W: I'm really excited {#blank#}1{#/blank#} seeing the famous paintings by Picasso.

M: Me, too! I'm glad Mr. Smith could{#blank#}2{#/blank#}the art museum for our school trip this year.

W: I still remember last school trip in October when we went hiking. It began to rain {#blank#}3{#/blank#}soon after we had started off.

M: Yeah, it was so terrible.

W: This time I'm going to bring my new {#blank#}4{#/blank#}to take lots of photos.

M: Oh, no. Mr. Smith says we must not take photos. It's not {#blank#}5{#/blank#}in the museum.

W: That's too bad! Do you think we can take photos if we don't use a flash?

M: I think they just want to protect the paintings. If you don't use a flash, then it may be OK.

W: Yeah, you are right. I'll bring my camera anyway.

    I have known my friend Rebecca for a long time．We first m{#blank#}1{#/blank#}at a friend's birthday party five years ago．We found out that we both liked music，s{#blank#}2{#/blank#}I asked Rebecca to come to my home one weekend．We listened to music together and soon became very good friends．We s{#blank#}3{#/blank#} almost every weekend doing homework and playing together．

    Three years ago．Rebecca's parents i{#blank#}4{#/blank#}me to go on a holiday with them．It was great．We spent three wonderful weeks in a cottage(小别墅)n{#blank#}5{#/blank#}a beautiful beach．Rebecca and I got up e{#blank#}6{#/blank#}every morning．We loved walking along the beach in the morning．We took a lot of p{#blank#}7{#/blank#}and had a lot of fun．

    Two years ago．I hurt my leg when I was learning to r{#blank#}8{#/blank#}a bike and had to spend a week in hospital．Rebecca came to see me every day．But last year,Rebecca's father changed his job,and they m{#blank#}9{#/blank#}to another town．Since then we haven't seen each other very much，but we have talked on the phone and we have w{#blank#}10{#/blank#}emails to each other．

    Emily has so many {#blank#}1{#/blank#}at home. She has to do her homework after school. She can't go out {#blank#}2{#/blank#}school nights. She has to{#blank#}3{#/blank#}the dishes after dinner, then she can watch TV for half an hour. She usually reads books at night. She has to be in bed by ten o'clock because she has to get up {#blank#}4{#/blank#}the next morning. She joins a music club. She has to {#blank#}5{#/blank#}the guitar every day.

    Halloween is a strange holiday. It is a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} on the night of October 31st and it is most popular in the United States and Canada.

    It started several centuries ago in Europe. It began as "Hallow Evening" meaning "holy night". At that time November 1st {#blank#}2{#/blank#} "All Saints' Day" and people respected all the saints who did not have their own special day. People believed that all the spirits of {#blank#}3{#/blank#} people were active on the night of October 31st. So people would play all sorts of tricks {#blank#}4{#/blank#} each other. Black is one of the traditional Halloween colors, probably because Halloween festivals and traditions {#blank#}5{#/blank#} at night.