Library of Congress (国会）is in the United States. This library is the largest library in the world. It is 3 stories high and the book shelves in it are 500 kilometers long.

    Resources

    The library has a large collection of resources like newspapers，magazines, CDs, videos and CD-ROMs. There are also many rooms for people to meet each other or listen to music. It also has a language learning center. It gets 2,000 questions a day, and some can be answered in a few minutes. Some need more time, sometimes a few months. All workers in the library use computers to help them.

    How to join

    If you are a middle school or above, then you can come to the library and fill in a form. Don't forget to bring your ID card. You must be an American and live in the United States.

    If you have time, come along to America and take a look around for yourself!

    Long ago, people lived on wild animals，fruits and other plants and they didn't need to use money.

    As time passed, families had more products than they needed, such as animals and crops. So they needed to trade (交易）with others. They began to use money to make it easier. However, it was not like the money we use today. They used shells, rice, salt or large stones.

During the 600s BC, people began using coins as money. Because they were easier to carry than goods (货物)，countries began to make coins as their money.

    The Chinese were the first to use paper money, probably in the 11th century. An Italian traveler, Marco Polo, saw the Chinese use paper money when he visited China in the 1200s. After his travel, he told the western people what he saw. But European countries didn't start using paper money till the 1600s.

    Today we have many ways to pay for things, such as coins, paper money and cards. Some prefer to pay by card. That's because paying with a card is easier and safer than carrying around a lot of “real” money.

    Long long ago, there was a wild donkey and a tame (驯服的) donkey.

    The wild donkey was thin and small. He spent his life outdoors.  grass on the hill was his food. Sometimes, he had to walk miles to find water. At night there was  (dangerous) from wolves.

    The tame donkey was fat and strong. The owner gave him grass  he felt hungry. There  (be) always water for him to drink. At night he stayed in a stable (驴棚)  (safe).

    The wild donkey wanted to live like the tame donkey.

    One day, the wild donkey was looking for grass on the hill. He saw the tame donkey walking slowly along the road. The tame donkey was carrying a  (heavily) bag. The tame donkey felt tired and hungry. He wanted to stop  (eat) some grass by the road. his owner didn't agree. He began to beat the tame donkey  a stick.

    The wild donkey changed  mind. He didn't want to live like the tame donkey any longer.

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2.长城位于（be located in )中国北部；

3.每年有很多人参观长城。

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