I love to write! Ever since I was a five-year-old girl, I wrote stories in my notebooks and on small pieces of paper. I told stories to my friends. As a grown-up, I have written over 100 books! That’s a lot! As a teacher, it’s my goal to encourage all of my students to love to write.

Writing is easy if you’re careful enough, I told them. Everyone I meet is a possible character.

Everything I see or do is a possible scene in a book. Start looking around you. You’ll be amazed at what you discover.

Anyone can be a writer. You just put your pencil on your paper and write what you like to read, step by step:

● Create great characters. If you know your characters well, they’ll write the story for you.

● Interest the reader right at the beginning. You can start your stories with dialogue or action. If you can make the reader ask questions, then he has to keep reading to find out the answers.

● Follow the steps. The steps for every story are almost the same: Introduce the characters and the conflict(爭(zhēng)端);things get worse; all seems lost; the hero saves the day!

● Balance is the key.

Remember, when writing, it doesn’t hurt to add some humor(幽默).

【1】What did the writer begin to do when she was five years old?

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【2】What’s the writer’s goal as a teacher?

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【3】How many steps are mentioned about writing according to this passage?

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【4】Does the writer think it hurts to add some humor when writing?

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【5】What does the passage mainly talk about?

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【1】The film directed by ____________ is a comedy.

A. Jonathan Liebesman B. Teddy Chan C. Luc Besson

【2】A student and his parents need to pay ______ if they want to see the film Kung Fu Jungle on Sunday.

A. 210 B. 175 C. 105

【3】Which of the following is TRUE according to the material?

A. The ticket price of Lucy is the highest of the three.

B. All the three films are 3D versions.

C. All the three films start at 8 pm.

【1】The builders built many ____ (build) in our city last year.

【2】In summer, I like to go ____ (swim) with my father.

【3】We are sure that China will be even ____ (good) tomorrow.

【4】I hope there will be less _____ (pollute) in the future.

【5】We can do the work with _____ (little) money and _____ (few) people than they can.

In the afternoon, he went to work in his garden. It soon began to rain and Mr Brown had to run into the house. He ran quickly, but he still got wet. Then his sweater started to shrink(收縮)! It got smaller and smaller. Mr Brown tried to take it off, but he couldn’t.

In the end, with the help of his wife, he got out of the sweater. Mrs Brown laughed, “You see, you bought a cheap thing, but…”

【1】Mr Brown saw a nice _________ in a shop window. And he bought it.

A. jacket B. coat C. sweater D. shirt

【2】When he _________, he put it on.

A. got to the office B. got home C. went to work D. went to the shop

【3】It soon began to_________ while he was working in the garden.

A. rain B. snow C. cloud D. shine

【4】Mr Brown got wet and he tried to _________ the sweater.

A. take away B. take off C. put up D. put on

【5】From the story, we know Mr Brown bought _________.

A. a good sweater B. an expensive sweater

C. a comfortable sweater D. a cheap but not good sweater

【1】Last month my brother spent _________(fewer / less) time playing computer games.

【2】You should drink _________(more / less) water. It's good for your health.

【3】There will be _________(fewer / less) fishes in the lake because of the polluted water.

【4】Now ________(more / fewer) children are learning English. They think it's useful.

One day, a fisherman caught a golden fish.” People let me go,” the golden fish said.” I will give you whatever you want.”

“Thank you, but I don’t want anything.” the fisherman said. He put the golden fish back into the sea.

But the fisherman’s wife was angry.” You should ask for a bigger wooden basin!” she shouted. The fisherman went to the seaside and told the golden fish.

“Don’t worry, she has a new basin now.” the golden fish said.

The fisherman went home. But his wife was even angrier. “I want a large house!” The fisherman went to tell the golden fish again.

But the old woman was never satisfied. “I want to be the queen of the sea! And I want the golden fish to serve me!”

The fisherman went to tell the golden fish. Then golden fish swan away without saying anything. Then fisherman walked back. His wife was in her cold clothes. Her old and broken wooden basin was next to her.

【1】The fisherman caught the golden fish three times.

【2】The fisherman freed the golden fish after he caught it.

【3】The fisherman’s wife was really happy every time when her husband came back.

【4】The fisherman’s wife got a new basin, a large house and became the queen of the sea at last.

【5】The golden fish didn’t say a word but to swim away in the end.

Yesterday afternoon he __________ it was his wife's birthday. He loved his wife very much. He wanted _______ her a present. On his way __________ his hospital he bought some beautiful flowers in a shop.

When Dr. Brown got home, he gave his wife the flowers and said, “Happy birthday __________ you, dear! It's October 3rd, I remember your birthday __________ year.”

Mrs. Brown laughed and said, “My birthday was the day __________ yesterday. __________ thank you all the same, __________ late than never.”

【1】A. better B. difficult C. hard D. harder

【2】A. remembered B. forgot C. remembers D. forgets

【3】A. remembered B. forgot C. remembers D. forgets

【4】A. give B. giving C. to give D. gave

【5】A. to B. of C. on D. in

【6】A. for B. of C. with D. to

【7】A. last B. the C. on D. this

【8】A. after B. before C. of D. next

【9】A. But B. So C. And D. Even

【10】A. good B. better C. best D. more

Young people are often unhappy when they are with their parents. They say that their parents don’t understand them. They often think their parents are too strict ______ them. Parents often find ______difficult to win their children’s trust and they seem to ______how they themselves felt when they were young. For example, young people like to do things without much ______ . It’s one of their ways to show that they grow up and they can ______ any difficult problems. Older people worry more easily. Most of them plan things ahead and don’t like their plans to be changed. So when you want your parents to let you do ______ , you will have better success if you ask before you really start doing it. Young people often make their parents angry by clothes they wear, the music they enjoy and something ______ . But they don’t mean to cause any trouble. They just feel that ______ this way they can be cut off from the old people’s world and they want to make a new culture of their own. And if their parents don’t like their music or clothes or their way of speech, the young people feel very sad. Sometimes instead of going out with their parents, they just want to stay at home ______ and do what they like. If you plan to do something, you’d better win your parents over and get them to understand you. _______，your parents will certainly let you do what you want to do.

【1】A. on B. with C. in

【2】A. it B. this C. that

【3】A. forgets B. remember C. forget

【4】A. thinking B. speaking C. reading

【5】A. know B. find C. solve

【6】A. anything B. nothing C. something

【7】A. else B. more C. old

【8】A. by B. over C. in

【9】A. sadly B. alone C. lonely

【10】A. However B. Or C. If so

A: 【1】

B:Table tennis!

A: I like table tennis,too.

B: 【2】

A:Good idea!

B: 【3】

A: Byebye.

A. Goodbye.

B. Thank you.

C. What's your favourite sport, Tom?

D. It's Monday.

E. Let's play table tennis tomorrow.

sea, sky, apartment, space, peace

sea, sky, apartment, space, peace

【1】The white dove (鴿子) is the symbol of _________.

【2】Yesterday there were no clouds in the _________.

【3】Look! Mr. Jackson and his two sons are swimming in the _________.

【4】Most of the people in the city live in _________.

【5】There isn't enough _________ in the room for three beds.