I’m Jenny. Nothing is cuter than my dog, Marley. He sleeps near my bed at night and gives me kisses every morning. He gets sad when I leave for school. But he’s always there waiting when I get home, ready to go for a walk or play a game.
    On a Christmas Eve（前夕），Marley walked with my family to a store. My mum tied him up outside. When we came out of the store, Marley had gone. My mum called the police to report that he had been stolen. We couldn’t find him anywhere. I was very sad. It was the worst Christmas Eve ever.
    That night, I didn’t sleep well. My cat seemed to know I was sad and hugged（拥抱）me to make me feel better. On Christmas morning, I woke up and called for Marley. Then I remembered that he had gone.
 Even though it was Christmas, I didn’t want presents. I didn’t want anything, except my friend.
    Then my mum got a phone call. Someone found him! A woman saw a man on the street trying to sell a scared（恐惧的）dog. She felt bad for the dog and used her own money (more than $200) to buy him. She took him to a vet（兽医）.The vet scanned（扫描）the dog for a microchip（芯片）. The vet found our phone number in the microchip and called my mum.
    I was so excited when I saw Marley. I went to say thanks to that woman. She’s my hero. Getting Marley back was the best Christmas present ever.

    Teens want structure in their lives, which means they want their lives well-planned. To begin building structure, teens need love and trust. They need to know their parents are there to give them needed love and support (支持). Teens want to be sure that nothing can prevent parents from shouldering their responsibility for them — not their growing maturity (成熟), misbehavior, nor anger at something they have done. Teens want parents to keep control while allowing them to make some decisions.
    There are some ways you can help your teens create reasonable structure and remain close. One way is to spend time together. Parents often mistake their teens’ increased interest in friends for a disinterest in the family.
    Teens would like to spend more time doing t hings with their parents, but watching TV is not counted as spending time together. As your teens mature, it is important for you and your teens spend time alone together, one to one. Your teens need time to talk to you alone without any other family member present.
    Talk with your teens about their interests and concerns. Make sure you really show interest in what is happening. When talking with your teens, give full attention and do not stop them.
    The way to help your teens become adults is to let your teens into your world. Sharing your emotions and concerns wi th your teens is important. Avoid causing needless worry.
    Trust your teens. Don't expect the worst. Hope for the best. Telling your teens you don’t lik e their friends will cause the teens not to bring their friends home. If something should go wrong, believe that your teens didn’t do it on purpose.
    It is very important that you treat your teens with respect. Teens need the same respect adults show for total strangers. Don’t talk down to your teens.
    You need to be supportive of your teens. What may be a small problem to you may be troubling to your teens. Teens don't have the experiences that adults have had. Let the teens know that you understand how much it hurts when something happens that is upsetting or hurtful to them. As they mature, they can look back at some problems they had and laugh at having been upset by something that now seems unimportant.
    The most important things to remember are: talk with your teens, listen to their worries and offer suggestions when needed. This will help your teens to live a well-organized life.

    Traveling is an exciting experience.It makes us feel pleased, and enjoy new wonders and new part of life that we’ve never known.A single holiday trip can give you the freedom and the chance to make changes that daily life does not allow.It matters little where you go on your holiday, It is all in what you make of it. Any travel can be interesting and attractive, and give you memories to last a lifetime.
    Having those memories is truly what travels are all about.Many people say that a bit of a planning and research before you leave can make sure of those long- lasting memories.But why not try something unexpected?In fact, The most unforgettable moments of a travel experience are the ones that you don't plan for. Yes, Maybe you’ll experience a bad meal in an unfamiliar place.But this experience will make sure you discover little-known shops or an open- air theater production that is only advertised in the local paper.
    You’ll find the enjoyable moments happening all around you:a wonderful sunset or a small child playing in the puddles（水洼） of a cobble(鹅卵石）road.The magic will truly be in the trip you take. Take time to go for a long walk for enjoyment when visiting a new place, Which will allow you to listen, smell, and see the different culture and sights that your busy life may stop you from enjoying.
    Simple things such as a leaf from a tree you sat under can keep the memories of your travel alivefor years to come, Collect small things such as leaves, stones, or feathers, which can be turned into memorable worksof art when you get back home.

(1) I used to be ______ about tests all the time.
(2) Wait before you buy that watch. Let’s ______ the prices in another store.
(3) On Chinese New Year, people like to ______ time with their families.
(4) She ______ in a small town, although she lives in a big city now.
(5) I haven’t seen my cat for two days. I’m very ______ about her.

    A jobless man wanted to apply (求职) for the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The staff manager interviewed him and then gave him a (1) ______ :clean the floor. The man passed it: he cleaned the floor very well.
    “You are hired(雇佣），”the manger told the man. “Give me your email address,and I’ll send you the form to (2) ______ .I shall also send you the (3) ______ you should report for the work.”
    The man replied, “I don’t have a (4) ______ ,or email!”
    “I am sorry,” said the manager. “If you don’t have email, that means you do not exist(存在）.And we cannot (5) ______ persons who do not exist.”
    The man was very (6) ______ .He didn’t know what to do. He only had 10 dollars with him.Once that was (7) ______ .he wouldn’t have any money to buy even food.He went to the supermarket and bought a box of tomatoes with his 10 dollars. He went from door to door and (8) ______ the tomatoes in small bags.He doubled his money.
    He (9) ______ this tree times, and returned home with 60 dollars. He realized that he could continue to live this way.He started to go earlier every day,and returned later. He doubled or made even three times his money every day.Soon, he (10) ______ a cart,then a truck.In a very short time, he had his many delivery(递送）trucks.
    Five years later,the man became one of the most biggest (11) ______ sellers in the country. He started to plan his family’s future. He called an insurance(保险）broker, a man who sells insurance.At the end of the (12) ______ , the broker asked him for his email address. The man replied, “I don’t have en email.”
    Hearing that, the broker felt very (13) ______ . “You don’t have email,and yet have succeeded in becoming so (14) ______ .Can you imagine what you could have been if you had email?” he said a loud, The man thought for a while,and replied, “an office (15) ______ at Microsoft.!”
    If you just lost your job or just failed an interview, don’t worry,think of the positive(积极的）... Good days are on the way and something better will happen to you.

    A new report shows what life might be like in 100 years from now. It describes skyscrapers that are much taller than today’s buildings, underwater ‘bubble’ cities and holidays in space. Th3e report is from a company. It asked experts(专家) on space and architecture, as well as city planners, to give their ideas on the life in 2116. They said the way we live, work and play will be totally different to how we do these things today. The experts used the Internet as an example. They said that 25 years ago, people could not imagine how the Internet and smartphones would  change our lives. The Internet has completely changed the way we communicate, learn and do daily things. The experts said the changes in the next century would be even more unbelievable.
    Researchers questioned 2,000 adults about the prediction(预言) they thought were most likely(很可能的) to happen in the future. They predicted that in the future, few people will go to an office but will work from home and have work meetings online. People will have highly developed 3-D printers that will let you download(下载) a design for furniture or a food recipe and then ‘print’ the sofa, table or pizza at home. There will also be less need for visits to the doctor. We will all have a home health instrument that will tell us what the problem is and give us treatment. We will also be going into space for holidays and to get resources that we have used up on Earth. A prediction that is missing is whether people will need to study English.

    Nanotechnology is a new type of science that will be widely used in many fields. Do you want to know more about it?
    Imagine: a television screen has the size and thickness of a piece of paper. You carry it around in your pocket and take it out when you want to watch a show. (1) A guitar is so tiny that you can’t see it with the human eyes, but you can hear sound when its strings are pulled.
    (2)Nanotechnology is the science, this kind of science can deal with doing things in a very small way, and it is being studied and developed all over the world. Many scientists say nanotechnology will produce the next industrial revolution(工业革命).
    (3)也许纳米技术对医学将有最大的影响。Imagine nanobots in medicine. Thousands or even millions of tiny machines can be sent into the human body with specific tasks. For example, (4)they can be designed to find and destroy cancer cells or viruses(病毒). Other machines may stay in the human body forever to help organs(器官)that are not working properly.
    When could all of these happen? Scientists predict that most of these are possible in the next 30 years. Thousands of scientists around the world are working on these micro-machines. Nanotechnology is just around the corner.