There are some special traditions for people in the local villages in Kenya, _______ drinking cow’s blood is a typical one.

Once upon a time all the spirits set about building two palaces: a palace of truth, and a palace of lies. Every time a child told the truth, a brick was   (1)  for the palace of truth. The spirits of truth would then take it and   (2)   it to the growing walls.

In just the same way was the palace of lies   (3)  . Each brick was created   (4)   a child told a lie. Both  (5)   were impressive （令人印象深刻） and each group of   (6)   worked hard to try to   (7)   that their own palace was the   (8)  . So, the lying spirits, who were much more tricky （狡猾的） and   (9)  , sent a group of spirits to the world to get children to tell more and more   (10)  . These spirits were   (11)  , and started getting many more bricks. As a result, their palace became   (12)   and more impressive.

But one day, something   (13)   happened in the palace of lies. One of the   (14)   turned into a paper box. A little while later another brick turned into glass, and broke into pieces. And so, little by little, it became clear that whenever a lie was   (15)  , the brick that it had created   (16)   its from, and finally disappeared. In this way, the palace of lies became weaker and weaker, and in the end it   (17)   fell to pieces.

At this, everyone, including the lying spirits,   (18)   that you can’t use lies for   (19)  . They are never what they   (20)   to be. So, you never know what they will turn into.

A Survey Report On the Middle School Students Laptop (手提电脑) Buying The students in Sunshine Middle School hope to know the situation on the middle school students buying laptop through the questionnaire (调查问卷) survey. By this, they could study the information to find the laptop brand (品牌), price and the main use which the middle school students prefer. They gave out 200 questionnaires. The followings show the results.

                1Laptop brand                                      2 Laptop price

         3The buying places                                    4The main use

Part-time jobs for 15 and 16 years olds

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                      Threats To Our National Treasures

J:  journalist     X: Prof Xu

J:  People have always had interests in the past. Professor Xu, what are the most important dangers to our archaeological treasures?

X: They get damaged or lost. It’s a matter of education. People fail to take the right steps when something is found. Fortunately, the government has helped spreading the basic knowledge among the population, telling what is to be done when an archaeological find is made.

J:  What does that knowledge consist of ?

X: Well, when something is found, construction work must be stopped and the police should be told about the find. That is to make sure that no further damage will be done.

J:  Does it still happen that people do not report things they find?

X: Yes, indeed. They doubt whether it is necessary to do so. It sometimes happens that a find is not very valuable. They are afraid that they would make scientists come for nothing.

J:  Are there other reasons why people don’t report their finds?

X: Oh, yes. People are afraid that archaeologists may take a real interest in the site and spend many weeks or months digging around at it. That would result in farmers missing the right opportunity to plant crops or construction work to be stopped for a long time. They don’t realize that they should not weigh their own business interests against our national history.

J:  If it is so important to dig things up and collect them, then why are archaeologists worried that other people dig up artifacts and give them to museums or add them to their own private archaeological collections?

X: Archaeology is a professional discipline. Years of training and experience are needed. It is not just about finding things and digging them up. The field work must be done very carefully. Of every find there needs to be a written record, to which a photograph must be added. The records must also state exactly what was found, where it was found and when. The outdoor work is followed by work in the lab, cleaning, restoring and identifying each artifact. Finally, when all is done, an analysis must be written and published in a magazine or a book.

J:  Are there any other dangers, natural disasters perhaps?

X: Unfortunately there are treasure hunters: people search for valuable objects, especially jewellery and gold. They are the worst. History does not need to fear nature very much. What has been buried has often been buried well. It is often human digging that causes the loss of valuable materials. It may seem a contradiction, but leaving things as they are would often be the best way of keeping things for the generations to come.