A．Don't forget to show me the photos when you come back．
B．An adult panda has only one baby every two years．
C．What can we do to help them？
D．This is one of the reasons．
E．Is it very cute？
F．What's up？
Alice：Hi，Frank!Are you free on Saturday？
Frank：Yes．（41）
Alice：I heard a baby panda was born in the zoo．Let's go and have a look．
Frank：Oh，I have been there twice．I think you'd better learn something about pandas before you go to the zoo．
Alice：I know a little．（42） There are about 2，000pandas living in the forests．
Frank：That's true．They are endangered now．
Alice：Why？Is it because they don't have babies very often？
Frank：（43） Another main reason is that humans cut down lots of bamboo forsts，and pandas don't have enough food to eat．
Alice：What a pity!（44）
Frank：We can make some posters to tell people the importance of saving pandas．
Alice：I will take some photos of the pandas first when I visit the zoo．
Frank：（45） Have a good time!
Alice：Thank you．
As time goes by，are you still the same person you were？Many of you would think you are．（1） You could be a completely different person when you get old．Psychologists（心理学家）at the UK's University of Edinburgh did the study on a group of Scottish people （2）
In 1950，a group of teachers gave over 1，200 14﹣year﹣old students personality tests．（3） They were self﹣confidence，sense of responsibility，perseverance（耐性），strong wishes to win，creativity and moods．（情绪）
In 2012，researchers successfully found 174 of those 1，200 students and gave them a test similar to the one they had received before．（4） They were surprised to find great changes to all six personality traits of these people．（5） It was"as if the second test had been given to different people．"The study reported．
In the past，personality was widely believed to be unchangeable．This new study may bring some fresh ideas to the world．
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A．They tested six basic personality traits． B．Then they compared the then﹣and﹣now test results． C．They wanted to know if people's personality was unchangeable． D．But according to a new study，your personality can change greatly． E．The younger and older self seemed to be totally different for each person． F．The research found almost everyone's personality changed when they grew old． |
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An old saying goes，"When in Rome（罗马），do as the Romans do．"I learned the （1） of this when I studied in Russia．
One day I invited some of my Chinese friends to a famous local restaurant in Moscow．My guests and I were（2） from visiting Red Square and happy about our meeting．We had a warm chat until the waiter told me that we were being too loud．We turned our voices （3） ．But this didn't last long．The waiter came over to us two more （4） with the same message．
How bad an impression（印象）we must have left on the local people!In China，it's （5） and important for a host to make a （6） atmosphere（气氛）．However，in Russia and（7） countries，having a meal in a public place means you must keep your voice low．You need to be polite to others．
I felt bad about this．Even though we tried our （8） ，it's very difficult to develop a new habit．
Russians have their own special habits．My Russian friend，Andrey always looks around and thinks for a while before leaving home．I asked him why he did this．"Aha，"Andrey said，"in Russia，people always take about a minute（9） over things and plans in their minds before leaving．So they won't leave anything necessary behind．"
Finding the （10） between cultures is much fun．I'd like to keep my eyes and mind open．
J﹣Jack D﹣David
J：Christmas used to be my favorite time of year，but right now I feel terrible．
D：No wonder，Jack．It's our（1） Christmas away from home to study here．A （2） of situation would easily affect people's feelings．
J：What do you （3） most as Christmas is coming，David？
D：Of course，my family．I spent every Christmas with my family before this year．
J：Me，too．（4） in the world is better than being with my family at Christmas time．
D：At least，your brother is here with you．
J：That's true．Sometimes he can be boring to me，but now，（5） I do feel great to have him （6） on this special day here．
D：Maybe he'll be here soon．I hope he will like the gift we bought for him．
J：I'm sure he will．He's always wanted a （7） so that he can record every （8） that moves him deeply here in Beijing，and he can （9） what's recorded with my family．
D：Perfect．In this way，your parents can see people's happy life in Beijing and understand China better．One more thing，our Chinese classmates are going to hold a Christmas party for us，and they want to spend Christmas with us．
J：They are friendly．I'm very glad to get their （10） ．I will go to the party with you．
Some parents often tell their kids not to believe s words．
Don't worry．If you keep on studying hard，g you will make progress．