Malls are popular for Americans to go to. Some people spend  (1)  much time at malls that they are called“mall rats”. Mall rats shop until they visit hundreds of stores.

People like malls for many （2） .They feel safe because malls have police stations. Parking is usually   (2)  , and the temperature inside is always fine. The newest malls have beautiful rest areas with waterfalls and large green trees.

The   (3)  mall in the United States is the mall of America in Minnesota. It covers 4.2 million square feet. It has 350 stores, eight night clubs, and a large park! There are parking spaces for 12,750   (4)  . About 750,000 people shop there every week.

The first mall in the United States was built in 1965 in Edina, Minnesota. People love doing all their shopping in   (5)  place(s). More malls are built around the country. Now malls are like town centers where people come to   (6)  many things, they shop, of course, they also eat in food courts that have food from all over the world. They see movies at theaters. Some people even get their daily   (7)  by doing the new sport of“ mall walking.”   (8)  go to malls to meet friends.

In some malls, people can see a doctor or a dentist and even go to the church. In other words, people can do just about   (9)  in malls. Now people can actually live in their favorite shopping center.

China has changed so fast that it is hard to know when to start. I came to China in 1994 and _（1）_ here ever since, so I have seen the changes in China. Take one city, Shenzhen for example. When I first saw this city, it   (1)  _ beggars (乞丐) and lots of low rise buildings. Many of the _  (2)  _ had shack (窝棚) buildings on top of them.

   There were no birds and other little wild life. It was like entering a   (3)  _ planet. But in the past 20 years Shenzhen has been a rather modern city   (4)  _ huge high rise buildings and a stock (股票) exchange, also a very large shipping industry.

   Now the city is very green, _  (5)  _ the wildlife has returned. Finally I can hear the birds _  (6)  _ and this brings hope of a better China in the future.

   As China moves from being the "workshop" of the world to a more acceptable service industry and people live _  (7)  than before. The present leader is taking the country in the best possible direction and   (8)  _ is admirable (令人钦佩的).

   China has changed for the better and I've enjoyed every minute   (9)  _ I've spent there. I think the country will become more beautiful in the future.

Dogs are people's friends. They will do anything their masters（主人）ask them to do and they do their duty very well.

Curly is my black dog. He is big and strong. He is strong enough to carry me on his   (1)  . He likes running and playing with me. He likes to   （2） . my father around in the fields, too.

One day my father took off his coat. put it on the ground   (2)   a big tree and said to Curly.“  (3)   my coat.”

Curly sat down on the coat. Then my father remembered he had to   (4)  dinner for the Family.   (5)   he went home and forgot all about his coat and dog

Late in the evening I   (6)   my dog and looked for him everywhere in the yard. I called, "Curly, Curly!" But Curly did not answer.

Soon my father wanted something in his coat pocket（口袋）. Suddenly he remembered   (7)   he had done. Quickly he went back to the big tree. What do you think he saw? Curly was   (8)   sitting on the coat! He was afraid someone would take it   (9)  .

Every day, people produce rubbish in the city. Taking away a city’s rubbish is a big _（1）_. Every day trucks come into a city to （2）_ it. Most rubbish is _（3）things we can’t eat or use. If we kept these things we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.

In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside of city to a（4）_. Often the city dump(垃圾场) is placed where the ground is low_（5）_ there is a big hole. The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage system(污水系统). The sewage system takes away the used water from toilets, bathtubs and （6）_places.

To keep mice and flies away, some earth is used to（7）_the newly dumped rubbish. Later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land. Finally, a house or a school may be built there, and then you’ll never know that this have once been an old rubbish dump.

In other cities the rubbish is  (1)  in special places. The fire burns everything but the metal. Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal. The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they（9）_change into something called humus(腐殖质), which looks like black earth. And it’s found to be  (2)   in all kinds of things that can help plants to grow.

One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student, “You speak very good English.” But the girl answered, “No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite   (1)   at the answer. Thinking he had not made   (2)   understood or the girl had not   (3)   him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.”

Hello! I’m Sandra. I’m looking at family photos. Here is a photo ____  (1)  ____ my aunt’s family. This is Cindy. ____  (2)  ____ is my aunt, my mother’s sister. Cindy is a teacher. She is very ____  (3)  ____ every day, but she likes her work. ____  (4)  ____ is this man? His name is Paul. He is my ____  (5)  ____ husband(丈夫). He works in a hospital. He thinks his work is fun. They have ____  (6)  ____ children(孩子). Oh, look! They are here. Jason is their son and Joanna is their daughter. Jason and Joanna ____  (7)  ____ my cousins. They are students and we are in the same ____  (8)  ____. They always come to my house and we ____  (9)  ____ games and volleyball.

 It’s a ____  (10)  ____ family. I love it.

This year, we have met a once-a-century drought(旱灾 )in Yunnan. It makes us  (1)  water is the “life blood” of our earth, like air and sunshine. It is very important to living things. Without water, there can be  (2)  life on the earth. All animals and plants need water. Man also needs water. We need water to drink, to cook and to clean_ （3） . It even_  (3)  two thirds of our bodies.

Water is almost everywhere. Even in the_  (4)  places of the world, there is water in the air. However, we can not drink sea water  (5)  fresh water.            

However, people often_  (6)  to keep the water clean. They throw rubbish into rivers, lakes and seas. So not all the fresh water is_  (7)  for us to drink. _  (8)  a member of the earth, we mustn’t waste water any more. We must do something to   (9)   water.

During the break(课间), Jake was playing games on his mobile phone(手机).Some  (1)   werestanding around him and talking.“It  (2)    that people now can’t live without mobile phones. What will themobile phone be like in the future?”One of them suddenly(突然)  (3)    .

Robert said first,“I think it will be as  (4)   as paper. And we can charge(充电)it by putting it in the sun,”Susan   (5)    withRobert. She said,“Yes，it is really possible. In the future,people may leave theEarth and live on other  (6)    . It’ll be very far, butwe can still  (7)    on the mobile phone.  (8)    doyou think，Eliza?”“Well,I don’t know. Maybe it will be able to do  (9)    everything,”Elizaanswered.“No matter what it will be like,it will become  (10)    .”

An American man, a Russian man, and an African man were all up in a hot-air balloon together. After a few minutes, the Russian man put his hand down through the   (1)  . “Aha!” he said. “We’re right   (2)   my homeland.”

A few hours later the African man put his hand through the clouds. “Aha we’re   (5)   over my homeland.” he said   (6)  .

“How do you   (7)   that?” asked the Russian and the American in surprise.

“Of course I know. I feel hot with my    (8)       inthe clouds. It’s the heat of the desert.”

Several more hours later the American put his hand in the clouds. “Aha, we’re right over New York.”

The Russian and the African were so   (9)   . “How do you know all of that?” they asked in one voice.

The American  (10)   his hand up and said, “Look! My watch is missing.”