Some British and American people like to invite friends for a meal at home. You shouldn't be  (1)   if your English friends don't invite you home. It doesn't mean they   (2)   you.

   Dinner parties usually start between 7 pm and 8 pm and end at about 11 pm. Ask your host   (3)   you are supposed to arrive. It's polite to bring flowers, chocolates or a bottle of wine.

   Usually dinner starts   (4)   drinks and snacks. If you want to be polite, say how   (5)   you like the room or the pictures on the wall. But remember not to ask about the   (6)   of the things.

   In many families, the host sits at one end of the table and the hostess sits at  (7)   end. They eat with their guests.

   You'll probably start the meal with soup or  (8)   small. Then you'll have meat or fish with vegetables, and then desserts, followed by coffee. It's polite to   (9)  everything on your plate and to take some more if you want.

   Did you enjoy the evening? Call your host the next day, or  (10)   a short "thank you" letter to the family. British and American people like to say "thank you" all the time!

 Sloths (树懒) five in the forests of Central and South America. They look  (1)  with cute faces and slow movements (移动). On the Internet, people think they are one of the loveliest animals. But it's sad that sloths are  (2)  danger now.

   Many people love sloths and want to do  (3)  for them. Sam Trail is one of them who enjoy taking photos and protecting   (4)  . She has decided to put her life in   (5)   these wonderful animals.

   In 2013, Trull got to Costa Rica (哥斯达黎加) to   (6)   for an animal hospital. The name of the   (7)  was Kids Saving the Rainforest. Just then, she began to know the wonderful world of sloths. And after some time, she found that it was her duty to   (8)   sloths.

   Some local people   (9)   sloths to sell them for money. Some people cut down trees and make sloths lose their home. Other big wild animals eat sloths as food. Sloths are in great danger.   (10)  Trull set up a program with another sloth lover Seda Sejud in August 2014. They save and look after sloths and let baby sloths free in the forests.

At school, safety education (安全教育) is becoming more and more important now. It helps students learn much about    (1)   they should do to keep themselves safe. What are the  (2)   at school? Take a look.

Stampedes (踩踏), earthquakes and fires are the main accidents at school.

A stampede always happens in  (3)   places. When students around you begin to push（推）, just stand there and try to hold onto something. If you  (4)   in the crowd, move to one side and cover your head with your hands.

When earthquakes happen, you can get   (5)   a desk quickly and hold on. It’ll protect you from falling things. If you are  (6)    , find a place away from buildings, trees, and power lines.

When there’s a  (7)    , leave the classroom quickly. It’s better to put  (8)   over your mouth and nose. In this way, you won’t breathe (呼吸) in smoke. Many people die in a fire, not because of the fire but smoke. It makes them  (9)    and they can’t breathe. So when you want to get out, you should make yourself close to the floor.  (10)   you can breathe some fresh air.    

One of the amazing things about the World Wide Web is that anyone can create a web page. If people find our page interesting, they will come to   (1)   it. If lots of people like our page, then we have created something of value. The whole idea of a TV  (2)   is to create a place that attracts a lot of people. Then the station’s owner can charge companies for   (3)   on TV. A web page is like a small TV station. If yours becomes very popular, then you can   (4)  ads on it. That is one form of “value”. There are other forms as well, especially for teenagers. A popular page gives you a chance to  (5)   people, and opens doors of chances that you might not  (6)  .

If you want to create your own page, you have two   (7)  . You can create a page that says, “Hi, my name is Suzy and here is a picture of Binky, my cat. ---” That is fine, but it is not very interesting to others except your close friends. The other choice you have is to create a site that other people find  (8)  . Pick something you enjoy or know a lot about and create a page about it. For   (9)  , if you like football, create the best page about it on the Internet.

People from all over the world will come to visit your page because you are   (10)  something of value.

As teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be   (1)  . You may just want to become  (2)   of the ten best students in your class.

Once you find a   (3)  , what do you do with it? Do you ever   (4)  to make your dream real?

"Follow Your Heart" by Australian writer Andrews   (5)   us that making our dreams real is life’s   (6)   challenge（挑战）.

   You may think you’re not very good   (7)   some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts stop  (8)  from getting to your dream, the book says.

In fact, everyone can   (9)   his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to   (10)   what your dream is.

Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come truefaster.

There will   (11)   difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from   (12)  . You need to decide what is the most   (13)   . Studying instead of（代替）watching TV will lead to（导致）  (14)    exam results. When you get closer   (15)  your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn more skills and find new interests.

Animals are our friends. We should try to protect them. I like animals. Do you like  (1)  ? What's your favorite animal? Let me  (2)  you what animals our family members like. My father likes the   (3)   very much. He thinks the tiger is strong(强壮) and the king of the beasts(兽中之王). My favorite animal is the panda. The panda is  (4)  China. She is very cute. She likes  (5)   bamboo, I   (6)   the tiger. I think the tiger is too scary(可怕的). My mother likes animals, too. She keeps some  (7)  , ducks and pigs in our yard(院子). The chickens and ducks can lay eggs. They like to  (8)  around in the yard. But the pigs don't like to walk. They like to   (9)  very much. And they also like to eat. They sleep and eat a lot. My grandparents keep some cows and   (10)  . After breakfast, my grandfather takes them out and goes back home in the afternoon. We all like to make friends with animals.

"Who would you like to change your life with if possible?" Last week, we asked many middle school students this question. The following are some of their __（1）___.

Zhang Yike, 12

I want to change my life with my friend, Wang Xiaohui. She is studying in England now. She has been to many ____（2）___, such as the US and France. They are the places I wish to visit. What's more, she __（3）___ much better English than me. If I change my life with her, I can visit many beautiful countries, eat delicious ___（4）__ and meet different kinds of people there.

Qiu Haoran, 14

I'd like to change my life with my Chinese teacher Miss Zhao. Miss Zhao is a very kind lady. She __（5）___ a lot, so she always has so many __（6）__ stories to tell us. We all like her classes. I also want to be such an excellent teacher and be __（7）___ with my students.

Tan Bo, 13

I will change my life with my elder brother. My brother is a college student now. He doesn't have to go to class all the time. He can study ___（8）__ he is interested in. And he even has a part-time job to make money. To __（9）___, all of these sound very interesting. I really want a life _（10）___ that.

Look! This is a photo of a classroom. It’s a   (1)   photo. A table, eight desks and eight chairs   (2)   in the photo.   (3)   teacher and two students are in it, too.

   (4)   are those on the table? They are three books. A pencil box is on it, too. Two pens and two   (5)   are in the pencil box. A schoolbag is on the chair. What’s that   (6)   the floor? It’s a hat. Oh, no, it’s a bag. It’s   (7)   bag.

The teacher is Miss Green.   (8)   is an English teacher. The students are Bob and Mary.  (9)   is eight. Mary is nine. They are good   (10)  . Their math teacher is Mr. Smith. He is not in the picture.

The year of 2014 was unusual for Chinese star Lu Han. He decided to   (1)  the band EXO and he also starred in his first movie. Lu first became  (2)  in 2012 as a member of EXO. With his good look and singing talent, he soon won over millions of    (3)  .

In October, Lu ended his contract with SM Entertainment. He did so to   (3)  more time with his family. Lu has been abroad for many years. Because of the strict rules of the company, he couldn’t go home  (4)  he had no work. As his parents are getting   (5)  , he wants to take care of them more often.

The day after his big decision, Lu wrote on his Weibo: I’m coming home.

Back home, he starred a movie named Miss Granny  (6)  came out in January, 2015. In the movie, a 70-year-old granny goes back to her twenties. Lu   (7)  her grandson, a rock band singer. While making his first movie, Lu said he felt nervous but  (8)  . He worked hard and he didn’t even notice his nose was bleeding.

“It’s very interesting to star in a movie and I learn a lot.” said Lu. “I will do more performance   (10)_____ .”