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Samaranch(born 17 July 1920-21 April 2010)was a Spanish(西班牙)sports official who served as the 7th President of the International Olympic Committee(IOC)from 1980 to 2001．Samaranch was born into a rich family in Barcelona, he studied business at IESE Business School in Barcelona．He was good at Spanish, French, English, Russian and German．Because of his father's influence, he became interested in sports．He was fond of football, boxing, roller skating and ice hockey(冰球)in particular．Later, he became an ice hockey player, after that he served as Spain's national ice hockey coach．He was selected to be the president of the IOC at the 83rd of the IOC plenary session(全会)in Moscow in 1980．Samaranch's greatest wish before retirement is to hope the Olympics will be held in China．Beijing succeeded in hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics on July 13, 2001．Three days later, he officially retired at the IOC in Moscow．Then he was awarded the Olympic gold medal, and accepted the "International Olympic Committee Honorary Life President" title．In the opening plenary session, Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded Samaranch "Medal of Honor．" Though he passed away , we Chinese people will remember him forever．

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　　Mr Johnson worked in a hospital．Three years ago, when he was sixty-eight, he retired(退休)．But a lot of people came to ask him to look them over．He was busy in the daytime and he wanted to have a good rest at night．

　　Half a year ago a young man moved in the room upstairs, At first he was quiet．The old man was satisfied with him．Then he had several friends．They often came to see him in the evening．They talked loudly, sang and danced．Mr Johnson was unhappy, but he was a polite man and sometimes he hinted(暗示)to the young man, but the young man seemed that he didn't understand it．The old man could't say anything．

　　It was the young man's birthday yesterday．All his friends came at seven in the evening．They drank too much and made a lot of noise．The old man couldn't fall asleep the whole night．The next morning, as soon as he got up, he went upstairs and began to knock at the door．The young man opened it for him and asked him to go in．

　　“Did you hear me beat the ceiling(天花板)last night, young man?”asked Mr Johnson．

　　“It doesn't matter, sir,”said the young man．“I don't mind it．It was very noisy in my room, too．”

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　　There was a pilot and four people in a small plane, Suddenly there was something wrong with machine while it was flying in the air．The smoke was everywhere in the plane．The pilot told the people there were only four parachutes(降落伞),They all became worried and started to make excuse(借口)。

　　“I must go and mend the machine,”said the pilot, taking one of the parachutes．There was nothing he could do, so he jumped out．

　　The first person stood up．“I'm a doctor,”he said．“I help people live longer and I save lives．”He also took a parachute and jumped out．

　　The next person said,“I must have a parachute．I'm a very clever person．I have to take part in an important sports match．I know I'll win the game because I'll be the cleverest person there．”He picked up a pack(包)and jumped out．

　　Two men were left an old businessman and a young mountain climber．By this time the plane was going down fast．The businessman said,“Young man, I'm old but you're still young．You take the last parachute．”The young mountain climber smiled．“Don't worry,”he said．“We can both jump to safety because there are still two parachutes．Just now the clever person jumped out with my backpack．”

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　　The car was invented(发明)over a century(世纪)ago．You may know all kinds of cars' names, but many people don't know who was the inventor of the first car．The first car was invented not by a German, but by an American．

　　His name was Henry Ford．Henry was born in a poor family．He was the eldest(最年长的)of six children．When he was a boy, he became interested in mending watches and machines．When he was twelve years old, his mother died．Soon he had to work in a machine shop for two dollars and fifty cents a week．In the evenings he repaired watches for another dollar a week．The hard life made him strong and able．

　　At that time there was another interest in the life of the young Ford．He dreamed(梦想)to make a machine．It could run without a horse, so named“horseless carriage．”He over-came(克服)a lot of difficulties and in April 1893, the“horseless carriage”was finally finished．It was the first car．

　　Later Henry Ford founded the Ford Motor Company(福特汽车公司)．He was really the first inventor of the car in the world．

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　　My name is Michael．There are four people in my family．My father is a policeman．

　　His work is kind of dangerous．He's very busy．He often has meals outside(在外面)．Sometimes we can't see him all day．I love him very much．My mother is a bank clerk, but she wants to be a reporter．She says her job is boring and being a reporter is interesting, because she can meet many interesting people．My brother is a waiter．He likes his work, because he thinks he can meet many new friends when he works．

　　I'm a middle school student．I study hard because I want to be a teacher．I think it's not difficult for me．

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Look at this picture．The girl with a toy in her hand is my little sister Susan．She is only four years old．Look!She is playing with her toy happily．She likes her toy very much and she calls it Kelly．The woman near Susan is my mother．She is reading a book carefully on the sofa．She always likes reading and watching TV．Can you see a man on the sofa?He is my father．He is reading a newspaper now．It is his favorite．The boy between my father and mother is me．I am Tony．I am playing the piano carefully．

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　　Jane is very happy because her mother takes her to the zoo today．There are many different kinds of animals in it．It is so interesting to go there．

　　First, Jane and her mother go to see tigers and lions．Lions and tigers are scary animals, so when they are in zoos, they live in strong cages．They eat a lot of meat every day．

　　There are also two big elephants and a baby(幼小的)one．The elephants are friendly and kind．Jane rides on an elephant and she is so happy．

　　In the zoo there are also some lovely pandas．They are fat and shy．So people need to be very quiet when they go near them．There are five giraffes in the zoo, too．They come from Africa．They are interesting and exciting．They like eating grass and leaves very much．

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　　A rabbit is running into his hole．You may ask,“What happened?”

　　Well, when a rabbit sees something dangerous, it runs away．Its tail moves up and down as it runs．When other rabbits see this tail moving up and down, they ran, too．They know there is danger．The rabbit has told them something without making a sound．It has given them a signal．

　　Many other animals use this kind of language．When a bee finds some food, it goes back to his home．It can't tell the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does dance in the air．This tells the bees where the food is．

　　But animals say things by making sounds．A dog barks, for examples, when a stranger comes near．A cat purrs(发出呼噜呼噜的声音)when pleased．Some birds make several different sounds, each with its own meaning．

　　But human beings have something that no animals have－a large number of words about things, actions, feelings or ideas．We are able to give each other information to tell or inform other people what is in our mind or how we feel．By writing words down we can remind ourselves of the things that have happened, or send messages to people far away．No animals can do this．No animals has the wonderful power of language．

　　No one knows how man learned to make words．Somehow he learned to make them．As centuries went by, he made more and more new words．This is what we mean by language．

　　People in different countries made different kinds of words．Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world．A very large English dictionary, for examples, contains four or five hundred thousand words．But we don't know all these．The words we know are called vocabulary．We should try to make our vocabulary larger．Read as many books as possible．When we met a new word, look it up in the dictionary．A dictionary is the most useful book．

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　　Trudy's class has a newspaper．The students write stories, articles and poems for it．Then one of them types their work into a computer and prints it out．The teacher puts up everything on the wall so that it looks like a large, open newspaper．

　　One day Trudy said to the teacher,“most newspapers have advertisements．Can we have our advertisements?”

　　The teacher thought this was a good idea．She made Trudy the advertising manager and Trudy asked the other students to advertise in the newspaper．Here are some of the advertisements she received．