Dear Sally,

    How are you? I'm happy that you can do the things you 1 at home. I never have fun, because there are too many 2 in my family. My parents are strict. I have to  3 at six o'clock every morning. And I have to make my bedroom4 before breakfast and then go to school. I can't play with my friends after school. I have to do 5 homework. After dinner I have to take the dog for    6 walk in the park. I can't watch TV on school nights. I have to  7 the violin for an hour. I can't go to bed late. I have to be in bed 8 nine o'clock. On weekends I have to clean my room and 9 the dishes. I also have to go to learn the violin on Sundays. I'm 10  tired. Can you help me?

                                                                                                                                                                    Yours,  

                                                                                                                                                                      Lisa

    How do you usually go to work？By bus？My1have different ways of going outside.

    My parents work in a hospital.The hospital is 2from our home，so they go to work by car. The car ride3about 45 minutes. My sister has a clothes store. It's about 2 kilometers from her4to our home. She goes there5 every day. She thinks walking is good 6health. I'm a middle school student. I take the school bus to school. Many students7taking the school bus is boring，but I don't think so8I can talk with my classmates on the bus. It gives me a lot of 9.I like every minute of it.10about your family？Do you have the same way of going outside or different?

What are in their schoolbags？

    Tom Smith is English. He is 12. He is in No.8 Middle School. Is he in {#blank#}1{#/blank#}, Grade 7? Yes, he is. There are {#blank#}2{#/blank#}people in his family. Amy Smith is his {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. She is 60. His {#blank#}4{#/blank#} is John Smith. He is 41. What's his mother's name? Her name is Kate Smith. How old（多大年纪）is she? She's 40. Who is Mike Smith? He's Tom's {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. He is only eight.

Li Hua and Wang Tao are two students of Class 4, Grade 7. They both like sports. Li Hua is a basketball fan. His favorite sport is playing basketball. Yao Ming is his favorite basketball player. He wants to be a basketball player like Yao Ming when he grows up. Li Hua is on the school basketball team now. Every Friday afternoon, Li Hua plays basketball with his classmates after class.

Li Hua's friend Wang Tao isn't good at basketball, but he is very good at soccer. Ronaldo is his favorite soccer player. Wang Tao is on the soccer team. He plays soccer with his teammates (队友) every Tuesday afternoon.