Mr．Jackson lives in a small{#blank#}1{#/blank#}．It has only three{#blank#}2{#/blank#}．He lives on the third street．Usually this street is very quiet but on weekends it's noisy．{#blank#}3{#/blank#}along this street for about five minutes，and you can find Mr．Jackson's house{#blank#}4{#/blank#}．His house is big and clean．He is happy with it．{#blank#}5{#/blank#}from his house,there are two hotels．One is big and the other is small．Mr.ackson works in the big one．He{#blank#}6{#/blank#} work．Every day ,he is busy but he can meet some interesting people，so he likes his job．

    It is well {#blank#}1{#/blank#} that the English go out with an umbrella or a raincoat. Why? Because the weather in Britain{#blank#}2{#/blank#} often quickly. It is not very usual for the same kind of weather {#blank#}3{#/blank#} long.

    Spring can be{#blank#}4{#/blank#} or windy. The weather is getting {#blank#}5{#/blank#} and you can hope for more sunny days.

    In fact, there can be as {#blank#}6{#/blank#}sunshine in spring as in summer. Summer is the time for visitors to go to the seaside and other {#blank#}7{#/blank#}of interest. The weather can be sunny and nice. People often {#blank#}8{#/blank#}out to have a walk or swim. During fall it is still nice to be outside, too. Fall is a beautiful season {#blank#}9{#/blank#}trees in the woods and parks changing color. In winter, it gets colder. It might {#blank#}10{#/blank#}, especially on high land and in the north. There are also very high winds in this season.

    Come here, my friends. My name is Jackson. I'm American, but now I live(居住) in Wuhan, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. I'm a middle school student. I'm in Grade Seven. Look, this is a photo of my classroom. Do you {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the woman in the red coat? She is our English teacher. I think she is a nice teacher. I'm in Row 2. The {#blank#}3{#/blank#} in the blue coat is my friend. His name is Zhao Lei. He is 12 {#blank#}4{#/blank#} old. His mother and father are teachers, too. Some new English-Chinese dictionaries are in the {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. We have many flowers (花) in the classroom, too. They are {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. They are very beautiful(漂亮的). Our classroom is very {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. We like our classroom.

    It is helpful for English readers to improve reading speed. Before{#blank#}1{#/blank#}to read the material(素材), learn about the background knowledge.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}its help, you can read faster. While reading, many students think the{#blank#}3{#/blank#}thing they should do is to look up the new words. That will make them feel bored and disturb (打扰) their speed! What's{#blank#}4{#/blank#}, they always pay more attention to English grammar than the main idea of the material. To tell the truth, you'd better grasp(领会) the main information in a short time.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}, this is the key to making your reading speed faster and faster.

A: What's that, Nick?

B: Oh, it's my {#blank#}1{#/blank#}, Come and look at it, Bob.

A: Is it a model(模型) car?

B: Yes, and it's a "clean car".

A: It's {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, How does it go?

B: It uses sunlight or {#blank#}3{#/blank#}.

A: That's great. The air would be clean {#blank#}4{#/blank#} all the cars were like it.

B: You're right, Bob.

A: Could you make one for me, Nick?

B: Sure. You'll have a {#blank#}5{#/blank#} one next Monday.

A: Thank you.