I was doing my homework and my parents were watching me news when the phone rang．I had won a competition． The {#blank#}1{#/blank#}was a trip to Guadeloupe with a group! The next day，on my way home from school，I borrowed a(n) {#blank#}2{#/blank#} about Guadeloupe from the library and read it at night．

My flight(航班)to Guadeloupe from Dublin was too {#blank#}3{#/blank#} to catch a bus，so my dad drove me to the airport(机场)．When my group arrived in Pointe-a-Pitre，Guadeloupe's largest city, a taxi {#blank#}4{#/blank#}us to the hotel．It was raining and cloudy when we left Dublin but the sun was {#blank#}5{#/blank#}in Pointe-a-Pitre.

The others in the group were Spanish and German．French is the language of Guadeloupe but {#blank#}6{#/blank#}of us could speak it．{#blank#}7{#/blank#}for the next few days，we had language classes before lunch．After lunch，we {#blank#}8{#/blank#}different places in the city and in the evening we played cards．

Then we {#blank#}9{#/blank#}from our hotel in the city to a small island called Terre-de-Bas．For the next two weeks，I stayed {#blank#}10{#/blank#}the Dinart family in their house and I became another member of the family．I got on well with them and I really enjoyed my trip．

A: Good morning, doctor.

B: Good morning. What's the matter with you?

A: This morning I {#blank#}1{#/blank#} a pain in my head.

B: How are you feeling now?

A: I'm feeling {#blank#}2{#/blank#} worse.

B: Let me {#blank#}3{#/blank#} your temperature. It is nothing serious.

A: Really? But I don't feel any better now. 

B: Did you eat anything for breakfast?

A: No. I didn't feel like {#blank#}4{#/blank#} anything.

B: Well, take this medicine {#blank#}5{#/blank#} a day. You'll be all right soon.

A: OK. Thank you.  

    Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some{#blank#}1{#/blank#} read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning; others read newspapers when they have {#blank#}2{#/blank#}time. They can learn what is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} in the world.

    Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a {#blank#}4{#/blank#} look at the front page or the names of the passages.

    Newspapers are {#blank#}5{#/blank#} in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities,{#blank#}6{#/blank#} in some mountain villages we can see fewer (更少的) newspapers.

    Some newspapers are published(出版) once a{#blank#}7{#/blank#}but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news, and {#blank#}8{#/blank#}enjoy short stories. They just choose what they are interested {#blank#}9{#/blank#}.

    Today newspapers in English have the most (最多的){#blank#}10{#/blank#}in the world. Many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as ChinaDaily and  21stCentury. They bring us more messages together with the Internet.

    You have {#blank#}1{#/blank#} visited Boston before. Your friends have {#blank#}2{#/blank#}to the city. They say there are many interesting places in Boston. Some of them {#blank#}3{#/blank#}you about these interesting places in it. So you begin to know something {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Boston, but you don't know where these {#blank#}5{#/blank#} are or you don't know how to find {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. However, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} someone gives you a map of this city and shows you the main roads and buildings, you may say excitedly, "Oh, now I see. I can find many places with {#blank#}8{#/blank#} trouble at all."

    Maps are useful and could help you find your way in a {#blank#}9{#/blank#}city if you have never been to this city. When you want to go to a new place, you'd {#blank#}10{#/blank#}take a map with you.

A: Mary, do you know Lisa?

B: Yes, she is my best friend. We study in the same school.

A: What does she look like?

B: She has long straight hair. And she is {#blank#}1{#/blank#}and taller than me.

A: Is she similar to you?

B: Yes, she likes to do the same {#blank#}2{#/blank#}as me. But wearer different in some ways sometimes.

A: In which ways are you different?

B: I'm more outgoing than Lisa. I'm friendlier and I love sports. She is {#blank#}3{#/blank#}different from me. She can run more {#blank#}4{#/blank#}and jump higher than me.

A: Who is more hard-working?

B: She is not as hard-working as me. But she is smarter and always gets better grades.

A: Can you introduce(介绍) her to me? I want to be {#blank#}5{#/blank#}with her.

B: OK. I think you can become good friends.