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    I think life will be different in the future. People 1live under the sea or on the moon. They can fly to the moon in a short time 2 spaceship. People will travel to other planets too. Robots will3all the housework for people. They can even take care 4 babies for people. No one will 5newspapers. All the people "see" news with a pair of special glasses.

    My name is Li Hua. I'm thirteen. I'm a middle school student. I am 1 Class Five, Grade One. My English teacher 2 Mr Lin. He is 3 old teacher. I 4 a pen, a ruler and two 5 in my pencil-box. I have a bike, 6.

    Liu Ping is in my class. She is a girl. We 7 good friends. She is not 8 today. I think she is at home. Look! Here is a 9 . But it is not my book. I think it is 10 book.

The world's first underground railway

    London Underground was1 in 1985, but2history dates back to 1863 3 the 4first underground railway opened in London. Today, London Underground is5Major business 6three million passenger journeys made a7,serving over 408 km ( 253 miles ) 8railway.

    In 2004-2005, London Underground trains ran a 9of 69.4 10kilometers in passenger service.

    Robert is eleven years old. He is a 1 of class 1, Grade 5. At school, he likes English, Chinese, music and some other 2, but he doesn't like 3. He thinks it's 4, and he often 5 in history classes. It is Friday today. Robert 6 a history class. His history teacher Mrs Wang is giving a lesson. But Robert is drawing a picture and isn't 7 his teacher. Mrs Wang finds and asks him, “Robert, please tell me something about Lincoln." Robert stands up and says, "I'm sorry. I don't know 8 and he isn't in our school." The other students laugh.

    I'm Mary. I am travelling in Tokyo. I have a good time here, 1 I have to say that I like Beijing better. Tokyo is a good place 2 and I'm happy to be here for my six-month Japanese travel. I came here a month 3 Now let me tell you 4 about Tokyo.

    I enjoy 5 to many places here. But it's very difficult for me 6 the ways around the city.

    In Tokyo, only the important streets have names, and the houses are numbered by age. For example, when the first house was built in a place, it was marked (标记) Number One, and the second was Number Two. 7 the second house may be very far away 8 the first one. Most of the people here are 9 to tell you the ways. They may even draw a map for you. 10, friendly they are! Don't you think so?