| to must ask unusual it when early who notice if | | 阅读理解。 | I am 15. Now I"m studying English in London. My dream is to invent a language machine that
can help me understand as many languages as possible.
Marie, France
May 15, 2011 | I am a 16-year-old in Shanghai. The Jinghu High-speed Railway has been built. I"ll be able to
reach Beijing by train in about 5 hour. My dream is to go to Beijing for a visit after I graduate next
year.
Wang Min, China
May 20, 2011 | I am 13. I dream of going to a top university after I graduate. I want to be a reporter in the
future.
Michiko, Japan
June 11, 2011 | I am a 12-year-old girl. I like traveling very much. How I wish to visit Egypt some day!
Masha, Russia
April 15, 2011 | I am 14 year old. I dream of inventing a machine that can send things or people from one
place to another in a machine.
Andrew the USA
June 5, 2011 | | 阅读理解。 | Amy"s family has fun. They mail a diary (日记簿、日记) to each other. Everyone writes something in it.
Amy"s brother is open. He tells many things about his life. Amy"s sister is Lazy. She doesn"t write much.
Amy"s dad writes stories. Her mom is talkative. She writes a lot. Everyone enjoys the diary. | 
Hello, dear family! I am having a fun week here at The Mall. I had lunch with Pan and Jack on
Monday. On Tuesday, I designed a new dress. Yesterday, Tom told me a funny joke. He always
makes me laugh! | 
Hi, all! Last week I was feeling sad. I had a bad day at work. My boss was angry at me. But
the next day was better. I did a good job and my boss was very happy, so I felt better. Sometimes
my work is hard. But I am really thankful for my job. | 
Hello! I miss you all. However, I don"t have much time to write this week. I"ll write more next
time. Bye, everyone! | 
Hi, everyone! I made a chocolate cake yesterday. That"s Amy"s favorite. I wish I could mail you
a piece, Amy! It"s really delicious. Today was warm and sunny. Your father and I went for a walk in
the park. We also waited your Aunt Betty. She told us some good news. Your cousin John got a new
Job! Oh, I"m writing too much, aren"t I? We really miss you all. Take care!
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Dear ones, let me tell you a story. A long, long time ago, A man lived a house on a hill. He
had a candle. He lit the candle every night. Everyone could see the light. Then one night, something
wonderful happened… | | 阅读理解。 | 
A desert is a very dry land where there is hardly any rain. In the day, it can be so hot that you
could fry an egg on the ground. But during the night it is sometimes so could that water would turn
into ice.
Many desserts are covered in sand. But some have mountains, rocks, or lakes that have dried up
in the heat. The Great American Dessert has cliffs (悬崖) that have been made into amazing and
beautiful shapes by the wind. The Sahara Desert in Africa is mostly sand. The Australian Desert has
red sand.
Sometimes it does not rain for a whole year in the desert. But there is water deep under the ground
and some plants have roots that go very deep to find it. Other plants have roots that spread out (延伸)
a long way so they can suck up the rain as soon as it falls. |  
One desert plant is the cactus, which has long, spreading roots. The cactus stores water inside
its hard skin. This skin protects it from heat and cold. | 
Camels are a bit like cactus plants! They store water too-inside their bodies. They have special fur
which protects them from the sun during the day and keeps them warm at night.
Some other animals live in deserts, too. They have to be very good at seeing and hearing because
most of them only come out at night. This is why many desert animals have extra big eyes or ears. | 
A desert fox has bigger ears than a normal for. A gerbil has huge eye, so that it can see at night.
It stays cool in the day by staying underground, like most desert animals. | 
Some people live in the desert but they always make their homes near an oasis. An oasis is where
water comes from an underground river. Near an oasis, people can grow lots of plants and keep
animals.
Life is hard in the desert, for people, animals and plants. But desert people like to live there. | | 阅读理解。 | 
Do you think that French fries are really French? French fries are called "pommes frites" in France and
they are not from France. French fries come from Belgium (比利时) originally. French fries are made of
potatoes, and they are cut and fried. The fried potatoes are called French fries because they were fist seen
by Americans in Belgium, but they were fried in the French way. The French way is to fry potatoes twice
with a small pause in the middle.
During World War I, there were a lot of hungry American soldiers in Northern France and Belgium. They
ate French fries in Belgium. After the war was over, the soldiers went back home to America. However, they
missed French fries so much that they made French fries at home. That"s how French fries were fist
introduced to America.
French fries were called Belgian fries once, but the name was finally changed to French fries. Sometimes
French fries are just called fries.
French fries are one of the most popular potato foods in America. American fast food restaurants such as
McDonald"s and Burger King have French fries on their menus. French fries are freshly fried, and usually
served with hamburgers. If you visit any fast food restaurant in America and order a hamburger, you will
probably hear "You want fries with that?" Why don"t you think about the history of French fries a little while,
and say "Yes, please. Thank you." | 1. What are French fries made of?
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2. Where do French fries originally come from?
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3. Why are the fried potatoes called French fries?
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4. Who first introduced French fries to America?
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5. What does the underlined "that" in the last paragraph refer to?
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