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If Confucius (孔子) were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles. He'd need a fan or a strong wind to help him put them out.

While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought. It's nothing personal. Most Americans don't even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes.

But this doesn't mean that Americans don't care about Confucius. In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China.

In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries. These schools teach both Chinese language and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually include Chinese art, history and philosophy (哲学). Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantage of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks of Western philosophy. Students in the United States，at the same time, are racing to learn Chinese. So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States. Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers.

So the old thinker's ideas are still alive and well.

Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West.

As for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by people in the West, even if his birthday is.

Along with silk and paper, gunpowder is another invention by Chinese and the Silk Road helped it spread to the West. The dating of gunpowder is as early as 850 AD. The Chinese used gunpowder to make fireworks and for signal flares. Gunpowder was also thought to have been used in medicine and in alchemy(炼金术). This invention seems to have been discovered in China by accident —by alchemists when doing experiments.

The gunpowder used for military purpose was first recorded in 919 AD. By the 11th century, explosive bombs filled with gunpowder were introduced and used in China. The words "fire cannon" "rocket" and "fireball" appeared time and again in the official Song history as well as two other books written during the same period.

The first detailed description of using the "fire cannon" in warfare was in connection with a battle fought in 1126 when the Song army used it against the invading enemy. The so-called" fire cannon" was a tube made of bamboo filled with gunpowder which, when fired, threw a flaming missile towards the enemy. According to a description of a battle scene in 1132, it took two persons to carry a "fire cannon", and the cannons were fired from a moving platform. And this platform had to be moved close to the wall of the besieged(被围攻的) city.

Gunpowder reached Japan, the Islamic countries and then Europe in the 13th century, and the Arabs improved gunpowder for military use. The early account of gunpowder in Europe was recorded by English philosopher Roger Bacon in the 13th century. One century later the Arabs used it to attack the Spanish town Baza and the next year in 1326 Florence ordered the manufacturing of cannon and cannon balls. From Italy the making of gunpowder soon spread to other European countries, and by the 1350s it had become an effective weapon on the battlefield.

Scientists in England are using two self-directed water vehicles to explore the animal and plant life of the Celtic Sea. The Celtic Sea is a body of water off the southern coast of Ireland. The area is known for its strange sea life. Scientists want to know why this part of the Atlantic Ocean attracts so many marine animals.

One of the research vehicles is powered by batteries. It collects information for the National Oceanography Center in Southampton, England, and the World Wildlife Fund. The vehicle's low energy requirements permit it to stay afloat for up to 30 days. Reports of what it finds in the Celtic Sea are sent by satellite.

Stephen Woodward is an engineer who helped design the craft. He says the vehicle has equipment that can detect small organisms called zooplankton(浮游生物) and fish. He adds that other sensing devices measure water currents and other features of sea life.

Another vehicle is powered by solar panels and a wind turbine. It can stay afloat for months. The robotic vehicle sends information about the so-called biodiversity hotspots. A biodiversity hotspot is an area of an ocean that has a lot of plant and animal life activity.

Lavinia Suberg is one of the scientists studying the biodiversity of the Celtic Sea. She says productive ocean areas, like the Celtic Sea, attract zooplankton. The zooplankton then attracts fish. She adds that areas with a large increase of fish often attract sea mammals and birds.

Using these robotic ocean vehicles greatly reduces the cost of exploring the seas with manned laboratories. Scientists can spend more time analyzing the collected information. They say the research will give them a better understanding of the needs of the Celtic Sea for future management and protection.

Finding a Summer Job

Thinking about a summer job? To find a job that's right for you, make a list of your interests and strengths, as well as your dislikes and the things you need some improvement in, and keep them in mind as you look for a job. But if little kids drive you crazy, a babysitting job may not be ideal.

Try to find something that can help guide you towards your long-term goals. For example, if you want to study veterinary science in college, finding a job in a vet's office or an animal shelter, or even a pet store, may be better choices for you than working in a restaurant.

As jobs become harder to find, you may have to take whatever is available and that's OK. Just try to find some aspects of the work that you love and can learn from.

Summer jobs are a great way to prepare for life after high school for college. The skills you learn early will help you develop the professional talents you'll need throughout your life. These include basic but important skills like customer service or working with people who may be very different from the friends you hang out with.

The self-esteem and self-confidence you can develop at a job will come in handy when you're ready to interview for college or a job after high school.

A. Why do you get a summer job?

B. What's the right job?

C. Learning to readjust goals is another important life skill.

D. A job should be about learning as well as making money.

E. Work experience can also help you feel good about yourself.

F. Some companies and businesses offer bright students short-term training.

G. For example, if you love books or writing, a job in a bookstore or library might be perfect for you.

When my son Gene was about 12 years old, I started helping him learn to  1, I bought twenty chickens and asked him to 2them. I told him that they would be his own chickens and we would 3the eggs from him. However，he would have to buy chicken 4with the money he made from the eggs. Whatever money was5would be his to keep. Gene was 6, thinking he would make his first 7.

After several weeks' successful work, I began to 8 that egg production was going down, I 9nothing about it. Then one night, Gene told me he didn't have 10 money to buy the feed. He said the chickens had never 11a meal and he could not figure out why some of them had stopped 12 eggs.

Then I asked him if he had  13 the amount of feed he had given the chickens. He was 14. It was like he did not think anyone would ever  15what he had done. After a long 16 —he said yes. He thought he would make more money if he gave them 17food. I asked him, “Did you fool the chickens?”

I was just astonished at the question in my own 18.I was dumbfounded (惊呆）at the19of it. Yes. you can fool everyone else，but you cannot “fool the chickens," because 20 , you will find out, as the saying goes, "What goes around comes around."

The Chinese government stresses the(important) of protecting ancient cultural relics. The reason  these relics are protected is  it can reflect the ancient Chinese civilization. In the past, there was a time China and Japan were  war with each other. As a result, a lot of (value) relics were destroyed or robbed of. The Japanese aggressive (behave) deserved to be punished severely. Anyone who was brought up in China should have a sense of  (responsible) to protect and respect these cultural relics. In  (conclude), we should spare no efforts (save) them from disappearing.

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：

1）每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2）只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Dear Bob，

I studied in your school for six month a couple of years ago. I'm very grateful to your help during my study in the U. S. Without your help，my English couldn't have improved so rapid and I couldn't have been enjoyed my life there so much. Do you know why everything is going with Mr. Smith? I failed to get in touch with him after I leave America. I'll be very thankful if you can offer me his e-mail address.

I remember that you are very interesting in Chinese culture. I'm very glad to invite you to China during the Spring Festival enjoy our culture. I'm sure it will be a unforgettable trip. I'll be happy if you can accept my invitation.

I'm looking forward to hear from you soon.

Li Hua

注意：1）词数120左右；

2）可适当发挥，以使行文连贯。