My name is George．I'm from England．Now I'm studying in Germany．I get to school at 7：30 every morning．I find many of my schoolmates come to school by bike． 1

    This is an interesting thing for me．In England people usually drive，take a bus or walk somewhere,for example，to school．In Germany,I often see people，even people over eighty years old going somewhere by bike．It makes me think： 2

    My father gives the answer．We are living in Northern Germany,It is very fiat(平坦的)．So it is easy for people here to go somewhere quickly by bike．And it's cheaper than(比……更便宜)going by car or by bus．Also，it's good for the environment(环境)．

    I like riding bikes now． 3  When I go back to England．I will ride more and ask my friends to ride with me．I think they will like riding bikes，too．

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    Every week, Julia would go to visit her grandparents. ①The grandfather would give each child a few coins and tell them to buy something they like. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}They would buy toys and candy. After they grew a little bit older, their parents thought that it was time for them to learn how to manage（管理）money. So the parents asked the children to think of ways to manage money.

Ruben is the cleverest boy. He decided to earn money by buying and selling things. ②他得到了来自全家的支持。{#blank#}2{#/blank#}But Nico, the smallest child, still spent the money as usual. Ruben thought ③it was unfair and he stopped saving his money, too.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}

    For little Julia, she had a wonderful, secret plan. But ④她的父母对她感到非常失望. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}They thought Julia wasn't doing anything.

    One day, Julia came with a violin and played it for the family. Everyone was surprised. They knew that Julia liked the violin. ⑤but her family was too poor to afford the violin classes for her. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}So, Julia found a street violinist and asked his to teach her. In return, she gave his all her money. The violinist was deeply moved by Julia. He taught her for months and rent a violin to her. Then, Julia gave performances with the violinist in the street. By doing this, she earned enough money to pay for the violin.

    In northern Scotland there is a long deep lake called Loch Ness.  More than 200 meters deep, it is the largest lake in the UK.  People  say  a  big monster (怪兽)  lives in its dark, cold waters. It weighs more than 1,000 kilos and is at least ten meters long. Some people say it has a head like a horse. Others say it looks like a snake. Many people travel to Loch Ness to look for this strange monster, but only a few people have seen it. At least, they say they have seen it.

    The Loch Ness Monster is a famous legend (传说). The first story about a monster in Loch Ness was told over 500 years ago, but the legend of the monster spread widely only in the twentieth century. In 1933, a husband and wife reported that they saw a big monster in Loch Ness. Several people have taken photos, but at least one of them was a hoax (骗局). During the 1960s, a team was formed to look for the monster. They took many photos and made movies, but they were never able to find a monster.

    There is no real fact that a monster lives in Loch Ness, but there is also no fact that one doesn't live. One thing is true about Loch Ness: there are a lot of tourists there.

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    The Spring Festival is Chinese people's festival. There are different names for each Chinese year. We call it the Year of the Rooster, the Year of Gog…And this year is the Year of Pig.

    Before the festival, people are busy shopping and cleaning their houses. On the eve, there is a big family dinner. After dinner, all the family stay up late to welcome the New Year.

    On the Spring Festival, people put on their new clothes and go to visit their relatives and friends. They say "Happy New Year" and some other greetings to each other. People have a good time during the festival.