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Our parents and teachers always tell us to "sit up straight" and "stand tall". But why do they say that? Is it just because they want us to look pretty? Or is there something more to it?

Meghan, a doctor, says slouching (低头垂肩地站或坐、走) can lead to sore necks, back problems, and even trouble with breathing. So maybe our parents and teachers are onto something.

They say that our spines (脊椎) are stronger than we think and that differences in how we stand or sit are just part of life.

So what does this mean? Should we all be sitting up straight all the time? Can we slouch for hours? No! The experts agree that we shouldn't stay in one position (姿势) for too long. If we're always sitting up straight to work on a computer or slouching to use a phone, that might cause us some trouble.

That way, we can avoid getting stuck (动不了) in a slouch. We should also make sure we take breaks and stretch muscles (伸展肌肉) from time to time. That will help us feel light in our steps.

Anyway, don't worry too much if you catch yourself slouching sometimes.

Just remember to sit up straight and stand tall now and then. Your body will thank you for it.

A. Our parents worry too much about our health.

B. The key is to keep our bodies active and change positions often.

C. A little slouching here and there probably won't break your back.

D. Our bodies are meant to move around, not to be glued to a chair all day.

E. The truth is that how we hold our bodies can be important for our health.

F. However, some experts say we shouldn't worry too much about slouching.

It was the first water landing by US astronauts in 45 years, with the first commercially (商业性地) built and operated spacecraft (宇宙飞船) to carry people to and from space. The return clears the way for another SpaceX flight as early as next month and possible tourist flights next year.

Test pilots Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken arrived back on Earth in their SpaceX Dragon capsule named Endeavour, less than a day after leaving the International Space Station and two months after getting into space from Florida. The capsule got into the calm waters about 40 miles off the coast of Pensacola.

"Welcome back to Earth and thanks for flying SpaceX," said Mission Control from SpaceX headquarters (总部). "It's exciting to see everybody here considering the things that have gone in the last few months since we left Earth," Hurley said after arriving back home in Houston on Sunday evening, where they were met by a small group of family and officials, including Musk. Musk had rushed to Houston from SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, to welcome them.

The astronauts' ride back to Earth was fast and hot, at least on the outside. The spacecraft went from a speed of 17,500 mph to 350 mph, and finally to 15 mph at landing. The highest heating was 3,500 degrees Fahrenheit (华氏度).

Within a half-hour of water landing, the 16-foot capsule was pulled onto a SpaceX recovery ship where doctors and nurses were waiting. The opening of the capsule was held up for half an hour by extra checks for dangerous rocket gases outside the capsule. After medical checkups, the astronauts took a plane to Pensacola and then to Houston.

"I was homeless when I was young and I had to stay in different places. I still remember sleeping in the car with my dad one night," Stewart said.

Stewart started using coupons five years ago because she needed to save money while taking care of her three kids. After getting ideas from a TV show about coupons, Stewart watched videos online and joined online groups to learn to get coupons.

The family's house quickly filled with things like toilet paper, toothbrushes, and soap. It became too much because their house was small. So, Stewart decided to hand out these things during holidays, because she remembered how it felt not to get any gifts when she was a child.

"A man said to me, ‘I've never had a gift during holidays,'" Stewart said. "His face just lit up. It brought a lot of comfort (慰藉) to me, and I decided to keep giving."

Friends and strangers also began giving Stewart donations (捐赠物) like food and clothes to hand out as well. Stewart's best friend Kearse also helped her by giving her coupons.

Kearse said she was not surprised by Stewart's kindness. "She's always been a giver, even when she didn't have much money."

Last New Year's Day was the only holiday since 2019 when Stewart didn't hand out her bags, because her family moved house at that time. But when she walked into her new house, the first thing she said was "I have so much space to keep things for the homeless."

"Nice job, Denny," Coach Setlich said. "That's good enough for our team to finish in third place." I smiled, but I was too tired to talk.

A few minutes later, Coach Setlich found me again. She said Tracy got hurt and couldn't run, so she wanted me to take Tracy's place to run the medley relay race (混合接力赛跑). She told me the plan: Amanda and Cindy would run 100 meters each, Megan would run one lap (圈), and then I would run two laps, about 400 meters.

"Couldn't I run the shorter part?" I asked. Coach Setlich said no because the other girls in the relay team weren't good at running longer distances (距离).

I followed Coach Setlich to the track (跑道). Amanda gave me a sour smile.

Later, the race started. Amanda ran fast. And then, Cindy made our lead bigger. After that, Megan made our lead six meters long. I felt very nervous as I started running. But I stayed in the lead for the first lap. I could hear others cheering for me. But something was wrong. I tried to move my arms harder, but my legs didn't listen. I was breathing hard. Some runners passed me, and I fell at the finish line.

Amanda, Cindy and Megan helped me stand up. To my surprise, they still cheered for me. I also heard Coach Setlich say, "Usually when people go down, they don't get up again. Good job, Denny."

Our relay team had finished third. Winning isn't everything. Third place is still good.

I didn't do well in my studies before, but since I began to study at this school, things have changed. The teachers here are all kind and helpful. They always encourage me by saying, "I'm sure you can make it." These words really mean a lot to me. Now I'm one of the top students in my class.

—Robin

I used to be a fat boy who could hardly run 500 meters. When I went into the middle school, my father worried that my new classmates would laugh at me, so he decided to do morning exercises with me every day. It really worked. Now I'm used to running and exercising in the morning, and I am healthy and strong.

—Dick

I used to like to be alone and didn't feel like talking to anyone. But when I met Robin and Dick, I found that they were really good people. Then, slowly, we became closer and finally became good friends. Thanks to them, I'm talkative and outgoing now, and I have made many other friends. I talk and play with my friends happily every day.

—Jason

"I'm3," said another porcupine. "I didn't mean to hurt you. It's so cold."

The porcupines realized the problem and moved apart, trying to find a way to fix the situation. As they moved away, the freezing4 made them shake even more. "Brrr! It's so cold out here," said a porcupine. "I miss the warmth."

"But being together hurts," another porcupine said. "We need to find a way to stay5 without hurting each other."

They thought long and hard. Then, one brave porcupine spoke up. "I have an idea! How about we try again, but this time, we keep a little6 between us? Not too close, not too far. Just enough to stay warm and comfortable."

"That might7," said a porcupine. "Let's give it a try."

With hope in their hearts, they started moving closer to each other again, but this time, they were8 of their quills. They kept some space and made sure they didn't hurt each other. Slowly, they felt the warmth coming back.

"It's working!" a porcupine said9. "We're close enough to share our warmth, but our quills aren't hurting each other."

The porcupines10 at each other. They talked and laughed, sharing stories and enjoying each other's company (陪伴).

"If I find a Chinese person is good at English, and I say, ‘Your English is excellent,' he or she will always say, ‘No, no, this is not2.' Now I know they're just humble (谦逊的)," a foreign woman said. What's more, foreigners often find Chinese people are used to using an indirect way to express that they3 with something. They hardly say "no"4, but say "maybe".

Some foreigners have learned to use Chinese polite words. For example, a young foreign woman has learned how to5 to share her WeChat number politely by saying, "Sorry, but I'm in a rush."

写作要点：

1. 介绍你感兴趣或已学习的一项中国传统技艺。

2. 说明你喜欢这项技艺的原因(至少两点，可结合文化意义或个人感受)。

3. 谈谈青少年学习传统技艺对文化传承或个人成长的意义。

要求：

1. 要点齐全，语句通顺，语法正确;

2. 适当增加细节，以使行文流畅;

3. 80-100词(开头已给出，不计入总词数)。

Learning a Traditional Chinese Art

Traditional Chinese arts are full of cultural charm and have a long history. Among them, I am most interested in _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Once a little weed (杂草) grew in a field. There were many tall and beautiful flowers around it. Lots of bees and butterflies came to them because of their nice smells and bright colours. The little weed wasn't satisfied, because its flowers were tiny and simple.

One spring morning, three children came to play in the field. "Let's pick some flowers for our grandma!" said one. "That's a good idea!" said another. "She will love all these bright and beautiful flowers!"

"What about that one?" the youngest child said, pointing at the little weed. "Forget it!" laughed the oldest brother. "That's just a useless weed!"

Hearing this, the little weed felt even worse. "Am I really useless?" it asked itself. "Why was I put on the Earth?"

In winter, all flowers were gone, only the little weed stood alone in the field. Just at that time, it noticed some birds coming above the field. "We are hungry!" they shouted. The little weed felt sorry for the poor birds and called out to them, "Hey! Down here! I have pods (豆荚) that you can eat!"

"You're so kind!" The birds ate up the seeds (种子) in the pods thankfully. "They're delicious. We can't find anything better than what you gave us!"

This made the little weed pleased and confident. "At last, I have found out what I am good for!" the little weed said.

Chinese tea plays important role in people's daily life, both at home and abroad. Millions of people want a cup of tea at the start of their morning.

China is the homeland of tea. It's one of the tea producers in the world. It mainly six kinds of tea—green tea, black tea, oolong tea, dark tea, white tea, yellow tea, and reprocessed tea.

Drinking tea first popular in the Tang and Song Dynasties. According to the records, it probably started in the southwest of China. In Yunnan, there are still some wild tea trees that are over 1,000 years old. They are uncommon and valuable.

According to Chinese legend (传说), tea was discovered 5,000 years ago by Shen Nong. Shen Nong was the first Chinese herbal (草药) doctor. He was famous his work to help many. He tasted lots of herbs. People could have safe medicine just because of he did. He discovered tea when he traveled to high mountains and collected plants. Thanks to him, one of the world's favorite drinks was invented.

Before toothbrushes appeared, the ancient Chinese people3 their teeth with some small tree branches (树枝). About 800 years ago, people4 a kind of toothbrushes with pig hair and bamboo. It might be the world's earliest form of toothbrushes. As time went by, the form of toothbrushes5. For example, people didn't use pig hair to make toothbrushes6 it was too hard (硬的). They began to use horse-tail hair which was much softer. Imagine that you travel back to hundreds of years ago and brush your teeth7. It sounds fantastic, doesn't it?

Around the 15th century, the Chinese toothbrush found its way into Europe. It became8 among local people soon. The9 of toothbrushes was not as famous as that of paper-making, but it was very useful in daily life. Today we get into the good10 of brushing teeth. We should thank the ancient Chinese for it.

Four Ways to Improve Your Children's Reading Abilities

If you don't know how to develop your children's reading abilities, don't worry.

1 Have them read aloud.

This encourages them to read slowly. In this way, they're not only seeing the words but they're hearing them! You can also take turns reading aloud.

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Make sure to provide enough books for your children to practice reading. But these books should not be too hard. There shouldn't be too many new words. They should understand at least 90 percent of the words. Otherwise (否则), they will lose their interest in reading.

3 Talk to your children's teacher.

If your children have difficulty in reading, they may need help about how to build their vocabulary (词汇) or how to get the main idea. He/She knows better about your children than you in learning.

4 Re-read to build fluency (流畅).

To get the meaning of a text, your children need to read fast and smoothly—a skill called fluency. Re-reading is a good way to build children's fluency. Reading familiar and simple books again and again can help your children understand them quickly.

A. Provide books at the right level.

B. You can have a talk with the teacher.

C. They will have enough time to understand.

D. These following ways will perhaps help you.

E. Your children will love these interesting books.

Sun's dad died in 2023 because of a serious disease. Sun's grandma didn't know about it because her family worried it would make her too sad. They told her that her son was still in hospital far away. However, the grandma missed her son a lot and wanted to talk to him.

Sun got a creative idea from movies. He decided to use a computer program to make a video where he looked like his dad. He even had his haircut to look more like his dad. With the computer program, he changed his face into his father's in the video and said, "Mom, it's Jihai, your son. I'm doing well in Beijing." The video wasn't very clear, but the grandma believed it was really her son.

In fact, Sun made the video to help himself say goodbye to his dad as well and to start a new page in his life. Although it's hard, Sun wants to be strong like his dad and take care of his family. Now, Sun is taking care of his grandma like his dad would have.

How did it start?

In 1908, women in New York City wanted the right to vote. They also hoped to acquire shorter working hours and better pay. Then, in 1910 in Denmark, a woman called Clara Zetkin had the idea for an international day for women. The first International Women's Day happened the next year.

Why do we need a special day for women?

In many countries, men get higher pay than women for doing the same job. Men get a better education and better health care, and do less work at home. Men also get better chances than women to get their jobs. We need a change for women so that women can have the same chances as men.

How is International Women's Day celebrated?

People usually celebrate by remembering important women in history, like Emmeline Pankhurst, Rosa Parks, Marie Curie...It's a very long list! They made great achievements in their fields.

People also have special events to celebrate it. In some countries, boys and men celebrate this day, too!

If you want to celebrate this important day, you could:

1. learn about an important girl or woman in your country (for example, in sports, science or history) and tell your classmates about her；

2. ask your teacher if you can do a class project about this day.

内容包括：

1. 简要描述调查结果；

2. 推荐你最喜欢的App并说明理由。

词数：90词左右。标题与开头已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：recommend       v. 推荐。

Survey: What Is Your Favorite App?

My Favorite App

Last week, the students in the English Club did a survey about our "favourite app".

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Last weekend, our neighborhood held a "Recycled Art" activity for its anniversary. We turned old items like plastic bottles into useful things.

It was the (nine) time our community had organized such an event. More people joined than last year, showing its popularity. Two professional designers were invited as (art) guides. They helped us and explained that using old materials is much more eco-friendly than buying new ones. This idea deeply touched us.

When we started making things, we were allowed (use) different tools. Of course, some of us faced (challenge). The most common one was gluing broken parts together firmly. But we wanted to make our works special and useful, so we used our intelligence to find solutions. I turned an old cardboard box a storage box. It was messy at first, but after a little practice, the process went (smooth).

The activity was huge success. We saw all the creative works together and realized that recycling is one of (good) ways to protect our environment. It is also very practical. the activity was very challenging and tiring, we still felt happy and proud. I had created something useful and done something meaningful by (I). It was a wonderful way to celebrate our community.

In a small American town, Clara Barton became a hero for helping people in need. She spent nearly her whole life caring for those hurt in wars or disasters.

Clara was born in the 1820s. When she was young, her brother got very sick.. From this experience, she learned to take care of the sick and wanted to help more people.

During the American Civil War, thousands of soldiers were hurt. There were too few nurses, so many suffered in pain with no help.. She brought food, medicine and clean bandages (绷带) to the soldiers, and stayed with them.

After the war, Clara went to Europe. There, she learned about the Red Cross, an international group that helps people in wars and disasters worldwide.. So she went back to the US and worked hard to start the American Red Cross.

With Clara's effort, the American Red Cross grew fast. It focused on helping people in two key ways.. For example, after a big hurricane (飓风) destroyed houses, it gave these families tents and food. For another, it helped soldiers find their families after wars.

Clara's work touched millions of lives. Even over 70, she still went to disaster areas to provide help.. Her kindness has made her a true hero to many Americans. Today, the American Red Cross still follows her spirit to help people.

A. For one, it helped families who lost homes in disasters.

B. She thought her country needed this group.

C. She looked after him carefully every day.

D. Clara couldn't stand seeing people in pain.

E. She also invented a new medical tool for soldiers.

F. People still remember her kind acts today.