The Yellow Treehouse
Whenever I travel abroad, I try to eat out as much as possible in order to explore the Local culture. Over the years, I have been to a great number of restaurants. Some of them have impressed me deeply. If I were to make a list of the most remarkable local restaurants, New Zealand’s Yellow Treehouse would top my list.
This restaurant is located in the woods of Warkworth. It is about a 40-minute drive north of Auckland. It is a wooden tree house built ten meters above the ground on a Redwood tree. From the ground, it looks like a small onion-shaped knag（木节）in the middle of the tree trunk. The restaurant also has a narrow wooden bridge. It connects the restaurant with the neighboring trees. The place looks particularly pretty at night!
Inside, the place feels quite different from what it looks like outside. It is spacious（宽敞）and comfortable. What I like the most about the construction is that it is built entirely of natural materials. The restaurant can host up to 30 guests at a time. It is a perfect place for a family celebration, like a wedding or a birthday party.
The cook of the place does a great job as well. The menu mainly consists of local food. Overall, the dinner is tasty, and the service attentive and polite. The place is really a must-see, or rather a must-cat-in.

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The European settlers moved to Africa a hundred years ago. Often they took land away from the Africans and set up farms at that time. Then they would hire the Africans to work on the farms at low wages. The best farms were in the White Highlands. That was where the wheat, coffee and corn were grown. Let us visit a farm belonging to Mr. Brown, a European settler a century ago.
If you are an African, you must change your clothes before you go. Put on dirty old clothes, the more ragged（衣衫褴褛）the better. Mr. Brown knows educated Africans by the way they dress. He does not allow these people to visit his farm. He says they are lazy and they have strange ideas that his workers do not need to know. In fact, he is afraid the outsiders will notice some things.
When you look around his big farm, you wonder where his workers live. All you see are some mud huts（窝棚）, which you might think are for animals. A wire fence and a big ditch（沟）surround these huts. Mr. Brown has told his workers that the fence and ditch are necessary to keep thieves away. But Mr. Brown's own house has no fence and ditch. You might think that Mr. Brown just wanted to fence in his workers.
The farm is very large and rich. It has many good fat sheep, cows and pigs. But the workers are thin and hungry-looking. They all have dirty, ragged clothes. Yet they are very friendly and will take you to their homes. The hut is their kitchen dining room, bedroom and bathroom. Everyone in the family sleeps there. The children all sleep on the floor with the sheep. You might not have dreamed that people can live so miserably.

A.gave the African workers little pay

B.took away the farms built by the Africans

C.had coffee and rice planted on the farms

D.first set up farms in the White highlands

A.are very lazy

B.have strange ideas

C.are dressed too well

D.may discover the sad truth there

A.keep his own home safe

B.protect his animals on the farm

C.prevent his workers from escaping

D.guard the farm against thieves

A.wear clean uniforms to parties

B.treat visitors in a friendly way

C.cook and sleep in different huts

D.have their children sleep in beds

A.European Farmers in Africa

B.African Land a Century Ago

C.A Visit to Mr. Brown’s House

D.European-owned Farms in Africa

The First Image of America
①Patricia Jose moved from the Philippines to America with her parents when she was a child. They didn’t know many people in California when they first arrived that summer.
②At the end of the summer, school began. Patricia was in eighth grade. She had her schoolbag on one shoulder, with notebooks, a ruler, a pencil box and her lunch in it. She still remembers what she had for lunch on the first day of school—rice and tilapia（罗非鱼）.Her mom placed everything in a big lunch box, knowing she had a good appetite.
③When she walked into the classroom, everyone became quiet and looked at her. She was the only Filipino in that room. Everyone was white. They began the day by introducing themselves. When it was her turn to speak, everyone began to laugh. But she knew it had nothing to do with the language. It was her accent.
④Some students tried to be nice, especially during lunch. But it didn’t last long. She followed a group of students to the canteen and sat down at an empty table. Some girls joined her. As she opened her lunch box, she saw their heads turn away. They didn’t like the smell of fish and left In the Philippines, the only way to eat fish and rice is with your hands. But that manner was strange here in America. She felt ashamed of the way she ate.
⑤When she got home, she lied to her parents. She told them school was great and that she was excited to go back. But deep down, she wanted to go back to the Philippines.

A.Feelings after returning home

B.The teacher-parent meeting

C.Preparation for school

D.Lunch with classmates

E.Class on the first day

F.Arrival in America

A.Feelings after returning home

B.The teacher-parent meeting

C.Preparation for school

D.Lunch with classmates

E.Class on the first day

F.Arrival in America

A.Feelings after returning home

B.The teacher-parent meeting

C.Preparation for school

D.Lunch with classmates

E.Class on the first day

F.Arrival in America

A.Feelings after returning home

B.The teacher-parent meeting

C.Preparation for school

D.Lunch with classmates

E.Class on the first day

F.Arrival in America

A.Feelings after returning home

B.The teacher-parent meeting

C.Preparation for school

D.Lunch with classmates

E.Class on the first day

F.Arrival in America

A.she ate a lot

B.caused laughter in class

C.what happened in school

D.made her classmates turn away

E.why she didn’t act the American way

F.she was different from everyone else

A.she ate a lot

B.caused laughter in class

C.what happened in school

D.made her classmates turn away

E.why she didn’t act the American way

F.she was different from everyone else

A.she ate a lot

B.caused laughter in class

C.what happened in school

D.made her classmates turn away

E.why she didn’t act the American way

F.she was different from everyone else

A.she ate a lot

B.caused laughter in class

C.what happened in school

D.made her classmates turn away

E.why she didn’t act the American way

F.she was different from everyone else

A.she ate a lot

B.caused laughter in class

C.what happened in school

D.made her classmates turn away

E.why she didn’t act the American way

F.she was different from everyone else

My Brother’s Influence
Many people around me influenced my behavior. However, no one has influenced me more than my brother.
My brother has been my best friend and a _____（1）for learning values. We _____（2）up together. He was only two years older but many years _____（3）. He always had time for me. He even let me _____（4）around with him when he was with his friends. So I felt important and _____（5）.
Most _____（6）, my brother taught me the value of learning about myself and my world. He taught me that _____（7）is power and knowing oneself is personal power. I now know that learning should _____（8）for a lifetime.
Indeed, my brother has played a major role in _____（9）my behavior and values throughout my life. Everyone should try to establish a _____（10）relationship with an older brother or sister.