Hello. I'm Tom. I'm a middle school student. It's nice to meet you here. First, let me tell you 1 my family. Five people are in my 2, my mother, my father, my two sisters and I. But I have 3 brother.

    My father is a worker. My mother is 4 English teacher. My sisters are sixteen. I'm fourteen. We go to the same school. We all like 5 football games. We think they're interesting. I also have a cat. 6 name is Mimi.

    There is a big tree and some small trees  (树) around my house. The big one is a pear tree and the small ones are apple 7.  8 a photo of my room. Please have a look. When(当) you 9 my room, you can see three English dictionaries on my desk. I like 10 very much.

    Li Qiang and Li Gang are brothers. But their living habits(习惯) are different. Now let's go to Li Qiang's room. Li Qiang cleans his bedroom every day and puts his things away. Look! There is a computer on the desk. There are two footballs under the bed. A guitar and a kite are on the wall. Some books are on the shelf. So he must be a careful boy. Now let's go to Li Gang's room. The room is not clean. There are some books on the floor. Can we see his clothes on the desk? Oh, yes. We can also see a football and a knife on the desk. Li Gang never does any cleaning. So his room is  in a mess(混乱).

    What do you think of Li Qiang and Li Gang? I think Li Qiang is a good boy. Li Gang must learn from his brother.

    A girl went to her father and told him that her life was too hard. She said she couldn't work all the difficulties out 1. She just wanted to give up.

Her father said, "I think I know 2 I can help you. 3 me." They went into the 4. Her father put a potato, an egg and some coffee beans into three different bowls of water. Then, he started to boil (煮沸) the water on the stove.

After some time, he turned the stove 5 and took out the potato, the egg and the beans. He then showed each of them to his daughter.

"Look. The potato was hard before I boiled it, but now, it is 6 and weak. The egg was fragile (易碎的) until I put it in the water—now, it is hard inside. But the coffee beans were different. When they met the boiling water, they changed and became delicious 7."

Life 8 problems to us all. The potato, egg and coffee beans were all met with the same problem. But they each solve the problem in their own way. It is up to you to take the difficulties you face and find something good in 9. By making a(n) 10, the father taught his daughter a life lesson.

It is a sunny day, and my parents and I go to Qingcun town (镇). It is a town with a long 1  and where my mother was born. She misses her hometown very much, so during the Spring Festival vacation, we 2  it. 

There is an old street in Qingcun town named Qingxi Old Street. When we walk on the street, we 3  a store which sells handmade cups. What an 4  store! I am so happy because not only do I get a new cup, but I can also 5  pictures on the cup myself. 

I'm proud of my drawing skill and quickly, without any 6 , draw a red plum (红梅) and a mountain on the cup. My mother thinks it is beautiful and takes many 7 . The shop assistant tells us the cup will be ready in two weeks and she will 8 it to us.

I wear a traditional 9 during the trip. It is red and glittering. In Chinese culture, red means auspicious (吉祥样的). I like my dress, my mother's hometown and the pleasant trip. I 10 to come back to Qingcun again. Maybe I can make another cup.

Chinese writer Mo Yan has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature（文学）. He is the first Chinese to win the prize. 

Mo Yan was born into a farmer's family in Shandong in 1955. He left school to work at the age of twelve, first on the farm, later in a factory. In 1976 he joined the PLA and during this time he began to study writing. His first short story was published in 1981. he has written many famous books about his childhood and his hometown. Many of his books have been translated into English

Mo Yan's winning of the Nobel Literature Prize, widely regarded as a great encouragement for China's literature, is bringing more confidence to the nation's young authors. 

How Do You Get to School Every Day? 

For most students in cities, it's 1 for them to get to school. They can walk or ride a bike to school. They can also get to school by bus or even by subway. It won't 2 them too long to get to school and go back home. 

But for some students in faraway villages, things are quite 3 . Life for them is hard. It's difficult for them to get to school every day. Usually they will spend a few 4 on the way. In one small village, there is a big river 5 the school and the village. The students can't get to school by boat because the river runs too 6 . They have to go on a ropeway to 7 the big river. Though it's dangerous, they are used to it and are not afraid. In their mind, going out to study is their 8 thing. 

But there are still many villagers who 9 leave their village. How they are looking forward to having a 10 ! I do hope one day their dream can come true.