I have a new friend. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (he) name is Jack. He is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (a) English boy in our school.

    His father and mother are {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (teacher). They teach English in our school. They can {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (speak) Chinese. They like pandas very much. The pandas are white {#blank#}5{#/blank#} black. They often go {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the zoo（动物园）to see them. Jack says they are his favourite. Sometimes he draws pandas {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the blackboard.

    Jack is a sports fan. He likes playing football and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (swim). I like swimming, too. It's summer again. The weather here is very hot {#blank#}9{#/blank#} summer. It's the best time to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (go) swimming with friends. How cool!

Keeping an eye on London

    How about a ride on a big ferris wheel(摩天轮)? If you go to London, England, you'll find the largest look-out ferris wheel in the world the London Eye.

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#}London Eye was open in 1999. It is 135 metres {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(height).  It{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (stand) on the bank of the River Thames, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}you can easily see the whole city from it.

    The London Eye {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(have) 32 capsules (舱). There is even air-conditioning(空调系统) in the capsules. The big wheel goes round very {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (slow), at about 0.26 metres a second. It {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (take) about 30 minutes to go all the way round.

    By July 2002, about 8. 5 million people had been on the  {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (eye). If you go to the London Eye on New {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (year) Day, you can enjoy{#blank#}10{#/blank#} beautiful firework(焰火) show!

    Plenty of people dream of going to Mars(火星). {#blank#}1{#/blank#} different from those people, 13-year-old Alyssa Carson has been working {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (happy)for that dream since the age of 4, according to a new report which {#blank#}3{#/blank#} made by the BC not long ago.

    Alyssa tells the BBC, "I hope {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (go)to Mars because it is a place that no one has been to before. I want to take that first step. "According to the BBC, she {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(attend)USA's three world space camps so far.

    Her father, Bert Carson, tells the BBC that Alyssa plans to be on the first long journey to Mars, which is expected to take place in {#blank#}6{#/blank#} year of 2033. "We are proud {#blank#}7{#/blank#} her, "he says." We have the next eighteen {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (year)planned out. "One of those plans is Alyssa attending the International Space University.

    Of course, Alyssa's dream could come with {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (big)sacrifices(牺牲)than others. If Alyssa goes to Mars, maybe {#blank#}10{#/blank#} is very difficult for her to return to Earth. Still, her father says, "If that's the only choice she has, she still wants to go." Alyssa agrees.