Dear Dr Know,
I'm not {#blank#}1{#/blank#} , I have too many rules in my house, I have to get {#blank#}2{#/blank#} at six o'clock every morning. I can't meet my {#blank#}3{#/blank#} after school because I have to do{#blank#}4{#/blank#} homework. I can't watch TV on school nights. And I have to be in bed by ten o'clock.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} weekends, I have to {#blank#}6{#/blank#} my room and wash my clothes. Then I {#blank#}7{#/blank#} to help my mom make {#blank#}8{#/blank#} . Later I have to go to{#blank#}9{#/blank#} Children's Palace to learn piano. I never have any fun. What{#blank#}10{#/blank#} I do ?
Zhao Pei

    People use money {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  food, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things they {#blank#}2{#/blank#} .When they {#blank#}3{#/blank#} ,they usually get paid in money.
    Most of the money used today{#blank#}4{#/blank#}  metal or paper. But in ancient times people often used all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells（贝壳）.
    In ancient China, cloth and knives {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  money. Elephant tusks（象牙）,monkey tails（尾巴）and salt were used in some parts of Africa. Rice was also a kind of money used by the ancient people on some islands. Cows and other animals were used as money. too.
The first copper（铜）coins {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  China. They were round and had a square（正方的）hole in the center. Different countries have used different metals for their money. Later some countries {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  to make coins of gold and silver（银）.But gold, silver and copper were heavy {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  when people needed a lot of coins to buy something expensive. The Chinese were the first {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  paper money. The first paper money didn't {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  like the paper money we use today.

    Every summer Carol travels a lot by herself and visits new places. Last August she had a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} vacation, so she was on a tour of four countries in Europe. Europe was beautiful but her vacation wasn't very nice. She was in each country only for three days. She visited too many museums and was always {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. After her vacation she was tired and bored. This summer she is going to spend her vacation in a   {#blank#}3{#/blank#} way. She is going to travel to one country in Asia with friends and visit only one city. They will stay there for seven days and they are going to choose a city near the sea {#blank#}4{#/blank#} they can go swimming and have picnics on the beach. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} a happy journey it must be!

    We are students from Thailand,and we decide{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(save) elephants. The elephant is one of Thailand's{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(symbol). Our first flag had a white elephant{#blank#}3{#/blank#}it. This is a symbol of luck. Elephants are smart animals. It is easy for them to play soccer{#blank#}4{#/blank#}music. They can also draw very{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(good). In addition, they are strong enough to carry a lot of things for people. People say that an elephant never{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(forget). They can walk for a long time and never get{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(lose). They can also remember places with food and water. This helps them to live. But now elephants are in great{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(dangerous). People cut down many trees, so elephants are losing their homes. People also kill{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(they) for their ivory.Today there are only about 3,000 elephants. It is necessary for us to try our best to save the trees and not to buy things that{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(make) of ivory. It is important to remember that March 13th is Thai Elephant Day.

    Susan was a woman who hated animals very much．She never w{#blank#}1{#/blank#}to keep any pets at home．To her，all pets were very dirty and boring．Susan could never understand w{#blank#}2{#/blank#}people would like to have pets in the house．“It is so stupid!”she always said．

    Last month Susan's  daughter' Penny， came home from school w{#blank#}3{#/blank#} a mouse in a box．Susan was very angry. But Penny said that it was her h{#blank#}4{#/blank#}．Her teacher asked each student to take care of an animal and l{#blank#}5{#/blank#}to get along with it．Susan had to say v{#blank#}6{#/blank#}．

    It was fun for Penny at the very beginning，but then she got quite lazy and f{#blank#}7{#/blank#}. to do her homework． It became Susan's homework． She g{#blank#}8{#/blank#}it food and water every day and found that the mouse was in fact not dirty．She e{#blank#}9{#/blank#} talked to it! It was not boring or stupid! Now Susan is having a good time with “her” mouse．She named it Nini．And she is going to buy a{#blank#}10{#/blank#}one to make a pair．

    Alan and Jane are brother and sister. Ella is Alan's wife(妻子). They have a {#blank#}1{#/blank#}, Anna. Anna likes her {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, Jane, very much. Adam is Anna's {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. Jane and Paul are Adam's {#blank#}4{#/blank#}and {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. Adam often plays with his {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, Alan. Anna and Adam love George and Mary, their grandfather and {#blank#}7{#/blank#}, very much.