Many people do not like to stay at home on vacation. They usually 1out to see something different or do something exciting. So people from the country come to the city and people from the2go to the country for vacation. During the vacation, trains, buses and planes are all very busy. It is very hard to buy train tickets or air tickets. Many people3cars or buses for traveling.

    Last May Day my family went to the countryside in our4. There was too much traffic on the road, so we had to move very slowly. It took us about an hour to get out of the city. Two hours5, we came to a hill. It was6. We thought this was a good place for a picnic, so we stopped and7the food, fruit and drinks out of the car. We sat down and began to8. Suddenly it started to9, we had to run back to our car and have our food in the car. Then we drove back home. What a10trip!

    It all started at the beginning of the ninth grade. Angela found she couldn't see things clearly all the time. She became very 1, but she hoped nobody would know that. When her mother asked her to see the eye doctor, she didn't 2. But her mother's mind was made up.

    Three days later, Angela got new 3 and instructions from her doctor. "All of the kids will think I'm silly," Angela said. Her mother 4 and shook her head, "You look just as beautiful as before." But Angela didn't believe her.

    The next day, Angela kept the glasses in her pocket as she walked into the schoolyard. She felt 5. Suddenly, she heard her friend Della shout. Angela ran over to the other girls. "6 is the matter?" she asked.

    "My ring is gone!" Della cried. "My sister sent it to me from California. It's very special and I can't lose it." Angela and her friends began to 7 for the ring in the grassy area of the playground. Angela realized that she could do better 8 she could see better. She took the glasses out and put them on. Everything looked so different! So clear! She looked down at the ground and a bright light caught her 9. It was the ring.

    "Here it is," she shouted. She handed it to Della.

    "Thanks, Angela." Della said. "I 10 thought we'd find it." She paused (停顿). "Hey, I didn't know you wore glasses. They look great!"

    "Maybe wearing glasses won't be so bad after all," Angela thought.

    Mr. and Mrs. Brown are from America. They are now teaching English in Zhengzhou. Their son Jack is with them. Jack speaks English. They want him to learn some Chinese. Jack is in Grade Three in a Chinese school. He plays with Chinese children every day. He listens to Chinese, speaks(讲) Chinese, reads books in Chinese and writes in Chinese. He is doing well in his Chinese.

Do you know Zhang Jing? She comes from Hangzhou. When she was a middle school student, she clearly knew {#blank#}1{#/blank#} she wanted to be — a diplomat(外交官).

To make her dream come true, she {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (usual) worked harder than others. Every morning, she got up as early as she could to listen {#blank#}3{#/blank#} English news. She spent lots of time {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(do) English exercises. She always told {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (her), "I can do much better next time. "

Zhang's teacher once said, "She was really a good student. She always got high {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (mark). She went to China Foreign Affairs University(外交学院) at last for her dream, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} she could go to some better schools like Peking University and Tsinghua University."

Now Zhang Jing is one of {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(great) interpreters(口译者) in China. In fact, working as an interpreter {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (be) very difficult. You should be good at English. At the same time, you must think fast. Zhang does {#blank#}10{#/blank#} good job as an interpreter, and it helps her win a lot of fans in China.

I like reading. I love many different kinds of books, because they not only open my mind but also   {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(鼓励;激励) me a lot.

Up to now I have read a lot of books, such as magazines, storybooks and  {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(长篇小说). But one of the books that I like best is The Story of My Life. Helen Keller wrote it in 1903. She was a blind and deaf  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(人). In the book, she wrote that she had not been able to see, hear or speak  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(自……以来) she was one year and seven months old. This unusual thing made her very sad. Luckily, she  {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(遇见) her good teacher, Miss Sullivan, at the age of seven. Helen was getting  {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(更高兴的) every day. Then, Miss Sullivan helped her learn how to write English words. At first, Miss Sullivan wrote some words on Helen's hands  {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(用……) her own fingers again and again. Helen was a very hard-working girl. She tried as much as possible to   {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (记住) words. After that, she wrote many famous works, which was a huge   {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(成功;成就) for anyone like her.

It shows us an important truth: Nothing is difficult if you put your  {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(心) into it! This is why I like the book best.

I'm Lin Ting from Zhengzhou, China. I'm thirteen years old. I study in a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} school. I am good at Chinese and it's my favourite {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. I like English very much, but I find it is hard to learn it {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. I have an e-pal. She helps me{#blank#}4{#/blank#} my English. Her name is Jane. She is from New York, the US. She is the same age as me. She likes maths and English best because she is good at them. We{#blank#}5{#/blank#} send emails to each other. She wants to learn Chinese. I help her to learn Chinese on the Internet.