Mr. Brown lives on Green Street now. He wants to send a postcard(寄明信片) to his pen friend in Toronto, but he doesn't know where the post office is. “ where is the post office？” he asks his new neighbor Joe. “I want to send a postcard to Toronto.” “The post office is quite far from here，” answers Joe. “If you only want to post some letters(信件) or postcards, you needn't go to the post office. You can put them into a mailbox（信箱）down the street.”

    On the first day of school our teacher let us know someone. Looking out， we found an old woman appeared at the door. She said， "Hi， my name is Susan， I'm seventy years old." While we were1what made her take this challenge (挑战) at her age， she said with a smile， "I/m here to meet a rich husband， get2 ， have two children and travel together. "Hearing this， all of us laughed. "In fact，" she went on， " I always3of having a college education， and now I'm getting one!"

    After class we had chocolate and milk together. We became good4. I often listened to this "time machine" as she shared her study with me.

    At the end of the term we invited Susan to give us a5. When she was stepped up to the front， suddenly she found she took the wrong paper. She felt a little frustrated (沮丧的) and said， "I'm sorry. I'm so nervous that I can't get my ready talk back ， so I have to tell you 6 I know. "In her speech she told us， "We don't stop playing as we are old， we grow old because we stop playing. The secret of staying 7 ， being happy and getting success is that we should laugh and find something 8every day. I think there is a great9between growing old and growing up. I am seventy now. If I lie in bed for one full year and never do anything， I'll become seventy - one. Since anybody can grow older， my idea is to grow up by always finding the chance in change. Growing older can't be avoided  ， growing up can be10 ， It's never too late to be all you can be possible. "

    During the four years' study， it was so easy for Susan to make friends wherever she went. In the end， the wonderful woman got a college degree.

    John went to spend his summer holiday in China with his parents last year. They visited some famous cities like Beijing, Guangzhou, Kunming and Shanghai. In Beijing he visited the Great Wall, Tian' anmen Square and the Palace Museum. They also went to the zoos and the parks. The weather was fine and cool. They had a good time in the parks. They also took lots of photos there. In Guangzhou, they visited some museums. They were very interesting but kind of crowded. In Kunming the weather is never too hot in summer. They visited the Stone Forest, the Golden Temple and EXPO Garden. They climbed the Xishan Mountain. In Shanghai they went to the beach and had great fun playing in the water.

    "It's very interesting to visit China and I learned a lot about Chinese history," John said. "

    If I have another chance, I'll come back to China again."

I'm ready to do my first jump 10 months after a skydiving(特技跳伞) accident. I can't wait! That accident almost killed me and it made me stay in hospital for half a year. During the boring long days, I didn't feel happy to be alive (活着的). I was wondering how I could live without my favourite sport.

It all started on an evening after nine-to-five o'clock. I was sitting on the sofa when an ad (广告) came on the television— try skydiving. The next day, I went to the skydiving school in my town. At the end of the day's lessons, I knew I found the right sport for me.

I would never forget my first jump. Five of us walked to the runway and got into a plane. I. was afraid, but the others were talking and joking, and I started to feel a little relaxed. It was a beautiful, sunny day and the sun was just. going down. Soon it was time to jump. As I jumped from the plane, I shouted. But then everything became quiet. It was the most wonderful four minutes of my life.

From the first jump, I was hooked. I started spending all my free time skydiving. It became my reason for living. Things were going really well. Then an accident happened on my 104th jump. I broke my both legs, right arm and nose. I stayed in hospital for six months, but I. still couldn't forget skydiving.

My mother couldn't understand why the only reason I wanted to get better was to go skydiving again. But for me, skydiving is life, and life is skydiving.

A：Nice to meet you!I'm Dave from America.

B：Nice to meet you，too!I'm He Yunchen，an exchange student from China.

A：China？It's a great country. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

B：Really？Well，next year you can come to my house for the New Year.

A：OK. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

B：Of course not.On the New Year's Eve，we always make dumplings with family and some coins are put in the dumplings.The person with coins is lucky.

A：That's cool. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

B：On the New Year's Day，we Chinese always visit relatives and give gifts to each other.

A：Oh，I like gifts. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

B：In China，you shouldn't open the gift at once.You should wait and open it later.

A：Really？It's interesting. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

B：You're welcome.