After I got this _（_  _)_, I had to do football, homework and job at the same time. It was really hard for me. I was burning out, falling asleep at school and failing _（_  )__ many courses. My teachers were mad at me and yelled at me: why have a job? I missed a lot practice in football team and could only __（   )__back down at the match. My coach was cold at me with an unasked question: why have a job? I told them is was for the things I need, when actually it was or the things I wanted. Needing and wanting are different. Needing something is like your only shoes have holes in them. But wanting  us have every new brand sneaker just because you （_   )__ it. I start to think about if I did a wrong thing. Slowly, I learnt to manage my money better so that I could have more time for school and football. I learnt t make a wide __（   )__ on what I need and what I want.

“妈妈，能给我一些钱吗？”这是我母亲过去经常听到的话，作为回应，我听到的是“你为什么不找个工作？虽然不快乐，但你可以有自己的钱，同时会获得一些尊重。”所以一年后，我找到工作。一周工作25个小时。5美元一小时， 在一家影楼做推销员。

我得到这份工作后，我不得不同时踢足球，做作业和做工作， 这对我来水真的很难。我太疲倦了，学习上耽误了，很多功课不及格，我的老师对我很生气，扣扣一零七八二五二四四九并责骂我为什么找工作？足球队上，我也缺少了很多训练， 比赛垫底。我的教练很生气，又不禁问到，你为什么要工作？ 我告诉他们， 这我是我想要一些事物时，我需要做的。需要和想要是不同的。需要的东西就像是你唯一的一双鞋子破了个洞。 想要就是你因为喜欢，就想要很多鞋子。我开始思考我是不是做错了。 最后我学会了更好地管理钱，以便我有足够的时间做好学习的事情和踢足球。我学会了在需要和想要之间做正确的决定。

Many of us think _（_  )__ stress as something that other people impose on us. We often complain about how other people put us _（  _)__ pressure. But we should try not to let such pressure affect us. We should not forget that we are largely responsible for some of the stress ourselves. We sometimes take （_)__ more work than our bodies and our minds can handle. We should learn to __（   _)_ our limitations. We should be aware of which things are really important and which are not.

很多人认同压力是现代生活的一个主要问题。很明确，担忧和争吵会导致各种疾病，从背疼到严重的头痛，甚至是更严重的病患，比如高血压。

我们中有很多人认为压力是别人强加给我们的东西。我们经常抱怨别人如何给我们压力。但我们应该试图使这些压力不影响我们。我们不应忘记我们很大程度上自己在为自己制造压力。我们有时候接受了超过我们的身体和心理所能应付的工作。我们要学会接受自己的有限性。我们应该知晓什么东西真正重要，什么东西不重要。

Ann’s parents were out of town for the weekend when something wrong in the room caused the fire to _（_   )__ in the middle of the night. The girl was waken up by the family dog, Danny, who was barking loudly in the back garden. Ann smelled something __（   )__. She got up and once ran through the smoke-filled house to wake her old brother, Frank.

When Frank would not wake up, Ann got some help from the dog. Frank’s unconscious body was far too _（   )_ for the little girl to more alone, but the clever girl brought the dog inside and __（   )_ the dog’s leash (牵狗的皮带)to Frank’s left ankle. She then held her brother’s right ankle, and together the girl and the dog _（_  )__ Frank to safety. 

The 10-years old girl, Ann, saved her big brothers from death. 

昨天晚上，一场大货袭击了按在曼彻斯特的房子。

半夜里房间起火的时候，安的父母刚好出城过周末去了。 小狗丹尼在后花园中大声非叫， 把安吵醒了。安闻到着火的味道。 她立刻起床穿过满是烟雾的房子想去叫醒她的哥哥，弗兰克。

但是弗兰克醒不过来， 这时安得到了够的帮助。弗兰克没有意识的身体对于这个小女孩来说太重了， 所以她一个人没办法挪动哥哥的身体，但是这个聪明的小女孩把狗带了过来，并把牵狗的皮带帮到弗兰克的左脚踝上，自己拉住哥哥的右脚踝，最后在狗的帮助下她终于把哥哥挪到了安全的地方。

安，这个年仅10岁的小女孩，救了自己的大哥哥。

 Unfortunately for the animals, the cages were small and impossible to hide in. The zoo environment was anything but natural.   （  )   the zoo keepers took good care of the animals and fed them well, many of the animals did not thrive; they behaved in strange ways, and they often became ill.

In modern zoos, people can see animals in more natural habitats. The animals are given more  （  )   in large areas so that they can live more comfortably as they would in nature. Even the appearance of zoos has changed. Trees and grass grow in the cages, and streams of water flow（ r)    the areas that animals live in.

现代动物园与50年前的很不一样。50年前，动物园是可以看到世界各地动物的一个地方。动物们住在钢筋混凝土建造的笼子里，笼子容易清理。

对于动物们很不幸的是，笼子太小无处可藏。动物园的环境一点也不天然。虽然动物园的员工照顾和喂养动物都很好，但动物们还是没有兴旺。他们行为怪异，常常生病。

在现代动物园中，人们能够能够看到动物表现出更多天然的习性。人们给动物提供广阔的场地和更多的自由，所以动物们可以像在自然环境中一样舒适的生活。甚至连动物园的外观也进行了改善。笼子中种了树和草，小溪流过动物们居住的地方。

In the evening the three men went to a cinema and came back very __（  )___.

“I'm sorry,” said the assistant of the hotel. “Our lifts are not working at this time of night. If you don't want to walk up to your room, we shall make up a bed for you in the hall.”

“No, no,” Tom, one of the three men, said, “No, thank you. We do not want to sleep in the hall. We shall walk up to our room.”

Then he turned to his two friends and said, “It is not easy to walk up to the fiftieth floor, but I know ___（   )__make it easier. On our way to the room, I shall tell you some jokes, then you, Andy, sing us some songs, then you, Peter, tell us some interesting stories.”

“All right. That's a good idea,” the friends both agreed.

They began to walk up to their room. Tom told many jokes. Andy sang some songs. ___（   )___ they came to the thirty-eighth floor. They were tired and decided to have a rest.

“Well,” said Tom, “Now it's your turn, Peter. After all those jokes and songs, tell us a long and interesting story with a sad ending.” “All right,” said Peter, “I shall tell you a story. It is not long, __（   )__ it is really sad: We left the key in our room in the hall.”

有三个人来到英国去度假，他们来到一个非常大的旅馆，住在第四十五层。

一天，他们去看电影很晚才回来。“很抱歉”旅馆服务员说“我们的电梯今晚坏了。”三人中的一个对另外两个朋友说“我们可以步行到房间，它很困难，但我想我知道怎样使它变得简单。在我们去房间的路上，我将将一些笑话，而你，约翰，给我们唱一首歌；而你，彼得，给我们将一些有趣的故事。”

所以他们开始步行到他们的房间，汤姆将很多笑话，约翰唱很多歌，最后，他们来到那一层。他们很累，决定休息一下。

“彼得你能不能告诉我们一个带着悲伤结局的真实故事？”汤姆说“我将告诉你一个悲伤的故事”彼得说，“它很短，但是足够是人伤心。就在刚才我们将钥匙落在楼下我们将怎么做？

学习不同国家认的名字其实是一件很有趣的事情。中国人的取名不同于外国人的取名。曾经， 有一个英国女士来访问我。 我做完自我介绍后，她打招呼道：“萍小姐，很高兴见到你。” 然后她给我她的名片，上面写着“Betty J.Black”。因此我同道“谢谢，贝蒂小姐。”我们看着彼此，不禁笑起来。之后，我发现原来英国人的姓氏都放在名字之后，而中间的名字并不常用。我向他解释道， 中国人的姓名都是姓氏在前，名字在后。所以她不应该叫我萍小姐。 她问我们中国人是否有中间名， 我告诉她我们没有。 但是人们通常会发现中国人的名片上有时候会出现三个字。 在这种情况下，姓氏放在首位， 后面的两个字都是名字。这在中国是很常见的，我姐姐的姓名就叫 李晓芳，名字有两个字，而不像我的只有一个。

世界不仅仅饥饿，还很渴。你可能觉得这很奇怪，因为近75%的地球表面都覆盖着水。但是96%的水都是海水或咸水。人们只能饮用和使用其他3%的来自河湖、地下与其他来源的淡水。我们甚至连这些也不能都利用，因为有的存在于冰山和冰川里。更糟糕的是，一些水还被污染了。但是，正如今天的情况一样，这些少量的淡水，在不停地由降雨循环，现在还够我们使用。但我们对水的需求在增加，几乎是每天都在增加。我们都必须学会如何不浪费宝贵的水。我们可做的第一步中，开发重复利用水的技术是一项。这一领域，已做了很多实验，但只是小规模的。开发的系统很像飞行器上的用的那种。