Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California's Santa Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles from home. I couldn't reach anyone to pick me up, so I1to take a bus. Not knowing the routes(线路), I thought I should just go east.

    A bus stopped. I got 2and asked the driver how far she was going. "Ten more miles, "she said. There was3bus I could take from there. This clearly was going to be a long night. I got off at the end of the route and she told me which bus to look4.After waiting for 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi5home. Then a bus came up. There was no lighted number above its windshield(挡风玻璃).It was out of service, but the door opened. It was the same driver." I just can't leave you here, "she said." This isn't the nicest place. I will take you home." "You will drive me home on the bus? "I asked in 6. "No, I will take you in my car," she said. "It's a long way, "I insisted." Come on, "she said." I have nothing 7to do." She began telling me a story 8we drove from the station in the car. A few days9, her brother had run out of gasoline(汽油).A kind man picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car." I'm just passing the kindness along," she said. When I offered her money as a thank-you, she refused." Just do 10nice for somebody. Pass it along, "she said.

Boys and girls, this summer vacation is the time for you to take your mind off homework and prepare for the future. The following is some advice on how   {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(make) your vacation meaningful and colourful.

Take regular exercise. You  {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(work) most of the time already. So you need to join in outdoor 

{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (activity), which can bring your whole body into action. You can keep  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(health) by doing different kinds of exercise, such as playing basketball, jogging and mountain climbing.

Learn some basic life skills. One day, you will live by  {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(you). You can't depend on your family any longer.  {#blank#}6{#/blank#}you should learn to cook, wash and other practical skills.

Go for a journey. Travel to places of interest. In this way, you'll understand cultures that are different 

{#blank#}7{#/blank#}those of your home town. Beautiful sights can also make you  {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(total) relaxed.

Enjoy family time. Don't always sit in front of  {#blank#}9{#/blank#}computer. It's great fun for family members to sit around the table, discussing sports, clothes or other common topics.

 {#blank#}10{#/blank#}you follow the advice above, your vacation will be full of joy and meaningful. We wish you a wonderful time!

A fun farming class took place outside of the classroom!{#blank#}1{#/blank#} September 15, Grade 7 students from Jinan No. 34 Middle School, Shandong, went on a special trip. They learned about {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, reported Qilu News.

At the farm, teachers talked about wheat (小麦) and vegetables with {#blank#}3{#/blank#} and answered their questions. The students {#blank#}4{#/blank#} wheat and different kinds of vegetables. They touched the wheat and learned that farmers {#blank#}5{#/blank#} get the wheat at the end of September. "I wrote down all the useful knowledge in {#blank#}6{#/blank#} notebook," said Dong Guangye. He learned that eating fresh vegetables can be good for people's health.

Other students {#blank#}7{#/blank#} learned something new. "I knew about wheat only from textbooks. This time, I saw real one s and learned how they grow," said Fang Weiqian.

{#blank#}8{#/blank#} this, Ling Mingze thought that farming was something old. But this trip changed her ideas. "I saw really cool farming {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, and they showed me how Chinese farming changes {#blank#}10{#/blank#} and gets better," said she.

Both students and teachers thought this was a meaningful activity.

Hello, I'm Linda. I'm 12. I have a good friend. 1 name is Cherry. She is 13. Look! This is Cherry's 2 . It's nice and tidy.

A purple bed is in the room. Cherry likes purple. 3 is that on the bed? It's her schoolbag. It's purple, too. A model plane and a pencil box are on the desk. In the pencil box you can see some  4 , pencils and rulers. What 5 is the desk? It's white. Where are her books? They are under the desk. Some CDs and tapes are 6 the desk, too. A chair is next to(紧挨着) the desk. Cherry's 7 is on the chair. It's an English dictionary. Where is Cherry's tablet(平板电脑)? It's in the box under the chair. It's made in China. You can see8 girls in the room. One is Cherry and the other(另一个) is her 9 , Lucy. Lucy is her aunt's daughter. She always comes to Cherry's room. A cat is in the room, too. I 10 her name. It's Mimi. Cherry likes her room.

Dear Nancy,

You asked me about places {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (go) and things to do in my town. The Downtown Mall is always fun. It's a {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (shop) place in the oldest part of town. There are some good stores and restaurants there, for example, Trendy Clothing Store. It's a fun place to shop, and it has the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (good) quality(质量) clothes. The shop assistants are {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (friend) to people.

My favorite restaurant in the town is Nick's Restaurant. It is close {#blank#}5{#/blank#} my house. It's cheap and the hamburgers there are great. I like Dragon City Restaurant, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. You can eat wonderful noodles there and the beef noodles are the most delicious! You must try the dumplings there, too! But it's more expensive {#blank#}7{#/blank#} Nick's Restaurant. The Big Cinema is the best cinema in my town. It {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (have) the biggest screens and the most comfortable seats. The Del Ray Complex is also a good place to see {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (movie). It doesn't have the newest movies, but the tickets are the cheapest.

Anyway, there are lots of things to do and to see here. Come for {#blank#}10{#/blank#} visit soon.

Yours,

Linda