A man was tired of living in his small house in the country.  He wanted to sell it and buy a {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  one than the old one nearby. He tried to sell it for a long time, but{#blank#}2{#/blank#} wanted to buy it. So at last, he decided to use a house salesman. The salesman soon put a picture of the man's house on a magazine. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  days later, the owner saw a very beautiful picture of the house, with a wonderful introduction to its gardens, on a magazine. After the house owner had read {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the whole introduction, he at once called up the salesman and said,“I'm sorry, but I've decided not to sell this house after all. After {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  your introduction, now I know that It's just the kind of house I'm going to live in for the rest of my life.

Now lots of parents will buy everything that their children want to have. If they go on with the habit, their children won't know the money {#blank#}1{#/blank#} from hard work.
Some parents like to{#blank#}2{#/blank#} birthday parties for their children. If they keep on doing this, their children will think it {#blank#}3{#/blank#} for them to enjoy birthday parties every year. Year after year, maybe they will forget their {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  birthdays and only remember their own. It is against traditional habits.
Many parents don't let the children do housework. They think children have only one thing to do. They should study hard and do{#blank#}5{#/blank#}in their lessons. If parents go on doing this, the children will only learn to open their mouths to be fed and stretch out (伸出) their arms to be {#blank#}6{#/blank#} every day. When the children grow{#blank#}7{#/blank#} , they will be able to do{#blank#}8{#/blank#} , and they won't even find a job. Parents should teach the children {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  to do housework because it can help them start good {#blank#}10{#/blank#} of working by themselves.

    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．

A: Mary, do you know Lisa?

B: Yes, she is my best friend. We study in the same school.

A: What does she look like?

B: She has long straight hair. And she is {#blank#}1{#/blank#}and taller than me.

A: Is she similar to you?

B: Yes, she likes to do the same {#blank#}2{#/blank#}as me. But wearer different in some ways sometimes.

A: In which ways are you different?

B: I'm more outgoing than Lisa. I'm friendlier and I love sports. She is {#blank#}3{#/blank#}different from me. She can run more {#blank#}4{#/blank#}and jump higher than me.

A: Who is more hard-working?

B: She is not as hard-working as me. But she is smarter and always gets better grades.

A: Can you introduce(介绍) her to me? I want to be {#blank#}5{#/blank#}with her.

B: OK. I think you can become good friends.