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Water never stops(1)________．Snow and rain fall to the earth from the(2)________．That water runs down into rivers and lakes, and sometimes it(3)________ waterfalls．Finally, the water runs out into the sea．How does water get up into the sky? It evaporates(蒸發(fā))(4)________ the ground．The sun changes water into a gas(氣體), and it goes up to make(5)________．There, the cycle(循環(huán))begins again．The cycle tells us that water may evaporate and change(6)________ clouds or snow, but it's(7)________water．The water you drink could be the(8)________ water that dinosaurs(恐龍)drank! But too much of our water today has pollution in it．Our water may(9)________ go away, but a lot of it is becoming too dirty for us to(10)________!

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　　Have you ever had problems in your life and don't know how to be happy? If so, you should find Being a Happy Teenager written by an Australian 　　1　　 Andrew Matthews．

　　In this book, he says that we 　　2　　 stop being angry and forgive．The book tells us of 　　3　　 skills such as how to put what you have learned into your mind to make your memory better．Many teenagers think that happiness 　　4　　 from good exam marks 　　5　　 praise from other people．But you can still be happy 　　6　　 there are no such“good”things．

　　　　7　　 comes from a good attitude(心態(tài))．If you learn from problems, you will be successful later on, or in the 　　8　　．

　　Some schools have problems such as being too tall or too short．But Matthews tells us that happiness can come from thinking about things in a positive 　　9　　．

　　If you are tall, people notice you can get a better view at the films; if you are short, your clothes and shoes take less room in your bedroom! This is Matthews's 　　10　　 important lesson of all：You choose to be happy!

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　　Jerry finished college last summer．It was 　　1　　 for him to find a job．Many people lost their 　　2　　 in the city and they had to wait．　　3　　 his aunt's help, a manager of a hotel decided to hire(雇傭)　　4　　．It's far from his house．As his father was 　　5　　 of the poorest in the village, he didn't 　　6　　 enough money to buy a motorbike for him．The 　　7　　 man had to go to work by bike．He had to start 　　8　　 in the morning so that he could get to the 　　9　　 on time．He was sure everything would be good if he worked hard．

　　Half a year 　　10　　 Jerry got some money．He went to the shops where all kinds of motorbikes were sold．But they were all expensive and he couldn't buy the cheapest one．One of his friends said,“You'd better go to the second-hand markets．Maybe you can buy a cheaper one there．”

　　Jerry thought it was right and went there on weekend．He looked at all the motorbikes carefully and at last he settled on(看中)the third among them all．The first one was the newest, but it was the most expensive．The second one was newer, but it was more expensive．And finally he chose the third one．It was the oldest of all, but it was the cheapest．He comforted himself,“I'll have a nice car one day!”

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　　It was Sunday．Mrs Young didn't go to work．Her husband 　　1　　 to Paris on business and she had to wash her 　　2　　 clothes and tidy the rooms．So she called Mike in and said“There 　　3　　 some bananas．Divide them between you and Mabel．Take good care of 　　4　　 and I'll give you more until I finish my work．”

　　Mike went out 　　5　　 with the bananas．But half an hour 　　6　　 the five-year-old boy ran in and told his mother that Mabel was in the pool．The woman rushed out and 　　7　　 her two-year-old daughter nearly drowned(淹死)．She jumped into the water and pulled the poor girl out．

　　“Tell me how this happened,”Mrs Young said to her son．

　　“I kept 　　8　　 her that she was going to fall into the pool if she got too close to the edge(邊緣)．”

　　“But what made her 　　9　　 in, then?”

　　“I pushed her,”answered the little boy．

　　“What?”cried his mother．

　　“I only wanted to 　　10　　 her what was going to happen if she didn't mind．”

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　　Tina(not her real name)－aged 14

　　Pocket money? Well, my parents give me a generous allowance every month．If I spend it before the end of the month, they grumble a bit, but they always give me 　　1　　 Also they 　　2　　 tell me to do anything, they 　　3　　 ask me．Sometimes there's an 　　4　　, but I always win it．We're a democratic family．

　　As for housework, I hardly ever do it．Sometimes my mother does ask me to clean my room if she's very busy, but she always gives me money or a present for helping her．　　5　　, housework is the job of the parents, isn't it?

　　Yes, I get lots of presents, actually．I've got a Walkman, my own TV, a stereo, a computer and lots of games and clothes．They buy all the 　　6　　 fashions for me, and I just 　　7　　 the old ones．In fact, my parents give me most of the things that I ask for．They never say‘No’．They want me to have a happy 　　8　　．

　　Having my own TV is 　　9　　 a big advantage．I can watch it for hours 　　10　　, and no one disturbs me．It's great．I watch about fifteen hours a week．

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