Dear Sir,

    I would like to recommend Liu Hua for this year's Youth Service Award.

    Liu Hua is a clever girl. She is very good at drawing and she often teaches children how to draw after school.

    Liu Hua is kind and friendly. She comes to our community center every day. She does a lot of things for the center. Sometimes she comes to the center at the weekends to teach English. All the members of the community center like her very much.

    Last month, Liu Hua broke her arm while playing tennis, but she did not stop coming to the center. She said that she felt happy to help others.

    Many members think that Liu Hua should get an award for her hard work. We look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

Xiao Hong

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    What do you like? Have you got an idea?

A. They like soft music.

B. Not everyone likes the same color.

C. Millions of people watch the game on TV.

D. They eat fruit and vegetables most of the time.

E. Some other people enjoy beautiful places like the mountains or beaches.

    The Browns and Mary leave the train station for their home. After half an hour, they get to the Browns' home. Mary sees her new home, and she is very happy. She puts her jacket on the bed. Then Mrs. Brown says, "Mary, don't put your dirty jacket on the bed. "

    It's time for lunch. Mary is happy because she sees her favorite food chicken on the table. She tastes it and says, "Very nice. " Then Mr. Brown says, "Mary, you can't eat before your grandparents eat. And you mustn't talk when eating. "

    After lunch, Mary goes into Peter's room. Peter is not happy. He says, "Mary, you can't come into my room without(没有) asking me.

In the evening, the Browns go to bed but Mary doesn't. She is not happy because she thinks there are too many rules at the Browns' home. With her jacket, Mary goes to the train station. She likes it because there're no rules there.

Dear Jack,

    How are you? How was your weekend?

    I had a great weekend. My mother taught me to make noodles. We made delicious noodles together. I cleaned my room and washed my clothes. I also helped my father wash his car. I went to the library on Sunday with my friend Jerry. We had a good time in the library.

    Next weekend, I'm going to visit my grandparents. They live in a village. It's two hours away from my house. We are going to take a bus there. My grandparents like eating fruit. So I will bring them some apples and bananas. I'm going to climb a mountain with my cousin Tom. It will be fun. The English test is coming. So I'm going to study for the test.

    Did you have a good weekend? What are you going to do next weekend?

Write back soon.

Susan

    My name is Jerry. I am eleven years old. I am a student. I have only a bag, but I have five books and ten pencils. I want to send a letter. I don't have any stamps, but I have some envelopes. I have some paper, too.

    Do you live in a city? Do you know how cities began? Long long ago, there were only a few thousand people in the world. These people moved from one place to another. They moved over the land, hunting animals for food.

    No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did, their lives changed. They did not have to move any more.

    They could stay m one place and grow food there. People began to live near each other, so the first

    Villages appeared. Many people came to work in the villages, and these villages became larger and larger.

    Then people had machines. Life in the villages changed again. People built factories. More and more People lived near the factories, so the villages grew into cities. Some of them grew very big.

    Today, it's strange that some people are moving back to small villages. Can you tell me why?