A better town for teenagers

    I believe there are many things that we can do to make life in our town a lot better for teenagers.

    First of all, I think more bike lanes should{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(build). A lot of teenagers in my town ride bikes everywhere, but it's very{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(danger) because there is a lot of traffic. If there are more bike lanes in the future, it will be much {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(safe) for us.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(two), I believe that we need more places for teenagers to go to.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}my opinion, teenagers won't cause problems in the street if there are more places for us to go to. So we need more{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(club) and other places where we can meet.

    Thirdly, teenagers here need more sports facilities. There{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(be) places to play ball games so far like tennis and basketball, but what about other sports,{#blank#}8{#/blank#}skating and rollerblading?

    Finally, I'm sure we'll make the town better{#blank#}9{#/blank#}we don't drop litter. If we all do something{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(help) now, our town will be much better for everyone in the future.

Tom and Jerry

    Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse are two of the most popular cartoon characters in the world. In the short cartoons, Tom is always trying to catch Jerry, but he never has any success. Almost every cartoon ends with Tom in trouble and Jerry laughing at him. The stories are full of fun and have a long history.

    William Hanna and Joseph Barbera both worked for MGM in the late 1930s. Their boss told them to make funny cartoons. Together they thought of the idea of a cat and a mouse. They thought it would be funny if the mouse was clever and always got the cat into trouble.

    The first Tom and Jerry cartoon was shown in cinemas in 1940. It was a great success. Over the next 17 years, they made many Tom and Jerry cartoons. Most of them are around seven minutes long.

    In total, Hanna and Barbera made 114 Tom and Jerry cartoons. The cartoons were so good that they won a number of awards. The famous cat and mouse remain popular today, as the cartoons are still shown on television around the world.

It's a beautiful day for a walk in the forest in Copenhagen. But as you turn around a bend (拐弯)and raise your head, you see {#blank#}1{#/blank#}big face looking at you. A monster! Don't worry. It's not going to eat you. It's the {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(usual)sculpture (雕像) by Danish artist Thomas Dambo. And it's made out of trash(废物;垃圾)!

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}Dambo was a boy, he enjoyed building things like tree houses. But Dambo had no money {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(buy) the materials (材料;原料) he needed. So he would bike around his neighborhood looking{#blank#}5{#/blank#}trash that he could reuse for his big projects.

That childhood hobby now {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(become) a career for Dambo. Today, you can find Dambo's "trash" sculptures all over the world.

Dambo wants people to look at trash {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(different). More importantly, he wants people to realize the importance of reusing,{#blank#}8{#/blank#}he teaches children to build things from reused materials. Now they can make birdhouses from old {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(piece) of wood, carpets(地毯), paper bags and so on.

Next time, when you take out the trash, you can take a closer look at it. Let {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(you)imagination run wild and see what treasures might be hidden in the trash!

注意：1. 请先在答题卡上填写图示中空格（一空一词）；2. 须全面反映图文信息；3. 文中不能出现真实姓名及学校名称；4. 词数80左右。

Gifts are a way for people to show love. They can be anything, such {#blank#}1{#/blank#}a book, a scarf or candies. Getting {#blank#}2{#/blank#}makes you feel warm, especially when it's DIY.

Li Xiang is making a birthday present for {#blank#}3{#/blank#} best friend. It is a cross stitch（十字绣）. She spends a lot of her free time making it, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}her friend likes it very much.

Now many Chinese students don't {#blank#}5{#/blank#}gifts but make them. A DIY gift is cheap and {#blank#}6{#/blank#} to make.

Zhang Lele is {#blank#}7{#/blank#}making a Chinese knot（中国结）for her American teacher. "I make it. It is the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}one in the world," she says.

Have a try! You can {#blank#}9{#/blank#} making DIY gifts for your family or friends. For example, you can make a card. And write some {#blank#}10{#/blank#} on it. It shows how much you love them.

Mrs. Grady welcomed her class back into the warm, cheerful room. The children sat down at their desks, still talking about what they did over winter vacation. It took a few minutes for Mrs. Grady to get them 1 down. 

 "I'm glad to see you all back! Since it's the 2 of the new year, I thought we'd talk about something people do at this time. It's called making resolutions. Does anyone know what that means?" Mrs. Grady asked. 

Liamput up his hand, "You mean like when my mom says she's going to 3 eating chocolate, but she eats it anyway?" Some of the students laughed 4 , Mrs. Grandy put her hand in front of her mouth and made a "shh" sound, she seemed to disagree with this answer, moving her head from side to side. 

"Any other ideas?" she asked, 5 the students who were still laughing. Olivia put up her hand. "It's when you decide to do something 6 for the new year," "That's 7 !" Mrs. Grady said. "In fact, you can make resolutions whenever you want to. The point is that you make a 8 start to make yourselves become better or try new things."

Ashley spoke up. "My dad said his resolution is to keep 9 every day!" "That's a good example of making a healthy resolution," Mrs. Grady said. "But let's think of resolutions for 10 ." Hands went up, and students came up with things like eating more vegetables, drinking more water and so on. Mrs. Grady 11 those were good ones. 

Max put up his hand. "I'm going to learn to play basketball." "That's a great resolution," Mrs. Grady said. "trying new 12 is a fun choice."

Then Emma asked, "What about being nicer?" Mrs. Grady smiled. "Yes, being 13 is a wonderful resolution."

Lots of hands went up. The students were excited to 14 all the different sports and activities they took part in or would be starting soon. 

"Those are all 15 of good resolutions. Now, I want each of you to write about a resolution you could make this year." The children got to work.