How do you usually get to school? By bus? On foot? Roby Burch, 16, a US student, gets to school a little differently—he goes by horse .
Burch has been riding his white horse 4 miles to and from school since(自从)the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} of the semester. “Every morning, wearing my blue jacket and jeans, I'm on my way at 6 am. ” Burch says, “The streets are mostly {#blank#}2{#/blank#} at this time of morning. It's a nice way to start the day. ”
The idea was his {#blank#}3{#/blank#} . His family were {#blank#}4{#/blank#} their vacation on their farm this summer, “My dad just said, ‘Roby, you {#blank#}5{#/blank#} ride your horse to school every day. '” says Burch. He thought it really was a good idea.
When they got back home, Burch asked for permission from the headmaster (校长), Joe Cox, and surprisingly, he got the green light. Cox {#blank#}6{#/blank#} allowed（允许）Burch to keep the horse next to the headmaster's house. Then his dad helped Burch find the best route to school. It is along back streets and has {#blank#}7{#/blank#} cars than the others.
For the return trip every afternoon, Burch leaves school at 5:45 pm. Even now, as the days grow shorter and colder, he continues to ride his horse. “ I will ride my horse even in the coldest weather. ” he says.
Burch says the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} time he sat on a horse as a four-year-old boy he was afraid. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} now, “it's what I do best. ” It's no surprise that he wants to be a cowboy (牛仔) when he grows up. “I love riding horses more than {#blank#}10{#/blank#} else. ” He says, “It's really a guy thing. ”

       Changqing has a long history but it is the new district of Jinan. It {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  in the west of Jinan. and covers 1178 square kilometers. The {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  of Changqing is about 530,000. It has convenient transportation {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  it's easy to get here. There are many ancient places of interest for you to visit, such as Lingyan Temple, Xiaotang Hill and so on. It has changed a lot since it became the new district of Jinan. Now it has 15 colleges or universities. You can make your {#blank#}4{#/blank#} come true there. And the Expo garden which was built newly attracts thousands{#blank#}5{#/blank#} visitors every year. Welcome to Changqing, and you will enjoy yourself.

    Hi! I'm Linda. I am {#blank#}1{#/blank#} English girl. Now I'm in Shanghai with my parents. There is a {#blank#}2{#/blank#} store next to my house. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} name is Xingxing Clothes Store. You can buy all kinds of {#blank#}4{#/blank#} in it. They have sweaters at a very good {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. Do you need bags? They {#blank#}6{#/blank#} great bags for 26yuan each. They have hats {#blank#}7{#/blank#} red, black and yellow. They {#blank#}8{#/blank#} have nice skirts for girls. For {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, they have shorts and sports socks. Do you {#blank#}10{#/blank#} to come here? Let's have a look this afternoon.

    Mr. Smith is a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} of English. He comes from NewYork. He teaches English in China. He{#blank#}2{#/blank#}  Chinese very well. He likes {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  books very much and he usually writes stories for his students at home. Mr Smith gets up at five in the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} .He leaves home at ten to six. He begins his lesson at 8:00 . He teaches English every day except (除了)Saturday{#blank#}5{#/blank#} Sunday. At ten to twelve , he finishes his classes. Ten minutes later, he has lunch. In the afternoon, he usually {#blank#}6{#/blank#} games with his students. Sometimes he teaches his students in his office . After school, he takes {#blank#}7{#/blank#}walk and does some other things. At {#blank#}8{#/blank#} ten to eleven, he goes to bed.

    There was a boy who was forced to a boarding(寄宿的)school by his parents. Before being sent away, this boy used to be the b{#blank#}1{#/blank#} student in his class. He was at the top in every competition. But things changed after he went to the new school. His grades started d{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. He hated being in a group. He was l{#blank#}3{#/blank#} all the time. He felt he was worthless and that no one loved him.

    His parents began to worry a{#blank#}4{#/blank#}him. But even they did not know what was wrong with him. So his dad decide to visit the school and have a t{#blank#}5{#/blank#} with him by himself.

    They sat on the beach near the school. The father started asking him q{#blank#}6{#/blank#} about his classes, teachers and sports with a smile on his face. After some time his dad said kindly, ”Do you know w{#blank#}7{#/blank#} I am here today, my dear son?”

    The boy answered back q{#blank#}8{#/blank#}, “To check my grades.”

    “No, no.”his dad replied calmly, “I am here to make you u{#blank#}9{#/blank#} that you are the most important person for me. I want to see you happy. I don't care about grades. I care about you. Nothing could be more valuable than your h{#blank#}10{#/blank#}. You are my life!”

    These words made the boy's eyes filled with t{#blank#}11{#/blank#}. He hugged his dad happily. They didn't say a{#blank#}12{#/blank#}to each other for a long time.

    Now the boy knew there was someone in the world who cared about him deeply. He meant the world to someone. From then on, the boy felt confident in his life again.

    Nowadays, WeChat is becoming more and more{#blank#}1{#/blank#} with people in China. No matter where we are, we can sign up and send text or voice messages to our friends. We can also find strangers to talk to by {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(shake) the phones.{#blank#}3{#/blank#} [ə'nʌðə] funny function(功能) is that WeChat can help to search for people{#blank#}4{#/blank#}live nearby with the program on. Many people like this function, because it can help them to find more people who they may know.

    In my opinion, Wechat is really a {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(use) chatting tool. It can help people communicate with their friends more {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(easy). However, it is also bad for people, especially students. As we know, some people use Wechat{#blank#}7{#/blank#}a long time. It is not healthy to them. So I have some {#blank#}8{#/blank#}[sə'dʒestʃənz] to use it in a correct way. First, we should not use it when we are studying. We can't focus on our study if we use it. Second, we must be careful. We should {#blank#}9{#/blank#} show too much personal information nor trust strangers so much.

    We should learn {#blank#}10{#/blank#} to use it properly. Remember, Wechat is not everything in our life. Don't depend too much on it.