Li Wen is a 16-year-old boy. He works hard and {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  well in school. It is hard to believe that he used to have much {#blank#}2{#/blank#} in school. His parents moved to the city to look for jobs. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  they couldn't be at home to 1ook {#blank#}4{#/blank#} him. From then on. he became less interested in {#blank#}5{#/blank#}to school and missed classes. Then his parents made a {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  to send him to a boarding school. He was shy and had no friends. Life there was difficult for him. One day he told his teacher he wanted to{#blank#}7{#/blank#}  the school. His teacher called his parents md advised them to come back and talk with their son in person. Then his parents came back and had a talk with him. This {#blank#}8{#/blank#}changed his life. He realized that his parents would always love him and they would be {#blank#}9{#/blank#} of everything good that he did. Now he is much{#blank#}10{#/blank#} and more outgoing than he used to be.

    My mother speaks very good English but she knows{#blank#}1{#/blank#} Japanese. She went to Tokyo for a meeting on November 11th. The meeting was {#blank#}2{#/blank#} on November 15^th.
The next morning she went to a park and then did some {#blank#}3{#/blank#} . At noon she felt {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  .She went to the {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  restaurant and sat down at a table. A waiter came {#blank#}6{#/blank#} and asked her{#blank#}7{#/blank#} she wanted. My mother said in English that she would like some noodles with chicken and some vegetables. But the waiter didn't know English. My mother looked around. No one was eating noodles.
When she saw a piece of paper on her table, she had {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  idea. She took out a pen and wrote the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} words for the food on the paper. She{#blank#}10{#/blank#} the paper to the waiter. The waiter said "OK"and soon he brought her noodles.

    People from different{#blank#}1{#/blank#}have different body language．Here is something about it．

    First，how close do you stand when{#blank#}2{#/blank#}with a friend?You can stand close

to people in the Middle East，but you should give North Americans more personal space．

    Second，how about{#blank#}3{#/blank#}people.Chinese girls often walk arm in arm with their Mends，but many{#blank#}4{#/blank#}people don't like others to do so．

    Third,do you look at people when talking?In the UK and the US，it's polite to do so．

    Fourth，how do you say goodbye?Be careful in Greece．It's very{#blank#}5{#/blank#}to wave goodbye．

A：Hey, Dad! Are you outside?

B：Yes, I am．

A：What's the{#blank#}1{#/blank#}like outside?

B：It's{#blank#}2{#/blank#}．

A：What are you doing?

B：I'm playing soccer with your dog．

A：That's not{#blank#}3{#/blank#}．

B：Sure! Well, it's time for you to call your grandma．

A：Yes．I'm calling Grandma{#blank#}4{#/blank#} ． But Grandma also wants to speak to you．

B：I see．I'm{#blank#}5{#/blank#}right now．

    All my classmates talked about the winter camp．And they were looking forward to it．They were sure they would enjoy{#blank#}1{#/blank#}．But I wasn't{#blank#}2{#/blank#}in it．

    On arriving at the camp，the coach(教练)started to teach us how to ski(滑雪)．I {#blank#}3{#/blank#}many times even though(即使)1I was careful．Sometimes I {#blank#}4{#/blank#} on the ground and cried(哭)because my {#blank#}5{#/blank#} hurt badly．

“Ha!，Ha!”somebody behind me started laughing. I looked back to see who was laughing at me．To my {#blank#}6{#/blank#} ,I saw a girl．She was in the same embarrassing(令人尴尬的){#blank#}7{#/blank#}. “Ha! thought I'd be bad at this, but it seems more difficult than I expected !”she said to{#blank#}8{#/blank#}．Hearing that，I started laughing，too．

The next day, although I didn't want to go skiing again，I still {#blank#}9{#/blank#} to do it．I knew no one could help me with my problem．I had to help {#blank#}10{#/blank#}．Three days later, I could ski well．Every time I skied downhill．I felt l was flying and it was wonderful