●Two-year-old hero Ye Chengfeng saved most of his family from a deadly gas leak(泄漏)．As his grandfather lay dead, the child woke up his grandmother and saved five other family members from death．

　　●More and more British school kids use their mobile phones to cheat(作弊)in exam．They use them to send messages to get the answers．So far this year, 1,013 students were caught cheating with mobile phones．Teachers are now teaching themselves so they can find the cheats．They also ask the students to hand the phones in before exams．

　　●A new study shows that girl chimps(黑猩猩)are faster to use tools than boys!Experts found that girl chimps in East Africa use sticks to dig in the soil two years earlier than boys do．But they don't know why．Girls watched their moms work, but the boys climbed trees．Yes, human girls always learn to write and draw first, but boys often run and play balls earlier than girls．

　　●In Germany, doctors have three ways to help kids who are addicted(上瘾的)to the Internet．First, learning art－kids learn painting or singing．Second, doing sports－kids do swimming or horse riding．The last one is to go into nature－kids plant flowers and grow vegetables．Doctors want kids to find other ways to have fun rather than surf the Internet．

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　　A landmark is a famous building which makes a place different from the rest of the world．A landmark is often a building in a size which has not been built before, such as the Forbidden City in China．Sometimes, their special styles amaze us, as with the Sydney Opera House．A landmark is an important part of a place．It is important because of its history, or because of the people who built it or the people who visited it．

　　When people think of Paris, they will first think of the Eiffel Tower, a monument (纪念碑)to the French Revolution．On July 14th 1789, Parisians marched to the Bastille and fought with the King's soldiers to set free prisoners from the dungeons(地牢)．This was the beginning of the French Revolution．The Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889 World's Fair, held to celebrate the French Revolution's Centennial．It would be easy to build another Eiffel Tower elsewhere, but it would not be the same．It has become the symbol of Paris．

　　When people visit New York, they will see the Statue of Liberty, which was designed by a Frenchman, Auguste Bartholdi(1834-1904)．Bartholdi was famous for his art and statues．One evening, at a dinner party, he talked with his friends about how France had helped the United States win its freedom from England almost 100 years earlier．His friends decided Bartholdi should design a large statue of the Roman goddess, Libertas, or Liberty, as a gift to America．In 1884, France gave the statue to the United States．It has been one of America's famous symbols．

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　　Thomas Edison was often said to be the greatest genius(天才)of his age．

　　There are only a few men in all of history who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light．But Edison could never be happy only because someone said he was a genius．“There is no such things as genius,”Edison said．He said that what people called genius was mostly hard work．But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker．From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature．Nature, he often said, is full of secrets．He tried to understand them; then, he tried to learn what could usefully be done with them．

　　Edison enjoyed thinking．He knew that most people will do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often．But he knew, too, that thinking can give men enjoyment and pleasure．

　　Edison could not understand how anyone could be uninterested in life．As he loved to think, he also loved to work．On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what ideas he had about life．“Work,”he answered,“discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier．”He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work．

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　　For many years, Hawaii has been a magic name to people who like to travel．People, both in Japan and in America, dream of seeing this beautiful island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean(太平洋)．Their dreams always include(包括)sunset over the ocean．The sun drops like a ball of golden fire into the sea, and it drops so quickly that you can almost see it move．The sun leaves behind a glow(霞光)that lights the sky and shines in the quiet water．

　　People often have a quiet, peaceful time while walking along the beach．The first strangers to this island centuries ago were Polynesian(波利尼西亚)people who came from Tahiti in canoes(独木舟)．

　　Now no matter where the people come from, they really want to see the original (原始的)beauty of Hawaii．They really want to see the lovely beaches and the mountain called Diamond Head which is almost hidden by the tall hotel．

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Dear Sir or Madam,

　　Last Thursday, I traveled on the 8∶00 a.m.train from Glasgow to King's Cross, London and I was quite angry with the service of your company．

　　The train didn't come on time and it was forty minutes late when it left Glasgow．A man at the station said sorry to us, but he didn't give us any reasons for the delay(误点)．We then had further delays on the way and had to wait another thirty minutes．As a result, I missed my plane from London to Frankfurt and had to wait for several hours．

　　What's more, the service on the train was also very poor, The trip took more than five hours．Unluckily, we could buy nothing but some soft drinks on the train．Worst of all, something was wrong with the air conditioning and it got hotter and hotter in the train．Before we reached King's Cross, the temperature was over 40℃．

　　Because of your poor service, I feel you should pay me compensation(赔偿)．

　　I am looking forward to hearing from you．

Yours faithfully,

David Robertson

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　　One of the world's greatest storytellers, Hans Christian Andersen was born on April 2nd, 1805, in Denmark．He was the son of a poor shoemaker．After his father's death he traveled to Copenhagen to try out for the theater．He hoped to become an actor, but his real talent was for writing and he first became known for his poetry．He also wrote plays, novels and travel books, but while many of these are now almost unknown outside Denmark, his fairy tales are famous around the world．

　　His first collection of fairy tales, Tales Told for Children, was published in 1835 and included such favorites as The Tinderbox and The Princess and the Pea．His most famous fairy tales, however, are The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling and The Snow Queen．There probably isn't a child in the world who hasn't read at least one of these, or had it read to him．

　　Shortly before his death, in August 1875, he was asked what music he would like to be played at his funeral．“It should be in time with little steps,”he said,“because most of the people at my funeral will be children．”

　　There is a statue(雕像)of the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen Harbor．It was put there because the Danish are very proud of their most famous writer．

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你听说过福特汽车吗？你知道Henry Ford吗？这个名字已经流传了一百多年了。

Henry Ford was the first one to build cars, which were fast, reliable(可靠的)and cheap．He was able to sell millions of them because he “mass-produced”them, that is, he made a great many cars of exactly the same type．Henry Ford's father had hoped his son would become a farmer, but the young man did not like the idea and went to Detroit where he worked as a mechanic．By the time he was twenty-nine, in 1892, he had built his first car．The first“mass-produced”car in the world, the famous“Model T”, appeared in 1908－five years after Henry Ford had started his great Ford Motor Company．This car proved to be so popular that it remained unchanged for twenty years．Since Henry Ford's time, mass-production techniques have become common in industry and have reduced the price of a great many products; otherwise they would be very expensive．

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以下这篇文章所介绍的名人是一位身残志坚的科学家。他对人类做出了重大的贡献。你听说过他吗？

　　Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on 8th January, 1942．He went to school in St Albans－a small city near London．Although he did well, he was never top of his class．After leaving school, Hawking went first to Oxford University where he studied physics, then he went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology．As he himself admits(承认)，he didn't work hard．He was a very lazy student, and did very little work．However, he still got good marks．

　　It was at the age of 20 that Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him．He started to bump(撞上)into things．When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was so worried that she made him see a doctor．Hawking was sent to hospital for tests．Finally, the result came back．Hawking had motor neurone disease, an incurable illness which would make him unable to speak, breathe(呼吸)or move without the help of a machine．Doctors said they had no way to help him．He would die before he was 23．

　　At first, Hawking became very depressed(忧伤的)．After a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way．As he later wrote,“Before my illness was diagnosed(诊断)，I had been very bored with life．There had not seemed to be anything worth doing．But shortly after I came out of hospital, I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do．”Hawking married, found a job at Cambridge University, and had three children．He also went on to do some of the most important scientific research．

　　Today, Hawking still works at Cambridge University as a professor．He strongly believes that his story shows that nobody, however bad their situation(处境)is, should lose hope．“Life is not fair,”he once said．“You just have to do the best you can in your own situation．”

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　　The following rules will be used for the Reading Club：

　　*　All books must be read from Page One to the last page in the book．

　　*　The parent or the teacher will initial(write the first letter of one's name)the booklist after a student has finished reading a book．Teachers will initial the booklist only for the books read at school．It is the responsibility(责任)of the student and parent to write the names of all books read, and the number of pages of the book on the booklist．

　　*　All books read must be of the student's reading level(水平)or above．Example：A third-grade student should not read first-grade books if he or she is able to read at a third-grade or higher reading level．

　　*　All books the student finishes during the school year(including the textbooks read at school)will be counted towards the 100 books．Comic books and the like will not be counted．Books of good quality(高质量的)read from the school library, classroom, home, etc．will be counted．

　　*　When a student has finished a club booklist(one sheet of 25 books or 1,500 pages), he/she should bring the sheet to the office．The child will get a small reward(奖励)and may get another piece of booklist to go on reading．

　　It takes four booklist sheets for 100 books or four 1,500 pages to reach 6,000 pages．Either way－You're a Winner!

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