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　　Many students ask for advice about improving their English．There are three basic questions．

　　The first question is about real English．Li Hao from Hubei wrote, “I enjoy watching English films and listening to real English songs．But it takes a long time．What do you think?”

　　This is a great way to learn English! Talk about the film or song with your friends, and guess the meaning of the new words．Just enjoy yourself!

　　The second question is about speaking．Sam, from Suzhou wrote．“Our school has a foreign teacher．But I'm shy and can't speak to her．What should I do?”

　　When I visit China, lots of people in the street say, “Hello! How are you? Where are you from? Do you like China?” These are good questions to start a talk．Many people are shy when they speak English, so before you begin, take a deep breath and smile! Smiling always helps．

　　The third question is about vocabulary．Oliver, from Anhui wrote, “I want to remember all the new words．I write them down, but I forget them quickly．What should I do?”

　　Try to remember eight or ten words a day．Write them on pieces of paper and place them in your bedroom．Say the words when you see them, and change them every day．And when you're shopping, how about counting the English words, or saying the English names for everything you see?

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　　The new book Harry Potter and the Half-Blood is warmly welcomed by the children in China．It sells well across China．You can see and hear the advertisements about the book here and there．

　　Why is the book so attractive to children? After reading it, I was attracted by the magic world．I can not help asking：where is our own Harry Potter?

　　China has a long history and colorful culture．With a large market of teenagers, China published(出版)many popular books among children．However, why are the present books not as good as those foreign ones?

　　Firstly, quite a number of children's books are written for teaching, and they have little interest．Reading them, children often have a feeling of being “educated”．Certainly, they don't like them．Secondly, fewer children like the same stories, but most Chinese books are usually much the same．One knows the ending as early as in the beginning．Finally, the writers seldom think about children's needs．

　　First-class Reading, for children should be interesting, and written in their language．

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A Gold Cup for an Orange

　　There is a poor man．He has an orange tree．On the tree, there are many fine oranges．One of them is very, very big．It is as big as a football．Nobody sees so big an orange．The poor man is very happy．He takes it to the king(国王)．The King is so pleased(高兴)that he gives the man a lot of money for it．

　　When a rich man hears of it, he says to himself, "It's only an orange．Why does the king give so much money for it? I'll take my gold cup to the king．He'll give me more money"．

　　The next day when the king receives(收到)the gold cup, he says to the rich man, "what a beautiful cup! I'll show you something wonderful, please take this great orange away．

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请根据上面的材料完成下列各题．

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　　Tomorrow is Mother's Day．Susan wants to give a present to her mother．Father tells her to go to the shop and try to find something．Susan hurries(匆忙)to the shopping center(中心)and goes to the women's store．She has＄3.00．First she thinks she will get her mother something to wear．Then she thinks she will buy something for her to use(使用)．

　　But she only has＄3.00．She can't buy any nice dress．She sees a nice red hat．She knows her mother will like it．But it is too expensive．It is＄10.00．

　　The saleslady looks at her and then looks at the hat．She takes off(取下)the price tag(标签)and says, "That's exactly(恰好)＄3.00．"

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Yao Ming is a very good basketball player in the world．He is 25 years old．He was born in Shanghai, but he lives in the USA with his parents now．Yao Ming is quite tall．But he isn't so strong．He was in the Rockets Team after he left China．He plays very well in the NBA．Many people come to his match(比赛)in America．Lots of Chinese young men watch the matches on TV．Yao Ming wants to be a superstar one day．

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　　My cat's name is Lucy．She is a very pretty cat．Her hair is black and yellow．She has four children．She is very happy with her young babies．

　　The four children are not all like Lucy very much．The biggest(最大的)child is quite black．It is black with white feet(脚)and white ears．Two children are like their mother．They are black．My daughter says, “Aren't they pretty(可爱的)?Can't I have the black and white one?Isn't he a tomcat(雄猫)?”

　　I say, “I don't know, but I know the yellow and black ones are female(雌性的)．”“Are they?How do you know?”“For(因为)they are yellow and black．Tomcats never(从不)have that colour．I'll tell you something about that．Listen…”

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　　The 2012 Summer Olympics will be held in London, UK．The city will become the first in history to host the Olympic Games three times．

　　The London 2012 Olympic mascots(吉祥物), which are named after two small English towns, are Wenlock and Mandeville．They only have one eye．But they look very friendly．Wenlock is wearing bracelets(手链)in the colors of the Olympic rings．UK children and families help design the mascots．

　　London is now ready for the 2012 Olympics．On May 5, the Olympic Stadium(体育场)opened in east London．Schoolchildren in London were the stars of the day．Niamh Clarke-Willis is 9．She pressed the button to open the Olympic Stadium with London 2012 Chairman Sebastian Coe．There were more than 40,000 people taking part in the ceremony．The stadium can hold 80, 000 people, It will host the Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics on July 27．

　　Now you can buy tickets for the London 2012 Olympics! They went on sale on March 15，500 days before the Games begin．There are 6.6 million tickets to buy in six weeks．The cheapest cost is＄20(210yuan)．The most expensive is＄2,012(21，000yuan)．

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　　LiNa jumps two places in WTArankings(排位)

　　China's Li Na moved up two places to seventh in the latest WTA rankings released on Monday despite(尽管)losing the Rome WTA final last Sunday to Russian Maria Sharapova, Yahoo reported．

　　Li will begin her French Open title defence next week in Paris．It was the first win ever at a Grand Slam event for someone representing China．

　　LiuXiang back toworld top

　　With a world fastest time of the season so far, Chinese star hurdler Liu Xiang showed the world that he is back to the world top level．

　　Running into 13 seconds on a wet track．In spite of running on a wet track, the 28-year-old Liu claimed(宣称)an overwhelming victory against three American first-class hurdlers at the 2012 Diamond League Shanghai last Saturday．

　　The Athens Olympic champion clocked a world leading time of 12.97 seconds to claim title of men's 110m hurdle event, and the result bettered(胜过)the previous season best of 13.03s set by America's Aries Merritt two weeks ago．

　　David Oliver of the United States finished second in 13.13s whi le another American Jason Richardson, newly crowned world champion in Dague last year, settled third in 13.16s．Merritt was fourth in 13.26s．

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