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.

When I was very young, my    (1)   was to become a vet（兽医）one day, because I loved animals very much, especially    (2)   . But there was no room in my adult life for a dog.

 Then, last year, when I knew that I had the cancer（癌症）, I want to keep a dog. But I knew my illness made it impossible to keep it.

   (3)   , in early September, my doctor decided to let me   (4)  a furry（毛茸茸的）friend, because my immune system（免疫系统）was strong enough to keep a dog.

 The same day I went to an animal market    (5)   my boyfriend. When I saw a 9-week-old dog with big brown eyes, nice ears and white fur, I    (6)  it home.

 I’m happy these days since my dog came   (7)   my life. My new favorite pastime is to watch him sleep, eat and run. And I    (8)   more time caring about him, taking long walks with him in the park.

 I still have my    (9)   appointments（预约）at the hospital. But I made great progress of my illness with the company of the dog. My doctor tells me that my immune system is getting   (10)  .

Dear Maggie,

Thanks for your e-mail. I would like to tell you something about my   (1)  .

We don't have any lessons on Saturday or Sunday. So we are   (2)  then. I sometimes spend time with my friends and   (3)   often have a good time. There are many   (4)  we can do at weekends. We go out for   (5)  . We go to the zoo to watch animals or go to the park to have a   (6)  . If it rains, my friends often go to the   (7)  to watch films or go to the library.   (8)   I usually stay at home. After breakfast I help my mother do the housework, such as   (9)  the windows and washing the dishes. Then I do my homework. In the evening I watch TV with my   (10)    always go to bed early on Sunday. I enjoy my weekend very much.

All the best,

Tony

Dear Lily,

Can you bring some   (1)   to me? I need   (2)   things: a CD, a hat, a pen, a baseball and a notebook. The CD is in the CD   (3)   on my desk. I have two hats: a red one and a   (4)   one. Thy are on my bed. I  (5)   the yellow one. The   (6)   is on my chair. The baseball is   (7)   the chair, on the floor. I saw it in the room this morning. My notebook isn’t in my room. I   (8)   it this afternoon.  (9)   you bring your notebook to me?

   (10)  

Lucy

   My name is Ed Smith. I'm 12．I'm __(1)__ Class One. I like(喜欢) ball games. They are __(2)__. I play ball games every day. I can __(3)__ baseball, tennis, and volleyball. But I cannot play__(4)__. Ping-pong is difficult for me.

   I__(5)__ a good friend at school.__(6)__ name is Linda Brown. Linda Brown is an English __(7)__. She is 11．She also(也) likes __(8)__. She can play tennis, volleyball, and ping-pong. But she __(9)__not play baseball.

   So Linda and__(10)__often(常常) play tennis and volleyball together(一起).