This is my 1. How do you like it? I like it very much. It's always tidy. You can see a map of China and 2 pictures on the walls. My classmates and I draw（画）the pictures. We have a soccer in 3classroom, but you can't see it. It's under the  4 desk.

    Our teachers are always very5. They do many things every day. We have our lessons 6 8:00 in the morning to 4:00 in the afternoon.  7, we like playing games. Soccer is my favorite. My classmates like to play  8 with me because I can play it very well. Then in the evening, we have two more classes. I like to be with my classmates. I  9 a good time with them every day.

       10  about you? Do you like your classroom?

Dear Gina,

   This year I' m in Grade (年级)7. I have a(n)1in my new school and2name and telephone number are on3. I have a new friend — Eric, and his4name is Green. He is a very5boy and he is good to us. He has6little sisters — Kate and Amy. They are 5 years old.Kate's  favorite(特别喜爱的)7is yellow, and her pen and ruler are8.Amy often asks others(其他人)，“How9you?” or “What's your10?”They are So cute(可爱的).Do you have some interesting things? Please write to me soon(很快).

Yours，

Alice

    Once upon a time，a rich man wanted to make a trip to another town. He tried not only to take things to sell but also to take money to1things with. He2to take ten servants（仆人）with him. They would3the things to sell and the food to 4on their trip. Before they started，a little boy ran up to5and asked to6with them.

    The rich man said to the little boy，“Well，7may go with us. 8you are the smallest，the thinnest and the weakest of all my9 ， you can't carry a10load（担子）. You must11the lightest one to carry. ”The boy thanked his master and chose the biggest load to carry. That was bread. "You are12." said his master, "That is the biggest and the heaviest one." The boy didn't say13and lifted the load gladly.

    On the trip they walked for days and at last they got to the town. All the servants were very tired14the little servant. Do you know15? Most of the bread was eaten during the trip and a little was left when they arrived at the town.

    Ever since I was ten years old, I have decided to do everything on my own though I couldn't really understand them.

    When I was young , I always 1 the summer holiday with my grandfather at the mountain farm in Western Norway (挪威). 2 my grandfather had to work all day himself, he could spare some time for me.

    One day my grandfather said to me, "Come. I have a toy boat for you." I followed him to a workroom 3. However, nothing like that was there 4 a block of wood. "Is that the boat…?" I asked curiously. "No one can give you what you do for 5. With your own hands, you'll make it out of wood. Then it will be the 6 boat in your heart." Finally, I finished it with his help. Seeing the boat 7 in the lake Storvassdal, I felt 8 and thought everything nice around me.

    Good times don't last long. I had to 9 to America. Feeling sad, I hid my boat under a big rock at Storvassdal. Moreover, I didn't know that was the 10 time I saw my grandfather.

    Years later, I returned to the mountain farm with my parents and children. I searched for my boat, but 11. I was about to 12 when I touched something different under a big rock. Luckily, I found the boat which 13 grandfather and me. Holding it, I felt my grandfather was there and we 14 were together again.

    As time went by, each time I held the boat, I carved (刻) the year. My grandfather seemed 15. I went on the last trip to the farm with my grandchildren. High in the mountain, I hope they would understand the importance of the boat and its simple sign of self-reliance (自立).

    One Friday morning, Chen Hua gets up late. When he gets to the door of the classroom, Mr. Gao, his math{#blank#}1{#/blank#}（teach）says, "You are late again. Now how{#blank#}2{#/blank#}（much）times are you late this week?"

    "Three times," says Chen Hua.

    "Why are you late{#blank#}3{#/blank#}class?"

    "Because I get up late."

    "Why don't you go to bed{#blank#}4{#/blank#}/'ɜ(r)li/?" asks the teacher.

    "It isn't{#blank#}5{#/blank#}（I）fault（过错）, Mr. Gao. The TV show is over{#blank#}6{#/blank#}about eleven," answers Chen Hua.

    "Now, please give me your{#blank#}7{#/blank#}/'həʊmwɜ:（r）k/." says the teacher.

    "I'm sorry I don't do it," says Chen Hua.

    "Why don't you do it?" asks the teacher.

    "Because the first part of the homework{#blank#}8{#/blank#}（be）too easy. I don't think I need to do it. The second part is too{#blank#}9{#/blank#}/'dɪfɪkəlt/ for me. I can't work it out. {#blank#}10{#/blank#}I don't do it," answers Chen Hua again.

    You can always see some park workers dressed as movie or cartoon characters(角色) in some theme parks(主题公园）like Disneyland. We call them costumed characters. What is it like to be a costumed character at a theme park?

    Dave Jackson has this interesting job. He works as a costumed character in Disneyland. There are always so many visitors in this park. Every day Dave puts on a Mickey Mouse suit and plays with the visitors to make them happy. Many visitors, especially the young children, take photos with him.

    Some people may think his job is quite easy. But in fact, it's sometimes a little difficult. First of all, the costumes are very heavy. And it's difficult to go to the washing room with a heavy costume. Second, the space he works is very small, so he usually gets tired after standing there for a long time. What's more, the most difficult part is working in hot weather! He always sweats a lot, and the sweat can run into his eyes.

    "My job is not easy, but it is also great fun." says Dave. "Looking back, I must be in quite a lot of people's family photos. It is really cool.