Tea bag drinking is most Westerns’ favorite way of drinking tea．Do you know how it came about?

　　The tea bag was invented in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan, an American tea seller．He was sending out free tea in silk(絲綢)bags for people to try．People put the bags together with the tea leaves into the cup and added hot water．The tea tasted good, and people thought it was easy to clean the cup．They were not happy when Sullivan started sending them loose(散的)tea again．

　　Sullivan realized that he had a hot new thing in his hands, and he built a machine to pack the bags．As tea bags became popular, they were changed from silk to gauze(薄紗)and later paper．In 1952, Lipton Tea made the tea bag even more popular with its invention of the four-sided tea bag．Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK, and today 85％ of the tea in the UK is packed in paper bags．

　　However, many people still prefer loose-leaf tea．This is because some tea companies put not very good tea in their tea bags．But for most drinkers, tea bags are still the easy, tasty way to go．

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　　Many children love to play with snow in winter．But Long Chuan has come to hate it．

　　This year his hometown suffered from snowstorms(遭受暴風(fēng)雪)for nearly a month．The heavy snow stopped cars and trains, broke the electricity(電)tower and turned tap water to ice．

　　Every day Long Chuan had to walk several kilometers to carry drinking water．“I couldn’t ride a bike and it took me 3 hours to walk to school．I can’t remember how many times I slipped(滑倒)on the hard ice,”said Long Chuan．

　　Long is not alone．This year millions of people in central and southern China had a freezing winter without enough water and electricity．The biggest snowstorms in 50 years killed more than 100 people．They also cost the country 111.1 billion yuan．

　　Experts(專家)say a special type of climate condition(氣候條件), La Nina, caused the storms．During a La Nina, the water in the Pacific Ocean(太平洋)near the equator(赤道)becomes colder than usual．It changes the weather around the world．

　　Besides China, Canada, the US and Middle Eastern countries also met with heavy snowstorms this winter．The special climate caused the recent flooding(洪水)in Australia, too．

　　However, experts say that people have destroyed the environment(環(huán)境)．Global warming(全球變暖)may be causing these terrible weather events to happen more and more often．

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　　A man came back home from work late, tired, to find his six-year-old son waiting for him at the door．

　　“Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?”

　　“If you want to know, I make ＄20 an hour．”

　　“Oh,”the little boy replied, with his head down．He thought for a moment, looked up and said,“Daddy, could you lend me ＄10?”

　　The father was furious,“If you asked for money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think why you are being so selfish(自私的)!”

　　The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door．After about an hour or so, the father calmed down, and started to think,“Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t ask for money very often．”So he went to the little boy’s room．

　　“Sorry!Maybe I was too hard on you just now,”said the man．“Here’s ＄10．”

　　“Oh, thank you, Daddy!”the boy said gladly．Then, the boy took out some coins．When the father found that the boy already had some money, he got angry again．

　　“Why do you want more money since you already have some?”the father shouted angrily．

　　“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,”the little boy replied,“Daddy, I have ＄20 now．Can I buy an hour of your time?Please come home early tomorrow．I would like to have dinner with you．”

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　　Mr．and Mrs．Brown have two children, Mike and Liz．The whole family are all busy, so they often leave notes(便條)for each other．Read these four notes of today and answer the following questions．

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　　Three women escaped from prison(監(jiān)獄)．They ran for miles until they came upon an old bam(倉(cāng)房)．They decided to hide(隱藏)in the hayloft(干草棚)and rest．When they climbed up, they found three bags and decided to hide inside them．

　　About an hour later the head of the town and his assistant came into the barn．The head told his assistant to go up and check out the hayloft．When he was up there, the head asked him what he saw．The assistant shouted back, "Just three large bags．"

　　The head told him to find out what was in them, so the assistant kicked the first bag, where one of the women was hiding．She went, "Wow-Wow", so the assistant told the head that there was a dog in the bag．

　　Then he kicked the second bag that the second woman was hiding in．She went, " Meow, " so the assistant told the head that there was a cat in the bag．

　　Then he kicked the bag that the third woman was in, and there was no sound at all, so he kicked it again, and the woman cried, "Potatoes．"

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　　The Winter Olympics is also called the White Olympics．At this time, many colorful stamps are printed(印刷)to mark(紀(jì)念)the great Games．The first stamps marking the opening came out on January 25, 1932 in the United States for the 3rd White Olympics．From then on, printing stamps during the White Olympics became a rule．During the 4th Winter Olympic Games, a group of stamps were printed in Germany in November 1936．It was the first time that the five rings appeared on the stamps of the White Olympics．

　　In the 1950s, stamps of this kind became more colorful．When the White Olympics came, the host countries(主辦國(guó))as well as the non-host countries(非主辦國(guó))printed stamps to mark those games．China also printed four stamps in February 1980, when the Chinese sportsmen began to take part in the White Olympics．Japan is the only Asian country that has ever held the White Olympics．Altogether 14, 500 million stamps were sold to raise money for this sports meeting．Different kinds of sports were drawn on these small stamps．People can enjoy the beauty of the wonderful movements of some sportsmen．

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5-Day Weather Forecast(預(yù)報(bào))for Bazhong

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　　Linda Used to wake you up on Sunday morning when you wanted to stay in bed, but now you will feel strange if she gets up before lunch．She used to be very quiet, but now she talks all the time－but not to you．She used to hold your hand when you went to visit your friends．Now she doesn't even want to be seen with you when you go to visit your friends．Your Linda might spend hours on the phone or in the bathroom now．At the same time John next the door has become quiet and dirty．He used to be very polite．Now a simple conversation with John becomes very difficult．You've gone from heroes to the most embarrassing adults in the world．Your child has become a teenager!

　　What makes adolescence(青春期)so difficult?Physical and emotional(身體上和情感上的)changes are the reasons that make them change so much．When the＞are young, children live in a safe and simple land called "childhood"．Parents organize their lives．Parents choose children's clothes, take them to places, and spend time with them．They’re with the children when there is a problem．As children get older, however, they learn about another land－an exciting land, called "adulthood"．Sooner or later their hormones(荷爾蒙!)change them．Adolescence, then, is the trip from childhood to adulthood．Some find the trip quite easy．For others, it's very difficult．

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Dear Amy,

　　Is there any way I can get my mum to drive to school?She says walking is good exercise．My friend Ann lives closer to the school, but her mum drives her to school．She is there in two or three minutes!Going by car is the fastest way．She doesn't get wet if it is mining either．It takes me about ten minutes to walk to school．If it rains, I'11 get wet．It isn't fair} What shall I do?

　　Mary Dear Mary, I think you want me to feel sorry for you!But I don't feel sorry for you．I think you just want a few more minutes in bed in the morning．Walking is good exercise!Lots of people don't get enough exercise, so I think it is probably a good, idea for you to walk．You are going to school in the healthiest way．You may not be the closest to the school, but you are close．A ten-minute walk to school each day will help to keep you fit．Maybe you need an umbrella for wet days?I'm sure your mother has made sure you have a good coat and boots(雨靴)for wet days．Maybe you just don't want to use them because they are not in?Try to think positively(積極 地)about the walk!

Amy

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閱讀理解

　　Many people like to watch TV．Watching TV is one of the most important activities of the day．TV brings the outside closer to people’s homes．Some people say the world is smaller than before because of TV．

　　What’s going on the other countries? How do people live in places far away? Is there a good sports game somewhere?

　　If you want to answer these and many other questions, just turn on the TV and watch it．You can see a lot and learn a lot．Of course, people can also learn through reading or listening to the radio．With TV, however, they can learn better and more easily．Why? Because they can hear and watch．

　　TV helps us a lot．TV often gives us new ideas．We learn newer and better ways of doing things．

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