Dave is my good friend. He1in a small village. His home is far2his school and the roads are not good, So it is3for him to get to school. He4at about six o'clock every day and has breakfast quickly. Then he leaves for school at about six twenty. First, he5his bike to the bus station. It takes about forty minutes. Then he takes the No. 12 bus. It usually takes6about fifty minutes. Sometimes he has no time for breakfast at home,7he has some food on the bus.

    "I dream of taking8, It must be9." says Dave. He hopes (希望) he can go to college(上大学) in a big city some day,10? Because then he can take a train to the big city!

The Flame Mountain（火焰山）is about 200 km away from Urumqi in Xinjiang. It is in a place with many high mountains around it. It is much hotter than nearby places. If you want to enjoy the feeling of a hot shower in summer, it's the right place to go!

On hot summer days, it can get hotter than 80℃. Try to cook eggs or cakes in the sand and they will be ready in a few minutes!

Does rain help make it cooler? People hardly see rain in 10 out of the 12 months in a year. Why? For most of the time, the raindrops dry in the hot air before they reach the ground.

The mountain came into being millions of years ago when the earth was changing a lot. We can't see any plants on the top of the mountain, only red rocks. They make the whole mountain look red. In hot air and strong sunshine, the mountain looks like a burning flame. That's where its name comes from.

Eric loves sports. He u{#blank#}1{#/blank#} does some sports at the weekend. Last weekend，he and his friend Jack went climbing t{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. They set off at 9：00 a. m. Without a b{#blank#}3{#/blank#}，they quickly reached the top of the highest m{#blank#}4{#/blank#} in the village. Eric found it was more difficult than he thought. But luckily，the weather was very nice. The sun was shining brightly. They listened to the s{#blank#}5{#/blank#} of birds and took a lot of beautiful photos. They enjoyed themselves very much. 

Harry is a student. Harry's mother 1 a new sport hat for him. It's brown— Harry's favorite color. His shoes, ruler and eraser are 2 , too. After school, Harry goes back home.

" Where is your new 3 ?" asks Mom.

" Oh! My hat!" says Harry."4 in the classroom. I must go there!"

 Then Harry goes to the 5 and look for(寻找) the hat. 6 he can't find it." Oh,I 7 my new hat," says Harry. And he goes back home.

 At home, Harry's mother says," Do you want to call your teacher 8 help?"

 And then Harry opens(打开) his schoolbag to get(拿) his 9 . He finds his new hat!

" Look, Mom!" says Harry." My hat is in the schoolbag! It's not lost."

" Great!" says Mom." But you must be careful(小心的)!"

" You' re 10 , Mom." says Harry.

A husband and wife moved to a new apartment. The apartment had a beautiful view(景色) of the neighboring building. Every 1 , the wife would look out of the window to see what was happening in the neighborhood.

 One morning, as the wife was 2 the window, she saw a neighboring woman hanging out her clothes to dry. "Look at her 3 clothes," she said to her husband.

4 , he went on reading the newspaper and didn't pay any attention to her words. "Perhaps her soap is bad or she does not know how to 5 . I will go to teach her someday!" the wife said to herself, shaking 6 head. "I can't believe she is7 those clothes in public(在公开场合)."

A few mornings later, the8 was still not clear about the woman's washing habits. Every time the neighboring woman hung out her clothes, the wife would be 9 at how dirty they looked. She couldn't understand why she could 10 wash them clean. "Maybe she has no taste for being beautiful. That is 11 the colours of her clothes on the drying line hardly match(相配)," she said to her husband, with a12 in his hand again.

 Then, one day, after she looked out of the window as usual, she shouted13 . "Oh! Look, her clothes are clean today. The 14 woman has finally learned how to wash clothes!"

 To this, her husband answered quietly, "15 . Today I just woke up a little bit earlier and washed the window."

One day, a boy found some seeds(种子) and asked, "{#blank#}1{#/blank#} seeds are these?" He looked around but saw no one. He planted them in his garden, but they didn't grow.

 Later, he asked the old farmer, who {#blank#}2{#/blank#} said, "You planted them {#blank#}3{#/blank#} . You should know when the right {#blank#}4{#/blank#} are for planting."

 The boy learned from the farmer and decided to work on his {#blank#}5{#/blank#} chores in the garden, hoping to see the seeds grow next time.