A farming game becomes popular on the Internet as users get up in the morning to steal crops and fruit from their friends’ farms and become the kings of virtual (虚拟的) farming.

      Just like the farm game “kaixin 001” in Chinese. Users can plant crops, and raise chickens and sheep, and the harvest can be sold and exchanged for experience points to increase the attraction. Players can sneak into (潜入) their friends’ farms and steal crops. The more practiced a user gets in planting crops, the more virtual money he or she can make. That makes it much more fun than just killing time on the Internet.

     Now more city white collars, young office ladies in particular, are going online to live a country life. ________ that they set the alarm for an early rise every day, when they start up the computer and go farming. If they overslept, their fields would turn into a tourist farm where anyone takes whatever he or she wants. They can use a virtual network to plant, water crops, get rid of pests, harvest and sell their crops, and they can raise chickens and cows, and buy dogs to guard the farm. The whole process is much more interesting than electronic chickens, and seeing the results of their own hard work pile in the storage offers some kind of satisfaction in an otherwise boring daily life.

     Compared with wasting some time on line, the game is more interesting. 

Wang Lin was a university student. She wanted to find a job during the summer holidays, so she went to see the manager of a restaurant. The manager told her that she would be very busy in the restaurant in the evening. He asked her whether she was interested in a part-time job. The girl said that she was. Then the manager told her that she had to speak English to foreign customers. And she had to get there at four every afternoon and work four to eight, Monday through Friday. He offered her ten Yuan an hour. Wang Lin was pleased with the offer and decided to start work the next day.

The next day she got to the restaurant on time, and worked hard for four hours. When she got home, she felt so tired that she went to bed at once. She was happy because she had not only made some money but also practiced her English.

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Leo’s Big Night

Leonardo DiCaprio is one step closer to his first Oscar win. On Jan 30, the actor won Best Actor for his work in The Revenant（荒野猎人）at the 2016 Screen Actors Guild Awards. When DiCaprio was announced the winner, Kate Winslet, his Titanic co-star, seemed more excited than he was. The actress clapped excitedly and gave DiCaprio a big hug and kiss. On the red carpet, Winslet also explained why she looked so surprised to win a Golden Globe last month. “To be honest with you, it’s because I’ve been so focused on Leo and him winning everything and being so excited for him,” she said.

DiCaprio’s career took off when he played the leading role, Jack, in Titanic in 1997, which helped him to win lots of fans. After five acting nominations（提名）and 22 years of disappointed hopes since his first nomination (for What’s Eating Gilbert Grape in 1993), the 41-year-old actor finally won his first Oscar. It is said that the film Revenant will hit Chinese cinemas on March 18^th.

It is well-known that many animals do not stay in one place. Birds, fish and other animals move from one place to another at certain times. They move for different reasons: most of them move to find food more easily, but others move to get away from places that are too crowded.

    When cold weather comes, many birds move to warmer places to find food. Some fishes give birth in warm water and move to cold water to feed. The most famous migration is probably the migration of the fish, which is called “salmon”. This kind of fish is born in fresh water but it travels far to salt water. There it spends its life. When it is old, it returns to its birthplace in fresh water.

In northern Europe, there is a kind of mouse. They leave their mountain homes when their homes become crowded. They move down to the low land. Sometimes they move all the way to the seaside, and many of them are killed when they fall into the sea.

    Recently, scientists have studied the migration of a kind of lobster (龙虾). Every year, when the season of bad weather arrives, the lobsters get into a long line and start to walk across the floor of the ocean. Nobody knows why they do this and where they go.

    So, sometimes we know why humans and animals move from one place to another, but at other times we don’t. Maybe living things just like traveling.

  In a recent business magazine article, a president said, Laughter in the workplace is a waste of time. This is a place to do business, not to laugh, some researchers, however, disagree with his words. As scientists have learned more about the brain, they’ve discovered that smiles and laughter stimulate the brain, which can help increase happiness and reduce pain.

   Why do we need laughter in our lives? Laughter is a powerful tool for our health．In a number of studies that were carried out, it was shown that people who are more humorous have stronger immune systems(免疫系统)while people who feel stressed have weaker immune systems．Humor can help make your immune systems stronger

    Here are some tips to add more humor to your life：

   ·Laugh at yourself. Don’t  take yourself too seriously. Have a positive attitude towards yourself and your worries will become lighter too.

    ·Don’t  worry why people laugh--just appreciate it．Be funny．Look for the humorous side of and otherwise difficult situation．

    ·Prepare a first-aid laughter source．11Iis could include books，cartoons，CDs or videos．Write down the amusing things that happen and save them for a sad day．

   ·Be open to silly things．Humor the child within yourself．

   ·Laugh with others for what they do，rather than what they are．

   Research has shown that laughter is indeed the best medicine，so make time for humor now．

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Ben and his sister Jane are new students in our school. They are from Australia, so they speak English. Ben is eleven. And Jane is eleven too. We have eight subjects this term. Ben likes Maths and Jane likes Chinese. They have some hobbies. Ben likes playing football and Jane likes singing. They usually play with us on Sunday.

(1)Where are Ben and his sister from?

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(2)What languagedo they speak？

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(3)Does Jane like Chinese?

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(4)What does Ben like doing？

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(5)when do they play with us?

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Reading can be fun, but it can also be time-consuming (taking a long time) if your speed is not as fast as you'd like it to be. An average reading speed can range from 200 to 350 words per minute, but that rate can vary depending on the material and your reading experience. Here are a few tips to help you improve your reading speed.

    Preview（预览） the material you're going to read. Look at main headings, chapters divisions , and other related parts - to develop clues about the structure of the work.

    Adjust（调整） your reading speed as you read the material. Slow down when you need to be sure that you comprehend one section（部分） of the material. Speed up if you are already familiar with or don't need to know other sections,

    Readers can greatly improve their reading speed by taking in several words in the line of text at one time (instead of sounding out each word, or focusing on each letter of the word),    Another way to improve your reading speed is to pay more attention to the key words in the sentences. A significant amount of reading time is wasted on conjunctions, prepositions, or articles (i.e a, an, the, but, and, or, nor, but, etc.).

   Talk about what you've read. Some readers find that by talking about their reading with friends of  fellow students, they are able to effectively synthesize(综合理解） the material. Find a reading spot, where nothing or nobody will disturb your reading.

    Don't reread right away; it will slow you down. If you absolutely don't understand part of the reading selection, go back and review the material later.

Practice. Practice. Practice. The best way to improve your reading speed is to practice reading. Try out some of these techniques(技巧), and then perfect the strategies (策略)that work best for you.

It was December 25. Marie, a 13-year-old Australian girl, was happy. It was Christmas, and Marieˈs mother was making a special cake. She put four small coins into the cake, and then she baked(烤) it. The four coins were for good luck. After dinner Marie and her family ate the cake. They found three coins in the cake and put them on the table. Where was the fourth coin? It was missing, but Marieˈs mother didnˈt notice.

    After Christmas Marie got sick. She coughed, and she couldnˈt speak. After six weeks she felt better, but she still couldnˈt speak. Marieˈs parents took her to hospital. Doctors at the hospital looked her over, and then said, "We are sorry, but we canˈt help her." For 12 years Marie didnˈt speak. She grew up, she got a job, and she got married. But she never spoke. One day, when Marie was 25 years old, she got a sore throat (嗓子疼) at work. She began to cough. She coughed up something small and black. What was it? Marie didnˈt know. She took it to the hospital. A doctor at the hospital said, "This is a coin!" The doctor told Marie, "I think you can speak again." Marie went to a special doctor, and soon she could talk.

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