When I was in the middle school, I was good at many subjects {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (除了) English. It was a little difficult for me and I often made {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (错误) in the test. I felt very sad.

    Luckily, my English teacher Miss Li was {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（相当地）kind. She advised me to buy a dictionary and {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(提议，提出) to help me solve {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (主要的，基础的) problems. Miss Li said that I {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(应该) speak English aloud and read {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(大量，众多) of English books. With her help, my English improved {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(迅速地,快地). It was much {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (更简单) for me to remember the words than before. And I became one of the actresses in the school English show at {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(终于，最后).

    I was thankful to my dear English teacher, Miss Li.

Dear Mary,

    How are you? It is two years since I saw you last time. I remember you were very busy helping your friend get ready for {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (she) wedding (婚礼) at that time. I hope it all went well and the weather stayed fine for you.

    I'm writing to tell you something {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (excite). My brother Andy finally decided {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (have) his wedding on 20 March.

    We'll send you {#blank#}4{#/blank#} invitation in a few weeks but this is just to let you know. We will invite relatives and close friends, so there {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (be) about forty people there. We look forward to {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (meet) you!

    I know it's quite a long way {#blank#}7{#/blank#} you to come, but Robbie is driving up from Manchester. So maybe you can {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (come) together. If not, I can meet you at the station-just tell me when your train arrives. In this way, you can get here even {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (early) than Robbie.

    I'm going away for two weeks from tomorrow, but you can call my parents at 0131-445892 {#blank#}10{#/blank#} send me an email. I really hope you can come!

Love from Marianne

    We live in a small town and almost everyone knows each other. It used to be very quiet. Nothing much ever happened around here. However, these days something unusual is {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(happen) in our town. Victor, a teacher at my school, is really nervous. When he was interviewed {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the town newspaper, he said, "Every night we hear strange noises outside {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(we) window. My wife thinks that it could be {#blank#}4{#/blank#}animal, but my friends and I think it must be teenagers having fun. My parents called the policemen, but they couldn't find anything strange. They think it might be the wind. I don't think so!"

    Victor's next-door neighbor Helen is {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(worry), too. "At first, I thought that it might be a dog, but I couldn't see a dog or anything else, either. So I guess it can't be a dog. But then, what could it be?" One woman in the area {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(see) something running away, but it was dark so she is not sure." I think it was too big to be a dog," she said." Maybe it {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(be) a bear or a wolf."

    Everyone in our town is feeling{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(easy), and everyone has his or her ideas. There must be something visiting the homes in our neighborhood,{#blank#}9{#/blank#}what is it? We have no idea. Most people hope that this animal {#blank#}10{#/blank#}person will simply go away, but I do not think that is going to happen. The noise-maker is having too much fun creating fear in the neighborhood.

    Mike is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} 8-year-old Australian boy. He stays in China now, and his parents work in China. He has been in China {#blank#}2{#/blank#}three years.

    Mike likes to collect stamps. He {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (have) a lot of Chinese stamps since he came to China. Mike is learning Chinese now. He studies very hard, but he usually has many mistakes. He tries to spend more time reading Chinese{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(story). He often loses{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (he) in reading. Sometimes, mistakes make him learn much {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(fast). Now he can write lots of Chinese words {#blank#}7{#/blank#}working hard. He was so lucky{#blank#}8{#/blank#}he will have the chance to enter a competition called Chinese Bridge in Hunan.

    Mike likes Beijing Roast Duck very much, because it tastes delicious. He wants to learn how{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(cook) Roast Duck because his parents also like it. He hopes he can live and study {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (happy) in China.