is in the east of Australia. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} It's famous for its Opera House and the Sydney Harbor Bridge. The weather is warm. The temperature is about 12 degrees in winter. And it is about 35 degrees in summer. It has beautiful beaches and many parks.

{#blank#}2{#/blank#} You can see many visitors in the park from different countries. It's quite a popular park. The only way to see this park is by going “bush（荒野小路）”. Then you could find some nice gravel（砂砾）roads. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Of course you will need to travel with food and water. To see a small part of the mountains, you need some days, because there are many roads to get to the Blue Mountains.

Sydney has many beautiful beaches. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} They are Bondi and Manly. Bondi has a nice street with many shops and restaurants. Parking is not hard in the place. Manly is a great beach to go to. If you want to go there, you can take a boat. It's a cheap and great way to see the Sydney harbor. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} If you are going to visit Sydney, I hope you will enjoy it.

China is a big country. The weather in the north is quite different from {#blank#}1{#/blank#} in the south. My hometown is Changchun. It's a beautiful city in the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} of China. In the city, the spring is warm, the summer is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} , the autumn is cool and the winter is{#blank#}4{#/blank#} In the winter, people can {#blank#}5{#/blank#} snowmen and play{#blank#}6{#/blank#} snowballs. People can also go{#blank#}7{#/blank#} and skiing. They usually spend a(n) {#blank#}8{#/blank#} winter. Now many people in the south and even some {#blank#}9{#/blank#} come to the north of China to see the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} in the winter.

    It was Sunday morning. The{#blank#}1{#/blank#} was fine. David and his friends didn't go to school. They {#blank#}2{#/blank#} fishing in a river. His friends often go fishing, so they are good at fishing. They caught one fish after another. It was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} first time for David to go fishing. Unfortunately, David caught none. Half an hour later, David had an idea. He went to a fish shop nearby. It sold all kinds of fishes in the shop, He {#blank#}4{#/blank#}one of the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} fish in it. Then he went back to the river. He {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the hook into the fish's {#blank#}7{#/blank#}, and then threw the fish into the river. His friends knew nothing about all of this, because {#blank#}8{#/blank#}of them had his own work to do.

    After a few minutes, David shouted, “{#blank#}9{#/blank#} a big fish I've caught last!" His friends were all surprising when they saw David pulling a big fish up from the water. They asked him how he was able to catch {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a big fish. David had nothing to say, and he only smiled instead.

    How Do Kids Spend the Weekend?

    Last week, we{#blank#}1{#/blank#} the students at Dazhu Middle School what they {#blank#}2{#/blank#} over the weekend. For most kids, the weekend {#blank#}3{#/blank#}fun. Ten kids did homework or {#blank#}4{#/blank#} .On Saturday morning, five kids{#blank#}5{#/blank#}shopping, and three went to the library. Two kids also{#blank#}6{#/blank#} computer games. On Saturday afternoon seven kids{#blank#}7{#/blank#} a movie or{#blank#}8{#/blank#} at home and watched TV. On Sunday, two kids{#blank#}9{#/blank#} friends or relatives. Nine kids{#blank#}10{#/blank#}their rooms, and five played sports.