1、Are you interested in the things happening around you? Have you ever thought of 1._a school magazine? Betty and her classmates are talking about starting a school magazine. The students are going to write a diary of school 2_, such as the school concert, the dance club, and the school basketball mat
2、ch. Theyll do some reviews about their favorite bands and movies. 3._ will also be a “Homework Help.” It has some ideas on 4._ to get good grades. If you have any fantastic ideas and suggestions, please contact 5._. Passage 2“Reading makes a full man.” is a saying of the famous English philosopher F
3、rancis Bacon. It means that 1._ who wants to be a full man must keep on reading.Books are our friends and teachers. As friends, they are always kind to us 2._ we are happy or angry. They can always give us comfort when we are 3._. As teachers, they teach us to know something about life, truth, scien
4、ce and philosophy. They not only increase our 4._ but also strengthen our character. They can 5._ us to success.Therefore, no matter how high our education may be or how much experience we may have, we cannot become a full man unless we keep reading.Passage 3Betty is looking for some old copies of t
5、he school magazine in the library. It is called New Standard. It was started by Becky Wang. But its a 1._ that they dont have a school magazine any more. Betty is thinking about starting it again. Betty is also looking for something by Confucius and by Shakespeare. Shed like a monthly article called
6、 “Great Books.” it means someone reads a favorite work of literature and writes an article about it. Mr. Jackson thinks Confucius works are still read by many people today, and theyre still 2._ by his thoughts. And Shakespeares plays are seen by 3._ of people every year. He thinks Mark Twain, an Ame
7、rican writer, is also an important writer. He wrote his 4._ book -The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. But Betty thinks he is not known 5._ a great thinker like Confucius. Passage 4Nowadays, with the fast development of science and technology, cell phones play an important role in our daily lift. It has gr
8、eatly 1._ the way of communication. But like everything else, they have 2._ advantages and disadvantages.Theres no doubt that using a cell phone is useful and convenient. Its easy to carry 3._ we go and call someone however far away he is. Whenever we meet trouble, we can make a call immediately. Mo
9、st important of all, 4._ a multi-functional cell phone in hand, we can easily get on the Internet, search the useful information and download whatever we need.However, just as everything has two sides, the cell phone also has many disadvantages. Some teenagers spend too much time chatting and playin
10、g games with it and it might do 5. _ to our health.But on the whole, a cell phone has brought more benefits than harm. If we can make the best use of it, we can both save time and gain knowledge in social activities. Passage 5Every year, people use too many plastic bags. They throw 1._ here and ther
11、e after they have used them. The government has done its 2._ to deal with them but failed. While we offer quick service to customers, the plastic bags 3._ water, earth and air. The government asks people to carry cloth bags and use baskets 4._ they go to buy something. The cloth bags and the baskets
12、 can be used again and again. Many months have passed and the 5._ has been improved a lot.Passage 6When we talk about how teenagers are getting worse and worse now, most young people dont 1._. Teenagers always say they are growing up. They can have part-time jobs. They can drive a car. And they can
13、even get married when theyre a little bit older.Their parents say, “Our children are very good. They like pop music but they play it in their 2._ rooms. They help in the house. You know they feel bored sometimes because theres nothing interesting in the neighborhood, no clubs or no sports. They have
14、 3._ to do.”A teacher says that he believes that most young people are kind. He thinks that its not bad for young people to like loud music 4._ it can give them lots of energy and makes them feel excited. Also, a lot of young people work very hard at school, and they can get good jobs later.In my op
15、inion, a lot of teenagers are very kind. They belong to community work groups, they help old people, and they also volunteer in local hospitals or primary schools to help look after 5._ and youngest students.Passage 7It you want to send a postcard and you have a mobile phone, send a “mobycard”. When youre 1._ holiday, friends and family like to receive a postcard. The picture on the front of the card shows 2._ where you are, and the message on the back tells them 3._ youre doing. Now
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