Sally—Sally    Tina—Tina

Sally: Hello, this is Sally speaking.

Tina: Hi, Sally. It’s Tina here. 41 I don’t know what to do.

Sally: Don’t worry. What’s the matter?

Tina: My best friend doesn’t speak to me.

Sally: 42

Tina: She lent me her pen, but later I lost it. She was very angry.

Sally: 43 You should talk to her and buy one for her.

Tina: No use. 44 But it doesn’t work.

Sally: 45

Tina: No.

Sally: Maybe that’s why.

While many Chinese students go abroad to learn western culture, foreign students come to China. In order to get close to 46 Chinese culture, last July, 55 students and teachers from Germany came to China and joined a(n) 47 camp. They visited several schools in Chengdu, Sichuan. At Huaxin High School, they made dumplings, played tai chi, did paper-cuts and learned calligraphy(书法). To help them 48 more about China, Chinese students led these foreign 49 to some places of interest.

In recent years, there are more cultural exchanges between Germany and China. Almost 400 German schools have Chinese classes. Over 8,000 students study in China. The situation is the same to China. Chinese students are one of the 50 foreign student groups in Germany.

There was once a wise old lady who lived on a hill. All the children used to go and ask her questions. She always gave them 51 answers.

There was a little boy among the children. One day he caught a little bird and held it in his hands without anybody seeing it. Suddenly he had an idea and asked his friends to 52.

"Let’s 53 the old lady," he said. “I’ll ask her what I’m holding in my hands. Of course, she’ll answer that I have a bird. Then I’ll ask her if the bird is alive or dead. If she says the bird is dead, then I’ll 54 my hands and let the bird fly away. If she says the bird is alive, I’ll quickly 55 it and show her the dead bird. Either way, she’ll be 56”

The children agreed this was a clever plan. So 57 the hill they all went to the old lady’s house.

“Granny, we have a 58 for you,” they all shouted.

“What’s in my hands?” the little boy asked.

“Why, of course it must be a bird,” the old lady replied.

“But is it alive or dead?” the boy asked 59.

All the boys 60 her answer and got ready to laugh at her.

The old lady thought for a moment and then replied, “It’s up to you, my child. If you’re kind enough, it’ll be alive.”

Professor Lee is talking with a group of students from Yizhou High School. Now Li Hua is asking a question and Professor Lee is answering.

Li Hua: When I hang out with American friends, I’m always afraid to speak. I feel like they will laugh at my accent(口音). What can I do, Professor Lee?

Professor Lee: It’s a good question! This is a typical problem among you students. First, it’s OK to speak English with an accent. It shows who you are and where you’re from. English is an international language. English speakers from the US, the UK, Australia, and South Africa all have different accents. In fact, correct grammar and word choice are much more important. Second, most foreigners are friendly and will not laugh at you. So just relax and be yourself. I always tell my students, “Don’t be shy. Just try!” If you have a chance, take it. Finally, failure is the best teacher. As the saying goes, “Failure is the mother of success.” Michael Jordan, the greatest basketball player of all time, found the secret to success. He said, “I’ve failed over and over again in my life. And that’s why I succeed.”

在空格中填上适当的单词，使对话完整正确。一空一词（含缩写词）。

A：Johnny, do you know the young man named Frank?

B：Yes. He’s an engineer. Why do you 1 him?

A：I feel strange. Wherever I go, I see people greet him warmly. How long has he been in George Town?

B：He’s been here for only one year, less than half of the time I’ve stayed here.

A：That’s amazing. Why is he so 2 in such a big town?

B：Maybe it’s because of his 3 . He’s fun. To our surprise, he can always 4 find humorous points in what seems rather usual. And he helps anyone in trouble if he can 5 to. He values the friendship with others.

A：That would 6 it. What about you, my friend? Why do you have so few friends in the town?

B：It’s probably because I’m the 7 to Frank. And my work is busy, so I have no chance to meet 8 people.

A：I think I can introduce some of my friends to you.

B：Well, thanks, but actually I have many friends on the Internet. I often chat with them online.

A： 9 you can share something with them, you should know that they can never be 10 with the friends around you.

B：You’re so kind. Thank you for your advice.

One day, a father and his son went to a kite – flying festival. When they arrived, there were already many adults and their children playing in the park. When the son saw the sky filled with 1 kites in different shapes, he was excited and wanted to get one too. His father agreed to buy one for him. So they went to a kite shop and 2 a beautiful one.

With the string(线) in hand, the son started 3 the kite. Soon, the kite was high up in the sky. After a while, the son said, "Father, it seems that the string is stopping the kite from flying higher. If we cut it, it will be free and fly even higher. Can we cut it?" The father didn't reply, but just cut the string off the reel(线轴). Suddenly, the kite began to go 4, which made the son much happier.

However, to his surprise, the kite was coming down. They waited for quite some time. 5, it fell onto the grass. The son felt upset and asked, "I thought that after cutting the string, the kite would fly higher. Why did it fall down?"

The father smiled and said, "The role of the string was not stopping the kite from flying higher, 6 helping it stay in the sky, because the kite 7 can't fly up. By using the string you help the kite go up in the right 8. When you cut the string, it could not support the kite.

In our life, we may sometimes feel like there are certain things that are holding us back and stopping us from growing. But in fact, these might be the things that support us 9. We can really grow up and become stronger by realizing the 10 of these things.

Have you ever tried to hide your emotions（情感）from someone during a conversation? 1

Scientists from the Ohio State University have found that people are able to tell other people’s emotions according to changes in the color of their faces.

Scientists studied pictures of people's facial expressions. 2 For example, happiness makes our faces red around the cheeks and a little blue around the chin. Disgust (厌恶) creates not only a blue-yellow color around the lips, but also a red-green color around the nose and forehead.

"We believe these color patterns are the result of small changes in blood flow triggered (触发) by the central nervous(神经) system. " Lead researcher Alex Martinez said.

3 Does the color alone or also facial expressions help people tell other's emotions?

To figure this out, scientists added color patterns to pictures of faces that showed no facial expressions. 4 They were able to tell the emotions 75 percent of the time without any difficulty.

5 For example, when two people are heatedly arguing over something, we say they are red in the face. When a person is very angry, we'd say he or she is blue in the face.