If we don't have classes or exams, summer vacation is a good time for every kid. To me, it means  (1)  more than not going to school. It is also a golden opportunity to   (2)   time with my family because 1 have  (3)   time with them during the school year.

    Last summer I traveled with my family to the Hawkesbury River in Western Sydney. It was one of the most unforgettable summer   (4)   of my life.

    Staying by the river helped us escape  (5)   the hot weather and noise of the city. Every day, my family and I got up early to go   (6)  in the cool water. In the morning, we all took part in a big game. Everybody played,   (7)  my grandparents, parents, brothers and sisters. We enjoyed water-skiing, wakeboarding (水上滑板) and other activities. These activities   (8)   our family closer together.

    In the afternoon, we peacefully read a favorite book under a tree by the river, The days always ended with a campfire (篝火). Everyone sat around the fire, talking and laughing.

    The river is a great place for you to forget about all the   (9)   of everyday life and simply enjoy the moment. To me, it is the perfect place to spend time together with my family. I can't   (10)  thinking about those days again and again, even so many months later.

Should Shanghai bid for (申办) the Summer Olympics in 2028? Here are some peopleˈs opinions.

     Some  people  said,  " The  games  will improve Shanghaiˈs global influence and the city is powerful and must try to become a platform (平台) for major international dialogues. Shanghai has succeeded in holding the World Expo in 2010 and the city can also hold the successful Summer Olympics. "

    Others, however, are not sure that itˈs a good idea They think the Olympics would be too expensive and the money could be better spent on other things.

     The 2008 Beijing Olympics brought much prestige (声望) to the city and to China, but its cost, over $ 40 million, was high and the Olympic site(场地) in the center of the city is now largely unused,  Could Shanghai learn from Beijingˈs experience and do it better?

      My answer is yes. As one American said, "A great city has to do great things. " Shanghai is a great city and is not afraid of facing challenges. Holding the 2028 Summer Olympics would prove that.

   One's attitude(态度) is always important. If you are lazy or weak, you'll never taste success. But if you are  (1)  , success and happiness may come to you.

   I love persimmons (柿子). But I can't get them until autumn. If I try them before the right time, they probably  (2)  bad. In Grade Six, because of my poor grades, my parents were   (3)  that I wouldn't get into an excellent middle school. They   (4)  me to study harder, but I didn't really understand why they were so anxious. Summer came and I studied hard. The hot weather  (5)  me sleepy and I couldn't concentrate (集中精力)on my textbook. But every time when I wanted to stop studying, my dad would say, "Think about your   (6)  . If you don't work hard, you will regret." I had to sit back down again and return to my textbook. But all I  (7)  about was playing with my friends.

   My dad would say to me, with a serious look on   (8)  face, "If a persimmon tree doesn't grow in summer, it can't bear(结出)fruits in autumn! Only by working hard can you get good results." A few months later, I succeeded in   (9)  the key middle school. I was so happy. My dad was right. If a persimmon tree doesn't grow  (10)  summer, there will be no fruits in autumn. I worked hard and I enjoyed the fruit of my hard work!

A boy lost his arms in an accident. After that, his younger brother had to look   (1)   him. He could hardly do anything in his life. As the two brothers   (2)  together, they had lots of problems and often fought. Then one day, his younger brother left him. The boy was too sad and he didn't know   (3)  to do.

    A similar thing happened to a girl. She   (4)   her hands because of fire. Though someone wanted to help her, she   (5)   and decided to do everything alone (独自) . She wrote the words in her diary, "I'm   (6)  . I lost my hands, but I still have legs."

    One day, a TV program   (7)  the boy and the girl for an interview (采访). During the interview, the boy felt   (8)   about his future, while the girl was full of hope for her life. The host asked both of them to   (9)  something on a piece of paper. The boy wrote, "My younger brother's arms are my arms." And the girl wrote, "Broken wings, flying heart!"

    Disaster (灾难) can happen to you at any time. How you face it is   (10)  to your future.

“Tom? Are you in bed yet?” called Mrs. White. There was no answer. Mrs. White put down her book and went to her 14-year-old son’s room. Tom was sitting in front of a bright computer screen on which a motorbike was running fast.

“Oh, Tom. You’re still playing that computer game. You must stop now, because it’s half past eleven. If you don’t go to bed soon, you’ll be very tired tomorrow. ” said Mrs. White.

“But I’ve nearly won the game. ” Tom said to Mrs. White. She could see the excitement on his face. She sat down beside him.

“You’re always playing on the computer. You spend more time on this machine than on your homework. ”

Today more and more families have computers. Parents hope computers can help their children improve their study at school. But many of their children use computers to play games and watch videos instead of studying. We often see that computer net bars are crowded with people, especially young boys. They spend a lot of money competing(竞争) with the computerized (用计算机控制的) machines. The more they lose, the more they want to win. The result is that they don’t want to work or study.

In some countries, even scientists hate computers. They say computers cause millions of people to lose their jobs or cause them a lot of trouble. Computer game addiction(瘾) is a serious problem in social(社会的) life. Something should have to be done to solve the problem.

Choose the right answer according to the passage.

 Monkeys are clever, but they are very greedy (贪婪的) as well. They have suffered (吃亏) a lot because of this. But they never change this way.

In India, people use monkeys’ greed to catch them. Do you know how they can catch monkeys? Here are some instructions.

●Make a hole（洞）in a big pumpkin. The hole must be just right—not too big or too small.

●Put some jujubes (枣) in the hole.

●Leave the pumpkin under a tree. Make sure there are some monkeys in the tree.

●Hide yourself and watch the monkeys.

When you leave, the monkeys come down to the pumpkin. When they find a hole in the pumpkin, they don’t know what’s in it and one of them puts its hand into the hole to find out what is inside. When it touches the jujubes, it will clench (攥紧) some of them in its hand. So it isn’t able to take its fist (拳) out of the hole. You can’t come close at this time. Will the monkey drop off the pumpkin? Don’t worry. It seems it likes the pumpkin better than its life. It will run with the pumpkin, clenching its fist more tightly. Finally, people can catch it easily.

It is reported that some developed countries have shipped broken parts of computers to China. Last month Hong Kong officers found 131,000 kilograms of broken computers, TVs and phones sent from Japan.

Things like these are called electronic waste, or e-waste. Dealing with them is not an easy job. Every time an old computer breaks down, it needs to be dealt with safely. What is worse, at present, broken computer parts are usuallyburied. It may be hundreds of years before they are really gone in the earth.

Many places in China are polluted by e-waste. Guiyu in Guangdong Province is one of them. This town is named as “the e-waste capital of the world”. It has to deal with 1.5 million kilograms of e-waste each year, from which it makes 75 million yuan. But it comes at a cost. Many of the poisons in e-waste find their way into the environment. An environmental group has found the air, the earth and the rivers in Guiyu badly polluted.

Luckily, the Chinese government wants to change the situation. This year, China passed a new environmental protection law. Computer companies like Lenovo and Dell will be asked to take back their old computers. Hopefully, the problem with e-waste will be solved in the near future.

I think it is safe to say that snakes are not popular among most people. It would be hard to find a person who is neutral(中立的), or simply doesn't care one way or the other. What I wonder is why something even without legs causes such great fear.

   Snakes are quite useful, but that doesn't seem to matter. Snakes help control the population of mice. Without snakes, perhaps we would find mice everywhere. Most of us, however, would rather see a mouse than a snake.

   The poison argument is a strong one. Some snakes are poisonous, and this causes people's death. However, the poisonous snakes are only a small number. We can't say all the snakes are bad just because of a few dangerous ones.

   And what do we do with the people who really like snakes? They like snakes even more strongly than we dislike them. These people learn about them, find them out, and watch them carefully. Why? The only reason I can think of is that these people are open-minded. They are able to put aside differences and welcome the snake as a friend.

   Whatever the reason for our like or dislike, snakes do something good in the circle of life. They would prefer to be left alone, and that is what we should do. If you're lucky, you might not run across more than a few of them in a lifetime. That would be fine with most of us.

The government in China plans to end its one-child policy (政策) and let families have two children instead. The plan was meant to balance (平衡) population development and stop a falling birth rate (出生率).

China started the one-child policy in the 1980s. But the government allowed only a small number of couples to have two children. For example, some families in the countryside could have two children, if the first-born child is a girl. In 2013, the Chinese government gave other couples a chance to have two children if one of them was an only child.

Jiang Quanbao, a population expert, explained how Chinese families react to the newest policy. “Lots of young people in the cities are no longer interested in having a second child,” he said.

At the end of 2014, China had a population of 1.37 billion people. But the labor market population will drop in 35 years. That is to say, the country will be in great need of labor by the year 2050. With the “two children” policy, an increase in births can solve this problem.

①.The “two children ” policy was announced.

②. China had a population of 1.37 billion people.

③. Some families in the countryside could have two children.

④. Families could have two children if one parent was an only child.

Once upon a time, a fox was walking along a road. He saw some beautiful grapes(葡萄) hanging over a high wall. He stopped to look at the grapes. They looked nice to eat. The fox wanted to eat the grapes very much, but he couldn’t reach them. So he jumped as high as he could. Sometimes his nose touched a grape, but his mouth couldn’t reach it. The fox jumped and jumped until he was very tired.

Finally he stopped jumping and walked away with his nose held high. He said, “I don’t need those grapes . They look nice but I’m sure they are sour（酸）.”

In our daily life, when people can’t get something they want, they may say: The grapes are sour.