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　　“Mind your own business．” we’re told．“Don't talk about others behind their backs．”The problem with this advice is that，not only is it unrealistic，it's also counterproductive(起反作用的)．

　　Common sense holds that gossip(流言蜚语)hurts people's feelings and damages relationships．But recent research shows the opposite-that strong communities and relationships between people would be impossible without gossip．

　　Gossip is a way for people to let you know the limits of social behavior．“If you move into a community and your neighbor tells you how the former homeowner never dealt with his rubbish properly，his gossip is letting you in on something，”says Dr．Ralph Rosnow of Temple University．“Gossip says：these are the boundaries and you are crossing them．You’re not abiding by the rules and you'd better get back in line．” Seen this way，gossip is a way to communicate criticism without conflict(冲突)，giving you a chance to change your behavior without losing face．

　　On the other hand，what about ill-willed gossip，the kind that puts other people down? Gossip is hearing something we like about someone we don't and，in nearly every country in the world，gossip magazines have huge numbers of readers．According to researchers，however，this kind of gossip also has a good side because it helps us put our own problems in perspective(正确地)．“If we read bad news about well-known people，or get the frightful details of our neighbors’ bad situation over a cup of coffee，our own problems begin to pale in comparison，”says Dr．Jack Levin of Northeastern University．

　　However, that doesn't mean that gossip is necessarily a good thing，either．Researchers found that people who gossip a lot tend to feel like they’re under a lot of stress．This might be because while they’re busy talking about other people，they’re also busy thinking what other people are saying about them．

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　　In a room at Texas Children Cancer Center in Houston, eight-year-old Simran Jatar lay in bed with a drip(点滴)above her to fight her bone cancer．Over her bald(秃的)head, she wore a pink hat that matched her clothes．But the third grader's cheery dressing didn't mask her pain and weary eyes．

　　Then a visitor showed up．“Do you want to write a song? ” asked Anita Kruse, 49, rolling a cart equipped with an electronic keyboard, a microphone and speakers．Simran stared．“Have you ever written a poem? ” Anita Kruse continued．“Well, yes, ” Simran said．

　　Within minutes, Simran was reading her poem into the microphone．“Some bird soaring through the sky, ” she said softly．“Imagination in its head…” Anita Kruse added piano music, a few warbling(鸣, 唱)birds, and finally the girl's voice．Thirty minutes later, she presented Simran with a CD of her first recorded song．

　　That was the beginning of Anita Kruse's project, Purple Songs Can Fly, one that has helped more than 125 young patients write and record songs．As a composer and pianist who had performed at the hospital, Kruse said that the idea of how she could help “came in one flash”．

　　The effect on the kids has been great．One teenage girl, curling(蜷缩)in pain in her wheelchair, stood unaided to dance to a hip-hop song she had written．A 12-year-old boy with Hodgkin's disease who rarely spoke surprised his doctors with a song he called I Can Make It．

　　“My time with the kids is heartbreaking because of the badness of their illnesses, ” says Anita Kruse．“But they also make you happy, when the children are smiling, excited to share their CD with their families．”

　　Simran is now an active sixth grader and cancer-free．From time to time, she and her mother listen to her song, Always Remembering, and they always remember the “really sweet and nice and loving” lady who gave them a shining moment in the dark hour．

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阅读理解，阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

　　Everyone has a dream job and we all hope our dreams can come true．Mr Black works as a reporter at a TV station．He wants to know what jobs teenagers are going to do when they grow up．He went to the Evergreen School to do a survey last Friday．

　　Mr Black asked the students to discuss with each other and then fill in the form with a pen．He told them to tell the truth．Mr Black thought most students would be teachers．The teacher is one of the best professions in the world．Maybe some students would be scientists．Rich knowledge would help them．A few students would be soldiers because they could keep our country beautiful and peaceful．

　　Teachers helped Mr Black before school was over．They gave out one thousand eight hundred papers to the students．When the survey's result came out, Mr Black and the teachers were surprised．Please look at the results．

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　　Here is the timetable of science activities in the Children's Palace．

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　　The London Olympic Games are coming soon．This summer, Chinese sports fans will be able to watch the exciting games in 3-D on CCTV．

　　When you watch 3-D movies or TV, you have to wear a special pair of glasses．The 3-D glasses make the people and the things on the screen look like they are in the room with you．

　　3-D, means having three dimensions：width, height and depth．3-D technology is based on the way the human brain and eye work．Because the pupils of a person's eyes are about 6.5cm apart, when we look at something, each eye sees it from different angle．Our eyes send the two pictures to our brain, and the brain puts them together．The small difference between the picture from the right eye and the picture from the left eye make us see depth．

　　While watching 2-D films, we don't have to wear the special glasses．We see the pictures in two dimensions, each eye get the same information．This is because there is only one way of watching it．

　　So the aim of 3-D technology is to get a different picture into each eye of the person．It uses two film projectors．One projects a left eye picture and the other projects a right eye picture．When we are in the cinema, we can see different pictures in each eye at the same time with the help of the 3-D glasses．

　　While watching 3-D films, we feel that we are actually in the same environment as the things we are watching．However, some people are against watching 3-D films．One of the reasons is the 3-D glasses makes the screen of the film or TV look darker．It is bad for eyes．What's more, people with eye problems may get headaches if they spend too much time watching 3-D movies, because their brains need to work harder to “read” the pictures．

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　　Once there was a piano player in a bar．People came just to hear him play．But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song．

　　"I don't sing, " said the man．

　　But the lady told the waiter, "I'm tired of listening to the piano．I want the player to sing!

　　The waiter shouted across the room, "Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song! '

　　So he did．He had never sung in public before．Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!

　　He had talent he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar．But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US．His name was Nat King Cole．

　　You, too, have skills and abilities．You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think．With hard work, most skills can be improved．Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent．

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　　When you are feeling unhappy or forget how great you are, these are six ways to make you feel good about yourself．

　　☆ Look in the mirror and say to yourself, “I am a special person and there's no one in the world like me．I can do anything! " It may not sound so good, but it really works!

　　☆ Do something nice for someone．Helping others always makes you feel good．

　　☆ Smile! Be friendly to people you meet．Look for the good things in your friends and family．

　　☆ Learn something new! Have you always wanted to decorate your own room or learn how to swim? Go for it! New challenges are fun and give you a sense of accomplishment when you have finished．

　　☆ Read and start a diary, Turn off the TV and let your imagination fly! Write you’re your thoughts, dreams or anything you want! Writing always helps to express your feelings．

　　☆ Stay with your family．We all need our family time．Talk with your Mum or Dad or maybe even your cousin．

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　　Spending two or three hours playing outdoors each day can reduce(减少)a child's chance of becoming short-sighted(近视), research shows．It challenges the belif that short-sightedness is caused by computer use, watching TV or reading in weak light．

　　Australian government researchers believe that sunlight is good for people's eyes．They compared the vision(视力)and habits of 100 seven-year-old children in China and Australia．In all, 30％ of the Chinese children were short-sighted．This percentage was ten times higher than Australian children．

　　Both groups spent a similar amount of time reading, watching TV and playing computer games．However, the Australia children spent an average of two hours a day outdoors, 90 minutes more than the Chinese children．

　　Professor Ian Morgan said, “Humans are naturally long-sighted, but when people begin to go to school and spend little or no time outdoors, the number of short-sighted peoplegets larger．We are also seeing more and more short-sighted children in cities all around the world-and the main reason may be that city children spend less time outdoors．

　　Daylight can be hundreds of times brighter than indoor light．But why does playing outside prevent us from becoming short-sighted? Scientists believe that natural light has a special chemical(化学物质)which stops the eyeball from growing out of shape and prevents people from becoming short-sighted．

　　So go outdoors．It doesn't matter if that time is spent having a picnic or playing sports．

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　　Julio loves to visit his grandmother．He doesn't get to visit her very often because his family lives in a city that is six hours away．His grandmother lives in a big wooden house on a farm．It is old and looks as if it has secret hiding places．

　　On the third Sunday of June, Julio's parents took him to his grandmother's．Since it was summer vacation, he was going to stay at grandmother's for a whole summer．Hid cousins Mario and linda would soon be arriving．They would also be staying at their grandmother's this summer．

　　A big porch(走廊)wrapped(缠绕)around two sides of the house．Julio sat in the porch swing(秋千)．He could see the trees that circle the house．They had been planted as a windbreak(防风林)．They protected the house from the wind and blowing dirt．The house was in the middle of a large flat field．

　　Julio watched the dirt road that led to the house．He couldn't wait for his cousins to get there．Mario was his age, and Linda was a year younger．They had fun together．Last summer they spent one whole morning making a fort out of sacks of seed(装种子的麻袋做成的堡垒)．Then Uncle Henry took them on a tractor ride．

　　Julio remembered another time with his cousins．They had gone out to explore the fields．Julio touched an electric fence and got a shock．Then they found an old snake skin．Nothing like that ever happened at his own home!

　　Julio could smell the dinner that his grandmother was cooking．It made him hungry．

　　Finally he saw a cloud of dust coming up the road．“They’re here! They are here! ”He shouted．

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