Thank you very much for your letter. Your trip sounds exciting! I can’t wait __  (1)  _ hear what Africa is like.

Since my last letter to you, I had a little adventure ___  (2)  __ my own. Early this month, my mother and I took __  (3)  _ flight to Dunhuang, in the north-west of China. The desert out there was really quite amazing—I had never seen so much sand in my life! __  (4)  _ we were there, we arranged with a tour company to ride camels. I was very excited __  (5)  __ this was the first time I had seen one up close. We had hoped that we would get to see some other wildlife on our trip, __  (6)  __ sadly we didn’t.

Since you are going to the Sahara, I have some advice-----be sure to bring a large hat and a shirt with long sleeves, ___  (7)  _you’ll need for protection. The sun can be _  (8)  _brilliant that you’ll need to keep covered or you’ll get burnt-----my cheeks were so red for days after my trip. And another thing, you’ll need to keep a good supply of water with you, since it is so dry and hot.

I am sure you’ll have a nice trip. I look forward to receiving your postcards!

Best wishes

Aihua

When I was in elementary school, I got into a major argument with a boy. I have forgotten what it was about, but I have never forgotten what I learned that day.

    I   (1)  （think） that “I” was right and “he” was wrong, but he argued that “I” was wrong and “he” was right. The teacher decided   (2)  （teach）us a very important   (3)  . After she brought us up to the front of the class, she placed the boy on one side of her desk and     (4)     （I）on the other. In the middle of her desk, there   (5)  （be）a large and round object. I could clearly see that it was black. But the boy said it was white! Another argument started   (6)   us. The teacher told me to stand   (7)   the boy had been standing and told him to stand at my former place. We changed   (8)  （place）, and now I could see the color was “white.”

    It was an object with two differently   (9)  （color） sides. From his viewpoint it was white, but from my side it was black. Sometimes we need to look at a problem from the other person’s view in order to   (10)  （true） understand his or her view.

May: Hi, Mike. Long time no see.

Mike: Hi, May!

May: Where have you been these days? It’s been quite a long time   (1)  ．I last saw you in the library.

Mike: Well, I went to Hong Kong last month and stayed there   (2)  ．_half a month.

May: Why did you stay there so long?

Mike: Er, I went there   (3)  ．(attend) a meeting to discuss how to make sure of flight   (4)  ．(safe) between countries.

May: I called you many times, but I could not get through,   (5)  ．made me very angry.

Mike: Oh, I’m sorry. I got my phone number  (6)  ．(change) when I was in Hong Kong so that I didn’t have to spend so  (7)  ．on my phone calls.

May: Did you have a good time there?

Mike: Yes, a very nice time. I drove around with my friends. I also paid _  (8)  ．visit to the Hong Kong Disneyland. It was the first time that I   (9)  ．_(see) the sea. It’s   (10)  ．(real) a wonderful experience.

In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear __  (1)  ____ spoken.. Secondly, we must be able to speak it correctly with confidence and without hesitation. ___  (2)  ___ ,we must be able to read the language , and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.

There is no easy way to success _  (3)  ___ language learning. __  (4)  __ good memory is of great help, but it is not enough only _____  (5)  ___(memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long list of words and ___  (6)  __meaning, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. __  (7)  ___we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of __  (8)  ___(advise) for those ___  (9)  _are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and ____  (10)  ___(write) the language whenever we can.

People will do anything to see a free show, even   (1)   it is a bad one．When the news got round that a comedy show would   (2)  (give) at our local cinema by the P．and U．Bird Seed Company, we all rushed to see it．We had to queue for hours to get in and there must have been several hundred people present just before the show began．  (3)  lucky), the show was one of   (4)  boring) we have ever seen．Those who failed to get in need not have felt _  (5)  ​ (disappoint), as many of the artists who should  (6)  (appear) did not come．The only funny thing we heard that evening came from the advertiser at the beginning of the program．He was obviously very nervous and for some minutes stood awkwardly before the microphone．As soon   (7)   he opened his mouth, everyone burst out   (8)  (laugh)．We all know  (9)  the poor man should have said, but what he actually said was: ˈThis is the Poo and Ee Seed Bird Company．Good ladies, evening and  (10)  (gentleman)!"

May: Hi, Mike. Long time no see.

Mike: Hi, May!

May: Where have you been these days? It’s been quite a long time   (1)  ．I last saw you in the library.

Mike: Well, I went to Hong Kong last month and stayed there   (2)  ．_half a month.

May: Why did you stay there so long?

Mike: Er, I went there   (3)  ．(attend) a meeting to discuss how to make sure of flight   (4)  ．(safe) between countries.

May: I called you many times, but I could not get through,   (5)  ．made me very angry.

Mike: Oh, I’m sorry. I got my phone number  (6)  ．(change) when I was in Hong Kong so that I didn’t have to spend so  (7)  ．on my phone calls.

May: Did you have a good time there?

Mike: Yes, a very nice time. I drove around with my friends. I also paid _  (8)  ．visit to the Hong Kong Disneyland. It was the first time that I   (9)  ．_(see) the sea. It’s   (10)  ．(real) a wonderful experience.

Tony was born on a small farm near Yuma Arizona on March 31, 1931. Tony was ten years old  __  (1)  ____ he began working in the fields. He was forced to leave school after  ___  (2)  ___ (graduate) from the___  (3)  ___ (eight) grade in order to support his family___  (4)  ___ had very little money and often not enough food to eat. But Tony and his family never thought of __  (5)  ___ (them) as being poor. His mother would often tell him and his brother Richard to find homeless and hungry men so she could cook them a meal.

A few years _  (6)  _____(late), Tony met a man named Fred Ross. And his life__  (7)  ____(total) changed. Fred Ross believed that if people worked together, they could make their community(社区) better. Tony now worked to bring people together and find ways to address their problems. Tony, Fred Ross and the Community Service Organization helped people in the community learn how to vote. They also__  (8)  ____ (teach) people that community leaders should respect (尊重) voters. Tony worked in many communities __  (9)  ___ (help) people get respect_  (10)  ​_____ others.