Mr. Smith{#blank#}1{#/blank#}  from the England. He is an English teaher in NO.8 Middle School. He doesn't know much{#blank#}2{#/blank#} . Does he like{#blank#}3{#/blank#}  it? Sure, he{#blank#}4{#/blank#} . He{#blank#}5{#/blank#} to Chinese classes every week. Look! He{#blank#}6{#/blank#} Chinese now. He{#blank#}7{#/blank#}  working in China very much. He can{#blank#}8{#/blank#}  about something in Chinese now.He{#blank#}9{#/blank#} the Chinese people{#blank#}10{#/blank#}  very friendly.

    Copernicus was an astronomer(天文学家). He studied the {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(planets/weather) and the stars. He found out that the earth {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (walks/goes) around the sun. He put his thought into a book, but he hid the book. Nobody could read it {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (before/after) Copernicus died.

    Many years later, Galileo {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (read/watched) the book and believed that thought. Galileo said that the earth was moving around the sun. This made lots of people {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (happy/angry) because they thought the earth must be the center of the universe. Galileo got into trouble and he had to say that he was {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(brave/wrong), but Galileo knew he was right.

    Galileo watched the moon carefully through his telescope(望远镜). He {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(invented/saw) some hills there. He also saw {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (millions/millions of) stars in the universe. In 1673 his eyes became weak, and then he couldn't see {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(anything/nothing) through his telescope.

   Galileo died in 1642 and the world lost a {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (funny/great) man. But in the same year, another great scientist Newton was born in England.

Dear Liz,

    Thank you very much for your letter and the photos of your {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (朋友) and family. They look really nice {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (在……里) the photo. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (现在) I can tell you something about me and my family here in New York.

    I have two brothers. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (他们) names are Lukas and Andreas and they are 16 and 19. My {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (妈妈) is French and her name is Christine. Dad is American and his name's Dieter. Our house has four bedrooms and a small garden. My room is {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (整洁的), but my {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (哥哥) is not. He puts his things {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (到处). We have a dog, Zak, and we {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (认为) he's cute. It {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (帮助) us a lot.

    Please tell me all about your friends and school in your next letter. I'd like to know about English schools.

Love,

Laura

    Hi, everybody. How is it going? I'll be a senior high school student this {#blank#}1{#/blank#}.

    I'm very happy, but I'm worried that I may{#blank#}2{#/blank#}some difficulties in the new school. Perhaps I can't keep up with my classmates, especially in math. And I'm not{#blank#}3{#/blank#} if I can make friends with others {#blank#}4{#/blank#} I' m not good at communicating. On the other hand, I don't know how to look after {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. What can I do with these problems? Could you give me some advice? I really need your help.

    Mike is a middle school student. He used to play computer games. He thought he could get a lot of{#blank#}1{#/blank#}from the games. Sometimes he didn't go to school and{#blank#}2{#/blank#}in a net bar all day. The teacher{#blank#}3{#/blank#}his parents and told them that Mike didn't come to{#blank#}4{#/blank#}.After his parents knew he played computer games in net bars, they were{#blank#}5{#/blank#}with Mike and decided not to{#blank#}6{#/blank#}him pocket money any more. He couldn't play computer games{#blank#}7{#/blank#}he had no money. Every time he{#blank#}8{#/blank#}a net bar, he stopped to take a look,{#blank#}9{#/blank#}he didn't get into it. After a long{#blank#}10{#/blank#}, he gave up playing computer games. Now he has become a good student.