Dear Amy

    It is very exciting that you are coming to our school so soon. Before you arrive, let me introduce our school to you.

    Our school is quite famous for{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(it) long history. It was begun in the early 1920s. It is a good place for us{#blank#}2{#/blank#}prepare) ourselves for the future. We have many wonderful teachers{#blank#}3{#/blank#}are always ready to offer help. They encourage us to try out new ideas and ask questions.{#blank#}4{#/blank#}their help we have developed all kinds of interests in both arts and science. Students can choose to join any school clubs they are{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(interest)in. We can also choose the subjects{#blank#}6{#/blank#}we want to study. Last term I selected American Literature{#blank#}7{#/blank#}I wanted to learn about famous American writers. This term I{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(choose)to attend music classes because my father bought me a piano as a birthday present.

    I love my school and hope{#blank#}9{#/blank#}you will have a pleasant experience here too. I am looking forward to{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(meet) you soon!

Yours

Lily

    Wolf Warrior II is putting China in the global spotlight. It's also the first film {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(taste) success both in terms of box office（票房）earnings and promoting Chinese values.

    Since its release on July 27, it{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(earn) an unimaginable 4.5 billion yuan, setting a record for domestic movies at the box office. The film focuses on a rescue operation in Africa{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(lead) by former special forces soldier Leng Feng — played by Wu Jing helps Chinese workers and local Africans flee a war-torn（受到战争破坏的）and plague-ravaged（瘟疫肆虐的）country.

    Wolf Warrior II links（联系）art to reality, and reminds people {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the massive evacuation（撤离）of Chinese people from Libya when civil war {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(break) out there in 2011, and from Yemen in 2015, as well as the challenges the Ebola virus created in West Africa from 2013 to 2016.

    The film describes {#blank#}6{#/blank#}the Chinese government aims to protect overseas Chinese citizens. Just{#blank#}7{#/blank#} the message at the end of the film reads, “Citizens of People's Republic of China, when you encounter danger in a foreign land, do not give up! Please remember, at your back{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(stand) a strong motherland.”

    Thanks to China's increasing participation（参与）in global affairs, the president could{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(consider) as a modern Chinese hero. “{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (hold) up a banner（信仰）of peace, friendship and responsibility, Wolf Warrior II should be seen as a brave effort to promote Chinese values around the world.

    One day,the lion king announced that he was going to get married,{#blank#}1{#/blank#}invited all the animals to attend the wedding ceremony.So the tortoise thought,“I am an animal.I shall attend it as well.”Then he set out on the journey.

    On his way,he met{#blank#}2{#/blank#}animals.They were{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(surprise) for a few seconds and then began to laugh at the tortoise,saying,"How silly you are!The ceremony is starting.Can you make{#blank#}4{#/blank#}as you walk so slowly?I'm afraid you still can't be there after the baby lion king is born,or grow up or even{#blank#}5{#/blank#}he gets married."But the tortoise had made his mind{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(go).

    Many years passed,and he finally got to the entrance of the lion king's cave.No doubt{#blank#}7{#/blank#}the lion king's wedding{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(finish)a long time ago.However,the tortoise found that the cave was so well-decorated and all varieties of animals were there.They told the tortoise,"Today,the son of{#blank#}9{#/blank#}old lion king is going to get married."

    How could the tortoise attend the little lion king's wedding party if he{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(stop) half-way?

    Brave and {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(intelligence), the tiny mouse from the US cartoon series Tom and Jerry is loved and remembered by fans worldwide.

    Recently, scientists from Britain and Canada have created super-clever mice by {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(change) a single gene (基因). In the study, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(research) changed one of the mice's genes to stop the PDE4B enzyme (酶), a substance found in the human brain, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} working.

    After that, they ran several tests on the {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(behave) and found they tended to learn{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(fast), remember events for longer and {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(solution) difficult problems better than normal mice. The mice also suffered less anxiety (焦虑) and showed {#blank#}8{#/blank#} fear of cats, their natural enemy.

    A team from the UK's Leeds University is now trying developing drugs (药品){#blank#}9{#/blank#} could block the PDE4B enzyme. {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(hope), the drugs could help with treatments for brain conditions such as Alzheimer's disease (老年痴呆症).

    The Great Wall was listed as a World Heritage by UNESCO in 1987. Just like a dragon, it winds up and down across deserts, grasslands and mountains, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(run) approximately21,196 kilometers from east to west.

    The {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (construct) of the Great Wall was not that easy, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} drew heavily on the local resources for building materials. The walls were {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (original) built in the Spring ＆Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Emperor Qin Shi Huang succeeded in his effort to have them joined together. Since then, the Great Wall {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(serve) as a monument of the Chinese nation throughout history.

    With {#blank#}6{#/blank#} history of about 2,700 years, some parts of the Great Wall are now {#blank#}7{#/blank#}ruins or have disappeared. However, the Great Wall of China is still one of the most appealing{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (attraction) all around the world owing to its historical significance. The best-known part of the Great Wall of China, Badaling, {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(locate) 43 miles northwest of Beijing, attracts thousands of national and foreign tourists every day.

    Today, the Great Wall {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (recognize) as one of the most impressive architectural achievements in history.