In your last e-mail you asked me how 【小题1】 phone calls in my country. Now I will tell you some telephone manners(礼仪) in 【小题2】 country.

Please 【小题3】 a person you are calling plenty of time to get to the phone before you 【小题4】 a phone. If the person who answers is not the one you want, give your name and ask “【小题5】 I speak to ...?” If he isn’t in, you may leave a 【小题6】

If a stranger dials(拨打) your number accidentally(意外地), don’t 【小题7】 it. If he 【小题8】 “sorry”, accept his apology(道歉). Everyone may dial a wrong number sometimes.

We should respect others. Try not to call too early in the morning（before about 9:00 a.m.）or too 【小题9】at night （after about 9:30 p.m.）. Try not to call at meal time.

Keep a pencil and a piece of paper near the phone. If someone 【小题10】 a member of the family who is not at home, ask the caller if he would like to leave a message. If he does, be sure to get his name and number. If you take a message, be sure to remember to deliver(传送) it!

We can remember some important times in our lives. Some things have become good memories. The memories are always in the corner of our mind.

When I was in a kindergarten(幼儿园), I had many toys and friends. They made me laugh and cry. The teachers taught us many songs and games. We played all day. Although we did not know what learning was at that time, we were learning every day.

When I was in a primary school, I was excited to learn school subjects. Nearly every subject caught my attention. However, my favorite subject was science. I remembered on the first day our science teacher told us the sun was like a big fire ball. We were quite surprises and kept our mouths open. We began to wonder at the secret of nature. Later many other things came to our ears. We began to learn carefully.

When I was ten years old, I began to read newspapers, keep a diary, visit museums and make many friends. Every day was something new, interesting and exciting.

Now I am in the middle school. Each day is new to me. Happily, I am still learning. It is like a journey to me. I have learned a lot, but there’s still a long way for me to go. I hope to become a learned(有学问的) person some day.

   What are the hottest English words these years? “Selfie” may be one of them. It was even named Word of the Year by Oxford Dictionaries(牛津词典) in 2013. The word was first used in an Australian online forum(论坛) in2002. Now, almost everybody knows it.

   Listening test is one of the most important parts of the English exam. Here are some tips for you.

Before you start to listen, you need to relax. Don’t be stressed out. And try to read the questions. These questions usually help you understand the conversation or the passage.

Then listen carefully to the first sentence. It usually tells you the main idea of the passage. When you’re listening, try to do some thinking and take some notes, such as:

What happened?

When, where and how?

What does the speaker want to tell us?

In this way, you may understand the passage better. Please remember not to think about one or two words for a long time. When you hear some words you don’t know, don’t spend too much time on them. Very often, you’ll find out what they mean later when you go on with the listening.

When he was a child, he used to feel hungry. There didn’t use to be enough food for him to eat. He has two brothers and two sisters. His parents were both farmers. They were very poor and couldn’t let their children eat as much as possible. As for clothes, they didn’t use to have enough clothes. They didn’t use to buy new clothes. The younger brothers and sisters often wore their elder brothers’ and sisters’ clothes. My grandfather is the youngest. Only he went to school and had a job in the city. His brothers and sisters didn’t get an education and live in the countryside now.

Now my grandfather has retired and lives a happy life. He can eat any food that he wants. He can buy clothes that he wants. He says he is much happier than before. He often asks me to study hard. He says if I work hard, I can have a good future.

   Many people want some advice on how to learn English, but they pay more attention to boring or uninteresting skills. Why not _____ an interesting saying, “The fewer rules, the more life”and share your ideas.

Speaking with other people about their opinions _____a great way to make English more than just words on the page. English becomes a tool(工具) to achieve a greater goal.

One goal many students have is to improve _____listening skills. If you take the following advice, you ____your English listening skills improve surprisingly.

What about your understanding in general? Maybe your listening skills are strong, but you feel like you can’t understand movies or TV programs. ____that is true, just visit the Learn English Video Library to watch some interesting and ___ videos in English.

Movies are a great way to “use” your English. They are also great for teaching English. Using an idea from the movie. Then try to explain it in another way ______ English. In this way, you can know ____to learn English well. Even you can talk about it with your friends in English, or write some feelings about it in English. Day by day, your English will be improved ___.

Studying from home is not the only answer. Going out to join some English parties or activities is not bad. It can not only bring you more friends, ____ more fun.

Christina from Spain: On the last day of the year, the 31^st of December, people wait till 12 pm. Everybody must have 12 grapes to eat at midnight. At each sound of the clock, we must eat a grape. But we can’t ever finish eating the grapes on time! Usually when people still have some grapes in their mouths, they look at each other and start to laugh. This tradition started in Spain long ago. One year, when there were a lot of grapes, the king of Spain decided to give grapes to everybody to eat on New Year’s Eve.

Cordon from Britain: On New Year’s Day in Britain, people have parties. At 12 O’clock, the music stops, and we listen to the radio. On the radio we hear Big Ben, the famous clock in London. Then everybody sings a song about friendship and kisses their friends. We say “Happy New Year” to each other. It’s lucky if a tall man with dark hair is the first person to come to the house in the new year. So I go and visit as many friends as I can. They all give me a drink.

Angela from Brazil: In all cities in Brazil, we have a big party on New Year’s Eve, especially in Rio de Janeiro(里约热内卢). People in this city go to the beaches to watch fireworks(烟火). We put flowers in the sea and think about things we want for ourselves or others. We usually wear white clothes for good luck during the New Year.

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