Last year, I had a chance to be {#blank#}1{#/blank#} exchange student. I went to the USA. It was the  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (one) time for me to be there. I was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (excite), because I had never gone abroad. When I arrived in America, I stayed with a host family. At first, I was {#blank#}4{#/blank#} nervous that I could hardly speak a word. But my host parents were very kind to me and helped me to be relaxed. Gradually, I managed {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (understand) them and my friends. Soon I got used to {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (live) in the USA. Now I can speak English {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (good) than before. Sometimes I still share my ideas {#blank#}8{#/blank#} my friends in America. I really enjoy my experience as an exchange student. It's exciting to 1ive in a country with {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (difference) culture. I hope that I will have more {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (chance) to go abroad.

    Students at Shanming Middle School in Jiangsu often take part in activities{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (hold) by nearby communities. Does it sound fun? Well, students have mixed feelings. They enjoy the time outside school. But they don't find the activities  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (interest).

Why not design{#blank#}3{#/blank#}  (they) own activities? Some students got this idea and soon students joined the project.

     They first thought about activities ideas and listed them in an “activity menu”. They included: visiting science museums and companies; watching movies and basketball competitions.

    “The menu looked great, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  we soon found problems,” said Wang Ziming, one of the{#blank#}5{#/blank#}   (designer).

      First they needed a place to hold the activities. The students decided to talk to the local government to let them use the district stadium.

 “We first presented the benefits of these community activities to them,” said Wang. “ Then we promised we'd use the stadium {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  (careful ) and clean it afterwards”.

     The local government agreed that they could use the stadium and some sports equipment once{#blank#}7{#/blank#}  month.

     The students also designed a virtual (虚拟的) bank to encourage volunteering.

     Students{#blank#}8{#/blank#}   volunteered as librarians or cleaners would be rewarded with “gold coins”. A certain amount of coins gave you free entry to entertainment events such as{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (watch) a movie.

     Now, this special activity menu {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (become) popular in Wuxi communities. The students are happy with this.

    My best friend has two first names. One is Heather, and the others Na-ri. I {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(never see) her use the name Na-ri. But today, for the first time, she is writing a letter with this name.

    She {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(bear) in South Korea and adopted by American parents when she was two years old one day, she told me about her childhood. When she went out to dinner, some South Korean strangers tried to talk to her in Korean. She didn't understand what they {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (say), so she just looked at them. She said that she still remembered how they looked at her. Their eyes seemed to say, "Poor girl. You are an abandoned child." From that day, Heather tried to keep saying to herself that she was American.

    Two days ago, she received a letter from South Korea. The letter {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (send) to Na-ri. She was so surprised that she couldn't open the letter. So I did it for her. The letter was written in Korean. I said, "Heather, you should ask someone {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(read) this for you. It was written in Korean." But she was silent.

    Yesterday, on the way home,I saw her {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (cry) on a bench near my house. "What is it,honey?" I said. She told me that her birth mother had blood cancer, and the only cure for her illness might be Heather's blood. I asked how she knew this. Heather said she had learned Korean secretly. Crying hard, Heather only repeated, "What should I do? What should I do?" I really had no answer.

    This morning, Heather called me. "{#blank#}7{#/blank#}you{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(be) with me when I write a letter to South Korea?" I gladly went over to her house. Heather didn't seem to have slept at all. I hugged her and told her everything would be okay. Now I {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(sit) in front of Heather watching her write a letter. She hasn't told me what she is writing, but I can guess. Heather is writing, "Na-ri is coming, mother."

    What kind of music do you like? How do you feel when you listen{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (介词) your favourite music? Do you think music can make people feel better or help {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(they) learn?

    Jen Morgan is a music therapist (治疗专家). She works with children with disabilities (缺陷). Jen {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (use) music to help them learn new things She can also help them with their {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (speak) and memory (记忆力).

    There are different {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (thing) to do when doing music therapy. Jen gets the children to listen to music and sing or play along. The children also enjoy{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (move) to the music. Jen asks them to try to remember songs they like too.

    Jen writes songs and uses them in her therapy work. "I've written more than 200 {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (song)," she says. "I write songs about everything: about getting dressed, about flowers, about my favourite food — you name  it! Sometimes {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(冠词) children help me write songs."

    Jen loves her job as a music therapist. "I'm very {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (luck) to have this job," she says. "It's wonderful to see how music can help children  with disabilities. Often children are shy when I first meet them.{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (连词) they soon start having fun and enjoying the music. Music makes people feel good!"

    Summer holiday is{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(come). The kids have already{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(make) great plans for the summer. Some of them will travel abroad.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}example, Guo Yuan will spend his holiday far away from his parents. He will visit Australia {#blank#}4{#/blank#} some friends. Some kids will keep{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(study) hard during the summer holiday. They have to{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(go) to many after-school classes. Their{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(parent) think this is good for their future studies. But the students{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(them) don't like it. Some will stay at home and do{#blank#}9{#/blank#}same things as usual, like reading books and {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(watch) TV. What is your plan for the summer vacation?

    Last Sunday morning, my daughter and I went to the cinema{#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Sun Cinema is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} to our homes than other cinemas. So it only {#blank#}3{#/blank#} us 10 minutes to walk there. We saw a movie called “Turbo”. I think it's the most {#blank#}4{#/blank#}movie I know. It tells that a little snail(蜗牛) made his dream come true by {#blank#}5{#/blank#} really hard. After we got out of the cinema, we went to a restaurant to have a meal, the food is really delicious and it has the friendliest{#blank#}6{#/blank#}. In the afternoon, we went to the park. It's {#blank#}7{#/blank#}in the park because a lot of people came here for fun. Luckily, we found {#blank#}8{#/blank#}quiet by the lake to have a rest. It's very{#blank#}9{#/blank#} to sit there, drinking tea, listening to Mp4 and reading our magazines. Then we went boating in the lake.

    On our way home, I asked my daughter, “Did you enjoy {#blank#}10{#/blank#} today, Maggie?” She smiled and said “yes”