1．　　Good manners (礼貌) are very important in our lives. Polite people are (1)      with most people while rude people are often hated by others.
　　Why not try to be polite? A simple "please" "Thank you" or "You're welcome"can make a big (2)      in many situations.
　　Politeness or rudeness often depends on a person's culture. In many Asian countries, people tell white lies (善意的谎言) in order not to hurt others' (3)      . To many Asians this is thought to be polite . However, for Europeans this is impolite.
　　Whether a person is polite or not (4)       depends on who he is speaking to. People often speak in different ways when they talk to the elderly, their friends and their children.
　　Do you want to be a polite person?It's not hard to do that. (5)      you do something in a polite way every day, you will fall into a good habit day by day.

2．　　Mark was a farmer. He lived in a village far away. One day he became very ill and everyone knew he would (1)       soon. They sent for a doctor. Two days (2)       the doctor came and examined the sick man. (3)       asked for a pen and some paper to write down the name of the medicine. But there was no pen (4)       paper in the village, because no one could write.
　　The doctor (5)       up a piece of burnt wood from the fire and wrote the name of the medicine on the door of the house. "Get this medicine (6)       him," he said, "and he'll soon get (7)      ."
　　Mark's family and friends did not know (8)       to do. They could not read the strange words. Then a young man (9)       an idea. He took off the door of the house, put it on his carriage and drove to the nearest hospital. He bought (10)       there, and Mark was soon well again.

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4．　　After a heavy rain, a spider (蜘蛛) was climbing hard towards his broken net on the wall. Because the wall was too wet, the spider fell down after reaching a certain height. But he continuously climbed up and fell down again and again.
　　The first man saw it, he sadly said to himself, "My life is just like that spider's; busy all the time but getting nothing?" He became sadder.
　　The second man saw it and said, "What a stupid spider! Why doesn't it find another way to a drier place? I'd never be that stupid." So he became smarter.
　　The third man saw it. He was quite moved by the spider's perseverance (坚持不懈) and said to himself, "I won't let a little spider be stronger and more persistent than me. I'll learn from his example and become stronger," and he did.

5．　　In the Spring and Autumn period (771—476 BC), there was a beautiful girl in the State of Yue. Her name was Xishi. Xishi was the most beautiful girl in her village. There was an ugly girl called Dongshi and she lived in the village, too.
　　Xishi was such a beautiful girl that many girls tried to imitate Xishi. Some girls wore the same clothes as Xishi did. Some girls had the same hairstyle as Xishi did. Dongshi was one of the girls.
　　One day, Xishi walked on the street. She didn't feel well on the way. She had a pain in her chest. Then she put her hand on her chest, knitted her brows and walked slowly.
　　Dongshi met Xishi on the street. She thought Xishi's actions made her look more beautiful. Then she imitated Xishi's actions. She thought it could make her look as beautiful as Xishi. But she was wrong. In fact, her actions made her uglier. People laughed at Dongshi when they saw her.

6．　　Many people believe that, by the year 2100, we will live on Mars (火星). Here is what life could be like.
　　First, transportation should be much better. (1)       It might take us two or three days to get to Mars.
　　Second, humans need food, water and air to live. (2)      These plants will give us food and oxygen (氧气).
　　(3)       We might easily jump too high and fly away into space. So humans on Mars will have to wear special shoes to make themselves "heavier".
　　Life on Mars will be better in many ways. First, people will have more space. (4)       Then, robots will do most of the work, so we have more time for hobbies.
　　There will probably be no schools on Mars. Every student can study, do their homework on the computer and take exams in online schools.
　　Each student will also have their own online teacher called "e-teacher".
　　However, in some ways, life on Mars may not be better than that on Earth today.
　　(5)       Meals will probably be in the shape of pills and will not be as delicious as they are today. Also, space travel will make many people feel ill.
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A. There will be a problem for us to live on Mars.
B. In 2100, spaceships can travel very fast.
C. Food may not be the same.
D. It will be possible to live in a large house with many bedrooms.
E. Scientists should be able to find plants that can grow on Mars.

17．　　I know a friend who is one of the so called left-behind children. Lee is (1)      11-year-old boy. He works very hard and does (2)      (good) in almost all of his subjects.
　　It's hard to believe that he (3)      to have a lot of difficulties in school. When his parents moved to the city to (4)      (make) more money , they could not have the time to be at home to (5)       care of him. So he became less (6)       (interesting) in study and missed classes. Then his parents make a (7)      (decide) to send him to a boarding school.
　　He found life there was difficult . One day he told his (8)      he wanted to leave school. His teacher (9)      (advice) his parents to talk with their son . This conversation changed his life. He realized that his parents would always love him, they would be (10)       (pride) of everything good that he did. Now he is much happier and more outgoing than he used to be.

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　　The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms(节气). Start of Autumn / Li Qiu, the 13^th solar term of the year, begins this year on August 7. Although Start of Autumn reflects the end of summer and beginning of autumn, hot weather will not end. The period of hot days after Start of Autumn, usually lasting for 30 days, is called "Autumn Tiger". The following are some traditions you should know about Start of Autumn.
　　1. Eating peaches
　　In Hangzhou, people eat peaches on the Start of Autumn day. The peach stones are kept until New Year's Eve and thrown into the stove, burned into ash. People believed that in this way, plagues (瘟疫) could be prevented for the whole year.
　　2. Eating red beans
　　People in Yiwu, Zhejiang province, have eaten red beans on Start of Autumn day. They take 7 to 14 little beans, swallowing them with well water. When taking the beans, one must face west, it's said, so as not to get dysentery (痢疾) during the autumn.
　　3. Eating gourds
　　People in Tianjing believe that eating melons such as towel gourd, white gourd and bitter gourd can prevent diarrhea (腹泻) in autumn and the coming winter and spring.
　　4. Touching Autumn
　　There is the custom of "Touching Autumn" in the north of Yancheng, Jiangsu province. On the eve of Start of Autumn, people can touch and take for free all kinds of fruits as they like in private or public gardens, and the owner will not be angry, no matter how much they lose. Many gardeners even leave some melon fruits in the field on purpose for the guests during the night.
　　5. Fleshing out in autumn (贴秋膘)
　　On the first day of the Start of Autumn, usually people will weight themselves and compare their weight to what it was at the Start of Summer. If one has lost weight during the summer, then at the beginning of autumn, he or she needs to flesh out by eating many different kinds of delicious food, especially meat.

19．假如你是李华, 昨天你们班就如何学好英语展开了讨论, 大家分别从听说读写等方面给了一些好的建议．请根据提示, 写一篇题为"How to learn English well"的短文．
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1. 多听英语课文和新闻
2. 多和朋友用英语交流, 加入英语俱乐部．
3. 多读英文故事和报纸, 多看英文电影
4. 记英文日记……
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