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    Some years ago, I went to Australia for a meeting with my friend, Chris. We decided to drive across the country to Brisbane after the meeting ended. The drive was going to take four days and most of it was across the desert, so we had to take food, water, and extra gas(汽油) w{#blank#}1{#/blank#} us.
    The first day was a lot of fun as we were excited and laughing at each other's jokes. By the third day of driving in the seemingly endless desert, we began to get b{#blank#}2{#/blank#} . We had been quiet for a few hours when Chris found some kangaroos in the distance. We were b{#blank#}3{#/blank#} excited and decided to get a closer look. Chris speeded up to c{#blank#}4{#/blank#}  up with the kangaroos. We got closer and closer, and Chris was doing 110 kilometers per hour. We were very close to the kangaroos—too close—when we heard a loud BANG!
    Chris s{#blank#}5{#/blank#}  the car and we got out. Behind the car was a larger kangaroo l{#blank#}6{#/blank#} completely quiet on the ground. Chris went over to the kangaroo and put his baseball cap on its h{#blank#}7{#/blank#} . He took off his sunglasses and put them on the kangaroo and did the same with his jacket. Then he put his arm a{#blank#}8{#/blank#} the kangaroo and told me to take a photo of them together. I was still surprised, but I took out my c{#blank#}9{#/blank#} . While I was ready to take photos, I saw the kangaroo move. It suddenly woke up, looked at Chris, and jumped away into the distance before we could do anything.
    I started laughing but Chris looked very serious. He said his wallet and passport were in the jacket. I started laughing even harder. I stopped laughing, h{#blank#}10{#/blank#} , when he said that our car keys were also in the jacket!

    It is a Tree-Planting Day. The {#blank#}1{#/blank#} is shining. ZhaoWen{#blank#}2{#/blank#} CaoLanfang are planting trees {#blank#}3{#/blank#}the river. Zhao Wen has {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a hole large enough for the {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. But the hole is not too deep. Cao Lanfang is now ready to{#blank#}6{#/blank#} the tree into the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} Then they will put the earth {#blank#}8{#/blank#} in it again and get water {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the river to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the tree. They had a hard but nice day。

    There are twelve months in a year and my favourite month is June. June 1 is {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(children) Day. On that day, my mother often {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(buy) some beautiful clothes for me. On the 12^th,we have a basketball game. Basketball is my favourite {#blank#}3{#/blank#}.I like watching basketball games {#blank#}4{#/blank#}TV. My birthday is in July. I want {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(have) a birthday party and invite my friends to my home.

    In China, more and more middle school students are getting{#blank#}1{#/blank#}（short）sleeping time than before. Most students sleep less than nine{#blank#}2{#/blank#}（hour）every night, because they have much homework{#blank#}3{#/blank#}（do）.Some homework is given by their teachers, and some by{#blank#}4{#/blank#}（they）parents.Also,some students don't know{#blank#}5{#/blank#} to save（节省） time.They are not careful enough while they do their homework,so it{#blank#}6{#/blank#}them a lot of time.Some students spend too much time{#blank#}7{#/blank#}（watch）TV or playing computer games. They stay up（熬夜）very{#blank#}8{#/blank#}.Some students have to get up early every morning on weekdays to get to school on time by bus or by bike. It can be a long{#blank#}9{#/blank#}from home to school.

    Schools and parents should cut down some of the homework so that our children can enjoy more than nine hours of sleep every night for their health.{#blank#}10{#/blank#} children, we should make best use of（很好地利用）our time. When we have enough time for sleeping, we will find it much better for both our study and health.

    Hi, my name is Jeff Smith. Smith is my {#blank#}1{#/blank#} name. I have short curly hair.  I'm {#blank#}2{#/blank#} English boy. I'm fourteen {#blank#}3{#/blank#} old. I live in Shantou {#blank#}4{#/blank#} my father and mother. I like playing computer games and {#blank#}5{#/blank#} songs. My favorite color is {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. I like green clothes. I study in Longhu Experimental Middle School, the best school in Shantou. I am in Class Eleven, Grade Seven. In my class, there {#blank#}7{#/blank#} thirty-two boys and thirty-three girls. Guo Runfeng and Wang Xuanhan are in Class Eleven with me. We are in the same {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. They are my good friends. They help me {#blank#}9{#/blank#} Chinese and I help them with English. My English teacher is Kelly Wu. She is a very good teacher. Her {#blank#}10{#/blank#} are very active. We all like her. And she likes us, too.

    My family makes the best chicken salad. Dad prepares all of the ingredients and Mom makes the relish. There{#blank#}1{#/blank#}a few things that make this chicken salad different from other chicken salad. First, we use fruit jam in the relish. You can buy any fruit jam, like banana jam or orange jam. But we have bottles of strawberry jam that my mother made, so we use strawberry jam. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(two), we put some green olives(橄榄). Green olives give the salad{#blank#}3{#/blank#}interesting taste and make a big{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(different). Now let me tell you how{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (make)the salad.

    First, mix{#blank#}6{#/blank#}all of the salad ingredients in a large bowl. The ingredients are{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(chicken), tomatoes, green olives, onions and apples. {#blank#}8{#/blank#}you like lettuce, you can also put some. Next, make the relish. Please mix the jam, the juice and the salt. Finally, mix the relish with the salad ingredients.

    Do you have a favorite chicken salad recipe? Please tell{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(we)about it. You can write{#blank#}10{#/blank#}greensalad@yahoo.com.