The Whites live in a big city. They have two children. One is Kate and the other is Mike. They get up early every day. At seven in the morning, Mr. White ________ his two children to school. Mr. White works in a zoo. He is busy every day ______ he needs to look after many animals.

Mrs. White doesn’t go to work, but she needs to do many ______ at home. She cooks for her family every day. In the afternoon, she often goes ______ . At about 5:30 in the afternoon, Kate and Mike get home. After that, they begin to do ______ homework. They usually go to bed at 9:30.

I work in a bank from Monday to Friday. My house is about ten kilometers from my office. I usually go to work by subway. I usually get up at 6:30 a.m. and take the subway at 7:00 a.m. It takes me about thirty minutes to get to my office. I am never late for work.

I am a student. My house is near a beautiful park. My school is across from the park. I can walk to school across a bridge. It takes me about thirty minutes. But I often go to school by bike. It takes me about twenty minutes.

I work in a restaurant from Monday to Saturday. I often go to work by bus. It’s about five kilometers from my house to the restaurant. It takes me about twenty-five minutes to go to work. Because the traffic is very busy, sometimes I am late for work.

People like swimming in summer,even in the other three season(季节)，because swimming can make them strong. But you shouldn’t swim in a dangerous place.A lot of people died(死亡)when they were having fun in the water.

Some people are not careful. They often think they swim well, and they may be safe in water. Last summer, a few students went swimming in the river (河流).Unluckily, three of them never came out of the river.

Summer is here again. If you go swimming,don’t forget the three students. They died because they were careless(粗心的)。

Don’t get close to the water when you are alone（单独） or when you see“No Swimming” sign. If you remember these, swimming will be good for you.

When we get lost or try to find a place, we usually ask for directions (方向). Here are some tips for us to follow when we ask for directions.

Use polite expressions (礼貌用语)

We must start a talk with polite expressions.     46     And don’t forget to finish with a “thank you” and “have a nice day”.

Remember some useful words

People often use some words to ask for directions. It can be very useful to remember frequently (经常) visited places. We should also know prepositions of place, such as next to, across from, between and behind.     47    

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We should use the right words. We can ask a specific (精确的) question to get a specific answer. For example, when we want to find a post office, we could ask “    49    ” or “Where is the post office?”

Don’t be afraid of using landmarks (地标). Every city in the world has its own landmarks.    50     For example, in London, England, the important landmark is Big Ben.

Jeff lives in the countryside. He has a son and a daughter. His son’s name is Bob and his daughter’s name is May. Jeff has a big farm. There     61     (be) many apple trees on his farm. Jeff has many apples. He often     62     (give) the apples to his neighbors. They are kind. They often help each     63     . They are happy. Bob and May are in the same school. The school isn’t far away from their house. They always go to school on     64     .

Later, some of his neighbors move to the cities. There are     65     /bæŋks/, bookstores and schools there. They have much work to do.     66     (they) lives are good. They have a     67     (color) life there. But the     68     /kɒst/ of living is high. And they can only     69     in small apartments.

Jeff doesn’t want to move to the city. He likes the     70     /freʃ/ air and the quiet life in the countryside.

71. 假设你是埃米，你的朋友迪克发邮件询问你的学校的课外活动，请你用英语回复。

Thanks for your email. Now I tell you something about my outdoor activities.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Amy