I have a good friend.   (1)   name is Bob. He is 13. He is an English   (2)  . He and I are in the same school, but we are not in the same   (3)  . I’m in Class One, and he’s in Class Two.

He likes   (4)  . He thinks basketball is   (5)  . He   (6)   two basketballs. We always  (7)  basketball with our classmates after school. Bob also likes soccer. And   (8)  too. I have a soccer ball.   (9)   is it? It’s under my chair .We can play soccer at school. We   (10)   it’s great to play sports.

 Sam and Helen's grandparents collect ____  (1)  ___ everything. There are eight doorbells on their front door!

   "This silver doorbell is my ___  (2)  ___," said Helen. She pushed. __  (3)  ___ and soon Grandpa opened the door.

   "Come in, my dear grandson and granddaughter! "he said.

   "____  (4)  ___ started collecting doorbells, Grandpa'?" asked Helen.

   "Your grandma, "he answered. "She loves ___  (5)  ____ And I like collecting newspapers."

   They went inside and saw newspapers ___  (6)  ___.

   "Hello children!" called Grandma. "Let's __  (7)  ___ some tea."

   The children ____  (8)  ___ her into the living room and saw lots of toys there. There was ___  (9)  ___ space for the children to sit down.

   "__  (10)  ___ toys are these?" asked Helen.

   "They're ___  (11)  ___," said Grandma. "We __  (12)  __ like collecting toys."

   "But remember," said Grandpa, "we have a lot of __  (13)  __ time! You have your school work to do, ___  (14)  ___ you shouldn't spend too much time __  (15)  ___ things!"

Chinese schools often have parents’ meetings. They help   (1)   know about their children’s school work.

In our school, the parents’ meeting is on the first   (2)   afternoon of a new school year. The next day is weekend,   (3)   teachers and parents have enough time for a good talk. The meeting starts at 6:00 p.m. and most parents can come after   (4)  .

On parents’ evenings, teachers talk   (5)   parents. Teachers meet one or two of the parents at a time. These meetings are very short, maybe five or ten   (6)  . These face-to-face talks are very   (7)   for teachers, parents and students.

In our school, students can listen to the talks. They can sit near their parents.   (8)   do you feel when you hear your teachers and parents talk about you? I do feel   (9)  , because I am good at all my   (10)  .

May, Joe and Roy are talking about  (1)  they want to do when they grow  (2)  .May says,“I want  (3)  a writer.I’m going to write a lot of books.” 

“I’m going to be a famous  (4)  ,” says Joe.“I’m going to play basketball in summer  (5)  football in autumn.” 

“Oh,yes,” says May.“I also want to become a famous tennis star.”

“That  (6)  good.  (7)  I think I am going to be a doctor and a carpenter(木匠).I’m going to  (8)  a cabin (木屋) myself,and I can live in it in winter,” says Roy. 

“I am going to live in a lighthouse (灯塔) by the sea,” says Joe.“Then I can go  (9)  every day.” 

“I want to own a castle (城堡),” May says in the end.“Tennis stars always  (10)  a lot of money.” 

Hello, boys and girls. This is a   (1)   of my family.   (2)   Frank. I am twelve. I am a student in No 2 Middle School. This is my father.   (3)  name is Dale Brown. He is a teacher in my school. And this is my mother. She is   (4)  nurse (护士). She works at a hospital (在医院工作). The girl is my little(小） sister. She’s   (5)  years old. Who is that woman near my father? Oh, she’s my   (6)  . She is   (7)    father’s sister. My grandparents aren’t in the photo.   (8)   are in the USA. I have a dog.   (9)   name is Bobby. I love my   (10)  and I love my dog, too.  

Dear Michael,

I am in Beijing. It’s Thursday, November 6th. I really have a 31._____day. At 8:00, I have science. I like science because 32._____interesting. Then at 9:00, I have math, I don’t like math. It’s 33._____and boring. At 10:00, I have history. It’s boring,34._____. At 11:00, I have music. That’s my favorite 35._____! Music is relaxing. I 36. _____my music teacher. Mr. Smith. He is fun.

I eat lunch at 12:00. 37._____ lunch, I have P.E. at 13:00. I like P.E, 38._____ it is fun. Our teacher is very strict(严格的) and I’m usually very tired（累）after class. My 39._____ class is at 15:00. After class, I play basketball for 40._____hour. After dinner, at about 18:00, I usually go to the art club（俱乐部）. At about 20:00, I do my homework, and then I go to bed. What a busy day it is!

 Hello, my friends! I'm Wang Lei, a Chinese girl. I have   (1)   aunt. She is my mother's sister. And   (2)   name is Wang Pin.

   My aunt has a clothes store   (3)   boys and girls. The store is near (在……附近) our school. Do you   (4)   any clothes? These days, she sells all the clothes at very good   (5)  _. She has red T-shirts for only 20 yuan. And black T-shirts are only 15 yuan! For girls, she has skirts   (6)   purple for only 50 yuan. For boys, sports shoes are only 60 yuan for a pair.   (7)   are the sucks in her store? Only 10 yuan for two pairs!

   My aunt likes   (8)  , too. Every day, she plays tennis after work (工作). Do you like to play tennis? After you __  (9)   the clothes in her store, you can play tennis with her!

   Do you think my aunt and her store are   (10)  _? Come to her store now!

 Jim has a clever dog, and he walks it almost every night. But one night, he let his dog   (1)   go out for a walk,   (2)   he wanted to watch a football match at home. When he opened the door again to let the dog in, he was shocked(震惊的). In his dog's   (3)   was his neighbor's cat.

    "Oh, my God!" shouted Jim. He took the dead cat away and   (4)   it. He was too afraid to tell his neighbor what happened, so he decided to clean it up and   (5)   it on his neighbor's porch(门廊). He took the cat into the  (6)   and washed off all the blood and dirt. He had to wash it four times to get it all   (7)  . And then he brushed its fur(皮) to make it   (8)  . After that he climbed into his neighbor's yard and   (9)   the cat down on the porch in front of the door.

    The next day, he was leaving for work when he   (10)   his neighbor outside.

    "Hi," his neighbor said.

    "Hi," said Jim, feeling quite   (11)  .

    Then his neighbor said, "Something   (12)   happened last night."

    "Oh yeah? What's that?" asked Jim, with his heart beating very   (13)  .

    "Well, my cat   (14)   yesterday and we buried(埋葬) him. But this morning he was lying on my front porch!" his neighbor   (15)  .

An exchange visit is educational and interesting

A group of British students from Woodpark School in London are visiting Xinhua Junior High School in Beijing   (1)   an educational exchange.

“I was very nervous   (2)  ,”, says Sarah. “However, my host family are really   (3)  . I am glad to be a guest in their home. I’ve learnt to use chopsticks, and they are teaching   (4)   a little Chinese!”

The students spend the weekdays   (5)   with Chinese students. At the weekend, they tour around Beijing and visit   (6)   of interest with their host families.

“It   (7)   a fantastic experience so far,” says Eric. “I’ve learnt   (8)   t’ai chi, and I really enjoy it We’ve already learnt a lot about Chinese culture and history. The teachers have   (9)  us to Chinese painting as well. We’ve also tried to paint some pictures   (10)  ! I haven’t had much success   (11)  , but I’ll keep trying.”

“I’ve   (12)   many new friends,” says Sarah. “I plan to  (13)  them when I return home. We’ll see one another soon because they’ll come over to the UK for   (14)  part of the exchange next month. I   (15)  wait.

Do you know that girl? Her ____  (1)  ____ is Cindy. She is a student. She has two friends __  (2)  __ school. They ___(3)__ Helen and Frank. They all ___(4)____ sports.

   Helen likes volleyball very much. She thinks it is ____  (3)  ____. She often plays volleyball with ____  (4)  ____ classmates after school. And she can play it very well.

   Basketball is Frank's favorite (最喜欢的) ____  (5)  __. He thinks it is fun. He doesn't like ___(8)__ and he thinks volleyball is boring.

   ____  (6)  __ likes tennis and volleyball. She plays __(10)____ every day. They are relaxing for her.