Mrs. Green is going to give a birthday party for Mary (Mary is her daughter). Mary is going to be thirteen years old. Twenty friends of Mary's are going to come to the party. They are all girls. Mrs. Green is getting ready for the party. Mrs. White is helping her.

  “Let's make a pretty cake,” Mrs. White says to Mrs. Green.

  “OK. Thank you very much.”

    Mrs. Green is going shopping now. She's going to buy fruit for the party. Mrs. Green buys some fruit. She buys a lot of pears, oranges and bananas. Then she goes home.

    It's three o'clock in the afternoon. Everything is ready. Now the first girl is arriving. The party is going to start in thirty minutes.

    Hello! My name is Zoom.Look, I have a big bag.It's black.In the bag, It is my pencil－case.It's orange.This is a ruler.It is blue.The pencil is red.The eraser is yellow.I have a book.It's green.I like my bag.

    Simon and Daming are good friends. They are Chinese.  But they are working in America. Sometimes they miss their family. So they always go to the Chinatown. There are lots of Chinese shops and restaurants there. They go shopping there and eat delicious food there. You know, Simon and Daming really miss China and they both like Chinese food.

    I am Jane. I usually go to school on foot. My mum works in a supermarket nearby. She usually goes to work by bike. My dad is not so lucky. He has a long way to go every day. He usually goes to work by car. On rainy days, my dad takes me to school in his car. How do you usually go to school?

    Today is the Lantern Festival (元宵节). The Lantern Festival comes after the Spring Festival.

    The weather is often cold. You can see a full moon (满月) in the sky.

    At the Lantern Festival, you can see many beautiful lanterns in the street. The streets and shops are bright and colourful at night.

    People like guessing the riddles on the lanterns. They also eat yuanxiao for dinner. Yuanxiao is a kind of Chinese food for this festival.

    Children often light (点亮) beautiful lanterns for fun.

You can see three posts on www. penpal. com. Read and finish the tasks.

Task 1.请帮助下面三位同学选择合适的pen pal.

（1）I'm Lisa. I'm good at playing the pipa. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}can be my pen pal.

（2）I'm Tom. I'm so interested in Australia. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}can be my pen pal.

（3）I'm Liu Gang. I can do kung fu and cook good food.I can write an email to {#blank#}3{#/blank#}.

Task 2.阅读以上信息，选择正确的答案。

（4）What are Bruno's hobbies? He likes {#blank#}4{#/blank#}.

A. studying English

B. singing Chinese songs

C. cooking Chinese food

（5）How can you make friends with them?{#blank#}5{#/blank#}

A. Make a phone call.

B. Send an email.

C. Write a postcard.