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    The wolf and the fox were good friends. They wanted to eat the rabbit, but it wasn't 1 to catch him. One day the wolf said to the fox, "You go home and 2 in bed. I'll tell the rabbit that you are dead. When he comes to see you, you can jump up and catch him." "That's a good idea," said the fox. He went home at once. The wolf went to the rabbit's house and knocked at the door. "Who is it?" asked the rabbit. "It's the wolf. I've come to tell you that the fox is dead." Then the wolf went away. The rabbit went to the fox's house. He looked in across the window and saw the fox lying in bed 3 his eyes closed. He thought,

    "Is the fox really dead 4 is he pretending(假装) to be dead? If he's not dead, he'll catch me when I go near him." So he said," The wolf says that the fox is dead. But he doesn't look 5 a dead fox. The mouth of a dead fox is always open." 6 the fox heard this, he thought, "I'll show him that I'm dead." So he opened his mouth. The rabbit knew that the fox wasn't dead, and he ran as quickly as he could.

    In (we) English class Mr Chen told us to discuss great books and write a book review of our favourite one. I suppose many students will take The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as their favourite book. This book describes people's lives in the (south) states of America. It tells how young people grow, how people love each other and how bad people pay for their (act). The dialogues in the book sound especially real because they are all in everyday English.

    Tom, the hero of the book, is a poor boy. He always (get) into trouble, because he doesn't like people telling him what to do. Tom decides (run) away to an island. But a bad man is looking for him. To hide from him, Tom and his friend escape and live in a cave. Not seeing them for a time, the neighbours think they are (die). However. at their funeral, people are (surprise) to find they are still alive.

    Its writer Mark Twain is my favourite foreign writer. He is not only a well 一 known writer but also a wise (think). His ideas still make sense today and have (influence) many people all over the world, By the way, Mark Twain is famous for his humour in (write).

    Graham Moore is the best-selling writer of The Sherlockian and the TV play The Imitation Game. His new book The Last Days of Night is out now. He is talking about some of his favorite books.

    "With my latest book, my greatest hope is that readers will want to get other people discussing the book. I've just started the conversation," says Graham Moore.

    Music is a language that can affect anyone in some ways or another. For children and teenagers, the fast learning and development the brain is going through pronounces this effect. Many studies have shown that music can improve children's mood. Studies have also shown that music can lead to increased test scores. Music plays an important role in the development of children and teenagers.

    Music and learning in children

    Learning an instrument（工具） at a young age is ideal for children because they are able to learn it much faster because of their rapidly developing brains. This is the reason why many virtuosos started learning their instruments at an early age. Playing a musical instrument is helpful and amusing（有趣的） for children. Being able to make their own music will be an amazing activity for most children.

    Teenagers are of ten trying to discover their true identity and make a sense of belonging in society. Music plays an important role in defining identities in teenagers. Different genres of music attract different kinds of teenagers. Musical tastes are also a good way for teenagers to make more friends.

    Musical instruments for teenagers

    Learning a musical instrument for teenagers can be a life—changing experience（体验）for them. Many teenagers form bands, which can spark new friendships and form networking for the future. Making music is a creative process that the teenager develop his brain. It is also a way to relieve（缓解）stress, which is very important for teenagers going through changes.

    For many years, artists have been in Paris, France, to paint or to learn to paint. Perhaps artists first went there because of the city's beauty. They went to paint pictures of the broad tree-lined streets, the great churches, and the beautiful river bridges. The artists felt comfortable in Paris because the people in the city always enjoyed art. Paris had great art museums, full of famous paintings and statues from many countries. And the people in Paris always welcomed new ideas. In this city, artists felt free to experiment with new ways of painting. As soon as famous artists painted in Paris, students came to learn them. People came to buy paintings. Men who were called art businessmen set up galleries(陈列馆) and paintings could be bought and sold at the galleries. Others kept shops that sold artists' paintings. Students and the artists who were not yet famous could live in Paris for very little money. They learnt by studying great art in the museums, and they learnt from each other. They hung their paintings outdoors along the streets.

    Today, New York City and Florence are also famous art centres. But the world's main art shows are still held in Paris. Most of the new ways of painting have started in the last hundred years in Paris. So artists and art businessmen still go to Paris because it is the world's main and important art centre.

It is believed that Huck Finn is based on (基于) a childhood friend of Mark Twain's. In fact, Twain was not alone in basing a fictional character (虚构的角色) on a real-life person.

Severus Snape / John Nettleship

Severus Snape is a skillful wizard (巫师) teaching magic in Harry Potter. The writer, J.K. Rowling, once said that the character was based on a teacher of hers.

The teacher turned out to be John Nettleship, who taught Rowling chemistry. At first, Nettleship felt surprised. "I know I am a strict teacher," he said. "But I don't think I am as bad as Snape!" On second thoughts, however, he said that he was so ill-tempered that most of his students avoided making him mad. Also, he used to wear long hair and have an untidy lab. That sounds familiar to Harry Potter fans.

Alice / Alice Liddell

Famously, Lewis Carroll's Alice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is based on Alice Liddell.

Carroll was close to the Liddell family. One day, ten-year-old Alice asked Carroll to tell her a new story. Carroll began to create his famous tale of Alice and what happened after she fell through the rabbit hole. The little girl liked the story so much that she asked him to write it down. And the rest is history.

Dill / Truman Capote

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee based Dill on her childhood friend, Truman Capote. Capote once said, "Lee was my best friend. Have you ever read To Kill a Mockingbird? I'm a character in that story! The story takes place just in the town where we lived!"

    During the National Day holiday, there is a very popular film called My People, My Country. The film is made in C. The purpose of the film is to c the 70th founding anniversary(成立70周年) of the People's Republic of China (PRC). At the same time, there were two o new films which were on at different cinemas in China. They are “The Captain” 《中国机长》 and “The Climbers” 《攀登者》. It is said that m than 80 film companies invested(投资) in the three Chinese films.

    My People, My Country, the 158-minute film, got about 369 million yuan ($51.62 million) on its second day of screening on Tuesday, the same day that the PRC marked its 70 anniversary.

    The film i seven short stories and is made by seven directors(导演). All the seven directors are the most f directors in China, especially Chen Kaige. This time, he led the director group and made this great work. The film took people b to important historical moments since the founding of the PRC in 1949 to awaken the shared memories of Chinese people a the world.

    After watching the film, many people's eyes were f of tears. They were deeply moved by the film. If you haven't seen the film, I think you'd better e the cinema and enjoy it by yourself. I'm sure you will love it as well. And you will love our country more deeply.

Ancient China produced many types of beautiful works of art. Among them, calligraphy(书法), poetry(诗歌) and painting were the most famous. Often they would be put together in art. These became important starting with the Song Dynasty.

Calligraphy is the art of handwriting. In the old time, the Chinese considered writing as an important form of art. Calligraphers would practice for years to learn to write perfectly, but with style. Each of over 40, 000 characters needed to be written correctly. And each stroke(笔画) in a character had to be written in a certain order.

Poetry was also an important form of art. Great poets were famous all over the country, but all educated people were expected to write poetry. During the Tang Dynasty, poetry was so important that writing poetry was part of the examinations to become a civil servant(文官) and work for the government.

Chinese painting was often connected with calligraphy. It is one of the oldest artistic traditions in the world. The most traditional way of Chinese painting is known as "national" or "native" painting(国画), which is quite different from Western painting. People can draw mountains, homes, birds, trees and water on it.

The hotly anticipated(预期的) new Spring Festival movies were finally released, and broke the single­day box office record. Among them, Hi, Mom is the most popular. The audience has given it the top rating in a satisfaction survey conducted by the China Film Art Research Center.

Hi, Mom stars Jia Ling as a devoted daughter, who, deeply saddened by her mother's death in an accident, finds herself transported back to 1981. Jia shared youth with her young mother and chased her dream. In this comedy film about a mother's youth, we saw many happy scenes: Jia helped her mother win the chance to buy a TV set, organized female workers and her mother to take part in volleyball games, and helped her mother and the factory director's son Shen Guanglin fall in love. She used her own way to make her young mother happy.

In the constant laughter, there is a hidden line. Jia, who travels through time and space, wants to help her mother change her destiny. She hopes that her mother could have a successful career, a wealthy family, and a very excellent child who could bring her honor. But the young mother also transported to the past and helped Jia. At the end of the film, Jia finally realizes that the best way to make her mother happy is to cherish her child — herself in this case.

The comedy, which Jia described as a present to her real­life mother who passed away tragically around two decades ago, brought many moviegoers to tears. It also sparked people to think more about mother­daughter relationships, with netizens(网友) sharing old photos of their own mothers at their young age. This reminds us to love our mother more in the real life and cherish time together.

In Darayya, a city in Syria, there's a library and it has 15,000 books on almost every subject you can think of. However, it is different from any libraries you know: It is a secret underground library, and only people in Darayya know where it is.

Over the years, war has shaken Darayya badly.   △      Stores are closed one after another, and so are schools. To help the kids in Darayya with their learning, Anas Ahmad, a 19-year-old student, and his friends decided to build a library. They built the library under the ground to keep it safe from bombing. But it is dangerous to collect books for the library. Often, Ahmad and his friends look for books in houses that were bombed. They need to be careful because they may be killed in another bombing.

You may ask, "In a place like Darayya, would people be interested in books?" "Just like the body needs food, the mind needs books, "says one library user. In the library, people enjoy their time of reading and forget about the terrible world above, so their life doesn't seem so hard. Through reading, they are able to dream of a better life after war.

In the long history of humans, women's stories have often been overlooked (忽视). However, as modern society has allowed women to speak for themselves, more and more women are standing up to choose how to live their lives. Here are four powerful films that may help you re-consider what it means to be a woman.

One night at supper Jennifer said, "I want to learn how to juggle (玩杂耍). I brought home a book from the library. It shows me how to start juggling. I need to make some balls out of socks to practise with. Is that OK, Mum?" "Sure," said Mum. "But don't practise in the living room. Practise in the hallway. "The next day Jennifer turned some of her brother's socks into balls. She tried the fist lesson in the book. It said to put a ball on her head, nod her head and catch the ball in her hands. She did that three times. "It's a piece of cake, "she said to herself. "I'll try the next lesson. " Jennifer put a ball in her right hand like the lesson said, tossed (抛) it up, clapped (拍) her hands, but missed catching the ball with her left hand. She tried ten times but could only catch the ball three times. She felt sad and went to her bedroom. "Did you have fun?" asked Mum. "Yes, it was. "said Jennifer. "But I didn't do very well in the second lesson, so I stopped practising. ""Well, its too early to stop practising. Jennifer. Today is your first day. If you practice more tomorrow, you will juggle well. "

I recently read a book called The Shawshank Redemption (《肖申克的救赎》). It tells a story that is both shocking and full of hope.

Set in 1947, it tells the story of Andy Dufresne, a banker who is sentenced to life (被判终身监禁). He was caught because of killing two people, in fact he didn't do it. After years of stay in the prison(监狱), he starts to make friends with others, follows the (instruction), and wins their trust with his excellent math abilities.

Andy never stops wanting the freedom because he hates the (comfortable) life in the prison and wants to go out. The longer he stays there, the (thirsty) for freedom he is. During his 20 years in prison, he has (overcome) many difficulties. He has been (dig) a hole with a small tool every day and hiding the hole with a poster. The story is so fascinating I don't want to put it down.

Famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde once said, "We're all in the gutter(臭水沟), but some of us are looking at the stars." This saying perfectly reflects Andy's life. moves me most is Andy's love for the beauty of life. He plays a song over the prison's radio, though he is not allowed to do so. When the singer's voice is heard, the prisoners stop talking, and they lose in the wonderful music.

The goal of this book is to show readers the power of strength, hope and patience.

When Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu (712-770) wrote this poem, he was living in Chengdu. Sometimes he went to farm in the field. The poem shows his care for farmers.

The very first word, "good", shows the poet's joy and love for the spring rain. The rain is good indeed, as it "knows＂ the proper time to come. Here the poet uses personification (拟人), as if the rain were smart enough to know that it should come in time for the farmer's busy plowing (农耕) season.

When the rain comes, it appears during the night without making any noise. Unlike the thunder(雷) and lightning of summer storms, the quiet spring rain makes its contributions without seeking (寻求) to be known.

In the night sky, the clouds look dark and heavy, indicating (暗示) that there will be enough rain during the night. Then the poet imagines: tomorrow morning, all of the flowers in the city will bloom (盛开) after the rain.

Hi, Mom(你好，李焕英) was directed by Jia Ling, a well-known comedian(喜剧演员) in China. It's based on (根据)1of her own mother who is named Li Huanying. Jia made the film as a tribute(致敬) to her mother.

In the film, Jia Xiaoling finds herself a traveling back to the year 1981 after her mother Li Huanying gets hurt2in a car accident in 2001. There she meets her mother and they become close friends. Jia Xiaoling feels that she has not been a good daughter in the present，3 back in 1981 she does all she can to make Li huanying happy, including trying to get her mother and a factory manager's son together, in the hope of giving her mother a better life.

The film is humorous and4. Many people love it. Many moviegoers（电影发烧友） used Weibo to 5their mothers. They shared pictures of their moms at a young age to show their love.

Everyone experiences bad moods (心情) now and then, some more than others. But maybe help is on the way. (recent), scientists have found that music can improve people's moods. The University of Maryland (make) a study and showed that listening to a type of classical music helped improve the moods of medical (worker). It also helped them feel greater satisfaction with their work.

Many people think that only classical music help people feel better, some studies of college students showed that any kind of music could help (they) make more good emotions (情感), such as joy, excitement, and calm.

How can you help yourself with music? Try music-listening diary. Before you listen to music, try your best (write) down how you are feeling. Then get your favorite radio, CD player, or MP3 player and turn on the music you like (good). College students often listened to rock music, but you can choose any kind. Next, do whatever activity you would do you are listening to music. After listening to the music, write down how long you listened and how you feel now. Keep the music-listening diary a few weeks, and find out if music really makes a difference.

Tom and Jerry

Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse are two of the most popular cartoon characters in the world. In the short cartoons, Tom is always trying to catch Jerry, although he never has any success. Almost every cartoon ends with Tom in trouble and Jerry laughing at him. The stories are full of fun and have a long history. 

William Hanna and Joseph Barbera both worked for MGM in the late 1930s. Their boss told them to make funny cartoons for cinemas. Together they thought of the idea of a cat trying to catch a mouse. They thought it would be funny if the mouse was clever and always get the cat into trouble.

The first Tom and Jerry cartoon was shown in cinemas in 1940. It was a great success, so their boss told Hanna and Barbera to make more. Over the next seventeen years, they made a huge number of Tom and Jerry cartoons. Most of them are around seven minutes long.

In total, Hanna and Barbera made 114 Tom and Jerry cartoons. The cartoons were so good that they won a number of awards. The famous cat and mouse are still popular today, as the cartoons are still shown on the television around the world now.