Tina : I usually get to school by bike, which form of transport do you prefer ______61._____(use)?

Jim:  I feel that I can see more when I pedal a bicycle, ___62.____ when I feel lazy, I drive my car.

Tina: I think we should discourage people from using their private cars. They produce too much

     ____63.____ (pollute), which does harm to our health.

Jim:  I agree, but I would find __64._____ difficult to stop using my car. It’s just so convenient.

Tina: Cars must be convenient, but they’re so bad for the environment. I once ___

     but I found I didn’t _____66.___ (real) need it when I started using my bicycle to get around.

Jim:  Maybe if I sold my car now, I wouldn’t be so tempted to use it.

Tina:  You could try. It would save you a lot of money.

Jim:  That’s true. Every month, I spend hundreds of dollars on gas,____67.____(insure), and repairs.

Tina:  If you get to class by riding a bicycle every day instead of driving, you

      Will get lots of exercise, too! Besides, you know the more you ride your bicycle,

       the ___68.___(little) pollution you’ll have.

Jim:   You’re right. Having a car has made me lazy. I never end up ____69._____(walk) anywhere!

Tina:  Let’s go to a car dealership. I’ll try to help you sell your car for _70.__   good price.

Jim:  Sounds good!Let’s go!

     "The dog ate my homework." "He started it." "Iˈm sick today." "Sheˈs not here." Children tell these lies frequently, often to avoid punishment, get rid of embarrassment or even protect someone. Even though children and adults seem to tell lies for the same reasons, childrenˈs lying tends to be thought more often as morally wrong, according to Wendy Gamble, a professor at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

     Professor Gamble suggests, "A tendency (趋势) to lie or cheat will influence the way children form and maintain relationships with others. Honesty is the basis of effective communication and healthy relationships. Rather than dismiss all lies as bad, however, we should put these lies in social contexts and admit that some of them are common and frequently socially acceptable." She adds that parents need to discuss this issue in terms of when and to whom it might be appropriate to lie, instead of saying lying is absolutely wrong at any time.

     In order to find out more about why children lie and how that fits into their social interactions, Professor Gamble studied both positive and negative types of lies among 98 school children in Tucson. All of the students participated voluntarily, with their parentsˈ permission.

     Results from the study showed that truth-telling exceeded (超过) lying for all of the children, but they also showed lying increased with age, and that the lies were mostly told to benefit someone. Very few of them were meant to hurt someone.

     Professor Gamble reminds us that these results are primary and that more studies are needed particularly to make sure parentsˈ roles in childrenˈs lying and determine the effects of cultural differences on childrenˈs lying. "Weˈd also like to study why some children continue to lie even when it does not seem to serve any purpose", Professor Gamble says, "And because the children in the study were mostly from middle—class backgrounds，the next step would be to look at cultural difierences．"

Title：Prolessor Gambleˈs studv on childrenˈs lying

This morning when I got in my car to go to work I made a promise. I promised that I would try my best   66   (become) a better person. However, as soon as I got on the freeway I found that people on the road were driving so crazily,   67   made me mad and impatient. A car in front of me stopped   68   (sudden) , so I had to brake to avoid crashing into it.

At that moment a string of angry words entered my mind.   69   of my hands rose in preparation for sounding my horn(喇叭)! My other hand prepared to make   70   rude gesture at the driver.

But something kept me   71   behaving that way. I remembered my promise. So I asked   72   , “Would all the things I am going to do help me become a better person?” The answer was “no”. On the other hand, I knew that   73   (practice) patience and self-control would help, so I managed to keep calm.

I   74   (cut) off by three more cars before I arrived at my company,   

   75   each time I smiled instead of complaining as usual. I’m already feeling like a better man.

Now, I’d love to share with you ___41___ strange experience that I __42___(have) a month ago. It may sound funny, ____43____ it is true. After a day’s hard work, I went to bed ___44_____(early) than usual. It was about two o’clock and suddenly I woke up. I heard a noise. I got out ___45____ bed and slowly downstairs. There was light in the living room. I listened very ____46____(careful). I could hear two men __47____(talk) quietly. I thought two___48_____ (thief) had broken into my house, __49___ made me so ___50____(frighten 害怕)that I went back upstairs and phoned the police. They arrived quickly and opened the door. It turned out that I forgot to turn my TV off.