It {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(be) the day after Thanksgiving. Bobby Bear was so {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(excite). His grandparents were visiting {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Florida. They took Bobby Bear {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(go) shopping for Christmas.

Christmas is Bobby Bear's favorite time of year,  {#blank#}5{#/blank#}he loves the holiday decorations. Bobby Bear's grandparents took him to three stores. He bought some {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(present) for his parents. Next, Bobby Bear's grandparents took him to eat pizza for lunch.

Bobby ate pepperoni pizza. For {#blank#}7{#/blank#}, he had ice cream. {#blank#}8{#/blank#}lunch, they got ready to get home. During the subway ride home, his grandparents told him {#blank#}9{#/blank#}the true spirit of Christmas was {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(spread) love everywhere he went. Bobby Bear would remember this day forever.

    China is my motherland. It lies in the east of Asia.

    The official language in China is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} （China）. But there are lots of different dialects（方言）in different areas. China's {#blank#}2{#/blank#} is more than 1.3 billion. And the population in the east is much {#blank#}3{#/blank#} （big）than in the west. The weather in China is wetter and warmer in the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} and drier and colder in the north.

    There are lots of places of interest in China, such {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the Great Wall, the Summer Palace, the West Lake and so on. They have been famous {#blank#}6{#/blank#} many years.

    China is an old country with about 5000 {#blank#}7{#/blank#} （year） history. There are four important {#blank#}8{#/blank#} （invent）in Chinese history-paper printing, compass（指南针）, explosive（火药）and china.

    In the past twenty years, great changes {#blank#}9{#/blank#} （take）place both in cities and in the countryside. With the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} （develop）of science and technology, China's tomorrow will be much better.