Football is, I suppose, the most popular game in England. Rich and{#blank#}1{#/blank#} , young and old, you can see them all there, shouting and{#blank#}2{#/blank#} for one side or the other.
        You may be surprised to find that even the smallest boy seems to have the great{#blank#}3{#/blank#} of the game. He can tell you the names of the players in most of the important teams. He has{#blank#}4{#/blank#} of them and knows the results of many matches. He will tell you who he expects will{#blank#}5{#/blank#} such and such a match, and his opinion is usually as valuable as that of men three or four times his age.
     In England, it is{#blank#}6{#/blank#} that education means not only filling a boy's mind with facts in a classroom but also training character. One of the{#blank#}7{#/blank#} ways of training character is by playing games,{#blank#}8{#/blank#} team games, where the boy has to learn to work with others for his team, instead of working{#blank#}9{#/blank#} himself alone.
    Football is good exercise for the{#blank#}10{#/blank#} , it is a team game, it needs skill and a quick brain. So the school often arranges games and matches for its pupils.

I'm Kate, and my{#blank#}1{#/blank#}is Gina. I'm tidy,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}Gina is not. In our room, my books and tapes {#blank#}3{#/blank#} in the bookcase. My keys are in my schoolbag. I {#blank#}4{#/blank#}a clock. It's on the desk. Gina's books are{#blank#}5{#/blank#}—on her bed, on the sofa and {#blank#}6{#/blank#}the chair. The white model plane is{#blank#}7{#/blank#}. It's under the desk. ”Where are my {#blank#}8{#/blank#}? Where's my ruler?{#blank#}9{#/blank#}_ my schoolbag?” Gina always {#blank#}10{#/blank#}.

    What is the highest mountain on earth? Most of us think the {#blank#}1{#/blank#}is Mount Qomolangma. But there is something that is three hundred and four {#blank#}2{#/blank#}taller than Mount Qomolangma. However, it is mainly underwater. It begins at the{#blank#}3{#/blank#} of the Pacific Ocean. Its {#blank#}4{#/blank#}is Manna Loa. In the Hawaiian language, Mauna Loa{#blank#}5{#/blank#}"Long Mountain". It is the {#blank#}6{#/blank#}and most active volcano(火山)on earth．It has produced liquid (液体的)rock more than thirty{#blank#}7{#/blank#}. Liquid rock is also called lava(熔岩). Today, Mauna Loa is{#blank#}8{#/blank#}. It doesn't produce lava．However, volcano expels say it is only a matter of time before this happens once again.

    Couplets (联) have been around for about 600 years. It {#blank#}1{#/blank#} in the Ming Dynasty. People {#blank#}2{#/blank#} red paper instead of peachwood charms to {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the Spring Festival couplets. After the Qing Dynasty, the couplets were once {#blank#}4{#/blank#} popular. Lots of famous couplets appeared. With the development (发展) of the international cultural exchange, the couplets were also {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Singapore and other {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. The customs of sticking these couplets still {#blank#}7{#/blank#} now.

    Couplets are usually in different {#blank#}8{#/blank#} and colors. Nice words and sentences are {#blank#}9{#/blank#} on the couplets. Different couplets are put on doors, walls or windows as symbols of wishes for good {#blank#}10{#/blank#} and a happy new year.

    You may have no idea about how{#blank#}1{#/blank#}our motherland is. With a history of more than 5, 000 years, China has always been a mysterious land to foreigners. In 2008, a documentary(纪录片) called Wild China was broadcast on BBC. There were six episodes(集) in all-Heart of the Dragon, Shangri la, Tibet, Beyond the Grear Wall. Land of the Panda and Tides of Change. This 300-minute long documentary shocked the audience with China's beautiful scenery.

    Wild China may be the best of China. However, it is more than a travelogue. The documentary not only{#blank#}2{#/blank#}the wildlife of China but also the way it{#blank#}3{#/blank#}and interacts with human life. From high definition cameras, you can see the beautiful Himalayas and the Gobi desert; you can take a look at the hills of Southern China filled with rice paddies(水稻田) and the land of the panda; you can also discover how silk is collected and the history of the Silk Road.

    It is interesting to see what our motherland{#blank#}4{#/blank#}from foreigners' eyes. If you are too busy to travel around China, you are in luck because Wild China can take you on a visual journey of our motherland.

    Some insects, such as butterflies and ladybugs, are quite beautiful, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}did you know that many insects are also edible(可食用的)?

    Aletheia Price knows this—and a lot more about –about bugs(虫子). She also thinks that you should try {#blank#}2{#/blank#}some. If you visit the website www. eatbug.com, you will find all kinds of{#blank#}3{#/blank#} about edible insects. Most of it was {#blank#}4{#/blank#}by Aletheia Price when he was fifteen years old. Aletheia started eating bugs at the age of thirteen. Soon, she found that she really {#blank#}5{#/blank#}eating some of them. She also became interested in finding out more about which kinds of bugs could be eaten and {#blank#}6{#/blank#}to cook them.

    According to Aletheia, there are at least 1,462 kinds of edible {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. Some of her favorite dishes include mealworm, chocolate, chip, cookies and chocolate-covered crickets(蟋蟀).

    Aletheia knows eating bugs is not for {#blank#}8{#/blank#} . But if you think about it, you may feel that eating bugs is a good {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. There are millions and millions of edible bugs in this world. If you could get to used to eating {#blank#}10{#/blank#}, we would have plenty of food for everyone.