Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some {#blank#}1{#/blank#} read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning, others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} in the world.

    Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may be so busy {#blank#}4{#/blank#} we only have a few minutes to look at the names of the passages.

    Newspapers can be {#blank#}5{#/blank#} everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see {#blank#}6{#/blank#} newspapers.

    Some newspapers are published once a week, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news, and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are {#blank#}8{#/blank#} in.

    Today newspapers in English have the largest number of {#blank#}9{#/blank#} in the world. The English language is popular, and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily and 21^st Century. They bring us more and more messages together with the Internet.

    Yesterday I heard from a friend. In his letter, he said,“I'm planning a housewarming party and I've already started making {#blank#}1{#/blank#} for it. It will start at 2 pm next Tuesday and last(持续) {#blank#}2{#/blank#} 9 pm. I hope you can come if possible.I am {#blank#}3{#/blank#} your coming.” But I am busy preparing for an important meeting these days. I have to turn it down. So I {#blank#}4{#/blank#} in writing to the invitation like this, “I'm glad that you invited me. It's such a big event that I don't want to miss(错过) it. But I really have an important meeting that day, so I won't be {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. I'm very sorry. I'll visit you another time.”

—Yes,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}is Mary.

    This term we have a new English teacher from Australia, Mr Green. He teaches very well and is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to us.

    Last Sunday some of my classmates and I went to visit him. He cooked some Australian food for us. We taught him {#blank#}2{#/blank#} to use chopsticks and the way of making dumplings.

    He had an interest in making Chinese food. He also told us a lot of western customs(习俗). For example, when they have dinner in a restaurant together, they {#blank#}3{#/blank#} keep quiet.

    When it was time for us to leave, I said to him, "Come to my home for dinner when you have time." He looked happy and asked, "When?" But {#blank#}4{#/blank#} fact, I was just to be polite. From that, we could see the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} from country to country.