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Can we live without salt? No, salt is very        to us. We need salt in our food. Animals need it, too.

Most of the salt in our        comes from the sea. People dig great pools and let the sea water in. When the sun        up the water, people can get salt from the ground. The salt is white, clean and beautiful.

There are a lot of salt wells in Sichuan. A salt well is much like a water well. People bring the well water up to the ground and then dry it in big pans over fire. In this        they get salt.

       you        a letter from Uncle Weiming?

He        say        at the meeting.

              did it take the Lis to travel to Beijing?

I        the black puppy        the white one.

We use the Internet for many things: business, shopping, writing letters, talking to people, finding information and so on. Nowadays a new kind of English has grown on the Internet. There's no real word for it yet, so we'll call it e-talk.

People don't like typing too much. To save time, they turn phrases into a few letters (called acronyms).Acronyms are often used in chat rooms(聊天室). Some of them are:

BTW (by the way)          BRB (be right back)

LOL(laughing out loud)     IMO (in my opinion)

People also use many abbreviations (缩写). They are shortened forms of words. Some common abbreviations are:

info (information)     purer (computer)

pic (picture)      sec (second)

We usually don't see people when we talk on the Net, so people have new ways to show feelings. Most people use their keywords to draw “feelings”, such as:

:-)  (happy)        :)-  (joking)         :-(  (sad)         :-o  (surprised)

These days, many forums (论坛) have picture feelings. For example:

（happy） (sad)  (angry) (cool)

There are even whole new words, like “newbies” (someone who is new on a chat board or forum).When you write something bad about someone else, it's called “flaming” the person.

It takes time for people to get used to e-talk. Also, different groups on the Net have their own special ways of communicating(交流). Newbies sometimes have to ask other people what they mean. As the Internet grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change.

Dear Mum and Dad

I will go to Kathy's home with her after school and we will have a birthday party for her. Don't 1 me. You know that Kathy is one of my best friends. Please forgive(原谅) me for not telling you first. I don't think you will allow me to do so. But I2 think teenagers should be allowed to stay at their friends' homes 3. I am sixteen years old and I'm not a little kid any more. I hope I can 4something for myself.

At home, there are too many 5for me: Don't wear a short skirt; don't stay out too late; don't watch TV without finishing homework; and so on. Parents should be strict with teenagers,6we need freedom(自由), too.

I don't like doing my homework alone. I'd love to study with Kathy. We always learn a lot from each other. So please allow me to stay at Kathy's home once a week. If you agree, Kathy can stay at our home with me, too.

Mum and Dad, I can look after myself well. Don't worry.

Yours

Lillian

Mrs. Jones was still cleaning the house when her husband came back f       work. She was wearing dirty, old c       and stockings. Her hair was not tidy, and she had dust on her face. She looked dirty and tired. Her husband looked at her and said, “Is this what I come home to see a       a hard day's work?”

Mrs. Jones' neighbour, Mrs. Smith, was there. When she heard Mr. Jones' words, she quickly said g       and ran back to her house. Then she w       and combed (梳) her hair carefully, put on her best dress and stockings, painted her face, and w       for her husband to come home.

When her husband came back, he was hot and tired. He walked slowly into the h      , saw his wife and stopped. Then he shouted angrily, “Where are you going this evening?”

What will the home of the future look like? Some architects in Hong Kong say that city homes will be smaller, because populations continue to grow and space becomes more expensive.

They have designed “space flats” that are just 30 square meters in size. These flats have three small rooms: a living room, a bathroom and a bedroom, and of course a balcony, but everything is carefully planned to make good use of the limited space.

The living room is the main room of the flat. It can be used as an office, a kitchen or even a second bedroom. There is a sofa that can be designed into a bed. The dining table can be changed into a computer desk. And, if not needed, both the sofa-bed and the table can be folded away and stored into a small space in the wall. There is a flat-screen TV, which can also be used as a computer monitor. In one corner of the room, a small cooker, a microwave and a small refrigerator are hidden out of sight.

The other rooms are small but practical(实用). The bathroom contains a toilet and a shower. The double bed in the bedroom can also be changed into a sofa, if needed. The balcony has enough room for two people to sit and enjoy the view from the block of flats. All the rooms have large windows to let in plenty of sunshine.

“Space flats” are now being tested in a building in Hong Kong. “It's wonderful,” said one resident(居民). “The flat is so well-designed that you feel that there is plenty of space.”

动物是我们的好朋友，一定要好好地保护它们。请以“Let's protect animals”为题写一篇不少于60个词的短文，提几条保护动物的建议。Requirements（要求）

建议不少于两条（例如：不应该杀害动物；要保护它们的家；……）