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     At the dance, there will be snacks and photo booths (机器拍照亭), as well as strict（严格的） rules to {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  create a healthy and enjoyable evening for all students. And all the dancers will be given a security check（安检）before they come into the dance {#blank#}6{#/blank#} . This is acceptable. But some rules may be a little bit over the top（过分). For example, a school once asked {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  students to keep a standing position while they were dancing. That {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  the students couldn't do anything freely. You'd {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  not break the rules because you'll be asked to leave there, or even worse, be placed on a do not invite list.

      Hello , I'm Meg . I'm 12 years{#blank#}1{#/blank#}  . I have a brother {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  a sister . My brother is nine and my sister is {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  four . I like hamburgers and salad . My brother likes {#blank#}4{#/blank#} and my sister likes ice cream . We {#blank#}5{#/blank#} a small sports collection . We{#blank#}6{#/blank#} like tennis . Today is my {#blank#}7{#/blank#} birthday . It's January 21^st . There's a big cake {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the table . How {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  is it ? Do you know ? It's seven{#blank#}10{#/blank#} . We love our mother .              

    I'm Cathy Brown．I am now working for the Sunshine Travel Service in Fuzhou, Fujian. I have just come back from Taiwan, the largest i{#blank#}1{#/blank#} of China. Last week, I took a group of officials for a week's trip to Taiwan. We t{#blank#}2{#/blank#} all around the island. There are lots of fascinating s{#blank#}3{#/blank#} on the island. My favorite sight is the Sun Moon Lake. You may ask w{#blank#}4{#/blank#} people call it so. If you  f{#blank#}5{#/blank#} high up over the lake and look down from your plane, you 'll find the answer yourself. In the middle of this lake, there's a small island t{#blank#}6{#/blank#} is called Lalu. On one s{#blank#}7{#/blank#} of Lalu the lake looks like a sun, and on the other side it looks like a   m{#blank#}8{#/blank#}. That is why people call it the Sun Moon Lake.

    There are many mountains around this lake. One of the nearest is Mount Ali. We stayed there for three days. We also h{#blank#}9{#/blank#} a dancing party with Gaoshan people there.

Why not consider v{#blank#}10{#/blank#} Taiwan for your next vacation? It's a wonderful place to visit.

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    We will use more land to build new cities and less land for cows and sheep. Then there will{#blank#}7{#/blank#}less room for cows and sheep, so m{#blank#}8{#/blank#} will be more expensive. No one will eat {#blank#}9{#/blank#} every day. I{#blank#}10{#/blank#}we eat more fruit and vegetables, and we will become healthier.

    Look ! This is a nice photo.

    This is a boy, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}name is Tony. That is a girl,{#blank#}2{#/blank#} name is Jenny. They are my friends.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}am a girl. That is my teacher. His {#blank#}4{#/blank#}name is Smith. We call（叫） him Mr Smith. His {#blank#}5{#/blank#}name is Peter. The woman (妇女) is Miss Zhang .{#blank#}6{#/blank#} is our English teacher. So you can see {#blank#}7{#/blank#}people (人) in this photo. If you need any help, you can {#blank#}8{#/blank#} Mr Smith at Peter g2 @gfim.com.

    Have you ever heard of anything about crying marriage(哭嫁)? It sounds surprising, doesn't it? In fact, the custom of crying marriage {#blank#}1{#/blank#}a long time ago in many parts of Sichuan Province, Southwest China. And it remained popular till the end of the Qing Dynasty.

    Sometimes, you can still see it happening in some {#blank#}2{#/blank#}far away from cities if you are lucky enough. Though it is not {#blank#}3{#/blank#} popular as before, the custom can still be seen by people in many places, especially in the villages of Tujia people. They regard it as something {#blank#}4{#/blank#}has to be done when a marriage happens.

    It is {#blank#}5{#/blank#}same in different places of China. According to the tradition, every bride(新娘) had to {#blank#}6{#/blank#}at the wedding(婚礼). If not, the bride's neighbors would look down upon {#blank#}7{#/blank#}as a girl from a poor family. And she would be laughed at {#blank#}8{#/blank#}all the villagers. In fact, her mother sometimes beat the bride for not crying at the wedding.

In a {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, crying at weddings is a way to set off for happiness. The bride doesn't really feel sad in her heart. {#blank#}10{#/blank#}, in the marriages of the old days of China, quite a lot of brides indeed cried over their unlucky marriages and even their bad life.