After almost 24 hour of traveling, I was in Beijing. I was {#blank#}1{#/blank#} with some of my classmates. We were all tired and dirty. Even at the airport, it was {#blank#}2{#/blank#} that we were in a foreign country which was very different {#blank#}3{#/blank#} our own. For us, the language sounded very{#blank#}4{#/blank#} . Although nervous, I felt excited.
It's amazing{#blank#}5{#/blank#} there are so many places of interest (名胜) in Beijing. We visited the Forbidden City, Tian'anmen Square and the Great Wall.
One day, Li Bo, a Chinese friend of {#blank#}6{#/blank#} , took us to visit a village. On the way, it rained {#blank#}7{#/blank#} . we were wet when we arrived, but we were happy to see the mountains in the{#blank#}8{#/blank#} . They were really beautiful. The China Study Tour made me {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a lot about the country, the people I met and even myself. It was the most valuable (宝贵的) part of my college life. I often encourage my friends to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a study tour. There's no other way to learn so much in only four weeks!

    Linda and Betty were both nineteen years old. In June, after a school year was over, they {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  to take a vacation in the countryside. They went to several towns and villages, visited some places of interest, saw and heard a lot of interesting things. They enjoyed  {#blank#}2{#/blank#}very much.
    One afternoon, they  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  going to stay overnight in a small town. It was too hot to go  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}and they wished they could find a river and swim in the cool water. They were driving the car  {#blank#}5{#/blank#}while they were looking around. Suddenly Linda saw a lake not far away. They drove there   {#blank#}6{#/blank#} and stopped the car by the lake. They looked around and found a woman sitting on a stone and   {#blank#}7{#/blank#}   there. After they took off their clothes and were going to jump into the water, the woman came up to them and shouted,
  “Sorry, madams.  Swimming is not   {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  in the lake!”
  “Why didn't you tell us about it before we took off our clothes?" Betty said  {#blank#}9{#/blank#}   .
  “But it isn't forbidden to take off clothes by the lake,”  {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the woman.

    Dave is my best friend. His family is rich. His parents always give him lots of money. But Dave thinks his parents work very {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(hard) and it's not easy for them to make money, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} he always tries his best to save money. He has some good {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(way) to do it.

    Dave likes {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(read). He has a lot of books. He tells me he often buys books online, because they're cheaper online {#blank#}5{#/blank#} in a shop. And when he has free time, he often goes to bookstores {#blank#}6{#/blank#} libraries to do some reading.

    Dave likes riding a bike. He usually goes to school {#blank#}7{#/blank#} bike instead of taking a bus. Sometimes when it rains or snows, he walks. These two ways help Dave keep in good {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(health) and save some money.

    I remembered that Dave {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(bring) a bottle of water to school every day when we were at school. When other students drank juice, he enjoyed his water. He said he could buy water most cheaply of all the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(drink).

    Hello, everyone! Tomorrow we'll go for a trip in the mountains. Before we start, there are some {#blank#}1{#/blank#} and suggestions for you. First, everyone should {#blank#}2{#/blank#} sports shoes. Second, when you walk in the mountains, you mustn't walk too {#blank#}3{#/blank#} "to the edge of the path. Third, you must keep {#blank#}4{#/blank#} or you'll get lost. Fourth, bring some water with you, or you'll be {#blank#}5{#/blank#}.

    We need to put up a tent to stay at night in the mountains. Be careful of the {#blank#}6{#/blank#} when you are in the forest. Although some animals look {#blank#}7{#/blank#} they are really dangerous. If you meet animals, don't move suddenly. Just keep still until they {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. Remember to hang your food in the tree before you go to sleep Hope everyone can have a good trip.

    About a hundred people lived in a very small mountain village. It was very {#blank#}1{#/blank#} from the other villages and towns. They had few {#blank#}2{#/blank#} and none of them left the village. Of course there was neither electricity(电) nor gas(煤气) there.

    Once a writer{#blank#}3{#/blank#} the village. The backwardness(落后) of the village surprised him. He decided {#blank#}4{#/blank#} about it to the world. So he took the oldest villager to London. The old man told all about his home and village to the people. Several months {#blank#}5{#/blank#} he returned. All the villagers went to see him and asked him how he had enjoyed {#blank#}6{#/blank#} in the city.

    “Everything is {#blank#}7{#/blank#} in London,” the old man said, “I've {#blank#}8{#/blank#} to many good places and eaten all kinds of nice food and other things. But the trouble was I could not {#blank#}9{#/blank#} at night. ”

    “What happened to you?” his wife asked.

    “The{#blank#}10{#/blank#}was on in my bedroom all the time.”

    “Why not blow it out, then?”

    “I tried, but it was inside a little glass bottle.”

    Have you ever read Tom Sawyer? It's about a boy called Tom Sawyer. He lives {#blank#}1{#/blank#} his aunt Polly. He often gets into trouble with his aunt. Aunt Polly is very kind, but Tom thinks she is always trying to control him.

    Tom loves to {#blank#}2{#/blank#} risks. He does a lot of bad things, but he never really hurts anyone. He tries very hard not to go to school, and often jumps out of his bedroom window at night to {#blank#}3{#/blank#} his friends.

    Tom's best friend is Huck Finn, a boy who has no home. In the book, Tom, Huck, and another boy decide to leave the town{#blank#}4{#/blank#} they think that living there is too boring. They run away to an island in the middle of a river. They make fires, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} fish and sleep under the stars. They also make a {#blank#}6{#/blank#} to travel up and down the river. Without seeing the boys for days, the people in the town think that {#blank#}7{#/blank#} have died. One day, when Tom comes back to his aunt's {#blank#}8{#/blank#} to leave a letter saying that he is not dead, he hears his aunt talking about his funeral (葬礼). Then Tom has {#blank#}9{#/blank#} idea. On the morning of their funeral, the boys run back into the town and attend their own funeral before telling everyone that they are still alive. Isn't it {#blank#}10{#/blank#}? Do you want to read it?