Let me tell you something about Mr Lu. He lives n{#blank#}1{#/blank#} to us. He is a Maths teacher. He is about forty years old and looks very strict (严格的) . In fact, after class he is very k{#blank#}2{#/blank#}.

    He always gets up very e{#blank#}3{#/blank#} and he always goes to w{#blank#}4{#/blank#} very early too. In class, he is very strict. If a student makes a noise, he will be very a{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. He always tells his students ,“We're h{#blank#}6{#/blank#}a Maths class now,aren't we? Don't make any noise, OK?”

    But when class is o{#blank#}7{#/blank#},Mr Lu is very kind and f{#blank#}8{#/blank#} He always tells jokes to his students. His students are always very h{#blank#}9{#/blank#} because the jokes are very i{#blank#}10{#/blank#}.

    I lived a quiet life with my mom, dad and two sisters But one day my dad told me something and my life started to be different -- We would move to a new town. I {#blank#}1{#/blank#} for months about starting a new school.

    On the first day of school, I walked into my new classroom and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} very hard not to look scared. But it wasn't {#blank#}3{#/blank#} when twenty-eight students looked at me. They all looked so cool. Mr. Bernstein introduced (把……介绍给) me to the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} and asked me to sit in the back of the room, next to another .girl. Her name was Janet. "What is she like? Does she like sitting with me?" I{#blank#}5{#/blank#}

    After class, it was lunchtime. I walked to the dining hall with Janet. We sat at the {#blank#}6{#/blank#} table. We ate and asked each other questions. Sisters? We both (两个都) had two, and we were both the youngest (最年轻的) in the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} Home? We lived quite near. It was only fifteen minutes' walk from her home to {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. We had more smiles (微笑) on our faces when we got to {#blank#}9{#/blank#} more about each other.

    At the end of the day, my morn asked me {#blank#}10{#/blank#} it was going at school. "I can't wait for the second day to come," I said. I knew it would be a good year for me.

    Some people still live in their home town. However, others may only visit{#blank#}1{#/blank#}once or twice a year. Millions of Chinese leave the countryside{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(search)for work in the cities. Among these is Hua Xing. He{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(live)in Wenzhou for the last 13 years. With a hard job{#blank#}4{#/blank#}a factory, he seldom visits his home town." I haven't been back for three years. It's{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(shame), "he says. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(develop) have been good in Hua Xing's home town since 2002, for example, new roads{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(appear). A new school {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(build). However, some things will never change in his home town. The big old tree is still beside the playground. Children in his time{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(usual) liked to play together under it. It was{#blank#}10{#/blank#}happy childhood.