Now we can see many people are cutting down the trees in the forests. A lot of rich land ______ deserts(沙漠). If we read newspapers, we’ll learn that the forests are getting ______ all the time. We are cutting down large numbers of trees ______ we need wood and farmland. Some ______ say that there will not be any great forests in 20 or 30 years. ______ will happen if the forests disappear(消失)? A lot of plants will die and the animals will lose their ______. In many places the new farmland will soon look ______ the old deserts. Crops(庄稼) will not grow there.

There won't be enough rain, and the weather will get hot and dry. If the climate(气候)of the earth changes, life will be hard for everyone. Our living environment will become ______. More and more rich farmland will disappear. We will suffer a lot from both droughts and floods.

It's our duty ______ the forests well. Everyone should try his best to make a contribution(贡献) to taking care of the forests. ______ cutting down the trees and make the world greener.

   If I ask you to make a wish, you may hope to have a cool school bag or do well in your study.

But some teenagers in Beijing have a ______ wish. They hope everyone can live ______ in a peaceful world.

In 2001, the United Nations ______ to make September 21 World Peace Day. In Beijing, Roots and Shoots(根与芽), an environment group, asked the teenagers to make a ______ for the day. The young people got together ______ peace songs. They also set ______doves(鸽子)free. People around the world think that the white bird ______ peace.

Liu Xuesong, a student in Beijing, saw the children in Irag(伊拉克) on TV and said that ______ to write letters to them and help them. Many students also made kites. Zhang Yongzhen made a kite ______ three days. And Pan Ziheng, an 8th grade student, said, "I want to stop war ______ the lovely animals and plants can live well.”

Everything happens for the best, "my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. "If you carry on, one day something good will happen. " So I think my mother is the most beautiful mother in the world. Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college in 1932. I had decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to sports announcer. I drove a car to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station. But I was turned down every time.

In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn't need inexperienced person. “Go out in the countryside and find a small station that’ll give you a chance,” she said. While there was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said, "Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I applied. The job sounded just right for me. But I wasn’t hire”.

My disappointment must have shown. “ Everything happens for the best,” Mom reminded me.  Dad offered me the car to find a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, lowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer. As I left his office, I was frustrated. I asked aloud, "How can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station?

I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling, "What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?" Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game.

On my way home, I thought of my mother's words: “If you carry on, one day something good will happen.”

   The leaders of 13 countries had a big meeting in St Petersburg, Russia. The meeting was about tigers. They talked about the ways to protect the animals in their countries. They agreed to spend more money protecting tigers and they wanted to double the number of tigers in the world before 2022.

Tiger is one of the world’s most endangered animals. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) says, there are only about 100,000 wild tigers now. And the number is becoming smaller and smaller. "If nothing happens, tigers will face disasters,” said WWF spokeswoman Marie won Zeipel.

Nine types of tigers lived 100 years ago, but now at least three of them have died out. “If people leave tigers alone and don't kill them, then the number of tigers will double in 10 years,” said Jean-Christoph Vie, a French tiger expert.

China is one of the 13 countries where tigers live. There are about 50 wild tigers in China now. They are the Bengal tigers in Tibet, Indochinese tigers in China's southwest, and Siberian tigers in the northeast. The South China tigers lived in southeast China many years ago but disappeared in the 1970s. Many experts think they have already died out.

   Most people at some time or another have dreamed of being a kid at school. Being popular in middle school is much easier than it sounds. Just follow a few steps and finally see what it feels like to be a popular kid.

First, why do you want to be popular? Ask yourself if your desire (渴望) for being popular comes from looking down on yourself or an unlucky situation. If it does, then work first on your self-confidence.

Be friendly to everyone, even people that other people think are weird or different. If you are strange or different, realize (意识到) that everyone is strange in their own way. Take part in school activities and make yourself more visible(可见的) to the school population.

Find a talent or special skill that you have. Whether your skill is telling jokes, drawing, singing or playing soccer, show your skill in a right way.

Volunteer to help with classroom or school activities that will help you leave a good impression(印象) on teachers. Develop a personal style that you feel goes well with your personality .

Be yourself and have fun. Keep your strong sense and personality. Join school clubs, sporting teams and student government to show yourself as someone who makes a difference at your school.

   Most great inventors often meet with many difficulties in their work before they succeed. They have to solve thousands of problems on their way. The following is one of such examples.

George Stephenson, a famous British inventor, made the first train in 1825, using a steam (蒸汽机). When he was experimenting with the engine on the train, he met with difficulties from many people in the country. They said that the noise and the smoke would kill cows, horses and sheep, and that the engine would catch fire to their houses. George Stephenso told the people that train could go on small rails, could pull carriages full of things and passengers and that there was no great danger to them. It was very difficult for him to make them believe. However. after some time. he was able to do it, and the first train that was driven Stephenson himself showed what he had said. On the train there was a new steam engine. It was invented by him, and was a complete success. The first day when the train ran on the rails, people along the way heard the noise of the train in the distance, and saw it running quickly to them. They thought it was a genie (妖怪). They ran quickly back home and closed their doors. They didn't come out until it went away.

A week later an old woman still said that her hen was so frightened(受惊吓的) that it didn’t lay any eggs for three days.

Kenny and Bobbi Me Caughey live in lowa. They have a big family. Mikayla is the oldest child in the family. She is six years old. The other children are Brandon, Joel, Kelsey, Natalie, Alexis, Ted and Nathan.  They are five years old.

Why are they all of the same age? 【小题1】 They are septuplets!

It is hard work to look after seven babies at the same time. 【小题2】 At the beginning, many people helped them. They helped to feed, clean. and dress the babies. Every week, the

septuplets used about 170 diapers(尿布)! 【小题3】

The septuplets started school this year. But they studied at home, 【小题4】like their big sister Mikayla. When Mikayla was ready for school. Kenny and Bobbi MeCaughey decided to teach her at home. 【小题5】 Now Bobbi McCaughey is all the eight children’s teacher.

网络走进了学生们的生活,在带给学生们巨大方便的同时,也存在不利的方面。请以Advantages and disadvantages of the Internet为题,根据提示介绍网络的利弊。要求：80词左右,可以适当发挥。

Advantages

1. 带来方便

2.可以作为学习的工具,学习英语

3.读新闻与收发邮件

Disadvantages

1. 沉迷于聊天与游戏

2. 对视力有害

3.看不好的电影对学生有害

参考词汇: convenience, trouble, come into one's life, be addicted to(沉迷…)

Advantages and disadvantages of the Internet

The Internet has come into students' life.__________