① {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  During the summer holiday, I visited Huangguoshu Waterfall in Guizhou with my cousins. How relaxing the trip was!

② {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  There are many kinds of shows on TV. As for me, I like talk shows and talent shows better because they are fun and I can learn a lot from them.

③ {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  Most of my friends play computer games in their free time. I usually exercise. I do some running at least four times a week.

④ {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  I made a new pen friend. She is in New York. She is tall and has long curly hair. She wears glasses. She is outgoing and creative.

⑤ {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  There are three big supermarkets in our town. The Johnson's has the best goods. The Lucky Fellow has the friendliest service. And the King Star plays the most wonderful music.

A. How to keep healthy

B. Free-time activities

C. Future plans

D. Past experiences

E. A pen friend

F. Ideas about TV shows

G. Where to shop in the town

    Table manners are very different in every country. For example, when you are in England you must not lift your soup plate to your mouth. This is very impolite. But when you are in Japan this is completely normal. Lifting your plate to your mouth in Japan is a traditional way of drinking your soup. And also in Japan you don't have to worry about making a noise when you drink it. It just shows that you really like the food! But it is not the same in Britain, so you shouldn't make a noise when eating there.   

    In Britain, people don't put their hands or arms on the table during the meal. But in Mexico, guests keep their hands on the table all the time. In fact, you should watch what your hands do very carefully. In Arab countries, it is impolite when you eat with your left hand, so don't do it!

    In all the cultures it is impolite to speak when you are eating.

    In Ukraine you should not start eating first; you should wait for all the others to start eating with you. You also have to say "please" and "thank you" every time you ask for and get something. If you don't like some food, don't make faces and don't say: "Yuk! I hate that!"

    The best way to avoid making mistakes in other countries is to watch the host and try to do as he does.

    My hobby is playing chess — one of the greatest games in the world. My mum taught me how to play when I was seven years old. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} But then, on my eighth birthday, I won for the first time. I nearly always beat her now.

    To learn the rules doesn't take long. One day is enough. But if you want to be good, you have to practice for years. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} — just a chess set and someone to play with. Chess sets can be very cheap, or quite expensive. Some people collect chess sets as a hobby, but I enjoy playing.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} We meet on Wednesday every week to practice. I am the best player in the club, and the captain（队长）of the school chess team. This year we won the All England Schools Championship (冠军赛).

    I'm saving up my money to buy a chess computer. They are very expensive, but also very good for practice. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} I'm sure I will be a world chess champion some day.

    On a Wednesday night, a young man was playing the guitar at the station. Some people stopped and put some money into his hat.

    The next day, the young man came to the station again. There was a large piece of paper next to his hat. It said, "Last night, a kind man named Henry put something important into my hat. Please come to get it back soon."

    About half an hour later, an old man came and the young man said, "Yes, I knew you would come back."

    "What did you lose?" asked the young man. "$800, 000," answered the old man. Then the young man took out a check（支票）and gave it back to the old man. The old man was so happy that he danced with the young guitar player.

    Our world has all kinds of colours. They make the world so colourful. What's your favourite colour? Here are some answers from four students:

David: I like winter, because it often snows in winter. When it snows, everything is white. It's beautiful and I can go skiing. I like the colour best.

Betty: My favourite colour is green. Green is the colour of the world. When I see green thing, I always think of my favourite sport, soccer. The soccer field(场地) is green, too!

Kate: Strawberries and cherries are my favourite fruit. What colour are they? They are red! The setting sun is red. Our national flag (国旗) is red. Red is also the color of fire. It always make us warm and excited.

Jack: The sky and sea have the same colour—blue. That's my favourite colour. Blue makes me calm (平静).When I'm unhappy because of a bad school grade, I just lie on the grass and look up at the beautiful blue sky.

    Some people have found that they always spend much more on travelling than planned. Here is how it happens:

    ⒈Preparing too much before travelling

    Some people, especially females, like to travel as if starting a new life. Several weeks before the trip, they would be busy shopping for new dresses, better sunglasses and best-selling books. They would rather fill their travelling bags up with all fashionable things. Just travelling? It's more like attending a fashion show. They care more about their appearance than the sights they see during the trip.

    ⒉Following other travellers blindly.

    They can't stop shopping for objects they would never normally buy and would certainly never use. For example, we can find a group of travellers" getting ahead" to buy "Christmas" presents even in summer.

    ⒊Replacing things that are forgotten to bring.

    They forget to bring things like trainers, cool bags, toothbrushes or beach towels. The towels sold near beaches are nearly the price of gold leaves. They spend a lot on those things. However, plenty of new towels are sleeping in their bathroom at home.

    People usually find themselves poorer than they planed after a holiday trip. There are mainly three {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Firstly, some female travellers consider a journey as attending a fashion show. How they look seems more {#blank#}2{#/blank#} than what they see, so they spend more money on something new. Secondly, some people follow others without {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. When others do some shopping, they can't {#blank#}4{#/blank#} themselves. Thirdly, goods for daily use at tourist attractions aren't as {#blank#}5{#/blank#} as those back home. As a result, they may spend more than they thought.