especially in summer. JulyisahotmonthinHongKong.Butit’san excellent time for swimming. There is a beautiful beach at Repulse Bay （浅水湾）. To get there， you can take a bus from Central. Lots of people go to the beach on Sundays and Saturdays. But if you go on a weekday， it is will be not so crowded.Visitors to Hongkong need passports. But people from many countries do not need visas. Hongkong is a nice place for holiday. There are many shops.
Passage 9.Water
Water is very important for living things. Without water， there must be no life on the earth. All the plants and animals need water to drink， to cook food and to clean ourselves. Water is needed in farms， factories， offices， schools， families and many other places.Water is found in seas， rivers and lakes. It can be found everywhere in the world， and it also can be found in the air.
Passage 10.Twins’ Bedroom
This is the twins’ bedroom. It is a nice room. The two beds look the same. This bed is Lily’s and that one is Lucy’s. The twins have one desk and two chairs. Their clock， books and pencil－boxes are on the desk. Their schoolbags are behind the chairs. Some nice flowers are on the desk. Some nice pictures are on the wall. Is there a kite? Yes， it’s under Lily’s bed. The bedroom is very nice.
Passage 11.Dogs
One of the animals that help people a lot is the dog. In some countries， dogs pull wagons. In the cold north， dogs pull sleds.
There are other ways that dogs help us， too. Policemen use them to look for missing people. Soldiers use them to carry letters and medicine .On farms， dogs take care of sheep and keep them in the fields. At night， they take the sheep home. Dogs help the blind with work. Some dogs are good and kind. Some dogs are good at another skill.
Passage 12.The Best Job
Betty is a lazy girl. She doesn’t study hard， and she doesn’t help her mother with the housework， either. “What are you going to be when you grow up， Betty?” Mother ask