①Could you please {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (发送) a postcard to me when you're in Sydney?

② There used to be lots of sandstorms in Beijing years {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (以前).

③Our country is paying more attention to people's {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (健康).

④ More and more {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (西方的) people are interested in Chinese doctors.

⑤If You Are the One(《非诚勿扰》) is one of the most popular {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (节目) on TV now.

When did your mum{#blank#}1{#/blank#} {#blank#}2{#/blank#} {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Japanese?

    Alice is a middle school student. Every morning she gets up early. After she gets {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (dress), she goes out to do some exercise first. She is good at {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (run). She usually runs for half an hour. Then she has breakfast after that, she brushes her{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (tooth).At7:10, she {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (leave) for school.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} far is it from her home to school? It's about ten kilometers. Then, how does she get to school? First, it takes her five minutes {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (ride) to the bus stop. Then she goes to school by bus. The bus ride usually takes about fifty minutes, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} it's never boring. Because she can {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (talk) to her classmates about funny things on the bus. Her school starts at {#blank#}9{#/blank#} quarter past eight in the morning and finishes at four in the afternoon. Then she goes home and helps her mother {#blank#}10{#/blank#} dinner.

    I haven't {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (write) till now. I've been busy with the course and making new

friends {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (连词)I got here. I'm speaking English with classmates all the time and going out in the evenings with {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (they). We're a real mix of nationalities: Chinese, Russian, Italian, Spanish… We talk about all kinds of things {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (介词) English and I'm learning a lot about other languages and countries, too.

    My host family are very nice. The parents are very {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (friend) and kind. The children are both in primary school and they are very sweet. But they can be a bit annoying (恼人的)too. If we have to watch the film Frozen together one more time, I‛m going crazy! I know all the {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (song) by heart now!

    We live near the school. It's a short bus ride from Edinburgh city center. There is {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (冠词)ancient castle (城堡)and we're going there next week. Yesterday my Italian friend invited me to watch the free street shows. We {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(see) a magician doing card games—it was so much fun!

    I will send you some {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (photo) of Edinburgh Castle next time. Take care and let me {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (know) how you are doing.