On Christmas Eve a few days ago, an English couple, the Hardens, got a very special call. It was only a 20-second call but it was very 1. The Hardens' 15-year-old daughter has gone 2 six months before. On Christmas Eve she rang them. ＂I'm phoning to wish you a happy Christmas,＂ she said, ＂I love you.＂ Ronals and Edwine Harden were so 3 that they started a special telephone service （服务）called ＂Alive and Well＂. The service helps 4 to get in touch with children who have run away from home.

    Young people can phone ＂Alive and Well＂ and leave a message for their parents. The telephones are answered by answering machines. So 5 can speak to the child or make him return home. Parents of runaway children who are 6 eighteen can ask the police to bring their children home. So children do not want to tell their parents where they are. Through ＂Alive and Well＂ they can telephone their parents and they do not 7 about this or give out their addresses.

    The Hardens and their helpers 8 the telephone messages and connect（联系）the addresses given. About 30,000 British teenagers have left home and many of them are probably in 9. For only two pence（便士）they can go into a telephone coin box and call their parents. They can dial 5675339 and 10 a parent worrying: Is he dead or alive?

    It is Sunday afternoon. Mary goes shopping with her mother. Her mother wants to buy some food for supper. Mary wants to buy a T-shirt and some school things. They come to a shop.

     "What does your shop sell?" Mary asks. "A lot of things," the girl in the shop says. "You can buy food, drinks, clothes and school things in our shop."

    Mary and her mother go into the shop. There are many people in the shop. Mary finds a nice white T-shirt.

    "How much is the T-shirt?" Mary asks the girl in the shop.

    "It's eighty yuan."

    "That's too dear. Do you have a cheap one?"

    "What about the green one? It looks nice. And it's only thirty yuan."

    "OK, thanks a lot." "You are welcome."

    After that, Mary buys some school things too. Her mother buys a lot of food, like bread, cakes, meat and fish. They get home very late.

Sun Yingsha is a famous Chinese table tennis player. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（recent）, the ITTF（国际乒乓球联合会）awarded her "Female Player of the Year 2023". In the past year, she won seven women's singles（单打）gold medals.

Sun comes from Shijiazhuang, Hebei province. She {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（play）table tennis for 17 years since she was five. Her parents wanted her {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（have）something to do after school and be {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（health）. At the age of seventeen, she succeeded in {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（join）the national team and started to join in many games. The 23-year-old got the nickname of "Little Devil" because {#blank#}6{#/blank#} her style of play. Her competitors find it hard to get the ball back.

Sun also has a strong mind. If she is losing in a game, she never gives up. She said, "You always face ups and downs. Determination（决心）and courage（勇气）can make you be {#blank#}7{#/blank#} excellent player."

Outside of the sport, Sun is a lovely girl. One of her {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（hobby）is watching videos of the panda HuaHua. "I like to watch her rolling around," Sun said. Sometimes, Sun is a little {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（care）. She once got lost inside a gym. Another time, she nearly missed her airplane after a competition.

Sun's many different sides make {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（she）real and win her a lot of hearts.

Imagine you are running to catch a train,only to find that you forgot your ID card! There is no way you can get on board without it.Don't worry.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}

On March 11,at a two sessions news conference(两会记者招待会),Premier Li Keqiang said that the government would introduce a digital version(版本)of the national ID cards this year. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}They need it because they live away from their home provinces.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}Sometimes to prove that"I am who I am",they have to run back and forth across provinces to provide ID on the spot.It is a waste of time,money and manpower. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Because it can allow relevant(相关的)information to be accessed(获取)by a simple scan with a smartphone,said Premier Li.

In fact,China's Ministry of Public Security started a pilot trial(初步试验)of digital IDs in 2018.It allowed people in cities including Quzhou,Hangzhou and Fuzhou to apply for digital national IDs on Alipay,reported China National Radio. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}It could be used to open bank accounts,check into hotels and buy high-speed railway tickets,among other things.

Emily and her family talked about their vacation trip. Emily wanted to go to the beach, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Alex, her brother, wanted to go camping in the mountains. At last, they {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (decide) to go to a place, and there, they could do both (两者).

They {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (leave) early the next morning. In their father's car, Emily and Alex were very happy. They couldn't wait {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (get) to the place.

Two hours later, they arrived. They found a blue lake and green mountains. Emily and Alex were excited—it was good for both beach {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (activity) and camping.

The family put up their tent first. Then they went {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (climb). They were surprised to see the beautiful views (风景) in the mountains. They also found some lovely small animals {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the way.

In the afternoon, Emily and Alex started to build sandcastles (建沙堡) by the lake. It was {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (enjoy) to feel the sand under their feet and the sun on their faces. But just as they finished their work, it started raining. Luckily, they took {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (umbrella) with them, so they didn't get wet.

That night, the family sat around a campfire (篝火), singing happily. "The trip is {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (wonder)," said Emily. "I love it!"

 Dear Alan,

 Thank you for your last e- mail. I'm very happy here. Let me tell you a piece of good news. This term, we have a new English teacher. Her name is Jane. She is beautiful. She is thin and of medium height. She has long blonde hair and big blue eyes、 She likes wearing a red skirt and a pair of black shoes. She is good at teaching and her classes are very interesting. We all like listening to her. Her voice is beautiful, too. She is good at singing and dancing. She also likes sports, such as volleyball, basketball and ping- pong, and she likes tennis best. Oh, she has an11- year- old daughter, Helen. She can speak Chinese well. We are in the same class. Jane is friendly to us and we all like her very much. What does your English teacher look like?

 Yours,

 Mike