My American friend kindly invited me to her home to celebrate this year's Thanksgiving Day. I {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (experience) my first ever Thanksgiving.

    On that day, we watched the Thanksgiving parade (游行) in New York City on TV. My friend's family sat{#blank#}2{#/blank#}front of the television. They came from all over the States and enjoyed being together{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (look) at their happy faces, I thought it was really a holiday for families, just like the Mid-Autumn Festival in China.

    That evening, we had a big Thanksgiving dinner. This {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(tradition) meal includes roast turkey, mashed potatoes and assorted vegetables. When the dishes and plates arrived at the table, we started to take{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (turn) to say the things we were {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(thank) for. This, in fact, is a Thanksgiving tradition many families practice in the US.

    Then, the food {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(pass) around the table and we all ate far too much. I also had desserts with my dinner. There{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(be) different kinds of pies, such as apple pies, pumpkin pies and coconut pies.

    If one mentions Thanksgiving, one must talk about Black Friday, the Friday {#blank#}9{#/blank#}follows Thanksgiving Day. Shops across the United States will give their {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(big) sales of the whole year on Black Friday. Many people go crazy about it. I saw many long queues outside the shops on that day.

    Li Hua and Wang Hai are two students of Senior Three.{#blank#}1{#/blank#} of them work hard but they have various learning methods.

    Li Hua listens to her teachers {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (attentive) and asks her teacher {#blank#}3{#/blank#}help as soon as possible if she has some problems. Because of this, she spends less time {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (do) her homework, so it is{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (certainly) that she can keep energetic in the day. However, Wang Hai has quite a {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (difference) way of learning {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (compare) to Li Hua. He likes to sit up late at night doing his homework, so he often feels sleepy in class. As a result, he misses lots of key points,{#blank#}8{#/blank#} makes it difficult for him{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (concentrate) on what he is doing.

    In my opinion, Li Hua learns more effectively in class and has more free time to enjoy herself. So I prefer {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (she) learning method.

    A teacher gave his {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (pupil) some sunflower seeds to let them learn to look after a plant. One boy in the class, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} loved sunflower seeds, was very excited. He planted the seed and looked after it {#blank#}3{#/blank#} great care for many days.

    When the first shoot (嫩芽) finally appeared, the boy, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(fill) with impatience, went to see his teacher. The teacher said that he would still have to take care of the plant for quite some time {#blank#}5{#/blank#} he was able to collect many seeds from just one sunflower. The boy was{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(disappoint), but he kept {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (look) after his sunflower.

    However, he grew increasingly impatient, and did little else but pester (纠缠) his teacher for wanting to take out the plant. As soon as the boy saw the sunflower's first seeds, he cut the plant. But the plant was still green, and of course the seeds couldn't{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(eat).

    The boy was annoyed. He had put so much effort into {#blank#}9{#/blank#} sunflower, but in the end he wasted it all for his impatience. And he was even{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (angry) when he saw how big his classmates' sunflowers grew. Finally, he decided not to be so impatient any more.

    As we all know, we are what we eat. That's because what we eat every day has {#blank#}1{#/blank#}great effect on our health. Therefore, we should make every effort {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (change) our bad eating habits. Although baked or fried foods may be {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(taste), eating too much of them will {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (probable) result in some illnesses. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, some food that costs us a great deal of money and is not healthy is junk food.

    Compared with people in the West, Chinese people used to eat more grain and vegetables, but {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(little) meat, which is a good eating habit.  However, things are quite different now. With the rapid economic {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(grow) of our country, we now also eat a lot of food that is high in sugar and fat. We {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(run) the risk eating out without considering the balance of our diet.

The food we choose affects our health, so we must keep {#blank#}9{#/blank#} mind that the food we choose should give {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (we) the nutrients we need.