Venice Film Festival is considered to be the oldest film festival in the world. The first Venice Film Festival was  1  in Italy in 1932. It was 14 years earlier than the first Cannes Film Festival in France.

    At the first Venice Film Festival, there were no judges（裁判） and no 2 at all. Only a list of good films was chosen by the public. At the 3festival, prizes started to be given. The prize of the festival was the Golden 4 . The lion is a symbol of the ancient republic of Venice.

5the Venice Film Festival was first held, the government has wanted to hold it every year. But from 1938 to 1942 the festival was destroyed 6 special reasons. Also, from 1940 to 1942, the festival was not held in Venice, so it was considered to have been 7 during that time. In 1946, the festival became active again. Now the festival becomes more and more 8 . Each of the editors in the world wants to have a seat in this festival.

      Venice Film has  9  a great opportunity for people around the world. They can learn about other countries' culture by watching films. Many movie makers send their  10 to the festival and some of them hope to win the Lion Award.

    The Greens are from America. They are now 1 vacation in Beijing. This is their first visit to China. They are going to 2 in China for over two months. They want to visit some big cities, villages and famous places of 3.They want to learn some Chinese and taste some delicious Chinese food, 4.

    Mr. Green is a doctor. He will visit a famous 5 in Beijing. Mrs. Green is a school teacher. 6 teaches English in a middle school. She is going to visit some 7 and village schools. Their daughter, Jane is a middle school student. She studies 8 . She can speak a little Chinese. She would like to make some Chinese friends.

    They are going to 9 a lot of photos in China. When they come back to America, they can show them to their friends. They want Americans 10 more about China.

    When Jane was a little girl, she liked keeping pets. She had many books about animals and there were many pictures and stamps on the walls of her bedroom. She often said that she would work in a 1 when she grew up.

    Most of Jane's pets were quite small — parrots, cats, dogs and so on. But one day she met something quite 2 .

    That afternoon, Jane's mother was surprised to see a big animal with long hair in the kitchen. He 3  a T-shirt and was sitting on a chair, trying to put on a pair of glasses and making faces at her. In front of him, on the table, were a basket of fruits and a glass of water. “Jane, where are you?” the mother shouted. Then suddenly she remembered that a few days before a young gorilla (大猩猩) called Gor had run away from the zoo.

    “I found him in the city square,” Jane said. “He seemed so lonely. I talked to him. We became friends at once and he followed me 4 .”

    “Well, you know you 5  keep him,” her mother said. “You must send him back to the zoo. You'd better phone the police.”

    Soon a 6  came and also a truck from the zoo. 7  was angry with Jane when she told her story. The policeman knew Jane loved animals. And the zookeeper said, “Thank you for your kindness (好意). I can see Gor likes you, 8  we need him back.” Jane agreed. She hugged Gor and said that she would go and see him 9 .

    These days Jane has stopped collecting 10 , but you can still find her with her friend Gor at the zoo on Saturdays and Sundays!

    Michael had taught us English for two years before he moved to New York. He worked very hard and was patient with his students, so we all 1 him very much since he left. It was not long before Michael came back to Los Angeles 2 a short visit. The teachers and students held a small party for 3.

    At the party, people walked 4 and talked with each other. I certainly would not give up the good 5 to learn English. I tried to think of all kinds of topics 6 with another English teacher, Mrs. Green.

    Just before I was going to run out of my 7, suddenly I heard Michael say to others loudly, “I dig New York!” I asked Mrs. Green at once, “Is it really 8 to find a job in New York? Why does Michael have to do 9 work since he is such a good teacher?”

    Mrs. Green didn't seem to understand 10 I said. “Why do you think of that?” she asked.

    “Haven't you heard him say that he is digging New York? Is he 11 an underground passage(地下通道)?” I asked.

    When Mrs. Green finally 12 what I meant, she laughed to tears. Then she asked us whether we knew the 13 of “I dig New York”. All of us shook heads and said “14“. Michael told us that “I dig New York” means “I love New York” in American slang(俚语). 15 few people say that now, we still hear it sometimes.

    On the first day of school, the new teacher had a look at the name list of students. How pleased she was!

    Guess what she 1? After each student's name, there was a number 2 138, 140, 154 and so on. "3 these high IQ (智商) students." She thought to herself. "They've given me a wonderful 4!"

    As a result, the 5 teacher worked harder with this class than with her other classes. She 6 some new teaching ways. She thought these 7 would cheer the students and hold their 8. She was right. It 9 out well! The class did much better than any of her others.

    Later, however, she found out the 10 the number after each name did not mean the IQ, but the number of his or her clothing box in the school.