I was doing my homework and my parents were watching the news when the phone rang．I had won a competition．The{#blank#}1{#/blank#}was a trip to Guadeloupe with a group!The next day,on my way home from school，I borrowed(借)a(n){#blank#}2{#/blank#}about Guadeloupe from the library and read it at night．

    My flight(航班)to Guadeloupe from Dublin was too{#blank#}3{#/blank#}to catch a bus．So my dad drove me to the airport．When my group arrived in pointe-a-Pitre，Guadeloupe's largest city,a taxi{#blank#}4{#/blank#}us to the hotel．It was raining and cloudy when we left Dublin but the sun was {#blank#}5{#/blank#}in Pointe-a-Pitre．

    The others in the group were Spanish and German．French is the language of Guadeloupe but{#blank#}6{#/blank#}of us could speak it．{#blank#}7{#/blank#}for the next few days，we had language classes before lunch．After lunch，we{#blank#}8{#/blank#}different places in the city and in the evening we played cards．

    Then we {#blank#}9{#/blank#}from our hotel in the city to a small island called Terre-de-Bas．For the next two weeks．I stayed{#blank#}10{#/blank#}the Dinart family；I got he use and I became another member of family．I got on well with them and I really enjoyed my trip.

    There was a very rich man, but he didn't feel happy. So he asked a clever old man {#blank#}1{#/blank#} he could be happy.

    "That's very easy." the old man said, "You just put {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the shirt of a happy man and you will be happy."

The rich man thanked the old man and went to {#blank#}3{#/blank#} for a happy man. He visited many countries and met many {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. But they all said they were not {#blank#}5{#/blank#}.

One day, he saw a poor farmer working on a {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. The man was {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. He looked very happy. The rich man went up to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} and asked, "Are you happy?"

     "Yes, quite happy," answered the farmer.

     "Can you sell me your {#blank#}9{#/blank#}?" asked the rich man.

     "My shirt?" the farmer answered, " {#blank#}10{#/blank#} I haven't got a shirt."

    2017 is coming. That's to say that some things will come to an end(结束)， and some things will {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. It's time for us {#blank#}2{#/blank#} New Year's resolutions. Well， what are my New Year's resolutions?

    As for studying， I'm not good {#blank#}3{#/blank#} history. In the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} year， I will study hard at it. In English， I'm not good， {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. To improve(提高) it， I plan to listen to the teacher {#blank#}6{#/blank#} in class and watch more English TV {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. I think good health is very necessary. So I plan to eat fast food {#blank#}8{#/blank#} and exercise more. Of course， I {#blank#}9{#/blank#} more time helping my parents with housework.

    I promise(承诺) I will try my {#blank#}10{#/blank#} to make my dream come true.

    I'm studying in a middle school. Most of the classes in our school are usually small with just thirty students, but {#blank#}1{#/blank#}is a bit bigger. There are about fifty students in my class. We need to {#blank#}2{#/blank#} school clothes on school days.

    I have {#blank#}3{#/blank#}in this school for two years. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}I came to this school, I went to a primary school near my home. I usually {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to the school. But now I have to live in the school because it's very {#blank#}6{#/blank#} from my home.

    Everyone has to get up at six thirty. I usually get up at six because I like running and I always run for thirty {#blank#}7{#/blank#} After that, we go to the classroom and read Chinese or English for thirty minutes. At seven thirty we have breakfast. Lessons {#blank#}8{#/blank#}at 8:00.

    We have four {#blank#}9{#/blank#} in the morning and three in the afternoon. We can do sports .after school. But we can't go home in the evening because we {#blank#}10{#/blank#} have two classes. We read or do homework in class. Everyone in my class studies hard.

    Starbucks(星巴克) coffee shops have good drinks and comfortable seats. They are {#blank#}1{#/blank#} places to have a drink. The {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Starbucks opened in 1971, in Seattle, Washington. At first, it was just a common coffee shop. In the 1980's, the managers turned Starbucks into an Italian-style(意大利风格的) coffee shop. Soon, there were Starbucks coffee shops in many American cities. In the 1990's, Starbucks went {#blank#}3{#/blank#} . They opened the first shop in Japan in 1995. After that, shops opened in countries all over Asia. By the year 2000, there had been {#blank#}4{#/blank#} 3,000 Starbucks coffee shops around the world. Starbucks is much more than a coffee shop. The company is part of many community(团体) projects. For example, there is a group of managers called the "Green Team". They {#blank#}5{#/blank#} trees and clean neighbourhoods in their city. So, next time you have a drink at Starbucks, feel good about yourself. It's nice to know that some companies care about you and your environment, not just your money.