Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse are two of the most popular cartoon characters in the world. They have ______ been famous for nearly eighty years. In the short cartoons, Tom is always trying to catch Jerry, but he never has ______ success. Almost every cartoon ends with Tom in trouble and Jerry laughing ______ him. They fight a lot, but they really love each other and work together. The stories are full of fun and their history is ______.

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

The first Tom and Jery cartoon appeared in cinemas in 1940. It was a great success. Over the next 17 years, they made many Tom and Jerry cartoons. You can imagine ______ much people love them.

In total, Hanna and Barbera made 114 Tom and Jerry cartoons. The cartoons were so good that they ______ a number of awards (奖项). The famous cat and mouse are still popular today, ______ we can still see the cartoons on television around the world.

It was a cold and snowy morning after the winter holiday. It was my first day at my ______ school. I was walking slowly and worrying about lots of things. It was ______ and there weren’t many people on the road. A girl on a bike passed me quickly. She was ______ on ice when suddenly she fell off her bike a few steps in front of me. She was trying hard to ______ but fell again. Without thinking, I went over and helped her stand up. She said, “Thank you,” with a smile and then rode away. The words “Thank you” ______ me and this small event（事件） made me feel less nervous about my new school.

Finally, I ______ to school. The teacher led me to the classroom and asked me to sit down beside a girl. I walked to the seat so ______. I knew some of the students were looking at me but I was afraid to look at them. Soon the first class started. It was English. They used a different textbook from my old school and I didn’t have a ______. As I was thinking about what to do, a book appeared in front of me. “Let’s share,” the ______ next to me said. “And hi, I’m Carrie.” I looked up. It was the girl I helped that morning. What a surprise!

From then on, we became good friends. Till now, we still ______ each other. Friendship is a treasure for us.

There are many museums in Beijing. And here are some of them.

Beijing Museum of Natural History You will know everything about the natural world and science. You can study hundreds of animals, plants, rocks and more. Open time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. from Tuesday to Sunday.	Tree Art Museum It’s beside a main road in the Songzhuang art village. You can communicate with nature, light, trees, water and art. Open time: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.   closed on Mondays.
Capital Museum You must pay a visit to this beautiful museum. There are fantastic Chinese sculptures (雕像), jade articles(玉器), paintings from all ages and many other historical things for you to enjoy. Open time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. every day except Friday.	Beijing Lu Xun Museum This is a great place for book-lovers. You can see photographs of this famous writer, some of his books as well as many letters. There are some special postcards with the great writer’s photos for you to buy. No camera here. Open time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.   from Tuesday to Sunday.

Digital technology（数码技术）has made life easier for most people. With a smartphone in hand, you can shop online, watch TV shows and catch a taxi. However, for many elderly people, such technology only makes their life inconvenient.

Now China has about 904 million internet users, according to the Statistical Report on Internet Development. Among them, those aged 60 and above take up just 7%. That’s why elderly people are sometimes called “digital refugees”（数码难民）.

For example, during the COVID-19 pandemic, people should always show a green health code（健康码）on their phone to get into public places. Even if they have one, many don’t know how to get a code, People’s Daily said.

For the elderly, one way of knowing digital technology is to learn from younger family members. However, not all of these younger people have the patience to teach the elderly. In addition, the elderly may have many physical problems, such as weak eyesight and bad memory. This makes it harder for them to use smartphones.

The government and some NGOs（非政府组织）in China are trying to help. See Young, a NGO in Beijing, offers to help China’s elderly use mobile phones. College student volunteers（志愿者）in it have been providing free computer and smartphone training services for more than 2000 elderly people across the country.

I’m Daming. I come from Taiyuan, the capital city of Shanxi province. It’s a nice city     66     a long history of more than 2,500 years. Fen River runs across the city. On both sides of the     67    , there are lots of flowers and grass .    68     make the city look more beautiful.

There are many places of interest in my hometown, such as Jinci Temple, Mengshan Giant Buddha and Yingze Park. If you come to my hometown, I can show you around these beautiful     69    .

In my hometown, there     70     also a lot of nice food. People in Shanxi began to make food with flour (面粉)more than 2,000 years     71    . There are many different kinds of food made of flour. Among them, noodles are     72     most famous. And among the noodles, my     73     noodles are sliced noodles. To help more people enjoy the delicious noodles, now there is a festival about food made of flour in Shanxi every year.     74     you are a food lover, don’t miss it.

Welcome to Shanxi. I am sure you will have a     75     time here.