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My friend，Robert，has a twin sister named Amanda.Though they get along well，there
（1） some things about Amanda and her friends that puzzle （困扰）Robert.He can't understand how girls can talk for so（2） .For example，sometimes when he leaves home to play football，Amanda and her friend，Sharon，are sitting on the sofa，talking.When he comes back two and a half（3） later，they're still staying in the same place，continuing the same conversation on the same topic.One day Robert was so curious（好奇的） that he asked Amanda what they talked about，but she （4） ， "We're best friends.We talk about almost everything- film stars，pop songs，recipes，everything!"
Boys and girls have different attitudes（态度） towards friendship.Friendships between girls are usually based on shared feelings and support （支持），but friendships between boys are based on shared activities or interests.A boy might be（5） about sharing his feelings with his close friends.A（6） closest friend，however，might be eager（急切的） to tell her about something that has happened in her life.
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Every year in Bath，English，there is a special（51）f ．People（52）d up in old clothes and have concerts and dancing parties．It is（53）c the Jane Austen Festival．
Jane Austen is an English writer．This year，the subject is about her book Pride and Prejudice （《傲慢与偏见》），which has a（54）h of 200years．
Born in Steventon，English，1775，Austen was（55）f for her humorous words and clever ideas．Most of her novels are about women in 18th century England．At that time，if a（56）w wanted to have a happy life，she had to marry a rich man．But Austen said that a woman should（57）m for her self，not for money．So her characters were often strong enough．
Pride and Prejudice is the（58）m famous novel by Austen．It tells a romantic story（59）b a young woman Elizabeth and a tall，rich and handsome man，Mr．Darcy．There are many（60）d art forms of it：films，televisions and musicals．
All of Austen's novels are about a small part of English country life．But they tell us that small things can still be beautiful，too．
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One day while a man（44） （walk） on a street corner，he saw a boy selling a number of small birds in a cage（笼子）
He looked at the birds flying about in the cage and trying to get out．He（45） （ stand） for some time looking at the birds．At last he said to the boy，"How much do you ask for your birds？""fifty cents a bird，sir"said the boy．"I （46） （ not mean） how much a bird．"said the man．"But how much for all of them？I expected（47） （buy） them all．"
The boy began to count，and found they came to five dollars"There is your money，"said the man．The boy took it happily．Then the man opened the cage door as quickly as he could，and let all the birds fly away．
The boy，in great surprise，cried，"What did you do that for，sir？You（48） （ lose） all your birds．"
"I （49） （ tell） you why I did it，"said the man．"I （50） （shut） up three years in a prison（监狱），and I decided never to see anything in prison which I can make free．"
Lisa Hawkins loves riding her BMX bike （极限单车）and her dream a is to go to the Olympics．
Lisa first got interested in BMX racing at the age of ten．Once she hired a bike for a pound and immediately（64） （fall） in love with the sport．"It was the best pound I ever spent，"she says．Lisa is only 16 but she already（65） （have） lots of success，and got first prize in a world BMX competition last year．BMX racing is quite a dangerous sport．But this didn't stop her（66） （want） to do more competition．Lisa exercises every
day．Like many sports people，she （67） （believe） in luck as well as hard work．
It's four o'clock in the afternoon．Some students（61） （talk） about the future．Here is one of their predictions．
I believe we will be able to live in the space．There（62） （be） many big clean hotels in the space．We can fly our rockets to the space hotel there．And also we （63） （play） sports and enjoy all kinds of interesting food in the sky．﹣John．
（106） The answer for most people would be yes．But where does our rubbish go？
It doesn't just sit in the rubbish bin．Every day，workers come to take the rubbish from our rubbish bins．They put it into a big truck and carry it to landfills （垃圾填埋场）．At the landfill，people sort（分类）the rubbish．They recycle some，burn some and bury（埋）some of it underground．（107） It means that less rubbish ends up in landfills．Landfills can also be bad for the environment．
So many Chinese cities encourage everyone to sort out their rubbish before throwing it away．Put the food in one bag．Put the plastic bottles in another．And throw them in the right rubbish bins．In this way，we can help save a lot of time，money and energy for all of society．
（108） So they have higher recycling rates（比率）．In Sweden，only 4 percent of household waste ends up in landfills every year．In Japan，people recycle nearly 50 percent of all rubbish．
There is still a lot to do when it comes to rubbish sorting in China．People in the country make about 300 million tons of rubbish every year．（109） The rest of it ends up in landfills．Most of it is unsorted．The good news is that many cities are trying different ways to make things better．Beijing will start a new program to improve rubbish sorting next year．If people sort out their rubbish，they'll get WeChat bonus points．（110） ．
A．But they only recycle less than a quarter of the waste．
B．Did you throw something away today？
C．Most foreign countries do not have sorthing systems．
D．The more rubbish gets recycled，the better．
E．Many foreign countries have good sorting systems．
F．Parents should educate kids to throw away less food．
G．They can exchange the bonus points for shopping cards!
