the forest in groups of 20 to 30 birds, but in April, when the rainy season begins, they collect together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes.

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    Is it difficult for you to remember things? I’d like to tell you some ways to improve your memory, so you shouldn’t feel upset.

    My first advice is that if you want to remember something well, you have to review it regularly(有规律地). (3)You might review the material two days after you learn it, then a week later, then two weeks later, and then a month later. After a month you will find that you can easily remember the material.

    My second advice is to use a colored pen to highlight(标注) the important parts on your book. This will help you in two days. First, it will help you pay attention to the most important parts when you learn the language. It is always easier to remember only the key points. Second, this will make reviewing easier. When you open your book, the colored parts will show you the most important things quickly. In this way, you don't have to review all the material again.

   Another piece of advice is to use the proper time well. First, review all the information in your mind right before you go to sleep. Your brain is working while you are sleeping. If you think about the information before you go to sleep, you might be able to remember it better.（4）Another good time for memorizing information is in the morning because you have just rested and your brain is fresh and clear. So you might also try to review the important information in the morning.

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The Sami live in northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. There are only about32,000 of them, and most of them live a modern life on the coast or in the forests. Only a few of them live a traditional life. These few Sami are called nomads because they move from one place to another with their reindeer. Their life is almost the same as it was a thousand years ago.

  These nomads live in tents because they move so often. They make shoes, jackets, and pants of reindeer skin. They also wear beautiful blue and red traditional clothes. They walk or travel on skis. They have sleds, too. Reindeer pull the sleds.

  The long trips, often in bad weather, make life very hard for these nomads. More and more of them are staying in villages on the coast. Sometimes a mother and her children travel by car and meet the father in their winter home.

(1). In what countries do the Sami live? ______________________________________________________________                            

(2). Do most of the Sami live a modern life or a traditional life?         _________________                              

(3). Is the Sami’s life the same as that a thousand years ago?___________________________________________                                        

(4). How do the nomads walk or travel?                      ____   ____                    

(5). Where do a larger and larger number of Sami live?            ______________________ _                          

Chinese people have been celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries. Mooncakes are (E) __________ the shape of a full moon on the Mid-Autumn night. They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss.

There are many traditional stories about this festival. However, most people think that the story of Chang’e is the most moving. Chang’e was Hou Yi’s (A) beautiful wife. After Hou Yi shot down the nine suns, a goddess gave him magic medicine to thank him. Whoever drank this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to drink it with Chang’e. However, a bad man, Pang Meng, (G) 当后羿不在家时，他试图偷药。Chang’e refused to give it to him and drank it all. She became very light and flew up to the moon. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night. One night, he found that the moon was so bright and round (F) __________ he could see his wife there. He quickly laid out (D) her favorite fruits and food in the garden. （C）How he wished that Chang’e could return!

After this, people (B) started the tradition of admiring（欣赏）the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families.

Christmas was coming．Mr. Smith had no money to buy any presents for his children. Mrs. Smith was ill and he spent a lot of money. And the harvest(收获) was bad and all his family were going to be hungry the next spring. He was quite worried about it.

"We had only a cock(公鸡), " said Mrs. Smith one day. "You can take it to the town. Someone will buy it there and you can buy some cakes and candies for our children．"

"It’s a good idea!"the man said and caught the cock the next morning and put it into a box. It was hard to walk on the road with snow. Two hours later he was very tired and wanted to have a rest. He put the box to the ground and sat down．

"The air in the box must be little, " the man said to himself. “I must let the cock walk outside for some time, or it will not live."

So he put the cock to the ground. When he started again, he couldn’t catch it any more．

"You are not clever!"Mr. Smith shouted angrily," You can herald(预示……的来临)the day at night but you can’t find the way to the town in the daytime! "

Once there was a terrible flood in the countryside. For a week it rained very heavily. The river rose and burst(冲垮) its banks. The whole countryside was flood. Most people escaped from the flood in boats. An old man, however, didnˈt want to go with them. He sat on the roof of his house and waited for the water to go down. He was very religious（信仰宗教的）.〝I shall stay here,〞said he. 〝God will save me.〞The rain continued. The flood rose higher and higher. Soon the water reached the roof of the man’s house. Two men rowed a boat up to the man’s house, trying to save.〝Come with us,〞they said.‘The water is still rising. Youˈll drown（溺死）.’The old man shook his hand.〝No,〞he said.〝God will save me.〞Sadly, the men rowed away. They thought the old man was crazy, but there was nothing they could do. Soon the water covered the roof of the old man’s house. A helicopter arrived and the pilot put down a rope.〝Climb up,〞he shouted to the old man.〝The water is still rising. Youˈll drown.〞But the old man still didnˈt want to leave his house.〝God will save me,〞he cried, and the helicopter flew away. The next day, the old man went to the heaven.

Do you know what color will be popular in the future?

Some people think blue will be popular because blue means peace and kindness. Everybody in the world hates war(战争). Blue will make people remember to keep the world peaceful.

Other people think green will be popular because they think green is the color of nature. Now the environmental 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 and try to make the environment better.

Yellow will be another popular color. 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. It always looks cool, and men often show off their social positions(社会地位）by using this color.

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   It’s nice to have friends. Well, how can we make friends?

       (1)    . If you want to make more friends, you need to put yourself out there to meet people.

      (2)    _. For your friend, it’s not necessary to like the same things as you. When you decide to start making friends with someone, remember to care about some of his or her things such as his or her birthday or feelings.

   Be a good listener. It’s important to show that you’re interested in what other people say. Listen carefully and remember important things about them.

   Encourage（鼓励）your friend. A good friend encourages his or her friend. That means good friends will be together with you through both good and bad times. Never laugh at your friend in front of others. If someone is laughing at your friend, you should help him or her.

任务一 选出最佳句子补全文章。

A. Be a good friend.

B. Learn something from your friend.

C. Spend more time around people.

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任务二 把划线句子翻译成中文。

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任务三 What does “A good friend encourages his or her friend.” mean? 

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   On the front desk of a big office in London, there was a piece of paper and all men had to write names on it (2) when they arrived every morning. At nine o’clock, a young woman of the office had to draw a red line under the last name. If someone came after that, _____(1)_____.

   Whenever there was a heavy rain in the city, the first person to arrive late usually wrote the reason “Late because of the rain”. And then everyone after that gave the same reason and just put “ditto (3)” below.

   One morning, however, the first man to arrive late wrote “My wife gave birth to a baby this morning” instead of “Late because of the rain”. Twenty or thirty people after him put “ditto” below as usual.

任务一 选择(1)处最佳句子补全文章。_____________

A. they had to write something about their work

B. they had to tell why they were late

C. they would go home

任务二 写出（2）处划线单词it所指代的内容。

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任务三 猜测（3）处划线单词ditto的意思。_________

A. different B. the same C. late D. early

任务四 When did the office workers begin their work every morning?

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任务五 完成句子。每空不超过2个单词。

1. The others after the first one who was late usually gave___________reason.

2. One man was___________ for work because his wife had given birth to a baby.

Happy Mother's Day!

   Thank you very much for working so hard for all our family. You always get up at five thirty every morning. And you get home at seven from work every evening. You always cook delicious dinner for us. We all enjoy it. You really help us a lot.

   We know you like wearing (1) jewellery very much. (2) But we don't have much money to buy it for you. Peter and I can only make a cute card for you. For your health, please don't stay up too late.

   We love you forever, Mum.

   Your son & daughter,

   Peter, Amy

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1 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.The American President Barack Obama is a true man.

Obama had a four-day visit to China. He had a very busy schedule(日程)。 But he still spent some time visiting the Forbidden City (紫禁城)and the Great Wall.

When a leader visits another country, he or she sometimes goes to the country’s most places. It’s to show respect for the local culture. For the leaders, it’s also a good time to relax during a tiring foreign trip.

Obama spent 50 minutes in theForbidden City.

He thinks theForbidden Cityis a beautiful place to visit. He said, ”I will come back with my family.”

On Wednesday, he took a quick tour of the Great Wall at Badaling. There, he enjoyed a moment of peace. 2 He had a good time there.

“It’s magic(不可思议的). It reminds（使想到） you of the steps（进程） of history,” Obama said about the Great Wall.

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