I'm Tom Smith. I'm from England. I'm twelve years old. I like China and I like {#blank#}1{#/blank#} food. But I can't {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Chinese. Chinese is difficult {#blank#}3{#/blank#} interesting for me. I want to learn it. So I want to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} some Chinese friends. I hope they can {#blank#}5{#/blank#} me Chinese. Then I can help them {#blank#}6{#/blank#} their English.

    At school my favorite subject is {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. It's relaxing. I can sing and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the guitar and the piano. I can {#blank#}9{#/blank#} dance well. Do you like music, too? Do you want to make {#blank#}10{#/blank#} with me? Please e-mail me at Tom0912@yahoo.cn.

A: I want 10 have something to eat, Mom.

B: What do you want to eat?

A: I want to eat {#blank#}1{#/blank#}.

B: Don't eat junk food. I'll cook {#blank#}2{#/blank#} delicious for you.

A: OK, Mom. What are you going to cook?

B: What about beef and {#blank#}3{#/blank#} noodles?

A: That {#blank#}4{#/blank#} great!

B: But I need your help.

A: What should I do now?

B: Please help me {#blank#}5{#/blank#} up the beef and the tomatoes.

A: And then?

B: Then you can watch TV and wait.

A: OK.

    I lost a book and a watch in the school library. I must {#blank#}1{#/blank#} them. My school ID card {#blank#}2{#/blank#} in the book. The name on it is Lucy miller. The watch is {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. Can you help me find them? My telephone number is 802-7823 and my e-mail address （地址）is linda@sina.com. Please call {#blank#}4{#/blank#} or e-mail me. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}.

    Everyone has a true friend in his life. Mary Allen was my best friend—like the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} I never had. We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, and horseback riding.

    When I was 13, my family moved away. Mary and I kept in touch through letters, and we saw each other on {#blank#}2{#/blank#} occasions(场合)—like my wedding and Mary's. Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we {#blank#}3{#/blank#} less often. One day a card that I sent came back stamped ＂Address Unknown.＂ I had no idea how to find Mary.

    Over the years, I thought of Mary often. I wanted to share stories of my children and then grandchildren. And I needed to share my {#blank#}4{#/blank#} when my brother and then mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Mary could fill.