Dear Editor,

I am a shy girl. I s__________ speak to boys, even when they choose to talk to me. Sometimes I do want to chat with them, but then my face will turn red. My heart will beat very f__________ . I often hate myself and I am afraid I can't make any friends. What should I do?

Kitty

Dear Kitty,

With a few exceptions （例外）, everyone experiences this shyness as they grow up. And many teenagers think that they hate themselves and that they can't make new friends. So s__________ thinking negative （消极的） thoughts about yourself.

Your shyness will pass. When you grow up year by year, you will become more confident of your ability to speak to anyone male, female, old or y__________ .

But for now, you need practice. So relax and try not to worry that you will be shy. The boys that want to talk to you p__________ feel just as shy as you do. Another thing to remember is that no one else can see your beating heart. Even if your face does turn red, the person you are talking to may not notice. Perhaps you can practice by chatting to some younger, less confident boys at your school or by talking with other boys you know, a cousin, or a n__________ .

When you are talking to the boy, do not focus on （专注于） how you are feeling, but what you are saying. You will become confident when you face your fears. Try saying one thing to a boy every day. After a few good conversations, you will relax a little.

1.s________

2.f________

3.s________

4.y________

5.p________

6.n________

In 1935, twins Dulcie and Nancie sent letters into a Sydney radio station. They wanted the host of a radio program to take their mail to Los Angeles to find them pen pals.

Eighty years later, the sisters are still exchanging letters. Their pen pals are also twins.

"I have one very large box full of letters and photos taken over the 80 years," Nancie said.

"The letters are very interesting to read, especially the childhood ones.

"The first letter asked me if I knew Shirley Temple （秀兰·邓波儿）. And of course I did.

“The letters have been extremely interesting, especially over the war years. "

Dulcie and Nancie first met their pen pals Barbara and Beatrice in Sydney, 50 years after they first started writing.

"We've had $o many photos of them that, when they came down the stairs at the airport, I recognized them at once," Dulcie said. "We're still going. I received three letters in the last month. "

Dulcie's daughter became a pen pal with Beatrice's daughter when she was eight. And their third generation has kept in close contact on Facebook and met each other for the first time in Canada a few years ago.

Then what's Dulcie and Nancie's secret to keeping a pen pal for 80 years?

"Answering the letters," they said.

1.Where did Dulcie and Nancie send letters to, a radio station or a TV station?

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2.How long have Dulcie and Nancie been writing letters with their penfriends?

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3.Dulcie and Nancie had to stop writing during the war years, didn't they?

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4.When and where did Dulcie and Nancie first meet their penfriends?

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5.How did Dulcie's grandchild keep contact with the penfriend?

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6.What is the secret to keeping a pen pal?

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Write a passage of at least 55 words on the topic “My favourite hobby". （以“我的爱好”为题写一篇短文，词数不少于55个）:

Suggested outlines:

* What are your hobbies?

* What's your favourite hobby?

* Why do you have this hobby?

* What do you think about your hobby?

My favourite hobby

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Look at the picture, and guess what the boy has heard probably.

A.Daniel, you failed the exam again!

B.Daniel, you did a good job. Keep going!

C.Daniel, how about playing football at the weekend?

D.Daniel, my boy, happy birthday to you!

A music festival for teenagers was held April 20 at Jiangsu Grand Theatre.

A.in B.on C.at D.to

Her foreign English teacher is from the UK while is from the USA.

A.his B.him C.my D.your

— Nowadays, people use mobile phones too much.

— I feel the same. We must realize the importance of changing that.

A.hardly B.properly C.exactly D.clearly

— What a clear blue sky it is!

— Yes, I have never seen sky before.

A.a more beautiful B.a most beautiful

C.the most beautiful D.the more beautiful

— We hand in our report today. Mr. Zhang has given us three more days to finish it.

— Wow, pretty good news!

A.can’t B.couldn’t C.mustn’t D.needn’t

The pronunciation of the letter “s” in the word “ ” is different from that of others.

A.takes B.shows C.caps D.months