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1、Module 1When I arrived, it was early morning and it was raining. I got out of the car, went through a gate and walked along a path. In the east, the sky was becoming light, but beside the path, it was still very dark. I knew it was there, but there was nothing to see. After about a kilometer, a stra
2、nger appeared in front of me. “Am I going the right way?” I asked. He knew where I was going. “yes,” he replied, “youll get there in five minutes.” Finally, I came to some rock, and stopped. I looked carefully over them, but it was still too dark to see anything. Suddenly, the clouds cleared and the
3、 rain stopped. The sun rose behind me and beyond the rocks. I saw that the ground fell away and down to a river, far below me. I was on the edge of the Grand Canyon, one of the wonders of the natural world.I looked down to the Colorado River about 2,000 metres below me. If you put the three tallest
4、buildings in the world at the bottom of the canyon, they still wont reach the top. Then I looked across to the other side of the canyon. How far is it? Its 20 kilometres, maybe more. Finally, I looked to my left and to my right, and on both sides the canyon disappeared into the distance.over 400 kil
5、ometres long. The Grand Canyon is not just big. Its huge! That morning on the edge of the canyon, I asked myself a question. Its not “how deep is it? ” or “how wide is it? ”or “how long is it? ” but “Is the Grand Canyon the greatest wonder anywhere in the natural world? ” I know the answer. But what
6、 do you think?Module 2My favourite great book is the adventures of tom sawyer by mark twain. Tom lives with his aunt Polly in the quiet streets of St Petersburg, Missouri. Hes a lively and clever young boy, and he finds himself in many exciting adventures. He runs away with his two friends, Huck Fin
7、n and Joe, to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River for days. With Huck he goes looking for treasure, with Becky he gets lost in a cave, and finally, they find a box of gold. My favourite scene in the book is when everyone thinks Tom is dead. He decides to go to his own funeral. He hides
8、and watches for a time, and then suddenly he appears. Everyone is surprised to see him but theyre also pleased to see him alive. Tom is the hero of the story, but there are other important characters. Huck is an outsider and everyone is afraid of him. Becky is pretty with fair hair, Joe is Toms best
9、 friend, and Injun Joe is the bad man of the story. The themes of the story are to do with children growing up and becoming more serious. It describes how strangers are seen in small towns of America. Finally, it talks about freedom, social rules and how people are punished for bad behaviour. Why do
10、 I think Tom Sawyer is a great book? Mark Twain wrote the story in 1876, but its still read and loved by people all over the world today. And although its only a story, Twain wrote it in the everyday English of the southern states of America in the 19th century, so it sounds very real. Today its tho
11、ught to be one of the greatest books in American literature. Go on-read it! I know youll enjoy it, too.Module 3For liu Xiang, life as a sporting hero has just begun. First of all, hell be invited to competitions around the world. Hell be chosen to represent China at the Olympic Games. Hes a symbol o
12、f Chinas international sporting success. And now that hes well known all over the world, liu Xiang will also be asked to appear in advertisements and films, and even to record music. But his coach Sun Haiping is making sure that he trains regularly. Liu Xiang will be advised by his coach how to be a
13、 great sportsman, and by his manager how to be a star. Liu Xiang is not an overnight success. He was born in Shanghai on July 13, 1983 and like many Olympic sports stars, he stared training when he was very young. In Grade Four, he went to the Junior Sports School of Putuo District of Shanghai. Liu
14、was encouraged at first to train as a high jumper. Then, in 1998,his skill at hurdling was noticed by his coach Sun Haiping. Liu Xiang was helped by a special programme. It was set up in 2001 to help young sportsmen and sportswomen. Lius races were recorded, and his performance was compared with the
15、 worlds best sports stars. Sun Haiping used the information to change Lius training programme. In 2002 he won his first international 110m hurdles event in Switzerland, and in the same year, a gold medal at the Asia Games in Korea. In 2004, Liu won the first Olympic gold medal in the same event for
16、China in Athens, Greece. So whats next for Liu Xiang? Has he found out that theres more to life than training? Will he be encouraged to spend more time away form sport? No, Liu Xiang will go for more medals for China because he was trained for gold!Module 4Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every day I open my books in class and start my lessons. Every evening my mother looks through ma
