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．

    Do you know the Beatles? It is a rock music band (乐队) {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Britain. The Beatles is one of the most {#blank#}2{#/blank#} bands in the history of music. Many people around the world like {#blank#}3{#/blank#}.

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were the members (成员) of the band. The band {#blank#}4{#/blank#} in 1960. In 1961, they were well-known in England. They {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Brian Epstein that year. With the help of Brian Epstein, the band became successful all over the world. Their {#blank#}6{#/blank#} like Please Please Me and I Want to Hold Your Hand are still very popular today.

    Loveland is a beautiful town People can't drive their cars in it. The town is famous(著名的)for its blue sky(天空) and clean air. The{#blank#}1{#/blank#} there is nice and warm(温暖的) all the year, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} trees and flowers grow well in each month.

    I went to Loveland last month and {#blank#}3{#/blank#} there for six days. Every{#blank#}4{#/blank#} I woke up to the songs of birds. Then I took a{#blank#}5{#/blank#} or ran along the country road. Fruit farms were everywhere

    Flower shops and coffee houses were also on the way. Every night from my window I could {#blank#}6{#/blank#} beautiful stars in the sky, and I {#blank#}7{#/blank#} to bed with the smell of grass(草的气味).

The six—day holiday in Loveland gave{#blank#}8{#/blank#} lots of surprises. I want to go there {#blank#}9{#/blank#}some day and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} two or three more days there. That's a wonderful place!

    When I was tidying up my room yesterday, I found an old box of my father's. He gave it to me two years ago. It was really{#blank#}1{#/blank#}to discover something about my father's life as a child.

    He {#blank#}2{#/blank#}told me about his hobbies as a child. He wrote to people from all over the world，and they{#blank#}3{#/blank#}him letters back.{#blank#}4{#/blank#}he had a book{#blank#}5{#/blank#} interesting stamps. People{#blank#}6{#/blank#}gave him things from{#blank#}7{#/blank#}countries, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} a silk fan from China, a little model car from Germany and a small model ship from Australia. My father even kept the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}from his first football match. The box made me{#blank#}10{#/blank#} my hobby. I want to keep my old picture books and magazines for a long time too.