I have a friend. He is a boy. His name is Nick. He is from England. Nick is a sports fan. He likes 1 every kind of games. He likes basketball, football, tennis, badminton 2 swimming. Nick is good at 3 football. Yang Chen is his favourite football player. Nick is a member 4 the Football Club. When he goes shopping, he always 5 newspapers 6sports and he often reads sports news. His school is very big and beautiful. There is a football tennis court and a swimming pool in his school. He usually plays football 7 his friends after school. Nick says that he wants to 8 a football player when he grows up. Nick often goes to the stadium (体育馆) to watch the football games 9 the weekend. He 10 want to miss any match.

    Alice went down the rabbit hole after the White Rabbit. It was a very strange 1. Alice 2 falling very slowly. She had no time to think and look around her. She could see nothing because it was dark.

    Down, down, down. 3 she was sitting on the ground. She jumped to her 4 and looked around. She could see the White Rabbit. He was 5 saying, “Oh, dear! Oh, dear! I'll be late.” Alice ran after him like the wind(风). She was getting very near 6.

    Now Alice was in a very long, dark room with a door and she could not see the White Rabbit. She tried 7 the door, but it was locked(锁、上锁). Then she saw a little table in the room. On it was a very small key(钥匙). She looked out of the window into a beautiful garden 8 green trees and bright(鲜艳的)flowers.

    She went back to the table. 9 she saw a little box on the table. She opened it and 10  a very small cake with the words EAT ME on it. Very soon Alice finished the cake.

    The film Forever Enthralled was directed by the director Chen Kaige, and famous stars acted in it, such as Li Ming and Zhang Ziyi and Chen Hong. This film shows Mei Lanfang's life as a master of Beijing opera.

Mei grew up in a family of Beijing opera performers. He began to perform on the stage in 1904 when he was 10 years old. He learnt his acting skills and played female roles. Singing, dancing, and acting are the three main parts of the traditional Chinese opera. Mei Lanfang became highly good at all of them. He turned himself into a performer of almost all types of the “Dan” female roles. After many years of effort he enabled(使得) the Dan to have an important place in Beijing opera, with a clear-cut form for new comers to follow and develop. In his 50-year stage life, he used new acting skills and made lots of good operas.

    In July 1937, the Japanese army occupied(占领) Beijing. The officer of the army told Mei to perform for them and promised to give him a reward. Mei refused at the risk(风险) of his life and from then on he did not appear on stage during the war. His decision to give up made him poor until the war ended in 1945.

    Mei Lanfang was the first artist to introduce Beijing opera to foreign countries. He had his opera tours abroad, and people in other countries started to understand this kind of play. After 1949, he became the symbol of Beijing opera through making a great contribution to the development of Beijing opera.

    Emily was an eighth grader. To pass her Civics course, she had to do some volunteer services in a nursing home for a week.

    One Monday, Emily went to the nursing home after school. When she arrived, she was told she would spend an hour every weekday with an elderly lady, Mrs Blair. She was then led into a room, where an old lady in a flowery dress was sitting on a sofa.

    Emily stood awkwardly（别扭地）in front of the lady. She cleared her throat and said, "Good afternoon. I'm Emily."

    "Good afternoon, Emily. Take a seat, please." Mrs. Blair replied.

    Then,1filled the space between them. Emily wondered what to say.

    "Tell me about yourself, Emily," Mrs Blair said suddenly.

    "Well," Emily started, "I don't have any grandparents, so I don't know how to get on well with elderly people. I love the performing arts. I'm here mainly because I have to volunteer here to get a good grade for my Civics class."

    Mrs Blair didn't seem to mind. 'Many people, especially teens, don't seem to2old people like me. Now you are here, and I'm going to change that about you. Ask me anything."

    Emily thought for a moment, and finally decided, "What was your job?"

    "I was a Broadway star in the 1950s."MrsBlair answered.

    Cool! Can you tell me about it?" Emily asked, amazed.

    Mrs Blair smiled. "Back then3the lead actress had the honor to wear a special bracelet. I was the lead in almost all of the plays, so I always wore the bracelet. Till this day, I still have it."

    Emily smiled along with Mrs Blair and listened to the other stories attentively. She had become very4Mrs Blair's stories. She decided to come earlier the next day.

    Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday passed by quickly. Then came Friday. As she was leaving, Emily was really upset to say goodbye.

    "Don't be sad. You can still visit me," Mrs Blair comforted her. She then handed a small box to Emily, "It's my gift to you."

    Emily5opened the box and was surprised to see what was inside. "It's the bracelet that you wore. Thank you!" Emily said, with tears in her eyes free.

    I'm sure to visit you whenever I'm on the way home, Emily thought of her own love for the performing arts. She touched the bracelet and6that she would keep her word to Mrs Blair.

    Chinese writer Mo Yan has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature (文学). He is the first Chinese 1 has won this prize.

    Mo Yan was born into a family in Shangdong 2 1955. He left school at the age of twelve, first on a farm and 3 in a factory. In 1976 he 4 the PLA and during this time he began to study 5. His first short story came out in 1981. He has written many famous books about his childhood and his hometown. Many of his books have been translated into English, French and many other 6.

    Mo Yan's winning of the Nobel Prize is bringing more confidence (自信) to the nation's young 7.

    Yuzuru Hanyu is a famous Japanese figure(花样滑冰运动员).He was born in Japan in 1994. He suffered from asthma (哮喘)when he was young. To help treat his illness, Hanyu 1 skating at the age of four with his sister.

    When he was eleven, Hanyu had an 2. In the interview, he said that his 3was to win an Olympic gold medal. In order to make4 dream come true, he made many efforts. In 2011, a big earthquake happened in Hanyu's hometown and destroyed the local rink (溜冰场).But that didn't5him from practising skating. He stuck with his training in other rinks and performed in 60 ice shows 6 his local rink reopened.

    Hanyu's hard work7paid off at the 2014 Winter Olympics. He8 the world record in the men's short programme and won the9 Olympic gold medal for Japan in the men's figure skating event. He is the second youngest male figure skater to become the Olympic champion.

    Hanyu was crowned the champion again in the men's figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics. He has millions of10 in his country. They are hoping to see more wonderful performances from him in the future.