1、in the US will leave their parents home when they grow up. They usually live farf 84their parents because they want to find good jobs. They often w85to their parents or telephone them. And they often go to visit their parents on h86.Parents usually let their children choose their o87jobs. Americans
2、think it important for young people to decide on their lives by themselves.Children are asked to do some work around their house. And in many families, children are paid (付钱)for d88some housework so that they learn how to make money for their own use.Do you often help y89parents do housework? Do you
3、 want to live with your parents w90you grow up ?(二)Lofton is a little village (村庄)in England. It is not f_81_ from the city of Manchester. Not many families l_82_ around the village, so the people all know each o_83_. Most of them are friendly and helpful.Though their homes are in Lofton, many peopl
4、e have jobs in Manchester. S_84_ work in large factories there. A few work in shops o_85_ offices. Most of these people go to work by train. It usually t_86_ about half an hour to go from Lofton to Manchester.In the evening a lot of people like watching TV. But if they go to see a film or go to a co
5、ncert (音乐会), they have to go to Manchester, because there are n_87_ cinemas in Lofton.Like many other villages near towns or cities, it is clean and quiet. So life in Lofton may not be so e_88_ as the life in the b_89_ cities, but it can be just as interesting. That is w_90_ people in Lofton love th
6、eir village.(三)One day I found a little girl sitting in the park sadly. Lots of people passed by but neversto see why she looked so sad. As I got closer I saw that herbhad a strange shape. Thats a hump (驼背)! Perhaps that was therwhy people just passed by and make no effort to help. I sat down beside
7、 her and said, “Hello!” Then she, in a low voice, said, “Hi.” I smiled and she smiled, shyly. Then we talked thereuit got dark. I asked the girl why she was so sad. She looked at me and said with a sad face, “Because of the hump.”“But, you make me tof an angel (天使), sweet and friendly,” I said. She
8、looked at me and asked, “Really?” I said, “Yes, I think you are an angel and you come here to watch over all those people walking by.” When shehthis, the little girl jumped up. “I am! Im an angel!” I was happy because she was no sad anymAfter that, my life also changed. I learned how toboth happines
9、s and sadness with others. I believe now we give something to others in theway we get the same.(四)There was a big earthquake under the India Ocean Area o81 December 26th 2004 and itc82 a large tsunami. Tsunamis are great sea waves produced especially by an earthquake.That morning my classmates and I
10、 went to the seaside and had breakfast when we ha loud noise like bombs. People in the sea ranwto the bank and s, Water is coming! Someone told us to run to a higher place. We ran as q86 as we could.Since we did not know what happened, we were very f. We looked back and saw a tpicture. The water wav
11、es were so strong that carswere made to fall upside down and the flood waway everything on the seaside .We were safe but the nof victims was over 140,000. People call the day Black Sunday.(五)Man has a big brain. He can think and s76languages. Scientists once thought that man isnt the same as animals
12、 b77man can think and learn. They know now that dogs, monkeys and birds can learn, too.They are beginning to u78that men are different from animals because they can speak. Animals cant speak. They make much n79when they are afraid, or unhappy. Apes(猿) can learn some things more quickly than man. One
13、 or two of them have learned a few words. But they cannot join words to make s80. They cannot think lus because they have no language. Language is a wonderful thing. Man has been ato build a modern world because he has language. Every child can speak his own language very wwhen he is four or five, b
14、no animals learn to speak.How do children learn it? Scientists dont really know whappens inside our body when we speak. They only know that man can speak because he has a brain.(六)Reading books is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons.First, reading books isf72. You can always keep yourself interested and help you to have an enjoyable time if you like reading. This is especially73when the weather is bad. It is a relaxing hobby too. You can really become lost in a book.Next, you can read a booka
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