My name is Bob. I am 16 years old now. I've felt lonely since I was 9. I didn't like my classmates, my parents or anyone else. My classmates didn't want to talk with me and my parents were always saying that other kids were better than me. One day I had a big fight with one of my classmates. I was so angry that I hit him on the face. Just at that moment, a boy stood up and stopped the fight. He was the monitor of our class.

    After that, he often helped me and we became good friends. Whenever I got angry or sad, he would help me to cool down. We spent a lot of interesting days together and became best friends. As time goes by, I have become happier with people and things. And it seems that people around me have changed, too.

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     {#blank#}1{#/blank#} It has around 3 billion fans — nearly half the world's population! And about 300 million people play this game. That's 4 percent of the world's population!
    {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Many people in old days played early forms of this modern game. Cuju (蹴鞠)，a ball-kicking game in China, was reported as early as 2,500 B.C. Around the same time in Greece, people were also playing a similar ball game with any part of the body except hands.
    But modern soccer didn't become official(官方的) until 1863. An Englishman called Cobb Morley introduced the idea of a soccer association(联盟). {#blank#}3{#/blank#} From then on, other associations in the countries were set up. They came together to build up the FIFA, which organizes the World Cup.
It's not easy to tell what makes soccer so popular. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Soccer needs only two feet and a ball. This makes it a sport that developing countries can easily play. Some of the sport's best players come from these poor nations.
    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} The sport's no-hands rule makes beautiful dance — like movements on the field. What's more, this sport excites the heart. Teams might score only a few times each match, so matches can turn around suddenly.
    No one knows who will win at the next World Cup. But one thing is certain: The world will be watching.

    Britons are well known for drinking tea. The average (典型的) person in the UK drinks around 1.9 kg of tea every year. That's around 876 cups of tea. Tea is drunk by all levels of society. But tea does not grow in Britain. Most tea grows in India and China. So, how did it become an important part of British culture?

    Tea arrived in London in the 1600s. At this time, British ships were exploring the world and came across the drink in China. It was not long before green tea could be bought from the market. However, it was only for the rich people.

    At the beginning of the 1700s, the amount (数量) of tea arriving in Britain increased rapidly. Black tea arrived at this time. At first this tea served exactly as it was in China. They soon discovered that it mixed really well with a little milk and sugar, giving the drink a special British colour.

    In the 1800s, tea was still a product enjoyed only by people with money. At this time, they began to have "afternoon tea". They drank tea with a snack around 4 pm to avoid feeling hungry between lunch and dinner. It is a still going today but has become less popular in recent times.

Title: {#blank#}1{#/blank#} and Britain-a short history

My parents have always said they felt uncomfortable traveling by train when they were my age. When they talk about the crowded and airless rain carriages(车厢), I just always can't imagine how it feels to travel by train like that. 

However, train travel is quite a different experience today and the train service has improved greatly, especially when the high-speed rail (HSR)service has been widely out into use in China. HSR refers to(指)any railway in China with a speed of 250 km/h or higher. The high-speed rail has experienced rapid development since our country started to run its first high-speed train between Beijing and Tianjin in 2008. The environment in the high-speed trains is the same as that in an airplane. Now the high-speed rail in China is really fast, convenient and comfortable

Recently, Chinese people have become known for their speed of developing and making changes. Such a high speed is known as China Speed. The development of the high-speed rail has let me realize what China Speed is. However, China Speed means a lot more. We've seen so many tall buildings show up almost overnight. It took us only several tens of years to go from the difficulty of traveling to roads and highways connecting every comer. Mobile phones with 5G technology show more and more importance in everyone's life. China Speed has made a difference to our country and even the world. 

But as we enjoy China Speed, we should also be serious about the problems it has brought to us, such as environmental pollution and the imbalance(不平衡)of development. It is our responsibility to bring China a better future. 

My name is Peter. I live in a small village. In1 village, there aren't many cars or buses, and the streets are clean. We go to bed 2 because there isn't much to do in the evening. There aren't 3 theaters, cinemas, museums or clubs. But the children often play in the streets or in nature. In the evening, we can see lots of beautiful stars in the sky.

My pen friend Ken lives in 4 big city. He says there are more workplaces in the city, better schools, nicer shops, finer restaurants and 5 cinemas, theaters and museums. Children can go to clubs and parks 6 themselves. I 7 to the city to visit Ken last month. He took me to 8 shopping center in the city and bought some nice gifts for my family.

"Which is better, the city or the village?" many of my classmates asked me 9 I came back. I'm not sure. The life in the city is quite different 10 that in the village. But I know that I like the clean streets, friendly neighbors and fresh air in the village better.