Hello! I have four classmates. Do you want to know what they  56  ? Let me tell you.

Wang Lin is the capital of the basketball team. He is tall and he is   57  medium build. He has short straight hair. Wang Lin is very popular in my class.

Mary is thin and she is   58   heavy. She has short curly blond hair. She is good –looking but she is a little bit quiet.

Xu Quian loves   59  jokes. She is short and a little heavy. She has beautiful long black hair. She never stops talking.

Mike is a good student. He is very tall. He has curly brown hair. He   60  reading and playing chess.

Which one of them do you like best, could you tell me?

Hangzhouhua (杭州话)：use it or lose it

There are about 6.000 languages in the world and some experts say that as many as half of these languages will disappear(消失) in the next one hundred years. Will Hangzhouhua be one of 1)________? It’s a 2)________ that more people are asking.

In China, Putonghua is the official language. That 3)________ it’s the language of government, business and the media (媒体). And it’s also the language that is 4)________ in schools.

Hangzhou is a special city. It used to be the capital of Wu and Yue States in the 10th century during the Five Dynasties period. Now it is modern, fashionable and also beautiful. And Hangzhouhua shows that by being modern, fashionable and beautiful.

Young people still speak Hangzhouhua but not as 5)________ as their parents and grandparents. They are under more and more pressure to speak Putonghua. So the language is being used 6)________ often in everyday life. Some people want to keep the language from disappearing completely 7)_________ building museums and having cultural festivals to save it. But a language isn’t a painting 8)________ a book. It’s a living thing and you 9)________ use it or lose it.

If people 10)________ using it in their daily lives, a museum or a festival will not help. It will be lost forever, like the Yangtze River dolphin.

Paris is the capital of France. Its subway is also very special. You can enjoy its culture when you are in this city. First you can see many people reading books in the subway. Whenever they are in the subway or at the station, there is always a book in the hand.

The subway station in Paris is not big, but each of them has its special facts. Some stations look like ships. Some stations have clothes, caps and shoes. And every station has a big advertisement picture. But many of them are for selling clothes and cosmetics(化妆品).

You can meet some beggars(乞丐) in the subway. But the beggars in the Paris subway are also very special. They often play the violin or guitar in the train. They don’t feel shy at all. Instead they think it is natural. After playing, they will go around the train and ask you to give them some money.

If you want to learn more about Paris, go to the subway and enjoy its culture by yourself.

1. What do many people usually do when they are in the subway?

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2. How do the beggars get money from people in the subway?

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3. What’s the main idea of this passage?

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1.There’re 24 h_________ in a day .

2.What’s his j________ ? He’s a teacher .

3.Don’t l_________ to music in class .

4.Jackie Chan is a very s__________ actor . He’s in many movies .

5.S__________ is the first day of a week .

6.My mother has lots of work to do every day . She’s very b_________ .

7.Beijing is the capital （首都）of C__________ .

8.I can’t a________ that question. It’s too difficult.

9.Best w__________ to you , Miss Jin . 

10.Kate , please w_________ your name on the card .