Lao She is one of the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (great) Chinese writers of the 20th century. He is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} excellent writer, he is also a great modern novelist and dramatist（剧作家）. He is named "the People's Artist".

    Lao She was born in a poor family in Beijing. He worked his way through college. After {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (finish) school, he started {#blank#}4{#/blank#} （work）as a teacher in primary and middle schools. He liked writing since he was a child. He didn't write his first novel until 1933.

    He is famous {#blank#}5{#/blank#} his novel Camel Xiangzi and one of his most famous plays {#blank#}6{#/blank#} Teahouse. Teahouse shows the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} of the Chinese people between 1898 and 1945. It makes people {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (think) about society. Most people like to see it. 

   Like {#blank#}9{#/blank#} famous intellectuals (知识分子) in China, he experienced lots of bad things in the middle 1960s. He killed himself in a lake in 1966. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} unlucky he was!

    A lot of people like keeping pets. The most common pets that are {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(keep) throughout the world are cats and dogs. The following are the major advantages of keeping pets. Pets {#blank#}2{#/blank#}dogs need regular walking and exercise for proper development. As you take your dog out for {#blank#}3{#/blank#}walk, you are also going to exercise your whole body. In fact, dog owners spent a lot more time {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(walk) compared to other people.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}sharing your problems and difficulties with good friends is good, research shows that spending some time with your pets might be more useful . Also, when doing {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(difficulty) things, people experience less stress if they have their pets with them. This could possibly be because pets do not question or judge their {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(own); they simply support them. People who walk with their pets, especially dogs, {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(be) more welcoming and it gives them something to talk about with other people. This way, they can make friends {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(easy).

    Keeping pets has various advantages, but {#blank#}10{#/blank#}also has some disadvantages. Pets come with extra work and this can cause stress to the owners.

    Hi, my good friends. I am John. I have a sister. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (she) name is Alice. She is in Grade Nine. She has good {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (eat) habits. For breakfast, she usually {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (have) a hamburger and some milk. For lunch. she usually likes some {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (tomato), potatoes, soup(汤) and rice. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} dinner, she likes to eat chicken, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} egg and porridge(稀饭). After dinner, she likes to eat fruit, like apples, bananas, pears and {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (strawberry). She only eats a little meat every day, because she {#blank#}8{#/blank#} like it very much.

    She likes sports, {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. She often plays ping pong with me after she finishes her homework(完成作业). And she plays it very {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (good).