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　　Sneaker is a kind of shoe worn by many people around the world. Some say that the word“sneaker”is another word from tennis shoe, 1 no one really knows where the word came from. 2 say it came from the old English verb“sneak”which 3 to move silently and quickly. The only thing we are 4 is that when you put on a pair of sneakers, you 5 light- hearted, light - footed and ready to play.

　　Sneakers of some kind are used by 6 who play tennis, basketball, and other sports. New design 7 especially for people who run slowly. But perhaps sneakers are 8 used by children in the United States. In fact American children of 9 ages would much rather play in sneakers than anything else, except perhaps no shoes at all.

　　New York City 10 held a poetry contest for children. The subject was only“sneaker”. Thousands of children sent in their 11 and praised the sneakers they love. One of the prize winners called 12 poem“The Sneaker and the World Peace. ” “When everyone is wearing sneakers, ”she said, “It will be impossible 13 ! ”

　　American school children can be seen every day 14 sneakers of all colours. They put them in the 15 and take them off in the evening. Sneakers are rarely washed. In fact the older and the dirtier they are, 16 lovely they are. When their sneakers 17 , children hate to throw them off. How do you explain the closeness between 18 ? Perhaps another young 19 in the New York Poetry Contest said it best. “A shoe is just a shoe, ”he said. “But a sneaker is a 20 .”

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　　You will have a lot of reading to do in your grade this year. You can do more of it in less time 1 you learn to read rapidly.

　　 2 you have been told about some habits which keep a person from 3 fast and have been y asked to 4 those habits which you might have.

　　Do you still have 5 of these bad habits? Check yourself 6 answering “Yes” or“ No” to these questions:

　　A. Do you move your lips when reading 7 ?

　　B. Do you point to words with your finger as you read?

　　C. Do you 8 your head from side to side as you read?

　　D. Do you read one word at a time?

　　If you answer 9 to any of these questions, start at once to break the habit.

　　If you move your lips, hold your fingers over them, or hold a piece of paper 10 your lips while you are reading. Then if your lips move, you will know it and can stop them.

　　If you 11 words, hold the two sides of your book, one side with your left hand, 12 side with your right hand. Then you won't have a 13 finger to use in pointing while reading. If you move your head, place your chin in one hand, and hold your head still.

　　If you read no more than one or two or three words 14 , you 15 to work very hard in learning to 16 more words at each glance as your eyes 17 across the lines of words.

　　Even if you do read fairly fast now, you can learn to read even faster. As you probably have been told, 18 of fast reading is to read in groups and force your eyes 19 the lines of words as fast as you can to make them go. Anyone who practises 20 these two things will be able to read faster.

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　　An insect(昆虫) is a very small animal with six legs and a 1 with three parts. A spider is 2 really an insect because it has four 3 of legs and its body has only two parts.

　　Some spiders have eight eyes and some have 4 than eight but they are not good eyes and spiders 5 see very well. They can smell and feel things very well so they don't need their 6 . They have little teeth and when they 7 some thing, for example, an insect or another spider, poison goes from these teeth 8 the insect. The insect then can't move and it 9 die. The spider then eats it. Some spiders can kill big animals 10 this way but most spiders can only kill 11 insects.

　　When we think of 12 , we usually think of their web. Marry spiders make webs 13 insects.

　　Webs are made of thin strings which come 14 the spider's body. The spider is very 15 and its web is very beautiful. First it makes the outside web. Then it makes lines 16 the middle of the edges. 17 , starting in the center, the spider makes circle.

　　The web is sticky and when it is ready, the spider sits in the middle and waits for a fly or another insect to touch the web from which it 18 get away. The spider 19 the web move and walks across the web and kills the insect. The spider has oil on its feet and it can walk on the web 20 sticking to it.

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　　On the beach of a little island in Florida, a college professor was collecting seashells from among thousands that lay strewn (散落)  1 the sands. They were  2 all sorts, shapes, sizes and colors. Gathering some specimens (标本), he carried  3 to higher ground, well  4 the reach of the ocean. He left them there for about thirty minutes. When he returned, he stared in  5 ; every shell had disappeared!

　　The only  6 in the sand were his own, so that no thief was  7 . Nor  8 ocean waves possibly have  9 the spot, because the sand remained white and dry. What, then, had  10 of the shells? The answer was very simple: they  11 “repossessed (重新占有)”. What the professor had believed to be empty, lifeless shells were actually  12 by crabs (螃蟹). While he was  13 the crabs had  14 taken their shells home to the shoreline. Mystery  15 .

　　Seashells range in  16 from a few cents to hundreds,  17 thousands, of dollars. Some of the deepwater shells around Sanibel are  18 $400 apiece. Not long  19 a wealthy collector paid $10,000 for a rather medium (中等的)  20 .

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　　Health experts have warned for many years that smoking can lead to heart disease, cancer and  1 medical problems.  2 officials say diseases  3 directly  4 smoking kill at  5 320, 000 Americans each year. But smokers still find  6 difficult to stop. The tobacco (烟草) industry  7 40 million Americans continue to smoke.

　　Every year the American Cancer Society  8 a national Non-smoking Day in an  9 to get people to give  10 cigarettes. On that day the officers from the Society will  11 telephone call advice on  12 to stop smoking. Smokers  13 can call a special telephone number to  14 recorded message by doctors. Some businesses will  15 their workers candy or chewing gum (口香糖) to help them keep  16 smoking. Some companies are offering special gifts and prizes to  17 who sign an agreement to stop smoking. And Americans  18 do not smoke are being asked to help  19 one person who is smoking during the 24-  20 campaign(运动).

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　　The idea of having a hobby for your leisure (休闲的) hours,  1 taking  2 a pastime to keep you  3 and busy when you're not  4 work, is quite common in Britain, but it's by no  5 a worldwide habit. There are many countries where people spend their free time  6 resting and talking.

　　When people are asked why they go  7 for a particular hobby they often give very different  8 . Some say that they feel they  9 to do something useful in their spare time;  10 talk about self-improvement and the  11 of learning to do something new. A popular explanation  12 having a hobby is that it offers a chance to do  13 completely different from one's  14 work; some people say that their hobby,  15 it's an outdoor hobby, has been a means of making new  16 and exchanging ideas. There are those,  17 , who say they're bored 18 their jobs and feel the incentive (刺激) for a more constructive (积极的) activity  19 they are  20 duty.

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　　He was known everywhere as a great artist. People 1 from miles around to admire his beautiful 2 . His name was Pygmalion, and he lived long, long 3 in Athens, Greece.

　　Pygmalion 4 his art for many years. His desire 5 excellence made him spend months 6 a single work of art. He would not stop 7 he felt it was perfect. 8 the years passed, his work became 9 . Pygmalion painted flowers which looked 10 natural that people tried to 11 them. He painted fruits which looked so 12 that people wanted to eat them. Everyone 13 looked at the pictures he had painted was 14 by their beauty.

　　As the years passed it 15 only his pictures that made him famous. Pygmalion 16 made perfect pieces of sculpture (雕塑). He could take a plain piece of wood 17 stone and make it beautiful. He could make a rough stone as 18 as glass. He worked long and hard to make his statues (雕塑) as real as possible. Often visitors who came to see his work began talking to someone. They were surprised when that person didn't 19 .

　　They were even more surprised 20 they realized they were talking to a statue. It always gave Pygmalion pleasure when people were surprised this way.

　　

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　　Some time ago, a friend  1 in a part of the city  2 do not know very well, invited me to visit him. It took me hours to  3 there and I drove round and round looking  4 a place to park my car. At last I found a space in a back street. As I was already  5 , I parked my car quickly and hurried off  6 . Making my way rapidly along the street, I  7 thinking that it is much easier  8 .

　　At noon, I left my friend's  9 . It suddenly  10 me that I had no idea  11 I had parked my car.  12 down street  13 street, I examined each car  14 and was greatly relieved (感到安慰) to see a small green car just behind an old truck. But how  15 I was to discover that though the car was very much  16 my own, it  17 someone else. Quite tired now, I was ready to  18 the search when I turned the street corner. I nearly jumped  19 : my car was  20 in front of me!

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　　A land free from destruction (破坏), plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply-all these were important.  1 in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution.  2 they were not enough. Something  3 was needed to start the industrial process. That “something special” was men -  4 individuals who could invent machines, find new  5 of power, and establish business organizations to reshape (改造)society.

　　The men who  6 the machines of the Industrial Revolution  7 from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were  8 inventors than scientists. A man who is a  9 scientist is primarily interested in doing his research  10 . He is not necessarily working  11 that his findings can be used.

　　An inventor or one interested in applied science is  12 trying to make something that has an actual  13 . He may try to solve a problem by using the theories  14 science or by experimenting through correct and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain a  15 result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of  16 other objectives.

　　Most of the people who  17 the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not trained scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had  18 or no training in science might not have made their inventions  19 a ground work had not been laid by scientists years  20 .

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　　A boy walked along Carver Street, singing a sad song. He walked with his head down. Once he looked up and noticed the sign across the empty street, painted on the side of an old house. On the sign a big woman with yellow hair and a five mile smile held out a big bottle. “Coca Cola. Drink Coca Cola,”the sign said.

　　“Boy!”the silence was cut by a sudden cry. He turned around quickly to see who had called.

　　An old woman was standing at her door.

　　“You boy! Come here this minute!”

　　Slowly the boy 1 onto the cold flat stones leading to the old woman's house. When he arrived at her house, she 2 out her hand and wrapped (缠住)her 3 old fingers around his arm.

　　“Help me inside, boy”, she said. “Help me  4 to my bed. What's your name?”

　　“Joseph,” he said.

　　The old woman on the bed tried to 5 up, raising herself on her elbow (肘). Water 6 from her eyes and mouth. The sight of her made Joseph feel 7 .

　　“I'm dying, Joseph. You can see that, can't you? I want you to write a 8 for me. There's paper and pencil on the table there.”

　　Joseph looked down at the 9 ,and then looked out the window. He saw the sign again:“Coca Cola. Drink Coca Cola.”

　　“I want my silver pin to 10 to my daughter.”

　　Joseph bent his small body over the table and  11 the pencil slowly across the paper.

　　“There's my Bible (圣经),”the old woman said. “That's for my daughter, too. I want a 12 Christian burial(基督葬礼) with lots of singing. Write that down, too. That's the last 13 of a poor old woman.”

　　The boy laboured over the paper. Again he looked out the window.

　　“Here. Bring it here so I can 14 it.”

　　Joseph found the Bible, and, 15 the paper inside, laid it next to the bed.

　　“ 16 me now, boy,”she sighed. “I'm tired.”

　　He ran out of the house.

　　A cold wind blew through the 17 window, but the old woman on the bed 18 nothing. She was dead. The paper in the Bible moved back and forth in the wind. 19 on the paper were some childish letters. They 20 the words:“Coca Cola. Drink Coca Cola.”

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