When I told my friends my family was going to move from the city to the countryside，they couldn't believe it．I was {#blank#}1{#/blank#}because I'd never been out of the city before．Would{#blank#}2{#/blank#}be very different?Well,see for your self.

    Many things are different about the city and the countryside．In the city,we {#blank#}3{#/blank#}in a tall building．Our building was filled with(装满)people，but I only knew a few of {#blank#}4{#/blank#}．Now we live in all old farmhouse．Our nearest neighbours(邻居)are bout one kilometre away．But all the neighbours are{#blank#}5{#/blank#}．They often come to visit us with lots of food．

    However,some things in the city and the countryside are the {#blank#}6{#/blank#}．In the city,my mum and I{#blank#}7{#/blank#}to go shopping at the weekend．We went to different shopping centres．Here in the countryside we{#blank#}8{#/blank#}shop in farmers' markets at the weekend．The greatest thing that is the some is friends．I made some good friends in both the city and the countryside.We do homework and read{#blank#}9{#/blank#}together every day．

When I think about the most important things．{#blank#}10{#/blank#}family and Mends，maybe there aren't so many differences between the city and the countryside．Personally,I think they're both great．

    The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month in Chinese calendar. People often eat zongzi and row dragon boats {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the festival.

    Thousands of years ago, people began to throw rice into the Miluo River to feed Qu Yuan on May 5th every year, because he died in the Miluo River. They {#blank#}2{#/blank#} he was still alive in the river. Now, in order to remember the honest man, people in China often make zongzi. This kind of food is very delicious and very {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Men and women, young and old all like eating zongzi very much.

    The festival is {#blank#}4{#/blank#} best known for its dragon boat races. During the festival, people often race dragon boats in many places, especially in the south of China where there are many rivers and lakes. The dragon boat is about 50-100 feet long, 5 feet wide. There are more than 20 strong {#blank#}5{#/blank#} on the boat. They sit in the boat side by side. At the head of the boat, there is a big drum on it. The drummer plays the drum during the race.

    Mr. Smith lived in the country, but he worked in an office in a big city. So he went to work {#blank#}1{#/blank#} train every morning and came home in the same way.

    One morning he was {#blank#}2{#/blank#} his newspaper silently on the train when {#blank#}3{#/blank#}man sitting behind him, who Mr. Smith had never met before, leaned (倾斜) forward, tapped (拍打) him on the shoulder and spoke to {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. The man said," You're leading a very interesting life. You get on the same {#blank#}5{#/blank#}at the station at the same time every morning, and you always sit in the same seat and read the same newspaper. Life is always the {#blank#}6{#/blank#} to you.

    Mr. Smith put his paper {#blank#}7{#/blank#}, turned around, and said to the man, "Who are you? {#blank#}8{#/blank#} do you know all these things about me?"

    "{#blank#}9{#/blank#} I'm always sitting in this seat behind you," the man answered." This morning, I thought it would be good to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} hello."

    Last Friday night, the weather was really bad. It was raining heavily. I was {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. There would be a school trip to a country park the next day and I was afraid that the trip would be canceled (被取消) because of the bad {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. I went to bed early that night, hoping that it would be a nice day the next day.

    I woke up early the next morning. I looked {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the window. The rain stopped! The sky was full of clouds. It was cloudy. I quickly {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the television for the weather report. The report said it wouldn't be {#blank#}5{#/blank#} on the weekend. Great!

    I went to school and everybody was excited that {#blank#}6{#/blank#} school trip was not canceled. When we arrived at the country park, we {#blank#}7{#/blank#} that the sun was shining. We played games and enjoyed our lunch there. However, we couldn't fly the kite {#blank#}8{#/blank#} it was not windy at all.

    At four o'clock, it was time to {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. Miss Black said it might become foggy (有雾的) soon and we might not be able to see {#blank#}10{#/blank#} clearly. So we picked up our things quickly and left.