David is a middle school student. He lived in a small 1 for fifteen years. His father, Mr. Hill, was a rich farmer and later on he 2 a shop in our town. He bought a house here last month. His 3 moved to the new house and his son began to study in our class. But he had a few 4 here. At first he often played by 5.

    His neighbor Cathy is a kind girl. She has many friends. She finds the boy never talks with anybody and decides to help him. David 6 to stay with her and talks to her a lot. Now they're good friends.

    One afternoon, Cathy told David. "It'll be my sixteenth birthday tomorrow, I'll have a birthday party. Will you come please?

    "Certainly. I'm glad to," the boy said 7.

    David got home and thought of a 8 he could give to Cathy. He was sorry that he 9 to ask the girl what she liked. He couldn't 10 her because he didn't know her telephone number. At that moment Mrs. Hill came and asked, "What's the matter, dear?"

    "What would you like if it was your sixteenth birthday, Mummy?"

    "Nothing, "the woman said, "I just wish I were 16.

    A British man learned the skills to perform Beijing Opera, making people enjoy his lively performance of the Monkey King.

Ghaffar Pourazar, born in Iran, is full of interest about China. In 1993, he happened to watch Beijing Opera which professionals from Beijing performed in London. Ghaffar fell in love with the beautiful voices, colorful costumes, excellent shows and so on. So after one year, he arrived in China alone and became a student of Beijing Opera at a Beijing school.

At the age of 32, he had to learn with children every day. For him, it was difficult to learn the dialogue in Beijing Opera and it was even his biggest obstacle. But he never gave up.

Four years later, he began to learn to perform the Monkey King, a traditional character(人物) from the Chinese classic story Journey to the West. He arrived in the workroom an hour earlier than other performers and also bought books and CDs to better understand the character. He once got a top international prize(奖品) for performing the Monkey King.

To help more people enjoy Beijing Opera, Ghaffar often teaches the traditional art form in schools in the US, Britain and other countries. Ghaffar led(带领) a group of actors to perform 66 times in a month and a half in the United States. He also led a 48-member team to perform in Malaysia. In the past 10 years, he has performed(已经表演了) more than 400 shows.

A: Hey, did you hear the news? The Zhengzhou—Xuchang subway has opened!

B: No, I didn't. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}?

A: It started at 6 a. m. on December 26th.

B: Good news! I plan to take it. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}?

A: There are 27 stations in total on this line, covering both Zhengzhou and Xuchang.

B: It's a really convenient way to travel between the two cities.

A: {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. It not only improves transportation, but also is good for the trade.

B: I'm just going to visit Henan Museum in Zhengzhou this weekend. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}?

A: Of course. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}?

B: How about 9 a. m. at the gate of the station? This is going to be such an exciting experience.

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It was the last day of my summer holiday in Spain. I was staying with my family in the south of Spain. It was a very nice 1 with lots to see, such as a very big castle（城堡）and a very interesting museum. Every morning before we 2 our busy day, I would get up early and go to the market to buy fresh fruit and vegetables. 3 I became friends with the market traders who were 4 to see me and greeted（打招呼）me with friendly smiles. So, on that day I had my camera with me and I asked some market traders to stand 5 for a photo. "Of course!" they replied. And they got 6 for me to take the photo. I was looking 7 my camera and walking backwards when suddenly, I 8 to the ground and at the same time knocked a stall（货摊）over. All the produce（农产品）went flying into the air and fell on top of 9 . But it wasn't fruit. It was hundreds of very small 10 and they were all over me. I was very dirty. 

I went red as a beetroot（脸涨得通红）! Everyone in the market burst out laughing which made me very 11 at first. But in the end, I saw the funny 12 of it and started laughing too. I gave the man at the fish stall my 13 , and he took a photo of me covered in fish. I laugh every time I look at that 14 and I don't think it was a very 15 experience at all. 

David, a 15-year-old boy from England, lives in Shanghai with his parents now. He is very healthy. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}, he had some bad habits in the past. He liked to stay up late and he usually played computer games on the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} at night. In the morning, he got up late and didn't eat breakfast. For lunch and dinner, he ate junk food. He liked eating candies very much and he {#blank#}3{#/blank#} ate them every day. And he hardly ever exercised. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} his parents asked him to do sports, he never listened.

Last year, David often felt tired. His parents were worried about his {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, so they took him to the hospital. The doctor told David that he was in poor health (健康欠佳). Then David decided to do something. "I'll try to spend {#blank#}6{#/blank#} time on the computer," he said. "I'll try to eat healthy food. And I'll get up early and exercise at least {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a week. Besides, I will do the housework with my parents {#blank#}8{#/blank#}."

Now he loves doing sports. After dinner, he often helps his parents with the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. On weekends, he hardly ever plays computer games. He also loves reading some English {#blank#}10{#/blank#} such as Time in his free time. These good habits help him keep healthy.