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　　Once upon a time, there was a big lion who lived in a zoo．One day, he was very hungry．When Bill, the keeper, gave him his dinner, he ate it up quickly．Quite by mistake he ate up the keeper, too．When it was time for lunch, Bill did not show up．So the other keepers sat down to eat, still wondering why young Bill was not there．

　　Suddenly there came a loud sound from the Lion House．They went to see what was the matter．There they found the big lion lying on the ground looking very big and fat and not at all happy．The keepers looked at one another and all of them said at once, “Of course! The big lion has swallowed(吞下)poor Bill．They got a bottle of brown medicine．Then they put the big lion to sleep for the operation．They cut up the front of his belly(肚子)．Out jumped Bill, looking quite all right．

　　They sewed(缝)the big lion up．When the lion woke up, he felt well again．

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　　The Italian island of Sardinia recently lost its oldest person．Family members say Antonio Todde died in his sleep early this month．Mr Todde was 112 years old．He was less than three weeks away from his 113th birthday．Record-keeping experts say he was the world’s oldest man．

　　His long life and that of other very old Sardinians are the subjects of a scientific project(项目)called Akea．Luca Deiana of Sassari University is directing(指导)the study．He says the name Akea comes from a traditional greeting(问候)on Sardinia．It means “health and life for 100 years．” Professor Deiana and his team started to collect information for the study in 1997．They identified(确定))more than 220 Sardinians who were centenarians －－100 years old or older．His team needed three documents to make sure a person’s age．They were a government(政府)birth record, a church record and a statement(声明)by a close family member．

　　The Akea study has produced two major findings．The first is Sardinia’s extremely high number of centenarians．The island has about 135 centenarians for every one million people．In other Western countries, the average(平均数)is about seventy-five centenarians for every one million people．The second major finding is an unusual rate(率)of female(女性)to male(男性)centenarians．Sardinia has two women centenarians for every male centenarian．In central Sardinia there are the same numbers of female and male centenarians．

　　Studies in other parts of the world have shown a much higher percentage(百分比)of female centenarians．The Akea study collected information about the health and food of about 140 of the centenarians．About ninety percent of those in the study also agreed to provide blood(血)for scientific testing．The study team hopes to identify genetic(基因)material in the blood that can be linked to successful aging．Study leaders say there is no single reason why people on Sardinia live so long．They believe the answer is a combination(组合)of genetic and environmental conditions(条件)．

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　　Everybody in Britain talks about the weather, It’s the most common subject of conversation, “Isn’t a nice day?”“Do you think it will rain?”“I think it’s going to be windy．” These are common ways of starting a conversation．

　　Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be like．But they hardly ever agree with each other．One man may say, “Do you see how cloudy it is in the east? It’s going to rain tomorrow” Another man will say, “Yes, it’s cloudy in the east．But I think we are going to have fine weather tomorrow．”

　　People often look for the weather they want．When a farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell him it’s going to rain．He won’t believe anything else．When some friends have a picnic, they’re so sure the weather is going to clear up very quickly that they sit down and eat their lunch while it rains．

　　Almost everyone listens to what the weatherman says．But he doesn’t always tell us what we want, and once in a while he makes a mistake．Still, he usually comes closer to being correct than anyone else．

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　　The Guidance Department(教导处)at Berryville High School has a staff(员工)of eleven teachers．Most of their work is done with the students．But the staff sees a lot of parents, too．

　　“parents meetings make clear monthly diagram(图表),” says Mildred Foreman, head of the Guidance．“This diagram stays much the same from year to year．The busy months are October, March and May．”

　　September, the beginning of a new school year, starts rather slowly．Few parents come in．Most of them want to talk about the schedules(日程安排)．October brings many problems caused by some students．Some parents are called in．Others come by themselves．Things quiet down in November．December is a quiet month．“It’s the holiday,” Ms Foreman says．“people want to come in, I know, but they decide to wait until after New Year’s Day．”

　　Report cards go home just before Christmas holidays．Bad marks(分数)bring parents in as school opens again．This happens again in March, another report card month．May is always the year’s busiest month．That’s when parents begin to think that their children may be asked to stay in the same grade again．They come in to see if anything can be done before things are decided in June．

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　　Have you ever done something foolish that made you feel so embarrassed（尴尬的）？

　　Well, that’s exactly how I felt．On a Saturday morning last autumn．I had gone to town to do some shopping and as I was on my way home to the shop,it suddenly began to rain．I at once rail into a nearby phone box since I didn’t have an umbrella．It was raining so heavily that I have to stay in the phone box until it stopped．

　　A few moments later,I saw a young man walk up to the phone box,wearing a yellow raincoat and holding a box．I didn’t want to go out into the rain,so I picked up the phone and pretended I was talking to someone．I thought the man would go away,but he didn’t．He just waited in the pouring rain,watching me wave my hands about and act as if I was deep in conversation．

　　Luckily,it began to stop after about ten minutes．“Okay,Mum,” I said loudly into the phone,“I’ll see you later Bye!”I put the phone down．picked up my shopping bag and walked out of the phone box“I’m sorry I took so long,”I said to the man．

　　“Oh, I don’t want to use the phone,”he replied．smiling．“I’ve just come to repair it．It’s out of order．you see” I felt myself go bright red in the face and I hurried away with my head down,feeting a complete fool．That was certainly one of the most embarrassing moments of my life!

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　　The BTB Bus Company serves all parts of the city, and also provides a service to nearby towns and villages．

　　BTB City Buses are usually orange, and operate from 6∶30 to 23∶00．There are four kinds of tickets you can use ：

　　Tourists Ranger is the best ticket for tourists and visitors to the city．The tickets can be used for two, three or five days, and can be used on all city buses．They cost 4 pounds, 5.50 pounds and 7.5 punds．

　　Monthly Season--Going to work by bus? This is the one for you ! For only 26.50 punds, you have the freedom of the city for a whole month．

Bus Card－lasts one day．For 2.5 punds you can travel anywhere on the buses for one day, but you must clip(打孔 )your card in the machine every time you get on a bus．

　　Single Journey－50 pence．It can be used for just one journey．Clip the ticket when you get on bus．

　　These tickets can only be used on BTB City Buses．You can buy these tickets in post offices, and BTB offices．They can’t be bought on the buses．

　　BTB Country Buses(which are usually blue )serve the towns of Conby, Rashville and Grill as well as many villages in the area．Services run from 7∶00 to 21∶00．

　　Tickets are bought on buses．They cost at least 75 pence, increasing with distance．Buses leave from the main railway station to Goshley Square．

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　　Life used to be fun for teenagers．They used to have money to spend, and free time to spend．They used to wear teenage clothes,and meet in teenage coffee bars and discos(迪斯科舞厅)．But for many young people ,life is harder now．Jobs are difficult to find．There is not so much money around．Things are more expensive,and it is hard to find a place to live in．Teachers say that students work harder than they used to．They are less interested in politics and more interested in passing exams．They know that good exam results may get them better jobs．

　　Most young people worry more about money than their parents did twenty years ago．They try to spend less and save more．They want to be able to get homes of their own one day．

　　For some,the answer to unemployed is to leave home and look for work in one of the Britain’s big cities．Every day hundreds of young people arrive in London from other parts of Britain,looking for jobs．Some find and stay．Others don’t find it , and go home again．

　　When you read the newspapers and watch the news on televisions．It’s easy to get the idea that British young people lose their jobs and are in trouble．But that’s not true．

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　　Look at the pictures and read through the following passge, then choose the right answers．

　　If we find a bird nest, we will have a good place of observing(观察)and knowing about birds．

　　Birds sit on eggs and take care of their baby birds from April to June．Because the baby birds are too young to leave the nest, mothers often leave and come back to the nest during the time to look for food．So it is good to observe birds．When we observe birds, we’d better hide(躲藏)ourselves in a close place to the nest, and it's better to use binoculars(双筒望远镜)．

　　But how to make a bird nest? Picture 1 and Picture 2 are two kinds of bird nests．Picture 3 gives you some other kinds of bird nests．They are very easy to make．If you want to make one, please follow these：

　　Making a nest：A good nest must be very fine，strong，thick and easy．

　　a)Each nest must have six boards．Don’t make the boards too slippery(光滑)．

　　b)Dig a small hole in the front of the nest as a door．The “door” is from 3 cm to 5 cm．So the bird can fly in or out easily．

　　c)Make sure the rainwater doesn’t go into the nest．

　　d)One piece of the boards should be easy to open．

　　e)Please don’t forget to color the nest．

　　Choose the best answers．

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　　The following passage is about the states of America．Read through it and choose the best answers．

　　Texas was the biggest state(州)before Alaska became the forty-ninth state in 1959．One good way to understand the size of Texas is to learn about its weather．Different parts of the state have very different kinds of weather．

　　Laredo is one of the hottest cities in the United States in summer．The best time to visit Laredo is in winter, when it is pleasantly warm．

　　Amarillo gets very cold in winter．Sometimes there is more snow in Amarillo than in New York, which is a northern city．Summers are better, but sometimes it gets quite hot．The best time to visit Amarillo is in the autumn when it is cool．

　　If anyone asks you about the weather in Texas, ask him, “What part of Texas do you mean？”

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