Dear Alice,

    Thanks for your letter. I heard from your letter three days ago. I was so happy!

    We {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  (move) to a new house yesterday.  There are {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  (many) rooms here than in our old one. I have my own bedroom in my new home. I was so excited {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  I couldn't fall    asleep that night. It's important for me{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (have) my own room!  I can read books, draw   pictures, listen{#blank#}5{#/blank#} the radio and play CDs in it. I need to clean it by{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (I) every day.

    {#blank#}7{#/blank#}the room is much bigger, I'm sure I can keep it clean.

    I also love the new kitchen. I like helping my mother with our meals. Mom cooks {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(good). She always teaches me how to make different  {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(kind) of dishes. She lived in China when she was young, so she can  {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(cook) Chinese food. It's delicious.

    Write to me soon and tell me about your home. Please get on the Internet so that we may chat with each other.

Yours, Elisa

Dear Tom，

    Are you surprised to hear from {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(I)? I have not heard from you since the {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(begin) of the summer holidays.

    How are you getting {#blank#}3{#/blank#}with your sisters?

    How are your parents? Is your brother Bill back{#blank#}4{#/blank#}Canada yet?

    My stamp collection{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(be) getting bigger and bigger. I have collected stamps of {#blank#}6{#/blank#} than forty different countries. In my stamp books, I usually put the {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(stamp) from each country together. I have got a pen friend from Britain. She gave me some {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(Britain) stamps. My American {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(teach) gave me some beautiful American and Canadian stamps. I'm glad {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(know) you are going to give me some foreign stamps, but I still did not receive the stamps of Nepal which you said to post me. Did you send them off?

    Please write to me soon.

Yours,

Zhou Jia

    A hobby is a good thing. Children should have{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(hobby). Children can {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(carry)these hobbies into adulthood(成年).{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(parent)should help their children get a hobby or two. And children should {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(like)the hobby. Parents can't force(强迫)a hobby onto their children，{#blank#}5{#/blank#}it isn't a hobby then. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}can parents help their children find hobbies? Here are some {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(idea).

    Parents should talk {#blank#}8{#/blank#}their children about hobbies. Parents should also show {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(they)children their own hobbies. In fact，understanding hobbies is not{#blank#}10{#/blank#}for children. Finding a hobby for children is not difficult, either.