Dear Lingling,  

Thanks for your last message. It was great to hear from you. (A)我迫不及待的要见到你。Thanks for telling me about your hobbies. You sound just like me! I spend a lot of time playing classical music with my friends at school, I also like dance music. But I enjoy sports as well, especially tennis. My brother is in the school tennis team--- I'm very proud of him! He is good at everything,   B I'm not. Sometimes I get bad marks at school, and I feel sad. I should work harder. I can't tell you how excited I am about going to China! But I'm quite shy when I am with strangers, and (C) I feel nervous when I speak Chinese, so please help me when I am with you in China! Oh, I'm afraid of flying too.

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Tina is my pen pal. She is 14 years old. She comes from Canada. Now she lives in China with her parents. Tina’s father is a teacher and he teaches English in our school. Tina’s mother works in a hospital. She is a nurse.

On Sundays, they often go for a picnic in the park. They take eggs, oranges and some water. Oranges are Tina’s favorite. They fly a kite in the morning. They often have lunch at 12:30. In the afternoon, they often go fishing. They have a happy day.

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Hello．everyone．I'm Daming from China．Spnng Festival is coming．I tell you something about Spring Festival．It is very important in our country．It usually ____56____ (come)in January or February．There are a lot of____57____(tradition)customs(习俗)for Spring Festival．

　For example，before Spring Festival，my parents usually ____58____(clean)the house and sweep bad____59____(luck)．My grandmother is good at ____60____(cook)．She can ____61____ (make)some New Year cake(年糕)．We always ____62____ (have)a big dinner on Spring Festival's Eve(除夕)．There are so much deficious food．Of course，____63____（I)favourite thing is to watch Spring Festival Gala Evening(春节联欢晚会)．The next day we must get up early and visit our family and friends．What's happening outside？Ha ha！My uncles and brothers are ____64____(1earn)a dragon dance．It's really busy and ____65____ (interest)．

The tiger is the largest wild cat in the world．The big cat weighs(重量为)about 363 kilograms and is about two meters long．Tigers wait until it is dark，then they go out to find their food．When a tiger sees an animal，it moves very quietly，then jumps on the animal to kill it．Sometimes it can take several days for a tiger ①________(finish)eating its kill(杀死的动物)．The tiger eats until it has enough，then it covers the dead(死的)animal with leaves．Later，when the tiger is hungry again，it comes back to eat some more．

　②老虎与其它的动物不同in the eat family：they like water，and they often jump into rivers to swim．Some tigers live in very cold places—in India and parts of South Asia．All tigers are in danger．People killed them to use their skins(皮)for clothes，and their bodies for medicine．And，there is also less and less land for tigers to live on．③But now people know that tigers are in danger and are making plans to protect them．

Bruno       76      a student. He is twelve years old. He comes from      77       (日本). Now he and      78        parents live in Shanghai. He gets      79       at six thirty every day. He has     80       at seven. Then he g      81        to school. He often f     82    kites in the afternoon. On Sundays, he often does his       83       (家庭作业) and sings some songs      84       (和) his friends. They are very h    85       .

Dear Editor (编辑),

I am unhappy these days. I    64    (be) a student in Grade 8 of a middle school. I want to be a policewoman in the future. But my mother    65    (not like) the job. She always says it is too dangerous for a girl    66    (work) as a policewoman. She thinks girls should work in the office. She hopes that I can work as a doctor. But I really dislike    67    (be) a doctor. I don't like working in the hospital. She always thinks she is right and she often tells me that you    68    (understand) it when you grow up. Last night, when I talked with her about it, we    69    (have) a quarrel (争吵). She was very angry and I felt sad. I don't know what    70    (do). Can you help me?

Yours,

Lily

You can see kangaroos everywhere in Australia．They appear on TV, in books and, in the shops．The government even plans to put them on passports．[103]Although it's the best loved animal in Australia, millions of kangaroos are killed every year．Why, people ask, do the Australians kill them? Quite simple, there are too many of them．

The number of kangaroos in Australia is believed to be 20—25 million．It is larger than the number of people living in the country．

There are several reasons for the growth in the number of kangaroos．There is plenty of water in the places where kangaroos live and many of the dingoes (澳洲野狗) that like to kill and eat kangaroos are not there anymore．

Kangaroos also produce (产生) the young all the year round．When a female (雌的) kangaroo gives birth , she then gets pregnant (怀孕) again immediately．The large number of kangaroos means some kangaroos don't get food to eat．They are so hungry that they break into farms and fight against other animals for food．

[104]To solve the problem, the Australian government allows a certain number of kangaroos to be killed each year．

Many people don't think that it's right to kill kangaroos but the government thinks that it is only to help the farmers．Australia sells 5 million kilos of kangaroo meat every year—it is used to make hamburgers for dogs．

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