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Beijing is the capital of China．In spring we can fly kites in the sky．In summer we can swim and play in the water．We can climb hills in autumn．In winter we also can skate and make a snowman．What a beautiful city Beijing is? We can see many high buildings．It becomes clean and modern，We love it．

1．Beijing is the ________ of China．

2．In spring we can ________in the sky．

3．We can climb hills in ________．

4．In winter we can ________ and make a snowman．

5．We can see ________ in Beijing．

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　　Benjamin Franklin(本杰明·富蘭克林)was a(1)________ American inventor(發(fā)明家), writer and scientist．Here is a story from his childhood．

　　As a boy, Ben loves to read．After he reads a book(2)________ swimming, he soon learns to swim．He also wants to know if(是否)there is some way to help people(3)________ faster．He thinks and slowly a picture of wooden paddles(木槳)grows in his(4)________．

　　He begins to work(5)________ the paddles．A few days(6)________ the paddles are ready．Ben tells his friends that he will try the paddles out the next Saturday afternoon at Green's pond About 100 boys come to the pond that afternoon to(7)________．

　　Ben fixes(固定)the paddles on his hands and feet．When he(8)________ into the water, he begins to paddle．At(9)________ he swims slowly, then faster and faster until he is going through the water like a fish．The boys have never seen such fast swimming．The paddles do work．All of the boys cheer for Ben, jumping up and down(10)________．

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　　What's the real meaning of the word“peace”?The(1)________ story may tell us some-thing about it．

　　There was once a king who offered an award to an artist who could paint the(2)________ picture of peace．Many(3)________ tried．The king looked at all the pictures．But there were only two he really liked and he had to choose between them．

　　One picture was a calm lake．The lake was a perfect thing for peace because of the high mountains around it．Overhead was a blue sky with white clouds．(4)________ who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace．

　　The other picture had mountains too．But they were rugged(高低不平的)．Above was the dark sky, from which heavy rain fell．A waterfall was rushing down the side of the mountain．This did not look(5)________ at all．But when the king looked(6)________, he found behind the waterfall a very small bush(7)________ in the midst(在……中)of the waterfall and a mother bird sitting on her nest in perfect peace．

　　The king gave the award to the artist who painted the(8)________ picture．Why?“Be-cause,”explained the king,“peace does not mean to(9)________ in a place where there is no(10)________, no trouble or hard work．Peace means in the midst of all those things, you're still calm in your heart．That's the real meaning of peace．”

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　　What a long, long time since the last Harry Potter book“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”came out in 2005!Now the coming 2007 is going to 　　1　　 an end to all the waiting．The 　　2　　 Harry Potter book, the final one in the series(系列), is said to be coming out in July．

　　In this book, J．K．Rowling is going to write about the 　　3　　 adventures of Harry Potter as he tries to defeat the evil(邪惡的)dark wizard(魔法題), Lord Voldemort．The title for Book 7 is not known yet．But Rowling has said that it will 　　4　　 be“Harry Potter and the…”．

　　There are many unanswered questions and 　　5　　 adventures in the series．So many readers are al-ready trying to 　　6　　 what will happen in the final book．Some say that Harry Potter may die in the end．Some say that the wrier is going to end the book with the scar(傷疤)on Harry's forehead, 　　7　　 will happen next?Seven months is long enough for you to make up your own Harry Potter story．

　　　　8　　 piece of good news is that the fifth Harry Potter movie,“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”, will come out in North America and the UK 　　9　　 Friday, July 13,2007．

　　Since Rowling's first Harry Potter book in 1997, the six books have altogether sold more than 300 million copies．The books have been translated into 47 　　10　　．

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　　George and his wife had been looking around for a bigger house．The first place they saw was a bit(1)________ from the office where they worked．The second place was large(2)________ hadn't a garden, in which the children could play．Then they visited a third and a(3)________ place．Both were too expensive．They(4)________ lost hope．

　　Yesterday they(5)________ a less expensive house－a four-bedroomed house with a little lawn(草坪)at the(6)________．It was just what the children needed．

　　But some of the roofs and walls were(7)________．George needed much money to(8)________ the house．

　　So today George asked his father to lend him money．His father wasn't sure if his son would ever be(9)________ to return the money．He thought for a while, then he said,“You grew up(10)________ a garden．I don't think it's a must for the children to play in a garden．”

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　　Ronaldo was born on September 22, 1976．He loved football at a very young(1)________ When he was four, his father gave him a football(2)________ a Christmas present．From then on, he played with it every day．

　　At the age of 14, he gave up school to be a real football(3)________．Ronaldo began(4)________ for Cruzeiro, a football club, on May 25, 1993．Ronaldo has been named World Soccer Magazine's Player of the year after his success for Brazil in the 2002 World Cup．He(5)________ eight goals in the World Cup．It was the most(6)________ West Germany's Gerd Mueller scored ten in 1970．Unluckily, one of his knees was badly(7)________．He had to stop(8)________ a good rest for about a year．What a pity!But when he restarted his career(事業(yè)), he did as wonder-fully as before．He loves football and(9)________ it as his life．He will never give up(10)________ he can't play any more．

　　Ronaldo was supported by more than 26 percent of all football fans．He has won the FIFA(國際足聯(lián))prize three times．He is now a real star for the young football fans．

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　　When you visit England, you must know about a few of their laws．The(1)________ one is about drinking．You may not buy alcohol(烈性酒)in the country if you are under 18 years of age．Your friend can not buy it for you,(2)________．

　　The second is about smoking．If you are under 16 years, you are not(3)________ to buy cigarettes．

　　The third is about crossing the road．Be careful．The traffic moves on the(4)________ side of the road in England．(5)________ crossings for walking when you cross the road．

　　The last is about(6)________．You can't throw away waste things in a(7)________ place．When you have something to throw away, please put it in your(8)________ and take it home,(9)________ put it in a dustbin．Although the laws are strict, the police are very kind．If you have any problem, just ask the police for help．They will be(10)________ to help you．

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　　Do you want to say what you think in a letter to the(1)________ of the USA?You will get a(2)________ from him－a written, not typed letter only after a few days．

　　The President(3)________ about 4000 letters every week．He answers everyone who writes to him on special White House(4)________．But he doesn't need a lot of time for it, in fact, he only spends 20 minutes a week(5)________ his personal correspondence(私人信件)．He has the most modern secretary in the world to help him．

　　It is a computer of 800,00 pounds, which has its own room on the first floor of the White House．It has a bank of electronic pens．The pens(6)________ as the President writes in his favorite light blue ink．Each letter gets a number according to the kind of answer it needs．The pens then write the correct reply for it according to the(7)________．Each letter(8)________ a second to write．A White House official said,“It isn't important(9)________ a letter comes from a computer or from the President．Each letter says(10)________ the President wants to say．”

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Dear Li Xin,

　　I'm going to ask my parents if I can study at home rather than at school．I think they 　　1　　 let me．I'm sure that they knew 　　2　　 much more energy I will have for study if I don't have to 　　3　　 the bus to school every morning．At home, it would be nice and 　　4　　 and I could work at my own pace to get a lot done．

　　If I study at home, I could have a personal tutor and a special 　　5　　 plan just for me．If I can 　　6　　 what to learn, I will study the things I am 　　7　　 in．For example, I like Maths but I don't care about History, so I will 　　8　　 more time doing algebra and geometry(代數(shù)和幾何)．

　　Besides planning my study, I also want to decide what 　　9　　 to have lunch．School lunch comes too late．I get 　　10　　 at about 11 o'clock in the morning and want to eat then．

　　I think my plan is perfect．What do you think?

Yoursr

Li Hong

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　　To me, life without music would not be exciting．I realize that this is not true for everybody．Many people get along quite well(1)________ going to concerts, or(2)________ to records．But music plays an(3)________ part in everyone's life,(4)________ he realizes it or not．Try to imagine, for example, what films or TV plays would be(5)________ without music?Would the feeling, the moving plot(情節(jié)), and the greatest interests, be as exciting or dramatic(戲劇性的)?I'm not sure about it．

　　Now, we have been speaking of music in its more common(6)________－the kind of music we hear in the concert hall．But if we look at some parts of music more closely, we discover them in our(7)________ life too－in the first cry of a baby, in the rhythm of the sea, in the singing of a bird in the woods and so on．So music surely has meaning for everyone, in some way or other, and of course, it has special meaning for those who have(8)________ all their lives working on playing or writing music．

　　It is well said,“(9)________ music a child enters a world of beauty, expresses himself from his heart, feels the joy of doing things alone, learns to take care of others, develops his mind and(10)________ his body strong．”