Every year we get a new start. On New Year's Day we always write down our {#blank#}1{#/blank#}and put them up on the wall of our bedrooms.
This year my dream is to learn an instrument. And I still want to take more exercise to keep{#blank#}2{#/blank#} , too. You know, last year I spent much time {#blank#}3{#/blank#} swimming. So this year I want to do something exciting and unusual. I'm {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to learn the violin. So I'm thinking about taking violin lessons. And I'm going to practice much {#blank#}5{#/blank#} than usual. It says that practice makes perfect! What is your plan?

Last year, I went England to study for three months. The first station was Cambridge — a city {#blank#}1{#/blank#} is a university and famous {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the university. I visited some places of {#blank#}3{#/blank#} in the morning and took English lessons in the afternoon. To me, the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} thing to do in Cambridge is boating along the River Cam. It is really beautiful. I stayed with an English family as a guest. After class, we could take part in their daily life or take trips by ourselves. My English was poor but the family kept communicating with me in English. With their help, My spoken English improved {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. Day by day, I was more{#blank#}6{#/blank#} with my conversation with them. Then I got to London, the capital city of England it is also the busiest city in England, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a population of 7.5 million and a history of 2000 years. On the middle and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} area, there are plenty of farms. The weather is fine all the year round and I notice the countryside is green everywhere! Time {#blank#}9{#/blank#} while I was in England. Soon Christmas came, we decorated the Christmas tree, wore new clothes tasted delicious food and said “Merry Christmas” to friends or even strangers. It was really amazing! The next day, I {#blank#}10{#/blank#}to return home, however, there was only one thing I didn't do: it was a pity that I didn't take the London Eye to see the whole city on the clear days!

    Traffic lights are very important (重要的) to us. I {#blank#}1{#/blank#} everyone knows this. But how were they born? Do you know?

    Garrett A. Morgan was the father of traffic lights. He was {#blank#}2{#/blank#} American. Morgan was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} in 1875. His family was very poor. He left (离开) school at the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} of 14. He was very clever. He always looked for better ways to do things. And he liked to make {#blank#}5{#/blank#} things to change some old ones. At that time, each American wanted to have a car. Streets were full of (充满了) cars. The traffic was not good." {#blank#}6{#/blank#} not put three lights at each street crossing? They should be red, yellow and green," Morgan said, "Let them tell cars to go {#blank#}7{#/blank#} stop." So he made a timer (定时器) to change the lights. Now we have traffic lights {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the street.

    A dog once had a nice piece of meat for his dinner. He was walking along with the meat in its mouth, as happy as a king. On his way home {#blank#}1{#/blank#} was a river. The dog stopped to look into the calm, clear water. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} did the dog see in the water?

    He saw a dog looking up at him! This dog looked the same as our happy little dog, and even had a similar piece of meat in its mouth!" {#blank#}3{#/blank#} try to get that meat, too," said the dog.

    But as soon as he tried to bite（咬）the new piece of meat, his {#blank#}4{#/blank#} meat fell out of his mouth and into the river!

    Then he saw that the other dog in the water had lost his piece, too. He went sadly home. That day he {#blank#}5{#/blank#} had his dreams to eat.