{#blank#}1{#/blank#} My parents buy some             , such as some tables, chairs and so on for our new house.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} My mother is planning  _______ a birthday party for me .
{#blank#}3{#/blank#} It's too             in this park, I don't like going there.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} He likes swimming            the river in winter.
{#blank#}5{#/blank#} All the books are on these _________.

    When I told my friends my family was going to move from the city to the countryside，they couldn't believe it．I was {#blank#}1{#/blank#}because I'd never been out of the city before．Would{#blank#}2{#/blank#}be very different?Well,see for your self.

    Many things are different about the city and the countryside．In the city,we {#blank#}3{#/blank#}in a tall building．Our building was filled with(装满)people，but I only knew a few of {#blank#}4{#/blank#}．Now we live in all old farmhouse．Our nearest neighbours(邻居)are bout one kilometre away．But all the neighbours are{#blank#}5{#/blank#}．They often come to visit us with lots of food．

    However,some things in the city and the countryside are the {#blank#}6{#/blank#}．In the city,my mum and I{#blank#}7{#/blank#}to go shopping at the weekend．We went to different shopping centres．Here in the countryside we{#blank#}8{#/blank#}shop in farmers' markets at the weekend．The greatest thing that is the some is friends．I made some good friends in both the city and the countryside.We do homework and read{#blank#}9{#/blank#}together every day．

When I think about the most important things．{#blank#}10{#/blank#}family and Mends，maybe there aren't so many differences between the city and the countryside．Personally,I think they're both great．

    It was in autumn. A woman was ill. She stayed in the hospital {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. She had no daughters or sons. Her husband died ten years ago. So nobody {#blank#}2{#/blank#} her. She felt  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. There was a tree outside her room. She{#blank#}4{#/blank#} the leaves(叶子) fall down. Day after day, there were fewer and fewer leaves on the tree. The woman was very sad. She didn't want to eat or drink. She became worse day by day. She got a strong {#blank#}5{#/blank#} of death. One day she said, "When the last leaf falls down. I will die. "

when a(n) {#blank#}6{#/blank#}artist heard that, he {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a good idea. He{#blank#}8{#/blank#} to paint a green and yellow leaf and put it in the tree when all yellow leaves fell down on a cold night. The next morning, when the woman looked out of the window, she{#blank#}9{#/blank#}the last leaf still there. You could {#blank#}10{#/blank#} how happy the woman was. After that, she gradually(逐渐地) got better.

    The meanings of colors play an important {#blank#}1{#/blank#}in our world. What a color pass to a person of the west, may be very {#blank#}2{#/blank#}to someone in the east. While a bride(新娘) may wear white to her wedding (婚礼) in Europe or America, a bride {#blank#}3{#/blank#}China may choose to wear a traditional red dress.

Here are some {#blank#}4{#/blank#}and what they represent (代表，象征) to various people of the world.

    RED

    In China red is a {#blank#}5{#/blank#}of luck and is used for many celebrations such as wedding and at the beginning of the New Year. In the United States red represents love and is used during Christmas and so on. Red is also represents {#blank#}6{#/blank#}and power in the west.

    BLUE

    People around the world think{#blank#}7{#/blank#}and the sky with the color blue. For this reason, blue is widely {#blank#}8{#/blank#}with peace and calm. But to the Cherokees (切罗基族人), blue meant trouble or failure. In the United States we have come to connect the color blue with sadness.

    GREEN

    In Paris, all garage collectors are clothed in green, drive green trucks and the bins are also green. In many parts of the world,{#blank#}9{#/blank#} has become a symbol of kindness and the earth.

    YELLOW

    Yellow is a color that symbolizes the sun. In the United States, school buses and taxis are often yellow{#blank#}10{#/blank#}they can catch the eyes. But to the Egyptians, yellow was a color of mourning (哀悼).