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　　The clock struck(敲)eleven at night．The whole house was quiet．Everyone was in bed except me．Under the strong light, I looked sadly at a huge pile(堆)of those trouble things-books．

　　I was going to have my exam the next day．“When can I go to bed?” I asked myself．I didn't answer．And I could not．The clock struck twelve．“Oh, dear! Ten more books to read before I go to bed!” We students are the most wretched ones in the world．Dad does not agree with me on this．He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy．

　　The clock struck one．I was quite hopeless now．I forgot all I did learn．I was too tired to go on．I did the only thing I could．I prayed(祈禱), “My god, please let me pass the exam tomorrow．I will work hard next time, Amen．” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them．A few minutes later, with my head on the books, I fell asleep．

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　　Father's Day has a very short history．It was started because there was a Mother's Day, and just because some Americans thought that if we had a Mother's Day, we should also have a Father's Day．Father's Day has become important in North America．And businesses found it was a good way to get people to buy a present for their father from their shops．

　　By the way, very few countries have a Father's Day, though some have a Children's Day, or a special day for boys and another for girls．More and more countries are having Mother's Day, so maybe Father's Day will also become popular before too long．Now, what do people in North America do on Father's Day? The newspapers, radios, and TV tell children what they should do － buy, buy, buy, buy, buy a Father's Day present for your father．They even tell a wife to buy, buy, buy, and buy a Father's Day present － not for her father but for her husband, even if he is not yet a father．And they tell grandchildren to buy, buy, buy, and buy a Father's Day present for their grandfathers．

　　The important thing to remember about Father's Day is that American children can show their love to their fathers in a more open way．

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　　Like schools in China, American schools begin in September after a long summer vacation．The first term is from September to January and the second is from February to June．Usually American children begin to go to school when they are five years old．Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school．

　　But unlike middle school students in China, high school students in America take only four or five subjects each term．They usually go to the same classes every day and have homework for every class．After class they do all kinds of interesting things．

　　After high school, many students go to college．They may go to a small or a large one．They usually have to pay a lot for their higher education．So lots of students work after school to make money for their studies．

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　　Many people don't think that the number 13 is a lucky number．Many hotels do not have a 13th floor．The floors go from 12 to 14, and there is no number13．Some people will never sit at a table with 12 other people．They will tell someone to go or ask another person to sit with them．

　　No one really knows why people do not like the number 13．Perhaps one reason is that when people began to count, they used ten fingers and two hands．This made 12．They could not count more．

　　Some Christians(基督徒)say that 13 is not lucky because there were 13 people at a meal the day before Jesus(耶穌)was killed(被殺)．In a story about the old Greek(希臘的)gods, 12 gods were asked to a meal but one more came．This made 13．It is why the god Balder, who was at the meal, was killed．

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　　In most parts of the world, many students help their schools make less pollution．They join “environment clubs”．In an environment club, people work together to make our environment clear．

　　Here are some things students often do．

　　No-garbage lunches．How much do you throw away after lunch? Environment clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags that can be used again．Every week they will choose the classes that make the least garbage and report them to the whole school!

　　No-car day．On a no-car day, nobody comes to school in a car--- not the students and not the teachers! Cars give pollution to our air, so remember：Walk, jog, bike or run．Use your legs! It's lots of fun!

　　Turn off the water! Do you know that some toilets can waste twenty to forty m³of water an hour! In a year, that would fill a small river! In environment clubs, students mend those broken toilets．We love our environment．Let's work together to make it clean．

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　　Robert is eleven years old．He loves to watch TV．But for one full year, he did not watch TV at all．What was the reason? Robert's parents said they would give him ＄500 if he didn't watch TV for a year．

　　Robert's parents thought he watched too much TV．One day his mother saw a newspaper story about a boy who didn't watch TV for a year．She showed the story to Robert．“It was a joke,” his mother said, “I didn't think he would do it．” But Robert liked the idea．He turned off the TV right away．He said, “It doesn't matter to me whether to watch TV or not．I just want the money．”

　　At first, Robert's parents were very happy．Robert read the newspaper, played outside, played computer games, and played cards with his mother．But after a while, he got bored．Every evening, he asked his parents, “What are we doing tonight?” Sometimes his mother and father wished he would watch TV, just for one evening．Robert always said, “No, it would cost me money!”

　　Finally the year was over．Then Robert started watching his favourite TV shows all day long again．Robert got the money from his parents．What does he plan to do with the ＄500? “I want to buy myself a TV set!” he said．

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　　Have you ever dreamed about a trip to space? Seeds(種子)of some vegetables and crops are a lot luckier than you, as they have travelled to space and back．

　　China is among the three countries in the world that carry out agricultural(農(nóng)業(yè)的)research in space．The others are Russia and the U．S．Since 1987, China has sent about 1000 kinds of seeds into space．These include green peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots and rice．Even on China's first manned spacecraft Shenzhou V there were some seeds from Taiwan．

　　“Conditions(條件)in outer space such as radiation(輻射)and low gravity can cause big changes in the seeds, ” said Chinese researcher Jin Xing．

　　But not all seeds are better after going to space．After returning to the earth, the best seeds are chosen．These seeds produce much more and also grow faster than normal seeds．As the safety of genetically modified(轉(zhuǎn)基因)food is still being talked about, some people are not sure about the safety of these “space vegetables” because some of their genes(基因)are changed during the trip to space．

　　But Jin holds the more hopeful view．He said, “Unlike genetically modified crops, no new genes are introduced to the space vegetables, so they are surely safe．”

　　Space vegetables are better than normal vegetables．For example, space tomatoes stay fresh for twenty days, which is one week longer than normal tomatoes．Another popular space vegetable is the peppers．Space peppers have 20 per cent more vitamin C than normal peppers．

　　Researchers are considering holding a tomato festival．By the time people will be able to enjoy about 30 different kinds of space tomatoes on their dining tables．

　　So far, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has set up three space vegetable base fields, one of which is in Shenzhen while the others are in Beijing and Jiangsu Province．

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　　YOU may feel curious about students in other countries：Do they also have so much homework? What do they do in their spare time?

　　On April 8, a report came out on the lives of high school students in China, Japan, South Korea and the US．It surveyed around 6, 200 students from the four countries last year．You will find the answers to many of your questions in this report．

　　Who studies hardest?

　　Chinese students spend the most time studying．Nearly half of Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework every day．That's much more than students of the US(26.4％), Japan(8.2％)and South Korea(5.2％)．

　　Who sleeps most often in class?

　　Japanese students fall asleep in class most often．About 45％ of them said they sometimes doze off in class．In South Korea, it's 32％; in the US, 21％; and 5％ in China．

　　South Korean students don't like taking notes．About 70％ said they write down what the teacher says in class, many fewer than in Japan(93％), China(90％)and the US(89％)．

　　Who is the most distracted(分心的)?

　　American students are the most active in class, but also the most distracted：64.2％ said they chat with friends in class; 46.9％ said they eat snacks in class; and 38.9％ said they send e-mails or read unrelated(無關(guān)的)books in class．

　　What do they do after school?

　　In their spare time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet．Most American students hang out with their friends．Most Japanese students do physical exercises．Most Korean students watch TV．

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　　We were on a visit to Monkey Island．Jim thought we should try water skiing(滑水)．We can get a boat and skis at Monkey Island．

　　“Don't go water skiing near Monkey Island today, ” said the woman standing near the boats．“There might be sharks(鯊魚)in the water．”

　　“I don't think so．” said Jim who thought he knew everything．

　　“I wouldn't go water skiing in the sea near Monkey Island today, ” said the man with the woman．“They saw sharks in the water yesterday．”

　　“The sharks won't hurt me, ” said Jim with a big smile on his face．

　　Another man getting out of a boat said, “I'm sure we just saw a shark in the water a few minutes ago．”

　　“Don't worry about me, ” said Jim．“I don't worry about sharks．”

　　Jim and his two friends, Bill and Bruce pushed the boat into the water．Jim was driving the boat．He drove very fast and sprayed water on everyone standing near the boat．

　　Jim drove the boat to the middle of the sea near Monkey Island．Everyone could see him and the boat．He wanted to show everyone how well he could water ski．

　　“You drive the boat, Bill, ” Jim said．“Bruce, you watch me and the rope while I water ski．”

　　“What about the sharks? ” asked Bill．

　　“Forget about the sharks, ” said Jim．“I'm not afraid of sharks．”

　　Jim got into the water．He was putting his feet in the water skis．Then Jim felt something large and hard touch his leg as it swam past him．Suddenly, a brown fin(鰭)moved through the water towards Jim．

　　Later, when Bill and Bruce stopped laughing, they said, “We never saw anyone move so fast! You were running on top of the water to get back in the boat! You even left the water skis in the water．

　　“There it is again! Shark! Shark! ” cried Jim．

　　Everyone laughed-even the people standing on shore．

　　The dolphin(海豚)came to surface again, took a deep breath, smiled at Jim and went back down into the deep water．

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