My home is quite far away     11     school. It’s about 15 kilometers. I have to get up very     12     every morning. First, I walk to the bus stop. It takes me about five     13     to walk there. Then I     14     the bus. Because I have     15     time to eat breakfast at home. I always eat it on the bus.

Twenty minutes     16    , I get off the bus. And then I take     17     bus or the subway. It     18     me 20 minutes by bus and 10 minutes by subway. I hardly ever take the subway. Because the subway station is far away from school. The bus station is near.     19     the bus is too crowded（拥挤）, I have to take the bus. The subway is     20     than（比）the bus, but the station is too far for me.

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

I am a student. My house is near a beautiful lake. My school is across from the lake. I can walk to school across a bridge. It takes me about thirty minutes. But I often go to school by boat, because it is more fun. It takes me about twenty minutes.

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

Tom and Mike are good friends. Sometimes they are good to each other. Sometimes they are not. But some of their classmates say they are like brothers.

One day they go out for a walk together. At noon they are very hungry and they go into a restaurant（饭馆）to have lunch. The waiter come up to them and asks, “What can I do for you?” “Please bring us two apples first,” said Tom. When the waiter puts the two apples on the table, Mike takes the big one at once. Tom gets angry. “You are impolite（没礼貌）. Why don’t you take the small one?” Tom asks.

“But I am right,” says Mike with a smile. “If I let you take first, which one will you choose?”

“Of course I’ll take the small one,” says Tom. “Yes,” Mike says. “If you take the small one, the big one will be mine. Don’t you think so?” “Oh,” Tom can’t answer.

Hello, I’m Bob Smith. I’m from America.

This is my home.     29     In my home, there are two bedrooms, a living room, a study（书房）, a bathroom and a kitchen. There is a big TV in the living room. My father often stays（待）in it and watches TV.     30     She likes to cook good food for us. My brother often goes there to help her.     31     There are many books in it. I like reading them very much.

Now my brother and I are doing our homework in the study.     32     My mother isn’t at home. She is shopping. I like my home. What about you?

Many people like to travel by plane, but I don’t like it because an airport（机场）is usually far from the city. You have to     41     (get) there early and wait for hours for the plane to take off（起飞）and it is often late. You can’t open the windows. You can’t choose the food. Planes are fast, but it takes you long hours     42     (go) out of the airport and into the city.

Tom likes cars. He thinks you can start your journey（旅行）when you want to, and you don’t need to go to a train station or a bus stop. Also you     43     (take) many things with you in a car. And you can practices     44     (drive) the car every day.

Jim likes     45     (take) the train. He     46     (think) trains are safe（安全的）. Train stations are usually in cities. When you     47     (be) late for a train, you can catch another one. You can walk around in the train and open the windows. You can see many interesting things on your way.

We have four classes in the morning. Between the second class and the third class, we have twenty minutes’ rest（休息）. Now it’s the rest time. Look! Many of us are playing. Some students are on the playground. They are playing basketball. Oh! A boy is running with the ball. And another is trying（尽力）to stop him. They look so cool. And there are some girls watching the game.

Some students are in the classroom. Most of them are talking. Four are reading and doing homework. There’s a tree not far from the classroom. Look! A girl is looking at the birds in the tree. She must think the birds are interesting because she is smiling（微笑）.

What are the teachers doing? Some of them are working in the office. And some are talking with students. Everyone is doing his or her things, busy but happy!

53. 假设你是 Sarah， Peter是你的美国网友。他最近发给你一封电子邮件，询问你的个人情况。请根据以下提示，给他回一封电子邮件内容：你的爱好和特长；你的日常生活习惯（至少两点）：你的主要上学方式以及原因；你对动物的看法；这些天你正在做的事（一件即可）。