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     Have you ever spent a night on a train? In the world of high speed railways and low-fare (价格低廉)airlines, traveling by night train sounds out of date. The main way of railway travel is long gone in most European countries and the United States.   60   . They are considered rather economical (节省的) ways of traveling from city to city as the fares are a lot lower than flights and traveling between cities takes many hours or even days.

     The first extensive (广泛的) use of sleeping cars started in the 1830s in the US. A name worth mentioning here is George Pullman, an American industrialist. In the 1860s, Pullman successfully ran his sleeping car business by offering all kinds of good services. The food provided on the comfortable Pullman trains was as delicious as the best restaurants of that time.   61   .

     Considering the time spent, business people may prefer to travel by plane, but modern sleeping cars provide an comfortable way of traveling.   62   . The other advantage is that sleeping cars take you directly to the big city stations, while most airports are usually located far away from the city centers.   63   .

A. The Pullman trains quickly became popular as a result of his creation

B. The planes are often late and uncomfortable

C. But in China and India, night trains are quite common

D. So if you are not in a rush, overnight trains are a great way to get around

E. One advantage of overnight trains is that you are getting a night’s rest while traveling

Have you ever felt life is bad? Do you find that life seems to make things difficult for you and everything seems to go wrong? I sometimes felt that way，but a friend changed me．

He told me that although he didn't have enough money，he was happy．I asked why he was happy．Then he told me what he saw in India．

A few years ago，he was really feeling sad and went to India．He saw an Indian mother cut off her child's right hand with a knife．After that he could never forget the sad eyes of the helpless mother and the child．The reason why the mother did that was to beg．The mother did this so that the child could go out on the streets to beg and get some food to eat．

Then he began to think about how happy he was．He had food to eat，a complete body，a job，a family，the chance to say that some food wasn't delicious，and many things that the mother and the child in front of him never dreamed of having．

After hearing his story，I began to think about it，too．Was my life real1y that bad? Perhaps it wasn't．It wasn't bad at all．

What about you? Next time you think that your life is bad，think about the child who lost one hand so that he could beg on the streets．

1．The writer begins the article with two questions in order to _________．

A．show the readers he knows a lot                  B．stress his opinion

C．attract the readers' interest

2．The Indian mother was _________ when she was cutting off her child's hand．

A．angry                         B．sad                      C．crazy

3．The underlined part “to beg” means _________．

A．to ask others for food                                 B．to tell others he’s sorry

C．to say he's unable to do anything

4．The writer's friend _________ after he saw what the Indian's life was like．

A．felt very sad and angry                                B．came to believe he was lucky

C．started to feel he was helpless

5．The underlined sentence in the end of the passage tells us _________．

A．how to feel good when upset                       B．how to help the poor when possible

C．how to keep a balance between rich and poor

A: Where is Simon?

B: He ________ the USA.

A: By the way, have you ever ________ abroad before?  B: No, never.

A. is in, been to    B. has been to, gone

C. went to, gone to    D. has gone to, been

New rules and behaviour standards(行为规范)for middle school students  1  (come) out in March. Middle school is going to use a new way__2___(decide) who the top students are. The best students won’t only have high marks .They will also ___3___(are) kids who don’t dye (染 )their hair, smoke or drink ,Here are some of the new rules.

Tell the truth. Have you ever ___4__(copy) someone else’s work on an exam? Don’ do it again！That’s not honest .If you have played computer games for two hours in your room , don’t tell your parents that you have done homework..

Do more at school. Good students love animals and care for other people. April is Bird-loving Month in our country .Is your school___5__ (do) anything to celebrate? You should join！That way ,you can learn more about animals and how __6___(protect) them .Have you ever quarreled(吵架 ) with your teammates when your basketball team lost? Only working together can make your team stronger .Be friendly to people you are with .Try __7___(thought)of others ,not only yourself.

Be open to new ideas. Have you ever thought that people could live on the moon？Perhaps you’ll ___8____(discover) Earth II someday. Don’t look down at anyone. Everyone’s ideas are important. You should welcome them, because new ideas make life better for everyone, Protect yourself. Has someone taken money from one of your classmates? Don’t let it__9___ (happenes) to you .If you have to go home late, you should let your parents know.

Use the Internet carefully .The Internet can be very useful for your studies .But some things on the Internet__10___(not be) for kids ,so try to look at Web pages that are good for you .you can use the Web for fun or homework..