Dear Alice,

    Thanks for your letter. I heard from your letter three days ago. I was so happy!

    We {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  (move) to a new house yesterday.  There are {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  (many) rooms here than in our old one. I have my own bedroom in my new home. I was so excited {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  I couldn't fall    asleep that night. It's important for me{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (have) my own room!  I can read books, draw   pictures, listen{#blank#}5{#/blank#} the radio and play CDs in it. I need to clean it by{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (I) every day.

    {#blank#}7{#/blank#}the room is much bigger, I'm sure I can keep it clean.

    I also love the new kitchen. I like helping my mother with our meals. Mom cooks {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(good). She always teaches me how to make different  {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(kind) of dishes. She lived in China when she was young, so she can  {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(cook) Chinese food. It's delicious.

    Write to me soon and tell me about your home. Please get on the Internet so that we may chat with each other.

Yours, Elisa

    It was my first trip to space. We had made good preparations before we started off. I felt a little bit nervous, though. There was so much work {#blank#}1{#/blank#} （do）in the space ship that we had to take breaks in turn. One of us had to stay awake all {#blank#}2{#/blank#} time.

    After {#blank#}3{#/blank#} （fly）for 20 hours, we reached the space station finally. There, we would have {#blank#}4{#/blank#} （little）pressure, as there would be more people to share the work.

    I felt relaxed as {#blank#}5{#/blank#} as we moved into the space station. There was much more space in it. They even had a garden in the space station, where they grew vegetables.

    The six astronauts received us {#blank#}6{#/blank#} （happy）. They said, "We have been waiting for you {#blank#}7{#/blank#} we heard the news that you would come. "We said we were glad to see them, too.

    The {#blank#}8{#/blank#} （one）night in the space station was great. We had a good dinner and then watched the stars shining in the darkness. it was really wonderful. As a child, I used to dream of becoming an astronaut so that I {#blank#}9{#/blank#} travel in space. Now my dream had come {#blank#}10{#/blank#} .

    A big company wanted to find someone to work for them. Lots of young college students came to ask {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the job, but only a small part of them were left. And this time, the company didn't plan to choose the right persons as usual.

    Here came the day when they took the final interview. A big box {#blank#}2{#/blank#} of papers was placed on the way to the interview room, and a few papers were lying around the box.

    The {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (one)student came. He hurried along the way to take the interview. "Who put this box in the middle of the road?" the student said to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (he), but he did not try to move the box away. Instead, he passed around the box and continued his way.

    The second student came along and {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (do)the same thing. Then another came, and another. All of them complained(抱怨)about the box but6. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}of them tried to move it. What's worse, someone even stepped(踩)on the papers and left without {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (have)a look at the things on the ground.

    Half {#blank#}8{#/blank#} hour later, a thin young man with glasses came. He was also among those who were left to take the interview. He saw the box and the papers around it. Without thinking twice, he {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (stop)and began to pick up the papers and put them into the box. Then he managed to move the box to the side. To his great surprise, he found an {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (invite)under the box. On it were the following words, "Congratulations, young man! You are the right person we are looking for！Would you like to join us?"

    Sometimes, you see, helping others is helping yourself.