Just a Little Smile
Mark was walking home from school one day when he saw the boy in front of turn fall over and drop all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a basketball and a walkman (隨身聽). Mark stopped and helped the boy pick up these things. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of his things. As they walked, Mark knew that the boy’s name was Bill, that he loved computer games, basketball and history, and that he was having lots of troubles with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.
They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was invited(邀請) in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed happily with a few laughs and some small talk, then Mark went home. They often saw . each other at school, had lunch together once or twice, and then they both finished middle school. They ended up in the same high school where they sometimes saw and talked with each other over the years. At last just three weeks before they finished high school, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.
Bill asked Mark if he still remembered the day years ago when they had first met. "Did you ever think why I was carrying so many things home that day?" asked Bill. "You see, I cleaned out my locker(鎖柜) because I didn’t want to leave anything for anyone else. I had put away some of my mother’s sleeping pills and I was going home to kill myself. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, ! began to understand that if I killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life. "
【小題1】 When Mark met him the first time, Bill was going

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Nowadays, computers are becoming more and more p 1.  in many cities and towns. A lot of small shops and restaurants along busy streets change into c2.game house. These places are always crowded with people especially young boys.

In the computer game house, people s 3. a lot of money playing computer games. It’s h4.  for people to win against a computer, but they can try it again and again. People have a kind of gambling psychology (賭博心理 ) when they play computer games. The more they l5. ,the more they want to win, and at last they even can’t live w___6.___it. For school boys, they have no interested in their l7.. When class is o__8.____, they rush to the nearby computer game houses. So their grades are not g 9..Some of them can get enough m 10. from their parents. But some of them are not easy to get money. They begin to steal other students’ money and become thieves( 賊 ).

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【小題1】–I often a        with my mother. What should I do? –Maybe you should say you’re sorry.
【小題2】It is not p         to laugh at others when they make mistakes.
【小題3】–What do your parents do?
–They are b       doctors. They work in the same hospital.
【小題4】Some students feel s        in class because they stay up to search the Internet at night.
【小題5】–What would you do if you had a lot of money?
–I would buy a big house with a beautiful g          for my parents.
【小題6】–Which pair of shoes do you want, the black one or the ___________ (棕色的) one?
–I’d like the black one.
【小題7】–What do you think of the advertising today?
–Some of the advertisements don’t tell the __________ (真相).
【小題8】–How do you feel when you see the national flag of China?–It makes me feel ______ (自豪的) .
【小題9】–Where would you like to travel?
–I’d like to go to the countryside because I love __________ (大自然).
【小題10】–How much are the pants? –They are only __________ (二十) dollars.

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Lots of people in the world like listening to folk songs. A folk song is a song that is “from the p 1.”. Every c 2. has folk songs. Usually, they are quiet, simple songs. People often sing them with just a g 3. of a few other instruments. Some folk songs are so o 4. that no one knows who wrote them or when they were written. Other folk songs are by songwriters who are interested in people’s l 5. and experiences. Woody Guthrie was one of those songwriters.

Woody Guthrie was born in a very small town in Oklahoma in 1912. Guthrie first learned to play the guitar from his grandfather in 1917. He soon began to p 6. with other people in the area. Step by step, people liked his music.

In 1929, the economy was bad. Many people were not working, and there were many poor people. Guthrie began to travel around the country looking for work. Guthrie became interested in singing about people and their p 7. during this period.

In the winter of 1940, Guthrie decided to go to New York. On his way, he created “This Land is Your Land.” The song talks about places and things people love. The last line of the song says, “This land was made for you and me.” These words tell people that e 8. is equal.

Woody Guthrie died in 1967, but his music l 9. on. His music is an important part of American h 10. and culture. And to this day, people love to sing the folk songs written by him.

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Young people are often unhappy when they are with their parents. They think that their parents don’t

u  1.   them. They often think their parents are too strict with them.

   Parents often find it difficult to win their parents’ t  2.   and they seem to forget how they t  3.   felt when they were young. For example, young people like to do things w  4.   much thinking. Older people worry more easily. Most of them plan things ahead and don’t like their p  5.   to be changed. So when you want your parents to let you do something, you will have better success if you ask b  6.   you really start doing it.

   Young people often make their parents angry by the clothes they wear, the music they enjoy and s  7.   else. But they don’t mean to cause any trouble. They just feel that in this way they can be cut off from the old people’s world and they want to make a new c  8.   of their own. Sometimes instead of g  9.  out with their parents, they just want to stay at home a  10.   and do what they like.

   If you plan to do something, you’d b  11.   win your parents over and get them to understand you. If so, your parents will c  12.   let you do what you want to do.