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In the past, people didn't use stamps．They had to pay money when they received letters．Rowland Hill, a schoolmaster in England was the first 　　1　　 using stamps．He thought it 　　2　　 much easier for people to use 　　3　　．They could go to the nearby 　　4　　 to buy stamps and put them on envelopes 　　5　　 they 　　6　　 letters．The post office only put seals 　　7　　 the stamps so that people could not use the stamps 　　8　　．In this way, the post office 　　9　　 send postmen to collect money．It only needed 　　10　　 postmen to deliver letters．The government finally accepted the good idea．

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　　When July comes, children know they'll have 　　1　　 examinations and the school year will end soon．Boys and girls will have a nearly two months' holiday, and they'll leave school 　　2　　 train or by ear to 　　3　　 to see their fathers and mothers．

　　The summer holidays are the 　　4　　 time of the year for most children．The weather is usually good, so one can 　　5　　 most of his time playing outside．If one lives in the country, he can 　　6　　 into the woods and in the fields．If one lives in a big town, he can usually go to a park to play．

　　The best place for a summer holiday is the 　　7　　．Some children are 　　8　　 enough to live near the sea．But for the others who do not, if they have the chance to stay at one of the big seaside towns for a week or two, they will talk about it all the following school year．

　　Now, 　　9　　 makes children like the seaside so much?I think it is the sand, the sea and the sun, not anything else．Of course, there are 　　10　　 new things to see, nice things to eat, and interesting things to do．But the feeling of sand under their feet, of salt water on their skin, and the feeling of the warm sun on their backs make them happier．

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　　When you are invited to a meal in Thailand, the words of the invitation mean“come and eat rice”．In fact, nearly all Thai dishes are 　　1　　 with rice, which grows there very easily 　　2　　 the climate is warm and there is much rain．

　　The food that is served is 　　3　　 cut into pieces, so there is no need to use knives and forks, but, instead, special spoons and forks are used．The Thais 　　4　　 to eat with their hands and now there are still some people who eat this way．There is a special 　　5　　 of doing it．First they wash their 　　6　　 hands in a bowl of water－they only eat with their right hands．They are careful not to let the food 　　7　　 the palms(手掌心)of their hands．After the meal, the 　　8　　 are again carefully washed．

　　The meal usually has several different dishes．They are all hot．They are served in bowls, which everyone shares, 　　9　　 each person has their own bowl of 　　10　　．As Thailand has a long coastline, it is not surprising that fish and shellfish play an important part in Thai cooking．

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　　The students were having their chemistry(化學(xué))class．Miss Li was telling the children 　　1　　 water was like．After that, she asked her students,“What's water?”　　2　　 spoke for a few minutes．Miss Li asked again,“Why don't you answer my question?Didn't you 　　3　　 me carefully just now?”

　　Just then a boy 　　4　　 his hand and said,“Miss Li, you tell us that water has no color and no smell．But where to 　　5　　 such kind of water?The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a 　　6　　 smell．”Most of the children agreed 　　7　　 him．The boy went on saying：“My family and neighbors are 　　8　　 about the water．We wonder when and how we can stop the factories from 　　9　　 the river．”

　　“I'm sorry, children．”said the teacher,“Our water is getting 　　10　　．That is what we should talk about next．”

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　　Mabel is a beautiful girl．She likes all kinds of clothes, so she didn't 　　1　　her heart into her lessons when she was at school With her friends' help she finally finished middle school, 　　2　　 she learned little there．Of course, she can't do any important work and now she is a salesgirl in a 　　3　　 She has to work there and hopes to find a better one．

　　One afternoon the girl argued with her mother angrily．So the following morning, when she served an old man, she was very 　　4　　．The old man chose a pair of shoes and bought them．Before he left, he asked,“How 　　5　　 will the shoes last?”

　　“It depends．If you don't use them, the shoes will 　　6　　 be broken．”The old man 　　7　　 nothing and went away．That afternoon, while Mabel was 　　8　　 for supper, she cut her finger．She had to go to a hospital．That old man happened to be on duty．After Mabel got the medicine from him, she asked,“When will I get 　　9　　?”

　　“It depends．”said the old man．“If you don't use 　　10　　, you'll never lose your finger．”

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What is the biggest animal of all?The whale 　　1　　．The blue whales are the 　　2　　 whales．Some blue whales weigh 　　3　　 a hundred tons．　　4　　 is that?Just think of a bus．A bus is big and heavy, 　　5　　 it weighs only about fifteen tons．A bus is about eight meters 　　6　　, but some blue whales are as long as thirty meters!Though whales are 　　7　　 big, they are a gentle kind giant．They live together and 　　8　　 each other．Now we know whales“talk”to each other 　　9　　 the water．And the giants“speak”　　10　　 singing birds．

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　　In some parts of the world there are large deserts．There are no trees and 　　1　　 water there．Travelers must take food and 　　2　　 with them．

　　The 　　3　　 animal that can walk through the desert is the camel．　　4　　 can go without food and water for a long time．And besides he can carry heavy loads．people call the 　　5　　“the ship of the desert”．

　　The camel is very big．He has one or two humps(駝峰)on his back, short ears and a long 　　6　　．

　　The camel's humps hold fat, and his stomach holds water in twelve deep pockets．　　7　　 pocket has a mouth which closes, and the food does not mix the water．When the camel 　　8　　 some water, he can get it out of the 　　9　　．The camel's food is 　　10　　 and leaves of trees．

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　　A long time ago, Roman(羅馬)soldiers came to make war to Scotland(蘇格蘭)．The Scots(蘇格蘭人)　　1　　 their country very much．They fought hard against their enemy, but there were too 　　2　　 of the Romans．It looked as if the Romans would win．

　　One night, the leader of Scots took his 　　3　　 to the top of a hill．“We will rest here tonight, my men,”he said,“tomorrow we will fight against the Romans again．We 　　4　　 win or we will die．”

　　They were all very 　　5　　, so they ate their supper quickly and fell asleep．There were only four guards on duty, but they too, were very tired, and one by one, also 　　6　　．

　　The Romans were not asleep．Quickly they arrived at the 　　7　　 of the hill．Slowly they climbed up the hillside．　　8　　 they came to the sleeping Scots．They were almost at the top．A few minutes more, the war would be 　　9　　．Suddenly one of them put his foot on a thistle(一種葉子帶刺的野生植物)．He cried out and his sudden cry woke the Scots．In a minute, the Scots were all ready to fight．They fought very bravely and won in the end．

　　The thistle is not a beautiful plant．It has shape needles(針)all over it．

　　Few people like it．　　10　　 the people of Scotland liked it so much that they made it their national flower．

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　　I stood in the doorway, watching my older brother carefully putting clothes into his bag．I coughed uneasily．Finally 　　1　　 that I was there, Rocky turned toward me with a sad smile．

　　“I'm leaving tomorrow,”he said．

　　“I know．”My 　　2　　 was almost a whisper(低聲)．I was angry at myself for being so weak, but I wasn't about to cry．

　　“My 　　3　　 is early, so there is still 　　4　　 time to come to the airport,”he said．Seeing the sad look on my face, he quickly added, “I promise I won't leave without saying goodbye．”

　　I tried to say 　　5　　, but didn't．It's always better to keep quiet if you're about to cry．“You promised you wouldn't cry,”he said to me, thinking that I was close to 　　6　　．

　　I remember the day he taught me how to ride a bike．　　7　　 I thought he was always right behind me, holding the seat to keep me from 　　8　　．I was happy with this, but he knew he couldn't hold me up all my life．He told me that one day he would have to go．

　　His coughing stopped my thinking．What was left to say? How could I say 　　9　　 to the person who taught me everything?

　　The next morning I 　　10　　, looked at my alarm clock, and realized he had left hours ago．We never even said goodbye．

　　Goodbye, Rocky! Although he may have been many miles away, I knew he heard me, even if it was only an answer in his heart．

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　　How can you think in English? I think the best way is to practice as what a football player does every day．During the 　　1　　 the football player will pass the ball to his teammates over and over again．So he won' t have to 　　2　　 passing the ball in the game, he will just do it．You can 　　3　　 yourself to think in English this way．The first step is to think of the words that you use daily, simple everyday words 　　4　　 book or shoe or tree．For example, whenever you 　　5　　 a“book”you should think of it in English in stead of in your mother language．

　　After you have learned to think of several words in English, then move on to the next step-thinking in 　　6　　 Listening and repeating is a very useful 　　7　　 to learn a language．Listen first and don't care too much about 　　8　　 you fully understand what you're hearing．Try to repeat what you hear．The more you listen, the 　　9　　 you learn．After you reach a higher level, 　　10　　 having conversations with yourself in English．This will lead you to think in English．

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